Résultats pour "Frank" dans Guerre et militaires

John Blackthorne, in dienst van koningin Elizabeth I, lijdt na maanden zwerven schipbreuk voor de kust van Japan. Als gevangene van de machtige Toranaga wordt Blackthorne een pion en een onbewuste troef in een bloederige strijd om de macht. Door zijn relatie met de raadselachtige vertaalster Mariko past Blackthorne zich langzaam aan de vreemde Japanse cultuur aan.

Every year, thousands of Chinese fishing vessels descend on Argentina’s territorial waters and fish them dry, causing ecological and economic damage estimated in the billions. Ryan McGowan, a disgraced Marine Raider, yearns for a second chance at adventure before fluorescent depression kills him. Enter Mike Hudson, a private military contractor with a murky past. Mike recruits Ryan and a team of similarly disgruntled operators for a maritime security detail in Argentina —policing illegal fishing with deadly force.

Tom Clancy führt uns zurück zu Jack Ryans Anfängen als Wissenschaftler und Berater des CIA. Mitten in der heißesten Phase des Kalten Krieges soll er einen russischen Überläufer ausforschen, der hochbrisantes Material zu bieten hat...

Nella guerra infinita tra Est e Ovest, il petrolio è ormai la massima ricompensa a cui aspirare. I sottomarini a propulsione nucleare sfidano le acque nemiche per attingere alle riserve di petrolio nascoste sotto la piattaforma continentale dell'Est. Ma le ultime venti missioni non hanno mai fatto ritorno. Qual è la causa? C'è stato un ingresso clandestino di agenti dormienti all'interno del servizio sottomarino oppure sono gli equipaggi stessi ormai allo stremo delle forze fisiche e mentali?

In der neuen Welt des Terrorismus, in der jeder mit einem Schnellfeuergewehr, einer Grundkenntnis in Chemie oder auch nur dem Willen zum Selbstmord eine dramatische Rolle spielen kann, gelten die alten Regeln nicht mehr. Keine offizielle Regierungsorganisation kann darauf mehr effektiv reagieren. Daher bleiben nur Männer und Frauen, die schnell und aktiv sind, frei von Hierarchie und staatlichen Einschränkungen - Menschen, die außerhalb des Systems agieren.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tom Clancy's Power and Empire by Marc Cameron, read by Scott Brick. As the world shakes from seemingly disparate outbursts of terrorism, Jack Ryan prepares for a crucial negotiation with President Zhou's increasingly hostile China. But when a routine...

Der Zufall will es, daß Jack Ryan während eines Besuches mit seiner Familie in London ein IRA-Attentat auf die königliche Familie verhindern kann. Doch während Ryan die Rachedrohung des überlebenden Terroristen eher gelassen nimmt, planen dessen Kumpane bereits die Befreiung aus dem britischen Knast. Schon bald herrscht der Terror auch in den Vereinigten Staaten, und nicht nur Ryan selbst sondern auch seine Familie werden durch IRA-Attentäter bedroht.

West Africa is already a tinderbox when Captain Frank Sherman touches down. A refugee camp lies in ruins. Experimental U.S. drone tech is missing. And someone's doing everything they can to make sure Sherman's team never comes home.

A letter from the past. A dead man in the dirt. And Sherman heading straight into hell. When a cryptic message surfaces about his father's past, Frank Sherman heads to a remote coastal town. What he finds is a place rotting from the inside—run by a smuggler family, protected by silence, and...

A cryptic message. A missing woman. And one man ready to make it personal. Frank Sherman doesn't want to be found. But when a message arrives from Ruby—a woman tied to his last blood-soaked mission—he knows he can't ignore it. She's vanished into a remote Idaho town—and whatever she was...

They stole weapons and buried the trail. Now Sherman's digging up the truth. Frank Sherman returns to the California desert to visit his dying mother. But when her nurse asks for help finding her missing brother, Sherman gets pulled into something far darker than expected. The guy was last seen...

Frank, an Army Special Forces veteran, screwed up, went to prison, and is now out, living in small-town Wyoming and trying to go straight. But then some old "friends" from the big house come to collect on a favor, and everything goes totally nuts, forcing Frank to go outside the law to save the one thing he cherishes most.

Rachefeldzug und geheime Mission - die Geburtsstunde von John Clark: In "Gnadenlos" gibt uns Erfolgsautor Tom Clancy einen Einblick in die Lebensgeschichte des geheimnisumwobenen John Clark, Anführer der Spezialeinheit "Rainbow Six". Clark alias John Kelly erlebt in seiner Vergangenheit mehrere traumatisierende Schicksalsschläge. Getrieben von Hass beginnt er einen blutigen Rachefeldzug gegen Gangsterbosse und korrupte Polizisten. Parallel dazu ruft ihn eine hochbrisante geheime Militärmission nach Vietnam. Beide Aufgaben verlangen John Kelly einiges ab. Ein erbitterter Kampf um Leben und Tod beginnt.

The Vikings on the Cotentin try to live in peace with their neighbours, the Franks, but when they are attacked they have to fight. Aided by fellow Vikings they begin to make inroads into the land of the Franks until disaster strikes and the new allies meet defeat. When the full force of the Franks descends upon the Haugr every member of the clan must fight to prevent their extinction.

Get swept away by an unforgettable, breathtaking story of love, courage and dangerous secrets by Sunday Times bestselling author Anita Frank ‘Tender and evocative… ultimately humane and affirming’ Sean Lusk 'Vividly captures a time of tested loyalties, courageous defiance and the...

In the summer of 1922, Robert Shannon, a young American hero of the Great War, lands in Ireland. A Marine chaplain, he was present at the frightful Battle of Belleau Wood, and he still suffers from shell shock. His mentor hopes that a journey Robert had always wanted to make - to find his family roots - will restore his equilibrium and his vocation. Unbeknownst to Robert, a safety net has been spread beneath him: All along the banks of the river that bears his family name, a chain of support has been put into place.

Across a vast panorama of heart-stopping action, Sally Roe flees for her life. Her journey is a penetrating portrayal of our times, and a vivid reminder of the redemptive power of the Cross.

May, 1945. When bells ring out for Victory in Europe, young wife and mother Gwen wonders if her world is about to change. Six years ago, on their wedding night, her husband Jack promised he would leave for the war and never return. But Jack is coming home, unable to keep the promise he so faithfully made, and full of hope that he may at last win a place in Gwen’s life and her heart.

The USA has been ravaged by civil war. It's been 30 years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war between North and South. While the South has been devastated by disease, the North has emerged victorious but terrified of reprisals. Both territories remain at the mercy of the vicious Northern dictator, Renard. Two survivors, Dyce and Vida, journeyed deep into the Southern terrains in search of a cure for Renard's chemical warfare. Now they find themselves scouring the Northern territories on a new and far deadlier pursuit.

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the explosive new Luke Carlton spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and BBC security correspondent. The world is on high alert. Across the strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be...