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Gerrit-Jan van den Berg

    Atlantis
    Vrije val
    Devil Bones
    Arctic Drift
    The Kill Zone
    Les maîtres de l'air
    • Les maîtres de l'air

      Document: Le livre qui a inspiré la prochaine série de Steven Spielberg et Tom Hanks

      • 810pages
      • 29 heures de lecture

      Rencontrez les Forteresses volantes de la Huitième Force aérienne américaine, camarades des Lancaster britanniques, qui ont aidé à faire tomber les nazis. L'historien et expert de la Seconde Guerre mondiale Donald Miller nous raconte l'histoire des pilotes de bombardiers qui ont amené la guerre au seuil de Hitler. Contrairement aux soldats au sol, ils dormaient dans des lits propres, buvaient de la bière dans des pubs locaux et dansaient sur la musique swing des orchestres de l'Air Force en tournée. Mais ils formaient également un groupe d'élite de combattants qui mettaient leur vie en danger dans le rôle le plus dangereux de tous. Miller emmène les lecteurs des batailles remplies d'adrénaline dans le ciel, aux bases aériennes à travers l'Angleterre, aux camps de prisonniers allemands, et sur le terrain pour comprendre la dévastation subie par les civils. Tiré d'interviews, d'histoires orales et d'archives américaines, britanniques et allemandes, Les maîtres de l'air est le récit autoritaire, profondément émouvant et important de la première et unique guerre de bombardement au monde.

      Les maîtres de l'air
      5,0
    • The guys in the Regiment know they face their fiercest enemies when they fight the Taliban. No-one is tougher, more deadly - or more cunning. And if they enter the Taliban's kill zone, they know just what to expect... When three deadly Stinger missiles go missing in Helmand Province, the Regiment is tasked to retrieve the weapons at all costs. SAS legend Jack Harker has to lead an eight-man mission into a suspected Taliban facility. He's suspicious about what the aims of the mission really are - and it's about to go noisy. Meanwhile, in Belfast, Siobhan Byrne, a highly trained surveillance operative, is infiltrating the drug crew of a former IRA commander. But are her motives professional or personal? Even she doesn't know any more. Neither Jack nor Siobhan can guess just how closely linked their operations are about to become, or just what's at stake. But as the President of the United States makes plans to visit the UK, a devastating plot unfolds.

      The Kill Zone
      4,1
    • Arctic Drift

      • 515pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming... a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia... a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war... NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control. Their only real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral traced to a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. But no one survived from that doomed mission, captain and crew perished to a man?and if Pitt and his colleague Al Giordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them.

      Arctic Drift
      3,9
    • Devil Bones

      • 369pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      An underground chamber is exposed in a seedy, dilapidated house with sagging trim and peeling paint&In the dark cellar, a ritualistic display is revealed. A human skull rests on a cauldron, surrounded by slain chickens and bizarre figurines. Bead

      Devil Bones
      3,8
    • Vrije val

      • 303pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Als een Amerikaans vliegtuig op weg naar Tokio wordt gekaapt en de bemanning in de cockpit is gedood, probeert een ex-piloot het toestel naar zijn bestemming te vliegen.

      Vrije val
      3,6
    • Atlantis

      • 406pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      From an extraordinary discovery in a remote desert oasis to a desperate race against time in the ocean depths, a team of adventurers is about to find the truth behind the most baffling legend in history. The hunt is on for... ATLANTIS Marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex–Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time——the site of fabled Atlantis——while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike. But neither of them could have imagined what awaits them in the murky depths. Not only a shocking truth about a lost world, but an explosive secret that could have devastating consequences today. Jack is determined to stop the legacy of Atlantis from falling into the wrong hands, whatever the cost. But first he must do battle to prevent a global catastrophe.

      Atlantis
      3,4
    • U.S.S. Seawolf

      • 350pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Wanneer de nieuwste Amerikaanse onderzeeër in handen van de Chinezen valt, wordt de bemanning gevangengezet op een eilandje; een speciaal opgeleide groep mariniers probeert ze te bevrijden.

      U.S.S. Seawolf
    • Tegenaanval

      • 317pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Een gewezen SAS-militair meldt zich aan om een Britse journalist te bevrijden die in Libanon door Hezbollah is gekidnapt.

      Tegenaanval