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Dirk Cussler

    Dirk Cussler
    Havana storm
    Plant Trees, Sow Seeds, Save The Bees
    Clive Cussler
    Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea
    Crescent Dawn
    Le Livre de Poche: Le Trésor de Khan
    • Le Livre de Poche: Le Trésor de Khan

      • 608pages
      • 22 heures de lecture

      Russie, lac BaAkal. Un bateau de pAache A(c)vite de justesse une vague monstrueuse. Catastrophe naturelle ? Rien n'est moins sAr a - d'autant que l'A(c)quipage est bientAt kidnappA(c) et que le navire de Dirk Pitt manque A son tour d'Aatre coulA(c). L'enquAate nous conduit alors en Mongolie, oA un mystA(c)rieux magnat du pA(c)trole est prAat A tout pour rA(c)tablir la gloire de son aAeul, un conquA(c)rant dont l'empire dA(c)passait en son temps celui d'Alexandre le Grand. Des lacs gelA(c)s de SibA(c)rie aux dA(c)serts brAlants du nord de la Chine, Dirk Pitt dA(c)couvre des indices qui vont le mener sur les traces d'un trA(c)sor fantastique. Mais, pour l'atteindre, il doit arrAater le descendant de Gengis Khan, avant qu'il ne soit trop tarda ] PortA(c) par un rythme haletant, Le TrA(c)sor du Khan prouve une fois de plus qu'en matiA]re de romans d'aventures nul ne peut surpasser Clive Cussler.

      Le Livre de Poche: Le Trésor de Khan
      3,9
    • Crescent Dawn

      • 548pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      An ancient cargo long thought lost is found. With terrible consequences . . . . Dirk Pitt is surveying in the Middle East when a stroke of luck reveals an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, he foils a night raid on Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. This puts Pitt at the centre of a race to acquire a series of legendary artefacts. Meanwhile, the region is being pushed to the brink of war by a series of explosions across Turkey and Egypt. Finding that his search for the artefacts is linked to the attacks, Pitt must prevent a deranged brother and sister's fanatical plans from succeeding . . . Packed with breathtaking suspense and fired by an extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawnis a barnstorming read for all fans of action, suspense and intrigue. 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy

      Crescent Dawn
      4,4
    • Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Tibet, 1959: In the turmoil of the Communist takeover of the mountain kingdom, a Buddhist artefact of immense importance appears to have been lost to history. Until, sixty years later, clues to its survival emerge from the wreckage of a cargo plane discovered deep beneath the surface of the Philippine Sea... NUMA Director Dirk Pitt and his old friend Al Giordino already have their hands full dealing with the recovery of a top secret hypersonic missile that went down in the Luzon Strait. Especially when it becomes clear that a rogue Chinese military team has its sights set on the same prize. And that, after making their own earth-shattering discovery about what lies below the waves, they're prepared to go to any lengths to ensure that they possess it. And lengths at all. From the cold, dark depths of the Pacific Ocean to the vertiginous peaks of the Himalayas, only Pitt, his son and daughter, Summer and Dirk Jr, can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation, and bring the world back from the brink of war.

      Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea
      4,2
    • Clive Cussler

      The Corsican Shadow

      Intrepid adventurer Dirk Pitt must unravel an enduring historical mystery in the latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the “grand master of adventure” Clive Cussler. In May, 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musee de l’Armee is ordered to get a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. When he arrives at the port of Le Havre and learns that his intended ship has been sunk, he places the object on a decrepit steamer that sails out under German fire. In the present day, National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt is on a diving expedition in the English Channel when he discovers a cache of uncut diamonds on a shipwreck. When the diamonds are stolen, Pitt and the NUMA agency find themselves up against a murderous cabal that soon reveals far more destructive plans than mere theft. Vital water treatment facilities around the globe are being targeted—placing the world’s population in grave peril. From the shadow of the Eiffel Tower to the depths of the Irish Sea to the islands of the Caribbean, only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk Jr., can locate the treasure that will preserve the soul of a nation...and save the world from catastrophe.

      Clive Cussler
      4,1
    • Plant Trees, Sow Seeds, Save The Bees

      • 176pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Our stripey friends need you! Bees, wasps, hoverflies and other stripey insects are essential to keeping us, and our planet, alive. Discover the simple ways you can help them thrive in all green spaces - from gardens to window boxes and pots - with insect champion Nicola Bradbear, from Bees for Development charity. There are lots of fun things you can do whatever space you have. And these acts of kindness will all make a big difference.

