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John D. MacDonald

    24 juillet 1916 – 28 décembre 1986

    John D. MacDonald était un maître de la narration pleine de suspense, explorant les aspects les plus sombres de la société américaine. Son style se caractérisait par des observations vives, des descriptions saisissantes et une psychologie des personnages incisive. MacDonald abordait des thèmes tels que la responsabilité morale, l'impact de la technologie et la complexité des relations humaines. Son œuvre prolifique a été acclamée par les lecteurs et les critiques pour sa puissance captivante et son exploration intemporelle de la nature humaine.

    John D. MacDonald
    Made in His Image
    The Long Lavender Look
    The best of Travis McGee
    Grandes batailles de l'histoire mondiale
    La tête sur le billot
    Les nerfs a vif
    • Les nerfs a vif

      • 188pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Ce récit criminel a fourni l'argument de deux films où Robert Mitchum puis Robert de Niro jouèrent le rôle du méchant.

      Les nerfs a vif
      3,5
    • The best of Travis McGee

      • 633pages
      • 23 heures de lecture

      Darker than Amber, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper, Dress her in Indigo

      The best of Travis McGee
      4,5
    • "McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER A lovely young girl steps in front of Travis McGee's headlights. McGee misses the girl but lands in ten feet of swamp water. As he's limping along the deserted road, someone in an old truck takes a few shots at him. And, when he goes to the local sheriff to complain, the intrepid Travis McGee finds himself arrested and charged with murder. And he can't help but ask himself, is this what they call southern hospitality...?

      The Long Lavender Look
      4,4
    • Made in His Image

      • 324pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Challenging conventional beliefs, this book explores the Bible's teachings on gender equality and the role of women in ministry. It delves into interpretations and perspectives that may reshape readers' understanding of scriptural texts, encouraging a reevaluation of traditional views. Through thoughtful analysis, it aims to empower women and promote a more inclusive interpretation of religious teachings regarding their involvement in spiritual leadership.

      Made in His Image
      5,0
    • Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign

      • 208pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      Highly illustrated history of the Italian Front during the Great War with over 130 rare archive photographs of the campaign and the battlefields.

      Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign
      4,2
    • Travis McGee: Free Fall in Crimson

      A Travis McGee Novel

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      McGee tracks killers who brutally murder an ailing millionaire. He renews unfinished adventure with Hollywood actress who leads him into a nasty nest of murderers involving a motorcycle gang, porn movies, and mad balloonists. And Mcgee relearns old lesson. Only close to the edge of death does he feel completely alive.

      Travis McGee: Free Fall in Crimson
      4,2
    • Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels

      Complete & Unabridged

      • 515pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      Novels by Doyle, Maugham, Charteris, MacDonald, Gardner, Woolrick, and Fleming deal with spies and secret agents in World Wars I and II and the cold war

      Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels
      4,0
    • Travis McGee: The Green Ripper

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Beautiful girls always grace the Florida beaches, strolling, sailing, relaxing at the many parties on Travis McGee's houseboat, The Busted Flush. McGee was too smart--and had been around too long--for many of them to touch his heart. Now, however, there was Gretel. She had discovered the key to McGee--to all of him--and now he had something to hope for. Then, terribly, unexpectedly, she was dead. From a mysterious illness, or so they said. But McGee knew the truth, that Gretel had been murdered. And now he was out for blood...

      Travis McGee: The Green Ripper
      4,1