Gianni Pannofino Boeken

A powerful saga of men in combat, written over thirty-five years by a decorated Vietnam veteran, this epic war novel follows young Marine lieutenant Waino Mellas and his Bravo Company comrades as they navigate the treacherous mountain jungles of Vietnam. They face not only the North Vietnamese but also the harsh realities of monsoon rains, mud, leeches, tigers, disease, and malnutrition. Additionally, they confront internal challenges such as racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superiors. When surrounded by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the terrifying chaos of combat, an experience that will alter them forever. This visceral narrative transforms the tragedy of Vietnam into a universal tale of courage, camaraderie, and sacrifice, serving as a parable of war and a testament to the redemptive power of literature. The author, a Yale graduate and Rhodes Scholar, served as a Marine in Vietnam, earning numerous honors including the Navy Cross and two Purple Hearts. This is his debut novel, and he currently resides in rural Washington State.

The Prequel to the Bestselling Thank You for Your Service, Now a Major Motion Picture With The Good Soldiers, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel has produced an eternal story — not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time. It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." Among those called to carry it out were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home — forever changed. The chronicle of their tour is gripping, devastating, and deeply illuminating for anyone with an interest in human conflict.

Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance. A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life, Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time. And it's just the beginning ...

Op een reusachtig ruimteschip tracht een oorlogsveteraan met gevaar voor eigen leven een aantal als orgaandonor gekloonde jonge mensen te redden.

Previously published as Rain Storm and Choke Point John Rain has disappeared to Brazil to escape the killing business and the enemies encircling him in Japan. But the CIA isn't willing to lose its premier "natural causes" contract killer, and they force Rain to take on a high-risk assignment: eliminate a ruthless arms dealer operating in Southeast Asia. The upside? Financial, of course, along with the ongoing chimera of moral redemption. But first, Rain will have to survive the downside: a second assassin zeroing in on the target; the target's consort, an alluring and dangerous woman with an agenda of her own; the possibility that the entire mission is nothing but an elaborate setup. From the gorgeous beaches of Rio to the glitzy casinos of Macau to the gritty back streets of Hong Kong and Kowloon, Rain becomes a reluctant player in an international game far deadlier and more insidious than any he has encountered before. "In his superb thriller series featuring charismatic Japanese-American assassin John Rain, author Barry Eisler serves up steamy foreign locales, stunning action and enough high-tech weaponry to make for an A-plus boys-and-their-toys read." --New York Daily News Includes a note from the author introducing the new edition.

Ben Addison heeft het helemaal gemaakt. Net afgestudeerd als jurist, en nu als stagiair bij het hooggerechtshof in Washington. Ben heeft een gouden toekomst voor zicht. Totdat Ben zijn mond voorbijpraat. Eén moment van onoplettendheid, dat een einde aan zijn carrière kan maken. Gelukkig heeft Ben vrienden die hem willen helpen. De resulterende maalstroom van verdenkingen, dreigementen en intriges bedreigt meer dan vriendschappen en carrières...

The memoir recounts Salman Rushdie's harrowing experience of surviving a violent attack on August 12, 2022, while advocating for writer safety. Through his vivid and honest narrative, Rushdie explores the profound impact of love and support from his wife, family, and community during his recovery. Blending elements of a thriller and a love story, the book reflects on themes of resilience, the healing power of art, and the importance of standing up against hatred. It serves as a poignant testament to the strength of the human spirit.

Hired by the Mossad to perform a series of strategic assassinations in Asia, John Rain, accompanied by ex-Marine Dox, inadvertently botches the assignment and finds himself seeking assistance from alluring Israeli agent Delilah. Reprint.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid....He is the hero; he is everything. He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man.This is the Code of the Private Eye as defined by Raymond Chandler in his 1944 essay The Simple Act of Murder . Such a man was Philip Marlowe, private eye, an educated, heroic, streetwise, rugged individualist and the hero of Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep . This work established Chandler as the master of the 'hard-boiled' detective novel, and his articulate and literary style of writing won him a large audience, which ranged from the man in the street to the most sophisticated intellectual.

Driven to the edge a nervous breakdown by his failure to capture Spider - one of Amercina ́s most notorius serial killers - FBI agent Jack Salzman decides to quit his job and move to Italy. But when the head of one of Spider ́s victims is posted to Jack ́s f

Een groep archeologen reist naar het veertiende-eeuwse Frankrijk om een daar gestrande professor terug te halen naar de 21ste eeuw.

