Showing results for "Dr. No" in Literature & Fiction

Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over. On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider.

The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. (Wala, he explains, means "nothing" in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for "nothing.") He is an expert on nothing. That is to say, he is an expert, and his area of study is nothing, and he does nothing about it.

M pense avoir une affaire facile pour 007. C'est exactement ce dont il a besoin après sa dernière rencontre presque fatale avec SMERSH. Cependant, en arrivant en Jamaïque pour rechercher un agent disparu et sa secrétaire, Bond apprend que le Dr Julius No, un homme reclus, pourrait être lié à leur disparition. Lorsque Bond et l'exotique Honeychile Rider sont emprisonnés sur l'île privée du Dr No, ils se rendent compte que ses plans pourraient menacer la sécurité à l'échelle internationale.

In James Bond jagt Dr. No, dem 6. Bond-Roman von Ian Fleming, findet sich Bond in den Fängen eines grotesken Wahnsinnigen in dessen Geheimversteck in den Tropen wider... Dr. No, ein bösartiger Einsiedler mit mechanischen Scheren anstelle von Händen und einer sadistischen Faszination für Schmerz, hält Bond fest in seinem stahlharten Griff gefangen. Bond und Honey Rider, seine wunderschöne und verletzliche Begleiterin, wurden beim unerlaubten Betreten von Dr. Nos abgeschiedener karibischer Insel erwischt.

En esta novela, Bond viaja al Caribe para investigar la desaparición de un agente y de su secretaria. Su contendiente será el lunático Doctor No, ungigante con la misión de capturar misiles estadounidenses por encargo de los soviéticos.

Pinch me. I can't believe I'm working under him. Dr. Gray Caldwell. Hottest, swooniest, stormiest bachelor ever. Insanely tall. Unfair perfection. Intimidating abs and X-ray glares. Doc puts the animal back in veterinarian. My dream job should be all puppies and kittens. Turns out, my new boss hates three things: 1. Small town drama. Baby, we've got tons. 2. Pets in distress - and he's their hero every time. 3. Anybody poking around his past. Like me. Oh, crud. But how could I resist the best mystery in Heart's Edge?

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