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Michael Crichton

    October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008

    Michael Crichton was a master storyteller, celebrated for his meticulous scientific research and fast-paced narratives. He expertly wove together thrilling plots with deep explorations of scientific and technological themes. His distinctive style captivated millions of readers globally, securing his place among the most influential authors of his era. Crichton's ability to anticipate and vividly portray future advancements continues to inspire contemporary writers.

    Michael Crichton
    Michael Crichton
    A New Collection of Three Novels: Congo, Sphere, Eaters of the Dead
    The lost world
    Rising Sun / The Andromeda Strain / Binary
    Three Complete Novels
    Jurassic Park / Congo
    • Eruption

      • 424 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      "A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano."--

      Eruption2024
      3.4
    • The Andromeda Evolution

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe known as The Andromeda Strain nearly wiped out humanity, killing everyone in Piedmont, Arizona, except for an elderly man and an infant boy. A team of scientists from Project Wildfire managed to avert disaster just before a nuclear detonation. Over the years, research continued, and the world believed it was safe. However, deep within Fairchild Air Force Base, Project Eternal Vigilance remained vigilant for the microbe's return. As the project faced shutdown, a Brazilian drone detected an anomaly in the jungle, revealing the chemical signature of the deadly microparticle. This alarming find prompted the activation of a new Project Wildfire, sending a diverse team of global experts to confront a potential apocalypse. The microbe, however, is evolving rapidly. If the team cannot reach the quarantine zone, enter the anomaly, and devise a solution, this new threat could lead to the annihilation of all life on Earth.

      The Andromeda Evolution2019
      3.7
    • Tornado-Twister

      • 204 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      A causa de sus devastadores efectos y su escurridiza naturaleza, i tornado sono uno dei fenomeni meteorologici più enigmatici. Il loro comportamento erratico rende quasi impossibile studiarli, e quando raggiungono il loro potere distruttivo, solo i «cacciatori di tornado», intrepidi meteorologi, si avventurano ad osservarli da vicino. Twister narra le peripezie di una di queste avventuriere, Jo Wilder, decisa a installare un complesso trasmettitore nel vortice stesso di un gigantesco tornado. Nel suo pericoloso impegno, dovrà competere con Jonas Miller, un scienziato senza scrupoli disposto a tutto per sottrargli il merito.

      Tornado-Twister2018
    • From Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, comes a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last!

      Dragon Teeth2017
      3.8
    • Az elveszett világ

      • 461 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived ...

      Az elveszett világ2015
    • Д-р Питър Рос иска добра почивка по испанските плажове, с хубаво момиче до себе си. Анджела Лок обаче се оказва проблем - не стига, че бяга от две банди, воюващи заради изчезнал артефакт, но и въвлича Рос в постоянно преследване из Европа. За да остане жив, той трябва да открие дълбоко пазена от векове тайна или ще се превърне в поредната жертва.

      Левакът2014
      3.1
    • Drug of Choice

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      On a secret island in the Caribbean, bioengineers have devised a vacation resort like no other, promising the ultimate escape. But when Dr Roger Clark investigates, he discovers the dark secret of Eden Island and of Advance Biosystems, the shadowy corporation underwriting it...

      Drug of Choice2013
      3.4
    • Easy Go

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Beneath the sands of the Egyptian desert lies treasure beyond imagining. And when a professor of archaeology finds clues to the location of a Pharaoh's lost tomb in ancient hieroglyphs, he hatches a plan to find the burial site - and plunder it.But can a five-man team of smugglers and thieves uncover what the centuries have hidden? And even if they find it, can they escape with it...and with their lives?

      Easy Go2013
      3.5
    • Micro

      • 541 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high-concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company—only to find themselves cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them. An instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.

