Best Selling Books by JASON GOODWIN

For six hundred years, the Ottoman Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, it advanced in three centuries from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to rule on the Danube and the Nile; at its height, Indian rajahs and the kings of France beseeched the empire''s aid. In its last three hundred years the empire seemed ready to collapse, a prodigy of survival and decay. In this striking evocation of the empire''s power, Jason Goodwin explores how the Ottomans rose and how, against all odds, they lingered on. In doing so, he also offers a long look back to the origins of problems that plague present-day Kosovars and Serbs.

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL This first book in the Investigator Yashim series is a richly entertaining tale, full of exotic history and intrigue, introduces Investigator Yashim: In 1830s Istanbul, an extra-ordinary hero tackles an extraordinary plot that threatens to topple the Ottoman Empire It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Lastname, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world. You see, Yashim is a eunuch. He leads us into the palace''s luxurious seraglios and Istanbul''s teeming streets, and leans on the wisdom of a dyspeptic Polish ambassador, a transsexual dancer, and a Creole-born queen mother. And he introduces us to the Janissaries. For 400 years, they were the empire''s elite soldiers, but they grew too powerful, and ten years ago, the Sultan had them crushed. Are the Janissaries staging a brutal comeback?

From the Edgar® Award–winning author of The Janissary Tree comes the fourth and most captivating Investigator Yashim mystery yet! It takes a writer of prodigious talents to conjure the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire in all its majesty. In three previous novels, Jason Goodwin has taken us on stylish, suspenseful, and vibrant excursions into its exotic territory. Now, in An Evil Eye, the mystery of Istanbul runs deeper than ever before. It''s 1839, and the admiral of the Ottoman fleet has defected to the Egyptians. It''s up to the intrepid Investigator Yashim to uncover the man''s motives. Of course, Fevzi Ahmet is no stranger to Yashim—it was Fevzi who taught the investigator his craft years ago. He''s the only man whom Yashim has ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the sultan. So what could have led Yashim''s former mentor to betray the Ottoman Empire? Yashim''s search draws him into the sultan''s seraglio, a well-appointed world with an undercurrent of fear, ambition, and deep-seated superstition. When the women of the sultan''s orchestra begin inexplicably to grow ill and die, Yashim discovers that the admiral''s defection may be rooted somewhere in the torturous strictures of the sultan''s harem. No one knows more about the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul than Jason Goodwin, of whom Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times: "Mr. Goodwin uses rich historical detail to elevate the books in this series . . . far above the realm of everyday sleuthing."

Winter 2003

Yashim, the eunuch detective who first appeared in the internationally acclaimed "The Janissary Tree," returns in this historical mystery set in 1840 Istanbul as he investigates a missing Bellini masterpiece.

When a French archaeologist arrives in 1830s Istanbul determined to track down a lost Byzantine treasure, the local Greek communities are uncertain how to react. Yashim Togalu, who brilliantly solved the mysterious murders in "The Janissary Tree," is once again enlisted to investigate.

Join Investigator Yashim for a final exotic escapade in this rich Edgar Award–winning series In four previous novels, Jason Goodwin''s Inspector Yashim, the eunuch detective, has led us through stylish, suspenseful, and colorful mysteries in the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire. Now, in The Baklava Club, Yashim returns for his final adventure—and his most thrilling yet. Three naïve Italian liberals, exiled in Istanbul, have bungled their instructions to kill a Polish prince—instead, they''ve kidnapped him and absconded to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realize that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who are passing along false orders under the code name La Piuma, the Feather. It falls to Yashim to unravel all this—he''s convinced that the prince is alive and that the Italians have hidden him somewhere. But there are just a few problems: He has no idea who La Piuma is, and he''s in no mood to put up a fight—he''s fallen in love! As he draws closer to the farmhouse and to the true identity of La Piuma, what Yashim discovers leaves him shocked and in the most dangerous situation of his career. Goodwin has an eye for detail like no other, and in The Baklava Club he conjures Istanbul in all its glorious exoticism. This is a breathtaking, extraordinary conclusion to one of the most beloved series in mystery fiction, and its ending will leave you truly astonished.

