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Michael Crichton
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 92 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1994–2026, suosituimpiin kuuluu Odds on. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
92 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 1994–2026.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes this extraordinary thriller about airline safety, business intrigue, and a deadly cover-up. "The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop."--People Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner flying from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. Airframe is nonstop reading, full of the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that are the hallmarks of Michael Crichton. "A one-sitting read that will cause a lifetime of white-knuckled nightmares."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "The ultimate thriller . . . Crichton's] stories are always page-turners of the highest order. . . . Airframe] moves like a firehouse dog chasing a red truck."--The Denver Post "Dramatically vivid."--The New York Times
"Crichton's ultimate adventure."--San Francisco Chronicle "Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action.... A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure."--USA Today "Riveting.... Great entertainment.... The pages and minutes fly by."--Cleveland Plain Dealer #1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton ("One of the great storytellers of our age" --Newsday) takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure, sword fights, duplicity, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World.
An irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World from master storyteller Michael Crichton â?? now in paperback
"Crichton's ultimate adventure."--San Francisco Chronicle "Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action.... A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure."--USA Today "Riveting.... Great entertainment.... The pages and minutes fly by."--Cleveland Plain Dealer #1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton ("One of the great storytellers of our age" --Newsday) takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure, sword fights, duplicity, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World.
In Tokyo, in Los Angeles, in Antarctica, in the Solomon Islands . . . an intelligence agent races to put all the pieces together to prevent a global catastrophe.
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.
EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THE INCREASE IN THE INDUSTRIALIZATION IS LEADING TO THE INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS FURTHER INCREASING THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE. THIS INCREASED TEMPERATURE IS FURTHER GOING TO RESULT INTO THE INCREASED WATER LEVELS ALL OVER THE WORLD, MELTING THE SNOW EVERYWHERE. IT IS CALLING IN FOR NATURAL CALAMITIES LIKE FLOOD, STORMS, FAMINE, CLOUD BURSTING, ETC. NERF, A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT; HAS CALLED FOR A WORLDWIDE MEETING AT CALIFORNIA; THEY ARE LACKING IN FUNDS. THERE ARE OTHER ENVIRONMENTALISTS, BELIEVING IN THE TERRORISTS WAY OF WORKING; THEY BRING IN BOMB EXPLOSIONS UNDER WATER, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, RESULTING INTO TSUNAMI, WHICH STARTS TOWARDS THE COASTS OF CALIFORNIA AT THE SPEED OF 800 KM PER HOUR.......वाढत्या औद्योगिकीकरणामुळे वातावरणात कार्बन डायऑक्साइड वायू वाढून पृथ्वीचं तापमान वाढतंय. त्यामुळे बर्फ वितळून सागरांची पातळी वाढणार. पृथ्वीचं तापमान वाढल्यामुळे महापूर, चक्रीवादळं, दुष्काळ, ढगफुटी अशी संकटं वाढू लागली आहेत. हे सारे जगाला पटवण्यासाठी एन.ई.आर.एफ. या पर्यावरणवादी स्वयंसेवी संस्थेनं कॅलिफोर्नियात एक जागतिक परिषद आयोजित केलेली आहे. एन.ई.आर.एफ.कडे निधीची कमतरता आहे. संकटांचा धोका किती मोठा आहे हे पटवण्यासाठी पर्यावरणवादाचे समर्थक दहशतवादी पॅसेफिक महासागरात पाण्याखाली स्फोट घडवून आणतात. तिथे निर्माण झालेली सुनामीची लाट ताशी आठशे किलोमीटर वेगानं कॅलिफोर्नियाच्या दिशेनं सरकू लागली आहे...
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 scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence - in a story of breathtaking suspense. Prey is a novel you can't put down. Because time is running out.
New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear. When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge. From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed adventure, leading readers on an edge-of-your-seat ride while offering up a thought-provoking commentary on the issue of global warming. A deftly-crafted novel, in true Crichton style, State of Fear is an exciting, stunning tale that not only entertains and educates, but will make you think.
The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere blends fact and fiction to create a near-future where genetic engineering opens up a whole new world of terrifying, page-turning possibilities...
Syövästä toipunut Frank Burnet saa tietää, että hänen solunäytteillään on tehty bisnestä, koska ne tuottavat mutaation oikusta tehokasta syövän vasta-ainetta. Kun näyte tuhoutuu, biotekniikkayritys vaatii saada ottaa Burnetista lisää soluja - vaikka väkisin. Sandiegolainen tiedemies Henry Kendall yhdistää omia geenejään simpanssin alkioon voidakseen tutkia näin syntyvää sikiötä. Asiat eivät kuitenkaan suju aivan suunnitelmien mukaan. Biotekniikkayrityksen työntekijä yrittää parantaa veljensä huumeriippuvuuden geeniterapialla. Kokeilu toimii, mutta lääkkeellä on odottamattomia sivuvaikutuksia.
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 California, odd things are happening to unemployed scientist Jack Forman. His children tell Jack that strange men have visited the house. And Julia, his wife, isn't helping – she acts, even looks, somehow different. Deep in the Nevada desert, in the laboratory where Julia works, things are out of control. A swarm of rogue microbots, designed to reproduce and learn, is developing with a frightening speed that has the scientists battling to contain it. Only when Jack is called in to help does he discover the shocking truth – the microbots have been programmed to behave as predators. And Man is the prey…
Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics as it's happening now, told as only Michael Crichton can tell it, with lightening fast pacing and thrilling chases. Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future--it's the world right now. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease? We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps; a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes... Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn.
The best-selling author of Jurassic Park journeys inside the world of bioengineering and genetics, in a chilling, provocative novel of near-future science run amok, in which a family finds itself in dire straits because of the genes in their bodies. 2,000,000 first printing.
The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere takes on global warming in this gripping and critically acclaimed thriller.
#1 New York Times Bestseller"Terrifying. . . irresistibly suspenseful." -- New York Times Book Review"Holds your attention ruthlessly from start to finish." -- Time magazineA terrifying page-turner in classic Crichton tradition, masterfully combining the elements of a heart-pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology. The result is a tale so realistic, so scary, you won't be able to put it down. Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside the plant. Massed together, the molecules form an intelligent organism that is anything but benign. More powerful by the hour, it has targeted the eight scientists as prey. They must stop the swarm before it is too late... In Prey, Michael Crichton combines scientific brilliance with relentless pacing to create an electrifying, chilling techno-thriller
LARGE PRINT Once again Michael Crichton gives us his trademark combination of page-turning suspense, cutting-edge technology, and extraordinary research. STATE OF FEAR is a superb blend of edge-of-your-seat suspense and thought provoking commentary on how information is manipulated in the modern world. From the streets of Paris, to the glaciers of Antarctica to the exotic and dangerous Solomon Islands, STATE OF FEAR takes the reader on a rollercoaster thrill ride, all the while keeping the brain in high gear.
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 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. . . ."
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MICHAEL CRICHTON'S EDGAR AWARD-WINNING NOVEL The author of cutting-edge bestsellers like Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton captivated millions of fans by skillfully blending medical and scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction. Written shortly after Crichton completed his medical internship, A Case of Need depicts the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center. Tensions flare--and explode--when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder? Supplemented with the author's fascinating appendices on the ethics of modern medicine, A Case of Need is powerful, compelling, informative, and suspenseful--classic Crichton at his best.
An old man is found wandering disoriented in the Arizona desert. He is miles from any human habitation and has no memory of how he got to be there, or who he is. The only clue to his identity is the plan of a medieval monastery in his pocket. So begins the mystery that will catapult a group of young scientists back to the Middle Ages.