Authors: Tom Clancy

Description: Tom Claney retrouve le Jack Ryan du début. Un grand roman d'espionnage sur l'impitoyable guerre des services secrets et ses enjeux géopolitiques. Bien avant de devenir président des Etats-Unis, Jack Ryan était un jeune analyste de la CIA. Lune de ses premières missions élucider les propos étonnants d'un transfuge soviétique qui prétend qu'en URSS, des officiels de haut rang projetteraient d'assassiner le pape. A Ryan de vérifier la véracité du complot avant de se battre pour déjouer l'attentat. Car ce n'est pas seulement la vie du pape qui est en jeu mais l'équilibre du monde occidental.

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Categories: French imprints

Authors: Robert McParland

Description: Whether curled up on a sofa with a good mystery, lounging by the pool with a steamy romance, or brooding over a classic novel, Americans love to read. Despite the distractions of modern living, nothing quite satisfies many individuals more than a really good book. And regardless of how one accesses that book—through a tablet, a smart phone, or a good, old-fashioned hardcover—those choices have been tallied for decades. In Bestseller: A Century of America’s Favorite Books, Robert McParland looks at the reading tastes of a nation—from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. Through extensive research, McParland provides context for the literature that appealed to the masses, from low-brow potboilers like Forever Amber to Pulitzer-Prize winners such as To Kill a Mockingbird. Decade by decade, McParland discusses the books that resonated with the American public and shows how current events and popular culture shaped the reading habits of millions. Profiles of authors with frequent appearances—from Ernest Hemingway to Danielle Steel—are included, along with standout titles that readers return to year after year. A snapshot of America and its love of reading through the decades, this volume informs and entertains while also providing a handy reference of the country’s most popular books. For those wanting to learn more about the history of American culture through its reading habits, Bestseller: A Century of America’s Favorite Books is a must-read.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Patrick Anderson

Description: There’s been a revolution in American popular fiction. The writers who dominated the bestseller lists a generation ago with blockbuster novels about movie stars and exotic foreign lands have been replaced by a new generation writing a new kind of bestseller, one that hooks readers with crime, suspense, and ever-increasing violence. Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post’s man on the thriller beat, calls this revolution “the triumph of the thriller,” and lists among its stars Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane, Sue Grafton, and Elmore Leonard. In his provocative, caustic, and often hilarious survey of today’s popular fiction, Anderson shows us who the best thriller writers are–and the worst. He shows how Michael Connelly was inspired by Raymond Chandler, how George Pelecanos toiled in obscurity while he mastered his craft, how Sue Grafton created the first great woman private eye, and how Thomas Harris transformed an insane cannibal into the charming man of the world who made FBI agent Clarice Starling his lover. Anderson shows Scott Turow inventing the modern legal thriller and John Grisham translating it into a stunning series of bestsellers. He casts a cold eye on Tom Clancy’s militaristic techno-thrillers, and praises Alan Furst and Robert Littell as world-class spy novelists. He examines the pioneering role of Lawrence Sanders, the offbeat appeal of Dean Koontz, the unprecedented success of The Da Vinci Code, and the emergence of the literary thriller. Most of all, Anderson demands that the best of these novelists be given their due–not as genre writers, but as some of the most talented men and women at work in American fiction. Don’t trust the literary elites to tell you what to read, he warns–make up you own minds. The Triumph of the Thriller will convince many readers that we’ve entered an important new era in popular fiction. This book can be your guide to it.

Langue: en

Publisher: Random House

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Tom Clancy

Description: It didn't start with Red October. Cold War London, The CIA, M16. Jack Ryan: The Early Days. When young Jack Ryan joins the CIA as an analyst he is thrust into a world of political intrigue and conspiracy. Stationed in England, he quickly finds himself debriefing a Soviet defector with an extraordinary story to tell: senior Russian officials are plotting to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The CIA novice must forget his inexperience and rely on all his wits to firstly discover the details of the plot - and then prevent its execution. For it is not just the Pope's life that is at stake, but also the stability of the Western World. Praise for Tom Clancy: 'A virtuoso display of page-turning talent.' Sunday Express 'Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict.' Sunday Times 'A brilliantly constructed thriller that packs a punch like Semtex explosive.' Daily Mail

Langue: en

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Categories: Intelligence officers

