Joost van der Meer Livres

Ken Follett nous plonge dans l'une des périodes les plus captivantes et les plus violentes de l'Histoire... La grande aventure du XXe siècle, telle que personne ne l'a jamais racontée. En 1911, les grandes puissances vivent leurs derniers instants d'insouciance. Bientôt la guerre va déferler sur le monde... De l'Europe aux Etats-Unis, du fond des mines du pays de Galles aux antichambres du pouvoir soviétique, en passant par les tranchées de la Somme, cinq familles vont se croiser, s'unir, se déchirer, au rythme des bouleversements de l'Histoire. Passions contrariées, rivalités et intrigues, jeux politiques et trahisons... Cette fresque magistrale explore toute la gamme des sentiments humains à travers le destin de personnages exceptionnels, visionnaires et ambitieux... Billy et Ethel Williams, Lady Maud Fitzherbert, Walter von Ulrich, Gus Dewar, Grigori et Lev Pechkov vont braver les obstacles et les peurs pour s'aimer, pour survivre, pour tenter de changer le cours du monde. Entre saga historique et roman d'espionnage, drames amoureux et lutte des classes, ce premier volet du Siècle raconte une vertigineuse épopée où l'aventure et le suspense rencontrent le souffle de l'Histoire...

In the fifth installment of the bestselling I Am Number Four series, the Garde face devastating losses. Number Five has betrayed them, Eight is lost, and Ella has been kidnapped, leaving the team scattered. In Chicago, John forms an unexpected alliance with Adam, a Mogadorian defector who knows their secrets and the location of their command base near Washington, DC. However, during their assault, John discovers that the Mogadorians have initiated their ultimate invasion. Meanwhile, Six, Nine, and Marina navigate the Florida Everglades, pursuing the traitorous Five. Marina develops a new Legacy that empowers her to fight back, but her desire for revenge risks consuming her. Though the Garde appears fractured, they remain determined to resist. As long as one member stands, the battle for Earth's survival continues. This thrilling young adult series appeals to fans of action-packed science fiction, comparable to The Fifth Wave, The Maze Runner, and Ender’s Game. The fight for Earth rages on, with more adventures in the series and an exciting spin-off, Generation One, waiting to be explored.

Beautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget. After a mysterious fall from his New York City apartment, Philip Chase has moved back home with his mother, Charlene, a bitter woman who has never fully accepted the death of her younger son, Ronnie, five years earlier. Numb from watching too much television, rereading a tragic biography, and trading snipes with his mother, Philip is in stasis. But everything changes late one windy February night when Ronnie's high school girlfriend shows up on their doorstep. A sad young woman who still bears the scars of the accident that took Ronnie's life on the night of their prom, Melissa has unexpectedly found hope. She is nine months pregnant. And the father, she claims, is Ronnie. So begins this startling tale, which moves from one breathless surprise to another as Philip and his mother confront not only Melissa's past but their own. Their desperate search for answers takes them on a poignant and emotional journey, ultimately placing them in the path of murder and revenge. At once a moving story of redemption and a heart-stopping work of suspense, Strange but True confirms John Searles's place among the most gifted voices of his generation. Beautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget.

Revealed in 2006, The Secret is an international phenomenon, giving people the power to live happier, more prosperous lives through the Law of Attraction. In the same vein as Breaking the Da Vinci Code , The Secret of "The Secret" takes an independent look at the people and the ideas behind the bestseller and examines what made The Secret so successful. Some of the revelations include: - The birth of the secret: the story behind the creation of the book and the film - Culture of hope: what draws our culture to seek answers and change our destiny using the power of the mind and the universe? - The ideas behind the secret: how do history, science and religion play major roles as underpinnings of The Secret ? - The people behind the secret: from Beethoven and Shakespeare to Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie, their quotes pepper The Secret – so who are these people and did they really use The Secret ?

Een dodelijk supervirus is te koop voor de hoogste bieder. De enige persoon die een ramp kan voorkomen raakt besmet...

Turn a Blind Eye is the third instalment in the gripping story of Detective Inspector William Warwick, by the master storyteller and Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles. William Warwick, now a Detective Inspector, is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. His team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle appears to exceed his income. But as a personal relationship develops with a member of William's team, it threatens to compromise the whole investigation. Meanwhile, a notorious drug baron goes on trial, with the prosecution case led by William's father and sister. And William's wife Beth, now a mother to twins, renews an old acquaintance who appears to have turned over a new leaf, or has she? As the undercover officers start to draw the threads together, William realizes that the corruption may go deeper still, and more of his colleagues than he first thought might be willing to turn a blind eye. 'Peerless master of the page-turner' - Daily Mail

