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Brian Freemantle

Charlie’s Apprentice

Jason Felch

Chasing Aphrodite

Colin Frizzell

Chill

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Christa Faust

Choke Hold

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Daron Fraley

The Chronicles of Gan: The Thorn

Three tribes are at war on the planet Gan, unaware that the sign of Christ’s birth on an unknown world - Earth - is about to appear in the heavens. During a bloody skirmish with Gideonite troops, Jonathan of Daniel spares Pekah, a young enemy soldier. His merciful act results in a chain of events that saves the life of his betrothed, ends the war, and gives birth to a national hero.<

Dan Fante

Chump Change

«La gente normal no acaba encerrada en contra de suvoluntad y sometida a una cura de desintoxicación; una persona normal tampocose despierta una mañana con un cuchillo clavado en el estómago. Pero yo suelosufrir lapsus de conciencia, y cada vez más a menudo me comporto y hago cosasde las que después no logro acordarme. Son lagunas de la memoria, lagunasnegras. Las conozco bien.»Tras una borrachera salvaje que acaba en orgía homosexual y tentativa de suicidio, Bruno Dante es internado por tercera vez en la unidad de alcohólicos y enfermos mentales del Hospital San Giuseppe di Cupertino en el Bronx. Mientras se recupera le llegan malas noticias de la Costa Oeste: su padre, el escritor y guionista Jonathan Dante, con el que nunca se ha llevado bien, está gravemente enfermo y los médicos le dan pocos días de vida. Llamado a rendir un último homenaje al padre, Bruno Dante abandona antes de lo previsto el hospital y emprende un viaje de costa a costa en compañía de su odiada mujer. Un padre genial, rudo y con un carácter horrible: Jonathan Dante. Un hijo lleno de talento que se pierde en el alcohol, el sexo y la depravación: Bruno Dante.Chump Change supuso el debut literario de Dan Fante, hijo del mítico escritor John Fante, y es el primer título de la trilogía protagonizada por su álter ego Bruno Dante, personaje cuyos excesos lo han convertido en uno de los más genuinos antihéroes de la reciente narrativa norteamericana.«Lasnovelas de Dan Fante son baladas de amor y de muerte, como lo eran las novelas de Bukowski y como lo han sido las novelas de su padre.»—Fernanda Pivano (Il Corrieredella Sera)<

Ariana Franklin

City of Shadows

SUMMARY: A cultured city scarred by war. . . . An eastern émigré with scars and secrets of her own. . . . A young woman claiming to be a Russian grand duchess. . . . A brazen killer, as vicious as he is clever. . . . A detective driven by decency and the desire for justice. . . . A nightmare political movement steadily gaining power. . . . This is 1922 Berlin. One of the troubled city's growing number of refugees, Esther Solomonova survives by working as secretary to the charming, unscrupulous cabaret owner "Prince" Nick, and she's being drawn against her will into his scheme to pass a young asylum patient off as Anastasia, the last surviving heir to the murdered czar of all Russia. But their found "princess," Anna Anderson, fears that she's being hunted—and this may turn out to be more than paranoia when innocent people all around her begin to die.<

Frederick Forsyth

The Cobra

<div><h3><br></h3><p>Writers such as Lee Child may be brand names these days, but the name of Frederick Forsyth is something special in terms of conveying a certain kind of thriller to the reader. The technical brilliance of his debut <em>The Day of the Jackal</em> (with its forensically researched documentary style) virtually changed the face of the modern thriller, and its follow-up, the almost equally compelling <em>The Odessa File</em> (dealing with the still all-too-current themes of the Arab-Israeli conflict and chemical weapons), demonstrated that Forsyth had forged a very individual style. Subsequently, <em>The Dogs of War</em> utilised the author’s own African experiences, and his take on the ruthlessness of mercenaries and the corrupt states that employed them made for some blistering reading – that book was topical at the time, and has remained so. Frederick Forsyth admirers are aware that he can’t attain Olympian heights with every trip to the post, but know that he is always worth our attention.</p><p>As is the case with his new book, <em>The Cobra</em>, a globe-trotting thriller that evokes memories of the author's vintage work. Cultivated ex-CIA man Paul Devereux is handed a tough assignment: write <em>finis</em> to the lethal activities of the worst of the drug barons, and inflict damage on an industry that is worth billions per annum. He is given unlimited resources: money, weapons and manpower, and his ace-in-the-hole is the tough Calvin Dexter, who becomes executive officer of the new Project Cobra. It’s a highly dangerous business for everyone involved, and the team Devereux puts together is obliged to match in ruthlessness their pitiless drug-dealing opponents.</p><p>With the customary massive panoply we expect from him, Forsyth reminds us how this kind of thriller should be delivered. --_Barry Forshaw_</p><h3><br></h3></div><

