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John D. MacDonald

    24 luglio 1916 – 28 dicembre 1986

    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.

    John D. MacDonald
    On the Make
    Made in His Image
    Andover
    The best of Travis McGee
    Un uomo in mare per Travis McGee
    Il promontorio della paura
    • This work features approximately 150 detailed historic photographs from The Francis Frith Collection with extended captions and full introduction. Suitable for tourists, local historians and general readers.

      Andover
    • 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.

      Made in His Image
    • On the Make

      • 200pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      A disillusioned Korean War veteran seeks answers in the small town of Hillston, driven by a lead on $60,000 in embezzled funds revealed by a dying friend. As he searches for the money's location, he faces the threat of Earl Fitzmartin, a terrifying former POW. The quest intertwines with the lives of women from the dead man's past, including the respectable Ruth Stamm and the dangerous Toni Rassele. This early work by a crime writing legend showcases hard-boiled writing, brutal action, and complex characters, complemented by a biography of John D. MacDonald and an essay on the paperback revolution.

      On the Make
    • Modern computer technology meets the history of warfare in this book, the Great Battles of WWII. A stunning new look at the most spectacular campaigns of World War II, this book uses incredible computer graphics to recreate every detail of the most significant battles and strategies. Topography and troop strength, illustrations and maps of actions carried out are presented with the latest technology down to the smallest detail.

      Great Battles of World War II
    • "Travis McGee is back in action and he is in fine, fine form....What a treat. It is John D. MacDonald's 21st Travies McGee book and, without reservaton, his best."THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE Searching for a wealthy friend's yacht, Travis McGee puts himself square in the center of the international cocaine trade, and finds himself the target of some of the most ruthless villains he's ever met. Contemplating his own mortality for the first time, Travis McGee discovers amid all the danger the astonishing surprise behind the cat-shaped pipe cleaners someone is leaving at his door. This is vintage McGee in a novel that confirms John D. MacDonald's reputation as one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

      The Lonely Silver Rain
    • Dress Her in Indigo

      • 302pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      From a beloved master of crime fiction, Dress Her in Indigo is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. Travis McGee could never deny his old friend anything. So before Meyer even says please, McGee agrees to accompany him to Mexico to reconstruct the last mysterious months of a young woman’s life—on a fat expense account provided by the father who has lost touch with her. They think she’s fallen in with the usual post-teenage misfits and rebels. What they find is stranger, kinkier, and far more deadly. “To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen.”—Kurt Vonnegut All Meyer’s friend wants to know is whether his daughter was happy before she died in a car accident south of the border. But when McGee and Meyer step foot in the hippie enclave in Oaxaca that had become Bix Bowie’s last refuge, they get more than they bargained for. Not only had Bix made a whole group of dangerous, loathsome friends, but she was also mixed up in trafficking heroin into the United States. By the time she died, she was a shell of her former self. And the more McGee looks into things, the less accidental Bix’s death starts to seem. Features a new Introduction by Lee Child

      Dress Her in Indigo