Preston: 857 books
by Douglas Preston
Language: French
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Ce qui semble être un météore venu du fin fond de l'espace s'abat au large des côtes du Maine... Parmi les rares témoins, Abbey, une jeune astronome amateur.
Peu de temps après, Wyman Ford, ex-agent de la CIA, est chargé par le Pentagone d'une mission secrète. Au Cambodge, il doit faire la...
by Douglas Preston
Language: French
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Le docteur Guy Carson est flatté quand Gene Dyne, le patron de son laboratoire, l'informe qu'il a été choisi pour rejoindre le laboratoire du mont du Dragon, dans le désert de Jornada au Nouveau-Mexique.
S'il parvient à isoler le virus de la grippe, Gene Dyne pourra se vanter d'avoir sauvé des...
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Language: French
Release Date: May 9, 2007
Language: French
Release Date: May 9, 2007
Quand le chauffeur de l’inspecteur Pendergast, du FBI, prie le sergent Vincent d’Agosta de le suivre, celui-ci s’attend à enfin retrouver son ami, dont il est sans nouvelles depuis leur aventure précédente ( Le Violon du diable , l’Archipel, 2006).
Mais d’Agosta se voit remettre une lettre,...
Ice limit
La barrière de glace
Language: French
Release Date: June 19, 2002
Un astéroïde géant découvert sur un îlot au large du Cap Horn ! Avant de pouvoir prévenir les autorités scientifiques, l'explorateur responsable de cette mise au jour meurt dans des circonstances inexpliquées... Lorsque la nouvelle parvient au collectionneur Palmer Lloyd, celui-ci réagit...
by Douglas Preston
Language: French
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Lors d'une expédition scientifique en Afrique, le Dr Hugo Archibald, du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Boston, découvre une guenon dont la mère est mourante. Ému, il décide de la recueillir et la prénomme Jennie. De retour à Boston, où l'attendent ses deux enfants, il l'élève comme eux....
The Fantasy of Disability
Images of Loss in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
What are the unconscious fantasies circulating in representations of disability? What role do these fantasies play in defining the condition of disability? What can these fantasies teach us about human vulnerability writ large?
The Fantasy of Disability explores how popular culture texts, such...
Natural Healing for Cats, Dogs, Horses, and Other Animals
150 Alternative Therapies Available to Owners and Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
In addition to traditional veterinary treatments, a wide range of alternative approaches to are becoming more main stream. Natural Healing for Cats, Dogs, Horses and Other Animals will help pet owners and caretakers understand their options. The author provides valuable advice and shows how to select...
Grenfell Tower
Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic political events in British history. This book argues that preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the interests of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was exemplified by the ‘stay put’ strategy at Grenfell...
Chasing the Dragon
How to Win the War on Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
After a stellar twenty-three-year career with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Dan Addario’s own part fighting in the War on Drugs didn’t end. For good reason. Because in July of 1993, he lost his thirty-one-year-old son to a crisis that shows no signs of abating.
With Chasing the Dragon,...
Guardian
Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA's War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Tom Pecora is prepared to draw back the curtain on the little-known and misunderstood world of the CIA protective operations—security teams who work on the front lines in some of the most dangerous places in the world, doing battle with America’s most determined enemies in the War on Terror and...
Dynamics of Change in East Asia
Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Over the past forty years, East Asia has been radically transformed from a war-damaged sub-continent to a region of global pre-eminence. With new, highly developed scientific resources, great economic strengths, significant global trading links and equally powerful financial resources, East Asia is...
by Dr Adam S. Davis, Dr Bruce Maxwell, Prof. David R. Clements
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Summarises latest research on IWM principles and methods
Assesses current challenges facing herbicide use
Detailed review of the range of cultural, physical and biological methods of control available for IWM.
Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders E-Book
Clinical-Electrophysiologic Correlations (Expert Consult - Online)
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Diagnose neuromuscular disorders more quickly and accurately with Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical-Electrophysiologic Correlations, 3rd Edition! State-of-the-art guidance helps you correlate electromyographic and clinical findings and use the latest EMG techniques to their fullest...
by Preston Lang
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2018
Everyone knows that cigarettes will kill you…
Mark works the overnight in a grimy deli in the Bronx, selling gray-market smokes and bad meat. His hot-headed manager Janet pushes him to help her con their boss into paying cash for a truck full of tax-free cigarettes. Soon he finds that Janet...