Alexandra Fuller

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness

<div><p><b>In this sequel to <i>Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight</i>, Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. </b></p><p>In <i>Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness</i> Alexandra Fuller braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy Valley-era Africa of her mother's childhood; the boiled cabbage grimness of her father's English childhood; and the darker, civil war- torn Africa of her own childhood. At its heart, this is the story of Fuller's mother, Nicola. Born on the Scottish Isle of Skye and raised in Kenya, Nicola holds dear the kinds of values most likely to get you hurt or killed in Africa: loyalty to blood, passion for land, and a holy belief in the restorative power of all animals. Fuller interviewed her mother at length and has captured her inimitable voice with remarkable precision. <i>Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness</i> is as funny, terrifying, exotic, and unselfconscious as Nicola herself.</p><p>We see...</p></div><

Charles Frazier

Cold Mountain

<h3>Review</h3><p>"<em>Cold Mountain</em> is a heartbreakingly beautiful story, elegantly told and utterly convincing down to the last haunting detail."?John Berendt, author of <em>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil</em><br /></p><p>"This novel is so magnificent ? in every conceivable aspect, and others previously unimagined ? that it has occurred to me that the shadow of this book, and the joy I received in reading it, will fall over every other book I have ever read."?Rick Bass<br /></p><p>"Lush, poetic, moving and artfully exciting?A heightened, thrilling love story?Perhaps the most eloquent writing about the awful drudgery and desperation of the Civil War since Thomas Keneally's <em>Confederates</em>?A great read."?John Doyle, <em>The Globe and Mail</em><br /></p><p>"Charles Frazier has taken on a daunting task ? and has done extraordinarily well by it.... In prose filled with grace notes and trenchant asides, he has reset much of the Odyssey in 19-century America, near the end of the Civil War.... A Whitmanesque foray into America; into its hugeness, its freshness, its scope and its soul?Such a memorable book."?<em>The New York Times Book Review</em><br /></p><p>"A page-turner that attains the status of literature?Natural-born storytellers come along only rarely. Charles Frazier joins the ranks of that elite cadre on the first page of his astonishing debut."?<em>Newsweek</em><br /></p><p>"A rare and extraordinary book?Heart-stopping?Spellbinding."?<em>San Francisco Chronicle</em><br /></p><p>"A great read ? a stirring Civil War tale told with...epic sweep...loaded with vivid historical detail."?<em>People</em> --<em>Review</em><br /></p><p>"<em>Cold Mountain</em> is a heartbreakingly beautiful story, elegantly told and utterly convincing down to the last haunting detail." John Berendt, author of <em>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil</em><br /></p><p>"This novel is so magnificent in every conceivable aspect, and others previously unimagined that it has occurred to me that the shadow of this book, and the joy I received in reading it, will fall over every other book I have ever read." Rick Bass<br /></p><p>"Lush, poetic, moving and artfully exciting A heightened, thrilling love story Perhaps the most eloquent writing about the awful drudgery and desperation of the Civil War since Thomas Keneally's <em>Confederates</em> A great read." John Doyle, <em>The Globe and Mail</em><br /></p><p>"Charles Frazier has taken on a daunting task and has done extraordinarily well by it.... In prose filled with grace notes and trenchant asides, he has reset much of the Odyssey in 19-century America, near the end of the Civil War.... A Whitmanesque foray into America; into its hugeness, its freshness, its scope and its soul Such a memorable book." <em>The New York Times Book Review</em><br /></p><p>"A page-turner that attains the status of literature Natural-born storytellers come along only rarely. Charles Frazier joins the ranks of that elite cadre on the first page of his astonishing debut." <em>Newsweek</em><br /></p><p>"A rare and extraordinary book Heart-stopping Spellbinding." <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em><br /></p><p>"A great read a stirring Civil War tale told with...epic sweep...loaded with vivid historical detail." <em>People</em> --na </p><h3>About the Author</h3><p><strong>Charles Frazier</strong> has taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder and at North Carolina State University.  He lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter, where they raise horses.<br /></p><p><strong>Cold Mountain</strong> is his first novel. </p><

C S Friedman

Coldfire Triloge #1 - Black Sun Rising

<div><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>For over a thousand years, the colonists of the planet Erna have struggled to gain control over a land prone to seismic instability and infused with a wild, near-sentient natural force known as "the fae." While sorcerers and adepts manipulate the dark and light sides of this power, the Church maintains its stance in opposition to its use. As the dark side of the fae grows in strength, feeding off the nightmares and greed of the minds that are drawn to it, four individuals form an unwilling alliance to battle the source of evil. Friedman ( In Conquest Born , DAW, dist. by NAL, 1978; The Madness Season , DAW, dist. by NAL, 1990) has produced a splendid hybrid of sf and fantasy in this first volume of a trilogy. Hauntingly memorable protagonists, high drama, and vivid world-building mark the beginning of what promises to be a magnum opus of the imagination. A priority purchase for fantasy or sf collections.<br>Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>A magnum opus of the imagination. (<em>Library Journal</em>) Lyric and fanciful...classic high fantasy. (<em>Locus</em>) Hard to put down. (<em>Midwest Book Review</em>) </p></div><

