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A dynasty of women triumphs in the fiercely male-dominated world of high fashion amid the ruins of war. A daughter honors her mother's ultimate sacrifice - by becoming a ruthless businesswoman who will stop at nothing to raise high her family's name. Another daughter seeks to flee the toxic legacy of her family and live in peace. And both daughters have a date with destiny in a vault filled with Nazi gold...treasure that will alter the courses of both their lives....

Ruthless, unscrupulous, devastatingly handsome, and insatiable Judd Crane, the richest man in the world, has everything a man could want in life: an endless supply of money, women, power, and sex. But despite his vast riches, he realizes that he cannot escape death.

Angelo Perino lives life on the bleeding edge of speed and success - a race car driver of humble origins who dominates on and off the track. Loren Hardeman is the ruthless patriarch of an auto empire, fighting to keep his family from self-destructing under the weight of its own greed and decadence. The two men, bound by their passionate vision as well as their charismatic power over women, come together to create the world's fastest, most advanced automobile, "The Betsy".

Johnny Edge, a former carnival barker, schemes and plots his way to the top while Peter Kessler turns his back on a staid life of small-town stability to stake his fortune on the movie business. Beautiful starlet Dulcie Warren is willing to use her sexuality and to play dirty to get to the top, if that's what it takes. When the lives of these three ambitious, determined characters collide, they have the potential to build a dream - or shatter one.

In a raging sandstorm, two men with their pregnant wives fatefully meet in the desert: Samir Al Fay, a Muslim doctor whose son will be named heir to the Prince of Beirut; and Isaiah Ben Ezra, a grizzled Jewish militant Zionist heading to the Promised Land. The women give birth - Samir's unconscious wife delivers a stillborn girl, Ben Ezra's wife dies delivering a healthy boy.

As a young boy, Diogenes Alejandro Xenos, witnesses the murder of his mother and sister by a band of marauders. As "Dax" grows to adulthood, he channels his fear and hatred into a desire for revolution, swearing revenge on those in power as he upsets the status quo. His actions make him an outlaw, living on the fringes of society in a land turned upside down with corruption. He is wanted by men and women alike-but for very different reasons.

Never Love a Stranger, still considered one of Robbins' most powerful books, tells the story of Francis "Frankie" Kane, an orphan growing up in the dirty world of New York's Hell's Kitchen. After being kicked out of a Catholic orphanage when it is discovered that he is of Jewish descent, a confused and deeply distraught Frankie turns to a life of crime, the only life he knows, and he's good at it.

Steve Gaunt, the rebellious visionary, is the head of a successful television empire, making him a hit in the ratings and with gorgeous women. Sam Benjamin, one of the last of the old motion picture tycoons, desperately wants to hold on to the power that has long been associated with the more "glamorous" part of the business - the movies. When the two combine forces, they have the potential to remake the entertainment industry - or be each other's undoing.

Spændingsroman om manden Jed, der kommer af en magtfuld mafiafamilie. Jed forsøger at slippe uden om en fremtid som mafioso. Han var selv vidne til, hvordan hans fætter Angelo døde en hæslig død, da de på en tur i Amazonas for at købe kokablade. De to fætre blev angrebet af nogle af familiens fjender, imens de sejledes på floden, og Angelo ender med at falde i vandet og blive ædt af piratfisk. Jed når sikkert tilbage til New York, og forsøger i nogenlunde grad at holde sin sti ren.

Jonas Cord had van jongs af aan al enorme bewondering voor zijn succesvolle vader. Hij wilde alles hebben wat hij ook had: macht, een fortuin en een mooie vrouw aan zijn zijde. Door zijn blinde ambitie en hebzucht heeft hij de top van de zakenwereld weten te bereiken, maar één ding, of beter gezegd, één iemand, kan hij niet krijgen: Rina Marlow. De verleidelijke actrice weet iedere man om de vinger te winden, maar weet ze ook hoe echte liefde voelt? Jonas komt klem te zitten tussen haar sensuele verschijning en manipulerende karakter. Zou zijn vader trots geweest zijn?

Welcome fellow travelers to another exciting issue of The Thrill Book! Herein lies all manner of stories for the discerning fan of pulp fiction. We have the chilling science fiction tale of a demented inventor wreaking havoc upon the world in Murray Leinster's "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero". Explore the lost civilization of the Sargasso Sea in the first installment of "The Lost Empire"! We also get the next part of the sea-faring serial "The Opium Ship" as well as the concluding section of the spy story "Strasbourg Rose"! And that's only scratching the surface! So much more lies inside. We ...

Harold Robbins, born Harold Rubin (May 21, 1916-October 14, 1997), was an American author from New York City. One of the best-selling novelists of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers—including The Carpetbaggers in 1961—and sold over 750 million copies in 32 languages. The following recording is from a 1974 TV interview.