Knights of Babylon

When a 4000 year old mummy turns up in a church, and DNA show it to be the priest. FBI agent Rice must solve the mysterious circumstances surounding the case. His investigations reveals a secret bloody war between two secret societies for global supremacy, the Watchers and the Knights of babylon. From america to hut of a voodoo priest, to the vatican secret vault to a secret crpyt in instanbul.In the past one hundred years over two thousand deaths had been recorded in which a little black totem was found beside the victims, forensics showed the victims had died of accidents or natural complications. To many the deaths were either a hoax, spiritual or accidental in nature as there had never been proven any connections between the victims.When a four thousand year old mummy appears on a church altar with another totem beside it, DNA reports prove it to be a priest who was alive the previous day. FBI special agent Rice a man with zero believe in the supernatural but an expert in solving supernatural cases must solve the mysterious circumstances surrounding the case.His investigations reveal a secret bloody war between two secret societies, the Knights of Babylon and the Watchers for global supremacy. The knights of Babylon had gone diabolic, with the aid of a voodoo priest codenamed “the Black Pope” who had roused an ancient Babylonian mystic codenamed “the Black Ghost” to carry out spiritual assassinations on the Watchers, murders that mystifies and defies conventional forensic means to solve.Rice teams up with a pretty Watcher, a woman bent on revenge from her past assigned to spy on him, a woman he is beginning to have feelings for. The course of his investigations takes him from the shores of America to the hut of a Voodoo priest deep in the jungles of Nigeria. To the most secret vault of the Vatican beneath the Pope's bedchamber, to a secret crypt beneath the Church of the Holy Apostle (Fati Camil) in Istanbul in search of the elusive Knights of Babylon, as he escapes the Black Ghost. Unknown to him that the course of events had been prophesied over two thousand five hundred years ago.
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Mr. Chipfellow's Jackpot

Mr. Chipfellow\'s Jackpot is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Dick Purcell is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Dick Purcell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
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Billion Dollar Whale

Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this New York Times bestseller about the 1MDB scandal exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios).Now a #1 international bestseller, BILLION DOLLAR WHALE is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history.In 2009, a chubby, mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business named Jho Low set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude—one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. Over a decade, Low, with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, siphoned billions of dollars from an investment fund—right under the nose of global financial industry...
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The Frontman

Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2's iconic frontman, Bono--a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist--indeed, he lags behind many of his peers when it comes to parting with his own money--Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite.The Frontman reveals how Bono moved his investments to Amsterdam to evade Irish taxes; his paternalistic and often bullying advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman shows him to be an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice,...
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What Dies in Summer

I woke up in a cold sweat, knowing for a definite fact that death was a teenage girl and that she had been standing silently by my bed during the night...' Jim Beaudry, or Biscuit as he's known, is a teenage boy trying to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him. Especially after his cousin L.A. turns up on his doorstep. When one summer afternoon Biscuit and L.A. discover the body of a teenage girl in the Texas wilderness, an investigation begins that will put both of their lives in grave danger. What Dies in Summer is a chilling and unforgettable page-turner that introduces Tom Wright as a major new talent.
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Soul of a Gunslinger

Historical Western
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Esther

Historical Western
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Vancouver Nights

Relationship dynamics are rocked when Olivia bumps into her ex after ten years of successful avoidance. Hitting on the new girlfriend might be a bad place to start. Nevertheless, the charitable two invite Olivia to stay with them in Vancouver while Nat works on a new horror film with a real jerk of a director.
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After Reed

A fairy-tale of sorts, for the women who are very sick of losing their lovely representation day-in and day-out. After Reed follows the character Leanne as she comes back into the reality she’s been trying to shut out. The death of her girlfriend comes as such a shock that she completely shuts down. Her best friend, and former lover, Natalie, becomes her caretaker and watcher, taking her to a secluded safe space to try and nurse her back into the realm of the living but her young lover Reed may not exactly be gone and Leah will have a long angst-filled journey in figuring that out for the betterment of her future and the triumphant return of her happiness once more. **
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