      Micro2011
      3.4
    • Pirate Latitudes

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      An irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World from master storyteller Michael Crichton - now in paperback

      Pirate Latitudes2009
      3.6
    • Zero Cool - Unabridged

      • 221 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      While vacationing in Spain, a young doctor finds himself embroiled in a deadly conflict between rival gangsPeter Ross just wanted a vacation. After years toiling in the radiology department of a large American hospital, he dreams of lying on a Spanish beach with a beautiful girl. The beach proves just as lovely as he hoped. But the girl turns out to be trouble.Angela Locke is on the run from a pair of gangs waging war over a missing artifact, and she sucks Ross straight into the crossfire. From sunny Spain to rain-swept Paris, Ross’s trip will take him into Europe’s darkest corners. An ordinary man on the run for his life, he must uncover a centuries-old secret, or risk becoming its next victim. Zero Cool is Michael Crichton's fifth published novel. It was released in 1969 under the pseudonym of John Lange, and later re-released in 2008 as part of the Hard Case Crime series. For this release, Michael Crichton wrote short new framing chapters, in addition to doing an overall revision of the text.

      Zero Cool - Unabridged2008
      2.8
    • An astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics as it’s happening now, with lightning-fast pacing and thrilling chases.

      Next2006
      3.6
    • 13-й воин

      • 359 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      В X веке халиф Багдада отправляет посла к царю болгар, но посланец оказывается похищен викингами. Для утонченного дипломата обычаи варварских скандинавских народов кажутся одновременно дикими и увлекательными. Вместе с ними и их вождем Буливыфом он отправляется в захватывающее приключение: сражаться с 'теми, кто ест мертвецов'...

      13-й воин2004
    • La super raccolta di storie d'avventura

      • 455 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      L'idea di questa antologia, pubblicata come numero unico della rivista di Dave Eggers "McSweeney's", nasce dalla volontà del curatore, Michael Chabon, di ridare dignità e visibilità alle short stories di avventure in cui un tempo si cimentavano autori quali Balzac, Conrad, Henry James ed Edith Wharton. Una raccolta in cui il racconto breve riacquista la sua dimensione più classica, tradizionale e avvincente: quella di narrarre storie avventurose e piene di thrilling. Gli autori chiamati a misurarsi con questa sfida sono tra i più rappresentativi della letteratura angloamericana da Stephen King a Rick Moody, da Michael Crichton a Neil Gaiman, da Elmore Leonard a Nick Hornby per finire con Dave Heggers e Harlan Ellison.

      La super raccolta di storie d'avventura2004
      3.4
    • State of Fear

      • 816 pages
      • 29 hours of reading

      In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means. Thus begins Michael Crichton's exciting and provocative technothriller, State of Fear. Only Michael Crichton's unique ability to blend science fact and pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to a heart-stopping conclusion. This is Michael Crichton's most wide-ranging thriller. State of Fear takes the reader from the glaciers of Iceland to the volcanoes of Antarctica, from the Arizona desert to the deadly jungles of the Solomon Islands, from the streets of Paris to the beaches of Los Angeles. The novel races forward, taking the reader on a rollercoaster thrill ride, all the while keeping the brain in high gear. Gripping and thought-provoking, State of Fear is Michael Crichton at his very best.

      State of Fear2004
      3.7
    • The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to collect organisms and dust for study. One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing site, in the town of Piedmont, a shocking discovery is the streets are littered with the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants, as if they dropped dead in their tracks.

      The Great Train Robbery, The Andromeda Strain2002
    • Prey

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      From the Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park comes this classic Crichton page-turner, weaving together heart-pounding thrills with cutting-edge technology. In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles - micro-robots - has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague, and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute science fact, PREY takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence - in a story of breathtaking suspense.

      Prey2002
      3.8
    • Ein Flugzeug stürzt auf einer Insel ab, auf der Dinosaurier leben. Dr. Grant und Dr. Sattler nehmen an der Rettungsaktion teil und begegnen gefährlichen Urzeitgiganten, die eine ernsthafte Bedrohung für das amerikanische Festland darstellen.