Les Ryan père et fils face au plus grand défi de leur vie Les ambitions territoriales de la Chine ne cessent de croitre. En ligne de mire : Taïwan et le sud de la mer de Chine où patrouille la flotte de l'U.S. Navy. Réélu président des U.S.A., Jack Ryan Sr est confronté à une crise internationale majeure. A l'heure où les deux superpuissances sont au bord de l'affrontement, il sait qu'il peut compter sur l'organisation antiterroriste clandestine qu'il a initiée. Mais une taupe menace l'existence du Campus en proie à des attaques ciblées. Jack Jr et ses hommes arriveront-ils à empêcher une cyber guerre mondiale aux conséquences terrifiantes ? Avec A la poursuite d'Octobre rouge , Tom Clancy inventait son propre genre à mi-chemin entre le techno-thriller et le thriller politique. Nul depuis n'est arrivé à surpasser le maître, inégalé aux yeux de ses nombreux fans : documentation impressionnante, suspense garanti de bout en bout.

Mack, hoogleraar psychiatrie aan de universiteit van Harvard, werkt sinds enkele jaren met mensen die beweren door buitenaardse wezens te zijn ontvoerd. In dit boek beschrijft hij uitvioerig het geval van een tiental van deze mensen, mannen en vrouwen, uit alle lagen van de bevolking. Zij maken "veelal onder hynose" melding van ruimteschepen, kleine grijze wezens en een onwaarschijnlijke hoeveelheid seks. Staat Mack aanvankelijk nog sceptisch tegenover hub verhalen, uiteindelijk kan hij niet anders dan concluderen dat de ervaringen van deze getraumatiseerde mensen berust op ware gebeurtenissen, en niet veroorzaakt door hallucinaties of waanideeën, De auteur besteedt veel aandacht aan de spirituele aspecten van de ontvoeringservaring. Vrijwel allen maken melding van persoonlijke groei en bewustwording van menselijke vernielzucht en de ecologische crisis op aarde.Mack ziet dit alles als een mogelijk signaal van een "hogere"intelligentie" om de vernietigende kracht van het menselijk ras te keren.

Accepting an assignment from the CIA to take out an arms dealer who is supplying criminal groups in Southeast Asia, assassin-for-hire John Rain finds the job compromised by a rival assassin and the fear that he is being set up. Reprint.

The story follows Israeli espionage agent Eytan Eckstein, whose mission to eliminate terrorist Amar Kamil goes horribly wrong when they mistakenly kill an innocent man. This blunder ignites a deadly cat-and-mouse game, as Kamil seeks revenge by systematically targeting Eckstein's team. As the tension escalates, Kamil's ultimate goal becomes clear: an assassination plot aimed at the Israeli Prime Minister, leading to a thrilling race against time to prevent catastrophe.

Vlak voor het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog neemt Harry Clifton dienst bij de marine om te ontsnappen aan de familiegeheimen en zijn teleurstelling dat hij nooit met Emma Barrington zal kunnen trouwen. Bij een schermutseling met de Duitsers op de Atlantische Oceaan wordt zijn schip tot zinken gebracht en slechts een handjevol overlevenden wordt opgepikt door een Amerikaans cruiseschip. Als Tom Bradshaw, een van Harry’s officieren, diezelfde nacht alsnog sterft, grijpt Harry zijn kans en neemt diens identiteit aan. Bij aankomst in New York beseft Harry dat hij een grote fout heeft gemaakt. De problemen die Tom Bradshaw bij zijn vertrek achterliet, konden wel eens veel groter zijn dan die van hemzelf, en Harry heeft geen enkele mogelijkheid meer zijn ware identiteit te bewijzen.

John Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes his name and identity. He does not put down roots. He cannot tell anyone who or what he really is. If he stops moving those who hunt him will find and kill him. But you can't run forever. So he stops in Paradise, Ohio.

Que des terroristes provoquent la destruction du plus grand complexe pétrolier d'URSS - l'action se passe au milieu des années 80 - et le Politburo s'engage dans une guerre en Europe contre l'OTAN. Impressionnante recréation d'un conflit qui n'est heureusement pas arrivé, Tempête rouge est un techno-thriller palpitant qui vous tiendra éveillé jusqu'au bout de la nuit.

St Anselm, un collège de théologie fondé au XIXe siècle et situé sur un promontoire isolé et venteux de la côte sud-est de l'Angleterre, accueille une vingtaine d'étudiants qui se destinent à la prêtrise anglicane. Lorsque l'un d'eux, Ronald Treeves, est découvert mort au pied d'une falaise, enseveli par une chute de sable, son richissime père adoptif, Sir Alred Treeves, demande à New Scotland Yard de réexaminer le verdict de " mort accidentelle " énoncé à l'issue de l'enquête. Le commandant Dalgliesh, qui a lui-même fréquenté le collège au cours de son enfance, accepte de venir passer un week-end sur les lieux pour ce qu'il ne croit devoir être qu'une vérification de routine. En réalité, il va se trouver confronté à l'une des plus sordides affaires de sa carrière. Car d'autres visiteurs sont attendus ce même week-end au collège, et tous n'en ressortiront pas vivants. P. D. James a trouvé avec ce petit collège de théologie un cadre idéal pour un roman policier, un monde presque clos où fermentent les passions. Outre les quatre ecclésiastiques qui dirigent l'établissement et assurent les principaux cours, outre la vingtaine d'étudiants et l'infirmière Margaret Munroe, il y a Gregory, le professeur de grec excentrique, Emma, la très belle professeur de poésie, Eric, le factotum qui élève des cochons et qui reçoit tous les quinze jours dans son cottage sa demi-soeur incestueuse... [4e de couv.]