C S Friedman

Coldfire Triloge #2 - When True Night Falls

<h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Warrior priest Damien Vryce and immortal sorcerer Gerald Tarrant reunite in an uneasy alliance to combat an evil that threatens the delicate stability of life on Erna. There the mysterious force known as the "fae" conjures monsters from the stuff of dreams. This sequel to Black Sun Rising ( LJ 11/15/91) secures Friedman's reputation both as a gifted storyteller and an innovative creator. A good choice for most libraries.<br />Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Booklist</h3><p>On the planet Erma, humans have survived for 12 centuries in uneasy coexistence with the fae, a natural force with paranormal powers. Now those powers and the hostility of the fae are increasing, human survival on Erma is threatened, and a human priest-warrior and a native Erman female must go on a quest in search of a solution to the burgeoning conflict. This tale definitely straddles the border between fantasy and sf, appealing to readers of both in the manner of Bradley's chronicles of Darkover or McCaffrey's of Pern. Friedman is not yet quite as accomplished a storyteller as Bradley or McCaffrey, but she has exhibited steady growth over the years and her piling on of lots of well-chosen detail continues to bring her worlds and characters to life quite well. So her latest is for anyone who cares for its kind of quest-romance. <em>Roland Green</em></p><

C S Friedman

Coldfire Triloge #3 - Crown of Shadows

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>This closing volume of Friedman's Coldfire trilogy (When True Night Falls; Black Sun Rising) ably concludes one of the better fantasy series in recent memory. Even readers unfamiliar with the earlier volumes will quickly be enmeshed in the struggles of the Reverend Damien Vryce and The Hunter, Gerald Tarrant, to maintain the order of the planet Erna against the forces of the demon Calesta. The battle is made more complicated in this volume by the development of an allegiance between Calesta and Andrys Tarrant, a descendant of Gerald's who vows vengeance on his ancestor. Andrys is a bit too inept to ever seem threatening, however, and a bit too lacking in joie de vivre to come off as a classic Pretender/Fool. But the sections without Andrys, especially those focusing on The Hunter, are interesting enough, and as the final battles?involving The Church, The Hunter, the forces of Calesta and various people and factions whose alignments vary throughout the novel?are held around The Hunter's keep, readers will be enthralled. While Friedman introduces a science fictional raising-of-the-stakes gambit here that isn't entirely satisfying, her general mastery of her material should delight her fans. <br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Despite opposition by his Patriarch, warrior priest Damien Vryce again seeks the assistance of the immortal sorcerer Gerald Tarrant. While racing against time to prevent the enslavement of their world, the two men find themselves trapped between justice and retribution. Betrayal and loyalty assume ironic forms in this conclusion to Friedman's complex and compelling "Cold Fire Trilogy." The richly detailed setting and strong supporting characters give substance to a tale that explores the consequences of embracing evil in hopes of achieving its redemption. A priority purchase for fantasy collections.<br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><

John Fowles

The collector

SUMMARY: Withdrawn, Uneducated And Unloved, Frederick Collects Butterflies And Takes Photographs. A Chance Pools Win Enables His To Capture The Art Student Miranda And Keep Her In The Cellar Of The Sussex House He Has Bought With The Windfall. The Situation Is Seen First From The Collector'S Point Of View: He Thinks The Chloroform Pad No More Vicious Than His Butterfly Net, And Patiently Waits For The Barriers Of Class And Taste That Inhibit Their Love To Break Down In The Limbo Of Their Isolation. She, The Creator, Desperate For Her Freedom, Tries To Be Understanding But Cannot Banish Her Contempt For Everything Anti-Life That The Collector Stands For.<

Sara Foster

Come Back to Me

<p>When Mark introduces his date, Julia, to Chloe and her husband at a London restaurant, it's obvious something is very, very wrong. Alex and Julia pretend not to know each other, but the shocked expressions on their faces tell another story. As the mystery of Julia's identity unravels, a terrible tragedy from ten years ago gradually comes to light. While Chloe struggles with a secret of her own, Alex has to decide whether he should take Julia back to Australia to try to lay the past to rest, when doing so will risk all he has with the wife he loves. And Julia must decide whether to finally confront Alex with the whole truth about what happened back then. Set in London and Perth Come Back to Me is a taut psychological drama that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.<

