The Accident Man

Author : Tom Cain
Publisher : Random House
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446421185

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The Accident Man by Tom Cain Pdf

Meet the Accident Man, Samuel Carver Carver is a good guy who makes bad things happen to bad people. Drug-baron's helicopter develops mechanical failure mid-flight: Samuel Carver. Terrorist blown-up in his own bomb factory: Samuel Carver. Ex-SAS, now freelance mercenary he is the frontline weapon of the 'Consortium', a black-ops British government outfit, or is it? Carver is called to do a hit at very short notice. Do this job for us and be paid very well. Refuse and you better run and hide. He believes the target to be a high-ranking Pakistani terrorist. The job is to organise a car crash in a Paris underpass. But Carver is being set up. When he discovers the real identity of his target, and more importantly the identity of the target's female companion, he knows one thing - his life is over. This is a secret too big to let him live, unless he can track down the real villains before they get to him. Combining the plotting of Robert Ludlum, with the pace and tension of Frederick Forsyth, Tom Cain is a major new thriller writer and The Accident Man is a classic in the making and launches Samuel Carver straight into the top rank of action heroes.

Author : Pat Mills,Tony Skinner
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781782760559

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Accident Man by Pat Mills,Tony Skinner Pdf

The cult series returns, remastered and collected together in its entirety for the first time ever! Mike Fallon: handsome and sexy as James Bond; lethal as Carlos the Jackal; discrete as an air bubble to the heart. Collected for the first time, Accident Man features four darkly humorous tales of sex, revenge, brutal violence, people drowning in the bath and assassination targets being run over by out-of-control cars, all, of course, by 'accident'.

Author : Pat Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Organized crime
ISBN : OCLC:32271208

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Accident Man by Pat Mills Pdf

Author : Tom Cain
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143176480

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Accident Man by Tom Cain Pdf

Breathlessly paced and featuring one of the most intriguing heroes in recent fiction, The Accident Man surprises the reader at every turn. For a certain sum of money, Samuel Carver will arrange any death. But when a job below a bridge in Paris goes wrong and he is pursued by the very forces that hired him, Carver must execute his most daring feat yet.

Author : Ian McEwan
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307366993

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Enduring Love by Ian McEwan Pdf

In one of the most striking opening scenes ever written, a bizarre ballooning accident and a chance meeting give birth to an obsession so powerful that an ordinary man is driven to the brink of madness and murder by another's delusions. Ian McEwan brings us an unforgettable story—dark, gripping, and brilliantly crafted—of how life can change in an instant.

Author : Rick Hansen,Jim Taylor
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1553658728

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Rick Hansen by Rick Hansen,Jim Taylor Pdf

In 1973, Rick Hansen was a carefree teenager hitchhiking home from a fishing trip, a kid who lived and breathed sports. But after the truck he was riding in went out of control and crashed, Hansen was left a paraplegic. For some people that could have been the end. For Rick Hansen it was the beginning of a story that is at once sad and funny, heartbreaking and inspirational. Hansen takes you from the first painful days and frightening nights in hospital, through the gritty process of rehabilitation, to his return to competition as a world champion of wheelchair sports. It is the story of the Man in Motion tour—Rick Hansen’s incredible 24,901.55-mile wheelchair journey through 34 countries around the world. It is also the love story of Hansen and his wife, Amanda, a physiotherapist whom Hansen calls his “lifeline.” And it is a success story—Rick Hansen has raised millions of dollars for spinal cord research, rehabilitation and wheelchair sports as well as raised awareness about the disabled.

Author : Alice Feeney
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250144836

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Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney Pdf

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Author : Gayle Forman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101046340

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If I Stay by Gayle Forman Pdf

The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from Gayle Forman, author of Where She Went, Just One Day, and Just One Year. Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Chloe Moretz! In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heartwrenchingly beautiful, this will change the way you look at life, love, and family. Now a major motion picture starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Mia's story will stay with you for a long, long time.

Author : Chris Pavone
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385348461

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The Accident by Chris Pavone Pdf

From the author of the New York Times-bestselling and Edgar Award-winning The Expats As dawn approaches in New York, literary agent Isabel Reed is turning the final pages of a mysterious, anonymous manuscript, racing through the explosive revelations about powerful people, as well as long-hidden secrets about her own past. In Copenhagen, veteran CIA operative Hayden Gray, determined that this sweeping story be buried, is suddenly staring down the barrel of an unexpected gun. And in Zurich, the author himself is hiding in a shadowy expat life, trying to atone for a lifetime’s worth of lies and betrayals with publication of The Accident, while always looking over his shoulder. Over the course of one long, desperate, increasingly perilous day, these lives collide as the book begins its dangerous march toward publication, toward saving or ruining careers and companies, placing everything at risk—and everyone in mortal peril. The rich cast of characters—in publishing and film, politics and espionage—are all forced to confront the consequences of their ambitions, the schisms between their ideal selves and the people they actually became. The action rockets around Europe and across America, with an intricate web of duplicities stretching back a quarter-century to a dark winding road in upstate New York, where the shocking truth about the accident itself is buried. Gripping, sophisticated, layered, and impossible to put down, The Accident proves once again that Chris Pavone is a true master of suspense.

