◆1982 年《洛杉磯時報》傳記類圖書獎，1983 年美國國家猶太圖書獎

二十世紀最重要的政治思想家——漢娜鄂蘭

完整記錄鄂蘭其人其事、所思所想

◆國立政治大學政治學系副教授　葉浩　專文導讀

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從尋索極權主義的起源，探問人的條件，到點明邪惡的平庸，

鄂蘭的一生，見證了二十世紀政治思想史的發展。

因為愛這個世界，她將一生盡數奉獻給政治行動，也串起一部留給全人類的無價思想。

要理解鄂蘭的思想，就必須先理解她的一生。

漢娜鄂蘭，1906 年誕生於德國柏林的猶太女性，被譽為 20 世紀最偉大、最具原創性的思想家之一。早年跟隨存在主義哲學家海德格、雅斯培，後因納粹政府上台流亡至美國，先後在各大學院任教。1975 年逝於紐約。鄂蘭畢生著重對極權主義、政治實踐、公共空間等議題的思辨；嚴謹論證的背後，是她回應世界的態度——挑戰哲人棄世思想，而積極介入、參與這世界的愛。她是自由主義的看門人，亂世中的思考明燈，更是當代政治永遠的挑戰者；那雙無所畏懼的真理之眼，深深影響了一代人的思維理路。

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本書 1982 年出版，作者詳實整理了鄂蘭的文學、哲學及生活背景狀況，並描述現實政治社會對鄂蘭一生的深刻影響。作者運用心理學及哲學知識、與鄂蘭友人的訪談，以及親身受教鄂蘭的經驗，深入闡述她思想成形的歷史基礎，幾次重大學術產出與觀念轉折，及其對理論界及社會的影響。做為西方世界最早、最權威的鄂蘭傳記，要認識鄂蘭生平、著作、主要概念及相關評價，本書必不可少。

【熱情推薦】

一本個人生活與思想的傳記……它是目前為止最好的傳記。

——彼得．柏格（Peter L. Burger），美國社會學家，刊於《紐約時報》書評首頁，標題〈A Woman Of This Century〉

一段驚人的、充滿戲劇性的故事……最後，我們能看到一個完整的漢娜鄂蘭。

——新聞周刊（Newsweek）

對漢娜鄂蘭的生平與思想感興趣的人來說，這本書必不可少。

——波士頓環球報（Boston Globe）

一段從納粹德國到美國成名的冒險故事……以及這段經歷如何塑造了漢娜鄂蘭敏銳的政治意識。

——里奇蒙時報（Richmond Times-Dispatch）

對那些尚未迷上鄂蘭、對無關痛癢的評論麻木的人來說，這本擲地有聲的著作將會是一記重擊。

——柯克斯書評（Kirkus Review）

一本冷靜澄澈的傳記。作者以富同理心的筆觸，描寫鄂蘭的私人生活、公眾角色及著作……這位極具勇氣與精力的傳奇知識分子及其時代氛圍，被再次召喚；她的成就，於本書首度完整呈現。

——國際關係（Foreign Affairs）

出版社 商周出版 (城邦)?

《笑傲江湖》是對一般武俠小說所描寫的武林世界表現出明顯質疑的作品，這部小說從根本上解構了江湖神話，書中的江湖／武林世界，充滿了權力紛爭，充斥著各種謀略、殺戮和血腥，不再是人們想像或夢幻中理想的神聖浪漫天地，書裡所有的人和事，無不與權力鬥爭有關。這部小說沒有歷史背景，在一連串的曲折和奸謀之中，解決了正與邪的真正意義。
 
作者企圖刻劃中國政治上的若干普遍現象，並以令狐沖的「隱士性格」，表達自己對於個人自由、個性解放的追求。在新修版中，這樣的基調仍一以貫之，並較多完整保留二版的原貌，只於行文與橋段等漏洞上細心雕琢修弭。

從未有標準的姿勢，你就是最恰當的存在！

台灣第一本以散文書寫瑜伽

瑜伽作家張以昕，從憂鬱深谷走到正向靜心

探索自我的平衡之力，勇敢面對生命的曲折

當我們談到瑜伽，想到的通常是一群人在墊子上拚命彎折身體，或是把它當成運動來操練。然而瑜伽不只是身體的練習，也是「調息」與「調心」，達成內外在的穩定和諧。作者張以昕從學生時代即持續學習瑜伽多年，並在獲得文學碩士學位後，毅然接受嚴謹紮實的瑜伽教學專業訓練，展開分享瑜伽的旅程，多次前往印度Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute及Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama進修、旅行。

