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Det, der begynder med en simpel kontraktundersøgelse for en medicinalgigant i finanskrise, udvikler sig hurtigt i en helt uventet retning. For hvor langt er kontraktens bagmand, forskeren der har brudt de genetiske koder og nu skaber designerbørn efter foraeldrenes specifikationer, villig til at gå?

I en menneskealder har Ellen Winther boet i det solmættede Italien, hvor der er plads til store følelser og tid til eftertanke. I anledning af sin femogfirsårs fødselsdag har hun samlet sin store familie og alle sine venner til fest. Med glasset hilser hun på gæsterne, da blikket stivner. Hun forbliver stående med en antydning af et smil på de rødmalede læber, og det varer lidt, inden det går op for selskabet, at Ellen Winther netop har taget afsked med den bevidste del af sit liv.

Languedoc, 1244. Albigenser-korstogene er på deres højeste, og flere hundrede katharer er hjælpeløst belejret på bjergcitadellet Montsegur. Deres skæbne synes uundgåelig, men natten før den store massakre undslipper fire præster med katharernes skat. En skat som til dato ikke er fundet! Næsten 800 år senere opmuntres den excentriske astrofysiker Viktor Thomsen af sin psykolog til at acceptere et ferieophold ved Rivieraen.

På en storvildtjagt i Kenya dræber mangemillionæren Viktor Jonsen en afrikansk jagtguide Med et vådeskud. Selvom der bliver gjort alt for at dække over drabet, varer det ikke længe, før der dukker afpresningsbreve op. Da Viktor Jonsen søger fred på sit landsted i Provence, forvilder den nyudklækkede jurist Thomas Lundvig sig ind på hans ejendom. I en konfrontation mellem de to mænd såres Thomas Lundvig. Men Viktor Jonsens datter, Elise, griber ind og sørger for, at Thomas kommer under lægebehandling.

Kan det være rigtigt, at Art Wellesley genoplever fuldstændig livagtige kampscener fra et tidligere liv? Næppe. Som succesfuld virksomhedsadvokat i New York ligger det milevidt fra hans sædvanlige indstilling at tro på sjælerejser og reinkarnation. Art lider af en række skræmmende mareridt, som bliver startskuddet til hans livs nedtur. Han forsøger at opretholde orden i sit liv, og han møde den karismatiske og clairvoyante Chantalle St. James, som på forunderlig vis kan hjælpe ham.

The Network and its affiliates used to be one of Oklahoma City's most organized crews. No one knew exactly where they got the money to buy up businesses and real estate, but everyone on the streets respected them. Their criminal enterprise is unraveling quickly, though, as member loyalty is challenged and betrayal becomes the name of the game.

What happens to an organized criminal enterprise when the weakest link finally breaks? Changes must be made for future growth, but nobody can see the forest for the trees. The Network, known for their calculated power moves, attempts to align themselves with new international business colleagues. With a leader like Taz, the possibilities seem endless, but not everyone adjusts well to change. Over the years, respect has been lost and decisions challenged. As secrets are unveiled, blood will be shed and lives will be lost. Will betrayal stand in the way of prosperity?

Taz is the ruthless leader of an elite group of bandits who rule the streets of Oklahoma City. No one has met the mysterious boss who gives them their orders via laptop, but the arrangement works for everyone involved. Their criminal enterprise keeps them rolling in dough, allowing them to purchase property and businesses all over town. When Taz falls in love with Sacha, an ambitious young lawyer, he makes an unexpected enemy. Cliff, another lawyer at the firm, wants Sacha for himself, and he'll stop at nothing to win her back from the thug she's with.

Nola wants no part of a relationship with Hot Shot after her family is incarcerated. He has never loved a woman the way he loves Nola, so dealing with that loss on top of the loss of his parents and little brother has Hot Shot on the verge of committing murder. He is determined to get his woman back at all costs, and the streets of Oklahoma City will run red if someone steps to him the wrong way.