In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey.

The world of Grouse County is a web of small towns in an imagined Midwest, where lives are intertwined by friendship, affection, or mere acquaintance. Here, Louise Darling decides to divorce Tiny and visits her mother, Mary, to take her out for lunch before a town council meeting discussing the fate of a biting dog. Meanwhile, Sheriff Dan Norman is on the trail of Louise's husband for vandalism committed at the school during a dance against vandalism. Thus, Dan meets Louise, falls in love with her, Tiny loses her forever, and Louise finally finds herself. Tom Drury does not manipulate his characters like puppets; instead, he skillfully draws strength from their encounters to create the epic of Grouse County. Light yet profound, both humorous and melancholic, The End of Vandalism depicts the everyday life that relentlessly grinds joys and sorrows. It does so without following predetermined paths, embracing the inevitability of existence in a tribute to its calm and uncontrollable randomness.

Een mislukte undercover-missie voor het Directoraat kost agent Nicholas Bryson zijn baan. Jaren later ontdekt Bryson dat het Dictoraat niet is wat het leek. Hij is niet meer dan een pion geweest in een buitengewoon smerig spel. Nu lijkt het ongrijpbare Directoraat weer actief te zijn. Maar met welk doel en onder wiens leiding? De CIA geeft Bryson een opdracht: vind, infiltreer en stop het Directoraat. Maar Brysons reflexen zijn verslapt en zijn contacten verouderd. Hij durft niet meer op zijn gevoel af te gaan. Want wat is waar en wat is gelogen..?

Ein gemütliches Cottage auf dem Land, ein Ehemann und zwei Kinder – eigentlich könnte das Leben von Rose nicht idyllischer sein. Doch dann zieht ihre Jugendfreundin Polly mit ihren zwei Söhnen bei ihr ein, und plötzlich ist alles anders. Gefährliche Unfälle häufen sich, und niemand glaubt Rose, dass die exzentrische Polly etwas zu verbergen hat. Viel schlimmer noch, jeder hält sie für verrückt. Mit dem Feind im eigenen Haus kämpft Rose bald um alles: ihren Mann, ihre Kinder, ihr Leben und ihren Verstand.

Het is 1665 en Jamaica is een kleine, afgelegen Engelse kolonie die wanhopig standhoudt tegen een omringende Spaanse overmacht. De hoofdstad Port Royal is een stad vol kroegen, boeven en hoeren. Je sterft er even snel door een dolksteek als door dysenterie. De ideale plek voor kapitein Hunter, een handige jonge duvel uitgerust met een aantrekkelijk uiterlijk, een scherp oog voor buitenkansjes en elastische mores. Hunters kans dient zich aan als een Spaans galjoen, zwaar beladen maar licht bemand, ligt te wachten op een escorte in de haven van een nabijgelegen eiland. Kapitein Hunter zeilt uit met een even veelzijdige als kleurrijke bemanning en zal, met goedkeuring van de gouverneur van Jamaica, het goudschip veroveren. Maar hij begeeft zich in gevaren die groter zijn en wateren die dieper zijn, dan hij ooit had kunnen vermoeden…

Wild Things — based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze — is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can’t control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, Max finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness: he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, and can’t always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them.

Judd Steiner and Artie Straus have it all: wealth, intelligence, and the world at their feet as part of the elite, upper-crust Jewish community of 1920s Chicago. Artie is handsome, athletic, and popular, but he possesses a hidden, powerful sadistic streak and a desire to dominate. Judd is a weedy introvert, a genius who longs for a companion whom he can idolize and worship. Obsessed with Nietzsche’s idea of the superhuman, both boys decide to prove that they are above the laws of man by arbitrarily picking and murdering a Jewish boy in their neighborhood. This new edition of Meyer Levin's classic literary thriller Compulsion reintroduces the fictionalized case of Leopold and Loeb – once considered the "crime of the century" – to a new generation. This incisive psychological portrait of two young murderers seized the imagination of an era and is generally recognized as paving the way for the first non-fiction novel. Compulsion forces us to ask what drives some further into darkness, and some to seek redemption. Heartbreaking as it is gripping, Compulsion is written with a tense and penetrating force that led the Los Angeles Times to call Levin, “the most significant Jewish writer of his times.”