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Hear No EvilFor Detective Sam Porter, the words "Father, forgive me" conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades.See No EvilFound written on cardboard near each body, these words link multiple victims to a single killer--discovered within minutes of each other in both Chicago and South Carolina--clearly connected yet separated by impossible miles.Speak No EvilChicago Metro and the FBI find themselves caught in chaos--a hospital on lockdown, a rogue officer, and corruption at the highest levels. When Anson Bishop, the prime suspect in the notorious 4MK serial murders turns himself in, he reveals a story completely unexpected, one that not only upends the current investigation, but one that will change the lives of all involved.Do No EvilWith unrelenting tension and pulse-pounding suspense, the past unravels at breakneck speed as the truth behind the Four Monkey Killer's motive is finally revealed in this masterfully crafted finale.

In Paris, an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk. In the war-torn cities of Syria, government forces wage a bloody war against their own people. The Russians are propping up the government, the French are backing one rebel fraction and the British are backing another. And in north Africa, young SAS trooper Danny Black is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty, or so he thinks.

Roadside crosses are appearing along the highways of the Monterey Peninsula, not as memorials to past accidents but as markers for fatalities yet to come...and someone, armed with information gleaned from careless and all-too-personal blog postings, intends to carry out those killings. Kathryn Dance and her C.B.I. team know when the attacks will take place, but who will be the victims? Her body language expertise leads her to a recent fatal car crash, and to the driver, Travis Brigham, a gaming-obsessed teen who's become the target of vicious cyberbullies. And when Travis disappears, Kathryn must lead a furious manhunt in the elusive world of bloggers and social networking, where nothing is as it seems...

There is an ancient saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. A Case of Exploding Mangoes is the story of one such plane. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of: 1.Mechanical failure 2.Human error 3.The CIA's impatience 4.A blind woman's curse 5.Generals not happy with their pension plans 6.The mango season Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri? Here are the facts: A military dictator reads the Quran every morning as if it was his daily horoscope. Under Officer Ali Shigri carries a deadly message on the tip of his sword. His friend Obaid answers all life's questions with a splash of eau de cologne and a quote from Rilke. A crow has crossed the Pakistani border illegally. As young Shigri moves from a mosque hall to his military barracks before ending up in a Mughal dungeon, there are questions that haunt him: What does it mean to betray someone and still love them? How many names does Allah really have? Who killed his father, Colonel Shigri? Who will kill his killers? And where the hell has Obaid disappeared to? Teasing, provocative, and very funny, Mohammed Hanif's debut novel takes one of the subcontinent's enduring mysteries and out if it spins a tale as rich and colourful as a beggar's dream.

Nepperij, oplichterij, zwendel, grappenmakerij en bedrog: dit boek geeft er een fascinerend historisch overzicht van. Na een geloofwaardigheidstest waarin de lezer kan bepalen in welke mate hij/zij zich bij de neus laat nemen (zoals: is de bewering 'Schildpadden sterven nooit als gevolg van ouderdom' waar of onwaar), wordt in de inleiding over het hoe en waarom van zwendel en bedrog verteld. Dan volgen chronologisch vele gevallen uit de geschiedenis. Vervalsingen door de middeleeuwse kerk, de fantastische verhalen van John Mandeville die rond 1322 vertelde over eilanden waarvan de bewoners het lichaam van een mens hadden maar de kop van een hond, televisiegrappen (zo zond in 1957 een Britse actualiteitenrubriek een item uit over de spaghetti-oogst in Zwitserland), een UFO in de buurt van Londen in 1989, de vondst van de dagboeken van Hitler in 1983, de BMW-graancirkel gevonden in 1993 in Zuid-Afrika, en vele, vele andere gevallen van bedrog en zwendel.

¿Para qué vivo en este mundo? Los libros de autoayuda a menudo aconsejan que mires dentro de ti mismo para descubrir el sentido y el propósito de tu vida. Sin embargo, Rick Warren sostiene que este no es el enfoque correcto. Debes comenzar con Dios, tu Creador, y preguntarte por las razones por las que te creó. Fuiste creado por Dios y para Dios, y solo al comprender esto, tu vida cobrará sentido. Este libro, basado en la Biblia, te ayudará a descubrir los planes especiales de Dios para tu vida, tanto en este mundo como en la eternidad. Rick Warren te guiará a través de un viaje espiritual de 40 días que transformará tu respuesta a la pregunta más importante de la vida: "¿Por qué vivo realmente?" Conocer el propósito de Dios para ti reducirá el estrés, concentrará tus energías, simplificará tus decisiones, dará sentido a tu vida y, sobre todo, te preparará para la eternidad. Tu vida no fue un accidente cósmico. Antes de la creación del universo, Dios ya tenía una idea concreta de ti y te creó con un propósito específico. ¡Descúbrelo!