Morris Langlo West Libri

"Il Grande Mediatore", del 1991, è l'ennesimo grande successo di Morris West, autore abituato a grandi esiti di critica e di vendita, sin dai lontani anni '70. La trama di questo romanzo, trae le sue mosse dal Giappone. Proprio il paese del Sol Levante, infatti, vede riunito nella sua quiete un gruppo estremamente selezionato composto da diplomatici, militari, economisti ed antropologi. Il gruppo in questione, ha un preciso ed inquietante obiettivo, quello di creare le condizioni per una alleanza tra Germania, Russia e Giappone, che dovrebbe portare ad una vera e propria ridefinizione della sfera economica sovietica. Un progetto che, qualora andasse in porto, aprirebbe scenari nuovi ed estremamente redditizi per i partecipanti. La mediazione che dovrebbe permettere la realizzazione del progetto, è affidata a Gilbert Anselm Langton, il quale ha le doti giuste per ottenere il risultato pieno: uomo al di sopra delle parti, è comunque in grado di comprendere i meccanismi di diffidenza tra le nazioni interessate e di smussare gli angoli e le incrostazioni create dagli stessi. Per far questo deve eliminare rancori millenari e il potenziale conflitto tra mentalità e tradizioni che sono all'apparenza imcompatibili. Anche un mediatore come lui, però, non può fare molto di fronte agli imprevisti che conducono il lettore ad un finale inatteso e vorticoso, come è nella tradizione di Morris West, uno dei maestri del genere.

Carl Strassberger, the son of an old New York banking family, has renounced his position in the business to follow a quiet career as an artist in the south of France. His place has been taken by his brother-in-law, Larry Lucas, an exceptionally brilliant financier. Larry Lucas has been commuting to Paris for months, working on a very large deal. When it is signed and sealed, he returns to New York in triumph. The next day he disappears. It is as if he has dropped off the planet. Emil Strassberger, patriarch of the family and president of the company, institutes immediate damage control. He hires a large international security firm and imposes a press blackout. He orders an immediate internal audit of all branches of the company, and he requests his son, Carl, to return to New York to head the search for Larry Lucas. For the first time, Lucas's wife reveals to her family that her husband suffers from a major mood disorder. His emotional life has become a rollercoaster ride between intense depression and manic elation. Lucas's condition may have extreme consequences: wild folly on the one hand and suicide on the other. What happens to Larry Lucas is a life-or-death matter, and everyone connected with him is involved in his fate. Carl Strassberger is the most deeply affected. He can no longer retreat into his private Eden. He must put himself at risk as he investigates those who live "on the dangerous edge of things."

Proteo - una organizzazione segreta che, sotto il segno del pesce, libera prigionieri politici. La storia avvincente di un uomo che sfida il mondo! Il potente imprenditore John Spada è il capo dell'organizzazione segreta "Proteo", che si impegna a livello globale per i prigionieri politici. I suoi membri sono personalità influenti che, in casi estremi, non esitano a ricorrere all'omicidio per raggiungere i loro obiettivi. Ma la violenza irrompe nel mondo di Spada: sua figlia e suo marito vengono arrestati e torturati in Argentina. E un amico tedesco cade vittima di un attacco terroristico sui gradini del Teatro Nazionale di Monaco. Spada scompare per partecipare attivamente alla vendetta per i due attacchi. Ma i potenti dell'America Latina si vendicano in modo crudele. Spada dovrà nascondersi di nuovo, ma questa volta anche i suoi amici più stretti non lo comprenderanno più...

Leone XIV, pontefice dal pugno di ferro che ha soffocato ogni dissenso all'interno della Chiesa, è due volte minacciato di morte: deve essere sottoposto a un delicatissimo intervento di cardiochirurgia e nel contempo un nuovo e misterioso gruppo terroristico, la Spada dell'Islam, lancia contro di lui oscuri messaggi di morte. Domande senza risposta e polemiche senza soluzione sconvolgono l'anziano vicario di Cristo, il Vaticano e tutto il mondo cattolico.

Brian de Courcy Cavanagh è un famoso esperto di diritto internazionale. Un giorno, una lettera sconvolge la sua esistenza, riportandolo in un fulmineo flashback ai primi anni cinquanta quando, fresco di studi e appena uscito dall'esperienza della guerra, giunge per la prima volta in Europa....

