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Robert Harris

    7 mars 1957

    Robert Harris est un auteur célèbre dont les œuvres plongent souvent dans des événements historiques et des intrigues politiques avec une touche contemporaine captivante. Son style d'écriture est réputé pour ses recherches méticuleuses et sa capacité à entraîner les lecteurs dans des récits pleins de suspense. Grâce à sa précision et à sa narration captivante, il a acquis un lectorat mondial important. Ses romans explorent fréquemment des thèmes de pouvoir, d'histoire et de condition humaine.

    Robert Harris
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    Pompei
    V2
    Fatherland
    Imperium
    Dictator
    • Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe.In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer with Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents. Suddenly, what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government—and will alter the course of political history.An unrivaled master of seamlessly weaving fact and fiction, Precipice is another electrifying thriller from the brilliant imagination of Robert Harris.

      Precipice2024
      3,9
    • PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024 FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'His best since Fatherland' The Times 'A master storyteller' Observer 'An important book for our particular historical moment' Guardian 'From what is it they flee?' He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, 'They killed the King.' 1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. They are on the run and wanted for the murder of Charles I. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion, they have been found guilty in absentia of high treason. In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive. Act of Oblivion is an epic journey across continents, and a chase like no other. It is the thrilling new novel by Robert Harris. 'The king of the page-turning thriller' i Paper 'Harris's cleverness, judgment and eye for detail are second to none' Sunday Times 'Harris writes with a skill and ingenuity that few other novelists can match' Financial Times 'Harris is a master of historical fiction, a compelling author who brings to life the recent and ancient past' TLS Sunday Times bestseller, June 2023

      Act of Oblivion2022
      4,1
    • A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes 1942

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Set against the backdrop of World War II, this thrilling narrative reimagines Sherlock Holmes as he faces a new adversary—a killer mimicking the infamous Jack the Ripper. The story blends historical elements with the iconic detective's sharp intellect, as he navigates the challenges of a war-torn society while unraveling a series of gruesome murders. The unique setting and the chilling echoes of the past create a captivating atmosphere that tests Holmes's legendary skills.

      A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes 19422021
      3,8
    • Returning Light

      • 272pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      'On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the past are easily made; ancient ways of viewing things come alive.'

      Returning Light2021
      3,1
    • Jednoho dne stvoří Arthur Conan Doyle toho nejznámějšího detektiva na světě – Sherlocka Holmese. Teď je mu ale dvanáct a řeší své vlastní záhady! Artiemu je dvanáct a řeší své vlastní záhady. Když se jednou v noci vplíží se svým nejlepším kamarádem na hřbitov, rozhodně nečekají, že tam potkají ducha Šedé paní a objeví stopy obrovského psiska. Podivná vodítka je dovedou k sérii krádeží, jež má na svědomí tajemný Klub hrobníků. Pátrání je zavede nejen na hřbitovy, ale i do ponurých uliček Edinburghu…

      Lovec záhad Artie Conan Doyle. Klub hrobníků2021
      3,8
    • A Study in Crimson

      • 304pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Sherlock Holmes returns in a brand new adventure, pitting the world's greatest detective against a new incarnation of its most notorious killer. This tribute is inspired by the classic Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, which updated Holmes and Watson to wartime London.

      A Study in Crimson2020
      3,6
    • V2

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      C'est au crépuscule des guerres que se livrent les batailles les plus ignobles. Maître du thriller historique, Robert Harris nous fait découvrir sous un autre angle la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, à l'heure où les Allemands mettaient au point l'arme absolue. Automne 1944. Rudi Graf, ingénieur allemand, voit son rêve de conquête spatiale virer au cauchemar. La fusée qui devait lui permettre d'aller sur la Lune a été détournée par le Reich pour donner naissance à un missile balistique ultraperformant : le V2. Détruire l'Angleterre, vite ; reprendre la main sur cette guerre qui s'enlise. Pour ce faire, dix mille missiles viennent d'être créés et c'est Rudi et son ami Wernher von Braun, ingénieur aérospatial devenu officier SS, qui sont chargés de mener à bien ce projet. Le Blitz sous les V2, la Londonienne Kay Caton-Walsh le côtoie de près. Officier de la WAAF, la Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Kay est envoyée en Belgique pour trouver le site de lancement de ces missiles et l'anéantir. La mission est périlleuse. Mais, au coeur de ce territoire ravagé, Kay va pouvoir compter sur un allié inattendu... (Payot.ch)

