Tom Rob Smith

Agent 6

Former Soviet Secret Service agent Leo Demidov has built himself a new life as a civilian with his wife Raisa, and their two teenage daughters, Elena and Zoya. The Soviet Union is a country trying to reassert itself after the murderous excesses of Stalin and the chaos of the following years, and as the Cold War continues powers inside Russia seek to topple their great enemy, the United States of America. Communist allies within the United States will prove vital players in this game of intrigue and revolution. Raisa and their two daughters travel to the United States on a diplomatic mission, but a horrifying tragedy destroys everything Leo and Raisa have built. Leo must get to the States somehow and find out what happened. Exiled from the Soviet Union and separated from his family, Leo's quest takes him through the stark wilderness of Afghanistan, reawakening all his old instincts and forcing him to confront his demons. But whatever it costs, wherever he must go, he will find Agent 6.

John Scalzi

Agent to the Stars

The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish.

So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal.

Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster.


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Peter Van Straaten

Agnes Agnes

Af en toe keek Agnes stiekem op haar horloge. Is het al bijna twaalf uur? Mag ik al bijna naar huis? Maar nee, het schoot niet op. Vooruit, nog maar een glaasje champagne. De loensende man hield haar glas voortdurend in het oog en zodra Agnes een paar slokken had genomen, haastte hij zich het bij te vullen. Het voordeel was dat ze op die manier onmogelijk kon vaststellen hoeveel glazen ze dronk. Peter van Straaten (1935) kan even goed overweg met de teken- als de schrijfpen. Zijn tekeningen zijn legendarisch evenals zijn verhalen over Agnes, een 'zelfstandige-maar-afhankelijke-vrouw-van-nu'.

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NBD|Biblion recensie
De belevenissen van Agnes, een 'zelfstandige-maar afhankelijke-vrouw-van-nu', verschenen van 1986 tot en met 1995 en daarna weer vanaf februari 1997 tot halverwege 2000 wekelijks als feuilleton in 'Vrij Nederland'. Agnes heeft een zoon Daniel, een knipperlichtrelatie met Arthur, bezoekt graag cafe's en is altijd vol goede voornemens waar meestal niets van terechtkomt. Van de immens populaire feuilletons over Agnes' 'slordige leven' verschenen twaalf bundels. In deze derde bundel met '3X Agnes' zijn de verhalen uit de derde drie te vinden: 'Agnes redt het wel', 'Agnes slaat terug' en 'Agnes maakt het goed'. Agnes blijft chaotisch, haar leven ook, kortom het blijft heerlijk tobben. Peter van Straaten schrijft zoals hij tekent ('Vader en zoon', 'Zeur-kalender') en deze bijna klassiek te noemen, humoristische, wat melancholieke feuilletons over een chaotisch eigentijds vrouwenleven blijven leuk om te lezen. Tekening van Peter van Straaten op de omslag. Pocket; kleine druk, krappe marge.

(Biblion recensie, Redactie)

Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians

The evil Librarians are coming!

A hero with an incredible talent...for breaking things. A life-or-death mission...to rescue a bag of sand. A fearsome threat from a powerful secret network...the evil Librarians. Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. The sand will give the Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them!...by infiltrating the local library, armed with nothing but eyeglasses and a talent for klutziness.

Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz versus the Knights of Crystallia

When Alcatraz and Grandpa Smedry make a pilgrimage to the Free Kingdom city of Crystallia, the Smedry home base, Alcatraz is shocked to see that he is, in fact, a legend. When he was a baby he was stolen by the Evil Librarians, and his mother, a Librarian herself, was behind the whole scheme. Now, with his estranged father, who is acting indeed strange, Bastille, who has been stripped of her armor, and Grandpa Smedry, who is, as always, late to everything (that's his Talent), Alcatraz tries to save a city under siege. From who? Why, the Librarians of course!

Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz versus the Scrivener's Bones

Alcatraz Smedry is back with a new mission!

The Evil Librarians are still up to their antics and it's up to Alcatraz Smedry to put a stop to it! This second book will take Alcatraz and company on an exploration of the Library of Alexandria, which -- despite Librarian rumors -- was never destroyed. It is a mysterious place and everyone knows that it holds dark secrets. Can Alcatraz, with his talent for breaking things, break into this secret world? Or will the Evil Librarians once again prevail?

Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz vs. the Shattered Lens

    The boy with all the wrong Talents has a lot to prove and, as always, little time in which to do it.  In this final adventure, Alcatraz faces an army of librarians - and their giant Librarian robots - as they battle to win the kingdom of Mokia.
    If the Librarians win the war, everything that Alcatraz has fought so hard for could end in disaster.
    With his incredible talent for breaking things, some explosive teddy bears, and the help of his friends, Alcatraz must fact the glass-shattering gigantc robots, and entire army of evil Librarians, and even his own mother!  But will he be able to save the kingdom of Mokia and the Free Kingdoms from the wrath of the librarians before everything comes crashing down?

Clifford D Simak

All Flesh Is Grass

SUMMARY:
A mysterious invisible barrier suddenly encloses a small, out-of-the-way American town. It's been put there by a galactic intelligence intent on imposing harmony and cooperation on the different peoples of the universe. But to the inhabitants, the barrier evokes stark terror.

John E Stith

All for Naught

ALL FOR NAUGHT collects a novella and a novelette: "Naught for Hire" and "Naught Again." "Naught for Hire" is a quirky, action-packed, comedy set just a few years from now. Nick Naught, private eye, walks down some strange mean streets as he tries to stay ahead of the killers on his tail and tries to cope in a world where all the irritations we have with technology are magnified. Gadgets act up in big ways, including voice operated machines that talk back to people. Nick Naught winds up on a hit list, but he doesn't even realize it at first, because the "accidents" are so much like his normal hazardous life. Annette Taylor, Nick's former lover, shows up in his office shortly after she runs into trouble too. "Naught Again" follows Nick's adventures as he looks into trouble at the local cryogenics lab. ALL FOR NAUGHT satirizes the daily frustrations with malfunctioning technology, devices that always seems to fail right when we need them most, and machinery that must have been designed by committee. It lampoons everything from pompous lawyers and the IRS to digital watches and endless lines at the drivers license bureau. It's filled with laugh-out-loud situations that everyone can identify with. Dilbert could relate.

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