Jack Higgins Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

A gripping examination of nation and football from acclaimed playwright James Graham, charting Gareth Southgate's time as England Men's Football team manager.

Amy Daniels has a nice life. Her career is on the up, she loves her friends, and she's about to buy her very own flat. Amy could be described as a catch - so why is she perpetually single? The trouble is, Amy can see something no one else can: the end. As soon as she kisses someone, she knows, in vivid detail, how their relationship will end

James Baldwin was born into the squalor of a Harlem tenement and transcended an early life of setbacks and racism. A storefront preacher at the age of fourteen, he supported his entire family - mother and eight siblings - before he began writing for prestigious journals such as The Partisan Review. Troubled by his fame, his sexuality and his colour, he was a great drinker and socialiser with wild periods of gregariousness and monastic retreats during which he wrote feverishly. By the time he died in 1987, his books such as The Fire Next Time, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Nobody Knows My Name had become modern classics. James Campbell knew Baldwin for ten years. For this book, he interviewed many of Baldwin's friends and examined several hundred pages of correspondence. He quotes from the vast, disturbing file that the FBI compiled on Baldwin and discusses the writer's turbulent relationships with Norman Mailer, Richard Wright and Marlon Brando, as well as his friendship with Martin Luther King. Elegantly written, candid and original, Talking at the Gates is a comprehensive account of the life and work of a writer who believed that 'the unexamined life is not worth living

Nick Miller is Central Division's maverick Detective Sergeant. Disliked and distrusted by friends and foes, he works alone. He crosses the line. And he gets results.

A hilarious book from bestselling author and stand-up comic James Campbell, who has visited over 3,000 primary schools to tell stories and encourage children to write their own. Uncover the ridiculously funny life of teachers (and some things that have nothing to do with teachers but are still splendidly funny) according to James Campbell, comedian extraordinaire. Ever wondered what teachers do when they're not in the classroom? Are they undercover detectives, champion roller-blade dancers or do they spend their evenings playing with their 576 cats? This face-achingly funny book will also teach you why you should carry an emergency banana with you at all times, how to fart in class silently without anyone knowing it was you and how to catapult yourself to school by building a medieval style catapult in your back garden! Whether you love or loathe your teachers, want to become one when you grow up or don't give two figs about your teacher but simply love a HILARIOUS read, this book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot-inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Teachers. But be warned - this is NOT a normal book. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways and in approximately 861,000 different ways in between. Whichever way you read it, look no further for fantastic real-life teacher facts, incredibly funny illustrations, imaginary stories and an impossibly silly read!

The second collection of plays from eminent playwright James Graham, bringing together four of his state-of-the-nation plays. The volume includes the following plays, alongside an introduction by the author: This House (2012) explores Westminster and the 1974 hung parliament through a combination of wit and waspish dialogue, comedy and political comment, and historical and contemporary concerns. The Angry Brigade (2014) takes a look at the story behind the Angry Brigade - a British anarchist group who carried out a series of bomb attacks between 1970 and 1972. The Vote (2015) looks at what happens in Britain on election night through the eyes of those at the polling station. Set in a fictional London polling station, Graham's play dramatises the final ninety minutes before the polls close in the 2015 general election. Monster Raving Loony (2016) explores the life and exploits of Screaming Lord Sutch to examine the state of the nation and Britain's post-war identity crisis. It tells the story of Sutch through a cavalcade of comic characters from music hall to Monty Python, panto to Partridge.

Climates: Architecture and the Planetary Imaginary brings together discussions and projects at the intersection of architecture and climate change. Comprehensive essays consider cultural values ascribed to climate and ask how climate influences our conception of what architecture is and does. 0Which materials and conceptual infrastructures render climate legible, knowable and actionable, and what are their spatial implications? How do these interrelated questions offer new vantage points on the architectural rami?cations of climate change at the interfaces between resiliency, sustainability and eco-technology? New approaches to understanding climate in architecture based on research as well as the work of leading practitioners make this forward-thinking book invaluable. 0.

In Ulster, Northern Ireland, a petty criminal kills a woman in a drunken car crash. Her sons swear revenge.

