Pieter Verhulst Knihy

Ocitáme sa v stredovekom Anglicku, ktoré po smrti kráľa Henryho sužuje nielen občianska vojna, ale aj hladomor a rabovanie. Na Kingsbridgeskom priorstve a Shiringskom grófstve sa kruto podpíšu boje o následníctvo. Gróf zo Shiringu zomiera vo väzení, jeho majetku sa zmocňuje William z Hamleighu, ktorý sa neľudsky pomstí jeho deťom. Keď tieto nájdu útočište u priora Philipa v Kingsbridgei, nielen on, ale aj jeho snaha postaviť v Anglicku prvú gotickú katedrálu, sa stávajú terčom Williamovej nenávisti. Neštíti sa nijakej zrady, vraždy a neprávosti, len aby si posilnil svoju moc a získal väčšie bohatstvo. Anglická gotická katedrála – Follettova bytostná vášeň – sa stáva ďalšou nositeľkou deja spolu s rodinou Toma Staviteľa. Autor približuje zanietenie, umenie a majstrovstvo stredovekých staviteľov, ktorí v primitívnych podmienkach vytvorili kamenné skvosty, ktoré nám i dnes vyrážajú dych.

Deze bundel bevat: 'Martin Paz', 'Meester Zacharias', 'Een Drama in de Lucht', 'De Muiterij op de Bounty', 'Frritt Flakk' en 'Gil Braltar'. In deze bundel zijn een aantal zeer uitlopende verhalen en novellen van Jules Verne bijeengebracht. Jules Verne neemt de lezer in deze verhalen mee naar allerlei oorden, niet alleen naar tropische zeeën waar zeerovers rondschuimen, maar ook naar Gibraltar, naar Peru, naar Zwitserland en zelfs op een ijselijk avontuur in de lucht.

Off the coast of Somalia a battered, old freighter is boarded by pirates whose sights are set on a hefty ransom... But these pirates have made a mistake. For this rusting freighter is none other than Juan Cabrillo's secretive, state-of-the-art fighting ship Oregon. And Cabrillo is about to turn the tables on a deadly Somali pirate captain.

A crime drama from the author of "Michigan Rolol". Milo "Meat" Pitts, 20 stone of trouble, is out of prison after eight years, and ready to wreak his revenge on the town of Grand Rapids, a third of a million dollars worth of revenge. When Milo looks for partners, things start to go wrong.

The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas-Juan Cabrillo.Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo's special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia.Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts-easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy-a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.

An exhilarating new adventure in the bestselling Oregon Files series. For four novels, Clive Cussler has charted the exploits of the Oregon, a clandestine spy ship completely dilapidated on the outside, but on the inside packed with sophisticated weaponry and intelligence-gathering equipment. Captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo and manned by a crew of former military and spy personnel, it is a private enterprise, available for any government agency that can afford it - and now Cussler sends the Oregon on its most extraordinary mission yet. The crew has just completed a top-secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, when they come across a cruise ship adrift in the sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and as Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate - and as perilous - as any he has ever known, and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race . . . plans he may already be too late to stop. Plague Ship is a high-stakes, high-seas journey that proves once again that Cussler is the master of high octane adventure. Visit clivecussler.com.au for more Sign up to the Cussler Down Under e-newsletter

Martin Vail, the brilliant "bad-boy" lawyer every prosecutor and politician love to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher's knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses his unorthodox ways to good advantage when choosing his legal team—a tight group of men and women who must uncover the extraordinary truth behind the archbishop's slaughter. They do, in a heart-stopping climax unparalleled for the surprise it springs on the reader...

The triumphs, tragedies, passions, and struggles of successive generations of four families are shaped by the turbulent events and forces of Russian history, from ancient times to the twentieth century. Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, politics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford, author of the phenomenally successful Sarum: The Novel of England, tells a grand saga that is as multifaceted as Russia itself. Here is a story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of their land.

Villejeune, Florida -izolované malé mesto na okraji rozsiahleho tajomného močiara. Ďaleko od zvedavých očí, ďaleko od zákonov civilizácie. Tu žijú ľudia podľa vlastných pravidiel... Autorove knihy sú plné napätia, dynamického deja a atmosféry narastajúcej "tichej hrôzy".

Ex-SAS soldier Nick Stone is working in the USA when an old friend, Kevin, tips him off about the Canary Wharf bombing. Nick flies to see him, only to find that Kevin and his family have been brutally murdered. McNab also wrote Bravo Two Zero.

Ken Follett and the intrigue of World War II-"a winning formula" ("Entertainment Weekly") if ever there was one. With his riveting prose and unerring instinct for suspense, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author takes to the skies over Europe, where a young Danish man-equipped with only an old derelict Hornet Moth biplane at his disposal-will change the course of the war...

In the waning days of the Second World War, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure - a different kind of kamikaze mission, this one carried out by two submarines bound for the west coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of biological virus. Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 2004

Američan Joerning sa potrebuje zo súostrovia Kergueleny dopraviť do USA. Napokon sa mu podarí nalodiť na škuner Halbarna, no ako sa zdá, kapitán lode zošalel - je posadnutý príbehom Edgara A. Poea o dobrodružstvách Arthura Pyma a chce sa vydať k južnému pólu. Verí totiž, že jeho brat, ktorý tam stroskotal pred jedenástimi rokmi ešte žije a potrebuje jeho pomoc. Záchrancovia netušia, že po zničení Halbrany budú pomoc potrebovať oni sami. Ako sa k nim zachová tajomná antarktická sfinga?

Jeden milón dolárov, aleb bez zbytočných otázok. David a Diana Murphyovi môžu skoncovať s ich finančnými problémami, pokiaľ akceptujú návrh biliardového finančníka Johna Cage. Jedna noc s Dianou a nič viac. To je to, čo Cage na oplátku chce, Ale dokáže toto David a Diana akceptovať? A keď áno, prežije to ich manželstvo?

Dielo Zelený paprsek, pomenovaný po optickom prírodnom jave sa dá považovať za jediný Vernov milostný román. Mladé škótske dievča Helena sa odmieta vydať za muža, ktorého ho vybrali ho strýkovia Sam a Sib, a to do tej doby, než s ním spoločne uvidia zelený paprsek, ktorý je podľa povestí znamením vernej lásky. K tomuto prírodnému javu dochádza v zlomku sekundy pri zapadajúcom slnku za horizont a cestovatelia vážia dobrodružnú cestu za týmto prírodným javom, ktorý im neustále uniká, až do najsevernejších častí Škótska.

Een aan lager wal geraakte kaartspeler probeert uit handen van de mafia te blijven.

Tussen een zwarte bouwvakker en een zwarte lerares in New York ontstaat een stormachtige verhouding.

De moeder van een Amerikaans meisje dat in het huis van haar minnaar ten gevolge van een val van een trap is overleden, vermoedt dat er moord in het spel is.