      Jurassic Park 3. Junior Roman. Roman zum Film2001
    • The Lost World - Jurassic Park: Level 4

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      "Six years ago the dinosaurs were destroyed and Jurassic Park was closed. But now people are finding dead animals again - are they dinosaurs? Dr. Levine is going to find out. On Isla Sorna, off the coast of Costa Rica, he and his friends find themselves in a lost world."--Cover.

      The Lost World - Jurassic Park: Level 42001
      3.7
    • Jurassic Park III

      • 56 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Eric was going to see dinosaurs. Real dinosaurs. Only it was no longer a dream come true. It was a nightmare.

      Jurassic Park III2001
      3.4
    • Der klinische Pathologe John Berry ist entsetzt über die Festnahme seines Freundes Arthur Lee wegen einer illegalen Abtreibung mit Todesfolge. Trotz der Toleranz der Bostoner Mediziner für Lees Praxis hilft niemand, da das Opfer die Tochter eines angesehenen Arztes ist. Berry beginnt eigene Ermittlungen und entdeckt eine perfide Intrige der feinen Gesellschaft.

      Die Intrige. Roman1999
    • In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world, archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened up to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival -- six hundred years ago.

      Timeline1999
      3.9
    • An original, contrarian philosophy that challenges today's leaders to look past the quick fix and deal thoughtfully with the real complexities of managing people.In organizations, as in life, human behavior is often irrational -- and problems do not easily lend themselves to the simplistic answers and gimmickry offered in the myriad business "self-help" books and management training programs available today. In Management of the Absurd, Richard Farson zeros in on the paradoxes of communication, the politics of management, and the dilemmas of change, exploring relationships within organizations and offering a unique perspective on the challenges managers face.

      Management of the absurd : paradoxes in leadership1997
      3.9
    • Six ans se sont écoulés depuis l'horrible catastrophe survenue dans le parc jurassique. Le rêve des scientifiques et des entrepreneurs de recréer un zoo préhistorique s'est brisé en mille morceaux. Les dinosaures ont été exterminés, le parc a été détruit et la paix est revenue sur les îles isolées du Costa Rica. Le Dr Levin, paléontologue brillant mais arrogant, refuse d'accepter cette réalité. Il s'accroche à chaque rumeur - et les rumeurs persistantes continuent de croître - et croit que l'affaire n'est pas du tout terminée...

      Le Monde Perdu1996
      3.7
    • Michael Crichton

      • 662 pages
      • 24 hours of reading

      In this novel that set off a firestorm of controversy, a brutal struggle in the cutthroat computer industry combines with a shattering psychological game of cat and mouse. An up-and-coming executive at DigiCom, Tom Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain. But after a closed door meeting with his new boss—his former lover who has been promoted to the position he expected to have—Sanders is caught in a web of deceit where he is branded the villain. As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company's cynical and manipulative secrets. On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto Tower in downtown L.A.—the American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate—a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the dead body of a beautiful woman is discovered. The investigation begins...and immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue. With a no-holds-barred conflict in which control of a vital American technology is the fiercely coveted prize, the saying "business is war" takes on a terrifying reality.

      Michael Crichton1996
      4.0
    • Twister

      The Original Screenplay

      • 182 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The movie's screenplay describes the competition between two rival groups of scientists determined to be the first to put a tracking device inside the funnel of a tornado

      Twister1996
      3.8
    • The Escape Artist - Diane ChamberlainAirframe - Michael CrichtonWeeding Out the Tears - Jeanne White with Susan DworkinInfinity's Child - Harry Stein

      Airframe1996
      3.8
    • The lost world

      • 430 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      From the author of "Timeline, Sphere, "and "Congo" comes the sequel to the smash-hit "Jurassic Park, "a thriller that's been millions of years in the making. #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER "Fast and gripping."--"The Washington Post Book World" It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. . . . "Harrowing thrills . . . fast-paced and engaging."--"People" "A very scary read."--"Entertainment Weekly" "Action-packed."--New York "Daily News" " " "An edge-of-the-seat tale.""--St. Petersburg Times"

      The lost world1995
      4.1
    • Congo ; The Terminal Man

      • 316 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      This omnibus edition contains two of Michael Crichton's thrillers: "Congo" and "The Terminal Man". By the author of "Jurassic Park" and "Disclosure".

