Peter O. Donnell Livres

Features the classic stories The Girl From The Future, The Big Mole and Lady In The Dark. This title comes with story introductions that takes readers behind the scenes of each story.

A collection of stories in which the tag-team of Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin battle with the darkest elements of the underworld once again.

"Modesty’s latest adventure takes place in the jungles of South America, where she and her loyal henchman, Willie Garvin, take on the evil Mistress of Limbo. The Mistress has enslaved the people of Limbo, including Modesty’s friend Danny. After a failed kidnapping, Modesty learns of her friend’s enslavement and sets out to rescue him and set Limbo free. In an adventure that spans London, Switzerland, and New York City, Modesty ends up in Guatemala, where the Mistress of Limbo has commanded that Modesty be sacrificed to the gods. With Willie at her side, Modesty must fight a Mayan priestess to free herself and the slaves on what will be the last day in Limbo."

In their fourth exhilarating caper a whirlwind of action sweeps Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin from the underworld of Panama to the blast furnace of the Sahara as they tangle with enemies old and new ..

This tenth book of the Modesty Blaise pulp fiction series finds the heroine drawn into conflict with the mysterious group known as the Watchmen, who have plans to destroy the Golden Gate Bridge.

Spotlighting the popular female detective and her trusty sidekick, this collection of short stories pursues Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin through one adventure after another, following their footsteps from South America to Finland. Recounting their constant duels with the world's villains, these tales also detail the dauntless duo's improvised weaponry?from circus cannons to human kites. Serving as a fascinating companion to the legendary crime fighter's full-length escapades, this anthology delves deeper into her relationship with Willie Garvin, who is given his own heroic story while he is once again carried along on even more cunning plans.

In the second installment of Peter O'Donnell's best-selling Modesty Blaise series, Karz, a modern day Genghis Khan with an army of ruthless mercenaries, plans to take over oil-rich Kuwait. It is left to Modesty Blaise and her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, to investigate Karz before an epic battle takes place in the Hindu Kush mountains. Modesty must fight alone to prevent an invasion that will change the world.

Focusing on the geometrical development of 2-spinors in general relativity, this book provides a more intuitive understanding of their behavior, avoiding the abstract nature of representation theory. It explores the algebra and calculus of spinors in curved space-time, illustrating their connections to well-known tensor fields in the field. The analysis of the Lanczos spinor wraps up the content, with practical applications of previously introduced techniques. Each chapter includes exercises to reinforce learning and enhance comprehension.

In this classic return we see Modesty both at her most feminine and at her toughest. Trapped in an earthquake disaster with a dying man, she makes a promise that is to lead her and her faithful friend Willie Garvin into the most perilous crisis of their careers. Their quest takes them from Tangier to Paris, from the Riviera to Corsica, and finally to a stronghold in the heart of the Atlas Mountains, their every move observed and manipulated by El Mico, the most notorious and dangerous criminal genius in the Mediterranean. Unknown to Modesty, she holds a secret that El Mico covets above all else, and she is brought to a final confrontation with death in the stronghold of Xanadu. As in all the Modesty Blaise stories, this book is peopled with a host of eccentric the engaging Dr. Giles Pennyfeather, Modesty’s devoted friend, and her opponents Little Krell, a prodigy in combat, the Silk brothers, juvenile adults who deal in death, and the astonishing Nanny Prendergast.