      V22020
      3,9
    • Hledaný: Další příběh Elvise Colea a Joa Pika. Tentokrát si je najme matka, která se obává o mladého syna. Domove, ó domove: Příběh z 50. let 20. století, o rančerech v nezkrocené prérii a o nesnadném životě, komplikovaném přírodou i zlobou lidí. Konkláve: Nečekaně lidsky napínavý příběh o tom, jak dramaticky může probíhat volba nového papeže. Mizející rok: Zoe Whittakerovou, bohatou mladou ženu, pronásleduje tajemství z minulosti.

      Hledaný. Domove, ó domove. Konkláve. Mizející rok2019
      4,0
    • The second sleep

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts - coins, fragments of glass, human bones - which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? Fairfax becomes determined to discover the truth. Over the course of the next six days, everything he believes - about himself, his faith and the history of his world - will be tested to destruction.

      The second sleep2019
      3,5
    • Set against the backdrop of wartime Paris, Richard Hannay embarks on a thrilling mission to uncover a mysterious figure in possession of critical war secrets. As he navigates the dangers of espionage, Hannay must outsmart the Nazis to secure vital information that could alter the course of the conflict. This gripping tale combines suspense and adventure, showcasing Hannay's resourcefulness and determination in a high-stakes environment.

      The Thirty-One Kings: A Richard Hannay Thriller2018
      3,2
    • The Thirty-One Kings

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      June 1940.As German troops pour across France, the veteran soldier and adventurer Richard Hannay is called back into service. In Paris an individual code named 'Roland' has disappeared and is assumed to be in the hands of Nazi agents. Only he knows the secret of the Thirty-One Kings, a secret upon which the whole future of Europe depends. Hannay is dispatched to Paris to find Roland before the Germans overrun the city. On a hazardous journey across the battlefields of France Hannay is joined by old friends and new allies as he confronts a ruthless foe who will stop at nothing to destroy him.The lights are going out across Paris and time is running out for the world as both sides battle for the secret of the Thirty-One Kings.

      The Thirty-One Kings2017
      3,4
    • The Cicero Trilogy

      • 992pages
      • 35 heures de lecture

      'One of the great triumphs of contemporary historical literature.' The TimesWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'Laws are silent in times of war.' CiceroOne of the great epics of political and historical fiction, The Cicero Trilogy charts the career of the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero from his mid-twenties as an ambitious young lawyer to his dramatic death more than thirty years later, pursued by an assassination squad on a cliff-top path.The extraordinary life that unfolds between these two episodes is recounted by Cicero's private secretary, the law cases and the speeches that made his master's name; the elections and conspiracies he fought; the rivals who contended for power around him - Pompey, Crassus, Cato, Clodius, Catalina, and, most menacingly, Caesar; and, at the heart of it all, the complex personality of Cicero himself - brilliant, cunning, duplicitous, anxious, brave, and always intensely humane.More than ten years in the writing, and now published in a single volume for the first time, The Cicero Trilogy brings the world of the Roman republic vividly to life. Here is its grandeur, ambition and corruption; and here is its tumultuous collapse into dictatorship and anarchy - a story of the fragility of democratic institutions that holds a warning for our own time.

