1789 — Auf Befehl des Gouverneurs der jungen britischen Kolonie Neusüdwales läuft Kapitän Richard Bolitho mit seiner Fregatte Tempest in den Südpazifik aus. Ganz auf sich allein gestellt, soll er mit seinem Schiff in Polynesien patrouillieren und die bedrohten Versorgungsrouten zwischen den einsamen Handelsposten sichern. Doch in dem scheinbaren Inselparadies grassieren Fieberseuchen, unter der Mannschaft kommt es zu einer Meuterei, und von Piraten aufgewiegelte Eingeborene bilden eine weitere Bedrohung. Richard Bolitho ist in jeder Hinsicht gefordert …

«No debería contar nunca nada», empieza por decir el narrador de esta historia, Jaime o Jacobo o Jacques Deza. Y sin embargo su tarea va a ser la contraria, contarlo todo, hasta lo aún no sucedido, al ser contratado por un grupo sin nombre que durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial creó el M16, el Servicio Secreto británico, y que aún funciona hoy en día de manera tal vez degradada, o acaso ya bajo diferente auspicios. El protagonista regresa a Inglaterra, en cuya Universidad de Oxford había enseñado muchos años atrás, «por no se seguir cerca de mi mujer mientras ella se me alejaba». Y allí descubre que, según Sir Peter Wheeler, viejo profesor retirado «con demasiados recuerdos», él también pertenece al reducido grupo de personas que posee un «don» o maldición: el de ver lo que la gente hará en el futuro, el de conocer hoy cómo será sus rostros mañana, el de saber quiénes nos traicionarán o nos serán leales

Carole Barber es una afamada actriz estadounidense. Hace tres años su marido enfermó a consecuencia de un cáncer y desde entonces no ha vuelto a formar parte del reparto de una película. Aunque Sean, como se llamaba su segundo esposo, falleció pocos después, nuestra protagonista aún no se siente animada y quiere, antes de volver a la gran pantalla, cumplir una promesa muy especial que le hizo a su cónyuge: escribir una novela. Tras meses sin avanzar en su proyecto decide ir a la ciudad del amor en busca de inspiración. Pero en Francia Carole resultará herida de gravedad en un atentado terrorista que se llevará sus recuerdos y pondrá en peligro su vida. Una vez despierte del coma en el que la ha dejado sumida el ataque, tendrá que reconstruir su memoria. El camino no será nada fácil pero no estará sola. Le ayudarán sus hijos, Anthony y Chloe, su ex marido, Jason, su asistente personal, Stevie y una persona a la que hacía cerca de veinte años que no veía: Matthieu, el amor de su vida. Con el apoyo de todos ellos se reconciliará con su pasado y se reencontrará a sí misma

Striding across Europe through the killing fields of three decades—from riot-torn Berlin in 1931 to Adenauer's Germany in 1954, awash in duplicitous "allies" busily undermining one another—Field Gray reveals a world based on expediency, where the ends justify the means and no one can be trusted. It brings us a hero who is sardonic, tough-talking, and cynical, but who does have a rough sense of humor and a rougher sense of right and wrong. He's Bernie Gunther. He drinks too much and smokes excessively and is somewhat overweight (but a Russian prisoner-of-war camp will take care of those bad habits). He's Bernie Gunther—a brave man, because when there is nothing left to lose, honor rules

A bomb scare at Aintree halted the Grand National in 1997 and the racecourse was evacuated; twenty-two years earlier, Dick Francis had written a short story describing such an event at another course. Now, for the first time, Dick Francis has compiled a volume of short stories, the settings ranging from the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham, where a middle-aged owner falls hopelessly in love with her jockey, to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where the demon drink and wilting willpower take their toll. There are diverse as bookmakers and news editors, from crooked lawyers and contract killers. With his remarkable blend of unrelenting suspense, finely tuned narrative and lean, stylish prose, Dick Francis’s thrillers have led readers to the winner’s enclosure year after year. From his very first novel to his most recent, the award-winning Master of Crime has treated his fans to a world of equine thrills and human frailty in a string of bestsellers of unparalleled excellence. Dick Francis’s fans have a great treat in store — thirteen marvellous plots, thirteen sets of characters to admire, and thirteen stings in the tail to gasp over. Dick Francis is as much master of the short story as he is of the novel

Three savage murders have occured in the parish, two at the hands of an assassin and one victims identity and death still a mystery. Could the deaths be related to one of Brother Athelstan's parishioners, accused of multiple murders in "the field of blood"?