La salamandra es un animal legendario que vive en el fuego. Es, por lo tanto, un símbolo del superviviente. Y es, también, el nombre en clave de Bruno Manzini, poderoso industrial italiano de extraño pasado. La Salamandra desafía al coronel Dante Alighiere Matucci, alto funcionario del servicio de inteligencia, a investigar la muerte de un general neofascista. La investigación lo llevará a enfrentar el eterno problema del hombre: saber qué precio se debe pagar por la vida, y cuál por el alma. Morris West, el recordado autor de Las sandalias del pescador y tantas otras novelas memorables, vivió muchos años en Italia. Recrea así, con realismo, una fascinante galería de personajes de ese país, tanto del submundo de las grandes ciudades como de las altas esferas de la política y las finanzas, en una historia cuyo suspenso nos mantiene atrapados hasta el final.

Max Mather, studioso d'arte, si trova a Firenze presso una nobile famiglia fiorentina come studioso e amante della matriarca Pia. Alla morte di Pia, Max può prendere un pezzo a sua scelta dall’archivio della famiglia… e Max sceglie una sacca di tela incerata contenente dei dipinti del Raffaello andati perduti. Da qui tutto inizia a prendere forma, Max cerca di guadagnare il più possibile da questa cosa cercando, comunque, di fare apparire il tutto in maniera molto legale. Da qui inizia la sua vicenda nel mondo delle case d’asta e dei mercanti di quadri preziosi e antichi.

West solleva in questo romanzo la questione: è colpevole colui che cerca di espiare un'ingiustizia dopo sedici anni, in un paese dove le consuetudini plasmano le leggi e il diritto alla vendetta è ancora profondamente radicato?

L'arcicorruttore è la storia dell'eredità che Charles Parnell Cassidy si lascia dietro alla sua morte: storia di debiti morali e peccati mortali, di intrighi pericolosi e segreti che possono costare la vita. Ma soprattutto è la storia di Martin Gregory, esecutore testamentario di Cassidy, nonché genero del defunto che si vede costretto a diventare un nuovo Cassidy e ad affrontare le stesse difficili scelte, le stesse pericolose sfide, gli stessi rischi affascinanti... (Note di copertina dell'edizione italiana)

A Portuguese translation of The Ringmaster.

In Morris West's last novel he brings a real man, denounced as a heretic and burnt at the stake 400 years ago, back to life.

Set in the Middle East on the brink of war, this novel portrays the Arab-Jewish confrontation. The successful terrorist becomes a statesman and a national hero. The unsuccessful one is branded a criminal. But they all know themselves to be heroes.

The Devil's Advocate, Morris West's best-selling novel, is a deft exploration of the meaning of faith. In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the life and death of Giacamo Nerone has inspired talk of saint­hood. Father Blaise Meredith, a dying English priest, is sent from the Vatican to investigate—and to try to untangle the web of facts, rumors, and outright lies that surround Nerone's life and death. With spiritual frailty as a backdrop, The Devil's Advocate reminds us how the power of goodness ultimately prevails over despair.

In a futuristic setting of nuclear holocaust threats and big-power standoffs, the Pope, Gregory XVII, abdicates under duress. The Curia, the governing body of cardinals, convinced of Gregory's insanity when he proclaims his knowledge, through personal relation, of the Second Coming of Christ, relegate him to the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino.

Head of a prestigious European bank, George Harlequin belongs to a vanishing class of gentlemen whose handshake is their bond. But when an envious corporate raider frames Harlequin for murder, no deed is too dirty if it will save Harlequin's reputation, his bank and his life."In a tiny group of best-selling novelists, Morris West qualifies as the brains of the organization." Time

Reissue of the renowned Australian author's thriller about the twin evils of murder and greed. Set in Asia. First published under the pen-name Michael East in 1958 and reissued under real name in 1973 as TThe Concubine'.

The confused U.S. Ambassador to war-torn Vietnam must make some drastic decisions which will affect the nation's destiny

The World is Made of Glass is a novel about one man and three women in a conflict that explores the fine line between love and hate, good and evil, fantasy and reality. The narrative is founded on fact: a case history recorded in the autobiography of Carl Gustav Jung. His account is brief and curiously cryptic: "A lady came to my office. She refused to give her name... what she had to communicate to me was a confession." Morris West's version of the encounter is a fascinating blend of truth and dramatic speculation. The events cover the golden time of the Belle Epoque, right up to the twilight year 1913, before the lights went out over Europe and the First World War began. This was a year of crisis for Jung. He was estranged from his old friend and master, Freud. His wife was pregnant with their fifth child. He had begun a love-affair with his one-time pupil Toni Wolff and, to cap it all, he was already suffering from a manic depressive illness that was to last four years. Jung and the unnamed woman who came seeking his help are two destinies on a collision course. The World is Made of Glass may well be judged to be Morris West's masterwork.

"The pope has died, and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals from all over the world gather to choose his successor. Suddenly, the election is concluded - with a surprise result. The new pope is the youngest cardinal of all - and a Russian. Shoes of the Fisherman slowly unravels the heartwarming and profound story of Kiril Lakota, a cardinal who reluctantly steps out from behind the Iron Curtain to lead the Catholic Church and to grapple with the many issues facing the contemporary world."--BOOK JACKET.

