New Releases by Patrick Robinson

O mundo econômico como o conhecemos está chegando ao fim. Estamos diante da maior migração de capital na história e de uma nova era definida por inflação persistente e crises de dívida pública e privada. Lawrence G. McDonald, fundador da plataforma The Bear Traps Report, aprendeu na prática sobre risco de mercado ao assistir ao Lehman Brothers ignorar os sinais de alerta antes de seu colapso. Suas análises e experiência permitiram que identificasse 21 indicadores para avaliar a saúde de uma economia e detectar oportunidades e perigos. Em Como interpretar o mercado financeiro, McDonald revela seus modelos preditivos e delineia estratégias de investimento contraintuitivas. Os leitores aprenderão: sobre o próximo bull market de commodities e como se adiantar a essa tendência lucrativa; como capitalizar nos tempos do enfraquecimento da moeda americana; por que ativos tangíveis e ações de valor vão superar as growth stocks, os títulos do Tesouro americano e as estratégias de investimento passivo saturadas; por que a clássica carteira composta de 60% de ações e 40% de títulos de renda fixa está ultrapassada, e como direcionar investimentos daqui para a frente. Em vez de profetizar o apocalipse, McDonald capacita os leitores para resistirem às narrativas reacionárias e manter-se um passo à frente das multidões, atentando-se aos sinais de risco e oportunidade e preservando sua riqueza em tempos de crise. Quando os mercados falam, vale a pena escutar! "Como interpretar o mercado financeiro faz previsões ousadas sobre mudanças sísmicas na economia global, orienta os leitores sobre como se preparar para essas mudanças e antecipa tendências em quase todas as classes de ativos, compartilhando sinais importantes que podem dar aos investidores uma vantagem nos inconstantes anos que estão por vir." — Gregory Zuckerman, autor de O homem que decifrou o mercado e repórter especial do Wall Street Journal

In order to save his son''s life, exiled Navy SEAL Mack Bedford will have to take the life of a known terrorist ally. But before he can strike, a jilted mercenary group intervenes. Can Mack succeed...and survive? Navy SEAL Mack Bedford is expelled from the military after recklessly avenging the death of fellow soldiers who were killed by insurgents wielding a deadly Diamondhead antitank missile. Then he learns the weapons were sold illegally by the infamous terrorist abettor, Henri Foche. Meanwhile, Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can be saved only by an expensive and experimental medical procedure. When Mack is asked to assassinate Foche, his hand is forced. His reward: survival—for his son, and for his country. But before Mack can reach his target, mercenaries threaten to thwart his chances. This non-stop action thrill ride is perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Andy McNab, and Frederick Forsyth.

Ein geprellter irakischer Spion startet einen Rachefeldzug gegen sein Land. Mithilfe eines «unsichtbaren» U-Boots greift er westliche Ziele an. Der Verdacht fällt auf den Irak. Wie reagiert der Westen? Kann er den Amokläufer stoppen?

Der amerikanische Geheimdienst macht eine beunruhigende Entdeckung: Die chinesische Marine transportiert offensichtlich Seeminen an die Straße von Hormus. Durch die geht ein Großteil des internationalen Ölhandels. Tatsächlich explodieren wenig später mehrere Tanker. Die US-Regierung muss sofort reagieren...

HUNTER KILLER – wenn der Jäger zum Gejagten wird ... 2009: In Saudi-Arabien wird ein Militärputsch geplant – schnell wachsen die Ängste vor einem Zusammenbruch des Ölexports und einer weltweiten Wirtschaftskrise. US-Admiral Morgan greift ein und sieht sich schon bald mit seinem Erzfeind, dem Terroristen Rashud, konfrontiert. Unnachahmlich vermag Patrick Robinson hochbrisante politische Szenarien zu entwerfen und mit genauester Kenntnis moderner Waffentechnologie durchzuspielen. Im Jahr 2009 plant der saudi-arabische Prinz Nasir das Regime seines Landes zu stürzen. Die herrschende dekadente Königsfamilie droht das Land durch ihre Ausschweifungen mehr und mehr in den Bankrott zu führen. Für seine Umsturzpläne kann der Prinz die französische Regierung gewinnen, die in einer geheimen Aktion mit U-Booten der Hunter-Killer-Klasse die saudi-arabische Erdölindustrie lahmlegen und gleichzeitig das Armeehauptquartier angreifen will. Leiten soll die Attacke Ravi Rashud – der weltweit meistgesuchte Terrorist. Doch dem US-amerikanischen Admiral a. D. Arnold Morgan bleibt nicht verborgen, dass sich auf dem internationalen Erdölmarkt etwas tut. Er ahnt Schlimmes und kommt den Verschwörern schließlich auf die Spur. Ein erbittertes Duell mit seinem Erzfeind Rashud bahnt sich an.

