It's 1540, three years after Shardlake was commissioned by Cromwell to investigate the murders at Scarnsea monastery. It is the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Shardlake is trying to keep a low profile, believing himself to be out of favour with Thomas Cromwell while at the same time maintaining his London-based legal practice.
Three beloved teachers, one incredible journey New York Times bestselling authors and internationally acclaimed leaders in the field of new thought, Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne Williamson have joined together to share their knowledge on one of the most crucial obstacles to happiness we face—the shadow. These three luminaries, each with a signature approach, bring to light the parts of ourselves we deny but that still direct our life. The result is a practical and profound journey to wholeness. Inside you will discover how to: Make peace with yourself, others, and the world Bring light to the parts of yourself that have the power to transform your life Find the courage to let go of all that holds you back Reconnect with the person you were meant to be and the life you were meant to live
Some of the most extraordinary ancient cities that have been abandoned, forgotten, or hidden by time are now revealed in their full splendor. Examining the role of natural and man-made disasters, rulers and their hostile neighbors, and the fate of cities built to celebrate religious beliefs, this fascinating volume features stunning photography of major archaeological sites and recently discovered cities. Detailed reconstructions and maps trace the lost beauty and ancient wisdom embodied in the Borobodur in Java, Aphrodisias in Turkey, and Niya in Central Asia. An illuminating and thought-provoking work that builds on the recent success of numerous bestsellers about how and why ancient civilizations fail, it will prove an invaluable reference.
When lawyer Jenny Cooper is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she s hoping for a quiet life and space to recover from a traumatic divorce, but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence. Could the tragic death in custody of a young boy be linked to the apparent suicide of a teenage prostitute and the fate of Marshall himself? Jenny s curiosity is aroused. Why was Marshall behaving so strangely before he died? What injustice was he planning to uncover? And what caused his abrupt change of heart? In the face of powerful and sinister forces determined to keep both the truth hidden and the troublesome coroner in check, Jenny embarks on a lonely and dangerous one-woman crusade for justice which threatens not only her career but also her sanity."
In 2000, na acht jaar Jeltsin, werd Vladimir Poetin tot Russische president gekozen. Hij bracht het land vele veranderingen, maar wordt door zijn politieke tegenstanders als dictator gezien. Bij het volk is hij echter populair omdat hij stabiliteit, welvaart en zelfrespect heeft gebracht. Na zijn tweede ambtstermijn, die afloopt in 2008, wordt hij geacht af te treden. Maar autoritaire staatshoofden treden niet zomaar terug. 'Operatie opvolger' is in volle gang… De onderneming is een intrigerend boek over de politieke loopbaan van Vladimir Poetin, en biedt een vooruitblik op wat Rusland de komende jaren te wachten staat.
Is international terrorism really the single greatest threat to world security? Since the 9/11 attacks, many Western governments assume terrorism to be the greatest threat we face. In response, their dangerous policies attempt to maintain control and keep the status quo by using overwhelming military force. This important book shows why this approach has been such a failure, and how it distracts us from other, much greater, threats of climate change, competition over resources, marginalization of the majority of the world, and global militarization. Unless urgent, coordinated action is taken in the next five to 10 years on all these issues it will be almost impossible to avoid the earth becoming a highly unstable place by the middle years of this century. Beyond Terror offers an alternative path for politicians, journalists, and concerned citizens alike.
Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon's New York Timesbestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over -- and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence -- with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie's death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.
'Blowing Up Russia' contains the attacks of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko against his former spymasters in Moscow which led to his being murdered in London by poisoning. Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky detail how, since 1999, the secret service has been hatching a secret plot to return to the terror that was the hallmark of the KGB.
Victor Jenner is a sociopath. After ten years in prison for shooting - and
permanently crippling - a young policeman, Victor is released to a strange new
world and told to make a new life for himself. And suddenly Victor's new life
is starting to look an awful lot like the old one.
At the height of his career, a British surgeon has found success in both the hospital and at home. He and his wife have everything they want out of life, except the child she longs for, the child Dr. Woodruff secretly believes he may never be ready to par
Na de strijd die het koninkrijk Tir Tanagiri verenigd heft onder het banier van koning Urdo, is Sulien ap Gwien verheven tot Vrouwe van haar eigen gebied, terwijl haar heldendaden worden bezongen in het hele koninkrijk. Maar de vrede die zij en Urdo bevochten lijkt van korte duur en een burgeroorlog is onvermijdelijk. Sulien wordt wederom gedwongen het zwaard om te gorden. maar ditmaal komt ze tegenover vrienden en familie te staan in een grimmige strijd om Urdo's droom te kunnen behouden.