Paddy Meehan discovers that one of the boys charged with the murder of toddler Brian Wilcox is her fiance Sean's cousin, Callum. Soon Callum's name is all over the news, and her family believe she is to blame. Shunned by Sean and by those closest to her, Paddy finds herself dangerously alone

The surprise attack of the Republic of Haven on Manticore has failed. The Peeps are in disarray, their leaders fighting for power in a bloody revolution, and the Royal Manitcoran Navy stands victorious. But success can be more treacherous than defeat for Honor Harrington

A daring, spellbinding tale of anthropologists, missionaries, demon possession, sexual taboos, murder, and an obsessed young reporter named Mischa Berlinski. When his girlfriend takes a job as a schoolteacher in northern Thailand, Mischa Berlinski goes along for the ride, working as little as possible for one of Thailand's English-language newspapers. One evening a fellow expatriate tips him off to a story. A charismatic American anthropologist, Martiya van der Leun, has been found dead — a suicide — in the Thai prison where she was serving a fifty-year sentence for murder. Motivated first by simple curiosity, then by deeper and more mysterious feelings, Mischa searches relentlessly to discover the details of Martiya's crime. His search leads him to the origins of modern anthropology — and into the family history of Martiya's victim, a brilliant young missionary whose grandparents left Oklahoma to preach the Word in the 1920s and never went back. Finally, Mischa's obssession takes him into the world of the Thai hill tribes, whose way of life becomes a battleground for two competing, and utterly American, ways of looking at the world. Vivid, passionate, funny, deeply researched, and page-turningly plotted, Fieldwork is a novel about fascination and taboo — scientific, religious, and sexual. It announces an assured and captivating new voice in American fiction. Fieldwork is a 2007 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction

Called “the most influential Ukrainian book for the 15 years of independence”, “Field Work in Ukrainian Sex” by Oksana Zabuzhko is the tale of one woman’s personal revolt provoked by a top literary scandal of the decade. The author, a noted Ukrainian poet and novelist, explains: “When you turn 30, you inevitably start reconsidering what you have been taught in your formative years—that is, if you really seek for your own voice as a writer. In my case, my personal identity crisis had coincided with the one experienced by my country after the advent of independence. The result turned explosive: ‘Field Work in Ukrainian Sex.’”

When Chase sees the little girl in umbrella socks savaging the Rottweiler, he’s not too concerned. As someone who’s been smoking meth every day for as long as he can remember, he’s no stranger to such horrifying, drug-fuelled hallucinations. But, as he and his fellow junkies discover, the little girl is no illusion. The end of the world really has arrived. And with Chase’s life already destroyed beyond all hope of redemption, Armageddon might actually be an opportunity – a last chance to hit restart and become the person he once dreamed of being. Soon Chase is fighting to reconnect with his lost love and dreaming of becoming her hero among the ruins. But is salvation just another pipe dream? Propelled by a blistering first-person voice and featuring a powerfully compelling anti-hero, Fiend is at once a brilliant portrait of addiction, a pitch-black comedy, and the darkest, most twisted love story you’ve ever read – not to mention one hell of a zombie novel

It's only a trip to the movies but it turns into Marty's worst nightmare when she sees the guy behind her in the audience. Willy. The man who burst into her house and raped her ten years ago. Now he's out of jail and back in town - and looking for Marty. Marty's date says he's going to fix the creep. And the way he goes about it makes Marty sick. But when it comes to sick, there's no one to match Willy. He's a fiend... FIENDS is the lead-off novella in this collection of horror stores by Richard Laymon, "one of the best writers working in the genre today" - Cemetery Dance "Laymon has established a style that has often been imitated but never equalled: plunging, pull-out-the-stops, no-limits, in-your-face, shock-packed, take-off-the-top-of-your-head, gonzo suspense and horror that will appal some people and exhilarate others...I hope that you enjoy this collection of stories as much as I do" - from the Introduction by Dean Koontz.  The collection's stories: Fiends, Kitty Litter, The Bleeder, Desert Pickup, The Mask, Eats, The Hunt, Slit, Out of the Woods, Stiff Intruders, Special, Joyce, A Good Secret Place

She’s everything he’s never wanted. He’s everything she’s never known. Scott Cole is a force to be reckoned with. As Vice President of the Storm Motorcycle Club he carries out his duties with a ruthless determination. He moves through life with a clear agenda - protect his club and his family at all costs. He is intense. He is loyal. He is fierce. He doesn’t give his love easily, but when he does, he loves fiercely. Settling down, however, has never been part of his plan. Harlow James is a country girl who has never met a biker in her life. She is also done with men. In her experience all they ever do is lie, cheat or steal. When she meets Scott Cole she knows he is heartbreak on legs. He is confident. He is sexy. He is bossy. She knows she must fight her growing attraction to this complex man in order to guard her heart. When his world crashes into hers and danger comes calling, Scott’s fierce desire to protect kicks in and Harlow realises that she might just have found a man worth taking a risk on

Физелер Fi-156 «Шторьх» в период Второй мировой войны был основным немецким легким многоцелевым самолетом. Известный английский историк авиации Уильям Грин так описал Физелер Fi 156 «Шторьх» (Storch- аист): «…непритязательный, несколько причудливый подкосный моноплан с развитой механизацией крыла, с просто бросающимся в глаза «консерватизмом» внешнего вида и с торчащими длинными стойками шасси, призванными гасить большие вертикальные скорости при посадке, тем не менее, пожалуй, наиболее полно удовлетворял задачам связного армейского и легкого разведывательного самолёта середины тридцатых годов»