Imagine that a Pope, known for his doctrinal conservatism, were to die and his private diaries were revealed to be full of doubts about his papacy and the future of the Catholic Church. Such is the hypothesis of Morris West's tale of Vatican politics. At its heart is Luca, Cardinal Rossini, who has suffered torture and degradation as a priest under Argentinian dictatorship but who has risen to high office in the Vatican. He is a flawed man but he is still a man of power and a candidate for election. Just as his career seems poised to reach its zenith, he is plunged back into his past, reminded of a love affair which had seemed dead. Morris West, best-selling author The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Devil's Advocate, has fashioned a thrilling tale of ambition and power-broking in the world of Vatican politics that he knows so well.

The war was over . . . But it was a time of armistice, not peace. In the winter of 1945, Austria was in a land without leaders and withoug hope. To men like Major Mark Hanlon, Occupation Commander in the snowbound Alps, fell the task of destroying the stink of tyranny and death that the Nazis had left behind.Major Hanlon had sought the appointment because he wanted to help. On all sides he found despair and resistance. He wanted to rule by law, not force. But his word was law and backed up by guns. And it was his job - and his duty - to rule.In BACKLASH, as in his tremendous best sellers 'The Devil's Advocate' and 'The Shoes of the Fisherman', Morris West tells a vivid and exciting story which sweeps the reader into a dramatic involvement with the characters. And as in those two books he poses moral problems which give his novels an added measure of depth and impact.

The best-selling author of The Shoes of the Fisherman offers a lyrical, intensely personal affirmation of his life of faith and an account of his life's pilgrimage as a Catholic in the twentieth century. 20,000 first printing.

A famous novelist pictures the brilliant, sensual and decadent world of international playboys and their expensive women—a life of silken vice and prodigal splendor. Morris L. West writes a penetrating novel of love, passion and crime on the Italian Riviera.

Lance Dillon is owner of a new cattle station on the southern fringe of Australia's Arnhem Land. When an Aboriginal hunting party targets Dillon's prize bull for a ritual killing, and then spears Dillon in the shoulder, it's clear they want him off their traditional land. Under the merciless rays of the burning sun, the wounded Dillon flees into the bush, with expert tracker Mundaru in hot pursuit. Dillon's city-born wife Mary and handsome local policeman Neil Adams set out to search for her husband. The gruelling journey throws them together, and it is not long before each is secretly hoping that Dillon is never found alive. The Naked Country is a terrifying manhunt set in one of the harshest and most remote regions of the world.

Reissue of a novel first published in 1976. Gunnar Thorkild, of the Institute of Pacific Studies in Hawaii, announces in a scientific journal the existence of a legendary island, then sets out to find it. Australian author's last book was 'The Ringmaster'.

First pub. 1971. A writer accoustomed to trouble-spots and big cities goes to Scotland to recharge his spirit. There he finds friends, a new love and drama that will change their lives.

A Novel. Number # 24261-X. Original price $3.50. One Man's unholy dream sets off a raging battle to the death.

Charles Parnell Cassidy is an Australian politician cast in the traditional Irish-Catholic mold of rhetoric, dynasty, and influence-peddling. Martin Gregory is the moral and disenchanted protege who married Cassidy's daughter, went to Europe, became a success on his own merits, and scorned his father-in-law. When the terminally ill Cassidy appears in London to die, he makes Gregory the executor of his legal estate and sets a complex trap by offering him the keys to a vast empire of wealth and corruption spanning Australia and Southeast Asia. With Cassidy's evil influence ever present, Gregory tries to unravel the complications of the old man's estate, obligations, and debts, while struggling with his own ambition and the security of his family. A powerful story from a master storyteller.

Based on a case history recorded in C.G. Jung's autobiography.

Richard Ashley is a journalist who cares about the truth, and he's about to break the greatest story of his career. Italy's ruling clique is rotten to the core. A scandal centered around Vittorio, Duke of Orgagna, points to a web of corruption and deceit emanating from his estate in the south. But Ashley finds that the truth is not all it seems when he falls in love with Orgagna's wife. Everything is more complicated, more passionate, than before-and tainted by death. Suddenly Ashley's greatest story threatens to be his last.