Les talents de négociateur et les compétences tactiques de Gideon Davis lui ont valu le rôle de pacificateur dans les conflits sensibles du monde entier. Sa nouvelle mission : récupérer pour Washington un agent double de l'Asie du Sud-Est qui n'accepte, paraît-il, de ne se rendre qu'à lui. Cet agent, c'est Tillman Davis, son frère. Les deux hommes ne se sont pas vus depuis des années... Mais plutôt que de se livrer, Tillman prend en otage un membre du gouvernement. Gideon est alors contraint de débarquer dans un pays déchiré par de violents combats pour atteindre l'Obélisque, une plate-forme pétrolière ultramoderne envahie par des terroristes dirigés par... Tillman lui-même ! Entraîné dans une course contre la montre, il doit ramener son frère à la raison et empêcher une conspiration internationale de provoquer une hécatombe.

The Los Angeles Police Department's famed 5-2 squad boards a commuter train in an attempt to take a cold-blooded killer into custody. John Barron, the newest and youngest member of the elite LAPD unit, learns quickly that the 5-2 has their own deadly system of justice, and that even the slightest protest will result in his suffering the same swift fate. Thus begins a dark, explosive struggle between good and evil—pitting Barron's squad against an exceedingly imaginative and brutal killer. Suddenly the game widens when John flees to London with his sister, Rebecca, and they are thrown into a race against time. Pursuing them is a baroness, beautiful and cruel, who will stop at nothing to protect her family, her fortune, and her global ambitions. Her secret—spanning oceans, continents, the collapse of the USSR, even the death of the Tsars—is a stunning revelation that could catapult her to the pinnacle of world power.

Ce n'est plus un cauchemar. C'est peut-être déjà la réalité. L'arme parfaite. Celle qui a le pouvoir de détruire l'humanité entière mais permet de cibler ses victimes. Un virus dormant qu'une simple injection de microcapsules permet d'activer. Toutes les capitales du monde sont en état d'alerte. Il faut trouver la riposte à ce fléau qui menace la planète. Maintenant ou jamais. Avec Dette d'honneur et Sur ordre, Tom Clancy avait malheureusement deviné et décrit l'horreur et le terrorisme aveugle d'aujourd'hui. Frappe biologique, dont la vraisemblance géopolitique rattrape la pire des actualités, ne fait que confirmer que toute ressemblance avec des situations ou des personnages réels n'ont plus rien d'imaginaire.

William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion means that he, along with the rest of his team, have been reassigned to the Drugs Squad. They are immediately tasked with apprehending Assem Rashidi, a notorious drug dealer, who operates his extensive network out of South London.As the investigation progresses, William runs into enemies old and new: Adrian Heath, from his school days, now a street dealer who he convinces to turn informer; and financier Miles Faulkner, who makes a mistake that could finally see him put behind bars. Meanwhile, William and his fiancée Beth enjoy making preparations for their upcoming wedding, though an unpleasant surprise awaits them at the altar.As William's team closes the net around a criminal network like none they have ever faced before, he devises a trap they would never expect, one that is hidden in plain sight...

A Japanese-American assassin who specializes in "natural cause" killings finds his carefully ordered world coming under siege in the wake of a government official's murder, with which he has been falsely connected, a situation that is complicated by his attraction to the victim's daugher. Reprint.

Aux confins de l'Europe et de l'Asie, la région de la mer Caspienne est une zone stratégique. Un no man's land dont les gisements pétrolifères suscitent depuis toujours l'extrême convoitise de l'Azerbaïdjan et de l'Iran, sous 1'œil attentif de la Russie et des États-Unis. Une contrée idéale pour allumer une guerre... Justement, des terroristes font sauter une plate-forme iranienne au large de Bakou. Pour enrayer l'implacable mécanisme des alliances et éviter un conflit mondial, la cellule antiterroriste Op-Center devra faire preuve de sang-froid. Surtout quand les terroristes tentent de provoquer le chaos et d'affaiblir le président des Etats-Unis... Et qu'ils agissent dans le secret même de la Maison Blanche !