Ontstond het heelal met een oerknal? Is licht een golf, een deeltje, of beide? Is de mens verantwoordelijk voor de opwarming van de aarde? Is er een Theorie van Alles mogelijk? Dankzij de wetenschap kunnen we de wereld waarin we leven en de theoretische multiversa daarbuiten begrijpen aan de hand van technologische hoogstandjes en het verleggen van de grenzen van onze kennis. Het Grote Wetenschapsboek staat vol korte, beknopte hoofdstukken waarin het vakjargon in heldere taal wordt uitgelegd. Het bevat diagrammen waarmee ingewikkelde theorie n uit de doeken worden gedaan, originele citaten die je bijblijven en leuke illustraties die onze kennis van de wetenschap op speelse wijze duidelijk maken. Iedereen, student en huiskamergeleerde, vindt in dit boek iets van zijn gading.

For centuries, the two Great Guilds have controlled the world of Dematr. The Mechanics and the Mages have been bitter rivals, agreeing only on the need to keep the world they rule from changing. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep away everything that humans have built. Only one person has any chance of uniting enough of the world behind her to stop the Storm, but the Great Guilds and many others will stop at nothing to defeat her. Mari is a brilliant young Mechanic, just out of the Guild Halls, where she has spent most of her life learning how to run the steam locomotives and other devices of her Guild. Alain is the youngest Mage ever to learn how to change the world he sees with the power of his mind. Each has been taught that the works of the other's Guild are frauds. But when their caravan is destroyed, they begin to discover how much has been kept from them. As they survive danger after danger, Alain discovers what Mari doesn't know, that she was long ago prophesized as the only one who can save their world. When Mari reawakens emotions he had been taught to deny, Alain realizes he must sacrifice everything to save her. Mari, fighting her own feelings, discovers that only together can she and Alain hope to stay alive and overcome the Dragons of Dorcastle

Enter the hilarious world of comedian James Campbell.

On a dark summer night, two Chechen mercenaries emerge from the waters off Nantucket to kill the former president of the United States, Jake Cazalet. Unfortunately for them, Cazalet has guests with him, including black ops specialist Sean Dillon and his colleague, Afghan war hero Captain Sara Gideon. The Chechens do not survive, but Dillon is curious as to how they got on the island. What he discovers chills his bones; the assassination attempt is only the beginning

THE NEW HIGGINS HAS LANDED! One man with the key to Armageddon. One chance for Sean Dillon to find him. The hunt is on, in the mesmerizing new Sean Dillon thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

THE NEW HIGGINS HAS LANDED! The mesmerizing new Sean Dillon thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

A disturbing tape has made its way to British intelligence: battlefield chatter from an ambush in Afghanistan, in which 12 U.S. Army Rangers and a British medical team died. Most of the Taliban voices are Afghan, but the voice of the commander bears an Irish accent. Sean Dillon is put in charge of hunting down the traitor. Available in a tall Premium Edition.

Martin Fallon was a legendary hero in Ireland - to both sides. Now retired - and a writer - he is persuaded out for one last mission, never believing how high the cost will be.

Dillon and company are back in the ultimate blockbuster from the legend that is Jack Higgins

The New York Times– bestselling author and “dean of intrigue novelists” returns with a remarkable novel of espionage and revenge.A famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper named Alexander Kurbsky is fed up with the Putin government and decides he wants to “disappear” into the West. He is under no illusions, however, about how the news will be greeted at home, having seen too many of his countrymen die mysteriously at the hands of the thuggish Russian security services, so he makes elaborate plans with Charles Ferguson, Sean Dillon, and the rest of the group known informally as the “Prime Minister’s private army” for his escape and concealment.It’s a real coup for the West except for one thing: Kurbsky is still working for the Russians. The plan is to infiltrate British and American intelligence at the highest levels, and he has his own motivations for doing the most effective job possible. He does not care what he has to do or where he has to go . . . or who he has to kill.Filled with suspense, driven by characters of complexity and passion, A Darker Place once again proves that, in the words of the Associated Press, “When it comes to thriller writers, one name stands well above the crowd—Jack Higgins.”