The story follows Colby Buzzell, an underemployed party animal who enlists in the army and becomes a machine gunner in Iraq. To cope with the chaos around him, he begins blogging about his experiences, challenging the official narrative and gaining unexpected popularity. His writing captures poignant and often humorous moments, from the emotional impact on civilians to the realities faced by soldiers. This narrative draws comparisons to literary giants, presenting a raw and compelling perspective on a generation navigating a complex conflict.
Sulian ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them.Thus begins her story-a story that will take her to Caer Tanaga, where King Urdo struggles to bind together the squabbling nobles and petty princes into a unified force that will drive out the barbarians and restore the King's Peace.Ringing with the clash of arms, rich with high magic and everyday life, The King's Peace is an epic of great deeds and down-to-earth people, told in language with the strength and flexibility of sharpened steel.
Francesca’s father is a well-known painter in the bustling port city of Amsterdam; he is also a gambler. Though their household is in economic chaos, thankfully the lessons she learned in his studio have prepared her to study with Johannes Vermeer, the master of Delft. When she arrives to begin her apprenticeship, Francesca is stunned to find rules, written in her father’s hand, insisting that she give up the freedoms she once enjoyed at home- including her friendship with Pieter van Doorne, a tulip merchant. Unaware of a terrible bargain her father has made against her future, Francesca pursues her growing affection for Pieter even as she learns to paint like Vermeer, in layers of light. As her talent blooms, “tulip mania” sweeps the land, and fortunes are being made on a single bulb. What seems like a boon for Pieter instead reveals the extent of the betrayal of Francesca’s father. And as the two learn the true nature of the obstacles in their path, a patron of Francesca’s father determines to do anything in his power to ensure she stays within the limits that have been set for her. The Golden Tulip brings one of the most exciting periods of Dutch history alive, creating a page-turning novel that is as vivid and unforgettable as a Vermeer painting.
wetenschap en het kosmisch geheugenveld Met bijdragen van Jude Currivan, Swami Kriyananda, Alex Gray, Eric Pearl, Pim van Lommel, ... Larry Dossey, en anderen
276 pages
10 hours of reading
Twintig persoonlijk getinte beschouwingen van uiteenlopende deskundigen over connecties met het kosmisch geheugenveld.
After the cataclysmic fall of Stalingrad, Germany's campaign in Russia stood on a knife's edge. Hitler had to break Russia quickly or the war would be over. Thus 'Operation Citadel' was conceived. This was a plan to eliminate the huge salient around the Russian city of Kursk and trap the enormous Soviet Army in a noose of German steel. The only trouble was that the Russians knew it was coming...A powerful look into the maelstrom of the greatest battle in history, LAST CITADEL follows the story through the eyes of a remarkable group of people - the men and women who fought for family, pride, country and, finally, for survival ...
Matthew Reilly dazzled the world with his electrifying thrillers Ice Station and Temple. And now, Shane "Scarecrow" Schofield returns with his most harrowing and explosive adventure yet. . .AREA 7It is America's most secret base, hidden deep in the Utah desert, an Air Force installation known only as Area 7. And today, it has a visitor - the President of the United States. He has come to inspect Area 7, to examine its secrets for himself. But he's going to get more than he bargained for on this trip. Because hostile forces are waiting inside.Among the President's helicopter crew, however, is a young Marine. He is quiet, enigmatic, and he hides his eyes behind a pair of silver sunglasses. His name is Schofield. Call-sign: Scarecrow. Rumor has it, he's a good man in a storm. Judging by what the President has just walked into, he'd better be...
New York City policewoman Kathy Mallory investigates the murder of a prostitute named Sparrow, a woman who had taken her in many years ago only to betray her, as part of a crime that seems to mimic one that happened two decades earlier.
Deep in the jungles of Peru, a man leads a mission to locate a legendary Incan idol that is carved out of a strange kind of stone - a stone which, in the late 20th century, could be used to produce a terrifying new weapon.
De biograaf van een beroemde Engelse actrice wordt ernstig bedreigd om hem zo te dwingen belastende feiten over politici en zakenmensen in zijn boek weg te laten.
Sommige vormen van meditatie zijn vooral gericht op lichamelijk en geestelijk welzijn in het leven van alledag. Andere focussen op een veranderde staat van bewustzijn, het ontstijgen aan de wereld of het ontwikkelen van het vermogen anderen te dienen. Dit boek richt zich op de hoogst denkbare vorm: zuivere, helder meditatie', een toestand van waarachtige objectiviteit, waarmee de meditatiebeoefenaar alle andere vormen van meditatie vrijelijk en bewust kan gebruiken, zonder er in verstrikt te raken. Dit boekje bevat een aantal traditionele teksten van vermaarde leermeesters uit Japan, China en Korea, waarin een breed spectrum van onderwerpen aan de orde komt: * Basis van meditatie * Verbeteren van concentratie * Corrigeren van problemen bij meditatie * Beoefenen van koan-meditatie * Meditatie in actie Een goede compacte en sympathieke gids.
