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In the fall of 1888, Jack the Ripper slaughtered five prostitutes in London's seamy Whitechapel District. He did not just kill - he ripped with a butcher's glee - and then, after the particularly gruesome slaying of Mary Jane Kelly, he disappeared. For 127 years, Jack has haunted the dark corners of our imagination, the paradigm of the psychotic killer. We remember him not only for his crimes, but because, despite one of the biggest dragnets in London history, he was never caught.

Ludmilla "Mili" Petrova was once the most hunted woman on Earth, having raised the fury of two of the most powerful leaders on either side of World War II: Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. But Kathy Reilly of The Washington Post doesn’t know any of that when she encounters a brief mention of Mili in an old Russian propaganda magazine, and becomes interested in the story of a legendary, beautiful female sniper who seems to have vanished from history.

It’s not even a clue. It’s a whisper, a trace, a ghost echo, drifting down through the decades via chance connections so fragile that they would disintegrate in the puff of a breath. But it’s enough to get legendary former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger interested in the events of November 22, 1963, and the third bullet that so decisively ended the life of John F. Kennedy and set the stage for one of the most enduring controversies of our time.

New York Times best-selling author Stephen Hunter is back with another breakneck thriller, in which ex-Marine sniper, Ray Kruz, must outwit a group of murderous Somali terrorists who’ve laid siege to the Mall of America. Recently retired marine sergeant Ray Kruz has been talked into a mall trip by his fiancé, the beautiful Molly Chan. For Ray, Molly represents a way to reconnect with normal life, something his 20 years in the service and five tours in two combat zones have prevented.

Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer, to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. But. the British are not alone on Raines' trail.

A marine sniper team on a mission in tribal territories on the Afghan-Pakistan border, Whiskey 2-2 is ambushed by professionals using the latest high-tech shooting gear. Badly wounded, the team’s sole survivor, Gunnery Sergeant Ray Cruz, aka “the Cruise Missile,” is determined to finish his job. He almost succeeds when a mystery blast terminates his enterprise....

Four famed '60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. Under enormous media scrutiny, the FBI quickly concludes that Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock, whose 93 kills were considered the leading body count tally among American marksman in Vietnam, was the shooter. But as the Bureau, led by Special Agent Nick Memphis, bears down, Hitchcock commits suicide. But Nick is suspicious and asks his friend, the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, to examine the data.

In Cuba, Earl Swagger finds himself up to his neck in treacherous ambiguity where the old rules about honor and duty don't apply, and where Earl's target seems to have more guts and good luck than anyone else in Cuba.

In The Real Business of IT, Richard Hunter and George Westerman reveal that the cost mindset stems from IT leaders' inability to communicate about the business value they create - so CIOs get stuck discussing budgets rather than their contributions to the organization. 

Micah is alone. Abandoned after his accident. Left without family or his ability to shift. Stealing has become a substitute for what he really needs, someone who loves him as he is. Thieving put Micah’s life in jeopardy.

Of all the seasons of the church calendar, Christmas is the one most recognized and celebrated by our society at large. That means it's the season we're most familiar with—but that can also make it harder to see past Christmas's many cultural trappings to its timeless beauty, In this short volume, priest and theologian Emily Hunter McGowin invites us into the church's celebration of that great exchange, in all its theological and liturgical splendor.

Una casa arde en Oxford... y sus cenizas ocultan una verdad terrible. Las apacibles calles de Oxford se encuentran en plenas celebraciones navideñas, cuando un incendio irrumpe en la oscuridad de la noche. Los bomberos se afanan en apagarlo y logran localizar a dos niños. Pero todos se preguntan dónde están los padres, y más aún cuando se confirma que el incendio fue provocado.

When Rennick was thirteen, the gods bestowed upon him the name of his fated mate—a human girl. As the sole heir to the Mountain Kingdom, magic bound him to his kingdom until he ascended the throne on his twenty-fifth birthday. As a human, she couldn't cross the magical barrier separating the humans from the fae. Heartsore and consumed with thoughts of her, he did the only thing he could and sent her anonymous letters and gifts… Until he crossed the barrier into her kingdom to claim her as his own.

In this absorbing tale, you watch the timeless principles of servant leadership unfold through the story of John Daily, a businessman whose outwardly successful life is spiraling out of control. He is failing miserably in each of his leadership roles as boss, husband, father, and coach. To get his life back on track, he reluctantly attends a week-long leadership retreat at a remote Benedictine monastery.

Book 2 is a continuation of Overpowered Wizard. Zarian Darkrun and his friends must deal with the fall out of his cosmic crash out, which unleashed the full strength of his overwhelming and terrifying power for everyone to suffer. Various forces, factions, and even an Elf Empire who've ruled for five eras are getting involved.

An indispensable compendium of Hunter S Thompson's best of Gonzo. Originally published in 1979, The Great Shark Hunt, the first volume of the bestselling 'Gonzo Papers' is Hunter S. Thompson’s largest and, arguably, most important work. These essays cover Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to...

No one would take her from him, and if they tried, they would arrive in hell one piece at a time. Fawn Being half-human and half-fae had always made Fawn an outsider. Her only saving grace in the Human Kingdom was that she had no fae magic to fear. Until the day it manifested—fragile...

Don't miss the gripping new thriller from the author of MURDER IN THE FAMILY. Two sisters. One murder. The whole world is watching. Chastity knows the best way to run a home. The best way to raise your children. The best way to package it all for social media. Now, she is going from Trad Wife to...

Uma jovem e uma criança foram encontradas em um porão, trancadas e já quase sem vida. Ninguém sabe quem são — a mulher não consegue falar, e não há registros de desaparecidos que coincidam com o perfil delas. O proprietário da casa, o velho e excêntrico sr. Harper, jura nunca ter visto essas pessoas antes. Os moradores daquela pacata rua de Oxford estão em choque. Como uma coisa dessas pode ter acontecido bem diante do nariz deles? Mas o detetive Adam Fawley sabe que nada é impossível… e que ninguém é tão inocente quanto parece.

Ontem à noite, Daisy Mason, uma garotinha de oito anos de idade, desapareceu de uma festa de família. Ninguém naquela discreta e silenciosa rua residencial viu nada — ao menos é o que estão dizendo. Mas como é possível uma criança desaparecer sem deixar rastros? O detetive Adam Fawley precisa manter a mente aberta e desconfiar de cada ação suspeita.