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Charismatic, handsome, and fiercely loyal, Isaac Bell is a no-nonsense private detective at the Van Dorn Detective Agency. Travelling all over early 20th century America in pursuit of justice for his clients, chasing down a steam train in a sports automobile is all in a day's work for Bell. And while he's on the trail of thieves, killers, and sometimes much worse, he'll have to use his every last wit to stay ahead of those he seeks, and to stay alive . . . Praise for Clive Cussler- 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

Isaac Bell, Amerikas Meisterdetektiv, verhindert 1914 ein Attentat auf Präsident Wilson, entdeckt jedoch, dass das wahre Ziel die Federal Reserve ist. Ein Meisterdieb plant, die Bank um eine Milliarde Dollar zu erleichtern und die USA wirtschaftlich zu vernichten. Ein gefährliches Rennen beginnt!

Both a prequel and a sequel to Clive Cussler's first bestselling phenomenon, Raise the Titanic!, the new Isaac Bell novel is a thrilling action-adventure novel from the Sunday Times-bestselling author. A century apart, Dirk Pitt and Isaac Bell team up to unlock the truth about the most famous maritime disaster of all time.

Washington D.C., 1914: President Woodrow Wilson is celebrating aboard his yacht, Mayflower, with the branch leaders of the newly created Federal Reserve. For Van Dorn agent, Detective Isaac Bell, few events could be duller. Until he notices the aeroplane flying dangerously low. Thwarting this aerial attack on the President and financial leaders, Bell soon learns that the strike was just the opening of an even deadlier gambit. It’s up to Bell to find the link between the attack, the mysterious death of a Newport heiress, and growing evidence of an unimaginably audacious heist: to steal a billion dollars from the country’s new and most secure banking system. Double-cross and betrayal are Bell’s stock and trade, but this time, the deeper he delves into the puzzle, the less he seems to understand. He is in a race against his most ruthless opponents yet, to prevent a financial panic that would bring the United States to its knees.

Can one detective stop a war being lost just as it starts? August, 1914, the eve of WWI, and in New York the Van Dorn Detective Agency is supervising the loading of a final shipment of rifles bound for Britain. When Chief Investigator Isaac Bell discovers a hidden radio transmitter, he realises it will broadcast the exact location of the merchant ship to waiting German U-boats. This ship is saved - but two others have already departed. In a desperate race against time, Bell sets out to foil these acts of sabotage. Yet even if he succeeds, he knows he must hunt down the saboteur. Little does he realise that a sophisticated German spy ring is operating out of New York City's docks - and they've a secret that could determine the outcome of the war . . . Praise for Clive Cussler: 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

"As New England swelters in the summer of 1914, Detective Isaac Bell is asked to investigate a cache of missing rifles - only to discover something much more sinister. Whoever broke into this Winchester Factory wasn't looking to take weapons, they wanted to leave something in the shipping crates: a radio transmitter, set to summon a fleet of dreaded German U-boats. Someone is trying to keep American supplies from reaching British shores, and if Bell doesn't crack the conspiracy in time, the Atlantic Ocean will run red with blood. Bell must hunt down a new piece of technology that is allowing the Germans to rule the seas from New York to England. With the outcome of the war at stake and Franklin Roosevelt's orders on the line, Bell will risk everything to stop the U-Boats before they strike again."--Publisher

Detective Isaac Bell's investigation into an attempted assassination brings him to the construction site of the Panama Canal--and straight into a nest of vipers--in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series from Clive Cussler. Detective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the assassination of a U.S. Senator shortly after meeting the man. This heroic rescue is just the start of the mystery for Bell, who suspects that the would-be assassins have a much larger and more dangerous agenda--one involving the nearly constructed Panama Canal. While the senator supports the building of the canal, there are many, including a local Panamanian insurgency known as the Red Vipers, who never want to see its completion. With millions of dollars and the fates of two nations at stake, Bell heads to Panama to find answers. After a deadly bombing at the canal's construction site, he is determined to stop the insurgents--or whoever is funding them--before they can attack again.

"Sinking thousands of feet below the surface of the earth in the Leister Deep copper mine in Minnesota, Philip Mercer rides a series of heavy-duty elevators to visit his old friend and mentor, Abraham Jacobs. Jacobs has led a research team to the deepest section of the mine for a groundbreaking study into climate change and cosmic rays. But as Mercer approaches the bottom, he is stunned to hear the unmistakable report of automatic gunfire in the massive underground chambers. He can't stop the inevitable: by the time Mercer finds his way to them, his dear friend, and the entire research team, have been efficiently executed. Mercer is left seeking answers--and revenge"--Amazon.com.

The extraordinary new adventure from the #1 "New York Times"- bestselling author. Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the lies and betrayals of the world of covert operations. And there are the dark and twisted thoughts of a man bent on near-global domination. To pull off their latest mission, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must survive them all. A devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth-century China...a daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border...a woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar...for Cabrillo and his crew, all of these events will come together-leading to the greatest threat against U.S. security that the world has ever known.

