This is the story of the men & women whose lives were irrevocably changed by the Chicago World Fair, & of two men in particular: an architect & a serial killer. Spicing the narrative are the stories of a cast of historical characters including Buffalo Bill, Scott Joplin & Theodore Dreiser. ...

Athol Visser, or ' Ivan the Terrible', is a ruthless torture technician who has maimed & murdered his way around the globe. He killed his first victim at 16, his last at 60, &, in between, has been a mercenary, drug smuggler, gun runner & spy. This title offers the story of a degenerate, evil man who killed for pleasure. ...

Details: Devil May Care is a masterful continuation of the James Bond legacy?an electrifying new chapter in the life of
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Lisa Warburton is almost fifteen & well aware of the effect her fully matured figure has on men, using its effects at every opportunity. When she meets Graham he becomes her boyfriend. Love blossoms & they realise they were made for each other. Their ...

Daniel is raised in secrecy by a mother everyone thinks has gone mad. As Daniel is reunited with the last remaining member of his family
- his 'uncle' Severin, who bears an uncanny resemblance to a sinister wooden doll he has found hidden in the house, he begins to suspect that this vicious, haunted puppet of a figure has a chilling influence.
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Philip Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim
- known to later ages as Paracelsus
- stands on the borderline between

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Clive Cussler's astounding Devil's Gate sees the return of Kurt Austin & the NUMA team. Deep beneath the Eastern Atlantic Ocean lies an extraordinary underwater burial ground of ships & planes... Nearby, a Japanese cargo ship blows up without warning. Racing to help, Kurt Austin & the NUMA team are beaten to the scene by heavily armed pirates. But when the ruthless gang's own boat explodes as they're making their escape, the men from NUMA are suddenly plunged from a disaster into a mystery. Soon they uncover a scheme involving the deadly ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of terrible power, a kidnapped CERN scientist & a deep-water graveyard holding a lost aircraft & its precious cargo. As a terrifying & audacious plan to bring the world's major nations to their knees is set in motion, only Kurt Austin
- the right man, in the right place, at the right time
- can stop it... With Devil's Gate, UK number one bestseller Clive Cussler shows us once more why he is the grand master of adventure fiction. The ninth book in Clive Cussler's bestselling NUMA Files series, Devils's Gate is a novel that will have readers gripped right to the last page. Kurt Austin, hero of previous titles Medusa & The Navigator, must avert a disaster of global proportions.

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It's Labour Day, Camilla's favourite weekend of the year. She's planning to relax & ponder what's happening in her relationship with policman Sargeant Ray Deveau. She's emphatically not planning to get involved in anything that means trouble. No wonder the news that an old acquaintance has had an accident comes as a surprise. ...

A feature on Old Wives' Tales is not exactly the assignment to make Kate Mallory's pulse race. She fancies herself an investigative journalist & crime reporter & has the stories under her belt to prove it. But her research throws up a vital clue to the series of arson attacks & gruesome murders that is baffling the Darlaston police force. It's too good a story to miss. But it will lead Kate into a deadly encounter with a ruthless woman, a coven of Satanists
- & Evil incarnate.
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July, 1943. With North Africa secured, the Allies launch an invasion of Sicily, & the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Rangers are in the van of the assault on the Italian beaches. But promotion to Company Commander has brought him fresh trouble for Jack Tanner. ...