Originally published in 1960, this compact book tells the true story of a German soldier: from his early childhood during the First World War, through to his harrowing experiences on the frontline during the Word War II, culminating in his capture by the Red Army on 20 December 1942…

An astonishing first-hand account.

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Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with , a new chapter in his groundbreaking Alien adventure. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise. But it is actually a dark, dangerous world.

When they uncover a threat beyond their imaginations, they must attempt a harrowing escape.

Acclaimed author Alan Dean Foster also returns to the universe he first encountered with the official novelization of the original Alien film. is the pivotal adventure that preceded that seminal film, and leads to the events that will yield one of the most terrifying sagas of all time.

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Lisa Sheridan — a beautiful woman, alone and unfulfilled, driven by unnatural desires...

Avery Lawes — only half a man because he had never loved a woman...

They met, and each saw in the other a chance for escape. And so, in a frantic flight for normality, they were married.

But they could not know the terrible depths into which their union would plunge them.

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Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known—his dreams.

Filled with lyrical longing and humour, captures perfectly the urge to get away and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even be looking for you.

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A multi-generational epic as seen through the eyes of man’s best friend, the dogs who are used as mere tools for the benefit of humankind gradually discover their true selves, and learn something about us.

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Lavorare in un ospedale psichiatrico è difficile. Ogni giorno la dottoressa Ellen Roth si scontra con un’umanità reietta, con la sofferenza più indicibile, con il buio della mente. Tuttavia, a questo caso non era preparata: la stanza numero 7 è satura di terrore, la paziente rannicchiata ai suoi piedi è stata picchiata, seviziata. È chiusa in se stessa, mugola parole senza senso. Dice che l’Uomo Nero la sta cercando. La sua voce è raccapricciante, è la voce di una bambina in un corpo di donna: le sussurra che adesso prenderà anche lei, Ellen, perché nessuno può sfuggire all’Uomo Nero. E quando il giorno dopo la paziente scompare dall’ospedale senza lasciare traccia, per Ellen incomincia l’incubo. Nessuno l’ha vista uscire, nessuno l’aveva vista entrare. Ellen la vuole rintracciare a tutti i costi ma viene coinvolta in un macabro gioco da cui non sa come uscire. Chi è quella donna? Cosa le è successo? E chi è veramente l’Uomo Nero? Ellen non può far altro che tentare di mettere insieme le tessere di un puzzle diabolico, mentre precipita in un abisso di violenza, paranoia e angoscia. Eppure sa che, alla fine, tutti i nodi verranno al pettine...

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Léon est l'humble serviteur de Boris, metteur en scène de renom. Il lui organise une existence douillette et, la rage au cœur, débusque pour lui le gibier féminin de son choix. Jusqu'au jour où la situation s'aggrave : survient une donzelle qui se met en tête de séduire « l'Illustre », de se l'attacher à tout jamais…<

On a rainy June morning, tens of thousands of people crowd into Duluth for the city’s biggest annual event: the Duluth Marathon. Exhausted runners push to reach the finish line and spectators line the streets to cheer them on. Then, in a terrifying echo of the Boston bombing, there is an explosion along the race course, leaving many people dead and injured.

Within minutes, Jonathan Stride, Serena Dial, and Maggie Bei are at work with the FBI to find the terrorists behind the tragedy. As social media feeds a flood of rumors and misinformation, one spectator remembers being jostled by a young man with a backpack not far from the bomb site. He spots a Muslim man in a tourist’s photo of the event and is convinced that this was the man who bumped into him in the crowd — but now the man’s backpack is missing.

When he tweets the photo to the public, the young man, Khan Rashid, becomes the most wanted man in the city. And the manhunt is on.

But are the answers behind the Duluth bombing more complex than anyone realizes? And can Stride, Serena, and Maggie find the truth before more innocent people are killed?

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Beginning in the 1950s, Flora wrote a string of 20 great novels — mysteries, suspense, plus three pseudonymously as “Ellery Queen.” He also published more than 160 short stories in the top mystery magazines. In his day, he was among the top of his field. This volume collects 26 of his classic mystery and crime tales for your reading pleasure.<

If you mix a liquid with gunpowder and ignite it, and it burns with a steady blue flame, then the liquid must be at least fifty percent alcohol; and that’s PROOF... That’s the way they proved a liquid was alcohol in the seventeenth century when distilled spirits were first taxed, and that’s what is meant by proof to this day.

Tony Beach, wine merchant, knew his scotch, so to be asked to give his opinion of one particular bottle seemed harmless enough, but the bottle contained firewater of a highly-explosive nature... and Tony without intending it had set out on a one-way route into danger.

From a harmless Sunday morning party at a racing stable and onwards to the edge of death, Tony comes nearer and nearer to a lethal adversary and also to unexpected knowledge of his own true self.

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È bastata una notte per mandare in frantumi l'esistenza di Kacey Jacobs. Da allora, lei ha abbandonato gli studi, si è trasferita in un’altra città e ha trovato un lavoro. Ma, proprio quando pensava di essersi lasciata tutto alle spalle, ecco che il passato torna a bussare alla sua porta. Letteralmente. Jake Titus si presenta da lei e per chiederle aiuto. D’istinto, Kacey vorrebbe cacciarlo subito via, ma come rifiutare un favore al suo unico, grande amore? In fondo si tratta di andare a casa dei genitori di Jake e di fingersi la sua fidanzata per un weekend. Un weekend in cui, magari, Kacey potrebbe fargli capire di essere davvero la ragazza giusta per lui. Purtroppo nessuno l’ha informata che tra gli invitati ci sarebbe stato pure Travis, il bellissimo – e odioso – fratello maggiore di Jake... È solo un’occasione tutto ciò che desidera Travis Titus. Da bambino, ha scommesso con Jake che, una volta diventato grande, avrebbe sposato Kacey. E, nel corso degli anni, le ha provate tutte per fare colpo su di lei: inutilmente. Anzi, sembra proprio che Kacey non lo possa sopportare. Ma adesso lui è una persona diversa, e vuole confessare a Kacey i suoi sentimenti. Saranno sufficienti due giorni per conquistare il suo cuore, o dovrà rassegnarsi a guardare la donna della sua vita cadere tra le braccia del fratello?

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The original novel of submarine warfare, available for the first time as an ebook after selling over half a million copies in its original editions.

Written with a blazing intensity, it is a stirring and compellingly authentic journey through the greatest conflict in history, drawing upon the author’s first-hand experience. Get ready for adventure!

This is life on HMS : routine and special operations; boarding Chinese junks; creeping through minefields; engaging a Japanese cruiser; evading depth charges; returning to the port of Ceylon and the Depot Ship; and then off again into action with unerring zeal. But can they keep evading tragedy forever? And if the war ends, will they really be able to cope with life on the surface?

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