Suppose a cure for cancer was finally discovered, a cure that could save the lives of millions—and render much of today's medical and pharmaceutical industry obsolete? How far would the world's movers and shakers go to control this miraculous panacea—or destroy it?Controversial oncologist Dr. Anson Lunt dies in a suspicious plane crash, just as one of his researchers develops what appears to be a "magic bullet" against all forms of cancer. Before his mangled body is even cold, power...

Captain Carl Kraft is a man dancing on a dangerous tight-rope. By day, he works as an Army Intelligence officer; by night, he secretly reports his department’s strengths and weaknesses to a harsh and mysterious superior. Assigned the dirtiest job in his profession, he is ordered to set up a patsy—to frame a fellow officer as a traitor!“I’ve worked with spies for more than ten years. Or, to be absolutely accurate, against spies. So if there’s nothing else I know, I know what spies l...

On the eve of a crucial American election, the president of the United States is scheduled to give a speech at the Olympiahalle in Munich, a place where the limitless places of concealment are an assassin’s dream. Roger Wagner, CIA supersleuth with a gift for wry jokes, is given ten days to uncover an assassination plot against the president. Wagner’s frantic search leads him through the German underworld, neo-Nazi dens, glossy jet-set salons, and the highest levels of government. Entangle...

Four Americans—a twenty-year-old social outcast, a breezily iconoclastic Army officer, a ruthless US senator, and a guilt-ridden heiress—are inexorably drawn together in their struggles to deal with America's chaotic involvement in World War I. Their interwoven destinies lead from poverty-stricken slums through the opulence of 1917–1918 Washington, London, and Paris and, climactically, into the Western Front's vicious aerial combat, which establishes the matrix for all air warfare to come....

It’s 1945, and Stalin’s army stands poised to conquer Europe. The only way to stop him is for Truman to bluff him down. To make the bluff work, C.G. Brandt, America’s ultra-professional but very human spymaster, is forced to risk everything on Alex Lukas, an undertrained but bilingual secret agent. Lukas must escort a Soviet defector who will parachute into Bavaria with crucial information.But the defector’s plane crashes; there is a gorgeous Communist spy in the drop area; and Luk...

Born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1950, Christina Lindberg began nude modelling for men's magazines around 1968, first in Swedish publications such as FIB Aktuellt, and then in more international magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse. This lead to appearances in a succession of sexploitation and exploitation movies, the best of which date from 1970 to 1974. Her film career trailed off after an experience during the production of a hardcore porn film by Gerard Damiano; Lindberg quit during filmi...

Jeffrey Dahmer: Anatomy of Atrocity pulls you far beyond the headline horrors and into the machinery that created – and ultimately caged – America’s most infamous cannibal‐killer. True-crime investigator Jack Hunter dissects Dahmer’s life through five relentless lenses that turn a tabloid nightmare into a razor-sharp case study of psychology, law, and society.Monsters aren’t born in darkness; they grow in the blind spots we refuse to see.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.He seemed quiet. Polite. Ordinary. But behind Jeffrey Dahmer’s disarming smile was a dark and horrifying secret—one that shocked the world when it was finally uncovered. Jeffrey Dahmer: The Gruesome True Crime Story of the Cannibal Serial Killer is a chilling deep dive into the mind and methods of one of the most disturbing killers in modern history.Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer lured young men and boys...

Dennis Hopper. One of the most talented but controversial actors of the 20th century, almost as notorious for his off-screen alcohol and drug abuse as he was for his roles in such powerful films as his self-directed The Last Movie, David Lynch's Blue Velvet, or Tim Hunter's River's Edge. Dennis Hopper: Movie Top Tens presents a chronological examination of ten of Dennis Hopper's most challenging movies, which are analysed in illustrated, in-depth essays by some of the best cutting-edge film c...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A young woman with dreams of adventure. A road trip meant to capture the beauty of America. A love story turned into a tragic nightmare. Vanished — The Shocking Murder of Gabby Petito unravels the heartbreaking true crime case that captivated the nation and left behind haunting questions.When Gabby Petito set out on a cross-country journey with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, her social media posts painted ...

AI NO CORRIDA (1976) is Nagisa Oshima's hardcore sex version of the bizarre Sada Abe murder-mutilation-necrophilia case, which stunned Japanese society in 1936. Produced in France to avoid Japan's strict censorship laws, Oshima's film caused outrage upon its release but has since been recognised as a masterpiece of erotic cinema, and one which goes far beyond mere pornography in its investigation into the nature of sexual obsession and death. This special ebook provides a detailed overvie...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A devoted wife. A peaceful suburban life. It was a picture-perfect life—until it wasn’t. The Murder of Laci Peterson plunges listeners into one of the most sensational and emotionally charged true crime cases of the early 2000s.Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant when she vanished from her California home on Christmas Eve 2002. Her husband, Scott Peterson, claimed she had gone for a walk and never r...