This is the third book in the "House of Niccolo" series. Set in 15th-century Cyprus, this novel continues the saga of Nicholas van der Poel, international mercenary who started out as a dyer's apprentice, as he plays for the highest stakes with the greatest super-powers in Europe.
It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold.
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival. Through the story of three generations of women in her own family – the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother and the daughter herself – Jung Chang reveals the epic history of China's twentieth century. Breathtaking in its scope, unforgettable in its descriptions, this is a masterpiece which is extraordinary in every way.
Una abuela, una madre, una hija. A lo largo de esta saga, tan verídica como espeluznante, tres mujeres luchan por sobrevivir en una China sometida a guerras, invasiones y revoluciones. La abuela de la autora nació en 1909, época en la que China era aún una sociedad feudal. Sus pies permanecieron vendados desde niña, y a los quince años de edad se convirtió en concubina de uno de los numerosos señores de la guerra.
The "New York Times" bestselling adventure writer creates a truly exciting tale of danger, courage, and suspense set in colonial South Africa
Siamo a Brahmpur, nell'India settentrionale; è il 1951. La signora Rupa Mehra ha appena benedetto il matrimonio della figlia Savita e già sta pensando all'altra figlia, Lata, e al "buon partito" che sicuramente troverà anche per lei. Ma Lata ha deciso di opporsi all'usanza dei matrimoni concordati: vuole scegliere da sé l'uomo con cui dividere l'esistenza... Da qui, pagina dopo pagina, il quadro si allarga e accoglie un'intera genealogia di personaggi, uomini e donne che vivono, lavorano, si scontrano, si amano, intrecciando le loro avventure e i loro sentimenti agli avvenimenti storici e politici del loro Paese sontuosamente magico e drammaticamente povero, saggio e dissennato, antichissimo e bambino.
While the major fighting of the Revolutionary War moves to the South in the summer of 1779, a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by three sloops-of-war, sails to the fogbound coast of New England. In response, Massachusetts sends a fleet of more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to "captivate, kill or destroy" the foreign invaders. But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat--and have stunning repercussions for two men on oppositesides: an untested young Scottish lieutenant named John Mooreand a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere. Inimitably told in Cornwell's thrilling narrative style, The Fortis the extraordinary novel of this fascinating clash between asuperpower and a nation in the making.
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling Harlequin, this is the second instalment in Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest series.
«Tú también te casarás con quien yo diga», le dice la señora Rupa Mehra a su hija Lata al principio de esta historia. Desde ese momento, la búsqueda de un buen partido para Lata se convierte en el motor de este extraordinario fresco de la India de los años cincuenta, un país que aún restaña las heridas de su reciente independencia; donde los esfuerzos modernizadores tropiezan con las ancestrales costumbres y donde los matrimonios se concertan por intereses familiares. En la tradición de Tolstói, George Eliot o Jane Austen, Vikram Seth nos ofrece una verdadera tranche de vie en la que los personajes viven, sienten, aman, odian y luchan por escapar o alcanzar su destino.
A millionaire is murdered and Inspector Felse, after sifting through the few shreds of evidence, finally arrests Kitty Norris, his teenaged son Dominic's first love. A young man's infatuation soon becomes something far more dangerous, though, as Dominic takes on Kitty's cause--in direct opposition to his father's investigation.
En 1861, Japón enfrenta la llegada de Occidente, generando tensiones culturales. En Edo, misioneros americanos, incluido Matthew Stark y la joven Emily Gibson, buscan nuevas oportunidades. Su amistad con Genji, un samurái, desata la ira de otros clanes, llevándolos a una lucha por la supervivencia entre intrigas y traiciones.
Een stelletje, dat hun kerstvakantie doorbrengt in een oude boerderij in Yorkshire, vindt er een interessant manuscript, waarin de schrijfster een gruwelijk geheim in haar leven onthult.
Il cadavere di un bambino viene trovato nella brughiera. Ha i piedi bruciati e presenta i segni di orribili violenze. Nessuno ne ha denunciato la scomparsa. Gli investigatori della polizia di York sono sconvolti: questo non è un caso come gli altri. Qualcosa di ambiguo, di segreto, di tremendo è nell'aria. Un testimone è in grado di fornire qualche indizio su chi ha abbandonato il corpo. Un'indagine parallela condotta dai servizi sociali, sul caso di alcuni bambini vittime di abusi sessuali, sembra in qualche modo essere collegata. Nel frattempo, altri personaggi fanno rivelazioni inaspettate. Una presunta schizofrenica, un uomo incarcerato per traffico di pornografia infantile, un proprietario terriero locale, un gruppo di famiglie nuove della zona: tutti appaiono coinvolti, ma in cosa esattamente? Donne e uomini della polizia e dei servizi sociali, ognuno profondamente turbato da quel che va scoprendo, riescono a strappare singoli frammenti di verità. E il quadro complessivo che si comporrà ai loro occhi, lasciandosi appena intravedere come un'ombra beffarda, sarà agghiacciante. Un cancro mostruoso con mille diramazioni, talmente grave da sembrare impossibile.