Die englische Originalausgabe erschien 1999 unter dem Titel "Charon`s Landing"

In October 1943 a US destroyer vanished out of Philadelphia, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax - but Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't convinced. Now, a new weapon is for sale - one linked to the inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “The great corporation which employed you lied to you, and lied to the whole country—from top to bottom it was nothing but one gigantic lie.” ― Upton Sinclair, The Jungle Upton’s Sinclair’s classic novel changed the American relationship with food and used its illumination of the horrors of the meat packing industry to indict the evil of American society.

7 december 1941 : vier broers doen op een klein eiland net buiten de kust voor Washington een buitengewone ontdekking. Alleen het nieuws over Pearl Harbor overschaduwt hun vondst. Heden : Cabrillo, op jacht naar een neergestorte satelliet in de Aregntijnse jungle, doet ook een schokkende ontdekking. Zijn poging het mysterie van zijn vondst te ontrafelen leidt hem naar dat kleine eiland bij Washington en nog veel verder terug, naar een eeuwenoude Chinese expeditie. Een vloek lijkt de tand des tijds te hebben doorstaan. Als Cabrillo’s team slaagt in hun missie, zal de beloning ongekend zijn. Maar als hun expeditie mislukt, wacht hen slechts de dood…

Wanneer de Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken op weg naar Libië met een vliegtuig neerstort, huurt de CIA kapitein Juan Cabrillo in om haar op te sporen. De bemanning van het spionageschip de Oregon weet het vliegtuig te traceren, maar de minister is verdwenen. Een terroristisch meesterbrein heeft plannen die Cabrillo moet zien te verijdelen. Maar wat is het verband tussen een oorlog van tweehonderd jaar geleden en eeuwenoude perkamentrollen waar de Libiërs naar op zoek zijn?

Juan Cabrillo is de kapitein van de Oregon, een hightech schip dat wordt bemand door voormalige militairen en spionnen en dat de ene na de andere gevaarlijke missie uitvoert. Na een geheime operatie tegen Iran in de Perzische Golf ontdekt de bemanning een stuurloos ronddrijvend cruiseschip, met honderden lijken aan dek. Terwijl Cabrillo aan boord gaat om uit te zoeken wat er is gebeurd, wordt het schip geteisterd door een aantal explosies. Op het nippertje weet hij zichzelf en de enige overlevende van het cruiseschip te redden...

Barcelona. 23 cm. 409 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Du Brul, Jack B. 1968-. Traducción, Carla Crespo Usó. Traducción Havoc .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 9788496692329

Juan Cabrillo en de bemanning van zijn supergeheime spionageschip Oregon zijn op het nippertje ontsnapt bij een missie op de Congo-rivier als zij een noodsein opvangen van een weerloos schip dat voor de Afrikaanse kust onder vuur ligt. Cabrillo komt in actie en redt de beeldschone Sloane Macintyre die op zoek is naar een lang geleden gezonken schip dat misschien wel een fortuin aan diamanten vervoerde. Maar wat Cabrillo vooral verbaast is Sloanes verhaal over een krankzinnige visser die beweert op open zee te zijn aangevallen door gigantische slangen. Wat begint als een slangenjacht brengt Cabrillo op het spoor van een veel gevaarlijker prooi - een milieuterrorist en zijn volgelingen die van plan zijn de verwoestende kracht van de natuur zelf los te laten op iedereen die zich tegen hen verzet...

Seventy years after a murderous madman aboard the doomed Hindenburg tosses out a safe containing a dangerous secret, Philip Mercer teams up with field researcher Cali Stone to figure out why a central African village is experiencing high rates of cancer.

Set against a backdrop of environmental and geopolitical turmoil, the narrative unfolds with a nuclear bomb igniting a volcanic eruption in the Pacific, revealing a new mineral for clean energy. As tensions escalate globally, Hawaii faces a violent secessionist movement, while Washington, D.C. experiences chaos in its subway system. Diplomatic negotiations in the Far East are threatened, and a rogue Russian submarine looms near the emerging volcano, heightening the stakes for world peace and security.

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.

In this thrilling adventure, geologist Philip Mercer faces an impending apocalypse, combining his expertise with high-stakes action. As he navigates through perilous situations, readers are taken on a journey filled with suspense and discovery. The narrative promises to engage fans of adventure and disaster, showcasing Mercer's resilience and intellect in the face of global catastrophe. Jack Du Brul's signature storytelling captivates with a blend of science and adventure, making for an exhilarating read.

Bidding on a rare diary, written during the French attempt to dig the Panama Canal, geologist Philip Mercer finds himself caught up in a complex Chinese plot to trigger a shift in the world's balance of power.

Ten years ago, the American spy satellite Medusa malfunctioned and crashed--but not before its sensors revealed a secret buried deep in the Earth, hidden for thousands of years from the eyes of man. It's a priceless discovery that some will die to find--and kill to possess.