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Early on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers were sleeping in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall, in the central Asian mountain range of Kyrgyzstan,. By daybreak, they would be taken at gunpoint by militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which is linked to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network. In a life-and-death journey over six terrifying days, they would be forced to choose between saving their own lives and committing an act none of them thought they ever could.

During one of the most successful exhibitions in the history of the British Museum, catastrophe strikes. An unexpected seismic anomaly rocks London, causing immense damage to the exhibits on show. One of the damaged artifacts is a male sculpture belonging to collector Dr. James Heidmann's collection of Greek Mythology. Upon investigation, benefactor Dave Purdue and curator Prof. Helen Barry discover that the broken statue had in fact once been a human being. This begs the question as to the origin of its condition, which immediately sparks Purdue's interest.

Freya has a new virtual assistant. It knows what she likes, knows what she wants and knows whose voice she most needs to hear: her missing sister's. It adopts her sister's personality, re-creating her through a life lived online. This data ghost knows everything about Freya's sister: every date she ever went on, every photo she took, every secret she ever shared. In fact it knows things it shouldn't be possible to know. It's almost as if her sister is still out there somewhere, feeding fresh updates into the cloud.

Was Jesus a real, historical person? Was the crucifixion of Jesus real? Is their logical evidence to believe in the resurrection? Does it even matter? Seek answers, use your brain. For it is in the discovery of answers that true faith is formed.

While viewing the harbor's Gaslights and Galleons Parade from the widow's walk of Timothy Neville's Charleston mansion, local banker Carson Lanier seemingly tumbles over a narrow railing, then plunges three stories to his death. But a tragic accident becomes something much more sinister when it's discovered that the victim was first shot with a bolt from a crossbow.

From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America 20,000 years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. This book upends our notions of where these people came from and who they were.

Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? Volume 1 chronicles the lives of musical soloists and band members whose songs hit the top of the music charts in the late 1950s and in the '60s. Through conversations with them, as well as producers, managers, and family members, we share fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpses into the lives of these creative, talented people. Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone? Volume 1 includes authorized biographical chapters on seven musical groups and solo performers.

The discovery of a shipwreck off the coast of South Africa has the academic career of failing lecturer Dr. Billy Malgas back on track. However, he and his assistant decide to keep it a secret until the ship has been salvaged. To aid them with the publicity, Malgas contacts an old acquaintance to film the salvage for a documentary - none other than investigative journalist Sam Cleave.

In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from 30 best-selling and award-winning authors - including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child - with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Special Agent Pendergast wird vermisst, bei seinem letzten Abenteuer vermutlich ertrunken. Von Trauer überwältigt, zieht sich seine Vertraute Constance Greene in das New Yorker Anwesen zurück. Erfolglos versucht Pendergasts Bodyguard Proctor, in ihr neuen Lebensmut zu wecken. Doch dann nehmen die Ereignisse plötzlich eine unerwartete Wendung: Proctor wird von einem Eindringling überwältigt und betäubt. Als er wieder zu sich kommt, muss er hilflos mit ansehen, wie der Mann mit Constance in einem Auto davonrast. Aber er erkennt den Täter - und nimmt die Verfolgung auf.

Christian Logic 2 delves into some of our most relevant questions about the Bible and science: What about dinosaurs? What about the big bang? How do you reconcile Adam and Eve and evolution? This book offers teaching that is relevant and insightful, avoiding empty platitudes that often accompany critical questions about faith and God. It is designed for thinking people who embrace questions raised by science, logic, and critical reflection, yet who also seek answers about God.

At the CERN laboratory in Switzerland the Large Hadron Collider is being constructed with several teams of scientists and engineers working on the assembly of the various detectors, which will be recording data once the Collider is up and running to test previously elusive theories of physics. When Prof. Lydia Jenner, a terminally ill ex-colleague of billionaire inventor Dave Purdue, contacts him to assist her in a clandestine experiment to prove a rather absurd theory based on the work of genius engineer and scientist Nikola Tesla, he is intrigued. But upon his arrival he finds that the nearly incapacitated woman wants to use him as a test subject.

Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005. A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan. The ring is tiny, for a woman, and it has her initials engraved on the inside. Reacher wonders what unlucky circumstance made her give up something she earned over four hard years. He decides to find out. And find the woman. And return her ring. Why not?

Christian Logic provides answers for some of life's toughest questions. Why am I here? Is God real? What is God like? What about heaven and hell? How do we deal with hypocritical Christians? And more. This book offers teaching that is relevant and insightful, avoiding empty platitudes that often accompany critical questions about faith and God. It is designed for thinking people who embrace questions raised by science, logic, and critical reflection, yet who also seek answers about God.

Archaeologist Dr. Nina Gould swears she is making a new start away from the toils of the past few years and decides to purchase an old house in her former hometown of Oban, Scotland. But little does she know that the house comes with an unsavory history, one that is a bit too close to comfort; especially when an old university friend looks her up and introduces her to a mysterious and odd American lecturer with a family history connected to her house.

Es lauert tief am Meeresgrund, und es wächst unaufhaltsam. Bei einer Expedition in die Antarktis ging vor Jahren ein riesiger Meteorit über Bord. Noch immer liegt er auf dem Grund der eisigen See. Eli Glinn, Chef von Effective Engineering Solutions, leitete damals die Expedition, in deren Verlauf über hundert Menschen starben. Nun drängt die Zeit: Der Meteorit hat sich inzwischen als Alien-Lebensform entpuppt, als Samenkapsel, aus der ein gigantisches Gewächs mit Fangarmen geworden ist.

In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA Today best seller FaceOff, 22 of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen best seller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers, from Diana Gabaldon to Charlaine Harris, are paired with 11 of the world's best male thriller writers.

An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an empire, her thrillers helped save the world. With a foreword by Lee Child.

When Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is invited by Doreen Briggs, one of Charleston's most prominent hostesses, to a "Rat Tea", she is understandably intrigued. As servers dressed in rodent costumes and wearing white gloves offer elegant finger sandwiches and fine teas, Theo learns these parties date back to early 20th-century Charleston. But this party goes from odd to chaotic when a fire starts at one of the tables and Doreen's entrepreneur husband suddenly drops dead.

Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast reist zusammen mit seiner Vertrauten Constance Greene nach Exmouth, Massachusetts, um den Diebstahl einer wertvollen Weinsammlung aufzuklären. Im Weinkeller stößt er auf ein Verlies, in dem offenbar ein Mensch lebendig eingemauert wurde. Doch von dem Skelett fehlt - mit Ausnahme eines Fingerknochens - jede Spur. Bald schon erfährt Pendergast von der düsteren Vergangenheit der Stadt.