      Congo ; The Terminal Man1995
    • Gli elefanti: In caso di necessità

      • 310 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Arthur Lee è un medico cinese: vive a Boston e ogni tanto pratica l'aborto, non per lucro ma per convinzioni morali. L'intera comunità dei medici ne è al corrente. Un giorno però muore Karen Randall, una ragazza minorenne. Muore per un aborto mal riuscito mormorando il nome di Lee, che viene subito arrestato e messo al bando. Ma John Berry, amico di Lee, è certo della sua innocenza e, sfidando l'ostilità della high society, le ire della polizia, le vendette della malavita, conduce un'indagine spietata che si conclude con una rivelazione sconvolgente.

      Gli elefanti: In caso di necessità1994
    • Rising Sun / The Andromeda Strain / Binary

      Three Novels in One Volume

      • 736 pages
      • 26 hours of reading

      In downtown L.A., a grand opening at the Nakamoto Tower turns deadly when a beautiful woman is found murdered on the forty-sixth floor. The investigation spirals into a thrilling chase filled with industrial intrigue, where control over crucial American technology becomes a fierce battleground, and the Japanese adage 'business is war' takes on chilling significance. In a separate narrative, five biophysicists alert the U.S. government about potential contamination risks from returning space probes. Two years later, Project Scoop launches seventeen satellites to collect extraterrestrial samples. When one probe crashes in Arizona, bodies are discovered in a nearby town, their expressions frozen in shock. The scientists soon realize they are confronting a terrifying, otherworldly threat. Meanwhile, political radical John Wright is plotting mass destruction, closely monitored by federal agent John Graves. When a government computer is hacked, leading to the theft of a high-security nerve gas shipment, Graves races against time to piece together the clues. He must prevent Wright from executing a deadly plan that could kill millions, including the U.S. President.

      Rising Sun / The Andromeda Strain / Binary1994
      3.8
    • Thomas Sanders' world collapses in just 24 hours - he is passed over for promotion, his new woman boss comes on to him during a drink after work, then, the next morning, he learns that she has accused him of sexually harassing her. She demands his transfer, thereby threatening to cut him off from the millions he would have made when his high-tech company was floated on the stock market.What follow next made Disclosure the most talked about novel of the decade.

      Disclosure1994
      3.8
    • Jurassic Park / Congo

      Two Bestsellers in One Volume

      • 640 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      Two breathtaking adventure novels in one bumper volume. Jurassic Park On a remote jungle island genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. Then a rival firm tries to steal embryos, and the nightmare begins. Congo Three intrepid adventurers plunge into the heart of Africa in a desperate bid for the fabulous diamonds of the Lost City of Zinj.

      Jurassic Park / Congo1993
      4.4
    • Three Complete Novels

      The Andromeda Strain. The Terminal Man. The Great Train Robbery

      • 675 pages
      • 24 hours of reading

      Years before Jurassic Park, Michael Chrichton was known as The New York Times bestselling master of the techno-thriller. The three mesmerizing super-sellers in this collection--including his first novel, The Andromeda Strain--have sold well over 4 million copies and qualify as modern classics. Perfectly plotted stories that are fantastic, unbelievable and yet, somehow, very real, these novels pull the reader into bizarre situations full of spell-binding suspense, offering three great examples of the author's genius.

      Three Complete Novels1993
      4.1
    • One night in 1972, seven men known to have links with the underworld hijack a Department of Transport train in Utah, having been paid by persons unknown to steal two canisters of deadly insecticide. Even the hijackers don't know why. By the author of "The Andromeda Strain" and "Jurassic Park".

