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Arthur Hailey Libri

    5 aprile 1920 – 24 novembre 2004

    Arthur Hailey intreccia magistralmente conflitti umani drammatici con informazioni approfondite sul funzionamento di vari ambienti industriali e commerciali. Ciascuno dei suoi romanzi è ambientato in un contesto diverso, esplorando come questi sistemi influenzano la società e i suoi abitanti. Nonostante la critica che ha etichettato il suo lavoro come formulaico, la sua capacità di creare suspense e narrazioni avvincenti gli ha assicurato un successo globale. L'ampia ricerca di Hailey e il suo deliberato processo di scrittura hanno portato a storie che hanno affascinato milioni di persone e sono state adattate in popolari film e serie televisive.

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    Hotel
    Ultime notizie

    • Detective

      • 570pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura
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      Malcolm Ainslie, a former Catholic priest turned homicide detective, is on a family holiday when he is called by a prison chaplain to hear the confession of a criminal with 24 hours left on death row. The condemned man, a serial killer convicted of 18 murders is, in fact, guilty of only 16 of them.

      Detective

    • Flight Into Danger

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      Captain Dunning had collapsed in the pilot's seat, but the voice at controls was calm: We are in distress... At least five passengers are sick. Both pilots are unconscious and in serious condition. My name is George Spenser. I am a passenger on this airplane. Correction: I was a passenger. I am now the pilot. What happened? Who was the new pilot? Would anyone reach the ground alive?

      Flight Into Danger

    • Strong medicine

      • 476pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura
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      Celia de Gray, drug saleswoman and wife of a physician, is forced to difficult decisions as she encounters scandals involving inadequate testing and false advertising of new drugs.

      Strong medicine

    • The Final Diagnosis

      • 334pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura
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      Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here All the drama, color and explosive action of Hotel! The whole fascinating story of a great hospital, where life begins and life ends. BIRTH. A "yellow baby" - "Get the operating room set up for a total transfusion - " EMERGENCY. The nurse's urgent voice on the phone - "Doctor! You patient is hemorrhaging!" LOVE. The hurried embrace in a linen closet. SURGERY. Scalpel slices. Blood spurts. Diagnosis correct? "Hemostat, hemostat quick!" AUTOPSY. The cadaver opened from sternum to pubic bone. "Doctor! The nurse fainted." The dramatic techniques of modern medicine, the crucial, intimate scenes inside a big hospital -

      The Final Diagnosis