Seven years ago, Sean Rogan's dedication to the Irish Republican Army landed him in a high-security prison. When the organization needs his help again, Rogan stages a daring jailbreak, determined to intercept an armored truck and deliver its payload to IRA leader Colum O?More. But the IRA of years past is long gone, replaced by an organization rife with betrayal and manipulation. With the police hot on Rogan's trail, he must face down the treachery from all sides that threatens to bring his mission to a bloody end.

A harrowing portrait of a largely forgotten campaign that pushed one battalion to the limits of human suffering. Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division’s “Ghost Mountain Boys” were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign in World War II: to march over the 10,000-foot Owen Stanley Mountains to protect the right flank of the Australian army during the battle for New Guinea. Reminiscent of the classics like Band of Brothers and The Things They Carried, The Ghost Mountain Boys is part war diary, part extreme-adventure tale, and—through letters, journals, and interviews—part biography of a group of men who fought to survive in an environment every bit as fierce as the enemy they faced. Theirs is one of the great untold stories of the war. “Superb.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Campbell started out with history, but in the end he has written a tale of survival and courage of near-mythic proportions.” —America in WWII magazine “In this compelling and sprightly written account, Campbell shines a long-overdue light on the equally deserving heroes of the Red Arrow Division.” —Military.com

In Kosovo, American Blake Johnson and Major Harry Miller of Britain band together just in time to stop a rogue Russian captain from desecrating a helpless village. Actually, Miller stops him...with a couple of bullets to the head. In the world of covert operations, death begets death-revenge leads only to revenge. And before the explosive situation is put to rest, there will be plenty of both.

The phenomenally successful Jack Higgins teams up with Justin Richards to launch a sure fire best seller for children.

For intelligence operative Sean Dillon, it is a routine passport check. But the events it will lead to will be as bloody as any he has ever known.

A new, uncompromising political thriller exploring with electrifying theatricality the events of the Suez Crisis, and the tragic story of its flawed hero - Churchill's golden boy and heir apparent, Anthony Eden.

"It is night in Manhattan. The President of the United States is scheduled to have dinner with an old friend, but in the building across the street, a man has disabled the security and stands at a window, a rifle in his hand." Fortunately, he is not successful - but this is only the beginning. Someone is recruiting a shadowy network of agents with the intention of creating terror. Their range is broad, their identities masked, their methods subtle. White House operative Blake Johnson and his opposite number in British intelligence, Sean Dillon, set out to trace the source of the havoc, but behind the first man lies another, and behind him another still. And that man is not pleased by the interference. Soon he will target them all: Johnson, Dillon, Dillon's colleagues. And one of them will fall.

Max von Berger hat über Jahre hinweg die geheimen Tagebücher Hitlers benutzt, um sich als einer der mächtigsten Männer der Welt zu etablieren. Nun will er mithilfe des Irak seine Feinde endgültig vernichten. Geheimagent Dillon muss die Tagebücher finden, um dies zu verhindern.

Nel 1945, mentre Berlino brucia, Hitler affida il suo diario al giovane barone Max von Berger, incaricandolo di proteggerlo. Con l'aiuto di fondi segreti in Svizzera, von Berger, ora ottantenne e tra i più ricchi e influenti del mondo, nasconde molti misteri, tra cui la sua alleanza con i potenti fratelli Rashid, legati al terrorismo antiamericano. La sua vita è ulteriormente complicata dal profondo legame con la loro sorella Kate, che gli ha salvato la vita. Quando Kate muore in circostanze misteriose, dopo l'assassinio della sua famiglia, von Berger giura vendetta, decidendo di realizzare il desiderio della famiglia: distruggere il presidente degli Stati Uniti, Jake Cazalet. Il diario di Hitler contiene rivelazioni esplosive sul padre di Cazalet e il suo ruolo nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Mentre il barone trama il suo piano in Germania, America e Inghilterra, rappresentate dai capi dei rispettivi servizi segreti, si uniscono per mantenere l'ordine globale. Un gruppo di coraggiosi, guidato da Sean Dillon, ex agente dell'IRA e ora figura di spicco dell'intelligence britannica, si prepara a contrastare la minaccia.

