"To those who don’t really know her, Kate Henderson’s life must seem exceedingly ordinary. Civil servant, wife, parent of two teenagers, daughter of an Alzheimer’s-stricken mother ... But she’s also a senior MI6 officer, and right now she is nursing the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb. Kate’s

"In just a few decades, video games have grown increasingly complex and sophisticated, and the companies that produce them are now among the most profitable in the entertainment industry. Yet few outside this world have thought deeply about how these games work, why they are so appealing, and what t

In April 1975, as Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, John Bissell, a former Marine officer living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was glued to his television. Struggling to save his marriage, raise his sons, and live with his memories of the war in Vietnam, Bissell found himself racked wi

In den gottverlassenen Wäldern Pennsylvanias hat sich OfficerHenry Farrell eigentlich auf einen gemütlichen Job eingerichtet– und kommt dort eine ganze Weile nicht zum Schlafen. Dieörtliche Gemeinschaft wird nicht nur von verborgenen Crystal-Meth-Küchen und einer ausgeprägten Liebe zu Schusswaffen

"For Richard Field, a young Englishman new to the international police force, Shanghai represents a brave new world away from the past he is trying to escape. But his naivete is quickly dashed when he is called to the scene of a brutal crime, in which a young Russian woman, Lena Orlov, has been foun

In April 1975, as Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, John Bissell, a former Marine officer living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was glued to his television. Struggling to save his marriage, raise his sons, and live with his memories of the war in Vietnam, Bissell found himself racked wi

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as \*Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, \*and

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as \*Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, \*and

harry becomes obsessed with the memory of lily evans. He will do anything to obtain her. Even if it means killing his family. Full summary inside.

**What if you knew your next national leader really was a Russian spy?** **"An excellent thriller straight out of today's headlines" (*The*** ***Sun*****, UK).** Senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson is in possession of the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb. She heads up the Russia Desk of the S

A woman's chilling disappearance haunts a rural Pennsylvania county in the eagerly awaited new Henry Farrell mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Dry Bones in the Valley. Tom Bouman's Dry Bones in the Valley won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The

***Who we are, where we've been, and where we need to go now, to recapture the American dream*** **Now with a new Foreword by the author**. "The best presentation of the challenges facing the country--and the possible solutions--I've ever seen."--P. J. O'Rourke **Tom Brokaw, kno

**Tom Brokaw recounts the endgame of the Watergate scandal and the Nixon presidency in real time, from his perspective in the press corps as a young White House correspondent for NBC News.** In August 1974, after his involvement in the Watergate scandal was revealed, Richard Nixon became the first

"To those who don’t really know her, Kate Henderson’s life must seem exceedingly ordinary. Civil servant, wife, parent of two teenagers, daughter of an Alzheimer’s-stricken mother ... But she’s also a senior MI6 officer, and right now she is nursing the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb. Kate’s

In den gottverlassenen Wäldern Pennsylvanias hat sich OfficerHenry Farrell eigentlich auf einen gemütlichen Job eingerichtet– und kommt dort eine ganze Weile nicht zum Schlafen. Dieörtliche Gemeinschaft wird nicht nur von verborgenen Crystal-Meth-Küchen und einer ausgeprägten Liebe zu Schusswaffen

Nach dem fesselnden Debüt "Blutiger Winter": Die packende Fortsetzung der international erfolgreichen Krimiserie von Tom Callaghan. Akyl Borubaew, eigenwilliger Inspektor der kirgisischen Mordkommission und frisch strafversetzt, wird auf ein abgelegenes Feld gerufen. Dort wurden Kinderleichen gefund

The stark beauty of the Welsh countryside is given powerful life in this sweeping tale of one family from World War II to the present day, for readers of Alice Munro, Kent Haruf, Bruce Chatwin, and Louise Erdrich.