Colin: 2238 books

In this dark, quirky fourteenth Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery set in Communist Laos in the early '80s, a death threat sends Dr. Siri down memory lane, from Paris in the ’30s to war-torn Vietnam in the ’70s, to figure out who's trying to kill him now. Vientiane, 1980: For a man of his age and...

What if someone is accused of killing his wife but the dead body is missing?  Could the husband still be convicted?  That's the challenge for defense lawyer Ted Rohrbacher as he takes on an impossible defense.  In addition, the client suffers from a rare mental condition called "the...

Peter Scattergood is a Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney, a relentless and clever prosecutor who has just landed the biggest case of his career--a double homicide, involving the mayor's nephew and his mistress. This is not the best time for his wife to walk out on their crumbling marriage and...

“Audacious and amusing . . . may be the best book yet in this deservedly celebrated series.”—The Wall Street Journal It was only the second time Inspector Morse had ever taken over a murder enquiry after the preliminary—invariably dramatic—discovery and sweep of the crime scene. Secretly...

Why would a sniper shoot suburban physiotherapist Rachel James as she sips her morning coffee? Inspector Morse's hunt for answers kicks off with a tabloid journalist, winds through the strip clubs of Soho, then returns to Oxford, where two senior dons and their wives battle for a plum promotion. Then,...

For a year, the murder of Mrs. Yvonne Harrison at her home in Oxfordshire had baffled the Thames Valley CID. The manner of her death--her naked handcuffed body left lying in bed--matched her reputation as a women of adventuresome sexual tastes. The case seemed perfect for Inspector Morse. So why has...

When a Music Hall hypnotist escapes from the London County Asylum she leaves a single word on the wall of her cell - scrawled in blood: ‘MAGISTER’. Terror then stalks the capital’s streets as the killing spree begins. But why does Superintendent William Melville of The Special Branch...

"DELIGHTFUL." --The Wall Street Journal In short mysteries so brilliantly plotted they'll confound the cleverest of souls, Inspector Morse remains as patient as a cat at a mouse hole in the face of even the most resourceful evildoers. Muldoon, for instance, the one-legged bomber with one...

Si preparar “excels” te hace perder un montón de tiempo que podrías dedicar a tareas más productivas, en este manual encontrarás las instrucciones básicas para aprender de forma rápida, sin tecnicismos ni argot informático. Aborda todo lo que necesitas saber: comparar documentos,...

The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy,...

Can you imagine what it is like to live in a flowerpot and confuse one animal with another? Our chatty little plants Basil, Rosemary and the sisters know all too well the problems and fun it causes. This is for bilingual children and others wanting to read a dual language text in English and Japanese...

Can you imagine what it is like to live in a flowerpot and confuse one animal with another? Our chatty little plants Basil, Rosemary and the sisters know all too well the problems and fun it causes. This is for bilingual children and others wanting to read a dual language text in English and Japanese...

Albahaca se encuentra en una extraña y nueva maceta donde conocerá a nuestras parlanchinas plantitas. Ellas creen que saben mucho, pero cuando se trata de animales, no tienen ni idea. Una suposición incorrecta seguida por otra les llevará a meterse en un gran lío. ¡La próxima vez puede que...

Este libro bilingüe es gratuito y está recomendado para niños bilingües y estudiantes de Italiano con un nivel básico - intermedio, que deseen leer un texto paralelo en Italiano y Español. El libro está dividido en tres partes. En la primera, para una mayor facilidad de comprensión los dos...