      The Cicero Trilogy2017
      4,5
    • Munich

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024 Now a major Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons _________________________ MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 1938 Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. They will meet in a city which forever afterwards will be notorious for what is about to take place. As Chamberlain's plane judders over the channel and the Fuhrer's train steams south, two young men travel with their leaders. Former friends from a more peaceful time, they are now on opposing sides. As Britain's darkest hour approaches, the fate of millions could depend on them - and the secrets they're hiding. Spying. Betrayal. Murder. Is any price too high for peace? _________________________ 'A brilliantly constructed spy novel' Observer 'Grips from start to finish ... Superb' Mail on Sunday _________________________ Now available: V2, Robert Harris's latest historical thriller Act of Oblivion, Sunday Times bestseller, June 2023

      Munich2017
      3,7
    • Conclave

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Unputdownable' Guardian 'Gripping' Sunday Times The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

      Conclave2016
      3,9
    • Dictator

      • 576pages
      • 21 heures de lecture

      Rome, 58 av J-C. A quarante-huit ans, Cicéron, le plus grand orateur de son époque, arrivé aux plus hautes sphères de l'Etat, est un homme brisé. Contraint à l'exil, loin des siens, dépossédé de tout, il paie cher le fait d'avoir défendu ses convictions. Après avoir assuré César de son soutien indéfectible, il est autorisé à rejoindre Rome. Il retrouve alors les cercles du pouvoir. Mais les alliances, trahisons et manoeuvres sont d'une telle violence et perfidie qu'il assiste, impuissant, à l'une des périodes les plus tumultueuses de l'histoire de l'humanité - la guerre civile, le meurtre de Pompée, l'assassinat de Jules César - qui aboutira à la chute de la République romaine. En s'emparant de l'histoire de Rome, Robert Harris nous entraîne dans un thriller politique plein de rebondissements et dépeint un monde qui ressemble étonnamment au nôtre.

      Dictator2015
      4,3
    • Leonardo e la macchina infernale

      • 229pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Firenze 1466. Il giovane da Vinci incappa in qualcosa che non avrebbe dovuto vedere: il disegno di un congegno in cui ruote dentate, carrucole, pesi e contrappesi si incastrano per formare una macchina misteriosa e forse letale. Leonardo non resiste e vuole sapere che cosa succederà quando la macchina entrerà in funzione. Ma la sua intelligenza e il suo coraggio saranno messi a dura prova: lo attendono omicidi, rapimenti e fughe rocambolesche per le campagne toscane. Una congiura è in atto contro i Medici, e solo un genio come Leonardo potrà sventarla in tempo. Un romanzo storico col ritmo di un thriller, ambientato nella Firenze rinascimentale centro dell'arte, della cultura ed dell'intrigo.

      Leonardo e la macchina infernale2014
      3,4
    • Growing Up Modern

      16 Quilt Projects for Babies & Kids

      • 128pages
      • 5 heures de lecture

      Allison Harris shows how beginner and expert sewists alike can make a child’s quilt that will be cherished for years to come. Growing Up Modern —16 Quilt Projects for Babies & Kids provides inspiration and guidance in 16 versatile keepsake projects. 7 of the patterns adapt to make crib- and twin-sized quilts. There’s a comprehensive overview on quiltmaking basics, step-by-step instructions, and vibrant photographs to help you from start to finish. For those who believe that quilting is impossible when you have kids, the author (and mother of 3) includes helpful hints on finding the time and keeping it fun.

      Growing Up Modern2013
      4,3
    • The Day the World Went Loki

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      'At that moment the kitchen door opened and something colossal came stomping out. It was about seven feet tall with green skin and tufts of black fur on the back of its ham-like hands. A long, thick tail was dragging heavily across the floor behind it. It was wearing Mum's green summer dress and white apron.' Lewis and Greg have accidentally turned their mum into a troll, and the town of St Andrews into a fantasy world overrun by yetis, elves, dragons and valkyries - few of them friendly. When the brothers recited an ancient rhyme to conjure up an extra day of the week, they had no idea it would work - or that the day would belong to the banished Norse god, Loki, master of mischief, monsters and mayhem. As the day wears on, time seems to be lagging behind. Will this day of madness never end? Can two ordinary boys outwit an ancient lord and his monstrous minions?

