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Geheimnisse von Potosí verbindet bolivianische Geschichte, Mythologie und moderne geopolitische Spannungen zu einem packenden Roman, der tief in der Vergangenheit verwurzelt ist und zugleich den Blick auf die Zukunft richtet. Vor dem Hintergrund des Cerro Rico – einst Quelle unermesslicher Silberreichtümer – entfaltet sich eine Geschichte voller Intrigen, verborgener Wahrheiten und unerwarteter Entdeckungen. Roger Jackson und Isabel Meléndez, zwei Reisende mit persönlicher Bindung an Bolivien, folgen den Spuren der indigenen Aymara und Quechua.

Bone Tide es un thriller atmosférico ambientado en Key West, donde el mar no solo rodea la ciudad, sino que guarda memoria. Lena Cruz vive entre el muelle y el escenario. De día trabaja en un barco de pesca deportiva. De noche canta en un hotel histórico de Duval Street. Su vida es sencilla, marcada por mareas, rutinas y silencios aprendidos. Hasta que una jornada aparentemente normal en el agua deja una sensación que no desaparece. Lena no investiga. No acusa. Observa.

A luxury yacht. A secret network. A woman who refuses to look away. In Key West, the rich come to disappear. Lena Cruz is just trying to keep her life afloat. She sings at La Concha by night, fights to save the charter boat Bone Tide by day, and battles a probate challenge that could take away the only thing a dead captain trusted her to protect. Then a young woman Lena helped place on a yacht job comes back beaten and terrified. The job wasn’t hospitality. It was recruitment.

When Key West bar owner Nico Alvarez is arrested after robbing a Duval Street shop, the crime seems open and shut—until he tells police he had no choice. Someone has kidnapped his sister. At first, the story sounds like a desperate excuse. But Lucia Alvarez really is missing. She was last seen leaving a crowded bar on Duval Street late Monday night. The bartender says she had too much to drink and helped her into a taxi.

USER INTERFACE Ein Roger und Isabel Technothriller von Donald Elton Krankenhäuser waren früher Orte der Heilung. Heute sind sie Systeme der Kontrolle. In User Interface liefert Arzt und Autor Donald Elton einen messerscharfen Thriller aus der Welt, die er am besten kennt: das moderne Gesundheitswesen, in dem künstliche Intelligenz, Gewinninteressen und Macht kollidieren. Dr. Roger Jackson, ein angesehener Kardiologe, hat seine Laufbahn damit verbracht, Patienten vor Bürokratie zu stellen.

Pirates have returned to the Florida Keys. But they don’t fly flags or fire cannons. They arrive at night in fast boats. They board million-dollar yachts with military precision. And they vanish before anyone can respond.

The Perfect Narcotic... Dr. Roger Jackson has seen thousands of arrhythmias in thirty years of cardiology at Miami's Mount Sinai Medical Center. He has never seen one he couldn't explain -- until a young woman arrives in his CCU with a heart rate that won't break and a toxicology screen that comes back clean. When a second case follows two days later, Roger starts pulling a thread that leads south across the Gulf of Mexico to a cartel that has done something new: gone legitimate.

Miami Taxi erzählt die Geschichte von sieben Einwanderern, einem Taxi und einem amerikanischen Traum, der nie einfach, aber immer greifbar ist. Die Figuren sind keine Porträts einzelner Menschen, sondern Verdichtungen zahlloser Schicksale, die in Miami landen–per Flugzeug, Boot oder auf Wegen, die niemand freiwillig wählen würde. Jeder von ihnen kämpft mit Vergangenheit, Hoffnung und der harten Realität einer Stadt, die Chancen bietet, aber nichts verschenkt.

PANDEMIE! ist ein kompromissloser, authentischer Roman über die ersten Monate von COVID-19 in Zentralflorida. Basierend auf echten Erlebnissen im Krankenhaus – verdichtet zu einer packenden Geschichte – zeigt dieses Buch, wie sich die Realität für Ärzte, Pflegekräfte und Atemtherapeuten tatsächlich anfühlte: chaotisch, tödlich, erschöpfend und geprägt von Systemversagen. Keine Heldenromantik, keine politischen Parolen. Nur die Wahrheit aus der Frontlinie.