      Binary1993
      3.6
    • Jurský park

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Exkurzia medzi dinosaurami. Znovuzrodenie dinosaurov pomocou DNA kvôli zábavnému parku? Nie vždy idú veci tak, ako majú a človek by si nemal hrať na boha. Toto vydanie je prepis scenára filmového spracovania z roku 1993.

      Jurský park1993
      3.8
    • Kriminalroman. To politifolk med speciale i japanske forhold afslører under opklaringen af et mord, at japanske koncerner bruger alle midler for at skaffe sig magten over USA's økonomi og teknologi

      Rising Sun1992
      3.5
    • On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the time of man emerge. But, as always, there is a dark side to the fantasy and after a catastrophe destroys the park's defence systems, the scientists and tourists are left fighting for survival.

      Jurassic Park1990
      3.9
    • Travels

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere from the Mayan pyramids to Kilimanjaro. Fueled by a powerful curiosity—and by a need to see, feel, and hear, firsthand and close-up—Michael Crichton's journeys have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling—swimming with mud sharks in Tahiti, tracking wild animals through the jungle of Rwanda. This is a record of those travels—an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction.

      Travels1989
      4.0
    • Uprostřed jižního Pacifiku, stovky metrů pod hladinou, je objeveno obrovité neznámé těleso. Expedice odborníků zjistí, že jde o americkou vesmírnou loď. Ovšem... na dně oceánu už leží 300 let.

      Koule1987
      3.7
    • Alltag mit Mikros

      • 239 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Michael Crichton, erfolgreicher Schriftsteller, Wissenschaftler und Filmregisseur, wurde 1942 in Chicago geboren. Er studierte Philosophie und Medizin an der Universität Harvard. Viele seiner Romane, beispielsweise „Expedition Kongo“, „Jurassic Park“ und „Beute“, waren internationale Bestseller.

      Alltag mit Mikros1985
    • Michael Crichton, erfolgreicher Schriftsteller, Wissenschaftler und Filmregisseur, wurde 1942 in Chicago geboren. Er studierte Philosophie und Medizin an der Universität Harvard. Viele seiner Romane, beispielsweise „Expedition Kongo“, „Jurassic Park“ und „Beute“, waren internationale Bestseller.

      Electronic Life1984
    • Etwas stärkere Gebrauchsspuren; Gebundene Ausgabe; Readers Digest Auswahl Buch; Deutsch

      Vogelfrei1982
      3.8
    • Congo

      • 316 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj have seen an eight-person field exhibition die. After startling discoveries, a new expedition is sent back into the Congo--its mission, to descend into the secret world where the only way back out may be through the grisliest death....

      Congo1981
      3.7
    • This extraordinary book pairs the talents of painter/sculptor/printmaker Jasper Johns and physician/novelist/filmmaker Michael Crichton. Since its initial release in 1977, it has been regarded as the definitive study of one of America's foremost living artists. This revised, expanded, and updated edition presents a modern classic. Johns is often referred to as an "artist's artist," known for his use of found objects and commonplace imagery that result in intellectually demanding works of unparalleled originality and beauty. His recent creations, featuring puns, optical illusions, and embedded images, have garnered intense critical attention. Crichton, renowned for his bestsellers like The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park, utilizes his analytic skills and storytelling prowess to provide intimate insights into Johns' complex persona, supported by interviews with the artist, his dealers, and contemporary critics. He offers a sensitive critique of Johns' work, delving into the nature of artistic response. The book includes 186 black-and-white illustrations, featuring works by Johns and photographs of him, along with 231 paintings, prints, sculptures, and drawings that span his career, with 128 in duotone and 103 in full color, including six magnificent foldout pages.