      The Day the World Went Loki2013
      3,5
    • An Officer and a Spy

      • 624pages
      • 22 heures de lecture

      IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY 'Seriously riveting . . . a testament to Robert Harris's storytelling power' The Times 'Taut and exciting' Guardian Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd. Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence until that tracked him down. But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is forced to confront the dangerous truth that Dreyfus may be innocent. Soon Picquart is being drawn into a labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life . . . 'Menace and suspense twist tight in a narrative of tremendous tension' Sunday Times

      An Officer and a Spy2013
      4,2
    • 1) Robert Harris: Index strachu - Alexandr Hoffmann je počítačový génius a jeho vizionářské nápady štědře vynášejí. Vytvořil v Ženevě novou formu umělé inteligence, která umí předvídat skoky na finančních trzích. Jeho investiční fond vydělává miliardy - dokud se jednoho dne něco nezvrtne. 2) Sophie Kinsella: Láska na zavolanou - Poppy má před svatbou s okouzlujícím intelektuálem Magnusem, který jí nedávno věnoval rodinnou památku - překrásný starožitný prsten se smaragdem. A právě ten - lépe řečeno jeho náhlé zmizení - se stane spouštěčem série bláznivých eskapád, jimž musí Poppy následně čelit. 3) Anthony Horowitz: Dům hedvábí - Je listopad roku 1890 a Londýn svírá ve spárech nemilosrdná zima. Nerozlučná dvojka Sherlock Holmes a doktor Watson právě popíjejí čaj u krbu, když tu náhle do bytu na Baker Street 221b vtrhne rozčilený gentleman a úpěnlivě prosí o pomoc v jisté záležitosti. 4) Sandra Brown: O život - Honor Gilletteové její čtyřletá dcerka hlásí, že na zahradě je nějaký pán, kterému asi není dobře. Honor spěchá neznámému na pomoc. Ukáže se však, že onen "pán, kterému není dobře", není nikdo jiný než Lee Coburn, muž podezřelý z několikanásobné vraždy.

      Index strachu, Láska na zavolanou, Dům hedvábí, O život2013
      4,6
    • The Macmillan Readers series are carefully graded from Starter to Upper Intermediate (A1-B2) to help students choose the right reading material for their ability. Our list of titles includes great stories from both contemporary and classic authors.

      The Ghost - B22012
    • Terreur sur la bourse. En étudiant les effets de la peur sur les marchés, le scientifique et financier Alex Hoffmann a découvert la brèche. Le gros lot. Son algorithme pourrait rapporter des millions de dollars... Au prix du chaos et de la destruction. Échappant bientôt à son maître, la créature à faire de l'argent s'emballe. Paranoïa, spéculation folle et intelligence artificielle : l'espèce humaine, désormais, se joue à la baisse...

      Pocket: L'indice de la peur2011
      3,5
    • Trilogía de Cicerón: Conspiración

      Cegado por la ambición, seducido por el poder, destruido por Roma - Novela

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in. From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, Lustrum (US: Conspirata) is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.

      Trilogía de Cicerón: Conspiración2010
      4,5
    • Призрак. Prizrak

      • 412pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Это последний бестселлер Р. Харриса полон загадок и интриг. Многие его романы были экранизированы

      Призрак. Prizrak2010
    • Míroví vyjednavači, kteří trpělivě hledají východisko z dlouholeté bezvýchodné arabsko-izraelské krize na Středním východě, stojí krůček od úspěchu. Dvě násilná a zdánlivě spolu nesouvisející úmrtí - profesora Šimona Guttmana, domnělého atentátníka na izraelského ministerskéhopředsedu, a archeologa Ahmeda Noura, domnělého kolaboranta s Izraelci - však zhatí jakékoli naděje na smírné řešení konfliktu. Americká vláda sáhne po svém posledním trumfu a vyšle do Tel Avivu bývalou excelentní vyjednavačku Maggie Costellovou. Ta je však záhy vtažena do pátrání po příčínách obou úmrtí a zjistí - i za pomoci oblíbené počítačové on-line hry Second Life -, že mezi oběma zavražděnými, byť každý z nich patřil do opačného tábora, existovalo pevné osobní i profesní pouto, a že jejich smrti předcházelo objevení něčeho, co by mohlo mít pro urovnání nesmiřitelného sváru arabského a izraelského národa zásadní význam. Veřejné odhalení tohoto objevu nesmírné historické hodnoty však není v zájmu všech zúčastněných.