《瑜伽這檔事》從自身的練習、生活經驗與在瑜伽教室的教／學體悟中出發，以淺顯易懂、生活化的方式，將瑜伽的精神實踐於生活之中，並分享自印度進修、旅行時的種種感觸；即使從未練習過瑜伽的讀者，也能透過本書了解瑜伽的哲學意涵、心靈探索，一同找回「心」家。

■ 輯一　瑜伽老師跑跳碰

因為瑜伽，才能將原本相距甚遠的人事物毫不突兀地連結在一起，而我透過瑜伽教學，穿梭在不同的空間，用心陪伴不同年紀與身分的人們，走一段通往平靜的道路，真是件無比幸福的事。

■ 輯二　完美小姐的瑜伽旅程

瑜伽是減法的練習，在汗流浹背的努力之後，要將好的、壞的都放下，什麼也不帶走。要能做了，也彷彿未曾做過；忙了，也猶如從未忙過，還真是件難事，但這便是瑜伽的練習。

■ 輯三　瑜伽這檔事

第一次來到舊學院，不知怎地感到莫名的熟悉，覺知到深刻的愛與連結……心裡浮現著「來晚了」的慨嘆，但好在終究還是來到這裡，心中既是悲、又是喜。

名家推薦

小熊老師（林德俊）│熊與貓書房主人，文化社造工作者

羊憶玫│《中華日報》副刊主編

何妤玟│知名藝人、瑜伽老師

吳鈞堯│作家

林韋君│知名演員、瑜伽老師

洪兆懿│中華體智能兒童瑜伽協會會長、YogaZoo兒童瑜伽動物園園長

栗光│《聯合報》繽紛版主編

陳玉慧│作家、編劇、導演

陳芳明│政治大學台灣文學研究所講座教授

陳惠齡│清華大學台灣文學研究所教授

張倩華（錢錢）│插畫家

──齊聲推薦

張以昕把瑜伽視為心靈的修行，活出了韌性，在教學日常裡觀看萬花筒般的世間風景。──小熊老師（熊與貓書房主人，文化社造工作者）

從個人印度之旅到授課實例分享，展現深刻又扎實的深度與廣度；字句間串起的愛是最暖心的溫度。－－羊憶玫（《中華日報》副刊主編）

本書傳述心法述，關於她與他人，在無限大的瑜伽墊上，最初都是與自己的情話。──吳鈞堯（作家）

我和Phoebe都想透過《瑜伽這檔事》告訴你：瑜伽練的是心，一顆隨遇而安的心。──林韋君（知名演員、瑜伽老師）

透過身體的實踐，其實是在貼近自己，認識自己，從而敞開心靈，毫無疑問地去接受自己。──郝譽翔（作家、台北教育大學語文創作系教授）

「酒保」以昕會在你翻開書的瞬間現身，傾聽你提醒你安慰你，然後一起從谷底往上走去。──栗光（《聯合報》繽紛版主編）

照見了人體理想化的動作之美，也導引出從身心靈各種感覺層面，去體悟他人與自我、運動與冥想、修煉與藝術、身體與靈魂交匯的和諧美。──陳惠齡（清華大學台灣文學研究所教授）

她踏上的瑜伽旅程透過真心分享化為文字，成為一場心靈饗宴的美麗邀請。──陳廷宇（台灣喜馬拉雅瑜珈靜心協會理事長、公視獨立特派員製作人）

以昕的文字，像一道光；願大家都能與我一樣，在這道溫暖的光中，被溫柔提醒與療癒。──張倩華／錢錢（插畫家）

瑜伽最好的地方就是能實際運用在生活當中……隨時潛入心的洞穴裡，保持靜默的意念，對自己 的言行、念頭保持覺知，將瑜伽練習延續至一天當中的每時每刻。──張以昕

亞森•羅蘋消失了四年，卻在最近的一樁兇殺案現場留下了名片，人是他殺的嗎？
現場有張寫著「813」的紙條，這三個數字背後藏了什麼不能說的祕密，必得殺人滅口？

亞森•羅蘋   人算不如天算
在這樁充滿政治角力、愛情習題的難解謎案裡，
讓人看見亞森•羅蘋最真實的脆弱。

★推理評論名家╱作家推薦∼
《813之謎》是一個關於人性激情、衝突悲喜劇的精彩龐大謎團。
──推理作家 既晴
《813之謎》除具有閱讀推理小說不可或缺的解謎趣味，更兼顧了豐富的故事線，營造出極高的娛樂感。
──推理評論名家 冬陽