      Plant Trees, Sow Seeds, Save The Bees
      4,0
    • While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous - a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure.

      Havana storm
      4,0
    • 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
    • In 1943 a submarine returning from a secret mission is attacked, its vital cargo believed lost. Three-quarters of a century later, NUMA director Dirk Pitt is asked to help locate a missing person: the scientist responsible for the design of the revolutionary Poseidon's Arrow submarine. This craft is so advanced and dangerous that any government would kill to possess it - and not only has its designer disappeared, but so too have the final plans.

      Poseidon’s arrow
      3,9
    • In the waning days of the Second World War, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure - a different kind of kamikaze mission, this one carried out by two submarines bound for the west coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of biological virus. Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 2004

      Black Wind
      3,9
    • Oceanic explorers Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino find intrigue, adventure, and peril while collecting clues to the mysterious treasure of Xanadu, the famed capital of Kublai Khan’s empire. When Dirk Pitt is nearly killed rescuing an oil survey team from a freak wave on Russia’s Lake Baikal, it appears a simple act of nature. But when the survey team is abducted and Pitt’s research vessel nearly sunk, it becomes clear this is no run of bad luck, but the influence of something, or someone, more sinister. In fact, Pitt and the NUMA crew have inadvertently stepped between a Mongolian tycoon and his plans to corner the global oil market, beginning with covert negotiations in China. To ensure the deal goes through, this mysterious businessman will encourage ever-escalating acts of sabotage and violence. Pitt and Giordino soon learn the magnate’s fury and his power both stem from the same source: a dark secret about Genghis Khan, the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. To Pitt and Giordino the famed Khan’s empire is nearly the stuff of legend and his tomb a forgotten mystery. But the Khan’s legacy is very real. And it’s the treasure of his grandson Kublai Khan that holds the key to stopping this modern-day oil baron from restoring the conquests of his ancestors. That is, if Pitt and Giordino get there first....

      Treasure of Khan
      3,6
    • Ďáblovo moře

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Další adreanlinová jízda s Dirkem Pittem a jeho parťáky. Nebojácný dobrodruh Dirk Pitt a tým agentury NUMA musí rozluštit historickou záhadu obrovské důležitosti. Jde o ztracený buddhistický artefakt, jemuž se dostanou na stopu při potápění k vraku letounu ve Filipínském moři. Nejsou však sami, v patách mají nemilosrdnou jednotku čínské armády, která má své vlastní plány. Od chladných temných hlubin Tichého oceánu až po závratné výšky Himálají, pouze skvělá parta kolem Dirka může zachránit národ, náboženství a hlavně zabránit vypuknutí světové války.

      Ďáblovo moře
      4,4
    • Dirk Pitt: Duivelsadem

      Een Dirk Pitt avontuur - druk 1

      • 511pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Een wetenschappelijke doorbraak om de opwarming van de aarde te keren, een reeks onverklaarbare dodelijke ongevallen in Brits-Columbia, een golf internationale incidenten tussen de Verenigde Staten en Canada die in een oorlog dreigt los te barsten. Dirk Pitt en zijn kinderen, Dirk jr. en Summer, geloven dat er een verband bestaat, maar zij weten ook dat hun weinig tijd rest voordat de situatie escaleert. De enige aanwijzing is een zilverachtig mineraal waarvan het spoor terug te volgen is naar een expeditie van lang geleden om de Noordwest Passage te vinden. Maar niemand overleefde die tocht. En als Dirk Pitt en zijn collega Al Giordino niet voorzichtig zijn, wacht hun hetzelfde lot.

      Dirk Pitt: Duivelsadem
      4,0
    • L’assassinio di una squadra di scienziati dell’ONU a El Salvador, una collisione mortale nel fiume di Detroit, un violento attacco a un sito archeologico lungo il Nilo: tre eventi in apparenza scollegati tra loro ma che, come capirà presto il direttore della numa, Dirk Pitt, sono uniti da un enigma antico che potrebbe cambiare il futuro dell’umanità… Durante quella che doveva essere una missione di routine in Centroamerica, Pitt si ritrova invischiato in un intrigo internazionale che lo trascinerà in giro per il mondo – dalle acque profonde della Scozia, dove dovrà cercare risposte sulla diffusione di una malattia sconosciuta e sull’oscura azienda di biorisanamento che potrebbe esserne la causa, alle bollenti sabbie d’Egitto, dove la vita dei suoi figli è in grave pericolo, fino alle rocciose Isole d’Irlanda, dove avverrà una spettacolare resa dei conti. Cussler invia i suoi intrepidi eroi Dirk Pitt e Al Giordino nella più selvaggia e audace delle loro avventure: solo Pitt, infatti, può svelare i segreti di un mistero che affonda le radici nell’antichità, la cui soluzione potrebbe trovarsi nella tomba di una principessa egiziana costretta a fuggire dagli eserciti di suo padre. Sembra che Pitt debba guardare nel passato per salvare il futuro.