Stalingrad in 1942 is a city in ruins, its Russian defenders fighting to the last man to repel the invading German army. One of their most potent weapons is the crack sniper school developed by Vasily Zaitsev. Its members can pick off the enemy at long range, and their daring tactics - hiding for hours in no man's land until a brief opportunity presents itself - mean that no German, and particularly no German officer, can ever feel safe. This part of the battle is as much psychological as anything, and to counter the continuing threat to German morale, the Nazi command bring to the city their own top marksman, Heinz Thorvald. His mission is simple: to identify, and kill, Zaitsev. Based on a true story, THE WAR OF THE RATS is a brilliantly compelling thriller which brings vividly to life probably the most harrowing battlefront of the Second World War.
In POP GOES THE WEASEL, James Patterson has created a formidable villain every reader will see in the shadows when the lights are out, a tender love story, a plot powered by relentless suspense and psychological thrills kicked up to an all-time high. 'It's all just a game, darling. I play with three other men. Their names are FAMINE, WAR and CONQUEROR. My name is DEATH. You're a very lucky girl - I'm the best player of all.' Geoffrey Shafter: a man who never loses, he is prepared to play the game of games for the highest stakes of all. Alex Cross: senior Washington, DC homicide detective, he is determined, whatever the consequences, to unmask the man he has nicknamed the weasel, the prime suspect for a spate of killings that Cross has been forbidden to investigate.
Een Italiaanse-Amerikaanse man maakt carrière binnen de maffia in zijn land door zich intensief te bemoeien met hun strijd tegen de Aziatische drughandelaars.
An epic tale of three generations of an American family--and the ambition, violence, deceptions and hard-won love that shapes their lives. Rich in vivid details and masterfully crafted characters' lives, and narrated in a voice of great emotional power and sensitivity, Flesh and Blood is an unforgettable, moving and stunning portrait of contemporary America.
Door verdwenen of tegenwerkende getuigen dreigt de eerste grote zaak van een assistent officier van justitie, aanranding met moord, een fiasco te worden.
Beschrijving in verhaalvorm van het gedrag en de psychologie van katten en katachtigen waarbij naast gegevens over de huiskat, de ervaringen van bosjesmannen met Afrikaanse leeuwen en de levensomstandigheden van katachtigen in dierentuinen beschreven worden.
In the closed society of Japan in 1862, a bitter battle for commercial supremacy rages between the Struan and Brock trading houses. Young Malcolm Struan confronts the complex politics of the Japanese Court and the samurai of the warlords to succeed in love. By the author of "King Rat" and "Shogun".
His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds would have stopped any man in the world-except the man from St. Petersburg...
=World of Wonders Een uiterts sterke telescoop laat op het oppervlak van Mars de overblijfselen zien van een 'Piramidestad'. Een gerespecteerd psychiater heeft een ontmoeting met levende doden in Haïti - mensen die zijn doodverklaard en begraven, maar later weer levend uit hun graf zijn gekomen. Een gerechtshof in de Verenigde Staten doet een uitspraak over de kwaestie van negen buitenaardse wezens die in het geheim worden vastgehouden op een Amerikaans luchtmachtbases...
=Mysterious but True Een wereld vol vreemde verschijnselen en onverklaarbare mysteries bevindt zich iedere dag om ons heen - onzichtbaar voor onze ogen, maar toch voelbaar en zelfs soms aanwijsbaar aanwezig. Als geen ander weet Charles Berlitz, de onovertroffen auteur van een aantal wereldwijde bestsellers, deze verbazingwekkende wereld te observeren en neer te schrijven. In 'Mysterieus maar waar' heeft hij wederom een grote selectie van opmerkelijke gebeurtenissen bijeengebracht die zelfs de meest sceptische toeschouwer aan het denken zullen zetten. Meer dan tweehonderd verslagen van waar gebeurde mysteries bieden ons een fascinerende blik op persoonlijke, maar ook wereldwijde en zelfs kosmische raadsels die de lezer nog lang zullen bezighouden. Welke onvermoede krachten schuilen er in de menselijke geest? Wat voor geheimen gaan schuil in de donkere diepten van het heelal? Zijn wij verbonden met elkaar en met buitenaardse krachten op manieren die wij zelfs maar nauwelijks kunnen bevroeden? Charles Berlitz, niet alleen bekend om zijn boeken maar ook omdat hij maar liefst vijfentwintig talen beheerst, heeft eigenhandig over de gehele wereld bewijzen verzameld van het bestaan van een onbekende, raadselachtige realiteit. In 'Mysterieus maar waar' verteld hij over deze bewijzen en maakt ons zo deelgenoot van zijn ontdekkingen en vermoedens.
