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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson reunite after a long and hazardous journey through the icy mountains of Bavaria. They face a dramatic encounter within the walls of a secluded castle. Sherlock Holmes and his brother, Mycroft, give chase, only for their quarry to escape. The three men, in the company of a new and mysterious ally, return to London knowing that an old adversary will be seeking a deadly revenge.

What had previously been a European powerhouse for centuries had become a fractured mess of diverse territories. In the late 18th century, each of these states had fallen under heavy influence from both the French and Austrian nations. Discover the events which took place, including constant suppression from Metternich and the Austrians, three wars for Italian Independence, the attempted assassination of Emperor Napoleon III of the French Empire, and the sensational story of Garibaldi and the thousand.

A two thousand year old secret leads Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson along a dark & death laden path to the lair of a ruthless master criminal. Even Holmes cannot foresee the final outcome.

The depraved crimes of both real and imagined serial killers and mass murderers have long transfixed us in newspapers and books, but perhaps nowhere more so than on the big screen. Best-selling author Christopher Berry-Dee talks to the serial killers whose wicked stories have most thrilled and fascinated us at the movies, and, through far-ranging and disturbing interviews, he tells the stories of the mass murderers who provided the inspiration for some of cinema’s most shocking films.

In the not too distant future, on a decaying space-station from a high Venus orbit, a cantankerous and disgraced scientist awaits the delivery of a mysterious shipment. He hopes to use it to invent a new propulsion system and, in doing so, salvage his reputation. However, the station’s decommissioning crew, led by Chief O’Connor, are skeptical about his plans. They believe them to be nothing but drunken delusions, a theory which seems more than plausible given the bold and outlandish claims he has been making of late.

Tom Alexander has no memory of his life at House in the Hills orphanage at the outskirts of Sarajevo or of his birth parents - the ones whose faces he wants to see but doesn't remember. When he receives a letter from Child Abroad, the agency that arranged his adoption in 1994, he is offered the opportunity to search for the boy he once was - Andreij Kurik - if he returns to Sarajevo. Sulio Divijak uncovers a faded photograph in Andreij’s file of a girl wearing a red scarf. She looks like Ellie, the girl Tom fell in love with at first sight in a café in Regent’s Park.

Combining contemplative spirituality, mysticism, and cosmic wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Day of the Space Voyager is both a fantastic adventure and a provocative parable for the 21st century. James Parker Walker's novel shares the metaphysical wanderings of an old hermit who learns that everything he has ever known is false. His quest for the truth takes him to places he never imagined, experienced on all levels of awareness. The deeper his true identity is revealed, the more he discovers the nature of being and the meaning of life.

Amanda BA, colorfully dressed Bedouin brandishing a sword, interrupts Holmes and Watson at their breakfast table. He brings a cryptic warning: stay out of the affairs of his people, or face the consequences.

Priests are being burnt in their churches. Pope Paul hires two old enemies to track down the killer. Their journey leads them to Galileo and his students, but finding the killer leads them to another. They can't deal with this one, but perhaps Anthony's teenage children can.

This is a historically-based novel with authentic, mythic, & fictional characters interacting across the extraordinary panorama after the Fall of Troy and the Hittite Empire during the Bronze Age Collapse. Diomedes leads his Akhaians (Achaeans) to the Isle of Kyprios (now Cyprus) to meet his lost love, Lieia, the ex-queen of the Hittites. Kyprios is where the Peoples of the Sea have gathered before their final assaults on Canaan and Aigyptos (Egypt). But Diomedes unexpectedly meets the avatar of the Goddess Aphrodite at her Temple in Paphos, the city of her birth.

In this informed, incisive, and passionate commentary on the state of nature and conservation, Mark Avery reflects on our relationship with the wildlife around us. From the cats that pass through his garden to the chronic decline of farmland wildlife, from the Pasqueflowers he visits every spring to the proportion of national income devoted to saving nature–everything is connected, and everything is considered.

A violent group has invaded the Adirondack Forest, and 11-year-old Chris has become the target of their affection. It will be a summer of terror, because they believe Chris is the key to opening the door to a new world order. And they will stop at nothing to bring their plans to fruition.

A 13th century French priest is recruited by three Italian merchants to aid them in a holy quest to find a secret chamber that allegedly lies buried beneath the crusader held city of Jerusalem. It is a quest that will benefit all of Christendom and bring glory and salvation to those who discover the chamber. They embark on the quest and at once realize that it is far more dangerous than they ever anticipated.

It's 2007, and Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now working as an assassin for hire, is taking a break to go scuba diving in Puerto Galera. But first he stops off in Angeles City to catch up with a few friends and enjoy the nightlife. When Dickie Goodyear, another ex-Hong Kong copper, comes to his hotel with a gunshot wound asking for help, Bill brings him to the hospital without realizing that this will involve him in a plot to overthrow the president of the Philippines.

Feared by the emperor and revered by the people, she lived her entire life imprisoned on an island, longing for freedom. When faced with a consequential prophecy, she must prove herself worthy of the throne. But, in order to fulfill her destiny, she must first defeat her enemies, win her father's heart, and make a momentous and heart-breaking choice that changes everything.

London-based derivatives trader Scott Carty doesn’t give any weight to the inexplicable dreams he’s been having. That is, until his mercurial boss, Arthur D’albo, summarily dispatches him to an energy conference in Kazakhstan along with the curious instruction to deliver a locked briefcase to one of the delegates. Soon enough, the dream’s premonitions begin to resonate with an alarming clarity as he becomes entangled with his enigmatic translator, Lisa Isotova, and begins to uncover D’albo’s sinister business.

Author Niels Starling shares his unusual and unconventional narrative about information security. In a counterintuitive approach, Niels argues that the majority of internet users have too high a focus on information protection and online security. We all think our information is at risk when actually hiding it away runs the greatest risk.

WWII has ended and the occupation of Germany has begun, but the surviving Nazi resistance is still a formidable threat. A suspected clandestine stronghold is found and Allied Command orders an Army squad to infiltrate and silence the Nazi garrison that's hiding dangerously close to the Soviet controlled border. The incursion must be silent and swift, making sure not to strain the ever growing tensions with the adversarial Soviet Union and unintentionally escalate the Cold War.

How could Anthony and Maria possibly have known that taking the new French ambassador and his wife to his posting in Tunis, aboard their new yacht, would lead to this. But here they were, and the man responsible was sitting only a few yards away. They would have to deal with him, but it might have to wait.

It is 1612. Maria and Antonio set off to the Frankfurt fair to find a buyer for their wine, and expand their vineyard. They find a buyer, and Maria finds an admirer. When they visit the man preparing their bill of exchange, he and his wife have been strangled.