      Il destino del faraone
      4,2
    • Korsický stín

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Od Eiffelovy věže přes hlubiny Irského moře až po ostrovy v Karibiku, pouze Dirk Pitt a jeho tým mohou zachránit svět před katastrofou. V nejnovějším románu z bestsellerové série Clivea Cusslera musí neohrožený dobrodruh Dirk Pitt rozluštit jednu velkou historickou záhadu a zároveň zabránit zločineckému syndikátu v ovládnutí klíčových zdrojů vody. V květnu 1940, v době německého blitzkriegu, dostane hlavní kurátor pařížského muzea rozkaz, aby ze země odvezl jeden nesmírně cenný artefakt. V chaosu válečné vřavy však stopa po historické památce mizí… V současnosti je ředitel NUMA Dirk Pitt na potápěčské výpravě v Lamanšském průlivu, kde ve vraku lodi objeví skrýš surových diamantů. Diamanty jsou následně ukradeny a při pátrání po zlodějích se Dirk a jeho tým ocitají v boji proti vražednému spolku, který brzy odhalí mnohem ničivější plány než je pouhá krádež. Cílem zločinců jsou útoky na životně důležitá zařízení na úpravu vody a světová populace se tak ocitá ve vážném nebezpečí.

      Korsický stín
      4,2
    • Celtic Empire

      • 464pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      A deadly river collision puts Dirk Pitt on the trail of an ancient mystery stretching back thousands of years . . . When a rogue cargo freighter strikes an oil tanker in the Detroit River, the oil spill is the worst marine disaster in years. Dirk Pitt's NUMA team lead the clean-up operation, with the help of new green tech firm, BioRem. But when one of NUMA's best divers dies suspiciously while working on the wreck, Pitt fears there's more to BioRem than simply saving the environment. Discovering a trail of unexplained deaths which appear to be linked to BioRem's sites around the world, Pitt unravels a mystery from our past that could jeopardise mankind's future. But someone is determined to make sure Pitt and his associates don't survive to learn the truth . . .

      Celtic Empire
      4,1
    • Odessa Sea

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      As Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding trouble. This time, though, trouble has found him. On a NUMA mission to the Black Sea to locate the wreck of a lost Ottoman Empire ship, Pitt and his friend Al Giordino respond to an urgent Mayday from a nearby freighter. But by the time they reach the area there's no one left alive just dead bodies and the smell of sulphur in the air. When a massive blast from the stern suddenly scuttles the ship, Pitt and Giordino are lucky not to add to the death toll. As they investigate the fate of the lost ship, they're plunged deep into an extraordinary series of discoveries. And when connections emerge between a desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and power of the Romanov empire, a Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo, modern-day nuclear smugglers and a brilliant engineer developing cutting-edge drone technology, Pitt is face with the most dangerous challenge of his career. One that will threaten the lives of his family and friends.

      Odessa Sea
      3,8
    • Vortex

      • 345pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      L'Océan pacifique révèle sa face sombre lorsque le sous-marin nucléaire Starbuck disparaît mystérieusement dans le Vortex, une zone déjà responsable de la perte de nombreux navires. Dirk Pitt, aventurier des profondeurs, découvre par hasard un message du commandant du Starbuck et se voit confier la mission périlleuse de retrouver le sous-marin avant qu'une catastrophe nucléaire ne se produise. Pitt se rend vite compte qu'il n'est pas seul dans cette partie du Pacifique, car un malfaisant fou a également élu domicile dans ces eaux, avec l'intention de devenir maître du monde. Écrit près de vingt ans avant la tragédie du sous-marin russe Le Koursk, ce récit, bien que publié après d'autres, marque les débuts de Dirk Pitt, héros emblématique de Clive Cussler. Auteur à succès, Cussler compte plus de 60 millions de lecteurs à travers le monde. Il admet que cette intrigue n'est peut-être pas sa meilleure et que sa publication a été motivée par la pression de ses proches, après le succès d'autres aventures de Pitt, telles que Mayday !, Vixen 03, Iceberg et Panique à la Maison blanche.