      Testament, Stín, Konečná teorie2010
      5,0
    • Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy.

      Lustrum2009
      4,2
    • 1. Tieň-Robert Harris: Tieňový spisovateľ, profesionálny spoluautor životopisov, má za úlohu dokončiť pamäti bývalého britského premiéra. Honorár je lákavý, no počas rozhovorov s premiérom sa ukazuje, že sa dostáva do nebezpečných vôd, keď sa objavujú nepríjemné pravdy z jeho minulosti. 2. Drahý John-Nicholas Sparks: John Tyree, stratený mladík, sa v predvečer septembra 2001 naverbuje do americkej armády a zároveň sa zamiluje do Savany Lynn Curtisovej. Ich láska, poznačená vojnou v Iraku, je plná nečakaných zvratov a otázok o pravom význame lásky. 3. Minulé priestupky-Tami Hoagová: Sudkyňa Carey Moorová sa v emotívnom prípade brutálnej vraždy rozhodne ísť proti verejnej mienke a vydá rozhodnutie, ktoré jej znepriatelí mnohých. Netuší však, že sa ocitne v smrteľnom nebezpečenstve, ohrozujúcom nielen ju, ale aj jej dcérku, pričom zlyhá aj podpora jej manžela. 4. Psí život-Jon Katz: Jon Katz sa stáva americkým Jamesom Herriotom. Čitatelia jeho stĺpčekov a poslucháči rozhlasovej relácie sledujú jeho premeny z milovníka psov v meste na majiteľa ovčej farmy v New Yorku. Jeho zvieracia rodina sa rozrastá a prináša množstvo veselých aj smutných príbehov.

      Tieň / Drahý John / Minulé priestupky / Psí život2009
      4,5
    • Festival and Special Event Management 4th edition continues the comprehensive overview of the theory and procedures associated with festivals and special events established in previous editions. The new edition of this market leading text introduces new developments, professional 'tools' and the globalisation and subsequent internationalism of event management. The role of marketing and communication, environmental planning, the increasing role of governments through the creation of event strategies and the different perspectives of event management are all discussed. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to offer students a current, relevant textbook for their study and professional reference. Festival and Special Event Management has been translated into Portugese, Chinese, and Korean, and has also been adapted for the UK market. The authors have taught event management throughout Australia and in locations as diverse as Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Edinburgh, Auckland and Cape Town.

      Wiley Australia Tourism Series: Festival and Special Event Management - Fourth Edition2008
      5,0
    • The Ghost

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, he jumps at the chance to ghost the memoirs of Britain's former prime minister, especially as it means flying to the American resort of Martha's Vineyard in the middle of winter and finishing the book in the seclusion of a luxurious house.

      The Ghost2007
      3,7
    • Imperium

      • 466pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      71 avant J.-C., la République romaine est déchirée, le sénat est le théâtre de tous les complots. Dans le sud, Crassus mate Spartacus et ses esclaves en révolte ; en Espagne, Pompée lutte contre les rebelles de Sertorius ; à Rome, un jeune sénateur, Marcus Tullius Cicéron, rêve d'accéder à l' imperium, le pouvoir politique suprême. Mais sans fortune ni naissance, ce brillant avocat ne peut compter que sur son éloquence pour réussir. Une affaire pourrait bien servir ses desseins : un homme lui demande d'assurer sa défense contre Gaius Verrès, le redouté gouverneur de Sicile, qui l'aurait odieusement spolié. L'irrésistible ascension de Cicéron commence...

