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In Australien stößt die junge Natalie inmitten alter Unterlagen auf ein kostbar erscheinendes Schriftstück, das einem ihrer Vorfahren gehört haben muss. Neugierig spürt sie anhand seiner hinterlassenen Briefe der Geschichte dieser Antiquität nach und folgt den Spuren des Geheimnisses bis ins abenteuerliche Burma, das Land der Pagoden, Paläste und uralten Riten ...

Beware the novelist . . . intimate and indiscreet . . . pompous, prophetic airs . . . here is the fact of fiction . . . an American tale where, naturally, evil conquers good, and none live happily ever after, for the complicated pangs of the empty experiences of flesh-and-blood human figures are the reason why nothing can ever be enough. To read a book is to let a root sink down. List of the lost is the reality of what is true battling against...

Figures in Blue is the story of Esteban Espiritu, a young Spanish artist who is commissioned to paint the portrait of Kristena von Lichtenberg, an elderly Baroness living in a deteriorating mansion that overlooks a provincial German village. However, Esteban uncovers a local mystery regarding the disappearance of her brutish husband, the Baron. The novelette is set in the beginning of the twentieth century and references classical mythology.

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From the bestselling and award-winning author, comes a dark and compelling novel about murder in a claustrophobic rural community in Newfoundland. As the mystery begins to unfold, new and much deeper secrets come to light.

From one of Australia's finest storytellers comes a classic love story. . . It is 1953 in a small Australian country town, a time of postwar prosperity and hope. The Holtens are wealthy, yet austere graziers who have lived on the land for generations. The McBrides are a large and loving shearer's family who are new arrivals to the district. When the McBrides' eldest daughter falls in love with the Holtens' only son and heir, it seems impossibl...

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Monsoon... is a journey into the hearts and memories of those caught in a certain time in a particular place. Sandy Donaldson has been working for a volunteer organisation in Vietnam for the past four years. As her contract nears it end, she is reluctant to leave so she invites her oldest friend, Anna, to come for a holiday and discover its beautiful tourist destinations. Both girls have unexplored links to this country. Sandy's father is a Vi...

A compelling story of two remarkable women connected across the decades by the men who love them. . . and the magic of a place called Zanana. KATE, a strong-willed heiress determined to defy Edwardian convention, but she must pay the ultimate price to keep the home she loves so much. . . ODETTE, an independent and idealistic young journalist caught in a fierce battle to save Zanana from ruthless developers. . . Years apart yet inextricably lin...

A mesmerising novel of the film industry and one man's life that charts a path for all of us. Larrikin Australian actor Randy Storm had it all. Swept up by Hollywood in the 1950s he had the looks, charm and talent to take on the world. But by the 1990s he's forgotten, burned out after a life of movie star excess. When producer Michael Matthews meets the once great Randy Storm, he is surprised to find a man who is at peace with himself. Both he...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 100, 000 COPIES SOLD IN TRADE PAPERBACK On a small coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef two communities come together in an uneasy alliance: a tourist resort and a scientific research station. At first glance, the island is a sexy resort, a naturalist's dream, a diver's delight. But the island holds secrets and dangers as Jennifer Towse soon discovers. When world-famous Isobel Belitas arrives, Jennifer lea...

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It's the psychedelic 70s and social conventions are being challenged. When Catherine Moreland from rural Australia goes on her first trip abroad, a handsome American naval officer sweeps her off her feet and she goes to live in beautiful, romantic Hawaii with her new husband. At first, the magic and loveliness of the Islands lead Catherine to believe she is living in paradise. She befriends Kiann'e, a traditional dancer, Eleanor, the owner of ...

The Bay is a beautiful, peaceful town on the Australian east coast, a melting pot of city escapees, alternative life-stylers, feral dropouts, lost kids, backpackers, and men and women in search of love and a new sense of identity. When Sydney corporate wife Holly Jamieson turns 40 she shocks her husband by buying an old house in The Bay and transforming it into a charming B&B., Holly soon discovers that beneath its tranquil surface, The Bay is...

When Australian Julie Reagan discovers a book written about wild Malaysia in the 1970s, she decides to find out more about the author - her great aunt. Why did her grandmother refuse to speak about her sister who disappeared from the family, 60 years before? What caused such a severe rift? Julie is invited to stay with her cousins who run the plantation founded by her great grandfather in Malaya a hundred years ago, and she decides to visit in...

The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by designing some of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and ended their lives as bitter enemies. Engrossing and impeccably researched, ful...

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Thomas F. Ryan was a man of immense energy, with a strong commitment to social justice. He combined religion and dedication to serve the poor in Ireland, China, and Hong Kong. He was deeply involved with the Belvedere Newsboys' Club and in work for young people in juvenile detention centers. He was a very capable organizer and administrator, both as a Jesuit and as member of the Hong Kong government.

Edward J. Byrne became Archbishop of Dublin in 1921 and remained in office till his death in 1940. He therefore ruled during the period of some of the critical events and developments in the new Irish Free State from the Civil War, through the change of government in 1932 and right up to the adoption of De Valera's Constitution of 1937. On the ecclesiastical side, his reign covered the two massive celebrations of the time, the centenary celebr...

iOS Forensic Analysis provides an in-depth look at investigative processes for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices. The methods and procedures outlined in the book can be taken into any courtroom. With never-before-published iOS information and data sets that are new and evolving,  this book gives the examiner and investigator the knowledge to complete a full device examination that will be credible and accepted in the forensic community.