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William Warwick is eight when he decides to join the police force. Resolute in the face of his prominent QC father’s objections, William graduates in Art History from university and immediately enrols as a constable in the Metropolitan Police. Gaining insight from his first mentor, an experienced, world-weary constable, his keen mind quickly takes him into a role in Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques unit and his first case: the recovery of a Rembrandt stolen from the Fitzmolean Museum.

Primavera de 1994, Washington D.C. – Enquanto a administração Clinton debate vigorosamente sobre suas políticas internas, um plano sinistro está sendo orquestrado a seis mil milhas de distância em Bagdá. Utilizando US$ 100 milhões como isca e tecendo uma teia mortal de corrupção, falsificação e terror, Saddam Hussein pretende embaraçar os EUA com a vingança derradeira: roubar um documento histórico precioso e destruí-lo diante da mídia mundial – no dia 4 de julho de 1994.

William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless polish immigrant-born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred.

Nascidos no mesmo dia, perto da virada do século e em lados opostos do mundo, dois homens são unidos pelo destino e pela busca de um sonho. Ambiciosos, poderosos e impiedosos, ambos estão presos numa luta incessante para construir um império, alimentados por seus ódios destruidores. Ao longo de 60 anos e três gerações, através da guerra, casamento, fortuna e desastre, Kane e Abel competem pelo sucesso e triunfo que só um homem pode obter.

This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives, and who dies? In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife, Karin, from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game? Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus while his wife, Emma, completes her 10 years as Chairman of the Bristol Royal Infirmary and receives an unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher offering her a job.

1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor’s deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father’s office on the night he was killed. When the General Election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat

The second book in Jeffrey Archer’s highly acclaimed The Clifton Chronicles, The Sins of the Father takes the reader on a breath-taking journey from the backstreets of Bristol to the boardrooms of Manhattan.The book opens in New York, 1939. Harry Clifton, under the new identity of Tom Bradshaw, finds himself arrested for first degree murder.

Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig were born on different sides of the track. Their lives will never be the same again. One of them is arrested for murder, while the other ends up as the prosecution's chief witness in an Old Bailey trial.

Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?

Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and best-selling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer. Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive.

Florentyna Kane has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces are already in motion to take her life. The FBI investigates 1000s of false threats every year. This time, a reliable source has tipped them off about an assassination attempt. One hour later, the informant and all but one of the investigating agents are dead. The lone survivor: FBI Special Agent Mark Andrews. Now, only he knows when the killers will strike. But how can he alone unravel a ruthless conspiracy - in less than one week?

When the bomb goes off, how many passengers on the Buckingham lose their lives? You will only find out if you read the opening chapter of Mightier than the Sword. When Harry visits his publisher in New York, he's told that he's been elected the new president of English PEN and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who's imprisoned in a Russian gulag in Siberia.

Retrouvez les Clifton et les Barrington dans leur traversée du XXe siècle. Giles, Harry, Emma et leurs enfants sont loin d'en avoir terminé avec leur destinée. Des jeux politiques de la compagnie maritime Barrington à la Chambre des Lords, de l'URSS au Mur de Berlin, la Guerre Froide et les conflits avec l'Irlande heurtent les Clifton et Barrington de plein fouet. Et alors que le poids des années est de plus en plus lourds sur les épaules d'Harry et Emma, une question les taraude : quel héritage laisseront-ils à leurs enfants ? Et tous devront choisir entre amour et ambition.

When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her country home the night before 9/11, it takes all the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out the connection between her and the possible motive for her death - a priceless Van Gogh painting. It's a young woman in the North Tower when the first plane crashed into the building who has the courage and determination to take on both sides of the law and avenge the old lady's death.

Ein mit allen Wassern gewaschener CIA-Attentäter bricht nach Moskau auf, um einen radikalen-kommunistischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten auszuschalten. Connor Fitzgerald führt ein Doppelleben. In den Augen seiner Familie hat er eine bürgerliche Existenz, in Wirklichkeit ist er Spezialagent der amerikanischen Regierung und die tödlichste Waffe der CIA. Als er glaubt, seine Karriere beenden zu können, schickt ihn sein Arbeitgeber auf eine letzte Mission in das Herz des ehemaligen Todfeindes: nach Moskau.

Descubra o que acontece com o infortunado jovem detetive de Nápoles que viaja até uma cidade na encosta de uma colina italiana para descobrir "Quem matou o prefeito" e a trajetória do pretensioso estudante na "Estrada para Damasco" cuja vida muda drasticamente quando descobre as origens da riqueza de seu pai. Deleite-se com as histórias de uma mulher dos anos 1930 que ousa desafiar os homens em sua Universidade da Ivy League em "Um cavalheiro e uma acadêmica", enquanto outra jovem mulher pede uma carona e recebe mais do esperava em "Uma hora desperdiçada".

Em 9 de agosto de 2001, 22 dias após Jeffrey - agora conhecido como Prisioneiro FF8282 - ter sido condenado a quatro anos de prisão por perjúrio, ele foi transferido de uma prisão de segurança máxima em Londres para HMP Wayland, uma prisão de segurança média em Norfolk. Durante os 67 dias seguintes, enquanto esperava ser reclassificado para uma prisão "aberta" de segurança mínima, ele presenciou não apenas as degradações diárias de um sistema prisional perigosamente sobrecarregado, mas também o espírito e a coragem de seus companheiros de prisão.

O Bom Rei Benfeitor e a Rainha Eco de Pequenópolis concordam em fazer uma corrida para decidir qual é o carro mais rápido. Todos os sete carros do reino aparecem para a corrida: o Carro Ligeiro, o Carro Fominha, o Carro Vistoso, o Carro Desmazelado, o Carro Tendência, o Carro Atrapalhado e o Carro Quadradinho. Qual carro irá vencer a corrida? E qual carro ganhará o coração de todos?

Quando o Gato Ioiô é sequestrado, Willy e o Urso Rodolfo devem voar pelo espaço para resgatá-lo do Mundo Quadrado para onde ele foi levado—com alguma ajuda dos Foliões, do sábio Grande Vuuush, da Serpente Reluzente e do Pássaro Invertido. Isso significa derrotar Sisudão e seu Pássaro Bandido que capturaram Ioiô porque os gatos são seu café da manhã favorito! Será que Willy e seus amigos vão conseguir salvar Ioiô?

Quando o maior submarino do mundo, o Netuno, se perde em algum lugar no fundo do Oceano Atlântico, Willy e Rodolfo, o Urso, devem salvar todos os marinheiros presos—com a ajuda do Pássaro Ladocerto, Sibila Gaivota e Boris, a Baleia-azul. O que significa derrotar Conrado, o Arenque Defumado, e sua gangue de cem horríveis arenques que capturaram Netuno, porque ele quer devorar os marinheiros a bordo. Será que Willy e seus amigos vão conseguir vencê-los?