(0)Steve Berry
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An illustrated guide to chocolate that every self-respecting chocoholic should read. Do you remember when a Snickers was a Marathon? And when you could burst in to a sweet shop and ask for 'an Oliver Twist, two Tiffins and a Big Wig, please!' and keep a straight face? Those were the good days: when a Dairy Milk bar was 22p and you'd never seen anything as big as a Wagon Wheel. Revisit some of your forgotten favourites and current addictions, as Steve...
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Cotton Malone novels volume 11
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Polish
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"What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain--in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos. Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United States. Before...
43) Klucz Jeffersona
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Cotton Malone novels volume 7
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Polish
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Kiedy w okolicy hotelu Grand Hyatt, w samym sercu Manhattanu, dochodzi do zuchwałego zamachu na życie prezydenta Danny'ego Danielsa, Malone podejmuje próbę udaremnienia spisku. Śledztwo prowadzi do niebezpiecznej konfrontacji ze korsarską Wspólnotą, tajnym bractwem piratów, które powstało za czasów amerykańskiej rewolucji. Razem z Cassiopeią Vitt, Malone przemierza Stany i wypływa na szerokie wody oceanów. W trakcie dochodzenia
...44) Mit Lincolna
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American President Cotton Malone tackles the secrets of Mormonism, a U.S. Senator's stealthy secession plan, and a history-shaping letter that was handed down through the chief executive line.
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Cotton Malone novels volume 6
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Polish
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Były agent specjalny amerykańskiego Departamentu Sprawiedliwości Cotton Malone, otrzymuje pewnego dnia anonimowy liścik z tajemniczym adresem internetowym. Po wejściu na wskazaną stronę widzi jak zamaskowany mężczyzna torturuje Kasjopeję Vitt, kobietę, która nie raz w przeszłości ocaliła jego skórę.Oprawca przedstawia Malone'owi jasne żądanie: „Oddaj mi to, co ona zostawiła u ciebie na przechowanie." Jest tylko jeden problem.
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Cotton Malone novels volume 4
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Polish
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Były agent Departamentu Sprawiedliwości Cotton Malone od dziecka wiedział, że jego ojciec zaginął gdzieś na północnym Atlantyku, wraz z okrętem podwodnym, którym dowodził. Teraz jednak chce poznać szczegóły jego śmierci, prosi więc byłą przełożoną, Stephenie Nelle, by umożliwiła mu wgląd do pewnych dokumentów wojskowych. Ze zdumieniem odkrywa, iż jego ojciec odbywał tajną misję pod lodami Antarktydy w okręcie podwodnym
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"Cassiopeia Vitt takes center stage in this exciting novella from New York Times bestsellers M.J. Rose and Steve Berry. In the French mountain village of Eze, Cassiopeia visits an old friend who owns and operates the fabled Museum of Mysteries, a secretive place of the odd and arcane. When a robbery occurs at the museum, Cassiopeia gives chase to the thief and is plunged into a firestorm. Through a mix of modern day intrigue and ancient alchemy, Cassiopeia...
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Brugia. Nagły wystrzał przerywa nabożeństwo w zabytkowej bazylice. Pod osłoną granatu dymnego trzech mężczyzn kradnie relikwię Świętej Krwi. Cotton Malone, szpieg-antykwariusz, bez zastanowienia rzuca się w pościg - i ląduje w areszcie. Wolność odzyskuje dzięki dawnej szefowej, jednak amerykański Departament Sprawiedliwości nigdy nie działa bezinteresownie. Tajemniczy handlarz informacji organizuje aukcję, w której stawką jest...
50) The source
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An archaeological excavation of Tell Makor launches a journey into the history and culture of the Jews that includes the early Hebrews, the impact of Christianity, the Spanish Inquisition, and the modern Middle East conflict.
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In one of his beloved early bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener details the exploits of the American men who fought the Korean War in the air, as well as their lives on the ground. Young and innocent, they arrive in a place they have barely ever heard of, on a ship massive enough to carry planes and helicopters. Trained as professionals, they prepare for the rituals of war that countless men have endured, just as frightened...
52) Chesapeake
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A four-hundred-year saga of America's Eastern Shore, from its Native American roots to the modern age. In the early 1600s, young Edmund Steed is desperate to escape religious persecution in England. After joining Captain John Smith on a harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Steed makes a life for himself in the New World, establishing a remarkable dynasty that parallels the emergence of America. Through the extraordinary tale of one man's dream,...
53) Sayonara
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From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with deep sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. Army man who, against all odds, falls for a fascinating Japanese woman. Stationed in the exotic Far East, Major Lloyd Gruver considers himself lucky. The son of a general, dating the daughter of another powerful military family, he can look forward to a bright future. And...
54) FaceOff
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An unprecedented collective features pairings by 23 best-selling and critically acclaimed suspense writers, including John Sandford, F. Paul Wilson and R. L. Stine, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.
56) MatchUp
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"In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller FaceOff, twenty-two of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen bestseller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers from Diana Gabaldon to Charlene Harris are paired with eleven of the world's best male thriller writers,...
57) Poland
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Poland's history from the thirteenth century to modern times overshadows a 1981 dispute between Janko Buk, the leader of a group of militant farmers, and Szymon Bukowski, the communist Minister of Agriculture.
58) Centennial
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A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a story of trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters--all caught up in the dramatic events and violent...
59) Caribbean
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In this acclaimed classic novel, James A. Michener sweeps readers off to the Caribbean, bringing to life the eternal allure and tumultuous history of this glittering string of islands. From the 1310 conquest of the Arawaks by cannibals to the decline of the Mayan empire, from Columbus?s arrival to buccaneer Henry Morgan?s notorious reign, from the bloody slave revolt on Haiti to the rise of Cuba?s Fidel Castro, Caribbean packs seven hundred dramatic...