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Selbst in den düstersten Momenten setzt Joe Brody alles aufs Spiel, um die Stadt zu retten Ein fesselnder Thriller voller Hochspannung und actionreicher Verfolgungsjagden Verbannt sowohl aus Harvard als auch dem Militär, lebt Joe Brody bei seiner Großmutter und versucht die eigenen Dämonen in den Griff zu bekommen. Nur wenige würden vermuten, dass die mächtigsten Kriminellen der Stadt ihn anrufen, wenn sie verzweifelt nach Hilfe suchen. So auch, als eine mysteriöse Gruppe von Söldnern die Kontrolle über den gesamten Drogenhandel New Yorks an sich reißt und einen brutalen Bandenkrieg anzettelt. Zusammen mit einigen alten Bekannten plant Joe die Infiltration gesicherter militärischer Anlagen. Dabei trifft er erneut auf die FBI-Agentin Donna Zamora, und gemeinsam merken sie, dass die Spur des Drogenhandels bis nach ganz oben führt. Während das Duo von Gesetz und Verbrechern gleichermaßen gejagt wird, müssen sie die Verschwörung aufdecken, bevor die Organisation ganz New York unter ihre Kontrolle bringt ... Dies ist eine überarbeitete Neuauflage des bereits erschienenen Titels Kalte Gesetze. Weitere Titel dieser Reihe Finsterer Pakt (ISBN: 9783987788857) Ewiger Verrat (ISBN: 9783987788918) Erste Leser: innenstimmen "Wer nach purer Spannung und Unterhaltung sucht, ist mit David Gordon genau richtig!" "Joe Brody und die FBI-Agentin Donna Zamora haben wieder für viel Action gesorgt." "fesselnd, packend und gut recherchiert" "David Gordon gelingt einfach immer die perfekte Mischung aus Krimi und Thriller."

A young Italian beauty is sent to America after an eruption of Vesuvius devastates her village. A Jewish immigrant tries to make his way in the garment industry of New York. An Irish boy grows up in his father's shadow under the watchful eye of Tammany Hall leaders. Amidst the confluence of industrialism, immigration, and the Progressive Era, the three will discover love and loss in the shadow of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.In turn of the century New York City, sparks ignite as their lives entwine under the pressure of greedy industrialists who put profits over people. Until Time Erases You traps readers high above the streets as an epic story of courage, longing, and loss burns around lovers frantically seeking to escape the inferno that could consume them.

Ein Bandenkrieg in der New Yorker Unterwelt. Und nur ein Türsteher kann noch helfen.Der atemraubende Thriller voller Action und unerwarteter WendungenJoe Brody ist ein durchschnittlicher, Dostojewski lesender, aus Harvard geflohener Stripclub-Türsteher, der eine streng geheime militärische Vergangenheit hat und dessen bester Freund zufällig der Mafiaboss Gio Caprisi ist. Die FBI-Agentin Donna Zamora ist alleinerziehende Mutter und wurde an den Schreibtisch verdonnert, um die Hotline zu bedienen. Und das, obwohl sie die beste Schützin ihrer Klasse war. Die beiden begegnen sich ausgerechnet bei einer Razzia in Gios Striplokal in Queens, wo Donna Joe festnimmt. Trotz aller Unterschiedlichkeit entsteht sofort eine Anziehung zwischen dem Ex-Militär und der FBI-Agentin. Nach seiner Freilassung überschlagen sich die Ereignisse, denn in der Unterwelt gab es einen folgenschweren Raub, für den sich nicht nur die CIA interessiert. Auch Donna wird kopfüber in den Strudel der gefährlichen Verschwörungen gestürzt, hinter denen sich ein finsteres Superhirn versteckt, dessen Manipulationen ein gewaltiges Chaos auslösen könnten …Dies ist eine überarbeitete Neuauflage des bereits erschienenen Titels Blutige Rache.Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Ich konnte diesen Thriller für keine Sekunde aus der Hand legen!"„Trotz der harten Themen hatte ich sehr viel Spaß beim Lesen."„Genau die richtige Portion Spannung!"„Selten hat mich ein Kriminalhriller so sehr gepackt."

