Hammond Innes Libros
Ralph Hammond Innes fue un prolífico autor inglés cuyas novelas de suspense a menudo presentaban a hombres comunes arrojados a situaciones extremas. Sus obras se caracterizaban por meticulosas exploraciones de entornos, desde páramos árticos hasta los peligros del mar abierto, obligando a los protagonistas a depender de su ingenio en lugar de la fuerza bruta. Innes exploró frecuentemente temas relacionados con eventos marítimos y más tarde desarrolló un interés por temas ecológicos. Su habilidad para crear narrativas de suspense a partir de circunstancias cotidianas lo convirtió en una figura destacada del género de suspense.







For the stranger, Morocco was the last refuge. Here he hoped to build a new life for himself. But three people were waiting for him: Latham, a smuggler turned missionary; Kostos, a man with his grubby fingers in everything illegal; and a girl from his own mysterious past. The answers he sought would be found out among the Berbers residing between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara...
A thriller about a man who takes on the task of finding the 'black sheep' of a family of wealthy shipowners, and is plunged into a nightmare world where he must face the dangers of coral reefs, remote islands and financial warfare. From the author of ISVIK and TARGET ANTARCTICA.
The author takes the reader on a personal tour of the eastern counties of Britain: Suffolk, Norfolk, northern Essex and eastern Cambridgeshire. He describes the history of East Anglia through the people, the towns, the inns and landscape of this part of England.
Air Bridge
- 304 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
The Soviets have cut off food and fuel supplies to West Berlin in a final attempt to force a stranglehold over the city. The Allied response is the Berlin airlift: thousands of planes carrying supplies - a lifeline to the people of the city.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDY MCNABHe was a man without hope, until a lawyer and a crazy inheritance spurred him to one last desperate roll of the dice. So his grandson sets off to a godforsaken town of shattered hopes and bitter old men, and plunges into a perilous battle against hostile country, powerful enemies and a ticking clock.
Decimated by drought and poacher's bullets, the last of Africa's majestic elephants face extinction. They are pursued by a "great white hunter" who relies on modern technology to process them as food for the starving natives. He is opposed by his former partner who is determined that the beasts shall not pay the price for man's inability to manage his resources wisely. "Hammond Innes shows great depth of understanding of the complex strands that make up the ecology of a region." (Best Sellers)
The Blue Ice
- 272 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
It all begins with a lump of rock. The rock, an enticing hint at a rich, hidden supply of mineral ore, leads Gansert and team of men to Norway and to a glacial labyrinth of mountains, following in Farnell's footsteps to the source of the ore.
The Black Tide
- 347 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura