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A religious cult, militia conspirators, and an FBI standoff. Can a nine-year-old girl survive them all? Sophia’s mom has been promised Zion after meeting and marrying a fanatic religious cult member. Sophia is left to protect her younger sister while facing severe punishments, strange rules, and meetings meant to indoctrinate them.

Brasilien, 1839: Die unkonventionelle Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro da Silva ist gerade achtzehn Jahre alt, als sie in ihrer Heimatstadt Laguna dem berühmten italienischen Freiheitskämpfer Giuseppe Garibaldi begegnet. Es ist Liebe auf den ersten Blick, und Garibaldi, der die brasilianische Guerilla unterstützt, hätte sich keine mutigere oder fähigere Partnerin aussuchen können. Ana Maria, die er zärtlich Anita nennt, kämpft fortan an seiner Seite und wird zur Heldin des brasilianischen Freiheitskampfes: die Geschichte einer großen Liebe in turbulenten Zeiten und das Porträt einer ungewöhnlichen Frau.

Marisa guarda con sgomento la classifica dei libri più venduti. In cima c’è il romanzo che ha tra le mani. L’ha sfogliato e ha riconosciuto ogni pagina, ogni riga, ogni vocabolo. Quello è il libro che ha pubblicato vent’anni prima, solo che ora il nome dell’autore in copertina è un altro e lei non sa chi sia. Qualcuno ha copiato il suo romanzo. Marisa non sa che fare perché non può dimostrare che si tratti della stessa storia scritta con le stesse parole. Non può farlo perché quando ha pubblicato il suo esordio è stato un totale fallimento e ne ha distrutto ogni copia, ogni file.

Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson. Before they were household names, these budding legends called Sue’s Nashville apartment—lovingly dubbed the “Boar’s Nest”—home. Sue’s place was an intimate staging ground where a new breed of singer-songwriters—wounded souls, wayward upstarts—would spur each other on to tap into something bigger, realer.

Based on the true story of Mary Bryant, an iconic figure in the foundational lore of Australia as Great Britain's penal colony, Fled is a sweeping, heart-wrenching account of one woman's lifelong search for freedom.

Simon Zane is an average guy that sometimes finds himself in sticky situations as he goes from one venture to the next. He navigates a difficult childhood that drives him to organize his own ultramarathon. He fights in Operation Desert Storm, falls in love with a German spy during the Cold War, takes risks in business, and much more, proving that an IT guy can be a hero too.

Rescued from being euthanized, Odin becomes a Patrol Tracking Canine, partnered with Adam Slater. As only Odin can narrate, he and Adam journey through mountainous challenges and ferocious fights with inhospitable terrain, remorseless subjects, and potentially spirit-shattering injuries. K9 ODIN is a redemptive story which demonstrates that anyone, or any dog, is capable of employing their courage and heart to transform a community and inspire the world.

Greg Ellis had a fascinating legal career. He grew up in Chicago. He graduated from Law School in Chicago in 1980. He defended Chicago mobsters and later prosecuted the worst mob murderers as a State’s Attorney. His first case out of Law School was a life changer. While working for a prominent criminal defense lawyer, Greg represented the two Marlborough Diamond Thieves. It is a 45-carat diamond in a necklace, stolen from a London jewelry store in 1980. It has never been recovered. This book follows its trail for the past 42 years. Where it has been and where it is now.

Артур Конан Дойл — автор, в котором органично соединились детектив и путешественник, поклонник науки и спиритизма, а также писатель и врач. Оставаясь всю жизнь верным своему врачебному призванию и черпая вдохновение из него, мастер писал: "...любой врач должен быть благодарен судьбе за свою профессию. Ведь делать добро — это такое огромное удовольствие, что впору платить за эту привилегию..." Письма молодого врача — это история жизни молодого доктора Старка Монро. Во многом автобиографичное произведение, почти все персонажи которого списаны с реальных прототипов.