      Jasper Johns1977
      3.7
    • Novela s vědeckofantastickými prvky se rozvíjí v USA za Nixonovy éry. Líčí dramatický souboj zpravodajského pracovníka s politickým extrémistou, jenž se s pomocí kriminálních živlů zmocní tajné zbraně hromadného ničení a připravuje civilizační katastrofu v americkém městě.

      Dvojice1976
      4.1
    • Eaters of the Dead

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs—the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth: He has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them—a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh . . .

      Eaters of the Dead1976
      3.7
    • The Great Train Robbery

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      One of Crichton's classic thrillers--the "New York Times" bestseller which was the basis for the 1979 film adapted and directed by the author--is reissued with a new look. In 1855 London, a group of thieves plan a daring robbery of gold bullion cargo aboard a mighty steam locomotive as it speeds along the English countryside. Reissue.

      The Great Train Robbery1975
      3.8
    • Harry Benson is prone to violent, uncontrollable seizures and is under police guard after attacking two people.Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit at University Hospital in Los Angeles, is convinced he can cure Benson through a procedure called Stage Three. During this highly specialized experimental surgery, electrodes will be place in the patient's brain, sending monitored, soothing pulses to its pleasure canyons.Though the operation is a success, there is an unforseen development. Benson learns how to control the pulses and is increasing their frequency. He escapes -- a homicidal maniac loose in the city -- and nothing will stop his murderous rampages or impede his deadly agenda. . .

      The Terminal Man1972
      3.4
    • Grave Descend

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Diver James McGregor is used to exploring sunken ships. But there's something strange about the wreck of the Grave Descend. No one aboard tells quite the same story about what happened. In one of the most beautiful places on Earth, a sinister plot is about to unfold. And if McGregor's not careful, he may find himself in over his head.

      Grave Descend1971
      3.5
    • Techno-thriller o vedcoch, ktorí sa snažia izolovať vírus, zavlečený na Zem. Tajná americká družica bez ľudskej posádky sa vychýli zo stanovenej obežnej dráhy a pristane neďaleko mestečka Piedmont v americkom štáte Arizona. Miestny lekár družicu násilne otvorí. O niekoľko hodín sú všetciobyvatelia mŕtvi, nažive ostane len dvojmesačné dieťa a sedemdesiatročný opilec. Taká je expozícia napínavého románu, opisujúceho päť dní vážnej vedeckej krízy, ktorá hrozila zničiť nielen Spojené štáty, ale aj celé ľudstvo.

      Smrť Andromeda1971
    • Five Prominent Biophysicists Give The United States Government An Urgent Warning: Sterilzation Procedures For Returning Space Probes May Be Inadequate To Guarantee Uncontaminated Re-Entry To The Atmosphere. Two Years Later, Project Scoop Sends Seventeen Satellites Into The Fringes Of Space In Order To 'Collect Organisms And Dust Of Study'. Then A Probe Falls To The Earth, Landing In A Desolate Area Of Northeastern Arizona. A Little While Later, In The Nearby Town Of Piedmont, Bodies Are Discovered Heaped And Flung Across The Ground, Faces Locked In Frozen Surprise. The Terror Has Begun. . .

      The Andromeda strain1969
      3.9
    • A case of need

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      In this medical thriller, which combines riveting suspense with the authentic medical detail of ER, one doctor tries to push his way through the mysterious maze of hidden medical data to find out the truth about a death in the great Boston medical centre.

      A case of need1969
      3.6
    • "Crichton has an extraordinary capacity to seize upon, then make real and personal, the new and the complex, the intriguing and the frighening." THE NATION In this incisive, detailed survey of five patients, famous thriller author and doctor Michael Crichton explores the dramatic workings of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston's oldest and most prestigious. This readable account covers not only the history of the hospital's place in society, but also the actual minute-to-minute functions of Mass General, where health professionals wage their daily battle against disease and death. Crichton's insightful look at the changes in medicine and surgery caused by technological strides of recent years makes for amazing reading.

      Five Patients1955
      3.4