Amid the awesome temples in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, a fabulous treasure is waiting to be discovered. A treasure worth dying--or killing--for. Beautiful Egyptologist Erica Baron is mesmerised by a centuries-old statue in a Cairo antique shop and believes she has found the key to a dazzling hoard of untapped treasure. But there are others, more ruthless and corrupt than herself, who are determined to get there first, whatever the cost... Lost in a deadly web of intrigue and murder, she desperately races to unlock the secret of the unknown pharaoh's tomb and plumb the curse that has kept it intact since time began... SPHINX stages a dramatic interplay between an ancient world of vast wealth and the modern world that robs and reveres it.
Plan Aurora, hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow and initiated with relentless brilliance and skill, is a plan within a plan that, in its spine-chilling ingenuity, breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare.
Carola scheint das Leben einer Märchenprinzessin zu führen: Als Frau des weltberühmten Dirigenten Bernd Donani lebt sie in einer schlossartigen Villa, hat zwei reizende Kinder und kann sich jeden Wunsch erfüllen. Wie es in ihrem Herzen aussieht, ahnt jedoch kein Mensch: Carola fühlt sich zutiefst einsam, denn ihr Mann kann an nichts als an seine Musik denken. Neben ihm fühlt sie sich nicht länger als Frau, bis ihr der junge Geiger Jean begegnet, der ihre Welt auf den Kopf stellt. Zum ersten Mal fühlt Carola sich begehrt, geliebt und von Herzen glücklich – so sehr, dass sie darüber sogar das zu vergessen droht, was ihr bisher das Liebste und Wichtigste im Leben war: ihre Kinder.
This is the story of three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak in Tehran in February 1979. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. Two of them have Iranian wives they love beyond safety and politics.
Die Waffen des keltischen Clans MacLir sollen schweigen und so zieht sich Fomor mit seinem Volk zurück nach Albion, um fortan friedlich vom Ackerbau zu leben. Doch wieder bedrohen die alten Kontrahenten den Frieden und Vernichtung droht.
Unkindness: the collective word for a group of ravens. They are not particularly predatory birds . . . but neither are they soft and submissive. Detective Chief Inspector Wexford thought he was merely doing a neighbourly good deed when he agreed to talk to Joy Williams about her missing husband. And he certainly didn't expect to be investigating a most unusual homicide . . .
Macht, liefde, recht om de macht - Vol hartstocht en verraad
589 pages
21 hours of reading
Tussen de beide wereldoorlogen vindt in China de grote verandering plaats waarbij het oude plaats moet maken voor het nieuwe, zowel politiek als cultureel.
Mayberry, met een staat van dienst in de Vietnam Special Forces, denkt een kalm leven gevonden te hebben. Dan ontvangt hij 'van een broer van een vriend' een brief met de formule voor een 'superbom'. Hij houdt het best bewaakte geheim van de Amerikaanse regering in handen. Waarom juist hij? Mayberry raakt in een maalstroom van gebeurtenissen. Sommiige verwacht hij, andere zijn onvoorstelbaar. Ze voeren hem terug nar Vietnam. Waarom? Hij moet het weten? Naar de hel met de kalmte! David Quammens roman is een briljante mengeling an feiten en fictie, waarin de race om de 'superbom' de achtergrond vormt voor een met grote vaart geschreven verhaal over internationale nucleaire spionage. David Quammen is een meester van de suspense in de traditie van Eric Ambler en Len Deighton.
In 1872, four young American adventurers arrive in Queen Victoria's London, rogues with a shady past and no intention of making their future any less dubious: their plan is to pull off the heist of the century. Their target is nothing less than the venerable Bank of England! With breathtaking speed, the absurd plot races through the pages, pounding on nerves and tickling funny bones—a rogue novel unlike any seen in many, many years.
Adriaan Lindhout, een Nederlandse chemicus, vindt tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog een middel uit dat dezelfde pijnstillende werking heeft als morfine, maar absolut niet verslavend werkt. Als zijn laboratorium in Rotterdam wordt gebombardeerd, krijgt hij de gelegenheid zijn werk voort te zetten in Berlijn en, als de grond hem daar te heet onder de voeten wordt, in Wenen. Daar bevindt hij zich echter wel in het hol van de leeuw, zeker als wordt ontdekt dat hij van joodse afkomst is.