This tragic story happened in a Dublin Hospital in the early 1970's. Through gross medical incompetence, negligence, poor practice, and judgement, compounded by denial and arrogance, a young woman is put into a chronic vegetative state from which there is no prospect of ever recovering. She is undergoing a surgical procedure that she did not need when she suffers a cardiac arrest with devastating consequences.

Jim Nolan, a would-be hero, becomes a truck driver in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Despite the unglamorous role, he finds mobility that leads to exciting, sometimes funny, and often sad situations. Jim's changing attitudes about himself and the world around him affect the American soldiers he interacts with. He struggles internally between good and evil, trying to comprehend the difference.

Esta es la historia de una búsqueda que empieza hace quince años, cuando su protagonista decide plantarse en Bosnia recién salida de la facultad de Periodismo. Va a la caza de un gran reportaje, pero una noche conoce a Darko y termina encerrada en un dormitorio cuyallave solo tiene él. No es un secuestro, pero no le importaría. Un misterioso mensaje de una mujer le dará a conocer una red de casas secretas donde se esconden víctimas de trata.

Una promesa a su madre lo mantuvo con vida en medio del horror del Holocausto Cuando Abram y su madre llegaron al campo de exterminio de Auschwitz el 29 de agosto de 1944, se dieron cuenta de que sería su final. En los últimos instantes juntos, ella le pidió que hiciera todo lo humanamente...

The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar follows the adventures of Henry Sears O'Connor, a quick-witted and resourceful protagonist, and his accomplice, Antonio Rossi, during the Great Depression era. Henry, a skilled cat burglar teams up with Antonio, a handsome Italian getaway man, to pull off daring heists targeting the wealthy elite in upstate New York.

At the age of fourteen Lady Margaret de la Roche is presented at court as a New Year’s Day gift for King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine of Aragon. In her role as a maid of honour she develops a great admiration for the virtuous queen. But her loyalty is tested when the king falls in love with the fascinating Anne Boleyn. As her life at court becomes increasingly perilous, she must find a way to be a faithful servant of the queen and a true subject of the king. “The Tudor Lady in Waiting” tells the story of the dangers and intrigues of the Tudor court in the reign of Henry VIII.

It’s October 1931. When Winnie Ruth Judd arrives at the Los Angeles train station from Phoenix, her shipping trunks catch the attention of a suspicious porter. By the time they’re pried open, revealing the dismembered bodies of two women inside, Ruth has disappeared into the crowd. The search for, and eventual apprehension of, the Trunk Murderess quickly becomes a headline-making sensation. Even the Phoenix murder house is a sideshow attraction.

Set in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Bombay, India, Mr. Monroe's journey into authenticity results in a series of failed relationships that reveal the dark, enigmatic recesses of his complex personality and eventually land him in a hellhole prison in Bombay. His tragedy unfolds into an ending that no one, especially Monroe, could have possibly predicted or imagined.

Good things happen when your life is freed from the restrictions of gravity and time. Jake Spinner is a modern-day Don Quixote mixed in with a large dose of Winnie the Pooh.

Der junge Sam Greven, 23, ist ein Draufgänger. Als Kopf einer Sprayer-Gang ist er in der Szene im Kreis Bergheim bei Köln bekannt und hat neben seinen Graffiti-Künsten, wegen denen er immer wieder mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt tritt, eine sehr hohe kriminelle Energie. Als er die 19-jährige Leonie Hammerschmidt zufällig in einer Bar kennen lernt, verstehen sich die Beiden auf Anhieb.

Druga połowa XIX wieku. Ulice Powiśla. Zakamarki Krakowskiego Przedmieścia. Salony warszawskich kupców i przedsiębiorców. Ciasne pokoiki obskurnych burdeli. Mała dziewczynka, wychowywana w domu publicznym, do której niespodziewanie uśmiecha się los – trafia do rodziny bogatego kupca, Stanisława Berga. Życie nareszcie zaczyna się układać, ale jeden nierozsądny, młodzieńczy wybuch pożądania sprawia, że panna zostaje zmuszona do wyjazdu. Krótka wyprawa do Indii, która miała być tylko przygodą i nauką rzemiosła, staje się wieloletnim zesłaniem.