The co-author of Lone Survivor presents a dramatic, behind-the-scenes account of the capture of the "Butcher of Fallujah" by three Navy SEALs, tracing their subsequent endurance of prisoner abuse charges and their long efforts to clear their names.

Cardinal Giovanni Morone (1509–80) remains one of the most intriguing characters in the history of the sixteenth century Catholic Church – with neither his contemporaries nor subsequent scholars being able to agree on his motivations, theology or his legacy. Appointed Bishop of Modena in 1529 and created Cardinal in 1542 by Pope Paul III, his glittering career appeared to be in ruins following his arrest in 1557 on charges of heresy. Yet, despite spending more than two years imprisoned in Castel Sant'' Angelo, he managed to resurrect his career and in 1563 was appointed principal legate to the Council of Trent, whereupon he resolved the difficulties besetting the council, which had brought it to a virtual standstill, and guided it to a successful conclusion. Concentrating largely – but by no means exclusively – upon the period of the pontificate of Pius IV (1559–65) and an evaluation of Morone''s role as presiding legate at the Council of Trent, this book tackles a number of issues that have exercised scholars. How does Morone''s activity at Trent in 1563 now look in the light of the information available in connection with his processo? What was the result of the wider activity of Morone and the spirituali during Pius'' pontificate? How did Morone''s career progress after Trent, with regards his actions as a diocesan in the immediate post-conciliar situation and his renewed difficulties in the pontificate of Pius V? Through a re-reading of important archival material and a re-examination of the wealth of recently published primary sources, this study revisits these key questions, and analyses the fluctuating fortunes of Morone''s career as bishop, diplomat, heretic and cardinal legate.

Mack Bedford must devise a plan to stop the Russians before they and their cyber weaponry reach the Chinese border-the launch site of their master plan.

The Delta Solution is an action-packed novel dealing with the Somali pirates operating off the southerly reaches of the lawless East African republic on the Indian Ocean. For the past three years, these heavily armed tribal brigands have been capturing and holding for ransom massive cargo ships, especially oil tankers, and violently demanding millions of dollars for their return. Pirating out of the tiny Somalian village of Haradheere has become a very lucrative, dangerous business, so much so that the village has its own Stock Exchange with a reputed $78 million cash, all in crisp $100 bills, in the town vault. And each time an owner pays big for the return of their ship, the pirates immediately do it again, enraging the Pentagon more and more by the day. That is, until the "Somali Marines" make a big mistake, seizing at gun point two United States ships and demanding a $15 million ransom for their return. Hero Mack Bedford, previously encountered in Diamondhead and Intercept, is deployed to SEAL Team 10 to form The Delta Platoon. His objective: obliterate the Somali Marines in the middle of the Indian Ocean, at all costs, once and for all.

One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers—right from the belly of the beast. In A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry McDonald, a Wall Street insider, reveals, the culture and unspoken rules of the game like no book has ever done. The book is couched in the very human story of Larry McDonald’s Horatio Alger-like rise from a Massachusetts “gateway to nowhere” housing project to the New York headquarters of Lehman Brothers, home of one of the world’s toughest trading floors. We get a close-up view of the participants in the Lehman collapse, especially those who saw it coming with a helpless, angry certainty. We meet the Brahmins at the top, whose reckless, pedal-to-the-floor addiction to growth finally demolished the nation’ s oldest investment bank. The Wall Street we encounter here is a ruthless place, where brilliance, arrogance, ambition, greed, capacity for relentless toil, and other human traits combine in a potent mix that sometimes fuels prosperity but occasionally destroys it. The full significance of the dissolution of Lehman Brothers remains to be measured. But this much is certain: it was a devastating blow to America’s—and the world’s—financial system. And it need not have happened. This is the story of why it did.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Robinson comes his most provocative international thriller and the much much-anticipated conclusion of his renowned series starring Admiral Arnold Morgan and his terrorist nemesis, General Ravi Rashood. The hunt begins when a bomb explodes in Boston''s Logan Airport, and Admiral Arnold Morgan, ..

After a liberal judge releases four al-Qaeda terrorists, they slip away from CIA surveillance and disappear into the mountains of Pakistan, and soon the CIA learns that an attack on the U.S. mainland is imminent, an attack that can only be stopped by retired Navy SEAL Mack Bedford.