Elisha Graves Otis invented the safe elevator almost by accident. In doing so he made possible the construction of the skyscraper and laid the technical foundation for dynamic urban centers around the world.

Goodwin traces the origin of "cha", or tea, from its beginnings in Canton factories through the Opium Wars and the settlement of British India, in this personal journey throught the serpentine history of the tea trade. "An exceptional travel book but also a lively, humorous account of the refreshing herb, from bush to teacup".--The London Observer.

“People of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” Those words come from Henry Ford, and they are truer today than ever. Banks continue to purchase assets with other people’s money, which contributed to the global debt crisis that devastated so many individuals and families. Jason Goodwin, a lifelong student of the economy, outlines how the banking and monetary system work in this book that not only informs but will make you downright angry. He focuses on topics such as • countries like Greece that are hamstrung by massive debt, • causes of the global debt crisis, and • economic policies that make it difficult for households to pay their bills and get ahead in life. He also examines how banks become investors when companies offer shares to the public via initial public offerings. Banks use other people’s money to become the largest investors of these companies, which can cause massive socio-economic problems. Get truthful answers on why the world is suffering a debt crisis along with practical solutions to solve the problem with this insightful overview of the global economy.

Full Of Brilliantly Observed Details, This Book Evokes Past And Present With Lively Scope Of Ironies Of History, Following The Tea Trade From Its Origins In The Canton Factories Through The Opium Wars And The Settement Of British India, When Planters Were Also Empire Builders, To Its Influence On The Present Day.

With the wry and admiring eye of a modern Tocqueville, Jason Goodwin gives us a biography of the dollar and the story of its astonishing career through the wilds of American history. Looking at the dollar over the years as a form of art, a kind of advertising, and a reflection of American attitudes, Goodwin delves into folklore and the development of printing, investigates wildcats and counterfeiters, explains why a buck is a buck and how Dixie got its name. Bringing together an array of quirky detail and often hilarious anecdote, Goodwin tells the story of America through its most beloved product.

In this short life, we all need someone to save. The story written on these pages cannot be untold. Once you have a glimpse of someone''s life, it becomes a part of you, for the rest of yours. As long as Jason can remember, he''s had terrible dreams. There is so much about his young life that he can''t seem to remember. At times, his life is like a dream where he''s not fully awake or fully asleep either. He decided to become a doctor and has been studying medicine and clinical trials in search for the cure for cancer. He''s been on the bedside of too many loved ones taking their last breaths fighting this terrible illness. He has taken it upon himself to be the one who discovers the cure or die trying. As he closes in on the cure, his young family could be in jeopardy of the very same illness. As you follow his broken memories and terrible dreams, the journey his life takes could be a sad one. You can''t unread his story. Each and every child that we lose to abortion leaves a mother and a world that will always remain incomplete. How valuable is life to you?

Detective Yashim is more than a sleuth—he''s also a great cook. And as the Financial Times says, "What is there not to love in a detective who enjoys cooking as much as he enjoys eating?" Cooking with Yashim presents a selection of authentic Turkish recipes to celebrate the publication of An Evil Eye, the fourth novel in the series by Edgar Award winner Jason Goodwin. Like a turban glimpsed on the street, a draft of sweet coffee, or the slender shadow of a minaret, Yashim''s dishes help to re-create the flavors of 19th-century Istanbul—its abundance of seasonal vegetables, fresh fish drawn from the waters of the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, the ubiquitous soups and grilled lamb, the yogurt, and the spices that scent the air of the Egyptian bazaar. Goodwin''s collected recipes from his previous novels The Janissary Tree, The Bellini Card, The Snake Stone, and An Evil Eye for the first time in this exclusive ebook, complete with an excerpt from Yashim''s latest mystery.