Het begint onschuldig: een neef van de minister van Marine meldt zijn oom dat hem iets vreemds is opgevallen op de marinewerf waar hij werkt. De minister vraagt Joe DeMarco, een jurist die vaak undercover klusjes opknapt voor de voorzitter van het Huis van Afgevaardigden, om eens onopvallend poolshoogte te nemen. Maar nog voordat DeMarco met zijn onderzoek kan beginnen, is de neef van de minister al dood. DeMarco ontdekt dat, hoewel de bouwtekeningen en handleidingen van de atoomschepen extreem goed beveiligd zijn, er toch informatie wordt gestolen. Ren iedereen met wie hij spreekt, wordt vermoord….

Set in our nation’s capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming. When the storm got bad, Frank Vanderwal was in his office at the National Science Foundation. When it was over, large chunks of San Diego had eroded into the sea, and D.C. was underwater. Everything Frank and his colleagues feared had culminated in this disaster. And now the world was looking to them to fix it. But even as D.C. bails itself out, a more extreme climate change looms. The melting polar ice caps are shutting down the warm Gulf Stream waters—meaning Ice Age conditions could return. And the last time that happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start.…

„Перфектен трилър.“ Сан Франциско Кроникъл „Том Кланси, безспорният фаворит, шампионът сред писателите предлага неописуеми приключения — висш пилотаж сред експлозивна смес от престъпления, екшън и нови технологии.“ Ню Йорк Таймс На холографски футболен мач, където Мат Хънтър и неговите приятели отиват да видят любимите си играчи, се случва нещо странно. Четирима души, маскирани като герои от гангстерските филми от 30-те години на XX век, откриват огън по играчите и трибуните. Дори виртуалните куршуми могат да убиват. Мат и приятелите му знаят, че «виртуалните вандали» трябва да бъдат спрени. Кървавата баня на стадиона е само началото.

A Boston heiress who has it all, a penniless Ibizan boy toiling in a hotel laundry, a billionaire with a mysterious past. They all share a dream, to own the most successful hotel in the world.

An original novel based on Fox's new hit television series, inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs, creator of the Temperance Brennan series. Original.

BORN AS TWINS RAISED AS ENEMIES BOUND BY DEATH Cass is born a few minutes after her brother, Zach. Both infants are perfect, but only one is a blessing; only one is an Alpha. The other child must be cast out. But with no discernible difference, other than their genders, their parents cannot tell which baby is tainted. Perfect twins. So rare, they are almost a myth. But sooner or later the Omega will slip up. It will eventually show its true self. The polluted cannot help themselves. Then its face can be branded. Then it can be sent away.

One Russian magnate's dream of restoring a nation to greatness has set in motion a chain of events which will take the world to the brink of chaos. Only Frances Coffey, the CIA's most legendary spymaster, can prevent it. But to do so, she needs someone special.Enter Argylle. His life came to a crashing halt as a teenager. Since then he has been treading water, building barriers between himself and the world. Until one moment of compassion and brilliance will bring him to the attention of the most powerful woman in the secret world.Coffey knows all about Argylle's dark past. She knows it haunts him. But she also knows it may give him the skills to join the team going up against one of the most powerful men in the world. His crash course in espionage will take him from the jungles of Thailand to the boulevards of Monaco, from the monasteries of Mount Athos to a forgotten cavern buried deep in the mountains.It is a deathly rollercoaster ride that will either make him - or break him...

The third Antichrist is here, just as Nostradamus predicted--and Adam Sabir is the only man who can prevent hell from reigning on earth, in the final Nostradamus installment Five centuries ago, Nostradamus wrote of three Antichrists. Two, Napoleon and Hitler, have already bathed the world in blood--but it is the third who will bring the Apocalypse. And his time has come. In the mountains of Moldova, a ruthless tyrant is hailed as the Second Coming of Christ. In the gypsy camps of Romania, a woman's unborn child could change the course of the world. In a polluted sinkhole in Mexico, four siblings pledge themselves to vengeance. Only scholar Adam Sabir, guardian of the lost prophecies of Nostradamus, knows what will happen when these destinies collide. He alone has decoded the identity of the Third Antichrist. He alone knows the one who can prevent this tyrant's rise. The fate of the world is in his hands. The countdown to Armageddon has begun.

Een psychotherapeut toont hoe de mens, door gebruik te maken van de onbegrensde mogelijkheden van zijn geest, kan komen tot een hoger bewustzijn.

Een ontsnapte moordenaar die aan het syndroom van Korsakoff lijdt, treedt in contact met de geest van een meisje uit de achttiende eeuw en brengt zo een hele reeks van bizarre gebeurtenissen op gang.

Gedramatiseerd verslag van de opbloeiende handel in derivaten, die oorzaak is van de huidige turbulentie op de financiële markt.

Autobiografie van de Amerikaanse musicus (1940-1993).