A newscaster's wife, son and father are kidnapped by terrorists and his TV network is held to ransom. The action moves from New York to the South American jungles and from an FBI investigation to a Florida-bound jet carrying a highly unusual cargo. The author also wrote Airport and Hotel.
Een playboy en een vrouwelijke rechercheur nemen het op tegen een machtige en meedogenloze chinese triade...
James Thurber is universally admired for his hilarious sense of humour, off-beat imagination and unique take on the world around him. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which a young man's fantasies have a much more powerful hold on him than reality, is probably his best-known prose work, but this selection also contains wonderfully entertaining essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from all of Thurber's collections. Poking fun at his own weaknesses and those of other people (and dogs) - the English teacher who looked only at figures of speech, the Airedale who refused to include him in the family, the botany lecturer who despaired of him totally - James Thurber is essential reading for everyone who loves to laugh.
Includes 5 of King's short stories that were adapted for Hollywood films, with his personal commentary and introductions.
Een man wordt wegens politieke belangen door de CIA gedwongen zich uit te geven voor een beroepsmoordenaar.
When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden love. Everyone but newly appointed yoriki Sano Ichiro.Despite the official verdict and warnings from his superiors, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People suspects the deaths weren't just a tragedy; they were murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for a killer across every level of society determined to find answers to a mystery no one wants solved. No one but Sano...As subtle and beautiful as the culture it evokes, Shinju vividly re-creates a world of ornate tearooms and gaudy pleasure-palaces, cloistered mountaintop convents and deathly prisons. Part love story, part mystery, Shinju is a tour that will dazzle and entertain all who enter its world.
An Irish immigrant in New Zealand fills his son, Rory, with patriotic tales. When Rory grows up, World War I is on. He joins the New Zealand corps of the British army, survives Gallipoli, becomes an officer and is transferred to Ireland to put down a rebellion. One day his father's tales catch up and Rory switches sides. By the author of Trinity.
Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer - one of the best - until the rain-swept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. Now Hawthorne has been called out of retirement for one last assignment. For he is the only man alive who can track down the world's most dangerous terrorist. Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly - and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. With the life of the president hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow Amaya's serpentine trail to uncover the sinister network who exist to help this consummate killer. And Hawthorne must discover the shattering truth behind the Scorpio Illusion ...
General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets—the forces of a dozen nations—during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devastating air campaigns in history. Never before has the Gulf air war planning, a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities, been revealed in such rich, provocative detail. And in this revised edition, General Horner looks at the current Gulf conflict—and comments on the use of air power in Iraq today.
Paul Murray is a junior bond trader. New to the job, he's keen to make a good impression – but how far does he have to go? When the corpse of Debbie Chater, a vivacious colleague, is found floating in the Thames, Paul's world is turned upside down. And when his crusade for an explanation results in his being framed for murder, accused of insider trading and left to find twenty million dollars by lunchtime, Paul's got to find some answers fast – before someone else makes a killing.
Mark Fairfax is a young, successful trader in the City. His older brother richard is a genius, who has built one of the world's leading virtual reality companies. When richard is found dead in a Scottish fishing village, mark steps into his shoes. He discovers that Richard has developed a system that can bring virtual reality into every home and office. Such a system could be worth billions of dollars to large Japenese or American companies capable of exploiting it; and there are those that fear it would change civilisation as we know it - for the worse. Mark has to learn quickly as he is thrust into a world which he barely understands, where he can trust no one. As he struggles to save to save his brother's fledgling company from bankruptcy and unwelcome predators, he realizes that his own life is in danger. Mark needs all his trader's nerve and quick thinking to survive.
By the author of "The Holcroft Covenant", "The Matarese Circle" and "The Bourne Identity" this is a story about Andrew Trevayne, a self-made millionaire by the age of 30 and now head of a huge foundation. His apparent incorruptibility is threatened by corruption in high places.
When Nick suspects that Dekker's clients include drug-dealers, & that they might have had something to do with the death of the previous occupant of his desk, Nick decides to take matters into his own hands. But what can he do?
Kriminalroman. To politifolk med speciale i japanske forhold afslører under opklaringen af et mord, at japanske koncerner bruger alle midler for at skaffe sig magten over USA's økonomi og teknologi
Portret van een briljante joodse taal- en letterkundige uit New York, die ondanks zijn doordringen in de hoogste maatschappelijke kringen, een geboren en getogen schlemiel blijft.
Een filmacteur onderzoekt in Zuid-Afrika waarom de paarden van zijn tante in races zo slecht lopen. - De eigenaar van een aantal paarden probeert met hulp van zijn vrienden te bewijzen dat zijn ex-trainer hem bedrogen heeft.
sentiment en sensatie uit de oude doos : ontleend aan The Days doings
Bloemlezing artikelen en houtgravures uit het Engelse weekblad (1870-1871).
Een man ziet zijn positie en zijn huwelijk in gevaar komen als zijn schoonvader wordt vermoord en hij de voornaamste verdachte blijkt te zijn.
Mijn verrassende zoektocht naar wijsheid en inzicht
De Engelse journalist en televisiepresentator bereist de wereld op zoek naar esoterische en spirituele bewegingen die al honderd jaar de komst van de Maitreya voorspellen.
Aan de vooravond van de overgang naar de Volksrepubliek China resulteren verraad, geweld en streven naar absolute macht in Hongkong in een groot aantal gruwelijke moorden.
