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    Angry White Pyjamas
    Stemmen uit de kelder
    Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea
    Vrouwenwijsheden
    Dirk Pitt - 15: Atlantis ontdekt
    Crescent Dawn
    • Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea

      • 416 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Tibet, 1959: In the turmoil of the Communist takeover of the mountain kingdom, a Buddhist artefact of immense importance appears to have been lost to history. Until, sixty years later, clues to its survival emerge from the wreckage of a cargo plane discovered deep beneath the surface of the Philippine Sea... NUMA Director Dirk Pitt and his old friend Al Giordino already have their hands full dealing with the recovery of a top secret hypersonic missile that went down in the Luzon Strait. Especially when it becomes clear that a rogue Chinese military team has its sights set on the same prize. And that, after making their own earth-shattering discovery about what lies below the waves, they're prepared to go to any lengths to ensure that they possess it. And lengths at all. From the cold, dark depths of the Pacific Ocean to the vertiginous peaks of the Himalayas, only Pitt, his son and daughter, Summer and Dirk Jr, can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation, and bring the world back from the brink of war.

      Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea2023
      4,2
    • La carrera del siglo

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      "Nueva York, 1910. Preston Whiteway, dueño de un gran imperio periodístico, ha ofrecido un premio de cincuenta mil dólares al primer aviador que logre cruzar Estados Unidos en menos de cincuenta días. Josephine Frost es la candidata con más posibilidades y la preferida del magnate, pero su marido, de quien acaba de separarse, está decidido a vengarse de ella de la peor de las maneras. El detective privado Isaab Bell será el encargado de protegerla. En esta trepidante aventura, el detective se enfrentará no solamente a un marido cruel y enloquecido, sino también a un grupo de aviadores dispuestos a sabotear a todos sus rivales para hacerse con una gran fortuna." --

      La carrera del siglo2014
      3,8
    • Mijn rondje

      Trainingsroutes van profrenners en bekende wielerfanaten

      • 280 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura
      Mijn rondje2013
    • Night Probe!

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      May 1914. Two diplomats hurry home by sea and rail, each carrying a document of world-changing importance. Then the liner Empress of India is sunk in a collision, and the Manhattan-Line express plunges from a bridge - both dragging their VIP passengers to watery oblivion. Tragic coincidence or conspiracy? In the energy-starved, fear-torn 1980s, Dirk Pitt discovers that those long-lost papers could destroy whole nations, throwing him into his biggest challenge yet. Racing against hired killers, he launches his revolutionary deep-sea search craft and faces the horrors of the sea bed to hunt for the documents. 'Night Probe' has begun . . .

      Night Probe!2011
      3,9
    • Crescent Dawn

      • 548 páginas
      • 20 horas de lectura

      An ancient cargo long thought lost is found. With terrible consequences . . . . Dirk Pitt is surveying in the Middle East when a stroke of luck reveals an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, he foils a night raid on Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. This puts Pitt at the centre of a race to acquire a series of legendary artefacts. Meanwhile, the region is being pushed to the brink of war by a series of explosions across Turkey and Egypt. Finding that his search for the artefacts is linked to the attacks, Pitt must prevent a deranged brother and sister's fanatical plans from succeeding . . . Packed with breathtaking suspense and fired by an extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawnis a barnstorming read for all fans of action, suspense and intrigue. 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy

      Crescent Dawn2011
      4,4
    • In "Medusa," deep-sea explorer Kurt Austin races against time to thwart a viral outbreak linked to a vanished U.S. lab in Micronesia. As he investigates, he uncovers a sinister plot involving medical experiments and a powerful Chinese crime syndicate. Austin and his team must save millions from a potential pandemic.

      Medusa2010
      4,0
    • El navegante

      • 464 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      Años atrás, una antigua estatua fenicia conocida como El navegante fue robada del museo de Bagdad. Al parecer, hay quienes harían cualquier cosa, incluso matar, por echarle el guante a esta joya arqueológica. Austin y su equipo NUMA siguen la sangrienta pista de la estatua en una asombrosa búsqueda que incluye los tesoros perdidos del rey Salomón, un misterioso legajo cifrado de Thomas Jefferson y un puntero proyecto científico que podría cambiar el mundo para siempre. Las sorpresas y la acción no han hecho más que empezar.

      El navegante2009
      4,0
    • Als je in de politiek iets gezegd wilt hebben, vraag je het aan een man. Als je iets gedaan wilt hebben, vraag je het aan een vrouw. - Margaret ThatcherVrouwenwijsheden is een heerlijk kleinood vol prikkelende, omstreden of diepzinnige wijsheden over vrouwen van beroemdheden als Anne Frank, Madonna en Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

      Vrouwenwijsheden2007
      4,0
    • In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed an artifact hidden in a cave for a millennium: a 50,000 year-old meteorite - which he soon discovers possesses potentially catastrophic radioactive power. But the astounding find places him in the crosshairs of two opposing terrorist groups who seek the stone for themselves.

      Sacred Stone2007
      4,0
    • The NUMA crew, under Kurt Austin’s direction, take on a blood-thirsty family with a fortune built on crime, in what may be race to discover the very secret of ever-lasting life in this heart-bounding installment in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is mid-mission when his new colleague, the stunning archeologist Skye Labelle, is called away to examine a mysterious 16th-century military helmet discovered in the possession of a very contemporary-looking corpse. Ms. Labelle’s research on the armor draws her into the sights of a ruthless black-widow with her own plans for the artifact. As danger creeps closer to Ms. Labelle, a scientist half-way across the globe is kidnapped. At the same time, experts working to harvest an enzyme discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as “Lost City,” start turning up dead. Worlds apart in location and areas of expertise, they all have something in common. And it’s up to Kurt Austin, with the help of Joe Zavala and the NUMA Special Assignments Team, to put the pieces together if he’s going to keep his friend safe.

      Lost City2006
      3,9
    • Atlantis Found

      • 768 páginas
      • 27 horas de lectura

      September 1858: An Antartic whaler stumbles upon an aged wreck, its grisly frozen crew guarding crates of odd antiquitiesýincluding a beautifully carved obsidian skull. March 2001: A team of anthropologists gaze in awe at a well of strange inscriptions, moments before a blast seals them deep within the Colorado rock. April 2001: A research ship in the Antartic is set upon and nearly sunk by an impossibilityýa Nazi submarine thought to have been destroyed 56 years ago. Dirk Pitt knows that somehow these incidents are connected, and his investigations soon land him in the midst of an ancient mystery with very modern consequences, racing to save not only his own lifeý but the future of the world itself.

      Atlantis Found2006
      4,0
    • Trojan Odyssey

      • 463 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      Underwater adventurer Dirk Pitt and the NUMA crew investigate a black tide infesting the ocean off Nicaragua, a study complicated by the discovery of a mysterious artifact, a powerful storm, and a conspiracy

      Trojan Odyssey2005
      3,9
    • Pete McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world. Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways. Firstly obeying the rule 'never pass a pub with your name on it', he encounters McCarthy's bars up and down the land, and meets English hippies, German musicians, married priests and many others. A funny, affectionate look at one of the most popular countries in the world.

      McCarthy's bar: a journey of discovery in Ireland2002
      3,8
    • Angry White Pyjamas

      A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons from the Tokyo Riot Police

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Exploring themes of self-discovery and physical transformation, the author embarks on a journey through the rigorous world of Japanese martial arts after realizing his own lack of fitness and courage. Immersed in the demanding training of the Tokyo Riot Police, he confronts both the brutal realities of budo and the vibrant, contrasting culture of 1990s Tokyo. This blend of ancient traditions and modern life offers a unique and captivating insight into contemporary Japan, showcasing the author's humorous and enlightening experiences along the way.

      Angry White Pyjamas2001
      4,0
    • Blue Gold

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Planet Earth is a paradox - a lush, fertile world three-quarters-covered by water, yet in danger of running dry. Fresh water is disappearing from overuse and pollution and the only hope lies in desalination, a process to convert salt water into fresh. Francesca Carval is a brilliant scientist whose newest discovery will save the human race. She has perfected the process of desalination, and is flying to a conference in Rio to announce it to the world. Then a group of terrorists attempts to hijack her plane which crashes in the Venezuelan jungle. Francesca is taken in and protected by a native tribe: she is not heard from again. Ten years later, Kurt Austin and his NUMA team come across the mysterious death of a pod of grey whales off the coast of California. The path leads Austin to the heart of South America where he discovers Francesca, the 'white goddess' of the jungle, living among the tribe that took her in. At the same time Austin stumbles upon a group that aims to control the world's fresh water supply, and which will kill anyone who stands in its way. Racing from the open oceans off the United States to the deep jungles of Venezuela, Austin and the NUMA team engage in a thrilling new adventure with the future of the world at stake...

      Blue Gold2001
      3,9
    • Dirk Pitt - 15: Atlantis ontdekt

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      September- 1958: De bemanning van een walvisvaarder stuit in de Zuidelijke IJszee op een spookschip met een waardevolle lading antieke kunstvoorwerpen aan boord - en een geheimzinnige schedel gemaakt van zwart glas. Maart 2001: Een team van antropologen ontdekt in een grot in Colorado vreemde inscripties. Enkele ogenblikken overlevenden. April 2001: Dirk Pitt en zijn medewerkers worden op zee aangevallen door een vaartuig dat al lang vernietigd zou moeten zijn. Het is een oude nazi - onderzeeboot, maar nog bijzonder effectief. Pitt weet te ontsnappen en laat de zaak niet rusten. Zijn speurtocht voert hem via de verloren beschaving van Atlantis naar een oeroud mysterie... en naar een duivelse vijand. De val is gezet! De klok tikt! Slechts én man is in staat de wereld van de naderende ondergang te redden...

      Dirk Pitt - 15: Atlantis ontdekt2000
      4,0
    • Serpent

      • 480 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      When Kurt Austin, the leader of a courageous National Underwater & Marine Agency exploration team, rescues beautiful marine archaeologist Nina Kirov off the coast of Morocco, he becomes the next target of Texas industrialist Don Halcon. A madman bent on carving a new nation out of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Halcon's scheme hinges on Nina's recent discovery involving Christopher Columbus, and a priceless pre-Columbian antiquity buried in the battered remains of the sunken Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria. Only Kurt Austin and his crack NUMA team stand between Halcon and the Andrea Doria's silent steel hull - and if their deadly mission fails, Halcon will ride to power on a wave of death and destruction.

      Serpent1999
      3,9
    • Stemmen uit de kelder

      Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes

      • 238 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Stemmen uit de kelder is het langverwachte boek van Greil Marcus over de legendarische opnamen die Bob Dylan en The Band in 1967 maakten in de kelder van Big Pink, hun huis in Woodstock, New York: muziek die dertig jaar later nog niets van haar ongelooflijke aantrekkingskracht heeft verloren. Deze geheime muziek waarvan het niet de bedoeling was dat die ooit op plaat zou worden uitgebracht, volgde op een periode waarin 'folkzanger' Dylan elektrisch versterkt met The Band op tournee was geweest - dit tot ongenoegen van de folkbeweging en de heiraan verbonden burgerrechtenbeweging, die hem tot dan toe als held beschouwden. Greil Marcus maakt duidelijk dat de opnamen, die in Nederland bekend werden door de 'bootleg' Little White Wonder en later als de Basement Tapes, Dylan's antwoord aan de critici te zijn. De muziek op de Basement Tapes markeert het verval van de idealen die neergelegd zijn in de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring. In een nummer als 'Tears of Rage' uit Dylan zijn woede over het naderende onheil van een op egoïsme gebaseerde maatschappioj, Stemmen uit de kelder voert de lezer daarbij mee naar de fantastische, barbaarse wereld van de traditionele Amerikaanse muziek. Greil Marcus ontpopt zich als een detectiveschrijver met Bob Dylan als speurder.

      Stemmen uit de kelder1997
      2,0
    • Grotendeels ongevaarlijk

      • 207 páginas
      • 8 horas de lectura

      De bewoners van verschillende planeten hebben zo hun eigen manieren van overleven ontwikkeld.

      Grotendeels ongevaarlijk1993
    • Cleopatra

      Een verslag van de val en de wraak van Harmachis, de koninklijke Egyptenaar, door hemzelf opgetekend

      • 235 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura
      Cleopatra1981
    • Ben-Hur

      een verhaal uit de tijd van Christus' leven op aarde

      • 469 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      De lotgevallen van een idealistische jood uit een aanzienlijk vorstenhuis ten tijde van Christus, die door een toeval al jong kennis maakt met de hardvochtige Romeinse heersers.

      Ben-Hur1981