Malcolm MacPherson Volgorde van de boeken

Every Alaskan king crab season, brothers Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand risk their lives and seek their fortunes upon the treacherous waters of the Bering Sea. Sons of a hard-bitten, highly successful fisherman, and born with brine in their blood, the Hillstrand boys couldn’t imagine a life without a swaying deck underfoot and a harvest of mighty king crabs waiting to be pulled from the ocean floor. In pursuit of their daily catch, the brothers brave ice floes and heaving waves sixty feet high, the perils of thousand-pound steel traps thrown about by the punishing wind, and the constant menace of the open, hungry water—epitomized in the chorus of a haunting sailors’ sing-along: “Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, beware.” By turns raucous and reflective, exhilarating and anguished, enthralling, suspenseful, and wise, Time Bandit chronicles a larger-than-life love affair as old as civilization itself—a love affair between striving, willful man and inscrutable, enduring nature.

Their mission was straightforward - to set up an Al Qaeda observation post in the south-eastern mountains of Afghanistan. No-one was expecting any difficulties. Instead three men - a Navy SEAL, an Air Force Combat Air Controller and an Army Ranger platoon commander - were pinned down by hostile fire on top of Takur Ghat mountain. Only one of them survived to recall the horrors of what became a truly terrible day . . . The resulting rescue mission turned into a seventeen hour battle that left seven soldiers dead. Roberts Ridgeis the visceral story of those seventeen hours. With access to Pentagon generals, the SEALS and the survivors, Malcolm MacPherson takes the reader deep into the heart of the battle of Takur Ghat and brings us face to face with the reality of the new war against terrorism.

Es ist ein strahlender Frühlingstag in der afrikanischen Savanne, und Amy, die kleine Elefantenkuh, blickt mit ihren bernsteinbraunen Augen auf das Wasser des Sengwa River. Doch der tiefe Frieden in Amys Herzen, der von den anderen Elefantenkühen behütet wird, soll bald ein jähes Ende finden ... Malcolm MacPherson erzählt vom Schicksal der Elefantenwaise Amy. Ihre lange Reise führt sie bis in den äußersten Westen der Vereinigten Staaten, bis auf die Ranch von Bob Norris, dessen Freundschaft sie wieder ins Leben zurückholt.§"Wer den Pferdeflüsterer kennt, wird das Elefantenmädchen Amy und ihren Rancher lieben." (Stuttgarter Zeitung)

A new selection of air disasters transcribed from the cockpit voice recorder retrieved from the plane's wreckage. MacPherson documents each disaster, giving additional information surrounding the events, including the weather conditions and the details of the key individuals involved.

The complex system of national security is run by the world's most sophisticated network of computers. Before the stunned eyes of the scientific community, one man devises the formula to shut it down.