Dick Francis

Come to grief

SUMMARY: The bestselling author of "Decider" is back with another suspenseful ride The hero of "Whip Hand" returns Although more than a decade has passed since the publication of "Whip Hand, " little time has elapsed in Sid Halley's life. Still in his mid-thirties, he remains troubled, courageous, unwilling to admit defeat to disabling injury or to corruption. Now, though, Sid faces nineties' dilemmas, dangers, and deeply demanding decisions. "I had this friend that everyone loved, and I put him on trial...I grieved for the loss of a friendship, and for the man who looked the same but was different, alien...despicable. I could more easily have grieved for him dead." Having exposed an adored racing figure as a monster, Sid must testify at the man's trial. But the morning of his appearance, a tragic suicide shatters the proceedings and jars Halley's conscience. Plagued by regret and the suspicion that there's more to the death than has yet come to light, he is catapulted into days of hard, rational detection, heart-searching torments, and the gravest of perils. Business as usual for Sid...<

Dick Francis

Comeback

Brian Freemantle

Comrade Charlie

Raymond E Feist

Conclave of Shadows #01 - Talon Of The Silver Hawk

SUMMARY: Evil has come to a distant land high among the snow-capped mountains of Midkemia, as an exterminating army wearing the colors of the Duke of Olasko razes village after village, slaughtering men, women, and children without mercy. And when the carnage is done, only one survivor remains: a young boy named Kieli. A youth no longer, there is now but one road for him to travel: the path of vengeance. And he will not be alone. Under the tutelage of the rescuers who discovered him, Kieli will be molded into a sure and pitiless weapon. And he will accept the destiny that has been chosen for him ... as Talon of the Silver Hawk. But the prey he so earnestly stalks is hunting him as well. And Talon must swear allegiance to a shadowy cause that already binds his mysterious benefactors -- or his mission, his honor, and his life will be lost forever.<

Raymond E Feist

Conclave of Shadows #02 - King Of Foxes

SUMMARY: Young Tal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village -- rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Conclave of Shadows. Already exceptionally skilled in swordsmanship, he has since developed into one of the secret society's most valuable agents, keeping ever alert for the opportunity to arise when he can avenge the craven slaughter of his family and friends. That time is now. Posing as a nobleman from the distant Kingdom of the Isles, he gains entrance into the court of the Duke of Olasko, the bloodthirsty and powerful despot whose armies put Tal's village to the sword. But the enemy is cunning and well protected -- in league with the foul necromancer Leso Varen, dark master of death-magic -- and to gain the Duke's trust and confidence, Tal Hawkins must first sell his soul. Only by swearing an oath of allegiance to his hated nemesis can Tal hope to get close enough to kill the Duke and bring his empire crashing down. But the tyrant demands that his new acolyte prove his loyalty with blood. Sent off to do his "master's" malevolent bidding -- each depraved mission more odious than the last -- the Talon of the Silver Hawk faces a spirit-crushing dilemma. Only through evil can his vengeance succeed, yet his alternatives are more terrible still: madness, torture, damnation, and a slow, lingering death in the Fortress of Despair.<

Raymond E Feist

Conclave of Shadows #03 - Exile's Return

Saved by a mage's intervention from certain death, Kaspar, the evil Duke of Olasko, is lord no more -- reduced to an exile's existence and forced to wander the harshest realms of the world he once enslaved. Merciless deserts, forbidding mountains, and vast oceans now separate the once powerful despot from his former seat of power -- his dark dreams of vengeance overwhelmed by the daily struggle for survival. But there is a larger drama that will entangle the broken dictator. An evil devastating and deadly seeks entrance to the land -- the mystical tool of a dark empire hungry for conquest and destruction -- and Kaspar has inadvertently discovered the key. Suddenly, Midkemia's last hope is a disgraced and exiled duke whose history is written in blood, and who now must wield his sword as her champion . . . if he so chooses..<

Kate Furnivall

The Concubine's Secret

Mark Del Franco

Conner Grey #01 - Unshapely Things

Mark Del Franco

Conner Grey #02 - Unquiet Dreams

Mark Del Franco

Conner Grey #03 - Unfallen Dead

Mark Del Franco

Conner Grey #04 - Unperfect Souls

A thrilling new Connor Grey urban fantasy In the Boston neighborhood known as the Weird, a decapitated body floats out of the sewer, and former Guild investigator Connor Grey uncovers a conspiracy that may bring down the city's most powerful elite. As the violence escalates, Connor is determined to stop it-with help from one of the most dangerous beings of Faerie. Even if it means unleashing the darkness that burns within him.<