      Imperium2006
      4,2
    • Enigma Archangel

      • 874pages
      • 31 heures de lecture

      Suspense fiction. Enigma: The hero is Tom Jericho, a brilliant British mathematician working as a member of the team struggling to crack the Nazi Enigma code. Jericho's own struggles include nerve-wracking mental labour, the mysterious disappearance of a former girlfriend, the suspicions of his coworkers within the paranoid high-security project, and the certainty that someone close to him, perhaps the missing girl, is a Nazi spy. Archangel: When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down, whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue and decadence of modern Moscow he heads north - to the vast forests surrounding the White Sea port of Archangel, and a terrifying encounter with Russia's unburied past.

      Enigma Archangel2005
      4,0
    • Pompei

      • 415pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Le temps est lourd en cette dernière semaine d'août de l'an 79, l'atmosphère étouffante. Une étrange odeur de soufre flotte dans l'air. Attilius, jeune ingénieur fraîchement nommé pour entretenir le gigantesque aqueduc qui alimente toute la baie de Naples et qui montre des signes de faiblesse incompréhensibles, est inquiet. En plus, son prédécesseur a disparu sans laisser de traces, et, pire que tout, il est tombé éperdument amoureux de Corelia, la ravissante fille d'Ampliatus, un esclave affranchi devenu l'homme le plus riche et le plus craint de Pompéi. Or Ampliatus voue une haine aussi féroce qu'inexpliquée au jeune ingénieur... Heure par heure, minute par minute, les signes du désastre à venir se multiplient. Sans avoir les moyens de décrypter les avertissements de la nature, Attilius pressant pourtant qu'il faudra agir, et vite, pour sauver sa propre vie... et celle de Corelia !

      Pompei2003
      3,8
    • Berlin 1964. Die Leiche eines nackten alten Mannes ist ans Ufer der Havel getrieben. In der nächsten Woche ist Führers 75. Geburtstag. Das von Albert Speer erbaute Berlin ist an diesem Nationalfeiertag herausgeputzt und beflaggt.§Großdeutschland, das die europäische Gemeinschaft dominiert, reicht vom Rhein bis zum Ural, wird von ständigen Partisanenkriegen im Osten zermürbt. Die Beendigung des Kalten Krieges mit den USA ist Ziel der neuen Außenpolitik. Mit Präsident Kennedy wird erstmals ein amerikanischer Regierungschef zum Staatsbesuch erwartet.§Vor diesem Hintergrund kommt das plötzliche, gewaltsame Ableben eines hohen Parteibonzen höchst ungelegen und muß sofort geklärt werden. Kripo-Sturmbannführer März ermittel, gerät mit Hilfe der deutschstämmigen amerikanischen Journalisten Charlie Maguire gefährlich nah an die historische Wahrheit, die ihn von Berlin nach Zürich und leider wieder zurück führt.

      Waterland Enigma2001
      4,0
    • I Miti - 162: Fatherland

      • 370pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin's most prestigious suburb. As March discovers the identity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth - a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.

      I Miti - 162: Fatherland2000
      3,6
    • Volume 324 of Methods in Enzymology supplements Volume 166. It includes genetic information (cloning, gene expression) and information on human genetic diseases not available when Volume 166 was published.

