Op de bergtoppen van Tibet ligt de dood op de loer. Daar, waar de wijsheid haar oorsprong zou hebben, dreigt nu een donker gevaar voor de gehele mensheid. Maar dat dringt niet direct tot de jonge archeologe Sarah Kincaid door. Haar eerste zorg geldt namelijk haar geliefde Kamal, die ze met alles wat in haar vermogen ligt uit de handen van hun vijanden moet redden. Het spoor voert haar via Istanbul steeds verder naar het oosten, totdat ze uiteindelijk aan boord van een luchtschip in Shambala aankomt Na de vlam van Pharos en Aan de over van de Styx opnieuw een grote titel met archeologe Sarah Kincaid in de hoofdrol.
Herbst 1884. Ein Gefängniswagen mitten im Moor. Darin ein lebloser Körper. Wie tot. Unter seiner Zunge eine Münze ═ der Obolus für Charon, den Fährmann ins Totenreich. Die junge Archäologin Sarah Kincaid ist verzweifelt, denn der leblose Mann ist niemand anders als ihr Geliebter Kamal. Doch er ist nicht tot. Es gibt noch eine letzte Möglichkeit, ihn zu retten ...Von den engen Gassen Prags zu den unterirdischen Gestaden des Totenflusses Styx bis auf die einsamen Gipfel der Metora-Klöster: Sarah Kincaids neues Abenteuer garantiert einmal mehr atemlose Spannung.
'A thoroughly enjoyable book and the introduction to a great series' 5* READER REVIEW Crime fiction fans worldwide are talking about the Dordogne Mysteries. In the first book in this beloved series, read and discover why, and what dark secrets are lurking in the idyllic French town of St Denis. When an old man, head of an immigrant North African family, is found murdered, suspicion falls on the son of the local doctor, discovered playing sex games surrounded by Nazi paraphernalia. But policeman Bruno isn't convinced, and suspects the crime has its roots in that most tortured period of French history - World War 2, a time of terror and betrayal that set brother against brother. Now it's up to him to find the killer - but will the people of St Denis allow him to go digging through a past they long to forget in order to do so? 'An auspicious beginning and can be recommended unreservedly' 5* READER REVIEW 'The descriptions of people, the area, food and wine give a great insight to this part in France' 5* READER REVIEW 'I could almost see the countryside, taste the food, appreciate the characters' 5* READER REVIEW 'The book is wonderful and I have purchased the next four' 5* READER REVIEW 'Whether you fancy a trip through the sleepy Dordogne or a fascinating crime story then this book is for you' 5* READER REVIEW
After US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, a young Biritish diplomat, was appointed as Coalition Provisional Authority's deputy governor of a province in southern marshland region. There, he and his colleagues confronted gangsters. This work provides an account of the attempt to re-build a nation.
In een grot in de bergen van de Languedoc zijn de wanden bedekt met raadselachtige inscripties in allerlei talen en uit verschillende beschavingen en tijdperken. Achter in de grot schijnt een mysterieus blauw licht en iedereen die hier te dichtbij komt wordt waanzinnig. Historicus Peter Lavell en archeoloog Patrick Nevreux worden door de Verenigde Naties naar de grot gestuurd voor verder onderzoek. Daar krijgen ze hulp van Stefanie Kruger, een jonge vrouw die gespecialiseerd is in het vertalen van oude teksten. Al snel wemelt het gebied rond de grot van de occulte sektes, spionnen en iedereen die denkt belang te hebben bij het geheim dat door de teksten onthuld zou kunnen worden. Maar terwijl men dichter bij de oplossing van het raadsel komt, stijgt de spanning tot explosieve hoogte...
The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers,
sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during WW2.
The disturbing truth about the war on terror and a withering critique of the
Bush Administration's neglect of the threat, by the man who served for eleven
years as the White House Counter-terrorism Czar.
In the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In Victoria and the Staveneys, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn into a world of white privilege. The Reason for It traces the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening modern resonances. A Love Child features a World War II soldier who believes he has fathered a love child during a fleeting wartime romance and cannot be convinced otherwise.
Edgy, funny and devastating, Self is the fictional autobiography of a young writer at the heart of which is a startling twist. This extraordinary life meanders through a rich, complicated, bittersweet world. The discoveries of childhood give way to the thousand pangs of adolescence, culminating in the sudden shocking news of an accident abroad. And as adulthood begins, indecisively, boundaries are crossed between countries, languages and people . . .
Jintong, his mother, and his eight sisters struggle to survive through the major crises of twentieth century China, which include civil war, invasion by the Japanese, the cultural revolution, and communist rule in the new China.
