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The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid has inspired generations of readers and holds a central place in Western literature. The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruined city of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West are continually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno. Finally reaching Italy, their leader, Aeneas, is forced to fight a bitter war against the natives to establish the foundations from which Rome is destined to rise.

Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom.

Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage - in name only - to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too - atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis. But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war. 

Kaine, a wanted man on the run, receives a mysterious text with an address and the terse message: "Help them." When unscrupulous men try to force Greek restaurateurs, the Constantines, out of their business and their home, they stand firm. That is until the head of the family, Orestes, is attacked and left fighting for his life. Their neighbors are running scared. The police are turning a blind eye. With one of The 83 in trouble, Kaine flies straight back into the heart of danger, without a second thought.

Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to become a spy—his cover working for a company that would become the notorious chemical conglomerate IG Farben—his life becomes an extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and impossible choices that will haunt him forever.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a titanic figure among the world's great authors, and The Brothers Karamazov is often hailed as his finest novel. A masterpiece on many levels, it transcends the boundaries of a gripping murder mystery to become a moving account of the battle between love and hate, faith and despair, compassion and cruelty, good and evil.

The next BRAND NEW, gripping, high-octane Ethan Frost archaeological thriller from Lex Faulkner A lost city in the Arabian dunes. The promise of eternal life. A deadly race to find a magical relic. When an ancient clay tablet points the way to the legendary lost city of Ubar - known to many as...

Die S-Squad wird in eine abgelegene Region der libyschen Wüste entsandt, um ein vermisstes Forscherteam zu retten. Bei der Suche stoßen sie auf eine verlorene Stadt in einem Hochplateau-Canyon – und folgen damit den Spuren eines früheren schottischen Teams aus viktorianischer Zeit. Die...

Der Präsident der USA beauftragt die Direktorin von PROJECT, Elizabeth Harker, mit der Untersuchung eines mysteriösen Zusammenstoßes zwischen einem Zerstörer der US-Marine und einem chinesischen Frachter. Ein Auftrag, der ein Komplott verbergen könnte — denn in Harkers eigenem Apparat...

Ein Anschlag zwingt Amerika in die Knie. Der Kampf ums Überleben beginnt. Ein einziger EMP-Angriff legt das Energienetz der Vereinigten Staaten lahm. Kein Strom, keine Motoren, keine Ordnung – die einst mächtigste Nation der Welt fällt binnen Stunden in sich zusammen. John Beck ist kein...

»Der letzte Überlebende« knüpft direkt an »Blutrache« an und spielt größtenteils in einem 24-Stunden-Fenster. Drake, Mai, Dahl und Alicia geraten in einen erbarmungslosen Kampf gegen acht der tödlichsten Killer des Planeten – ein extremes Turnier, aus dem nur einer lebend entkommen...

Eine skrupellose Geheimorganisation setzt im Verborgenen Ereignisse in Gang: Sie plant einen Atomkrieg, um danach die Weltherrschaft an sich zu reißen. Direktorin Harker und das PROJECT-Team müssen handeln – schneller denn je. Doch diesmal sind die Gegner nicht nur außerhalb. Ein ihnen...

From the author of The Forever War: Caught between the USSR and the United States, a professor fights to create a better world Nicholas Foley survived the horrific siege of Leningrad. Since World War II ended, he has risen through the ranks of American academia to his current post as a respected...

By 1964, the great empires of Europe have not faded into history. They have expanded across the globe, carving the world into spheres of influence, colonial possessions, and rival imperial blocs. For decades, the United States has thrived by playing one empire against another, balancing ambition with diplomacy and avoiding a direct clash with the Old World powers. But when events spiral out of control, that delicate game collapses.

No mission is without its element of danger. But nothing could have prepared Daphne Devine for this . . . Back in enemy territory, Daphne and one-time lover Jack have been sent to deliver The Grimoire, a centuries-old book filled with mysticism and spells. Posing as a rare book dealer, she will...

It was one of the largest predators of its era. It weighed ten tones, hunted sauropods ten times the size of a modern day elephant, and possessed a bite power capable of crushing steel. 65 Million years ago, it perished with all of its prehistoric relatives. Thanks to the miracles of science, it...

In 1860, the roiling conflict over slavery swept the United States into a war between diehard factions. Several states in the South declared they were no longer part of the Union. On April 12, 1861, Confederate partisans attacked the small Federal force holding Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston harbor. Newly elected President Lincoln raised an army to put down the rebellion. Many veteran officers rose up on both sides to lead the ensuing fight. The burden of the war fell on ordinary Americans.

Was tust du, wenn nichts nach Plan läuft und der andere alle Trümpfe in der Hand hält? Wenn du zu den Grave Diggers gehörst, änderst du das Spiel, aber das ist leichter gesagt als getan. Tate und sein Team von Grave Diggers sehen sich Feinden an allen Fronten gegenüber, und der einzige Ausweg ist, eine geheime Dschungelfestung zu finden. Um sie zu finden, müssen die Grave Diggers ein Labyrinth durchqueren, in dem es von Untoten, Fallen und Mördertechnologie nur so wimmelt. Sollten sie überleben, ist die Gefahr noch lange nicht gebannt.

Everyone is after something. How far are you willing to go to get it? And what are you willing to do to avoid being caught? In these stories, the line between pursuer and pursued is blurred by survival instinct and morality. From titillating games of cat-and-mouse to high-octane chase scenes...

From the singular talent that brought readers up close to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and its affiliated cruelties in Minor Detail comes an equally searing novel following the intertwined lives of two unnamed Palestinians. Adania Shibli is the master of the slow boil, the...