Een groepje Duitse parachutisten wordt in de Tweede Wereldoorlog naar Engeland gezonden om Churchill te kidnappen.

De dochter van een denkbeeldige president van de Verenigde Staten wordt gegijzeld door Israëlische fanatici die de vernietiging van Irak, Iran en Syrië willen afdwingen.

New York : minuit. Une dame d'un certain âge s'abrite de la pluie dans le hall d'un immeuble, un Colt dans son sac à main. Elle attend l'arrivée d'un sénateur américain. Washington D C : à la Maison-Blanche, le président Cazalet demande à voir de toute urgence Blake Johnson, directeur d'un service très secret. Londres : le Premier ministre pense à Sean Dillon, ancien activiste irlandais repenti, devenu le plus efficace, mais pas forcément le plus fiable de ses agents. Quel rapport entre les trois ? D'étranges crimes contre les membres d'un groupe dissident irlandais, sous la coupe d'un psychopathe sanguinaire, qui déclenchent un véritable cataclysme politique : la chute de deux gouvernements et la mise à mal du processus de paix en Irlande du Nord. Sean Dillon et Blake Johnson doivent à tout prix arrêter le tueur. Mais peut-être est-il déjà trop tard... Une vieille dame très british qui tire plus vite que son ombre, une intrigue foisonnante et une sérieuse dose d'humour : après Le Secret du Président, le nouveau cocktail détonant de Jack Higgins, l'auteur de L'Aigle s'est envolé, au meilleur de sa forme.

Kate Rashid, una delle donne più ricche e più pericolose del mondo, ha sete di vendetta. E l'uomo che vuole eliminare si chiama Sean Dillon, ex agente dell'IRA passato a lavorare per i servizi segreti britannici, responsabile di aver ucciso i suoi tre fratelli dopo che questi avevano attentato alla vita del presidente degli Stati Uniti. Unica superstite della sua potente famiglia mezzo inglese mezzo araba, a capo di un vero e proprio impero petrolifero, la bellissima e spietata Kate è disposta a tutto, persino a distruggere una parte considerevole dei propri oleodotti pur di mettere definitivamente in ginocchio l'economia americana. Nel suo piano diabolico è sostenuta dall'ambiguo cugino, Rupert Dauncey, ma soprattutto dall'indiscussa lealtà delle tribù beduine a lei fedelissime. Mentre a fianco di Dillon, nell'inevitabile ultima sfida, c'è il senatore Daniel Quinn, ex eroe della guerra del Vietnam e amico del presidente... Seguito di "Vendetta privata", una spy story dal ritmo serrato, best-seller negli Stati Uniti.

Zatímco televizní moderátorka Josie čeká na zprávy od manžela, kterého při výstupu na Mount Everest zaskočila bouře, bývalý horský vůdce Hal Maher čelí na Aljašce neslýchané vlně lavin. Ani jeden prostě netuší, že za několik měsíců budou společně mířit na vrchol nejvyšší hory světa a že to bude cesta, při které půjde o život.

Travel is no longer a luxury and not always an entertainment. Many journeys need to be made‹to get home or away from an enemy, to work, to find a last resting place, or because someone has told you to go. This issue of Granta is about such journeys; you might call it necessary travel writing, with Decca Aitkenhead: looking for cheap sex and drugs; Manuel Bauer: a child¹s escape over the Himalayas; Isabel Hilton: what have they done to Beijing?; Ian Jack: the train crash that stopped Britain; Ryszrd Kapuscinski: in the forests of Cameroon; Ian McEwan: on the retreat to Dunkirk, 1940; John Ryle: the last Emperor makes his last journey; Dayanita Singh: inside a sanctuary for girls in Benares; Simon Winchester: how Britain and the US made a people homeless; plus the untold story of how the FBI pursued James Baldwin at home, revealed by James Campbell. Granta is the paperback magazine of new writing. Every issue features the best new fiction, reportage, memoir and photography, generally collected under a theme.