Build fault tolerant concurrent and distributed applications with AkkaAbout This Book- Build networked applications that self-heal- Scale out your applications to handle more traffic faster- An easy-to-follow guide with a number of examples to ensure you get the best start with AkkaWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for beginner to intermediate Java or Scala developers who want to build applications to serve the high-scale user demands in computing today. If you need your applications to handle the ever-growing user bases and datasets with high performance demands, then this book is for you. Learning Akka will let you do more for your users with less code and less complexity, by building and scaling your networked applications with ease.What You Will Learn- Use Akka to overcome the challenges of concurrent programming- Resolve the issues faced in distributed computing with the help of Akka- Scale applications to serve a high number of concurrent users- Make your system fault-tolerant with self-healing applications- Provide a timely response to users with easy concurrency- Reduce hardware costs by building more efficient multi-user applications- Maximise network efficiency by scaling itIn DetailSoftware today has to work with more data, more users, more cores, and more servers than ever. Akka is a distributed computing toolkit that enables developers to build correct concurrent and distributed applications using Java and Scala with ease, applications that scale across servers and respond to failure by self-healing. As well as simplifying development, Akka enables multiple concurrency development patterns with particular support and architecture derived from Erlang''s concept of actors (lightweight concurrent entities). Akka is written in Scala, which has become the programming language of choice for development on the Akka platform.Learning Akka aims to be a comprehensive walkthrough of Akka. This book will take you on a journey through all the concepts of Akka that you need in order to get started with concurrent and distributed applications and even build your own.Beginning with the concept of Actors, the book will take you through concurrency in Akka. Moving on to networked applications, this book will explain the common pitfalls in these difficult problem areas while teaching you how to use Akka to overcome these problems with ease.The book is an easy to follow example-based guide that will strengthen your basic knowledge of Akka and aid you in applying the same to real-world scenarios.Style and approachAn easy-to-follow, example-based guide that will take you through building several networked-applications that work together while you are learning concurrent and distributed computing concepts. Each topic is explained while showing you how to design with Akka and how it is used to overcome common problems in applications. By showing Akka in context to the problems, it will help you understand what the common problems are in distributed applications and how to overcome them.

Estambul, 1836. El misterioso asesinato de cuatro soldados de la Nueva Guardia amenaza con romper el frágil equilibrio del poder de la corte. Todos los indicios apuntan a los jenízaros: durante cuatrocientos años fueron los soldados de élite del Imperio otomano, pero se hicieron tan poderosos que el Sultán decidió eliminarlos. ¿Estarán organizando su brutal regreso? Una conseguida fusión de novela histórica y novela de detectives ambientada en la exótica Turquía del siglo XIX.

1836: nella Istanbul imperiale, stanca capitale del mondo, Yashim, eunuco di corte, deve scoprire che cosa si nasconde all''ombra del famigerato «albero dei giannizzeri». Ma deve fare in fretta, molto in fretta. Un complotto enorme scuote la città, e forse il trono stesso della Sublime Porta. E solo lui può sventarlo, forse.

Istanbul, 1838. El sultà Mahmut II, artífex de la reforma otomana, agonitza al seu palau a la riba del Bòsfor, i la ciutat es neguiteja plena de rumors i de temors. La inesperada arribada d’un arqueòleg decidit a localitzar tresors bizantins perduts i l’aparició d’un cadàver mutilat al davant de l’ambaixada francesa, porten Yashim Togalu, l’eunuc que tan brillantment va resoldre els misteriosos assassinats de L’arbre dels geníssers, a encarregar-se de la investigació. Ben aviat, però, tots els indicis, els diferents fils de la teranyina, apunten cap a un únic sospitós: el mateix Yashim. Es troba, així, immers en una desesperada cursa contrarellotge per trobar l’assassí.

Rival del España durante siglos por la hegemonía en el Mediterráneo y tan mentado como poco conocido, el Imperio otomano llegó a extenderse desde Arabia hasta el Danubio y desde el Mar Negro hasta el Magreb. Dentro de sus fronteras convivieron pueblos de cultura muy diferente griegos, albaneses, kúrdos, tártaros, árabes... que conservaron sus características definitorias. Todos ellos, con sus tradiciones, costumbres y supersticiones, desfilan por esta obra de Jason Goodwin compartiendo páginas con la magnificencia de Solimán el Magnífico, la pulcritud de la burocracia otomana, el terror que sus ejércitos provocaban entre sus enemigos, las extravagancias de los jenízaros y de no pocos sultanes, las intrigas del serrallo, el desarrollo de ciudades como Salónica centro destacado de la comunidad sefardí Sarajevo, Belgrado, Ragusa y, por supuesto, Estambul, en una panorámica histórica completa del mosaíco étnico, cultural y religioso que fue el dominio de Los Señores del Horizonte.