怪盜劃破恐怖傳說
迷信包覆黑暗島嶼，天主寶石誰能得手！

棺材島上的恐怖魔鬼緊緊糾纏，美麗女子受盡折磨。
終結一切謎團與悲劇，全寄望於英雄羅蘋的現身。

羅蘋英雄救美

三十座礁石環繞的棺材島，薇洛妮克被牽引來到這座瀰漫各種傳說的黑暗島嶼，目睹島民陸續遇害，神祕的古老預言與圖像暗示著她將成為釘在十字架上的最後犧牲者。

她別無選擇，只能鼓起勇氣對抗恐懼與詛咒的命運。

賜生也賜死的「天主寶石」據說就藏在棺材島，羅蘋該如何揭穿恐怖傳說的謎底，在愛與勇氣、親情交織的舞台上拯救苦情女子，導演一齣成功奪寶戲？

☛ 本書採用Excel試算表作為證券投資分析的工具，簡單易學。

☛ 全書使用台灣近年股市的實際資料，即學即用。

☛ 本書為作者另一本暢銷書「證券投資分析：使用Excel 實作」的進階版姊妹作。

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暢銷書《證券投資分析：使用Excel實作》作者又一全新力作！

在風險極高又變化萬千的股票投資市場，只有不斷挖掘潛在的投資模型，才能維持市場的效率。近年來人工智慧（AI）的「復興」，在許多領域都有所突破。本書作者特別從「知識發現」、「計算智慧」的觀點來探討此一主題，並聚焦於類神經網路、決策樹、演化計算等技術，來探索獲得超額報酬的無限可能！

＄ 現代的投資人欲想獲得更高的「超額報酬」，人工智慧（AI）方法即為一個分析利器。本書使用Excel試算表實現AI方法，提供投資人快速學習在證券投資分析上，運用AI方法的捷徑。

＄ 全書分為三篇14章：第一篇「證券投資分析」，第二篇「知識發現與計算智慧」，第三篇「知識發現與計算智慧在證券投資分析的應用」。

＄ 採用簡單易學的Excel試算表作為建立「以人工智慧為基礎」的證券投資分析工具。

＄ 書中所有範例皆來自台灣近年股市的實際資料。

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 一代才女林燕妮早前因癌症病逝，享年75歲。這位傳奇女子，曾被金庸評為「林燕妮是現代最好的散文女作家」，她在過往的作品中談愛情、談生活，她的朋友說：「燕樓寂寂，並不空虛。燕妮大半生生活在燦爛繽紛的生活之內，鎂光燈下的焦點人物，近年趨於平伏，寄情寫作，寂寂而不寂寞。」可見林燕妮的生活睿智深深影響不少身邊的人。

 這一次出版的精裝散文結集，收錄了林燕妮多年來的精選文章，極具收藏價值。

 莫問佳人何在，佳人永遠活在心中。正如燕妮相信，文字記下來就是永恆，燕子樓空，寂寂中的淡然寧謐，讓愛燕妮的讀者朋友，記在心底。

Más que un libro de autoayuda, Inquebrantables ofrece un manifiesto que invita al lector a participar en el proceso de romper patrones y crear la vida que desea en las áreas de la familia, el amor, el matrimonio, la carrera profesional y la vida. «No lo escribí con la intención de que te enganches; es todo lo contrario. Lo escribí para que cada página detone en ti una necesidad de dejarlo, para que pongas una marca y vayas a perseguir lo que resuena dentro de ti», escribe Habif.

Inquebrantables reúne y expande los mensajes de inspiración que han tenido mayor impacto y que representan a Daniel Habif como orador motivacional.

El libro también ofrece:

• El manifiesto de los «Inquebrantables» que resuena con sus miles de seguidores
• Ejercicios prácticos para ayudar al lector a superar obstáculos personales
• Citas poderosas para reflexionar, inspirar y transformar
• Cartas abiertas, directamente del corazón del autor, al lector y la Sociedad

En esta edición especial, Daniel incluye el nuevo capítulo, «Ruge», hecho para estos tiempos. En este nuevo capítulo, el autor advierte que «ha llegado la hora de mostrarle al mundo la versión de ti que toma el timón y se funde en una aleación que, al solidificarse, será oro, una fórmula cuyo principal ingrediente es la pasión».