Reader's Digest Im Schatten Der Gotter; Funf Minuten Verspatung; Mutter Macht Geschichten; Zerreissprobe

This book explores how Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs transformed their experiences in mental hospitals and prisons into a global literary movement following World War II.

Brooklyn: una giornalista viene uccisa dalla mafia perché troppo vicina ai segreti di una delle cosche più potenti di New York... e forse non solo per quello... Washington D.C.: un membro del consiglio di sicurezza degli Stati Uniti viene a sapere che la sua ex moglie è stata ammazzata. Sean Dillon entra in azione e il frenetico domino di eventi che seguiranno non lascerà scampo nemmeno ai lettori. Mafia e Casa Bianca: è questo il binomio al centro del nuovo romanzo di Jack Higgins.

Die Mordbeichte - bk628; Heyne Verlag; Jack Higgins; pocket_book; 1978

Brothers Max and Harry Kelso found themselves fighting on opposite sides in World War II - Max as one of the Luftwaffe's most feared pilots, Harry as a Yankee ace in the RAF. They had been separated as boys, but neither could have predicted the circumstances under which they would next meet.

The master of intrigue and suspense reunites the unforgettable team of his smash bestseller The President's Daughter to stop an unidentifed assassin--a woman who walks the streets of Manhattan, stalking the members of a secret politcal organization...and killing them, one by one. "One heckuva heroine Awho? will keep you turning the pages." --Larry King, USA Today

Svazek obsahuje čtyři vybrané romány od současných úspěšných angloamerických autorů ve zkrácené verzi. Tento svazek obsahuje tyto tituly: Baldacci, David: Výhra Higgins, Jack: Černý baron Delinsky, Barbara: Místo ženy Edison, Tom: Pistolník a řeholnice

Jack Higgins, bekannt durch seinen Bestseller "Der Adler ist gelandet", zählt zu den besten Thriller-Autoren. In diesem Sonderband sind zwei seiner spannendsten Romane mit dem Geheimagenten Paul Chavasse vereint.

La pace in Medio Oriente è appesa a un filo e alla vigilia di un nuovo trattato i servizi segreti americani e britannici entrano in subbuglio: la sicurezza della Casa Bianca è stata violata. L'agente Ferguson viene "convocato" da un importante capo dell'IRA da tempo incarcerato e improvvisamente ansioso di rivelare misteriose verità. Intanto si diffonde in tutto il mondo la notizia dello strano rapimento di una ragazza francese in vacanza su una sperduta isola del Mediterraneo. Gli ispettori sospettano un clamoroso collegamento tra questi fatti...

Een agent van de Britse geheime dienst moet in Tibet een geleerde ophalen die een manier heeft ontdekt om uit de ruimte energie te winnen.

From one of the world's most popular authors comes a classic thriller involving an elusive, brilliant terrorist-turned-hero. Ten years after the hijacking of a seagoing barge carrying one hundred million pounds in gold bullion, the President of the United States receives information about its whereabouts and its cargo--riches that are to be used to finance an Irish civil war. The task to stop the players and their deadly game falls to Sean Dillon, once-feared IRA enforcer, now working for British Intelligence.

"August 1939: In the blazing heart of Arabia's Empty Quarter, Hitler's crazed disciples plot their first salvo in a war to end wars. A devastating strike on Britain's artery of empire: the Suez Canal." - back cover.

Sean Dillon, former IRA enforcer, must seek and stop the international terrorists "January 30" before their assassinations trigger a war.

Sous quatre pseudonymes plus son nom propre, cet auteur anglais a écrit plus d'une trentaine de romans d'aventures qui rejoignent tous l'espionnage ou la politique-fiction, par exemple, dans le cas de son livre le plus célèbre ##L'aigle s'est envolé## (1975). Ce premier recueil contient sept aventures publiées entre 1959 et 1963.

V Karibském moři, nedalo Panenských ostrovů, objevil potápěč německou ponorku, kterou nedávná bouře uvolnila z bahnitého hrobu, v němž odpočívala už od druhé světové války. To už je sám o sobě dost vzrušující příběh, ale co teprve, až vyjde najevo, že ponorka obsahuje cosi výbušnějšího a nebezpečnějšího - materiály, které Hitler nařídil ukrýt ........

