Frans J. Bruning Livres

CBA, un grand « network » de la télévision américaine. Un groupe terroriste commandité par le Sentier lumineux et le cartel de Medellin. Une multinationale aux pouvoirs et aux appétits gigantesques. Et la prise en otages de la famille du présentateur vedette de la chaîne, en échange d'une «vitrine » médiatique... Après Detroit, Airport, Black Out, ce nouveau thriller remarquablement documenté nous fait explorer le monde des grands médias, en prise au jour le jour avec des millions de téléspectateurs. Un monde où s'entrecroisent les enjeux des affaires, de l'information mondiale et du pouvoir. Un suspense infernal au rythme quotidien des « news ». L'angoisse des otages. Des affrontements impitoyables. Notre monde, tel qu'il est.

Een playboy en een vrouwelijke rechercheur nemen het op tegen een machtige en meedogenloze chinese triade...

Includes 5 of King's short stories that were adapted for Hollywood films, with his personal commentary and introductions.

Au cœur des Alpes autrichiennes est établi un sanctuaire, une forteresse, la base militaire d'un sinistre mouvement, la Fraternité de la Veille. Harry Latham, un des plus brillants espions américains, réussit à infiltrer cette organisation néonazie qui a étendu ses tentacules dans l'ensemble du monde occidental. Il en revient porteur d'un document explosif : la liste des partisans secrets de la Fraternité de la Veille, au nombre desquels figurent de hauts dirigeants européens et américains. Ce document, s'il est authentique, est susceptible de faire basculer le monde occidental. Mais peut-on croire Harry ? Comment a t-il réussi à s'enfuir avec ce document alors que la Fraternité de la Veille l'avait pratiquement démasqué ? Drew Latham veut connaître la vérité. En ce faisant passer pour son frère Harry, il se retrouve alors au cœur d'un jeu de miroirs, de vrais espions et de faux alliés, où le moindre faux pas est mortel...

Een man wordt wegens politieke belangen door de CIA gedwongen zich uit te geven voor een beroepsmoordenaar.

When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden love. Everyone but newly appointed yoriki Sano Ichiro.Despite the official verdict and warnings from his superiors, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People suspects the deaths weren't just a tragedy; they were murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for a killer across every level of society determined to find answers to a mystery no one wants solved. No one but Sano...As subtle and beautiful as the culture it evokes, Shinju vividly re-creates a world of ornate tearooms and gaudy pleasure-palaces, cloistered mountaintop convents and deathly prisons. Part love story, part mystery, Shinju is a tour that will dazzle and entertain all who enter its world.

An Irish immigrant in New Zealand fills his son, Rory, with patriotic tales. When Rory grows up, World War I is on. He joins the New Zealand corps of the British army, survives Gallipoli, becomes an officer and is transferred to Ireland to put down a rebellion. One day his father's tales catch up and Rory switches sides. By the author of Trinity.

General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets--the forces of a dozen nations--during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devastating air campaigns in history. Never before has the Gulf air war planning, a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities, been revealed in such rich, provocative detail. And in this revised edition, General Horner looks at the current Gulf conflict--and comments on the use of air power in Iraq today.

Mark Fairfax is a young, successful trader in the City. His older brother richard is a genius, who has built one of the world's leading virtual reality companies. When richard is found dead in a Scottish fishing village, mark steps into his shoes. He discovers that Richard has developed a system that can bring virtual reality into every home and office. Such a system could be worth billions of dollars to large Japenese or American companies capable of exploiting it; and there are those that fear it would change civilisation as we know it - for the worse. Mark has to learn quickly as he is thrust into a world which he barely understands, where he can trust no one. As he struggles to save to save his brother's fledgling company from bankruptcy and unwelcome predators, he realizes that his own life is in danger. Mark needs all his trader's nerve and quick thinking to survive.

Ricardo Ross is The Marketmaker, the king of the Latin American bond markets. How far would you go to please the king? Disenchanted academic Nick Elliot knows that he may be selling his soul when he joins Ricardo Ross at City brokers Dekker Ward, but he needs the money. As Nick soon discovers you are either with The Marketmaker, or you have made an enemy for life. While Nick is learning the ropes, strange things start to happen to Dekker Ward employees. One top trader is fired without warning. Another dies in a bungled robbery. Nick can't hide his feelings for his attractive Brazilian colleague Isabel. Then she is kidnapped in Rio. Nick decides go to Brazil to look for her, a country he doesn't know at all. But the Marketmaker knows it, knows it very well ...

Amaya is the most deadly terrorist in the annals of political struggle. The horrors of her past have made her an accomplished assassin. Her motive is revenge, her vowed intent is murder.

In a novel set within the arena of volatile Japanese-American relations, business moguls compete for control of the international electronics industry.

Een Amerikaanse miljonair krijgt opdracht van de regering de praktijken bij militair-industriële vestigingen te onderzoeken; daarbij stuit hij op corruptie op grote schaal.

De Engelse journalist en televisiepresentator bereist de wereld op zoek naar esoterische en spirituele bewegingen die al honderd jaar de komst van de Maitreya voorspellen.

Aan de vooravond van de overgang naar de Volksrepubliek China resulteren verraad, geweld en streven naar absolute macht in Hongkong in een groot aantal gruwelijke moorden.