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"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’ no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town—riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds—against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn’t fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit.

Wanneer Jack McAuliffe, Leo Kritzky en Elliott Winstrom Ebbitt II gerekruteerd worden als agent voor de CIA komen ze in een andere wereld terecht. Ze zullen hun dagen slijten in dubbellevens en leren omgaan met de gewetenswroeging die voortkomt uit de kennis van gruwelijke plannen en geheimen. Gebonden aan de wet en vaak gehinderd door de luimen van de Amerikaanse president vechten ze mee in de Koude Oorlog, met een stijfkoppige toewijding die aan het ongelooflijke grenst.

Auf einer abgelegenen Insel vor Cornwall geschieht ein bizarrer Mord unter Urlaubsgästen. Commander Adam Dalgliesh übernimmt den Fall. Ein spannendes Meisterwerk von der britischen "Queen of Crime", P. D. James, die ihre Meisterschaft unter Beweis stellt.

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Inspector Fenwicks gefährlichster Fall: Die Polizistin Louise Nightingale wird als Lockvogel für einen Vergewaltiger eingesetzt. Nachdem der Täter gefasst wird, erhält sie bedrohliche Mails von "Pandora" und findet ein Bild ihrer eigenen Leiche. Spannung und Nervenkitzel sind garantiert.

Eine indianische Legende erzählt von einem Schamanen der Quinault, der lebendig begraben und dessen Kopf mit einer Zeder bepflanzt wurde. 1994 droht der Regenwald der Quinault abgeholzt zu werden, was zu Unheil und Krankheiten führt. Nur Joan Tidewater, eine moderne Indianerin und Polizistin, kann den Fluch brechen.

In This Stunning Novel Andre Dubus Iii Set In Present-Day California A Story Of Human Conflict That Has The Power And Resonance Of A Classical Tragedy.Working On A Road Crew In California, A Former Colonel In The Shah'S Air Force Yearns To Restore His Family'S Dignity. When An Attractive Bungalow Comes Up At A Country Auction For A Fraction Of Its Value, He Sees An Opportunity To Dream His Own American Dream, For Himself, His Wife And Children. But For The House'S Former Owner, A Recovering Alcoholic And Addict Down On Her Luck, The Loss Of Her Father'S House Is The Latest In A Series Of Insults Life Has Dealt Her. When He Becomes Involved With A Married Policeman Who Takes Up Her Cause, The Stage Is Set For A Gut-Wrenching Tragedy, Which Keeps The Reader Gripped And Moved To The Last Page.Dubus Has An Extraordinary Ability To Get Us Inside Each Of His Characters, To See The World As It Is For Each Of Them. These Are Ordinary People, People Just Looking For A Small Piece Of Ground To Stand On, Driven By The Same Ordinary Needs Into Inevitable Conflict - A Conflict In Which Even The Reader, Rooting For All Of Them, Has No Safe Haven.Unfolding Relentlessly From Its Opening Pages, House Of Sand And Fog Is A Narrative Triumph. It Turns Both The Traditional Immigrant Success Story And A Modern Love Story Upside Down With A Heartrending Outcome, Combining American Realism With A Shak