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Robert Vernooy

    Robert Vernooy je uznávaným spisovateľom, kultúrnym kritikom a muzikológom. Jeho dielo je často označované ako jedinečné pre svoju generáciu, podobne ako kedysi velikáni literatúry. Vernooyove texty zahŕňajú poviedky, eseje a romány, ktoré skúmajú hlboké ľudské motívy a spoločenské fenomény. Jeho jedinečný štýl a hĺbka myslenia z neho robia významnú postavu súčasnej holandskej literatúry.

    Robert Ludlum's Bourne: Het Bourne verraad
    The Moscow vector
    Covert-One: Lazarus Vendetta
    De tedere tirannie
    Leaving Las Vegas
    De dingen die er niet toe doen
    • De dingen die er niet toe doen

      • 225 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      Roberto ïs een moderne levenskunstenaar, Wieps hoogste goed zijn vrijheid is. Trouw is hij uitsluitend aan zichzelf; de enige moraal waaraan hij gehóorzaamt is die van zijn lichaam.. Totdat hij in Rome een vrouwontmoet die hem doorziet. 'Trouwaanjezelf,' zegt ze tegen hem, 'is alleen maar een eufemisme voor opportunisme, een mooi smoesje om anderen te laten barsten.' Met deze moderne schelmenroman over erotiek, politiek en televisie beWijst Vernooy zich als een veelzijdig schrijver, die scherts en ernst weet te verenigen totproza van klassieke allure.

      De dingen die er niet toe doen
      4,2
    • Leaving Las Vegas

      • 192 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      A re-issue of John O'Brien's debut novel, a masterpiece of modern realism about the perils of addiction and love in a city of loneliness.

      Leaving Las Vegas
      4,2
    • De tedere tirannie

      • 221 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      'Nog nooit waren de drugs zo soft, nog nooit was het vrijen zo veilig, het snoepen zo verstandig.' Jasper en Jessica voelen zich doodgeknuffeld door de zorgen van hun ouders en de maatschappij. Ze komen in opstand tegen de zorgzame samenleving waar geluk met harde hand wordt gehandhaafd. (Tekst achterkant)

      De tedere tirannie
      3,8
    • Covert-One: Lazarus Vendetta

      • 394 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      For the past three decades Robert Ludlum's bestselling novels have been enjoyed by hundreds of millions of readers worldwide and have set the standard against which all other thrillers are measured. His Covert-One series has been among his most beloved creations and now comes the latest thrilling novel in the series. The Lazarus Movement, the dominant force in the eco-conscious, "anti-technology" protest movement, has sent rumblings down the halls of the world's intelligence agencies. Led by a mysterious, never-seen figure known only as Lazarus, this increasingly prominent group is believed by some to be preparing a bold strike. When an attack on a nano-technology research facility leaves thousands dead--- protestors and scientists alike---from what appears to be a cloud of inadvertently released but gruesomely deadly nanobots, pandemonium reigns. Lt. Col. Jon Smith is activated by Covert-One to find and uncover the truth about Lazarus where all others have failed. As Smith slowly uncovers the deadly underpinnings of the group, he soon learns that the Lazarus Movement is only the very tip of the iceberg in a deadly scheme that threatens billions of lives and will forever change the nature of the world itself.

      Covert-One: Lazarus Vendetta
      4,1
    • At an international conference in Prague, Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an Army research doctor specializing in infectious diseases and secretly an agent attached to Covert-One, is contacted by a Russian colleague, Dr. Valentine Petrenko. Petrenko is concerned about a small cluster of mysterious deaths in Moscow and about the Russian government's refusal to release publicly any information or data on the outbreak. When the two meet, they are attacked by a group of mysterious men and Petrenko is killed, his notes and medical samples are lost, and Smith barely escapes with his life. At the same time, a series of government officials around the world are coming down with a mysterious, fast-acting virus with a 100% fatality rate. These deaths are somehow related to the increasing militarism from the new Russian government, headed by the autocratic and ambitious President Victor Dudarev. With few clues and precious little time, Smith and Covert-One must unravel this mysterious plot and find the mysterious figure who stands at the center of it all...

      The Moscow vector
      4,0
    • Robert Ludlum's Bourne: Het Bourne verraad

      • 479 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania

      Jason Bourne neemt een missie aan om zijn enige vriend in de CIA te redden. Martin Lindros verdween in Afrika, terwijl hij zendingen uraniumerts volgde. Bourne weet Lindros terug te halen en laat zich overreden om met hem het geldspoor te volgen van de terroristen die nucleair materiaal kochten. Het spoor leidt naar Odessa, maar zodra ze daar zijn wordt Bourne gehinderd door verwarrende flashbacks van onbekende plaatsen en gebeurtenissen. Is hij het slachtoffer van brainwashing? En is de man die hij gered heeft wel de echte Martin Lindros?

      Robert Ludlum's Bourne: Het Bourne verraad
      3,6
    • Desperation

      • 545 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania

      An apocalyptic drama of good and evil, madness and revelation, this is a novel of modern horror and suspense.

      Desperation
      3,8
    • City of Masks

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      A spine-tingling psychological thriller from the bestselling author of PUPPETS Seattle-based Lucretia (Cree) Black is a parapsychologist: a professional ghost-hunter. Her company, Psi Research Associates, takes a scientific approach to investigating hauntings, applying in-depth historical research, psychological analysis and empathic techniques. Hired by Ronald Beauforte, a most reluctant client, to investigate the alleged haunting of his ancestral New Orleans home and save the sanity of his tormented sister Lila, Cree finds herself having to face up to her own haunted past. As she gets closer to the truth and the proverbial bones in the closet of the prestigious Beauforte family come crashing down around her, Cree must struggle to keep her own ghosts at bay.

      City of Masks
      3,6
    • Pandora's Daughter

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      For as long as she can remember, successful young physician Megan Blair has tried to silence the voices in her head--voices that bring her to the edge of madness and terror. Megan possesses psychic powers that have been dormant for years, hidden deep in the past she's tried so desperately to forget. But now everything has come to a boiling point--someone is trying to kill her, and others are trying to use her, including the deadly and seductive Neal Grady. Shocking secrets about her life and her mother's death bombard her as she fights to take control of her heritage and save herself and everything she believes in. Grady holds the key to understanding her future, a future in which Megan's life will never be the same. If she survives to have a future. Pandora's Daughter is a gripping suspense novel from bestselling author Iris Johansen.

      Pandora's Daughter
      3,6
    • Skull Session

      • 512 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      A young man suffering from Tourette's Syndrome desperately searches for steady work before his ex-wife can claim custody of their son. He accepts a job offer from his eccentric aunt to repair her old Hudson Valley mansion, and takes his girlfriend along to help. Sifting through the rubble, he discovers that the house has been vandalized by an almost superhuman rage. And when dead teenagers are found in the area, the violent path leads directly to the mansion's door. To end the horror, he must confront his family's past, and the dark side of his own soul.

      Skull Session
      3,5