Bill Oostendorp Knihy

Dramatické udalosti Prvej svetovej vojny, Ruskej revolúcie a boja žien za volebné právo, ktoré otriasli celým svetom, spoja osudy piatich rodín z rozličných krajín a spoločenských vrstiev. Píše sa rok 1911 a deň, keď v Anglicku korunujú za kráľa Juraja V. Trinásťročný Billy Williams začína svoj prvý pracovný deň v uhoľnej bani vo Walse. Banícku rodinu Williamsovcov a šľachtických majiteľov baní Fitzherbertovcov spojí romantický vzťah aj nenávisť. Lady Maud Fitzherbertová sa zaľúbi do Waltera von Ulricha, špióna pôsobiaceho na nemeckom veľvyslanectve v Londýne. Ich osudy sa prepletajú s osudom Gusa Dewarea, ctižiadostivého mladého asistenta prezidenta USA Woodrowa Wilsona. Zakrátko do deja vstúpia aj dvaja osirelí ruskí bratia Grigorij a Lev Peškovovci, no ich plán emigrovať do Ameriky zmarí vojna, povolanie do armády a revolúcia. Pád titanov odhaľuje čitateľovi drámy a intrigy plynulo prechádzajúce z Washingtonu do St. Peterburgu, z prachu a nebezpečenstva uhoľných baní do palácov vysvietených krištáľovými lustrami, z chodieb moci do spální mocných. Aj tentoraz Ken Follett zužitkoval skutočné historické udalosti na umocnenie rýchleho sledu deja a hlbokých citov zobrazených v tomto pútavom diele.

Sir Paul McCartney first picked up a guitar as a bereaved teenager in 1956. In the fifty years since he's become the most successful pop music composer in history, enjoying a virtual season ticket to the Guinness Book of Records. McCartney's ballad Yesterday, which he wrote in his sleep, has since been covered by 2,400 other artists - making it the most popular song of all time.Now Christopher Sandford reveals the man behind the myth... Among the eye-opening stories is the surprising love-hate relationship with John Lennon, not to mention with Lennon's widow, as well as an insider's account of McCartney's controversial marriage to Heather Mills. Likeswise, Sir Paul's restless creativity - both mainstream and avant-garde - his second group and his marriage to the late Linda McCartney are seen here in fresh and stunning detail.This behind the scenes story takes readers right up to today, as Sir Paul passes his 64th birthday. It's a hard, fast, sometimes shocking saga of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll - the true adventure of the last showbiz superstar.

Gideon Davis must race against the clock to bring in a rogue agent and save the world from disaster in this debut from the executive producer of 24.

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.