James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide – except the victim has someone else's fingerprints and $10,000 in cash.Enter Detective Michael Bennett.

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide – except the victim has someone else's fingerprints and $10,000 in cash.Enter Detective Michael Bennett.

A “second nuclear age” has begun in the post-Cold War world. Created by the expansion of nuclear arsenals and new proliferation in Asia, it has changed the familiar nuclear geometry of the Cold War. Increasing potency of nuclear arsenals in China, India, and Pakistan, the nuclear breakout in North Korea, and the potential for more states to cross the nuclear-weapons threshold from Iran to Japan suggest that the second nuclear age of many competing nuclear powers has the potential to be eve...

Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Theology (Academic)Wisdom Is Not Simply Knowledge or ClevernessWalking the Way of the Wise is a profound exploration into the depths of biblical wisdom, seamlessly blending scholarly insight with practical guidance. In this addition to IVP Academic's Essential Studies in Biblical Theology (ESBT) series, Mitchell Chase invites readers to rediscover wisdom as an essential thread woven ...

"Without doubt this is the best introduction to the personal and spiritual side of Plotinian philosophy." —John Bussanich, International Journal of the Classical TraditionSince its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translation—complete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliography—at l...

"[A] witty, supple, artfully humorous, and vastly engaging yarn . . . Swanwick's approaching top form, and this one's just too good to miss." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In the distant future, Surplus arrives in China dressed as a Mongolian shaman, leading a yak which carries the corpse of his friend, Darger. The old high-tech world has long since collapsed, and the artificial intelligences that ran it are outlawed a...

Would you risk your life for a woman you've never met? A thriller about a simple wrong number that opens a line into terror. From the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author.Henry Pierce has a whole new life - new apartment, new telephone, new number. When he checks his machine, he discovers messages for a woman named Lilly, and she is in some kind of serious trouble. Pierce is inexorably drawn into Lilly's world, and it's unlike any world he's ever known. It is a n...

Private Investigator Nikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her business partner and best friend, Jake. His friend's wife is missing, and he is determined to find her. The authorities believe the kidnapping is the work of a sick mind - Nikki knows it is something much worse. Vampires.Michael Kelly has returned from a vampire hunting exhibition in his homeland and wants to relax. When he discovers Nikki's gone to San Francisco he has no choice but to follow - not only to ...

Although no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico and California, in the 1990s there were well-accepted assumptions about the nature and form of the migration. But to Robert Michael Pyle, a naturalist with long experience in monarch conservation, the received wisdom about the butterflies' long journey just didn't make sense. In the autumn of 1996 he set out to uncover the facts, to pursue the tide of "cinnamon sailors" on their...

Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Greg Iles, and Linda Fairstein—this action-packed legal thriller debut races from the gleaming canyons of New York City to the hurricane-lashed waters of the Caribbean. Michael Rudolph’s Noble Chase combines a smart, determined heroine and a storm of stunning surprises in a pulse-pounding morality tale of international intrigue that delivers suspense right up to the shocking end.Sic transit gloria. Beth Swahn, a y...

In the remote wilderness of Alaska, where vast, untouched landscapes can conceal both beauty and danger, a sinister figure emerged in the 1980s: Michael Silka, a drifter with a troubled past and a deadly intent. Alaska's Deadliest Man: The True Story of Michael Silka chronicles the harrowing events that led to one of the most chilling manhunts in the state's history—a story of a man who seemingly vanished into the unforgiving Alaskan wild after leaving a trail of ...

Thirteen tales of excitement and adventure from Thrill Ride - the magazine: Year Two.Tales of gadgets and adventure, of amazing women standing together and human wolves who would rather stand alone. Conquer villains, cheer for thieves, battle espionage, and question everything you think you know about keeping alive.Hang onto your seat and take the plunge!