A chilling contemporary thriller from Robert Harris set in the competitive world of high finance. Dr Max Hoffman is a legend. A physicist once employed on the Large Hadron Collider, he now uses a revolutionary and highly secret system of computer algorithms to trade on the world's financial markets. None of his rivals is sure how he does it, but somehow Hoffman's hedge fund -- built around t…
A young woman has been gruesomely killed, her body abandoned in a car boot in the middle of London as a warning to others. The police have no leads and no clues as to the identity of the victim. It seems that Lia is the only one who refuses to let the murderer go unpunished. A chance encounter with the mysterious Mari gives Lia fresh hope. But just who is she? Can Lia trust her? Can Li…
Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in turn. Note the similarities in yours and his, the high vaulted chambers of your dreams, the shadowed halls, the locked storerooms where you dare not go, the scrap of half-forgotten music, the muffled cries from behind a wall. In one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of the decade, Thomas …
Ark Angel: Bk. 6 (Alex Rider) [Paperback] Horowitz, Anthony
After an accident, Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of impoverished peasants, decides to call on the aristocratic d'Urbervilles, as she believes that she is also descended from their ancient Norman lineage and that they can rescue her family from indigence. Unfortunately she is taken under the wing of the immoral libertine scion Alec d'Urberville, who seduces and scorns her. While she attempts to…
Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 1980 Pages: 500 Publisher: BANTAM BOOKS title: Overload
This is a wonderful book for dog lovers who want to learn from a dog's perspective what is like to be a dog. What dogs see, smell, and know including their views on humans, and why dogs do what they do. This book is as close as you can get to knowing about dogs without being a dog yourself
Raven Slade telah melewati banyak waktunya di rumah sakit jiwa. Gadis muda dengan kepribadian ganda ini merasa telah pulih dari gangguan jiwa dan diselamatkan dari percobaan bunuh diri yang kesekian kalinya. Namun, sekarang, dia memegang sebuah rahasia yang bisa menyelamatkan ribuan nyawa tak berdosa. Rincian serangan massal berbahaya terkubur di alam bawah sadarnya yang rapuh. Dengan ingatanny…
From #1 New York Times –bestselling author of The Bad Seed , Jory John, and illustrator Erin Kraan comes a meaningful yet utterly hilarious tale―a companion to the popular picture book, Something's Wrong! It’s the perrrfect day for a picnic! But oh-no. Anders does not seem like himself. He and his friend Jeff are headed for a spectacular afternoon together, but no matter how much An…