      Vortex
      3,8
    • Vixen 03

      • 362pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Gennaio 1954. Un Boeing C-97 Stratocruiser decolla dalla base militare di Buckley Field, nel Colorado. Nome in codice: Vixen 03. Carico top secret: 36 micidiali bombe batteriologiche. Destinazione: Pacifico meridionale. Dopo poche ore di volo, l'aereo scompare nel nulla, durante una tormenta di neve. Dopo quattro mesi di ricerche la pratica del Vixen 03 viene archiviata e insabbiata. Settembre 1988. Dirk Pitt scopre il Vixen 03 sul fondo di un lago ghiacciato nel Colorado. Recupera il relitto e 34 bombe. Ne mancano due. Che fine hanno fatto? Che cosa succederebbe se un'organizzazione terroristica ci mettesse le mani sopra?In uno dei più bei romanzi di Clive Cussler tutto finirà per avere una spiegazione grazie alle inesauribili risorse di Dirk Pitt.

      Vixen 03
      3,7
    • Dirk Pitt - 18: Zwarte wind

      een Dirk Pitt avontuur - druk 1

      • 496pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Een Amerikaan probeert de dreiging van een biologische bom met een krachtig pokkenvirus af te wenden, maar heeft in een Koreaan een geduchte tegenstander.

      Dirk Pitt - 18: Zwarte wind
    • Dirk Pitt: Pijl van Poseidon

      Een Dirk Pitt thriller

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      PIJL VAN POSEIDON - EEN DIRK PITT THRILLER De Amerikaanse marine ontwikkelt in het geheim een supersnelle en superstille onderzeeër, gebouwd met zeldzame grondstoffen. Maar er is een probleem: er ontbreekt een belangrijk onderdeel van het ontwerp en de ontwerper van de onderzeeër is dood. Dirk Pitt en zijn NUMA-team worden ingezet om erachter te komen wat er met de ontwerper en met het ontbrekende onderdeel is gebeurd.Ondertussen verdwijnt het ene na het andere schip in de oceaan, en de meesten worden nooit meer teruggevonden. En als er wel een schip wordt geborgen, liggen er vaak verbrande lichamen aan boord. Wat is er aan de hand? En wat heeft de Italiaanse onderzeeër die in 1943 verdween er mee te maken?Bestsellerauteur CLIVE CUSSLER schreef ruim veertig bestsellers, waaronder de beroemde series over Dirk Pitt, Kurt Austin en Isaac Bell. Hij heeft inmiddels al meer dan drie miljoen boeken verkocht in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Cussler woont in Arizona, VS.'Dirk Pitt is het oceanografische antwoord op Indiana Jones. Exotische locaties, meedogenloze schurken en ontsnappingen door het oog van de naald.' - ASSOCIATED PRESS'De maritieme versie van The Fast and the Furious' - HEBBAN.NLwww.facebook.com/clivecussler www.numa.net www.facebook.com/thehouseofbooks

      Dirk Pitt: Pijl van Poseidon
    • Dirk Pitt: Der Schatten des Korsen

      Ein Dirk-Pitt-Roman

      • 496pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Der Fund ungeschliffener Diamanten führt zu einem noch größeren Schatz – im neusten Dirk-Pitt-Roman. Dirk Pitt, der Direktor der National Underwater and Marine Agency, entdeckt während einer Tauchexpedition im Ärmelkanal in einem Schiffswrack ein Versteck mit ungeschliffenen Diamanten. Als diese gestohlen werden, scheint es sich bei den Tätern um islamistische Terroristen zu handeln. Tatsächlich sieht sich Dirk Pitt jedoch mit einem mörderischen Plan konfrontiert, der weitaus verhängnisvoller ist als nur der Diamantendiebstahl. Lebenswichtige Wasseraufbereitungsanlagen auf der ganzen Welt werden ins Visier genommen, ohne die Tausende sterben müssen. Nur Dirk Pitt kann die Verschwörer noch stoppen. Jeder Band ein Bestseller und einzeln lesbar. Lassen Sie sich die anderen Abenteuer von Dirk Pitt nicht entgehen – zum Beispiel »Geheimakte Odessa«, »Die zehnte Plage« oder »Mission Dragonfly«.

      Dirk Pitt: Der Schatten des Korsen
    • De schat van Khan / druk 1

      een Dirk Pitt avontuur

      • 544pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      Wanneer in Mongolië enkele onderzeese bevingen plaatsvinden, vermoedt Dirk Pitt dat er iets duisters aan de hand is.

      De schat van Khan / druk 1