Whilst German tanks surround Leningrad during September 1941, two families struggle to stay alive. As winter grips the city first the furniture is burnt, then the books, but some may not live to see another day
Set amid the exotic world of deep-sea diving in the tropics, The Eye of the Tiger is a tale of adventure and romance told with rare humour and excitement. `I was looking down, watching the shark come. It seemed to swell up in size as it rushed towards me. Every detail was burned into my mind in those frantic seconds. I saw the hog`s snout with the two slotted nostrils, the golden eyes with the black pupils like arrowheads, the broad blue back from which stood the tall executioner`s blade of the dorsal fin.` Harry Fletcher, a man with a chequered past, has reformed and is making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the seductive waters of the Indian Ocean. Suddenly men from the world of violence Harry has put behind him overturn his good intentions, involving him in a hectic race to recover a fabulous treasure from an ancient wreck.
A tot zijn grote schrik treft Martin Snell op zijn vroege melkronde niet de zeer aantrekkelijke bewoonster van Celandine Cottage aan, maar slechts de geblakerde resten van het vijftiende-eeuwse landhuisje in Kent. Op de bovenste verdieping wordt het ontzielde lichaam van Kenneth Fleming, een vermaard cricketspeler, aangetroffen. Dood door verstikking, is al snel de conclusie. Wat deed Kenneth eigenlijk in Kent, terwijl iedereen aannam dat hij met zijn zoon op vakantie in Griekenland was? En welke rol speelden de drie vrouwen in zijn leven, die allemaal een motief voor de moord lijken te hebben? Inspecteur Thomas Lynley en brigadier Barbara Havers stuiten op een complex patroon van verstikkende relaties, waarin verwrongen verhoudingen, afwijzing en frustratie mensen soms aanzetten tot ongekende daden, waarbij liefde kan omslaan in allesvernietigende haat.
Per Dirk Pitt, semplicemente, una vita senza avventura non è degna di essere vissuta. Questa volta l'avventura si chiama Qin Shang, un abietto cinese privo di scrupoli e avido di ricchezze che ha fondato il proprio impero sul contrabbando di droga, di armi e soprattutto di vite umane, la sua merce di scambio preferita, al centro di loschi traffici d'immigrazione illegale. E adesso Qin Shang è disposto a qualsiasi cosa pur d'impadronirsi del relitto di una misteriosa nave carica di capolavori dell'antica arte cinese razziati da Chiang Kaishek durante la sua fuga dalla Cina e comprendente i resti preziosissimi del cosiddetto uomo di Pechino. La formidabile squadra della NUMA, comandata da Dirk Pitt, non ha però alcuna intenzione di stare a guardare. Seguendo le tracce di Qin Shang ha costruito un'enorme installazione portuale in una zona lontana dalle comuni rotte commerciali. Perchè ha scelto un luogo così improbabile? Che cosa si nasconde dietro quell'impresa? Mentre si prepara la drammatica resa dei conti finale, una sola cosa è sicura. Pitt ha di fronte il più pericoloso nemico che abbia mai incontrato...
When Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater & Marine Agency exploration team, rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov off the coast of Morocco, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon's scheme hinges on Nina's recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus, and a priceless pre-Columbian antiquity buried in the battered remains of the sunken Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria. Only Kurt Austin and his crack NUMA team stand between Halcon and the Andrea Doria's silent steel hull - and if their deadly mission fails, Halcon will ride to power on a wave of death and destruction.
UN MISTERIOSO PASSATO AVVOLGE LA CASA SULL'ISOLA DI GUERNSEY, IN INGHILTERRA. In preda a una profonda crisi personale e professionale, la giovane insegnante berlinese Franca Palmer decide di rifugiarsi nell'isola di Guernsey, nel canale della Manica. Qui trova alloggio presso un'antica villa a Le Variouf, dove l'anziana inglese Beatrice Shaye si prende cura di uno splendido roseto. Con lei vive Helene Feldmann, una tedesca trasferitasi sull'isola con il marito ufficiale al tempo dell'occupazione tedesca durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. Ben presto Franca si accorge che la sua presenza ha un effetto dirompente sul rapporto fra Beatrice e Helene, un rapporto che in realtà nasconde odi e rivalità mai sopiti risalenti agli anni della guerra.
NB There is another edition with the same ISBN & coverIt is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the alarms go off? What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre events that are about to engulf him.Before the next few weeks are over, Pitt will find himself confronted by an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient. He will tread upon territory previously known only to legend. And, at the end of it all, though many lives will be lost, and many saved, it is Pitt's own life that will be changed forever. . . .Filled with dazzling suspense and breathtaking action, Valhalla Rising is Cussler at the height of his storytelling powers.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Adventure Clive Cussler comes a breathtaking thriller from the Numa Files series about a primitive Brazilian tribe whose secrets could save the world from the billionaire tycoon set on destroying it. An investigation into the sudden deaths of a pod of gray whales leads National Underwater & Marine Agency leader Kurt Austin to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub permanently out of commission. Meanwhile, in South America’s lush hills, a specially assigned NUMA® team discovers a murdered body—a member of a mysterious local tribe, who live like ghosts beyond a five-part waterfall the locals call the Hand of God, and are rumored to be led by a mythical white goddess. Now they are in danger from a vicious cadre of bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinal discoveries worth millions. Soon, Austin and his crew realize that they’re working opposite ends of the same grand scheme and must race against time to save the world’s freshwater supply from a twisted eco-extortionist. But every step toward salvation takes them deeper into a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and death.
