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The Spy Who Loved Me (eBook, ePUB)
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Meet James Bond, the world's most famous spy.Set apart from the other books in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, The Spy Who Loved Me is told from the perspective of a femme fatale in the making - a victim of circumstance with a wounded heart.Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, seems a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger shows - a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up - the tables are turned.Still reeling in the wake of Operation Thunderball, Bond had planned for his jaunt through the Adirondacks to be a period of rest before his return to Europe. But that all changes when his tire goes flat in front of a certain motel...…mehr
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Thunderball (eBook, ePUB)
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Meet James Bond, the world's most famous spy.Upon M's insistence, James Bond takes a two-week respite in a secluded natural health spa. But amid the bland teas, tasteless yogurts, and the spine stretcher the guests lovingly call "The Rack," Bond stumbles onto the trail of a lethal man with ties to a new secret organisation called SPECTRE. When SPECTRE hijacks two A-bombs, a frantic global search for the weapons ensues, and M's hunch that the plane containing the bombs will make a clean drop into the ocean sends Bond to the Bahamas to investigate.On the island paradise, 007 finds a wealthy pleasure seeker's treasure hunt and meets Domino Vitali, the gorgeous mistress of Emilio Largo, otherwise known as SPECTRE's Number 1. But as powerful as Number 1 is, he works for someone else: Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a peculiar man with a deadly creative mind.The ninth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, Thunderball marks the beginnings of one of the most iconic villains in history, and the only match for the wits of James Bond.…mehr
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Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming ist der weltberühmte Autor und Erfinder von James Bond. Er wurde 1908 in London geboren und starb 1964 in Canterbury. Er studierte Sprachen und Psychologie an verschiedenen europäischen Universitäten und schrieb zu der Zeit schon erste Kurzgeschichten. Nach seinen Studien arbeitete er zunächst als Korrespondent für verschiedene Nachrichtagenturen.1939 wurde Ian Fleming Spion im Dienste seiner Majestät und arbeitete sich schnell zum Assistenten des Direktors hoch. Nach dem Krieg arbeitete er wieder als Journalist und verfasste 1953 seinen ersten James-Bond-Roman Casino Royale.
Fleming verfasste bis zu seinem Tod zwölf Bond-Romane und neun Kurzgeschichten, die in 23 Sprachen übersetzt wurden.
