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The Da Vinci Code

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:27:08 +0000

Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent late-night call while in Paris: the curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the to the works of Da Vinci – and further. The curator, part of a secret society named the Priory of Sion, may have sacrificed his life to keep secret the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centuries. It appears that the clandestine Vatican-sanctioned Catholic sect Opus Dei has now made its move. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory’s secret – and a stunning historical truth – will be lost forever.

The Ride of a Lifetime

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:22:11 +0000

A memoir of leadership and success: The CEO of Disney, widely recognized as one of the world’s most consequential business leaders, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Competition was more intense than ever and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets. Today, Disney is the largest, most admired media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Under Iger’s leadership, Disney’s value grew nearly five times what it was, making Iger one of the most innovating and successful CEOs of our era.

The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Collector s Edition

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:59:37 +0000

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre, Jacques Sauniere, has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci – and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Langdon suspects the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion – a centuries old secret society – and has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory’s most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centuries. But it now appears that Opus Dei, a clandestine sect that has long plotted to seize the Prirory’s secret, has now made its move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory’s secret – and a stunning historical truth – will be lost forever…Breaking the mould of traditional suspense novels, The Da Vinci Code is simultaneously lightning-paced, intelligent and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail. And in this exclusive edition Dan Brown allows the reader behind the scenes of the novel which now incorporates over 150 photographs and illustrations throughout the text showing the rich historical tapestry from which he drew his inspiration. The visual sources which provide both the backdrop and the stimulus for the novel’s action are revealed for the first time and uniquely complement the reading experience.

Astrology for the Soul

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:03:29 +0000

A famous spiritual astrologer shares how to uncover the secrets hidden in your birth chart that hold the key to your future. “This is required reading for anyone on the spiritual path to fulfilling their soul’s destiny.”—Harold Bloomfield, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of How to Survive the Loss of a Love and How to Heal Depression Astrologer Jan Spiller shows you the key to discovering your hidden talents, your deepest desires, and the ways you can avoid negative influences that may distract you from achieving your true life purpose, as revealed in your chart by the position of the North Node of the Moon. Spiller shows you how to locate the all-important North Node of the Moon in your astrological chart and provides a detailed interpretation of its influence and exclusive exercises to help you learn about: • The special talent that is waiting for you, a unique gift that could easily be turned into professional success • The self-defeating tendencies in your personality that can hold you back and sabotage relationships • The love partner who can be your soul mate—and the partner whose hold over you can lead to heartbreak • The trap or temptation from a past life that can lead to disaster if you are not forewarned • The healing affirmations designed to help you release your positive energy and strengthen the qualities that can bring you true happiness With insight and depth impossible to gain from the commonly known sun-sign profiles, the enlightening self-portrait offered by the Nodes of the Moon can explain the life lessons you came here to learn and how to achieve the fulfillment and peace you desire.

50 Great Short Stories

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:56:13 +0000

50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O’Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common—the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world’s fiction. Garden party / Katherine Mansfield — Three-day blow / Ernest Hemingway — Standard of living / Dorothy Parker — Saint / V.S. Pritchett — Other side of the hedge / E.M. Forster — Brooksmith / Henry James — Jockey / Carson McCullers — Courting of Dinah Shadd / Rudyard Kipling — Shot / Alexander Poushkin, translated by T. Keane — Graven Image / John O’Hara — Putois / Anatole France, translated by Frederic Chapman — Only the dead know Brooklyn / Thomas Wolfe — A.V. Laider / Max Beerbohm — Lottery / Shirley Jackson — Masque of the Red Death / Edgar Allan Poe — Looking back / Guy de Maupassant, translated by H.N.P. Sloman — Man higher up / O. Henry — Summer of the beautiful white horse / William Saroyan — Other two / Edith Wharton — Theft / Katherine Anne Porter — Good man is hard to find / Flannery O’Connor — Man of the house / Frank O’Connor — Man who shot snapping turtles / Edmund Wilson — Gioconda smile / Aldous Huxley — Curfew tolls / Stephen Vincent Benet — Father wakes up the village / Clarence Day — Ivy Day in the committee room / James Joyce — Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck — Door / E.B. White — Upheaval / Anton Chekhov — How beautiful with shoes / Wilbur Daniel Steele — Haunted house / Virginia Woolf — Catbird seat / James Thurber — Schartz-Metterklume method / H.H. Munro — Death of a Bachelor / Arthur Schnitzler — Apostate / George Milburn — Phoenix / Sylvia Townsend Warner — That evening sun / William Faulkner — Law / Robert M. Coates — Tale / Joseph Conrad — Girl from Red Lion, PA / H.L. Mencken — Main currents of American thought / Irwin Shaw — Ghosts / Lord Dunsany — Minister’s black veil / Nathaniel Hawthorne — String of beads / W. Somerset Maugham — Golden honeymoon / Ring Lardner — Man who could work miracles / H.G. Wells — Foreigner / Francis Steegmuller — Thrawn Janet / Robert Louis Stevenson — Chaser / John Collier

Forge of Darkness

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:47:26 +0000

The Kharkanas Trilogy 1 Now is the time to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the stage for all the tales yet to come and all those already told… It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power. and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold…

Model – The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 08:49:36 +0000

Manekenstvo, modeling. Investigative journalist Michael Gross delves into the history of models and takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, going beyond modeling’s carefully constructed facade of glamour to expose the scandal and untold truths that permeate the seemingly glamorous business. Here for the first time is the complete story of the international model business—and its evil twin: legalized flesh peddling. It’s a tale of vast sums of money, rape both symbolic and of the flesh, sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death. At its heart is the most unholy combination in commerce: beautiful, young women and rich, lascivious men. Fashion insider Michael Gross has interviewed modeling’s pioneers, survivors, and hangers–on, and he tells the story of the greats: Lisa Fonssagrives; Anita Colby, Candy Jones; Dorian Leigh and her sister Suzy Parker; Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy; Veruschka and Lauren Hutton; and today’s supermodel trinity, Christy, Naomi and Linda.