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July 2012: The Games have arrived in London. Preparations have gone flawlessly and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. But one man has a devastating plan. Having waited years for this chance, he is now ready for vengeance. When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee, is found decapitated in his garden, Peter Knight, head of Private London, is called to the scene.

In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans? The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century.

Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to his childhood lessons about being a good human. Florence’s upbringing grounds her, too, helping her keep her dreams alive even as she’s pulled deeper into the insanity of Kony’s war.

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls - but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior. In an attempt to protect him, Pino's parents force him to enlist as a German soldier - a move they think will keep him out of combat.

Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she’s seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris, her colleague - and until recently, her fiancé - is found dead, brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations, the building explodes, wiping out all evidence of the crimes, and nearly killing Mattie and her team.

America's Greatest Asset. Robin Monarch, the CIA's top field operative, stumbles across a US governmental conspiracy during a mission in Istanbul. What he sees is enough to make him go rogue. He Is Now Its Greatest Threat. Monarch becomes an international fugitive, hunted by the powers wishing to buy his secret, and by those wanting it buried. Yet Robin Monarch is not perturbed: He has plans of his own. Think Bourne. Think Bond. think Bauer. Think Better.

As a CIA operative, Robin Monarch was the US government’s most valuable asset. Nowadays, as a rogue international thief, he answers to only himself. So when Monarch finds himself in the darkest recesses of the Amazon jungle – very much against his own wishes – he is on unfamiliar terrain in more ways than one. Deep within the Brazilian rainforest lies a secret of incalculable value to mankind.

An enemy emerging from the east. The US Secretary of State is abducted while conducting secret negotiations aboard a tanker in the South China Sea. 'Seven days' is her captors' warning. Seven days before she is beheaded, live on the internet. Seven days for Robin Monarch to save her. A Treachery tracing to the top. The CIA asset and master thief journeys into the underworld of Southeast Asia to locate and extract his target.

The US is unique and so are its citizens. Founded on the principles of freedom and democracy, it encourages and incentivizes individualism, ingenuity, and entrepreneurism. So, how do you find success and happiness in a place built on individual aspiration and responsibility? Discover the eight key mindsets of a happy American - mindsets that anyone can adopt and grow to achieve success and fulfillment in this exceptional country.

Der Weltbestseller aus den USA, basierend auf einer wahren Geschichte. "Unter blutrotem Himmel" ist die wahre Geschichte eines vergessenen Helden und zugleich die unfassbare Erzählung über einen jungen Mann und seine Tapferkeit in einem der dunkelsten Kapitel der Geschichte. Pino Lella will eigentlich nichts mit dem Krieg oder den Nazis zu tun haben - er ist ein normaler italienischer Jugendlicher, der sich für Musik, Essen und Mädchen interessiert. Dann schafft ein Bombenangriff in seiner Heimatstadt Mailand eine Wirklichkeit, die den jungen Mann über Nacht erwachsen werden lässt.

Pino Lella no quiere saber nada de la guerra ni de los nazis. Es un adolescente italiano obsesionado con la música y las chicas, pero, en la Milán de 1943, sus días de inocencia están contados. Cuando la casa de su familia es destruida por los bombardeos, Pino se une a una red clandestina que ayuda a los judíos a escapar a través de los Alpes, y se enamora de la bella y misteriosa Anna.

The product of a long line of hunters, shamans, and healers, Diana Jackman grew up surrounded by wilderness. A natural-born tracker, she and seven other hunters have gathered in the remote and treacherous snow-covered tundra of northern British Columbia in pursuit of white-tail deer. And while the group may be isolated, they are not alone. Deep in the woods, a vicious force watches, waits, and stalks its targets.

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Ukraine, März 1944: Es ist tiefer Winter, als Adeline und Emil Martel mit ihren beiden kleinen Söhnen vor der Roten Armee fliehen müssen. Als Deutsche sind sie in ihrer Heimat nicht mehr sicher und es bleibt ihnen nichts Anderes übrig, als sich auf den beschwerlichen Weg gen Westen zu begeben. Der aber wird von den Nazis kontrolliert. Emil, der als Soldat Gräueltaten der SS miterlebte, muss weiter um die Sicherheit seiner Familie fürchten. Besonders, als Adeline einer Jüdin bei der Flucht hilft und sie alle in Gefahr bringt.

In this heart-stopping thriller by acclaimed author Mark Sullivan, marine biologist and cave researcher Whitney Burke vows that she will never set foot underground again. Still traumatized by the tragic loss of her assistant on her last expedition, Whitney can only watch from a distance when her husband and daughter agree to join a NASA-sponsored caving trip.

San Diego Homicide Detective Seamus Moynihan thinks he’s seen it all when it comes to human violence, but a naked man killed in a snakebite ritual might be his most gruesome case yet.... Moynihan’s search for the killer will propel him on a journey through the underground world of ancient eroticism, black-market reptiles, and religious cults, ultimately leading him to a Biblical scholar whose theories about the dawn of time provide a surprising link to the current investigation. But can Moynihan preserve his own sanity while delving into a secret as old as Cain?

The Right to Pain Relief and Other Deep Roots of the Opioid Epidemic offers a new lens through which to view the opioid epidemic as a consequence of serious misunderstandings of both opioids and pain. Based on their extensive research and experience with chronic pain care, science, ethics, and policy, the authors look beyond the usual villains—pharmaceutical companies and pharmacotherapy distributors—to examine the ethical and scientific concepts about pain that made the opioid epidemic possible.

In this riveting thriller, journalist Gideon McCarthy is burnt-out and struggling to keep his life together after years of chasing deadlines. The competition is ruthless, the quest for the next byline relentless. But when a series of murders rocks his Southern California beat, Gideon soon learns that there is a dangerous line between truth and journalism....

The Strong Cast is a podcast used to connect viewers with strength and conditioning, fitness, and combat sports content. Guests featured range from local to international athletes, who all explore mindset, backgrounds and vision to competition reviews, fight analysis, event promotion, predictions and everything that happens in between. The podcast is hosted by Mark Boyd and Paul Sullivan, accompanied with frequent guests MMA gym director and coach Karl Keller and fighter Josh Ridgwell.

A finales de marzo de 1944, a medida que las tropas soviéticas se adentran en Ucrania, Emil y Adeline Martel se ven obligados a tomar una agónica decisión: ¿deben esperarlas y arriesgarse a ser enviados a Siberia? ¿O seguir a regañadientes a los peligrosos oficiales nazis que han jurado protegerlos? Los Martel son una de las muchas familias de ascendencia alemana cuyos antepasados han trabajado la tierra en Ucrania durante más de un siglo. Pero tras vivir bajo el régimen de terror de Stalin, la joven pareja decide que su mejor opción es huir en retirada junto a los nazis.