Crichton: 131 books

«Amo qualsiasi cosa scriva Michael Crichton.» Stephen King Il sole infuocato si spegne nel mare dietro le mura dell’antico borgo medievale di Tossa de Mar, in Costa Brava. Le mani strette intorno a un drink ghiacciato, Peter Ross, giovane e brillante radiologo americano, incrocia lo sguardo...

Addressing expansive themes-from love and power to submission and death-this collection of poetry, culled from the author's impressive 40 year career, employs a tender, moving voice. Encapsulating the splintered lifestyles of the islands in northern Scotland, these works carry a central theme of culture...

«Amo qualsiasi cosa scriva Michael Crichton.» Stephen King Honolulu, Hawaii. In un buio stabile di periferia, ufficio di un piccolo avvocato del luogo, regna il silenzio. Tutto sembra in ordine. Se non fosse per tre cadaveri stesi sul pavimento. Sul loro corpo non ci sono segni di lotta,...

«Il suo romanzo più appassionante dai tempi di "Jurassic Park".» Publishers Weekly «Con la sua straordinaria capacità di trasformare in fiction le novità scientifiche, Crichton costruisce una vicenda agghiacciante.» L'Indice Alla Xymos, in Nevada, sta per essere brevettata...

On September 3, 2010, the RCMP in Grande Prairie, Alberta, received a 911 call from Mat Crichton about a shooting on a local farm. Seconds later, miles from home, Holly Crichton got a shocking call from her son. "I just shot Dad," Mat told her. The violent end to a violent situation came...

The fantastic lives and careers of Ferdinand Waldo Demara make a fantastic irony of the platitude that truth is stranger than fiction. For with Ferdinand Demara, truth is fiction. Demara wanted to be a hero, to lead an epic life dedicated to the benefit of others, and to gain adulation for...

As a child Iain Crichton Smith was raised speaking Gaelic on the island of Lewis. At school in Stornoway he spoke English. Like many islanders before and since, his culture was divided: two languages and two histories entailing exile. His divided perspective delineated the tyranny of history and religion,...

On her 16th birthday, Maggie Drum sets out from the grimy streets of her Scottish coalmining town to find a man of pride, independence and spirit fit enough to be her husband. She finds her man in Gillon Cameron, a tall fisherman from the Highlands, who will learn to go down into the mines yet refuse...

Una sceneggiatura frizzante e piena di sorprese che ha ispirato l'omonimo film prodotto, fra gli altri, da Steven Spielberg. «Amo qualsiasi cosa scriva Michael Crichton.» Stephen King «Cacciatori di tempeste»: così vengono soprannominati gli scienziati che inseguono i tornado e...

Dosant toujours à la perfection découvertes scientifiques et fiction, Crichton entraîne ses personnages dans un univers aussi effrayant que celui de Jurassic Park et aussi angoissant que celui de La Proie. Un roman posthume saisissant. Vin Drake, le puissant directeur de la société high-tech...

Bien avant Jurassic Park, le jeune Michael Crichton, étudiant à Harvard, écrivait des romans pulp sous le nom de plume de John Lange... Quand le professeur Barnaby découvre entre les lignes de hiéroglyphes l'existence d'une tombe de pharaon – la dernière – demeurée secrète depuis des millénaires,...

Michael Crichton is schrijver van de wereldwijde blockbusters Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Airframe, Disclosure, Tijdlijn, Dodelijke afdaling en Zero Cool. Hij schreef ook de tv-serie ER. Van Crichtons boeken zijn dertien films gemaakt en ze zijn in zesendertig talen vertaald. Crichton overleed...

Bien avant Jurassic Park, le jeune Michael Crichton, étudiant à Harvard, écrivait des romans pulp sous le nom de plume de John Lange... Jeune radiologue américain, Peter Ross aspirait simplement à passer de bonnes vacances sur la Costa Brava quand il rencontre Angela Locke sur la plage. Et le...

Airframe van Michael Crichton is een adembenemende en beangstigend actuele thriller over veiligheid in de luchtvaart en een dodelijke doofpotaffaire. Crichton is schrijver van onder meer Jurassic Park, Timeline en Zero Cool. Juist op het moment waarop veiligheid in de publieke opinie alle aandacht...