Ex-British Army Soldier, John Carney, ran a close protection operation in Iraq for oil executives when he was asked by the family of a young Dutch woman to extract her from the collapsing Islamic State in Syria. Hearing first-hand of the shocking living hell of tricked naive young girls, many from the West, trapped, sexually abused and enslaved by ISIS, he knew only one thing - he had to get them out. Armed with AK-47s and 9mm Glocks, he launched a daring, dangerous and deadly operation to free as many as he could.

How can we make sense of our lives when we do not know where we come from? This was a pressing question for the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, whose prewar memories were vague or nonexistent. In this beautifully written account, Rebecca Clifford follows the lives of 100 Jewish children out of the ruins of conflict through their adulthood and into old age.

When the resurrectionists of Fissure's Whipp begin disappearing, 18-year-old Allie knows someone is after their blood - or, more accurately, the genetic mutation that allows their blood to heal wounds, save lives, and even bring back the recently deceased. She's trained her whole life to protect herself by any means necessary, from self-defense classes to extensive weapons training in knives. Now she’s gone so far as to befriend a homeless boy named Ploy who unknowingly trades a few nights a week on her couch in exchange for being a human tripwire to those hunting her.

When you think about it, our entire lives revolve around selling. Whether we sell as part of our business, serve on a committee of a nonprofit organization, or negotiate for a new job/car/house, we are pitching, hearing, and closing deals every day. Let's Close a Deal articulates the intuitive process that identifies how and why a deal will appeal, and then demonstrates in step-by-step detail how to present your deal in a compelling way. The sales process is not about coercion; it's about compassion.

After being cleared of his wife’s murder, Todd Norman returns to her small Connecticut hometown in order to finish building their dream house by the lake. He is eager to restart his life and cast aside any remaining suspicions, but all of that is dashed when a young woman’s body washes up on the beach next door. The Lakehouse is a domestic psychological thriller about the wayward and marginalized, the lies we tell those closest to us, and the price of forbidden love in an insular community, where it seems everyone has a story to tell.

Former top-flight prospect Oz Reyes heads security for Coastal Sports Network in Los Angeles. On the eve of the annual awards show, his boss Delma Dupree summons him to Miami. Since tearing his ACL in a bar fight 18 years ago, Oz rarely returns to the city where he blew his NFL chances and lost the love of his life, Tania.

Starting in the Humboldt wilds and ending on the Skid Row of Los Angeles, Skunk Train follows two teenagers, Kyle and Lizzie, who stumble upon stolen drug money and set off to find Kyle’s father, a Hollywood director he’s never met, with drug dealers, dirty cops, and the Mexican mob on their heels.

In the early 2000s, a string of abductions rocked the small upstate town of Reine, New York. Only one girl survived: Alex Salerno. The killer, Ken Parsons, was sent away. Life returned to normal. No more girls would have to die. Until another one did. It’s been seven years since Kira Shanks was reported missing and presumed dead. Alex Salerno has been living in New York City, piecemealing paychecks to earn a livable wage, trying to forget those three days locked underground and her affair with Sean Riley, the married detective who rescued her....

Having spent 10 months on the run after he was framed for the murder of an estate-clearing associate, handyman Jay Porter returns to his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire. During his time as a fugitive, he searched for a hard drive - evidence that would put his longtime nemeses Adam and Michael Lombardi behind bars. But he came up empty handed.

From the cow fields of Connecticut to the streets of San Francisco, Joe Clifford's Junkie Love traverses the lost highways of America, down the rocky roads of mental illness to the dead ends of addiction. Based on Clifford's own harrowing experience with drugs as a rock 'n' roll wannabe in the 1990s, the audiobook draws on the best of Kerouac and the Beats, injecting a heavy dose of pulp fiction as it threads a rollicking narrative through a doomed love triangle, lit up by the many strange characters he meets along the way.

Clifford Nass has developed a powerful theory: Our brains can’t fundamentally distinguish between interacting with people and interacting with devices. Nass’s discoveries push the boundaries of both psychology and technology and provide nothing less than a new blueprint for successful human relationships.