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London, 1924. Following several months abroad, Judge Dee Ren Jie has returned to the city to intercept a transaction between a Russian diplomat and a Japanese mercenary. Aided by Lao She—the Watson to his Holmes—along with several other colorful characters, Dee stops the illicit sale of an extremely valuable “dragon-taming” mace.

London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he'd known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labor Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders?or are they next in line as victims?

She must become the warrior again, to kill again; something she hoped she had put behind her. In this continuation of Catherine's Tale, Part One, Catherine and the few in the valley now face the violence unleashed by the man who runs Hillsboro. There is no middle path of compromise. The town's civic leaders find themselves powerless in the face of the gangster running the town. He is taking over the town in a brutal fashion and wants to eliminate Catherine, her family and all the farmers in the valley.

Dan Stone has a new assignment. In Africa. He's to cripple the Chinese incursions into the continent. The only problem is he might trigger World War III. This high-stakes thriller, set in the wild world of the DRC, pits Dan Stone against a complex array of forces, all vying for power and influence. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, holds some of the largest coltan deposits in the world. It is the source of two rare Earth metals, niobium and tantalum, vital to modern economies. Now the Chinese are trying to corner the market and hold the western world hostage.

இப்போது எல்லாச் சுமைகளும் இறங்கிய பிறகு, வசந்தம் வந்த பிறகு, அம்மா ஏன் வாழ மறுக்கிறார்? அவருக்கு என்னதான் பிரச்சனை? ஒருவேளை அவருக்கு எப்படி வாழ்வது என்றே தெரியாதோ? வலிகள்தான் வாழ்க்கை என்று இத்தனை நாட்கள் வாழ்ந்துவிட்டு, திடீரென வலிகளே இல்லாத வாழ்வு அவருக்கு பிடிபடவில்லையோ? அவர் ஏன் இப்படி என்று தெரிந்து கொள்ள இக்கதையை முழுவதும் வாசியுங்கள்!

He is deadly and acts without remorse. He inflicts pain and death in service to his master. Now he's killed someone close to Dan and those he loves. It's become more than a mission for Dan; it's personal now. The assassin may want to lure Dan into his trap to kill him, but Dan has other ideas. One assassin must track another to his lair in a desperate attempt to eliminate him before anyone else dies.

Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims?

In a world without power, Jason must fight for survival as he heads to the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains. In this story, ably narrated by Gabriel Zacchai, an electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States shuts down all power, communications and transportation. With no food deliveries, and no vehicles working, society begins to unravel. Starvation and death begin to reign and panic leads to violence.

"Née contente à Oraibi" conte le destin d'une jeune Amérindienne d'Arizona. Le peuple hopi vit depuis des siècles sur un plateau aride, dans des conditions de dénuement extrême. Soumis aux contraintes d'une région désertique, il a développé une cosmogonie extraordinaire et des croyances qui font communier la vie et la mort.

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Not only is Hillsboro threatened but Jason's family as well. Now it's personal. In the fourth audiobook of the action-packed "After the Fall" series Jason faces a deadly threat, to his family and to Hillsboro. He must deal with the enemy without any support or help in his high-risk mission. This suspenseful follow-up to Rescue, finds Jason Richards off on another dangerous adventure. Only this time he's on his own. No one else can do what he has to do, so he must put himself in mortal danger and enter the enemy's world on his own.

After freeing Hillsboro, Jason thought life could settle down for him and his family. Then Knoxville captured two of Hillsboro’s citizens and demanded a ransom. Unfortunately for Knoxville, they were Jason’s friends. He sets out to rescue Rodney and Billy from the clutches of the Chairman, the strong man of Knoxville. He can get to them, but how do they get out? Jason has to go to extreme measures to insure their escape. The result is a conflict with the other town which leads to a deadly threat that Jason must find a way to stop.

All Jason wanted to do was live in peace with his new family. Unfortunately events wouldn’t allow him that luxury. After the EMP attack Jason had gone off to the mountains, discovered a woman and her two daughters who needed help, and got himself adopted into the family. They had fought off marauding gangs to secure their safety, but a new threat now loomed on the horizon.

In this broken world after an EMP attack, the world is a tougher place, no communications, no power. Food is scarce and life is tenuous. A murderous gangster is taking over the town. Catherine and her family find themselves in the way of his ruthless quest for power. He turns his deadly attention on them. Catherine, Jason, and the valley residents are forced to prepare to defend themselves against a powerful enemy who wants them dead. Their only hope may lie in abandoning their desire for a peaceful existence and prepare to go to war with their enemy.

காட்பாடி கனகசுந்தரத்தின் ஒரே மகனான தம்பி ராஜா என்கிற தம்பி சென்னையில் தனது தந்தையின் காலனியில் வரும் வாடகை பணத்தைக் கொண்டுவாழ்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறான்.

This volume of six linked stories and the novella from which the book derives its title is set in Port William from 1908 to the Second World War. Here Wendell Berry introduces two of his more indelible and poignant characters, Ptolemy Proudfoot and his wife Miss Minnie, remarkable for the comic and affectionate range that—with the mastery of this consummate storyteller working at the height of his powers—here approaches the Shakespearean.