58 Minutes Basis For The Film Die Hard 2

Author : Walter Wager
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781935169031

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58 Minutes (Basis for the Film Die Hard 2) by Walter Wager Pdf

After Die Hard blew the doors off movie theaters, there was no doubt that Bruce Willis’s one-man-army of a cop would hit the big screen again, even harder. And Die Hard 2 made it happen—doubling down on the explosive action. And just like the original blockbuster, the sensational sequel leaped from the pages of a suspense master’s pulse-pounding novel... A massive blizzard has shut down nearly every East Coast airport, stranding travelers on the ground and in the air. But those circling the skies above New York’s Kennedy Airport have far more to worry about than missed connections. When the control tower’s radar suddenly goes dark, a mysterious caller known only as “Number One” announces that the countdown to terror has begun. Nineteen planes, and their helpless passengers, are now airborne hostages—in the ruthless hands of a dangerous man on a deadly mission. And if the U.S. government doesn’t bow to his demands, hell will rain from above as one jetliner after another exhausts its fuel... and plunges to earth. With only 58 minutes between life and death, there may be nothing anyone can do...except one New York City cop, with nerves of steel, attitude to burn, and a reputation for being hard on crime—and even harder to kill.

Author : Walter Wager
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 0026225204

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58 Minutes by Walter Wager Pdf

Author : Roderick Thorp
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781935169840

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Nothing Lasts Forever (Basis for the film Die Hard) by Roderick Thorp Pdf

High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a deadly cage-match between a lone New York City cop and a gang of international terrorists. Every action fan knows it could only be the explosive big-screen blockbuster Die Hard. But before Bruce Willis blew away audiences as unstoppable hero John McClane, author Roderick Thorp knocked out thriller readers with the bestseller that started it all. A dozen heavily armed terrorists have taken hostages, issued demands, and promised bloodshed — all according to plan. But they haven’t counted on a death-defying, one-man cavalry with no shoes, no backup, and no intention of going down easily. As hot-headed cops swarm outside, and cold-blooded killers wield machine guns and rocket launchers inside, the stage is set for the ultimate showdown between anti-hero and uber-villains. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight... to the death. Ho ho ho!

Author : Roderick Thorp
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497680944

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The Detective by Roderick Thorp Pdf

In this bestselling book that inspired the hit movie by the same name, starring Frank Sinatra, an apparent suicide forces a PI to reconsider his most famous case Joe Leland returned from World War II with a chest full of medals, but his greatest honor came after he traded his pilot’s wings for a detective’s shield. Catching the Leikman killer made Joe a local hero, but the shine quickly wore off, and it wasn’t long before he left the police force to start his own private agency. Years after his greatest triumph, Joe has a modest income and a quiet life—both of which may soon fall apart. When Colin MacIver dies at the local racetrack, the coroner rules that he took his own life, but his widow knows better. Because MacIver’s life insurance policy doesn’t cover suicide, his wife is left broke, desperate, and afraid for her safety. She hires Leland to find out who could have killed her gentle, unassuming husband—a simple question that will turn this humble city inside out.

Author : James Mottram,David S. Cohen
Publisher : Insight Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1608879739

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Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History by James Mottram,David S. Cohen Pdf

Yippee-ki-yay . . . Discover the explosive story behind the creation of the Die Hard saga in this visually stunning, behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of detective John McClane. Thirty years after the release of the groundbreaking action film, Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History takes an in-depth look at the entire Die Hard saga, from the original movie through to the hit sequels, comics, video games, and other extensions of hero John McClane’s story. Loosely based on Roderick Thorp’s novel Nothing Lasts Forever, Die Hard, released in 1988, saw Moonlighting star Bruce Willis seamlessly make the transition from TV success to movie stardom in a film so taut, explosive, and full of suspense that it would come to define the action movie genre for decades to come. Directed by John McTiernan (Predator), Die Hard also starred revered British stage actor Alan Rickman who turned lead villain Hans Gruber into a presence so deliciously malevolent, audiences didn’t know whether to love him or hate him. For the first time, Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History tells the complete story of the making of Die Hard and its sequels, through exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of each film and a wealth of rare and unseen imagery, including set photography and concept art. Also exploring Die Hard comics, video games, and other merchandise, this book will tell the full story of the saga and its remarkable thirty-year legacy.

