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Soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines speak in their own words about real life in today's armed forces. These are the brutally honest stories usually only shared amongst comrades in arms. Here, in the voices of the men and women who've fought overseas from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, is a rare eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform, fighting in combat, losing friends and coming home is really like.

In the summer of 1980, 10 years after the break-up of The Beatles, Lennon signed with a new label and hired a top producer to recruit the best session musicians, ready to record new music for the first time in years. They were awestruck when Lennon dashed off '(Just Like) Starting Over'. Lennon was back in peak form, with his best songwriting since 'Imagine'. Even before Lennon left The Beatles, becoming a solo artist and making a life with Yoko Ono in New York City, Mark David Chapman had become obsessed with murdering his former hero.

Sarah, his personal chef. Anna, his wife. Serena, his maid. Mob accountant Anthony Costello has a talent for manipulating both numbers and people. When he's found murdered in his own home, the three people who had most reason to want him dead are missing. Detective Sean Walsh, whose personal connection to the case makes his desire to solve it even stronger, is short on leads to track down the three missing women. But even if he finds them alive, can they be trusted?

Michael and Megan Fitzgerald are siblings who share a troubling past. Both adopted, and now grown - Michael is a long-haul truck driver, Megan a college student majoring in psychology - they trust each other before anyone else. They've had to. When a young woman is found murdered in Michael's LA apartment, he is the chief suspect and quickly arrested. But then there's another killing that is strikingly similar. And another. And not just in LA - as the spree spreads across the country, the FBI become involved in a manhunt for a cold-blooded serial killer.

As seen on Discovery ID, these two true-crime thrillers follow a neighbours' quarrel that turns violent and cyber-bullying that explodes in a double murder. Murder Thy Neighbour (with Andrew Bourelle) and Murder IRL (with Max DiLallo).

Max and her friends are back and ready to take on their biggest problem yet: world hunger. While the Change Makers tackle this huge issue, Max must also avoid the evil Corp and her nemesis, Dr. Zimm. But they're not the only ones looking for Max, and as she finds herself on the run, she discovers that Einstein created a time machine. And it might give her clues to her past - her distant past.

L'8 dicembre 1980 il cantante più famoso della storia della musica e un suo fan si incontrano. Uno morirà. L'altro finirà in carcere per il resto dei suoi giorni. È un thriller. Ma è anche una storia vera. Neanche nei suoi sogni più esaltanti, John Lennon aveva immaginato che i Beatles lo avrebbero trasformato in una superstar internazionale, in grado di scalare le vette delle classifiche, conquistare il pubblico americano, rivoluzionare la musica pop e influenzare intere generazioni di fan in tutto il mondo.

Angela Hoot is a young tech genius. But when she's kicked off her master's degree course at MIT for hacking into the computer of a fellow student, she fears she's blown her chances of a glittering career. Instead, Angela is offered a dream position with the FBI. She jumps at the chance and is thrown in at the deep end. Her first assignment is at a house in the Boston suburbs where a family of five has been brutally murdered.

Alex Cross, Polizeipsychologe in Washington D.C., mit Sinn für Familie, Freunde und Klaviermusik, ist wieder im Einsatz! In unmittelbarer Nähe der Schule, die sein Sohn besucht, werden mehrere Kinder erschlagen. Doch diesem Fall, der ihm aus verständlichen Gründen besonders nahegeht, kann sich Cross nur nach Feierabend widmen: Auf Befehl von "ganz oben" muß er sich einer Mordserie zuwenden, die die ganze Nation in Atem hält. Ein Pärchen, das sich nach einem alten Kinderlied als "Jack und Jill" bezeichnet, ermordet Prominente in Washington. Im Zuge seiner Ermittlungen erfährt Alex Cross, daß ein Auftragskiller der CIA "außer Kontrolle geraten" sein soll. Aus der Mordserie entwickelt sich nun endgültig ein Politthriller. Aber auch der Kindermörder treibt nach wie vor sein Unwesen...

Alex Cross ist wieder im Einsatz: Er begibt sich auf die Jagd nach dem "Superhirn", einem Psychopathen, der Banken in und um Washington D.C. überfällt. Die Raubüberfälle sind minutiös geplant und äußerst brutal. Obwohl sich alle Geiseln kooperativ verhalten, müssen sie sterben. Den Helfern des "Superhirns" ergeht es nicht besser. Als FBI und Polizei glauben, dem Täter endlich auf der Spur zu sein, ändert sich dessen Methode und die Jagd beginnt von neuem. Ist es möglich, dass noch ein zweites "Superhirn" existiert?