De zaak speelt zich af op de planeet Widdershins. Dom Sabalos is de erfgenaam van een hele planeet, van de eerste Bank van Sirius en van de kolossale rijkdom die daarbij hoort. Hij moet ook de president van de planetenraad worden. Het probleem is dat iemand hem wil doden. Dat is jammer, want Dom heeft interesse in veel dingen in het leven. Hij houdt ervan om siroccoques te temmen die in de schemering in de lagune grommen. En hij zou graag het mysterie van de Jokers oplossen die vreemde artefacten in het hele universum hebben verspreid. Zoals de Toren die in de zee oprijst en zich verliest in de wolkenbedekking van Widdershins. Of de gigantische Sterrenketens... Iemand wil niet dat hij de Wereld van de Jokers ontdekt. Maar wie? Een aanhanger van de Kansrekening, vermoedelijk. Diezelfde Kansrekening die hem aankondigt met een kans van meerdere miljoenen tegen één: Dom zal morgen, op de dag van zijn eerste verjaardag, vermoord worden. Jammer, jammer...

Ein Millionenpoker um Geld und Macht:Berlin-Moskau-Tokio soll die neueWirtschaftsachse werden. Doch auf derKonferenz in Bangkok spielen die Teilnehmerihr eigenes Spiel

Der Schauplatz dieser Abenteuergeschichte voll knisternder Spannung ist die Ostküste Australiens. Der Historiker Renn Lundigan entdeckt eines Tages in alten Urkunde, dass im 18.Jahrhundert vor dieser Küste eine spanische Galeone, die Dona Lucia, mit 20 Kisten Goldmünzen gesunken ist. Er bricht zu einer Expedition auf, um den Schatz zu bergen. Doch eine junge, hübsche und begehrenswerte Meeresbiologin hat dort bereits ein Lager aufgeschlagen. Ein mörderisches Spiel beginnt.

Barcelona. 18x11 cm. 288 p. Encuadernación en rúst. de editorial. Colección 'Los jet de Plaza & Janés. Biblioteca de Morris West'. Traducido del Inglés. Traducido por West, Morris L .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 9788401497452; 8401497450

Typisch Morris L. West: Ein meisterhaft erzählter Roman voller Spannung, Dramatik und Leidenschaft! Der Erdölexperte McCreary wird in Djakarta für eine private Bohrung angeheuert. Bald jedoch bemerkt er, daß er einem Schwindel aufgesessen ist. Doch aussteigen kann er nicht mehr – weil ihn sein Auftraggeber in einen Mord verwickelt hat. Als sich McCreary zudem in die schöne vietnamesische Geliebte seines Auftraggebers verliebt, bleibt den beiden nur ein Ausweg: Sie begeben sich auf eine Flucht voller lebensgefährlicher Abenteuer...

Piratenkurs/Die Farm in den Bergen/Dr. Castell/Der Salamander - bk505; Verlag "Das Beste"; Rudolf Braunberg/Ernest Raymond/Pierre Rouaner/Morris West; Paperback; 1975

Enth.: Hailey, A.: Räder. Godden, R.: Kleine Jungen brauchen kleine Esel. Stockhausen, J.v.: Wilder Lorbeer. West, M.L.: Der rote Wolf

Umstrittene Diagnose/Die Söhne des Krieges/Unter Elefanten/Nacktes Land - bk425; Verlag "Das Beste"; Henry Denker/Hans Blickensdörfer/Iain und Oria Douglas Hamilton/Morris L. West; Paperback; 1979

Teraz žijeme šťastne v starom kraji, kde sedmokrásky rastú z úst dávno zomrelých a ruže z lona svätých panien, ktoré nikdy neporodili- a toto sú ušľachtilejšie epitafy, ako tie, ktoré ste čítali na náhrobkoch. Pre Vlka niet ruží, lebo sa stratil v ohni a čo z neho ostalo, po tých suchých,zabehaných postupoch zákona, pochoval Morrison na svojom pozemku.

Dobrodružný román australského autora, zasazený do prostředí skotských ostrovů, rozvíjí vztahy tří mužů a jedné ženy, jež spojila náhoda, a dává jim vyvrcholit v dramatickém střetu, v němž se prověřují základní lidské hodnoty, přátelství, láska, svědomí i čest.

Cieľom autora bolo zmapovať život detí od batoľaťa až po dospelosť a presvedčiť sa, čo z nich Neapol vykreše...

A Mike McCreary, aventurero irlandés que trabajaba en la perforación de pozos de petróleo, lo quieren trasladar a Indonesia, pero Rubensohn, un especulador sin escrúpulos, le propone trabajo para abrir un pozo petrolífero. Sin opción de elección, acepta. Lisette es amante y compañera de Rubensohn aunque no siente amor por él. McCreary y Lisette se enamoran y pasan a vivir su amor de manera furtiva. En un momento dado, Rubensohnun vende a Lisette al Monarca de Karang Sharo a cambio de la concesión de petróleo en su isla volcánica. McCreary traza un plan bien elaborado para vengarse de Rubensohn y rescatar a su amada…