Mark Del Franco

Conner Grey #05 - Uncertain Allies

Susan Fletcher

Corrag

<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The plight of an accused witch in late 17th-century Britain inspires confusion, then pity, in her only visitor in Fletcher's engrossing historical (after Oystercatchers). The only witness to the massacre of the MacDonald clan, Corrag sits in a village jail under a death sentence for her supposed supernatural involvement in the killings. Her interrogator is Charles Leslie, a Catholic loyalist traveling in disguise who is seeking information that may implicate the Protestant king William in the murders. Corrag leads Charles through her lonely childhood: her mother hanged for witchcraft, Corrag fled her hometown and lived hand to mouth before gaining the protection of the MacDonald clan. Corrag spins colorful if sometimes meandering tales of the unfriendly English countryside and the fleeting joy of having found, in the clan, a place where she can be accepted; Charles is harder to pin down, and he often functions as a placeholder until his abrupt shift into a pivotal role late in the book. Fletcher gives readers a strong plot, enough vivid passages to compensate for the occasional dull spot, and a triumphant heroine in Corrag, whose travails are truly epic. (Nov.) (c) <br>Copyright © PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p><strong>A breathtaking novel of passion and betrayal in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the portrait of an unforgettable heroine accused of witchcraft.</strong></p><p>February 13, 1692. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan's hospitality. Many more die from exposure. Forty miles south, the captivating Corrag is imprisoned for her involvement in the massacre. Accused of witchcraft and murder, she awaits her death. Lonesome, she tells her story to Charles Leslie, an Irish propagandist who seeks information to condemn the Protestant King William, rumored to be involved in the massacre. Hers is a story of passion, courage, love, and the magic of the natural world. By telling it, she transforms both their lives.</p><p>As in her award-winning debut novel, <em>Eve Green</em>, Susan Fletcher shows that she is "a novelist with the soul of a poet" (_Booklist_). This deeply philosophical and dramatic book is about an epic historic event and the difference a single heart can make—how deep and lasting relationships can come from the most unlikely places. </p></div><

Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

<div><p>Winner of the 2001 National Book Award for Fiction<br>Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award<br>An American Library Association Notable Book </p><p>Jonathan Franzen's third novel, <em>The Corrections</em>, is a great work of art and a grandly entertaining overture to our new century: a bold, comic, tragic, deeply moving family drama that stretches from the Midwest at mid-century to Wall Street and Eastern Europe in the age of greed and globalism. Franzen brings an old-time America of freight trains and civic duty, of Cub Scouts and Christmas cookies and sexual inhibitions, into brilliant collision with the modern absurdities of brain science, home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental healthcare, and the anti-gravity New Economy. With <em>The Corrections</em>, Franzen emerges as one of our premier interpreters of American society and the American soul. </p><p>Enid Lambert is terribly, terribly anxious. Although she would never admit it to her neighbors or her three grown children, her husband, Alfred, is losing his grip on reality. Maybe it's the medication that Alfred takes for his Parkinson's disease, or maybe it's his negative attitude, but he spends his days brooding in the basement and committing shadowy, unspeakable acts. More and more often, he doesn't seem to understand a word Enid says. </p><p>Trouble is also brewing in the lives of Enid's children. Her older son, Gary, a banker in Philadelphia, has turned cruel and materialistic and is trying to force his parents out of their old house and into a tiny apartment. The middle child, Chip, has suddenly and for no good reason quit his exciting job as a professor at D------ College and moved to New York City, where he seems to be pursuing a "transgressive" lifestyle and writing some sort of screenplay. Meanwhile the baby of the family, Denise, has escaped her disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married man--or so Gary hints. </p><p>Enid, who loves to have fun, can still look forward to a final family Christmas and to the ten-day Nordic Pleasurelines Luxury Fall Color Cruise that she and Alfred are about to embark on. But even these few remaining joys are threatened by her husband's growing confusion and unsteadiness. As Alfred enters his final decline, the Lamberts must face the failures, secrets, and long-buried hurts that haunt them as a family if they are to make the corrections that each desperately needs. </p><p><br></p></div><

