In Sentient, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures – from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe – to understand what it means to be human. The peacock mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls. The great grey owl can hear many decibels lower than the human ear....

Nick Miller is Central Division’s maverick Detective Sergeant. Disliked and distrusted by friends and foes, he works alone. He crosses the line. And he gets results. The Graveyard Shift… Nick Miller is new to the graveyard shift – the midnight hours when the driven and the desperate come out to play. Tonight Ben Garvald is out of prison....

A classic thriller featuring the most daring escape of the Second World War, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed. American Colonel Hugh Kelso is washed ashore on German-held Jersey in Spring 1944, with top-secret D-Day plans in his possession....

In 1943, sixteen German paratroopers landed in England. In three days, they nearly won the war . . . Discover The Eagle Has Landed, by international bestselling author Jack Higgins, the ultimate WWII pageturner and one of the bestselling thrillers of all time....

Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания, созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг. ...

Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания, созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг. ...

Suffering is part of life. It could be the loss of a job, the death of a child, a violent partner, clinical depression, or a thousand other struggles, but for each of us the pain will be real and debilitating.Our suffering raises philosophical questions (how can suffering exist in a universe with a God who is all-good, all-powerful and all-wise?...

The sins of the father continue to be visited upon the son in this 4-issue miniseries. Lenny lies bleeding on the ground and Stein is closing in, so Jimmy takes his son aside to try and settle things between them once and for all....

In the gripping conclusion, Jimmy Kavanaugh tries to overcome the lifetime of misunderstandings and hostility that stands between him and his son by exposing the central, shameful secret of his own youth. But before father and son can make their peace, the sadistic Stein reveals himself, demanding retribution. Издательство -...

Stein, the almost preternaturally skillful enemy from Jimmy\"s past, has got Jimmy on the run, taking with him his two children and the incompetent escaped cons who were once his accomplices....

The sins of the father are visited upon the son in this 4-issue miniseries. Ever since the death of his wife, Jimmy has tried to be a good father to his young daughter and rebellious teenage son....

From the first name in heart pounding thriller fiction. Ellis Jackson woke up hugging a twelve-bore shotgun. In the next room, his mistress and his best friend lay naked on the bed, their heads blown to pulp. Back in England at last, Ellis Jackson had......

Piano virtuoso John Mikali’s flair as a musician is matched only by his skill as an assassin. The trail of bodies he’s left in his wake is proof. But when he kills a young woman while fleeing from a murder scene, the woman’s father, a special forces......

This striking book explores contemporary portraiture from the past decade. The selection features cutting-edge new work from the international art community and reflects an increasing interest in identity worldwide. Organised thematically, the book......

Why do some states, such as Pennsylvania, have a dearth of women legislators, while neighboring Maryland demonstrates a high percentage of women participating in the state legislature? This research was prompted by first hand observation, personal experience and conversations with experts in the field of political science....