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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Big Sugar: The Other White Powder peels back the shiny facade of an everyday staple to reveal a history marked by exploitation, political intrigue, and global impact. From sugar’s beginnings as a rare delicacy in Southeast Asia to its role in shaping empires, economies, and entire societies, this book explores how a simple sweetener fueled colonial expansion, financed wars, and entrenched forced labor.

In Conquest of the New World, the inevitable moment arrives—humanity’s century-long broadcasts into the cosmos are finally answered. But as an alien ship enters Earth’s orbit, claiming peaceful intent, the world is on the brink of unprecedented transformation—or catastrophe. This brilliantly crafted thriller blends the geopolitical depth of Tom Clancy with the scientific precision of Arthur C. Clarke, creating a narrative that is as much about international power struggles and crisis management as it is about the philosophical and existential dilemmas of First Contact.

Vice House: Presidential Vice and its Impact on American History takes listeners behind the scenes of the White House to uncover the vices, scandals, and moral failings that have shaped the nation’s highest office. From the Founding Fathers to modern presidents, this book delves into the personal lives of America’s leaders to reveal how their choices influenced policy, public opinion, and the course of history.

Cuba Libre: Reborn is a compelling blend of history, fiction, and an optimistic future. Set in iconic Havana, Cuba, this novel explores the nation’s enduring struggle for sovereignty and its quest to redefine itself in a changing world. Against a backdrop of political intrigue and cultural transformation, Cuba Libre: Reborn brings to life the vibrant streets of Havana and the resilience of its people. The story captures the tension between Cuba’s revolutionary past and its aspirations for a brighter, more independent future.

Behind the familiar yellow banana lies a story of power, greed, and violence that shaped the modern world. Bloody Bananas uncovers the hidden history of the United Fruit Company — later known as Chiquita Brands International — and its role in creating the concept of the “banana republic.”