Books published by publisher Century Co

THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF WEIRDRipley’s is back! This year’s blockbuster annual contains the scariest, grossest and funniest stories from around the world, including: - The man who lived in a sand castle for twenty years- The cat who was born with twenty-eight toes- The restaurant that served a burger made out of worms . . . and much, much more. Brimming with mind-boggling stories and eye-popping photographs, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 2019 is the perfect gift for anyone who is fascinated by the stranger side of life on earth.

Detective Tom Moon and his multi-talented team face off against an international crime ring looking to seize control over America's most opulent city, Miami.The city of Miami is Detective Tom Moon's back yard. He's always kept it local, attending University of Miami on a football scholarship, then becoming a good enough cop to earn a street name, "Anti". As the new leader of an FBI task force called "Operation Guardian", it's his mission to combat international crime.Moon's new investigative team discovers that the opportunistic "Blood Brothers" – Russian nationals Roman and Emile Rostoff – have evaded federal and local authorities while building a vast, powerful, and deadly crime syndicate throughout metropolitan Miami.Moon played offense for U of M, but he's on the other side of the field this time. And it's not a trophy that's on the line – it's Tom Moon's life, and the city of Miami's future.

From the world's bestselling thriller writer – three chilling stories in print for the first time!The House Next Door (with Susan DiLallo): Married mother of four Laura Sherman was thrilled when her new neighbour invited her on some errands. But a few quick tasks became a long lunch – and now things could go too far with a man who isn't what he seems...The Killer's Wife (with Max DiLallo): Six girls have gone missing. Detective McGrath knows the only way to find them is to get close to the suspect's wife... maybe too close.The Witnesses (with Brendan DuBois): The Sanderson family has been forced into hiding after one of them stumbled upon a criminal plot. Or so they think. No one will answer their questions. And the terrifying truth may come too late...

Introduction by Lowel Thomas: The king of the Afghans comes forth to see the world. A historic event of the first magnitude is taking place in the remote heart of Asia. A powerful hermit kingdom is emerging form isolation. Separating the northwest frontier of India from the eastern frontier of Afghanistan lies a wilderness of jagged mountains and sun[baked valleys. It is a sort of No-Man's Land of Central Asia, except for the wolf-like Mahsuds, Wazirs, and Afridis, brigands born with an all consuming passion for loot. These desperadoes of the Central Asian Bad Lands have seen many a sight to make their parched mouths water and their sunken eyes pop out. But ne'er beheld they such a spectiacle as the one that recently sped past their eyes and then vanished into the mountains before they even had time to salute with their usual volley of pot-shots...

When terrorists use a drone to bring down a plane on one of London’s busiest shopping centres, it ignites a chain of events that will draw in the innocent and the guilty alike. DC Max Wolfe of West End Central finds himself caught in the crossfire between a tech-savvy terrorist cell and a revenge-seeking, Bible-quoting murderer called Bad Moses. And when Max’s ex-wife suddenly reappears to reclaim custody of his beloved daughter Scout, he finds himself fighting the greatest battle of all. The fight for his family.

This is the third part in Mike Calvin’s football book trilogy. First he wrote about scouts in The Nowhere Men. Next he wrote about the pressures of managers in Living on the Volcano. Now he writes about the players themselves, in his biggest and most ambitious book yet.Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, No Hunger in Paradise is the definitive book on what it takes to make it as a professional footballer in this country, and the pitfalls, pressures and casualties along the way.From visiting gangs in council estates in Brixton which have produced England internationals, to £200 million training complexes in Manchester, which only breed jealousy and entitlement, Mike follows the stories of the most promising young players up and down the country. He also interviews parents, coaches, agents and top managers and players to get an overall picture of the system, which is rife with corruption and abuse.No Hunger in Paradise is full of powerful human stories: of the youngsters who fall through the cracks and of those who fall prey to the entitlement and distraction of money. But in the vein of Gladwell’s Outliers, he also explores the inspirational stories of grit and of success, and attempts to find out what common traits unite the rare individuals who ‘make it’.

'Hang on tight!' - Harlan CobenA NEW TWIST TO A DECADES OLD MYSTERY1990A young woman goes missing while backpacking in Thailand.She is never seen again.2016Her bones are discovered 6000 miles away in an English field and, within hours, the boyfriend who reported her disappearance all those years ago is dead.So begins a hunt to solve her murder that will take DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd into a dark and terrifying world of corruption and deadly secrets, where murder is commonplace, and nothing and nobody is safe…