Der Goldene Esel des Apuleius, dieser wenigstens dem Namen nach allgemein bekannte satirisch-mystische Roman, ist mit so viel Menschenkenntnis, Witz, Munterkeit und Laune geschrieben, mit so angenehmen, wohlerfundenen, komischen, tragischen und poetischen Episoden durchwebt, dass nicht allein Boccaz und Raphael, Lafontaine und Lesage denselben stückweise, jeder in seinem Fache, benutzt, sondern dass auch alle um uns liegenden kultivierten Nationen sich denselben durch wiederholte übersetzungen völlig eigen zu machen gesucht haben.

Aus dem Englischen übertragen von Renate Schilling Titel der OriginalausgabeGOD IS DEAD – Now Zen is the only living truth Osho International Foundation, Switzerland, www.osho.com.

BuchLondon, 1811. Der Krieg mit Napoleon hat seinen Höhepunkt erreicht. In der stinkenden, von Gesindel bevölkerten Metropole wird der exzentrische Sonderermittler Hawkwood mit dem Fall eines Doppelmordes beauftragt. Die Spur führt zu einem seit kurzem vermissten Uhrmacher. Der Fall wird brisant, als Hawkwood herausfindet, dass dieser auf Befehl hoher politischer Kreise entfuhrt wurde, die finstere Absichten im Schilde führen. Mit Hilfe seiner Kontakte zur Londoner Unterwelt kommt er einer Verschwörung auf die Schliche, die den Untergang des britischen Empires zur Folge haben könnte.AutorJames McGee verbrachte seine Kindheit in Gibraltar, Deutschland und Nordirland. Er arbeitete als Bankerjournalist und in der Luftfahrtindustrie, bevor er Buchhändler wurde. James McGee lebt heute in East Sussex. Der Rattenfänger ist sein Debütroman und der Auftakt einer Krimiserie um Sonderermittler Hawkwood.Original: RATCATCHER (2006)

Advertising director Charles Schine is just another New York commuter, regularly catching the 8.43 to work. But the day he misses his train is the day that changes his life. Catching the 9.05 instead, he can't help but be drawn by the sight of the person opposite. Charles has never cheated on his wife in eighteen years of marriage. But then Charles has never met anyone like Lucinda Harris before. Charming, beautiful and a seductively good listener, Charles finds himself instantly attracted. And though Lucinda is married too, it is immediately apparent that the feeling is mutual. Their journeys into work become lunch dates, which become cocktails and eventually lead to a rented room in a seedy hotel. They both know the risks they are taking, but not in their worst nightmares could they foresee what is to follow. Suddenly their temptation turns horrifically sour, and their illicit liaison becomes caught up in something bigger, more dangerous, more brutally violent. Unable to talk to his partner or the police, Charles finds himself trapped in a world of dark conspiracy and psychological games. Somehow he's got to find a way to fight back, or his entire life will be spectacularly derailed for good.

Richard Gale, a college football star, travels to Mexico to prove himself after failing in every business opportunity that his wealthy father had handed him. When he arrives at an Arizona border town, a chance meeting with an old friend launches him into an adventure to save a young Spanish beauty from a ruthless Mexican bandit.Within the mystical beauty of the desert landscape, this extraordinary novel touches on many complexities of humanity, including honor, lust, vengeance, and love. And in this western classic, Zane Grey captures the grandeur of the true Old West as only he can.

Paul and Joanna desperately want, but can't have, children, and so they travel to Columbia in order to adopt a little girl. Joelle is everything they wanted and they are soon devoted to her. However she comes with a nanny, whose job it is to ease them into parenthood. Trusting her, and leaving Joelle in her care, they are horrified to return home one day to find another child in Joelle's place, and to be informed by the nanny that they will never see their daughter again unless Paul agrees to become a 'mule', smuggling drugs into the US. Paul refuses but then Joanna is kidnapped too, and he realises he has no choice. Things don't go according to plan, however: the house which was to be his delivery point doesn't exist, and the lawyer who set him up is murdered. With no one to turn to, Paul enlists the help of his ex- lover, and together they are in a race against time to unravel the conspiracy before Joelle and Joanna are murdered.

As the years pass, Black Wilder is waiting for just the right moment to emerge from the shadows in the small prairie town. The time is now, the beasts are hungry, the Undead are awake, and the putrid stench of evil hangs in the area. The townspeople are about to be touched by the Devil's kiss.