Joseph P Farrell

The Cosmic War

<div>Physicist Joseph Farrell's amazing book on ancient interplanetary warfare! There is ample evidence across our solar system of cataclysmic and catastrophic destruction events. The asteroid belt, for example, may be the remains of an exploded planet! The known planets are scarred from incredible impacts, and teeter in their orbits due to causes heretofore inadequately explained. Rejecting the naturalist and materialist assumptions of catastrophism forwarded by other researchers, Farrell asserts that it is time to take the ancient myths of a Cosmic War in the heavens seriously. Incorporating extraterrestrial artifacts, cutting-edge ideas in contemporary physics, and the texts of ancient myths into his argument, Farrell maintains that an ancient interplanetary war was fought in our own solar system with weapons of extraordinary power and sophistication. In doing so, he offers a solution to an enigma that has long mystified researchers, disclosing a cause of that ancient war, the means by which it was waged, and the real nature of the secret technology behind the ancient "Tablets of Destinies." Topics include: Killer Asteroids and the Exploded Planet Hypothesis, The History of the Exploded Planet Hypothesis, The Explanatory and Predictive Power of the Exploded Planet Hypothesis, Other Phenomena Explained by the Exploding Planet Hypothesis, Problems of the Original Exploded Planet Hypothesis and the Revised Hypothesis, Plasma Cosmology and Ancient Mythology …The Problem of the Mercury Rectifiers, Plasma Pinch, Plasma Focus, and the Nazi "Bell" Project, Plasma Physics, The Plasma Focus, and Scalar Physics, Bearden's Claims for "Scalar" Physics and its Weaponization, The Dangers of Scalar Resonance: Planet-Busting “Doomsday” Implications, The Divine Weapon, Evidence of Planetary Sized Discharges in the Solar System, Ancient Testimony to the Existence of Giants, Hamlet's Mill: Another Mythological Background, The Galactic Context of Ancient Myths, The Astronomical-Galactic Meaning of “Earth,” The Galactic Meaning of "Tiamat," The Celestial, or Galactic War and Deluge, and Mars-Nergal: "The Great Leaping One," The Good, the Bad, and the Nephilim, Laurence Gardner's Genealogical Tables, Gardner's "Grand Assembly of the Anunnaki," The "Grand Assembly of the Anunnaki" and Mankind, The Anunnaki and Mankind: Adam and Eve, Primordial Revolts and Wars: Sumer, Edfu, and the Genesis "Gap" Theory, A Chronological Outline Emerges, Angels and Plasma Life?, The Mysterious Moon, How Did it Get There?, The Planetary Fission Model, Shards, Octagons, Craters, and Towers versus Incessant Meteoric Bombardment, Mars Surface Anomalies, Pyramidal and Other Rectilinear Formations, The Monoliths, Human Origins and the "Celestial Extent" of Humanity or its Genus, The Two Space Programs Hypothesis and Scientific Suppression, tons more.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://adventuresunlimitedpress.com/proddetail.php?prod=COSW">http://adventuresunlimitedpress.com/proddetail.php?prod=COSW</a><br></div></div><

Becca Fitzpatrick

Crescendo

A pesar de su fascinante relación con Patch y de haber sobrevivido a un intento de asesinato, la vida de Nora dista mucho de ser perfecta. Patch está empezando a alejarse y Nora no sabe si es por su bien o porque cada vez está más interesado en su archienemiga Marcie Millar. Además, una serie de imágenes sobre su padre la acosan de manera recurrente. A medida que Nora se sumerge en el misterio de su muerte, comienza a sospechar que su sangre nefilim puede estar relacionada con el asunto. Pero Patch no le da ninguna respuesta, por lo que ella decide investigar por su cuenta, arriesgándose hasta el límite. ¿Qué verdad se esconde detrás de la muerte de su padre? ¿Puede contar con Patch o éste le oculta secretos más oscuros de lo que ella imagina? Una novela de amor, intriga trepidante y ángeles diabólicamente seductores.<

Kathryn Fox

Crichton - 01 - Malicious Intent

<div class="blurb">At a crime scene, blink and you'll miss the truth. Move over Kay Scarpetta - a new forensic pathologist is on the case...Dr Anya Crichton, a pathologist and forensic physician, finds that work is sparse for the only female freelancer in the field. Between paying child support, a mortgage and struggling to get her business off the ground, Anya can't yet afford to fight her ex-husband for custody of their three-year-old son, Ben.When Anya is asked to look into the seemingly innocent suicide of a teenager, Anya notices similarities between the girl's death and several other cases she is working on with her friend and colleague, detective Sergeant Kate Farrer. All the victims went missing for a period of time, only to be found dead of apparent suicide in most unusual circumstances. As Anya delves deeper, the pathological findings point to the frightening possibility that the deaths are not only linked, but part of a sinister plot. Nothing can prepare her for the terrifying truth...  </div><

Kathryn Fox

Crichton 02 - Without Consent

<div><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>In Fox's sophomore thriller, the follow-up to last year's <em>Malicious Intent</em>, Aussie physician and freelance forensic pathologist Anya Crichton returns with a temporary gig as acting director at a center for sexual-assault victims. When a number of victims come to the center bearing signs of similar attacks, Anya begins to suspect a serial rapist—and it isn't long before the rapist's m.o. turns to murder. The lead suspect in the police investigation is Geoffrey Willard, a convicted child rapist just released from 20 years in prison; meanwhile, Anya's own investigation throws doubt on Geoffrey's culpability—and also attracts the murderous attention of the real madman. Fox, a physician with a mind for forensic medicine, provides plenty of authentic, grisly detail and has a real talent for carefully plotted mystery. Though the action can occasionally drag in the name of scientific accuracy, Fox keeps the suspense high, the down-under prose fun and her readers guessing, making this a captivating thrill ride with a great kicker. <em>(July)</em> <br>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Product Description</h3><p>Forensic pathologist and physician, Dr. Anya Crichton does not just examine the dead. She also treats survivors of sexual assault, and the women she now sees compel her to follow the trail of a violent serial rapist—who is becoming more brutal with each attack. When two new victims are stabbed to death, suspicion immediately falls on Geoffrey Willard, recently released from twenty years in prison for the vicious rape and murder of a teenage girl. </p><p>As the community demands justice, Anya faces the greatest ethical dilemma of her career. If Willard is innocent, her forensic evidence will destroy a respected pathologist's reputation. If Anya is wrong, she has ensured not only that a seasoned killer goes free, but that he remains unstoppable. </p><p>Only the killer knows a mistake has been made. One that is about to prove fatal . . . </p></div><