      Methods in Enzymology 324. Branched-Chain Amino Acids B2000
    • Hochspannung

      Zwei brisante Thriller

      • 828pages
      • 29 heures de lecture

      Berlin 1964: Die Leiche eines nackten alten Mannes wird an der Havel gefunden, kurz vor dem 75. Geburtstag des Führers. Das von Albert Speer erbaute Berlin ist festlich geschmückt. Großdeutschland, das Europa dominiert, wird von Partisanenkriegen im Osten geplagt, während die neue Außenpolitik auf die Beendigung des Kalten Krieges mit den USA abzielt. Präsident Kennedy wird als erster amerikanischer Regierungschef zu einem Staatsbesuch erwartet. In diesem angespannten Klima ist der plötzliche Tod eines hohen Parteibonzen problematisch und erfordert sofortige Ermittlungen. Kripo-Sturmbannführer März, unterstützt von dem deutschstämmigen amerikanischen Journalisten Charlie Maguire, kommt der historischen Wahrheit gefährlich nahe und wird von Berlin nach Zürich und zurück gezogen. Parallel dazu wird die Geschichte von Amaya Bajaratt erzählt, die als Kind miterleben muss, wie ihre baskische Familie brutal ermordet wird. Getrieben von dem Wunsch nach Rache an der Obrigkeit, perfektioniert sie das Handwerk des Terrorismus und plant einen Feldzug gegen die Mächtigen der politischen Welt. Die Geheimdienste sind ratlos und rufen den eiskalt agierenden Spitzenagenten Tyrell Hawthorne zur Hilfe. Wird es ihm gelingen, Amaya und ihre Komplizen zu stoppen?

      Hochspannung1998
      3,4
    • Archange

      • 381pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Fluke Kelso, ancien professeur d'histoire à Oxford, est à Moscou pour quatre jours afin de suivre un colloque sur l'ouverture des archives soviétiques. Un homme se présentant comme le garde du corps de Béria, le terrible chef de la police secrète de Staline, prétend avoir assisté aux derniers instants du dictateur rouge. Il affirme aussi avoir aidé Beria à voler un petit carnet contenant les derniers secrets de Staline...

      Archange1998
      3,7
    • Enigma: Spændingsroman om englændernes arbejde i 1943 med at bryde den kode tyskerne anvender i u-bådskommunikationen. Menneskeliv er på spil, arbejdet foregår under tidspres og de involverede har mange hemmeligheder

      Fatherland, Enigma (2 svazky v jedné knize)1995
      4,1
    • Enigma

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      March 1943, the war hangs in the balance, and at Bletchley Park a brilliant young codebreaker is facing a double nightmare. The Germans have unaccountably changed their U-boat Enigma code, threatening a massive Allied defeat. And as suspicion grows that there may be a spy inside Bletchley, Jericho's girlfriend, the beautiful and mysterious Claire Romilly, suddenly disappears.

      Enigma1995
      3,9
    • Slim Forever

      • 310pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Not a diet book, but a program of balanced eating that causes the loss of unwanted body fat. Effective, safe and sustainable. Part 1: Determine a lean body weight and calculate a daily food allowance. Part II: Why diets fail, digestion and the hunger response, and the role of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Part III: What to eat and drink; recipes that show varieties and combinations of food.

      Slim Forever1993
      3,5
    • Berlin, 1964. Les forces de l'Axe ont gagné la guerre, la paix nazie règne sur l'Europe. L'Amérique a refusé le joug. Mais, dans quelques jours, le président Kennedy viendra conclure une alliance avec le Reich. Ce sera la fin du monde libre. Deux meurtres viennent perturber les préparatifs. Les victimes sont d'anciens S.S. de haut rang jouissant d'une paisible retraite. Chargé de l'affaire, l'inspecteur March s'interroge. S'agit-il d'un règlement de comptes entre dignitaires ? Pourquoi la Gestapo s'intéresse-t-elle à l'enquête ? Quelle est cette vérité indicible qui semble menacer les fondations du régime ? Dans Berlin pavoisé, les bourreaux guettent, prêts à tout pour étouffer les dernières lueurs de la liberté.

      Fatherland1992
      4,0
    • It's spring 1983. It seemed that one of the most startling discoveries of the century had been made, and that one of the world's most sought after documents had finally come to light - the private diaries of Adolf Hitler. What followed was a fiasco of fakery, greed, the duping of experts, and the exchange of extraordinary sums of money for world-wide publishing rights. But that was just the beginning of the story.

      Selling Hitler1991
      4,1