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Rourke ha appena aderito all'Armée Rouge cinese. Un uomo su dieci tiene in mano una torcia di pino, creando un fantastico serpente luminoso che sembra avvolgere il pianeta. È sera e Kate sente un rumore all'esterno; la sua mano scivola verso la pistola, ma la lascia andare riconoscendo il passo di Rourke. Nel caos delle ultime settimane, ha lavorato quasi venti ore al giorno per organizzare i servizi del suo giornale, mantenendo sempre una cortesia implacabile. Determinata a costruire il suo impero, Kate Killinger affronta le sfide dell'America degli anni trenta, sfidando l'autorità di suo padre, un magnate della stampa newyorkese, e la guerra dei sindacati. La sua unica vulnerabilità è la passione per H.H. Rourke, un instancabile cacciatore di notizie che, dalla Longa Marcia di Mao alla guerra d'Abyssinia, rivela le fratture di un mondo in tumulto. KATE è un grande romanzo d'amore e avventura, che esplora un legame eccezionale in un universo violento.
Op historische gebeurtenissen gebaseerde roman over leven en werk van twee Chinese mannen en hun Russische vrouwen in het Rusland van Stalin en het China van Mao rond 1920.
There were mythic sports figures before him -- Jack Johnson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio -- but when Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene from his native Louisville in the 1950s, he broke the mold. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world itself. As Muhammad Ali, he would become the most recognized face on the planet. This unforgettable story of his rise and self-creation, told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, places Ali in a heritage of great American originals. Cassius Clay grew up in the Jim Crow South and came of athletic age when boxers were at the mercy of the mob. From the start, Clay rebelled against everything and everyone who would keep him and his people down. He refused the old stereotypes and refused the glad hand of the mob. And, to the confusion and fury of white sportswriters, who were far more comfortable with the self-effacing Joe Louis, Clay came forward as a rebel, insistent on his political views, on his new religion, and, eventually, on a new name. His rebellion nearly cost him the chance to fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. "King of the World" features some of the pivotal figures of the 1960s -- Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, John F. Kennedy -- and its pivotal events: the civil rights movement, political assassinations, the war in Vietnam.
This volume is the biography of a pioneer of field archeology, Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), retelling how Schliemann rose from grocer's apprentice in Germany to wealthy indigo merchant in St. Petersburg to his final re-creation as an archaeologist. Although Schliemann outraged scholars with his boastfulness, penchant for willful ambiguousness in his writings, and brutal methods of excavation, he amazed the world by discovering one of the most important and glorious sites in the history of mankind. The author emphasizes Schliemann's story to track the fate of Priam's Treasure. This cache of gold and other artifacts was discovered and stolen by Schliemann, later hidden by the Nazis, and then stolen and hidden by the Russians
Met behulp van veel gekleurde foto's en uitvouwbare instrumenten als een platenspeler of een microscoop wordt verteld over zeven wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.
Molestie sessuali: un'accusa pesante, soprattutto quando a farla è un uomo. Thomas Sanders è un uomo tranquillo, manager di una azienda informatica. Finché nella sua vita ricompare Meredith Johnson, ex fidanzata, sexy, spregiudicata, avida di successo. Thomas in un solo giorno perderà la poltrona, la dignità e la fiducia dei suoi cari, e per salvarsi dovrà combattere una dura battaglia: contro Meredith, spietata e senza scrupoli, contro i pregiudizi della gente, contro gli stessi interessi dell'azienda.
Brazil is the first work of fiction to depict five centuries of a great nation's remarkable history, its evolution from colony to kingdom, from empire to modern republic. With a stunning cast of real and fictional characters, the story unfolds in South America, Africa and Europe.Two families dominate this extraordinary novel. The Cavalcantis are among the original settlers and establish the classic Brazilian plantation -- vast, powerful, built with slave labor. The da Silvas represent the second element in both contemporary and historical Brazil: pathfinders and prospectors. For generations, these adventurers have their eyes set on El Dorado, which they ultimately find -- in a coffee fazenda at Sao Paulo.Brazil is an intensely human story -- brutal and violent, tender and passionate. Perilous explorations through the Brazilian wilderness...the perpetual clash of pioneer and native, visionary and fortune hunter, master and slave, zealot and exploiter...the thunder of war on land and sea as European powers and South American nations pursue their territorial conquests...the triumphs and tragedies of a people who built a nation covering half the South American continent...all are here in one spell-binding saga.
Het Franse meisje Julie zoekt na een diepe telerustelling troost in de wereld van de drugs. De wereld van heroïne en cocaïne, lijm en vlekkenwater. Julie steelt en tippelt als het moet. Ze liegt en bedriegt om die korte periode van vergetelheid. Daarna volgt dan weer de rusteloosheid, het lijden en de angst. Haar helse afdaling in de onderwereld van Parijs, waar zelfmoordpogingen en overdosis aan de orde van de dag zijn, blijft niet ongestraft. Met de moed der wanhoop probeert Julie tenslotte uit de modder omhoog te kruipen. Maar alleen lukt dat niet. Dan ontmoet ze Etiënne. HIj helpt het jonge meisje bij haar terugkeer naar een normaal leven. Tegen Etiënne wil Julie eerlijk zijn. Voor hem zet ze haar trieste levensverhaal op papier, al is ze nog zo bang daardoor haar enige vriend te verliezen.