Author : Tom Cain
Publisher : Random House
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Assassins
ISBN : 9780593067659

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Carver by Tom Cain Pdf

The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 sent shockwaves around the financial world. It began a domino effect, hitting banks and economies around the world. Theories abound as to the cause of the collapse - the sub-prime bubble, bad management, even good old fashioned greed. But what if Lehman Brothers had been brought to its knees by the deliberate and willful act of one man bent on a course of financial terrorism? Moreover, what if it was only a dry run for a bigger and even bolder attack on the financial capital of the world, the City of London? Samuel Carver is about to find himself on the biggest mission of his life.

Author : Robert Kurson
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812973686

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Crashing Through by Robert Kurson Pdf

Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May’s vision. It would allow him to drive, to read, to see his children’s faces. But the procedure was filled with gambles, some of them deadly, others beyond May’s wildest dreams. Beautifully written and thrillingly told, Crashing Through is a journey of suspense, daring, romance, and insight into the mysteries of vision and the brain. Robert Kurson gives us a fascinating account of one man’s choice to explore what it means to see–and to truly live. Praise for the National Bestseller Crashing Through: “An incredible human story [told] in gripping fashion . . . a great read.” –Chicago Sun-Times “Inspiring.” –USA Today “[An] astonishing story . . . memorably told . . . May is remarkable. . . . Don’t be surprised if your own vision mists over now and then.” –Chicago Tribune “[A] moving account [of] an extraordinary character.” –People “Terrific . . . [a] genuinely fascinating account of the nature of human vision.” –The Washington Post “Kurson is a man with natural curiosity and one who can feel the excitement life has to offer. One of his great gifts is he makes you feel it, too.” –The Kansas City Star “Propulsive . . . a gripping adventure story.” –Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Author : Pat Mills,Tony Skinner
Publisher : Titan Comics
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781782766803

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The Complete Accident Man by Pat Mills,Tony Skinner Pdf

The cult series returns, remastered and collected in its entirety for the first time ever! As sexy as James Bond, as lethal and discrete as an air bubble to the heart, Mike Fallon is a genius at the art of making assassination look like an unfortunate accident. The Complete Accident Man collects, for the first time ever, four tales of sex, revenge and violence, written by legendary comics author Pat Mills together with Tony Skinner, and artwork by an outstanding selection of international stars! From the writer of legendary titles CharleyÕs War, Marshal Law, Nemesis the Warlock and many more, with artwork by a murdererÕs row of talent, and a cover by the indomitable Howard Chaykin!

Author : Ned Beauman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620400241

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The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman Pdf

Long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, The Teleportation Accident is a hilarious sci-fi noir about sex, Satan, and teleportation devices. When you haven't had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing that could ever happen. If you're living in Germany in the 1930s, it probably isn't. But that's no consolation to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theaters of Berlin to the absinthe bars of Paris to the physics laboratories of Los Angeles, trying all the while to solve two mysteries: Was it really a deal with Satan that claimed the life of his hero, Renaissance set designer Adriano Lavicini, creator of the so-called Teleportation Device? And why is it that a handsome, clever, modest guy like him can't-just once in a while-get himself laid? Ned Bauman has crafted a stunningly inventive, exceptionally funny, dangerously unsteady and (largely) coherent novel about sex, violence, space, time, and how the best way to deal with history is to ignore it.

Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786892799

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Mauve by Simon Garfield Pdf

1856. Eighteen-year-old chemistry student William Perkin's experiment has gone horribly wrong. But the deep brown sludge his botched project has produced has an unexpected power: the power to dye everything it touches a brilliant purple. Perkin has discovered mauve, the world's first synthetic dye, bridging a gap between pure chemistry and industry which will change the world forever. From the fetching ribbons soon tying back the hair on every fashionable head in London, to the laboratories in which scientists first scrutinized the human chromosome under the microscope, leading all the way to the development of modern vaccines against cancer and malaria, Simon Garfield's landmark work swirls together science and social history to tell the story of how one colour became a sensation.

Author : Nicole Krauss
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443449427

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To Be a Man by Nicole Krauss Pdf

In a dazzling collection of stories, the New York Times–bestselling author of The History of Love, National Book Award finalist Nicole Krauss, explores what it means to be in that most perplexing of partnerships: a couple. In one of her strongest books of fiction, Nicole Krauss plunges fearlessly into the confusion of what it is to be a man and what it is to be a woman that has existed from the very beginning in all Western myths that inform our culture. Set in contemporary times in Switzerland New York, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and South America, these stories open a window onto young women’s coming of age and their newfound, somewhat mysterious sexual power, as well as the opportunities and dangers it presents (“Switzerland”). In a Los Angeles of terrible wildfires, a high school student, distressed by her divorcing parents and determined to assert her agency in the intoxicating freedom of a dangerous environment, forges an original and surprising sexual path (“End Days”). Men play a key role in all these stories as fathers, lovers, friends, children, seducers—even as a husband who is not a husband (“The Husband”). The stories mirror one another and resonate beautifully with a balance so finely tuned that the book almost feels like a novel: aging parents and newborn babies; generation gaps and unexpected deliveries of strange new leases on life; mystery and wonder at a life lived or one still to come. The two stories that bookend the collection, “Switzerland” and “To Be a Man,” perfectly introduce and play out the author’s major themes: sex and violence, men and women, coming of age and growing older.