Orlando Figes

The Crimean War

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Starred Review. All most people know of the Crimean War is the charge of the Light Brigade, but this war was both global and modern, insists noted historian and University of London professor Figes (The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia) in his magnificent account. It was fought with industrial technology, railways, and steamships; 750,000 soldiers and uncounted numbers of civilians died. After an 1853 religious dispute with Ottoman leaders, Russian armies invaded a disputed area in present-day Romania. Longstanding anti-Russian anger in both Britain and Turkey boiled over into war. French opinion was less enthusiastic, but Napoleon III yearned for military glory. Although Russia soon retreated, Britain's cabinet wanted to inflict serious damage. The result was the massive 1854 British-French Crimean invasion. But the armies dawdled, resulting in a costly siege, bloody battles, and 18 months of legendary heroism and incompetence ending in a treaty that only temporarily restrained Russian advances and the Ottoman Empire's decline. Using French, Russian, and Ottoman as well as British sources, Figes has written a lucid, thoroughly satisfying, definitive history. 16 pages of b&amp;w photos; 19 b&amp;w photos throughout; maps. (Apr.) <br />(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. </p><h3>Review</h3><p>"</p><p>"Engrossing . . . In a book densely packed with incident, Figes highlights the influence of the press and the brutal casualties that the war produced . . . Could make a hardened war correspondent's blood run cold."—<em>The New Yorker</em></p><p>"Important and impressive . . . it is freshly informed by Russian sources, of which [Figes] is a master. . . . [<em>The Crimean War</em>] admirably narrates the saga in its international and religious setting."—Max Hastings, <em>New York Review of Books</em></p><p>"Meticulously researched . . . Comprehensive and compelling . . . Using a startling array of sources, from government records, news articles, and memoirs, to the letters of barely-literate soldiers, Figes deftly balances political, military, and social history . . . The chapters on the war itself are as gripping as an adventure novel . . . <em>The Crimean War</em> is an evisceration of war, a celebration of scholarship."—<em>Boston Globe</em></p><p>"Fascinating . . . Narrative history at its best, with patient unfolding of events unknown and forgotten--but that have consequences even today. A thoroughly impressive book."—<em>Kirkus</em>, starred review</p><p>"A lucid, thoroughly satisfying, definitive history."—<em>Publishers Weekly</em>, starred review</p><p>"Narrated in fearsomely vivid detail and with analytical precision . . . Figes restores historical significance and human suffering to the conflict."—<em>Booklist</em></p><p>Praise from the United Kingdom for <em>The Crimean War</em></p><p>“A wonderful subject, on every level, and with Orlando Figes it has found the historian worthy of its width and depth.”—Norman Stone, <em>Standpoint</em></p><p>“Figes’ new work will remind readers of his gifts, keen judgment and mastery of sources.”—Max Hastings, <em>The Sunday Times</em></p><p>“This is the only book on the Crimean War anyone could need. It is lucid, well-written, alive and sensitive. Above all, it tells us why this neglected conflict and its forgotten victims deserve our remembrance.”—Oliver Bullough, <em>The Independent</em></p><p>“Figes is a first-class historian. . . an excellent guide to the vagaries of the battlefield and the suffering of the ordinary soldiers . . . and the extent to which this was a religious war.”—Dominic Sandbrook, <em>The Daily Telegraph</em></p><p>“A fine, stirring account, expertly balancing analysis . . . with an impressive narrative across the vast panoramic sweep of the war.”—Mark Bostridge, <em>Financial Times</em></p><p>“Excellent. . . I could not help but marvel at the many parallels with the present.”—Anne Applebaum, <em>The Spectator</em></p><p>“A stellar historian. As ever, Figes mixes strong narrative pace, a grand canvas and compelling ideas about current geopolitical tensions."—Tristram Hunt, <em>The Observer</em></p><p><em></em> </p><p>"Entertains as well as enlightens… With its account of combat in the Balkans and conflict in Iran, Afghanistan and Jerusalem, [The Crimean War] makes the modern reader blink with recognition."—Angus Macqueen, <em>The Guardian</em></p><p><em></em> </p><p>“A complex tale, told vividly by Figes.”—<em>The Economist</em></p><