Authors: Rasmus Lerdorf ,Kevin Tatroe ,Peter MacIntyre

Description: Programming PHP, 2nd Edition, is the authoritative guide to PHP 5 and is filled with the unique knowledge of the creator of PHP (Rasmus Lerdorf) and other PHP experts. When it comes to creating websites, the PHP scripting language is truly a red-hot property. In fact, PHP is currently used on more than 19 million websites, surpassing Microsoft's ASP .NET technology in popularity. Programmers love its flexibility and speed; designers love its accessibility and convenience. As the industry standard book on PHP, all of the essentials are covered in a clear and concise manner. Language syntax and programming techniques are coupled with numerous examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms. With style tips and practical programming advice, this book will help you become not just a PHP programmer, but a good PHP programmer. Programming PHP, Second Edition covers everything you need to know to create effective web applications with PHP. Contents include: Detailed information on the basics of the PHP language, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statements Chapters outlining the basics of functions, strings, arrays, and objects Coverage of common PHP web application techniques, such as form processing and validation, session tracking, and cookies Material on interacting with relational databases, such as MySQL and Oracle, using the database-independent PEAR DB library and the new PDO Library Chapters that show you how to generate dynamic images, create PDF files, and parse XML files with PHP Advanced topics, such as creating secure scripts, error handling, performance tuning, and writing your own C language extensions to PHP A handy quick reference to all the core functions in PHP and all the standard extensions that ship with PHP Praise for the first edition: "If you are just getting into the dynamic Web development world or youare considering migrating from another dynamic web product to PHP, Programming PHP is the book of choice to get you up, running, and productive in a short time." --Peter MacIntrye, eWeek "I think this is a great book for programmers who want to start developing dynamic websites with PHP. It gives a detailed overview of PHP, lots of valuable tips, and a good sense of PHP's strengths." --David Dooling, Slashdot.org

Langue: en

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Categories: Computers

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Categories: Detective and mystery stories

Authors: Andrew Schopp ,Matthew B. Hill

Description: The War on Terror and American Popular Culture is a collection of original essays by academics and researchers from around the world that examines the complex interrelation between the Bush administration's "War on Terror" and American popular culture. Written by experts in the fields of literature, film, and cultural studies, this book examines in detail how popular culture reflects concerns and anxieties about the September 11 attacks and the war those attacks generated, how it interrogates the individual and collective impacts that war has wrought, how it might challenge or critique current policy, and how it might reinforce or endorse the war and its sociopolitical paradigms.

Langue: en

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Categories: History

Authors: Claude Mesplède

Description: Dictionnaire des littératures policières à vocation encyclopédique proposant aussi bien des articles sur les thèmes caractéristiques du genre policier que sur les collections, les magazines, les auteurs (notices biobibliographiques), les personnages, etc.

Langue: fr

Publisher: Editions Joseph K

Categories: Detective and mystery stories

Authors: S. T. Joshi

Description: A witty examination of America's bestselling novels, covering works by Danielle Steel, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Nora Roberts, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and many others.

Langue: en

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Tom Clancy

Description: Tom Clancy retrouve le Jack Ryan du début. Un grand roman d'espionnage sur l'impitoyable guerre des services secrets et ses enjeux géopolitiques. Bien avant de devenir président des Etats-Unis, Jack Ryan était un jeune analyste de la CIA. L'une de ses premières missions élucider les propos étonnants d'un transfuge soviétique qui prétend qu'en URSS, des officiels de faut rang projetteraient d'assassiner le pape. A Ryan de vérifier la véracité du complot avant de se battre pour déjouer l'attentat. Car ce n'est pas seulement la vie du pape qui est en jeu mais l'équilibre du monde occidental.

Langue: fr

Publisher: Editions Albin Michel

Categories: Fiction

Authors: Gale Group ,Neil Barron

Description: This volume contains descriptions of 1,245 books in nine fiction genres, including author or editor's name, publication information, story type, major characters, setting, plot summary, and more.

Langue: en

Publisher: Gale Cengage

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

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Categories: Libraries

Authors: Russell Ash

Description: Features more than one thousand separate lists that cover a broad range of subjects, including Culture & Learning, Sport & Leisure, the Universe & the Earth, the Human World, and Town & Country.

Langue: en

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction

Authors: David Bankier

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Publisher: Nouveau Monde Editions

Categories: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Authors: Peter Gordon

Description: This collection is chock full of simple puzzles with terrific themes and lots of wordplay. Perfect for beginners

Langue: en

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Categories: Games & Activities

Authors: Shirley Biagi

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Authors: Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

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Categories: Talking books

Authors: Peter Gordon

Description: The August 8, 2005, issue of the Weekly Standard called The New York Sun crosswords the best in America, beating out The New York Times in a head-to-head competition. What makes them the greatest? They’re carefully edited so those obscure words that nobody actually uses are out, and solving pleasure is in, thanks to tricky clues and witty puns. Most of the puzzles have clever and original themes that add to the fun. Plus, solvers will enjoy the wide range of difficulty--indicated by the number of stars on top.

Langue: en

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Categories: Games & Activities