One woman's extraordinary story of life, love and her fight for freedom. After growing up in a privileged and cosmopolitan Iraq during the 1950s and 1960s, Selma Masson is plunged into a world of despair and intrigue when she discovers first-hand the brutality of her country's dictator. While Iraqi Ambassador to Spain, her husband is imprisoned and tortured by the Hussein government - for Selma, securing his freedom will mean an unforgettable encounter with Saddam Hussein. Now an Australian citizen, Selma has told her story to Michelle McDonald - this book grew out of the friendship between these two women from very different cultures. The Kiss of Saddam takes you on Selma's incredible journey, drawing an evocative picture of life in Iraq. It shows just what one woman will do to save the people she loves.

Two investigative reporters dig through the propaganda and misinformation surrounding America's ongoing war against Iraq to reveal a dictator still very much in power and still making plans to build a nuclear bomb.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! “High-powered, intricately wrought suspense.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn’t. And if you think Reacher isn’t going to get involved . . . then you don’t know Jack. Susan Mark, the fifth passenger, had a big secret, and her plain little life was being watched in Washington, and California, and Afghanistan—by dozens of people with one thing in common: They’re all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or just enough to get him killed. A race has begun through the streets of Manhattan, a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. For Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, the finish line comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye. “Propulsive . . . [Child is] an expert at ratcheting up tension.”—Los Angeles Times “Hold on tight. . . . This novel will give you whiplash as you rabidly turn pages. . . . May be [Lee Child’s] best.”—USA Today

Did you know that Saddam Hussein, the man, is mentioned in the Bible many times? "He shall come up out of a bottomless pit." Did you know that Osama bin Laden is also mentioned? "He shall cause fire to come down from the sky." You will find inside these pages what these two mythical figures mentioned in the Bible play in our history. Finally a book has been written that will explain once and for all the meanings to the symbols and events described for us in the Bible's Book of Revelation, often referred to as the "end times." The author is not going to try and fore-tell what these events mentioned in the Bible mean, as all other Christian books and movies have done, but rather will explain to us where these events have already been played out before our very own eyes. The author will explain what the 7 seals, trumpets, and vials mean in the Book of Revelation. These events have already been played out before our very own eyes. That's right. These events have already come and gone. And what about the twin towers? Are you ready?...

This text offers an account of the Israel-Palestinian peace process, dealing in particular with the factors on the Palestinian side. The book details the Abu Iyad and Abu Jihad streams within the PLO, seeks the roots of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, and discusses American policies.

Tom Neale is back with his second novel, a riveting thriller about government corruption and personal sacrifice.FBI Agent Vince Piper is back in London and determined not to screw up this time. But the woman he loves, high-class call girl Celeste Young, is in danger. Her brother is running an on-line sex blog and the girls involved are being murdered. Terrified Celeste could be next, Piper starts his own investigation. But the line between the good guys and the bad quickly becomes blurred when he realises that the American Government is involved. And as the trail leads him from London to the bleak mudflats of the North Norfolk coast the mayhem intensifies. As do the rumours that Piper is no longer the agent he once was, until even he's starting to think they might be right. The question is, has he gone too far to go back...?

Chantal Hébert’s first book is both a post-mortem of the Canadian federation that died on January 23, 2006, the night of the last federal election, as well as a brilliant examination of our changing political future, one that involves living with Quebec rather than just wooing it. On that night, award-winning political writer and broadcaster Chantal Hébert stood in a Calgary convention hall with 2,000 Alberta Conservatives, who were raucously cheering the election of ten Tory MPs from Quebec. The Conservatives would not have gotten their man in office without Quebec, and now the future success of the Harper government hinges on turning this one-night stand into a long-term relationship. More than ten years ago, the Quebec-Alberta coalition cobbled together by Brian Mulroney dissolved, leading to the births of the Bloc Québecois and the Reform Party. As a result, Alberta and Quebec took their marbles out of federal play, and Ontario got to run Canada. Have we now come full circle? By the time this book is published, the Liberal Party of Canada may have morphed into the Liberal Party of Ontario (or Toronto). And the Canadian Left will have chosen a camp in preparation for a decisive federal election battle. Provocative and always worth listening to, Chantal Hébert is at her savvy and insightful best in French Kiss. No Canadian can be truly informed on the subject of Canadian politics without the benefit of her non-partisan commentary.

In this debut mystery set in Santa Barbara, movie stars are in town for the film festival, powerful business interests are at stake, and detective Nola MacIntire and her partner, Tony Angelotti, must solve the complicated puzzle behind three seemingly unrelated deaths in this idyllic beach town. This mystery has got it all: snappy dialogue, memorable characters, and a captivating web of intrigue to untangle. Anne Flett-Giordano is a five-time Emmy-winning television writer and producer whose credits include Frasier, Becker, and Desperate Housewives. In addition to three Best Comedy and two Best Writing in a Comedy Series Emmys, Anne (with her screenwriting partner Chuck Ranberg) has won a Producer's Guild Award, a Golden Globe, and a Writer's Guild nomination for Best Writing in a Comedy Series. Currently a consultant on the half-hour comedy Hot In Cleveland, starring Betty White, Anne divides her time between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California.