Inquebrantables es un libro para todas las edades, una chispa que enciende pasiones, el despertar de una vocación que te morderá por dentro, un manifiesto a la mejora continua. Sus páginas están impresas con la versión más afilada de la irreverencia, el humor y el ímpetu que caracteriza a Daniel Habif.

Unbreakable, Anniversary

In his first bestseller, Unbreakable, Daniel Habif provides inspiration and motivation to help the reader overcome obstacles and create the life the reader wants to live.

More than a self-help book, Unbreakable is a manifesto that invites the reader to participate in the process of breaking patterns and moving forward.

The book includes:

• The manifesto of the “Unbreakables” that has resonated with his thousands of followers
• Practical exercises to help readers overcome personal obstacles in all areas of their lives
• Powerful quotes to reflect, inspire, and transform
• Open letters, directly from the heart of the author, to the reader and society

In this special edition, Daniel also includes the new chapter, “Roar,” which will encourage the reader to take action and show the world the best version of you.

Unbreakable will ignite your passion, awaken your soul, and become a manifesto for creating the life you desire.

…And a world unlike anything you’ve ever imagined. A world where magic and machines exist side-by-side. Where cybernetics can replace organs or entire limbs with ease, and arcane spells can make the impossible happen. Where the Matrix has become an artificial world of its own, filled with all kinds of pleasure, treasure, and trouble. Where dwarves, elves, orks, and trolls walk alongside humans every day. Some work for megacorporations whose invisible tentacles wrap around every aspect of modern life. Others choose a much less legal career, doing whatever dirty work the corp executives need done—for a price.

WELCOME TO SHADOWRUN

Featuring fifteen new stories about the men and women who make their living in the shadows of the Sixth World, Spells and Chrome takes you into the dark and dirty streets of a bleak future. Whether risking their lives to execute a mission for an employer who might be planning to double-cross them anyway, or just doing whatever they need to do to survive another day, shadowrunners use everything they’ve got—cyberware, spells, or a very big gun—to get the job done.

Ever since Stanley Lambchop was flattened by a bulletin board, every trip is an adventure!

The whole Lambchop family is off to see Mount Rushmore. But when Flat Stanley and his brother, Arthur, team up with a scrappy cowgirl named Calamity Jasper, their vacation turns into the Wild West experience of a lifetime. Pretty soon, they find themselves in a real tight spot—even for a flat boy like Stanley!

This unforgettable adventure features fun, fascinating facts about Mount Rushmore! And for parents and teachers, each Flat Stanley book is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, like multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast! Don’t miss any of Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures!

The sisters agreed that Frog was very big, for a frog. None of the plants knew “Frog’s” real name but it must be Frog because, when he was in the pond, all they could see were his big bulging eyes."

« Je me demande à quelle hauteur Grenouille peut sauter », dit Romarin.
« Voilà une idée intéressante », dit Basilic en riant. « Demandons-lui ! »
"Ich frage mich, wie hoch Frosch springen kann", sagte Rosmarin.
"Das ist ein interessanter Gedanke", lachte Basilikum. "Lasst uns ihn fragen!"

Les sœurs Pensées tournèrent leurs visages bleus vers Grenouille.
« Grenouille ! Saute ! » crièrent-elles en même temps.
Die Stiefmütterchen Schwestern drehten ihre blauen Gesichter zu Frosch.
"Frosch!", riefen sie gemeinsam. "Spring!"

The start of a gripping new crime thriller series introducing ex-SAS trooper Jack Tate!

‘Looking for breakneck pace and a relentless hero? Alex Shaw has you covered’ James Swallow

When the lights go out...
British MI6 agent, and former SAS trooper, Jack Tate is trying to escape his past when he witnesses a terrorist attack of unthinkable scale. An electro-magnetic pulse knocks out the US power grid, killing anything with a computer processor, throwing the whole country into darkness.

You have to escape the past.
Under the cover of the blackout, a clandestine operation aims to assassinate prominent public figures on US soil. Looting and violence spreads across the country. And Jack Tate’s past comes back to haunt him. As the only intelligence operative on the ground, he is hurled into a mission that will put him – and the people he loves – in immediate danger.