This anthology presents visions ecological urban models. "carves a scholarly depth into the radical changes needed to diffuse our urban crisis."--"Montreal Mirror" "the ideas it contains are so sane and sensible you'll end up wondering why civic politicians and officials have been dragging their heels on green issues"--"Books in Canada"

This book offers an alternative to perspectives of distributive justice which fail to resolve economic inequality and exacerbate social problems by ignoring the real causes of inequality. The main impact of the book is to highlight the importance of self-ownership and private property, showing how market participation advances liberty and prosperity.The idea that we should pay reparations to disadvantaged racial groups as compensation for historical injustice is deeply contested. The debates often focus on the practical implications of paying reparations, but overlook more fundamental questions about the meaning of justice. What is justice? What are the implications of wealth redistribution for individual liberty and the rule of law? This book answers these questions through an analysis of classical liberal perspectives in law, philosophy and economics.The book questions whether economic inequality stems from historical injustice, and explores the wider implications of attempting to create equal outcomes through legislative mandates. The book argues that free markets, resting on libertarian rights, are the best way to help disadvantaged members of society and to create the conditions more likely to advance economic equality. The book will be of interest to researchers and students of economics, law, politics and philosophy.

"Little rig, little rig, let me come in!""Not by the chrome on my chinny chin chin.""Then I'll crash and I'll bash and I'll smash your house in."When the three little rigs set out to build their own garages, each one thinks that his is going to be the strongest. But then the big bad wrecking ball comes to call and threatens to smash their new homes to smithereens. The brothers learn that it's only by bravery and teamwork that they can win the day. A comic sequel to the ugly truckling.

A special forces agent-turned-strip club bouncer with a side hustle as a hitman for the New York mob seeks out a deadly drug lord in the poppy fields of Afghanistan.

Cardiovascular disease is no longer viewed as an as an inevitable feature of the natural course of aging, and complacency has given way to hope. This book focuses on developments that influenced the rise and decline of cardiovascular mortality since 1900, but also includes insider insights from the author, a 42-year NIH employee.

Joe is an ex-Special Forces operative with a bad case of PTSD and some substance abuse issues, trying to rebuild a simple life as a strip club bouncer living with his grandmother in Queens. But this simple life is constantly complicated by the fact that, at the invitation of a childhood friend, now a Mafia boss, Joe also moonlights as a fixer for the most powerful crime families in town.In his newest assignment, Joe is sent to take out a shadowy figure named Zahir, the faceless name behind White Angel, a powerful new brand of heroin invading the mob's territories and threatening their sales. Then Joe discovers a link between Zahir and a shady group of private military contractors, and the stakes of his mission become increasingly deadly.Soon the Five Boroughs are on the verge of an all-out drug war, pitting Joe and the crime world's most infamous talents against a ruthless clan of professional killers. Joe's only chance to calm the violence is to intercept the newest shipment of Zahir's product-if his skills as a master thief prove up to the task.A comic caper with heists, car chases, and shoot-outs aplenty, Against the Law is Joe the Bouncer's most exciting outing to date, as humorous as it is thrilling. Gordon's memorable characters, tight plotting, and breathless action sequences make this a standout in the pantheon of the New York crime novel, certain to appeal to fans of authors such as Donald E. Westlake and Elmore Leonard.

In the sequel to David Gordon's The Bouncer, New York City's most hardened mob bosses team up once again, this time to pull off a high-stakes drug heist.

In David Gordon's new thriller, nothing and no one is as expected - from a vial of yellow fragrance to a gangster who moonlights in women's clothes.

Useful for those with an interest in music history, this book paints a broad picture of musical life in Britain, charting the rise of the celebrity composer, the opening of public halls and growth of music festivals, the rapid influx of composers and new musical forms.

In the 1990s, Anne Meyer, David Rose, and their colleagues at CAST introduced universal design for learning (UDL), a framework to improve teaching and learning. In this book, Meyer and Rose, along with David Gordon, provide the first comprehensive presentations of UDL principles and practices since 2002.

This book examines the heroic spirit of French industrial capitalism prior to World War I, and the role certain industrialists played in ensuring the success and stability of the country's economic and political order.