Jean-Paul Bonnefoy Boeken

The administration has squandered the chance to eliminate al Qaeda, leading to the emergence of a new, stronger threat partly due to our own actions and inactions. Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism czar for both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, asserts that we are not adequately addressing this danger. With two decades of experience combating terrorism, Clarke served seven presidents and worked in the White House until March 2003. He possesses unparalleled insight into the successes and failures of the Clinton years, the reasons behind the failure to prevent 9/11, and the Bush administration's response to the attacks. Clarke reveals the administration's disinterest in al Qaeda before September 11, as he struggled to convince officials to take the threat seriously. He encountered key figures who seemed unaware of al Qaeda, fixated instead on Iraq and even promoted discredited conspiracy theories about Saddam's involvement in past attacks. As the crisis manager on 9/11, Clarke witnessed the aftermath with dismay, noting that after initially ignoring plans to combat al Qaeda, President Bush made disastrous decisions when he finally acknowledged the threat. This work serves as both a powerful history of our long confrontation with terrorism and a sharp critique of the current administration's actions.

Het is de drug waar iedere man van droomt, en voor maar een paar duizend dollar is hij via internet te koop. Deze krachtige mix van smartdrugs, angel dust en steroïden, geeft iedere vijftigjarige weer de ongetemde seksuele drift van een twintigjarige. Maar dan vallen de eerste slachtoffers… Om de dealer van deze levensgevaarlijke drug op te sporen, wordt het team van Net Force ingeschakeld. Het wordt pas echt gevaarlijk als ook machtige figuren azen op de drug, en duistere plannen blijken te hebben…

The special group that has been selected to identify and locate terrorist threats. One is them is Dominic Caruso,the second is Brian and the 3rd is a man named Jack Ryan, Jr

A remote shelf in the Arctic circle. A small TV crew is braving the harsh conditions to film the breaking off of a major ice shelf - yet another nail in the planet's eco-coffin. Then someone calls out, pointing at something up in the sky overhead. The camera pans up and they look up to see a blazing symbol clear, burning high over the bleak, deserted terrain. Thus begins a series of strange events worldwide as the mysterious sign appears over the sites of conflict, natural disasters and terrorist atrocities. What can it portend? The world is wracked with both fear and hope. Suddenly, all this is focused onto one man. An obscure monk who recognises the symbol from the past and understands what it means for the future of humanity. But as he becomes the most sought-after man on the planet, the questions have to be asked: could this be the real deal? Or the most elaborate fake in world history? And - either way - what happens to the world now?

Comment garder tout son flegme quand on apprend dans la même journée : que sa maison va être abattue dans la minute pour laisser place à une déviation d'autoroute ; que la Terre va être détruite d'ici deux minutes, se trouvant, coïncidence malheureuse, sur le tracé d'une future voie express intergalactique ; que son meilleur ami, certes délicieusement décalé, est en fait un astrostoppeur natif de Bételgeuse, et s'apprête à vous entraîner aux confins de la galaxie ? Pas de panique ! Car Arthur Dent, un Anglais extraordinairement moyen, pourra compter sur le fabuleux Guide du voyageur galactique pour l'accompagner dans ses extraordinaires dérapages spatiaux moyennement contrôlés.