You have to defeat the enemy.
With the fate of the United States on the line, only he can prevent the horror of a new world war.

‘Compelling and authentic. An explosive new series with an uncompromising hero’ Tom Wood

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He has crushed every enemy…but it will take more than swords to defeat his new foe.

When the dreaded necromancer Lucan Mandragon returns from the grave, Mazael will need to rally all his allies and followers to face the threat.

But the things hunting Lucan are far more dangerous…

Over 1 million copies sold

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

A VIRUS LIKE NO OTHER

COUNTLESS INFECTIONS

MILLIONS OF DEATHS

The origins of Covid-19 are shrouded in mystery. Scientists and government officials insisted, for a year and a half, that the virus had a natural origin, ridiculing anyone who dared contradict this view. Tech giants swept the internet, censoring and silencing debate in the most extreme fashion. Yet it is undeniable that a secretive facility in Wuhan was immersed in genetically manipulating bat-coronaviruses in perilous experiments. And as soon as the news of an outbreak in Wuhan leaked, the Chinese military took control and gagged all laboratory insiders.

Part-thriller, part-expose, What Really Happened in Wuhan is a ground-breaking investigation from leading journalist Sharri Markson into the origins of Covid-19, the cover-ups, the conspiracies and the classified research. It features never-before-seen primary documents exposing China's concealment of the virus, fresh interviews with whistleblower doctors in Wuhan and crucial eyewitness accounts that dismantle what we thought we knew about when the outbreak hit.

With unprecedented access to Washington insiders, Markson takes you inside the White House, with senior Trump lieutenants revealing first-hand accounts of fiery Oval Office clashes and new stories of compromised government advisors and censored scientists.

Bravely reported and chillingly laid out, Markson brings to light the stories of the pandemic from the people on the ground: the scientists and national security officials who raised uncomfortable truths and were labelled conspiracy theorists, until government agencies began to suspect they might have been right all along. These brave individuals persisted through bruising battles and played a crucial role in investigating the origins of Covid-19 to finally, in this book, bring us closer to the truth of what really happened in Wuhan.

• Who were Manson's real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties?
• Why didn't law enforcement, including Manson's own parole officer, act on their many chances to stop him?
• And how did Manson -- an illiterate ex-con -- turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers?

In Uncontrolled Spread, physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb shows how COVID-19 was able to trounce America’s pandemic preparations and outlines the steps that must be taken to protect against the next outbreak. As the pandemic unfolded, Gottlieb was in regular contact with all the key players in Congress, the Trump administration, and the drug and diagnostic industries. He provides an inside account of how level after level of American government crumbled as the COVID-19 crisis advanced.

A system-wide failure across government institutions left the nation blind to the threat, and unable to mount an effective response. We’d prepared for the wrong virus. We failed to identify the contagion early enough and became overly reliant on costly and sometimes divisive tactics that couldn’t fully slow the spread. We never considered asymptomatic transmission and we assumed people would follow public health guidance. Key bureaucracies like the CDC were hidebound and outmatched. Weak leadership aggravated these woes. We didn’t view a public health disaster as a threat to our national security.

Uncontrolled Spread argues we must fix our systems and prepare for a deadlier coronavirus variant, a flu pandemic, or whatever else nature may threaten us with. Gottlieb outlines policies and investments that are essential to prepare the United States and the world for future threats. 

Seven years ago, Mia Briscoe was at a college frat rave with her best friend, Serena, when a fire broke out. Everyone was accounted for except Serena, who was never seen nor heard from again. Now an investigative journalist covering the political scene in New York City, Mia discovers old photos taken the night of Serena’s disappearance and begins to uncover a sinister string of events going all the way back to that disastrous party. Working with Sherlock, the secrets begin to unravel. But some very powerful—and very dangerous—people will do anything to keep them from learning the truth.

CIA Operative Olivia Hildebrandt is a team leader on a mission in Iran to exfiltrate a betrayed undercover operative. She’s nearly killed by an exploding grenade and saved by a team member. But by the time Olivia is released from Walter Reed Hospital, that team member and a critical flash drive he was carrying have disappeared. When Olivia is attacked on her first night home, Savich suspects that the strike is a direct result of the compromised mission and the missing team member and flash drive. But what intelligence was at stake and who betrayed them?