It''s as big as the Empire State Building, a massive floating fortress at the throbbing heart of a U.S. Navy Carrier Battle Group. Its supersonic aircraft can level entire cities at a stroke. Its surveillance gear can track every target within thousands of square miles--in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. Its crew of six thousand works night and day to keep this awesome military machine at peak performance. It''s a Nimitz-Class nuclear carrier, the most powerful weapons system on the planet. Nothing can touch it. So when the first stunned messages say only that the Thomas Jefferson has disappeared, the Navy reacts with disbelief. But as her battered escorts report in, the truth becomes inescapable: a Nimitz-Class carrier has been claimed by nuclear catastrophe--the mightiest military unit on earth, vaporized without warning by an accidental detonation of unimaginable power. No other explanation is possible. But as Navy maverick Bill Baldridge begins to investigate the disaster that claimed his idolized brother''s life, another chilling alternative begins to emerge from the high-tech web of fleeting sonar contacts and elusive radar blips. It points to a rogue submarine commanded by a world-class undersea warrior with the steely nerve and cunning of a master spy. Suddenly it''s up to Bill Baldridge to track down this shadowy nuclear terrorist, who has already turned America''s ultimate weapon into the biggest sitting duck in history--and who still has another nuclear-tipped torpedo in his tubes. He''s already proved he has the icy ruthlessness to incinerate six thousand sailors without a qualm. What will he do for an encore? In these pages the modern military springs to life, form the Pentagon''s tense conferences to the screaming flight deck of a giant carrier to the silent conning tower of an attack sub on full alert. But as Bill Baldridge races against time to pursue the nation''s most deadly enemy, we are forced to ask ourselves serious real-life questions: Have defense budget cuts jeopardized our national security? Are we prepared to defend ourselves against naval terrorist? How safe are we? Nimitz Class is a world-class techno-thriller with a plot as riveting as Hunt for Red October--and an explosive twist out of tomorrow''s headlines. Today it''s a novel. Tomorrow it might be the news.

Armed with stolen U.S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry,led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can''t let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U.S. fleet, the 9,000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf, deep into the dark, forbidden waters of the South China Sea. But then the unthinkable happens: Seawolf, collides with a Chinese destroyer and falls into enemy hands. A team of cunning Navy SEALs--the biggest Special Forces assault group assembled since Vietnam--is sent in to free the captive Seawolf, crew and bring them home. The American Eagle confronts the Chinese Dragon with the balance of world power on the line. Failure is not an option...

It''s one of the stealthiest, most dangerous underwater warships ever built—and it''s about to set off World War III. Silent at less than five knots and capable of a massive nuclear warhead punch, it''s the 240-foot Russian Kilo Class submarine. Strapped for hard cash, the Russians have produced ten new Kilos for Beijing. The Chinese have already received three of the subs and now the last seven are ready to be delivered—a code-red situation the Pentagon must avert. Armed with a full strike force of Kilos, China can cripple American interests, shatter the balance of power, and successfully achieve the unthinkable in the Pacific Rim. But not if the newly appointed National Security Adviser, wily Texas admiral Arnold Morgan, can stop them—using the navy''s deadliest covert forces. In a breathtaking race against time, a team of Navy SEALs penetrates deep inside the remote waters of northern Russia on a daring mission of destruction. And in the icy darkness of the North Atlantic, a brave U.S. captain takes his 7,000-ton nuclear vessel on a hair-raising trip beneath the polar ice cap to head off a powerful Russian cordon determined to transport the Kilos at any cost. Horns locked in a tense game of geomilitary survival, each of the world'' three most powerful nations knows that one mistake will mean all-out war.

An oil tanker mysteriously explodes in the Persian Gulf. Then a second . . . and a third. To the President''s National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan it is more than a tragic coincidence—it is a brazen act of aggression that must not stand. In partnership with Iran, the Chinese navy has mined the Strait of Hormuz, intending to hold the world''s oil supply hostage. Now eighty percent of America''s active sea power is being mobilized—including U.S.S. Shark, an aging nuclear submarine on its final tour of duty—to dismantle a deadly alliance between two powerful enemies. But something goes terribly wrong during a bold retaliatory SEAL assault on China''s Indian Ocean power plants—a disaster that spawns death, disbelief, rage . . . and rebellion. And with a volatile world on the brink of catastrophic conflict, the commanders of a nuclear boat in the twilight of glory must confront a nightmare as devastating as it is unthinkable: mutiny!

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorThe year is 2011 and one of the largest oil fields on earth is discovered on the Falkland Islands. Argentina, with the secret assistance of the Kremlin, invades the islands for the second time in 30 years and an outraged Great Britain despatches a battle fleet to the region. Waiting for them is a Russian nuclear submarine capable of destroying the Royal Navy aircraft carrier. With a conflict brewing in its backyard, the United States, in the persons o the indomitable Arnold Morgan and the Navy SEALs, must act, and when it does the consequences are as unexpected as they are devastating.

With individual thoroughbred racehorses costing millions of pounds each, the explosion in the bloodstock industry in the 1980s was the ultimate gamble of the decade - symbol of the business euphoria of the times. Tracing the events of how Sangster and his elite Irish racing experts took the world''s most prestigious bloodstock auction, the Keeneland Sales in Kentucky, by storm and written with the co-operation of Sangster himself, this book is the inside track on a breathtaking bid to corner the thoroughbred market.

Drawings and paintings of winning, as well as less successful, racehorses of the past decade are accompanied by descriptions of their careers and races