The second volume in the wonderful Magic Kingdom of Landover series.
Does for spirituality what Sophie's World did for philosophy.
Asakawa is a hardworking journalist who has climbed his way up from local-news beat reporter to writer for his newspaper’s weekly magazine. A chronic workaholic, he doesn’t take much notice when his seventeen-year-old niece dies suddenly – until a chance conversation reveals that another healthy teenager died at exactly the same time, in chillingly similar circumstances. Sensing a story, Asakawa begins to investigate, and soon discovers that this strange simultaneous sudden-death syndrome also affected another two teenagers. Exactly one week before their mysterious deaths the four teenagers all spent the night at a leisure resort in the same log cabin. When Asakawa visits the resort, the mystery only deepens. A comment made in the guest book by one of the teenagers leads him to a particular vidoetape with a portentous message at the end: Those who have viewed these images are fated to die at this exact hour one week from now. Asakawa finds himself in a race against time – he has only seven days to find the cause of the teenagers’ deaths before it finds him. The hunt puts him on the trail of an apocalytpic power that will force Asakawa to choose between saving his family and saving civilization.
In Italy, the Cardinal Vicar of Rome is assassinated during a papal celebration. In Los Angeles, entertainment lawyer Harry Addison receives a desperate message from his long-estranged brother, Father Daniel Addison, a Vatican priest. Hours later a tour bus with Father Daniel aboard explodes on the road to Assisi. When Harry arrives in Italy to claim his brother's body, he discovers that not only may Father Daniel still be alive, but he is the prime suspect in the murder of the Cardinal Vicar. In a sudden turn, Harry finds himself framed for the murder of an Italian policeman. Now on the run and on his brother's trail, Harry is thrust into a terrifying world of horror and deception where an international terrorist hunts Father Daniel as relentlessly as the authorities...and where a monstrous conspiracy arises from the very heart of the Vatican.
Unearthly Disclosure is a story of alien bases, alien contacts and abductions, genetic mutants, animal mutilations, and government paranoia. schovat popis
The present world will end on 22nd December 2012, so prophesized the Maya 5000 years ago in their inscriptions deep within the Central American rainforests. Who were the Maya? Where did they come from and why did they suddenly disappear? Will we suffer floods, volcanic eruptions and choas in 2012?
Quinta parte de la impresionante saga, tras un largo periplo, nuestros héroes llegan finalmente al hogar de Jondalar.
Based on thirty years of living with dogs, wolves, and dingoes and of the ways their lives intertwined with her own, the novelist and anthropologist presents an ethological poem of the lives of dozens of dogs
An immediate bestseller when first published in France, The Parrot's Theorem charmingly combines a straightforward history of mathematics and a first-rate murder mystery. Mr. Ruche, a Parisian bookseller, receives a bequest from a long lost friend in the Amazon of a vast library of math books, which propels him into a great exploration of the story of mathematics. Meanwhile Max, whose family lives with Mr. Ruche, takes in a voluble parrot who will discuss math with anyone. When Mr. Ruche learns of his friend's mysterious death in a Brazilian rainforest, he decides that with the parrot's help he will use these books to teach Max and his brother and sister the mysteries of Euclid's Elements, Pythagoras's Theorem and the countless other mathematical wonders. But soon it becomes clear that Mr. Ruche has inherited the library for reasons other than enlightenment, and before he knows it the household is racing to prevent the parrot and vital, new theorems from falling into the wrong hands.
L'histoire drôle et poignante d'une Bangladaise émigrée à Londres explore le choc des cultures, les désenchantements de l'exil et les mirages de l'intégration. Nazneen, née en 1967 dans un village du Pakistan, est considérée morte à la naissance, mais elle survit. Soumise à son destin, elle épouse un homme, Chanu, choisi par son père, et s'installe à Londres. Chanu, exilé depuis longtemps, aspire à une ascension sociale mais reste bloqué dans ses ambitions, tout en étant protecteur envers Nazneen. Isolée dans une cité de Tower Hamlets, Nazneen trouve du réconfort dans la maternité, ayant deux filles. Cependant, elle aspire à plus que son rôle d'épouse et de mère. Lorsqu'elle commence à faire des travaux de couture à domicile, elle découvre les prémices de l'indépendance et entame une liaison avec Karim, un jeune fondamentaliste musulman. Les tensions communautaires augmentent dans le quartier, tandis que sa sœur Hasina, restée au Bangladesh, vit une déchéance. Lorsque Chanu décide de retourner au pays, Nazneen se retrouve face à un choix déchirant : suivre son mari et retrouver sa sœur ou rester dans une ville en effervescence qu'elle commence à peine à connaître.