Who is King Bullet? No one knows. He seemingly came from nowhere with nothing but a taste for mayhem and an army of crazed killers who follow his every command. What king wants seems simple on it face: Chaos. Destruction. A city in flames. But there’s more to the king and his plans for L.A. and what Stark discovers will change Heaven, Earth, and Stark himself forever.

Undefeated from the late 1970s through his final fight in the Tokyo Dome in 2000, Rickson Gracie amassed hundreds of victories in the street, on the mat, at the beach, and in the ring. He has joined the pantheon that includes Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, and Jackie Chan as one of the most famous martial artists of the twentieth century. Jiu-Jitsu, the fighting style developed and pioneered by his family, has become one of the world’s most prominent martial arts, and Vale Tudo, the “anything goes” style of Brazilian street fighting over which the Gracies had a monopoly, was an early precursor to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Simply put, without the Gracie family, there would be no sport of “MMA,” no 4-billion-dollar UFC empire, and no “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu” at strip malls all across America.

In Breathe, for the first time, Rickson reveals the full story of how his father and uncles came to develop Jiu-Jitsu, what it was like to grow up among several generations of world-renowned fighters from the Gracie clan, and the principles and skills that guided him to his undefeated record. From learning to assert himself on the streets of Rio to gaining fame and honor in Japan and emerging through heartbreaking tragedy, the martial arts master shares tales of overcoming challenges, extolling universal virtues and showing readers how pride and ego are the enemies of success. 

With never-before-seen photos and profound insights into the sport and way of life that only a studied legend can provide, Breathe is an entertaining and magnified view of an enduring legacy as well as an inspiring tale of weathering life’s complexities and overcoming them with style and grace.

Seven years ago, Mia Briscoe was at a college frat rave with her best friend, Serena, when a fire broke out. Everyone was accounted for except Serena, who was never seen nor heard from again. Now an investigative journalist covering the political scene in New York City, Mia discovers old photos taken the night of Serena’s disappearance and begins to uncover a sinister string of events going all the way back to that disastrous party. Working with Sherlock, the secrets begin to unravel. But some very powerful—and very dangerous—people will do anything to keep them from learning the truth.

CIA Operative Olivia Hildebrandt is a team leader on a mission in Iran to exfiltrate a betrayed undercover operative. She’s nearly killed by an exploding grenade and saved by a team member. But by the time Olivia is released from Walter Reed Hospital, that team member and a critical flash drive he was carrying have disappeared. When Olivia is attacked on her first night home, Savich suspects that the strike is a direct result of the compromised mission and the missing team member and flash drive. But what intelligence was at stake and who betrayed them?

‘The final double twist is well worth waiting for’ My Weekly

‘Hooks you in to the drama straight away and does not let you go, even on the last page’ The Sun

Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy of their neighbourhood – they have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, the perfect family.

When the police knock on their door one evening, Beth panics. Tom should be back from work by now – what if he’s crashed his car? She fears the worst.

But the worst is beyond imagining.

As the interrogation begins, Beth will find herself questioning everything she believed about her husband.

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***** READERS ARE GRIPPED BY THE SERIAL KILLER’S WIFE...*****

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‘Twists and turns – even on the last page’

‘Once I picked it up I didn’t put it down. Read in one sitting!’

‘Addictive! A page turner that you can not put down’

‘Convincing and clever writing, I gobbled this up at speed’

Vanalis is frozen over an unknown hand. The mysterious “snow” that blocks mana and a new species of Fiend throw Alus and the others for a loop! What’s more, the Fiends begin doing something completely unprecedented...working together! Will they be able to accomplish Lettie’s long-cherished goal? What will Alus and the others see in this intensely cold land as they take on a battle never before experienced by humankind? This is the climax of the Vanalis reclamation arc!

“The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them. He does it by tempting them.”

Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed beauty who runs a shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. So far, she’s been too smart to provide them with one. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. They couldn’t be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.

From the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. Two: avoid being killed.

So far, neither of those is going well.

Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals the secret of his mysterious past. His world is thrown into upheaval, and the only one he trusts is Merritt.

Their passion blazes with an intensity Merritt has never known before, making her long for the one thing she can’t have from Keir MacRae: forever. As danger draws closer, she’ll do whatever it takes to save the man she loves . . . even knowing he might be the devil in disguise.