A history of the Ottoman Turks, founders of an empire lasting 600 years and stretching from the Persian Gulf to Hungary, to Algeria. The author describes the harems, the artistic and technological achievements--the cannon was first used by them in the siege of Constantinople--and the religious tolerance to which he attributes the empire''s longevity.

In 1836 jaagt een reeks moorden de bewoners van Istanbul en het hof van de sultan schrik aan. De eunuch detective Yashim Togalu onderzoekt de moorden; zijn zoektocht leidt hem naar de janitsaren, de voormalige elitetroepen van de sultan.

Krimi fra Istanbul, hvor en af sultanens unge haremskvinder bliver myrdet i 1836. Sultanen tilkalder den belæste eunuk Yashim, der skal opklare forbrydelsen.

Au cœur de l''Empire ottoman en 1836, une série de meurtres menace le fragile équilibre du pouvoir. Une concubine est étranglée dans le harem du palais et un jeune officier est retrouvé assassiné dans les rues d''Istanbul. Hachim, un détective peu ordinaire - c''est un eunuque -, connu pour sa rare intelligence et sa discrétion, va mener l''enquête pour trouver le coupable. Il nous guide à travers les luxueux sérails du palais et les rues grouillantes de la cité, et s''appuie tour à tour sur un ambassadeur polonais grincheux, un danseur transsexuel et une reine créole native des îles. Et surtout il nous introduit dans le cercle très fermé des Janissaires, auxquels le sultan a fini par enlever tout pouvoir. Mais les Janissaires ne seraient-ils pas en train d''échafauder le plan d''un retentissant retour ? Ce polar historique marque l''entrée remarquée du jeune historien Jason Goodwin dans le domaine romanesque. Ce livre est le premier d''une série d''enquêtes menées par Hachim. le détective ottoman.

A Istanbul, el nou sultà demana a en Yashim Togalu, un dels antics homes de confiança del seu pare, que investigui un rumor: es diu que a Venècia ha aparegut el retrat del sultà Mehmet el Conqueridor, pintat per Bellini. Com que l’Alcorà prohibeix la representació de figures humanes, el sultà no vol que el retrat estigui exposat a les mirades dels infidels ni que continuï a les seves mans. Assistim així al grandiós espectacle de La Serenissima: des de la Venècia de postal, amb les elegants festes dels seus nobles, els carnavals i les regates, els palaus d’arquitectura capriciosa i els gondolers que canten cançons d’amor mentre remen pels canals... a la ciutat esquerpa, bruta i tenebrosa dels barris pobres, on la gent humil intenta guanyar-se la vida com pot i alguns personatges malintencionats dediquen tots els seus esforços a aprofitar-se dels altres. Qui tiba els fils de tota la intriga on s’acabaran trobant immersos Yashim i el seu company Palewski? Quin patró segueix la inquietant cadena d’esdeveniments que succeeixen? Què amaga la bella comtessa d’Aspi d’Ístria? Qui és qui en aquesta trepidant partida?

Istanbul, any 1836. Europa està en vies de modernitzar-se i l’Imperi otomà es veu obligat a seguir-ne exemple. Tanmateix, just en el moment en què el sultà planifica una sèrie de reformes radicals per evitar l’enrunament de l’Imperi, quatre assassinats amenacen el delicat equilibri de poder a la cort. Només Yashim Togalu, un insòlit investigador, és capaç de descobrir-ne els autors. Home brillant, amant de la cuina i de les novel•les franceses, té la rara qualitat de passar desapercebut fins i tot en l’intrigant i delicat ambient de l’harem, ja que... és un eunuc. Endinsant-se en els carrerons estrets i tortuosos de la ciutat, flairant-ne les olors, i encara més en el seu passat tumultuós, Yashim descobreix que algunes persones estan disposades a fer el que calgui per preservar les tradicions de l’Imperi otomà.