Author : Walter Wager
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626816442

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Time of Reckoning by Walter Wager Pdf

A breakneck thriller by the author of 58 Minutes, the basis of the blockbuster film Die Hard 2. Ernest Beller stands at the end of a giant pit, watching as the Americans who liberated Dachau are trying to bury the countless bodies they have found. Nine years later, Beller still sees those bodies . . . and the guilty men who got away. An intricate psychological thriller, Walter Wager’s stunning novel explores the nature of vengeance and the corrosive trauma of the Holocaust on generations of men. With a breakneck pace, Wager hits boiling point as a government agent begins investigating the murders of former Nazis—and sees the horror and the justice in the worst of acts. “One of the most satisfying climaxes in current suspense fiction. A five-star winner.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Rob Kenney
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780063075030

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Dad, How Do I? by Rob Kenney Pdf

“Like the YouTube channel, this is a touching yet informative guide for those seeking fatherly advice, or even a few good dad jokes.” — Library Journal

Author : Walter Wager
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626816428

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Sledgehammer by Walter Wager Pdf

“A bust-em-up gutsy book” about an elite unit of soldiers, hand-picked for a mission behind enemy lines, on a quest for vengeance (Los Angeles Times). Sledgehammer is the code name for the operation of an elite OSS unit behind German lines during World War II. Five experts in guerrilla warfare are concealed under identities as a crusading journalist, a Hollywood stuntman, a professor of psychology, a money man for a major casino, and a billionaire bachelor. Their mission is clear. Their training has prepared them for anything. But when the journalist is murdered, his four friends change the plan to one single purpose: get revenge.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264050815

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PISA Take the Test Sample Questions from OECD's PISA Assessments by OECD Pdf

This book presents all the publicly available questions from the PISA surveys. Some of these questions were used in the PISA 2000, 2003 and 2006 surveys and others were used in developing and trying out the assessment.

Author : Walter Wager
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 193516919X

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58 Minutes (Basis for the Film Die Hard 2) by Walter Wager Pdf

Basis for the blockbuster film Die Hard 2 starring Bruce Willis. "58 Minutes" is every traveler's secret nightmare. What if you are in an airplane during a violent snowstorm...What if your radar is destroyed...What if they can't get you down? It is 5:09 p.m. in New York City, and a man named Willi Staub is about to make sure the nightmare explodes into life. His goal: to bring the American government to its knees with the first major terrorist attack on the U.S. mainland. Staub, a ruthless and cunning man hunted by police forces in every major Western country, has led a carefully chosen team of revolutionaries from four continents to New York. Their plan: to hold as many people hostage as possible - in the skies above the city. Can one policeman stop them?

Author : Walter Wager
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0812510038

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Fifty-Eight Minutes by Walter Wager Pdf

This special re-release of 58 Minutes is timed to coincide with the 20th Century Fox summer release of the movie Die Hard 2: Die Harder, starring Bruce Willis. As already reported in Variety and many other sources, Die Hard 2 is based on this novel.

Author : Cormac McCarthy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307390530

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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road comes a "profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered" novel (The Washington Post) that returns to the Texas-Mexico border, setting of the famed Border Trilogy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. One day, a good old boy named Llewellyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a bodyguard of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law—in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell—can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers—in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives—McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines. No Country for Old Men is a triumph. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Author : Joseph K. Blitzstein,Jessica Hwang
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781466575578

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Introduction to Probability by Joseph K. Blitzstein,Jessica Hwang Pdf

Developed from celebrated Harvard statistics lectures, Introduction to Probability provides essential language and tools for understanding statistics, randomness, and uncertainty. The book explores a wide variety of applications and examples, ranging from coincidences and paradoxes to Google PageRank and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Additional application areas explored include genetics, medicine, computer science, and information theory. The print book version includes a code that provides free access to an eBook version. The authors present the material in an accessible style and motivate concepts using real-world examples. Throughout, they use stories to uncover connections between the fundamental distributions in statistics and conditioning to reduce complicated problems to manageable pieces. The book includes many intuitive explanations, diagrams, and practice problems. Each chapter ends with a section showing how to perform relevant simulations and calculations in R, a free statistical software environment.

Author : Leslie Neal-Boylan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118277850

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Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner by Leslie Neal-Boylan Pdf

Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner is a key resource for advanced practice nurses and graduate students seeking to test their skills in assessing, diagnosing, and managing cases in family and primary care. Composed of more than 70 cases ranging from common to unique, the book compiles years of experience from experts in the field. It is organized chronologically, presenting cases from neonatal to geriatric care in a standard approach built on the SOAP format. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for self-assessment or classroom use.

Author : Tim O'Brien
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547420295

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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Pdf

Look for O’Brien’s new book, American Fantastica, on sale October 24th A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.