Alex Cross, Polizeipsychologe in Washington D.C., mit Sinn für Familie, Freunde und Klaviermusik, ist wieder im Einsatz! In unmittelbarer Nähe der Schule, die sein Sohn besucht, werden mehrere Kinder erschlagen. Doch diesem Fall, der ihm aus verständlichen Gründen besonders nahegeht, kann sich Cross nur nach Feierabend widmen: Auf Befehl von "ganz oben" muß er sich einer Mordserie zuwenden, die die ganze Nation in Atem hält. Ein Pärchen, das sich nach einem alten Kinderlied als "Jack und Jill" bezeichnet, ermordet Prominente in Washington. Im Zuge seiner Ermittlungen erfährt Alex Cross, daß ein Auftragskiller der CIA "außer Kontrolle geraten" sein soll. Aus der Mordserie entwickelt sich nun endgültig ein Politthriller. Aber auch der Kindermörder treibt nach wie vor sein Unwesen...

Der schwarze Detective und Psychologe Alex Cross steht vor einer schier unlösbaren Aufgabe. Auf dem Campus einer Universtität werden akttraktive junge Frauen von einem gefährlichen Psychopathen entführt und vergewaltigt. Nur der hübschen Medizinstudentin Kate gelingt es, in höchster Lebensgefahr zu entkommen. Mit ihrer Hilfe beginnt Alex Cross seine mörderische Jagd, aber er hat noch einen anderen Grund einzugreifen: Auch seine Nichte ist verschwunden...

Cain Lemaire, a Secret Service agent from New Orleans, has the dream job he’s always wanted - until a single night results in a scandal that loses him his post. Needing a new direction, Cain follows his sister to Japan and takes a job in Tokyo as head of security for the CEO of a top company. But what he thought was a simple security assignment unravels into a tangled web of corruption, greed and extortion.

Maximum Ride lost her fight to save the world. But from the ashes of the old world, a phoenix has risen...she calls herself Hawk. Hawk doesn't know her real name. She doesn't know who her parents were or where they went. The only thing she remembers is that they told her to wait on a street corner until they came back for her. That was 10 years ago. The day that she finally gives up waiting is the moment her life changes forever. Because the promise becomes reality: someone is coming for her.

Rory Yates of the Texas Rangers doesn't seek out hero status, but it's unavoidable once his girlfriend, country singer Willow Dawes, writes a song about his bravery. Rory escapes his newfound fame when he's sent to the remote West Texas town of Rio Lobo to investigate the death a local councilwoman. Local detective Ariana Delgado is convinced that this seemingly accidental death is actually a murder. Rory begins to uncover a tangle of small-town secrets and lies. To get to the truth, he's forced to step outside the law he has dedicated his life to upholding.

Frannie O'Neil, a young and talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered, comes across a strange and astonishing phenomenon in the woods near her animal hospital. Soon after, Kit Harrison, an FBI agent, arrives on Frannie's doorstep. Together, along with 11-year-old Max, they will uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.

After a few early glitches in their relationship, Sammy and his 'bro-bot' E are now best friends. In fact, E is such a valued member of the family that the other electronic members of the House of Robots are feeling sorely unappreciated. And when Sammy's inventor mom becomes distracted by a top-secret project, the robots soon begin to fall into disrepair. Cue a robot revolt, with the droids wreaking harmless havoc in the house!

Seventeen-year-old Becca Greenfield was snatched from her small hometown. She was thrown into a maximum-security prison and put on Death Row with other kids her age. Until her execution, Becca's told to fit in and shut her mouth...but Becca's never been very good at either. Her sister, Cassie, was always the perfect twin. Becca's only hope is that her twin sister will find her. That perfect little priss Cassie will stop following the rules and start breaking them before it's too late.

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. It's the day of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, and excitement is at fever pitch. But a key athlete has gone missing, and Detective Rafael Carvalho, on the brink of retirement, is assigned the case. When the athlete suddenly appears at the ceremony, it seems the case is solved. But Carvalho soon discovers that he has returned with the deadliest of intentions.

This year Valentine’s Day isn’t for romance. It’s for murder.Mega rich restaurant owner Jack Barnes and his second wife Zee are very much in love. However, their plans for Valentine’s Day are about to be torn apart by the most violent murder.Who is the strange figure plotting this sick crime? Who hates Jack that much? There are plenty of suspects living in Jack’s fancy block of flats. Is it them, or could it be the work of an outsider with a twisted mind?