Describes alcohol addiction and explores how history was shaped by public figures who were alcoholics

Een voormalig majoor van het Engelse leger moet via wapenleveranties in de Ira zien te infiltreren.

Half British and half Arab, Paul Rashid is proud to be both heir to the ancient Dauncey Place in England and the leader of the Rashid Bedouin of Hazar in the Persian Gulf. So when he uncovers a conspiracy to deprive his family of their oil wealth, he vows to gain vengeance.

1944, Cina: nel pieno della guerra cino-giapponese lord Mountbatten rappresentante del governo inglese e Mao Tze Tung stipulano la convenzione di Chungking che stabilisce che gli alleati occidentali, in cambio di una proroga di cento anni del trattato di Hong Kong, riforniranno di armi i cinesi per la lotta contro il Giappone. L'aereo che trasporta i documenti dell'accordo precipita e la convenzione sarà un nulla di fatto. 1993, New York: una copia superstite dell'accordo cade nelle mani di un italo-americano di una potente famiglia mafiosa. I servizi segreti britannici sono in allarme e chiedono aiuto a Sean Dillon...

Am Vorabend des Zweiten Weltkriegs, während sich die deutschen Armeen versammeln, um Polen zu überfallen, hat Hitler einen Masterplan entwickelt, um die Briten abzulenken, während der Blitzkrieg stattfindet. Ein deutscher Archäologe aus Dahrein, Otto Muller, der gerade eine sensationelle Entdeckung gemacht hat, wird nach Berlin gerufen. In Dahrein, dem von Spanien gehaltenen Hafen am Golf, machen sich Gavin Kane, ein amerikanischer Händler, und Ruth Cunningham auf die Suche nach Ruths Ehemann, einem Archäologen, der in der Wüste verschwunden ist, während er versuchte, den lange verlorenen Tempel von Sheba zu finden. Mit wenig mehr als dem alten Testament eines griechischen Abenteurers, Alexias, dem einzigen Überlebenden einer römischen Expedition von 24 v. Chr., wagen sich Kane und Cunningham in das unzugängliche Leere Viertel, den Rubh al Khali, eine Region voller Gesetzlosigkeit, Verrat und Tod. Sie rufen all ihre List und Einfallsreichtum auf, um in der Wüste und ihren Bewohnern zu überleben, und werden unaufhaltsam von der überwältigenden Anziehungskraft von Sheba angezogen. Als sie schließlich ihr Ziel erreichen, stoßen sie auf eine Verschwörung, die verheerende Folgen für die Welt haben könnte. Inspiriert von einem seiner frühen Romane, der längst vergriffen ist, weist Sheba alle Merkmale eines klassischen Higgins-Thrillers auf.

Der lange Mord/Afrika, deunkel kockende Welt/Das grosse Doppelspiel/Wer entführte Suzy Marsh? - bk474; Verlag "Das Beste"; Patrick Ruell/Tania Blixen/Jack Higgins/Barbara Nickolae; Paperback; 1991

Il colonello Steiner, soprannominato "Aquila", è tenuto prigioniero nella Torre di Londra dopo il fallito attentato a Churchill. Per liberarlo - con l'intento di riservargli un 'trattamento' speciale a causa del suo errore - , Himmler incarica il terrorista dell'Ira Liam Devlin. Costui, affiancato da un gruppo di fedeli collaboratori, accetta il rischioso e difficile compito. Ma la partita si rivela presto ben più complessa del previsto e i pezzi sulla scacchiera del gioco mutano di posizione, trasformando perfino dei nemici in alleati...

Top-Agenten - Eine geballte Ladung Lesevergnügen - bk1126; Scherz Verlag; Will Berthold/Alfred Coppel/Martin Cruz Smith/Jack Higgins/Heinz G. Konsalik/Alistair MacLean/Stefan Murr/Harold Robbins; pocket_book; 1990

A story of intrigue and espionage during World War II.