Cuba is running out of fuel. The power grid is failing. Hospitals ration electricity. Entire cities go dark without warning. And someone is telling the truth. In Santa Clara, retired professor Lucía Álvarez Cruz records a clandestine podcast under the name “Rosa,” documenting what the government denies: empty depots, collapsing infrastructure, and a countdown measured not in politics—but in diesel. When counterintelligence begins closing in, her niece Lena Cruz crosses ninety miles of water from Key West and steps into a surveillance state already tightening around her aunt.

In Key West, the water remembers everything. Lena Cruz lives between the dock and the stage. By day, she works the decks of a charter boat. By night, she sings in a historic hotel on Duval Street. Her life is measured by tides, routines, and things left unsaid—until one ordinary day on the water leaves a feeling that won’t settle. She doesn’t investigate. She doesn’t accuse. She pays attention. As quiet decisions ripple outward, Lena must decide what it means to do the right thing when the truth can’t be proven and silence feels safer than speaking.

Eroberung der Neuen Welt ist ein ungewöhnlicher, konsequent durchdachter Science-Fiction-Roman, der zwei Zivilisationen über 4,24 Lichtjahre hinweg miteinander verbindet. Die Geschichte beginnt scheinbar normal – an der University of Florida im Jahr 2200 – doch schnell wird klar, dass die Menschheit niemals allein war. Seit Jahrzehnten senden wir unbewusst Signale ins All, und eine fremde Spezies hat sie nicht nur empfangen, sondern entschlüsselt.

In October 1967, Che Guevara was executed in a remote schoolhouse in Bolivia. The official account was released quickly, accepted without question, and sealed into history. When Isabel Meléndez discovers her father’s hidden journal decades later, she learns that the man she believed was a quiet State Department employee was something else entirely. From inside the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, he was tracking radio traffic, timelines, and decisions as the narrative of Che’s death took shape—often before facts existed to support it. Instead of confronting what he suspected, he documented it.

El Viento de La Higuera es un thriller geopolítico basado en hechos históricos reales. Una historia sobre inteligencia sin heroísmo, el peso de la memoria y el peligro de reabrir una verdad que instituciones poderosas creyeron enterrada para siempre.

En el corazón de Bolivia, en lo alto de los Andes, se encuentra Potosí, la antigua ciudad argentífera más rica del mundo, ahora un lugar tranquilo que esconde secretos capaces de alterar el curso de la historia. El cardiólogo estadounidense Roger Jackson y su compañera Isabel, una apasionada enfermera boliviana, emprenden una exploración rutinaria de los sitios históricos de Potosí y se topan con un hallazgo que desafía toda lógica. Estos artefactos, con el potencial de revolucionar el mundo, desentierran secretos peligrosos enterrados hace mucho, desencadenando un emocionante viaje.

Lean how to embezzle from a medical practice and more importantly how to prevent employees from stealing from your practice. Sometimes you have to think like a thief to catch a thief. This book shows you vulnerabilities you may not realize you have and how to deter, detect, and recover from employee theft.

In the heart of Bolivia, nestled high in the Andes, lies the ancient city of Potosí—once the wealthiest silver city in the world, now a quiet place hiding secrets that could alter the course of history. When American cardiologist Roger Jackson and his partner, Isabel, a passionate nurse born in Bolivia, set out on a routine exploration of Potosí’s historic sites, they stumble upon a discovery that defies all logic. These artifacts, with the potential to revolutionize the world, threaten to unearth dangerous secrets long buried, sparking an exciting journey of discovery.

This book is a collection of inspirational sermons given across North America following the 9-11 terrorist attacks. All were written on short notice by pastors who were themselves experiencing 9-11 with the rest of us. They serve to bring us all back to those dark days. Hearing the sermon's and the pastors' comments help you recall and experience the feelings we all felt in September 2001.

Journey into the heart of Puerto Rico's extraordinary history in "Boricua! The History and Future of Puerto Rico," by Donald Elton. From the rich, often overlooked story of the indigenous Taíno civilization, through the brutal conquest by Spain and complex dynamics with the United States, this riveting book paints a nuanced portrait of a people whose identity has been shaped by resilience and resistance.

Adéntrate en el corazón de la extraordinaria historia de Puerto Rico en "¡Boricua! La historia y el futuro de Puerto Rico", por Donald Elton. Desde la rica y a menudo olvidada civilización indígena taína, pasando por la brutal conquista española, hasta las complejas relaciones con Estados Unidos, este apasionante libro ofrece un retrato matizado de un pueblo cuya identidad ha sido forjada por la resistencia y la resiliencia.