Tom Franklin

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

<p class="description">SUMMARY:<br>Tom Franklin's extraordinary talent has been hailed by the leading lights of contemporary literature—Philip Roth, Richard Ford, Lee Smith, and Dennis Lehane. Reviewers have called his fiction "ingenious" (USA Today) and "compulsively readable" (Memphis Commercial Appeal). His narrative power and flair for character-ization have been compared to the likes of Harper Lee, Flannery O'Connor, Elmore Leonard, and Cormac McCarthy. Now the Edgar Award-winning author returns with his most accomplished and resonant novel so far—an atmospheric drama set in rural Mississippi. In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother. Yet for a few months the boys stepped outside of their circumstances and shared a special bond. But then tragedy struck: Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. She was never found and Larry never confessed, but all eyes rested on him as the culprit. The incident shook the county—and perhaps Silas most of all. His friendship with Larry was broken, and then Silas left town. More than twenty years have passed. Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has returned as a constable. He and Larry have no reason to cross paths until another girl disappears and Larry is blamed again. And now the two men who once called each other friend are forced to confront the past they've buried and ignored for decades.</p><

Colin Forbes

Cross of Fire

Dick Francis

Crossfire

<h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>In the enjoyable fourth and final collaboration between Francis (1920–2010) and son Felix (after Even Money), the army career of Capt. Thomas Forsyth abruptly ends when an IED in Afghanistan blows off one of his feet, leaving him with a prosthetic replacement (like another Francis lead, Sid Halley). Upon discharge from National Health Service care, Forsyth makes his way home to Lambourn, where he gets a less-than-warm welcome from his mother, Josephine Kauri, a horse trainer. After learning that her stable has had a series of mishaps, Forsyth discovers that Kauri has been sabotaging her own animals in response to a blackmailer's threats to reveal her tax evasion to the authorities. With nothing else to occupy him, he turns detective to identify the extortionist. Though the plot details won't linger as long as those in Dick Francis's best work, like Whip Hand, this is still a suspenseful read. Francis aficionados will hope that Felix chooses to carry on the family tradition on his own. <br />Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h3>From Booklist</h3><p>Good authors never die; they leave behind at least one book. Francis, who died this year after writing a string of more than 40 racing mysteries, the last 3 in collaboration with his son, Felix, left at least this one book behind. For all lovers of old-fashioned, character-driven, plot-perfect suspense, this is like getting a windfall from a distant, deceased relative. The hero will remind longtime Francis fans of Sid Halley, the driving force of arguably Francis’ finest mysteries. Both have had their careers cut short by a devastating injury (steeplechase jockey Halley lost his hand in a racing accident; new hero, British soldier Captain Tom Forsyth, had his foot blown off by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan). Both have to find their way out of pain and grief to construct a new life. Forsyth, temporarily cut loose from his regiment, returns to the home he fled at age 17, the cold and hostile environment of his mother, one of Britain’s top racehorse trainers. While there, he stumbles into a blackmail plot involving his mother, one that puts her horses at high risk. The Francis team uses both Forsyth’s dilemma, which is how to find “targets and objectives” in a blown-apart life, and his military skills to enable him to get to the bottom of a rotten mess. The plot reads like classic Francis; the research parts presumably come from Felix, and they add a lot of weight to the saddle. The publisher hints that Felix may be carrying on his father’s legacy, but it’s doubtful anyone can. Enjoy this bequest. --Connie Fletcher </p><

Lizzy Ford

Damian's Assassin

<div><p class="description">Sequel to Damian's Oracle. With the White God in Europe, Dustin is left alone in Miami to protect the Grey God, a man-god struggling with his identity, and the White God’s mate. One of the Black God’s vamps in Miami suddenly goes rogue and starts killing humans by the dozen. Dustin initially doesn’t think much of the ruthless, human-hating thug, Talon, until it becomes clear that the vamp is receiving help from otherworldly beings whose intentions are nothing short of destroying humanity. To make matters even worse, Dustin’s begun to dream of his dead sister, who tells him he’ll be seeing her soon.</p> <p class="description">Dustin rescues Bianca and her troubled brother, a Natural whose mysterious talent makes him vital to Talon’s plans. Bianca, a woman as sunny and sweet as Dustin is hard and cold, has the rare Natural gift of healing. She can bring the recent dead back to life or turn a vamp back into a human. She can even reach Dustin’s heart, which he locked away long again after his sister’s death. Convinced he’ll be killed soon, Dustin won’t risk his heart or Bianca’s, despite their mutual attraction, and Bianca discovers even her incredible talent can’t save both the men she loves.</p></div><

Lizzy Ford

Damian's Oracle

Caught in the war between the White and Black Gods, Sofia and her rare gift bring victory to he who grabs her first. Her difficult transition from human to oracle forces her into a new world, where she struggles in her role as Damian’s mate and to help a mysterious man who’s supposed to be dead. Romantic fiction: contemporary,fantasy.Non-erotica.Adult content warning is for explicit language.<

John Fowles

Daniel Martin

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