John D. MacDonald Libri
John D. MacDonald fu un maestro della narrazione di suspense, che si addentrò negli aspetti più oscuri della società americana. Il suo stile era caratterizzato da osservazioni acute, descrizioni vivide e un'incisiva psicologia dei personaggi. MacDonald esplorò temi di responsabilità morale, l'impatto della tecnologia e le complessità delle relazioni umane. Il suo prolifico corpus di opere ottenne il plauso di lettori e critici per il suo potere avvincente e la sua senza tempo indagine sulla natura umana.
The best of Travis McGee
- 633pagine
- 23 ore di lettura
Darker than Amber, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper, Dress her in Indigo
"McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER A lovely young girl steps in front of Travis McGee's headlights. McGee misses the girl but lands in ten feet of swamp water. As he's limping along the deserted road, someone in an old truck takes a few shots at him. And, when he goes to the local sheriff to complain, the intrepid Travis McGee finds himself arrested and charged with murder. And he can't help but ask himself, is this what they call southern hospitality...?
Made in His Image
- 324pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Challenging conventional beliefs, this book explores the Bible's teachings on gender equality and the role of women in ministry. It delves into interpretations and perspectives that may reshape readers' understanding of scriptural texts, encouraging a reevaluation of traditional views. Through thoughtful analysis, it aims to empower women and promote a more inclusive interpretation of religious teachings regarding their involvement in spiritual leadership.
Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign
- 208pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Highly illustrated history of the Italian Front during the Great War with over 130 rare archive photographs of the campaign and the battlefields.
McGee tracks killers who brutally murder an ailing millionaire. He renews unfinished adventure with Hollywood actress who leads him into a nasty nest of murderers involving a motorcycle gang, porn movies, and mad balloonists. And Mcgee relearns old lesson. Only close to the edge of death does he feel completely alive.
Novels by Doyle, Maugham, Charteris, MacDonald, Gardner, Woolrick, and Fleming deal with spies and secret agents in World Wars I and II and the cold war
Travis McGee: The Green Ripper
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Beautiful girls always grace the Florida beaches, strolling, sailing, relaxing at the many parties on Travis McGee's houseboat, The Busted Flush. McGee was too smart--and had been around too long--for many of them to touch his heart. Now, however, there was Gretel. She had discovered the key to McGee--to all of him--and now he had something to hope for. Then, terribly, unexpectedly, she was dead. From a mysterious illness, or so they said. But McGee knew the truth, that Gretel had been murdered. And now he was out for blood...
