Chris Foss Bücher

Hundreds of photographs and fascinating technical data in a handy, pocket-sized format make the Jane's Gems particularly convenient and accessible.

The discovery of a major source of iridium near the diamond fields of South Africa was a deadly secret. For whoever controlled the supply of that rare metal so essential to strategic weapons development would have world power at his fingertips. But as newcomers gathered in the small mining town, Professor Reutemann, an East German scientist, found out that his 'unripe gold' was no secret-that the dangerous power might all too soon be turned against HIM... "His storytelling has a drive that is compulsive" Scotsman

Internationally renowned Science Fiction illustrator Chris Foss' first major monograph featuring his incredibly visionary creations which have graced scores of book covers, both genre and otherwise, and influenced movies such as Dune, Star Wars and Aliens among numerous others.

Collins/Jane's Modern Tanks is a compact guide to over 100 modern combat vehicles, including the most recent US, Russian and British tanks, drawing on information from the ultimate military authority, Jane's Information Group. There is also a special section on modern tank warfare.

Buried in the depths of the Pacific Ocean lies one of the greatest secrets of World War Two—a crashed B-29 Bomber that was carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan in 1945. Its deadly cargo, lost in the sea for nearly fifty years, could be Dirk Pitt's only hope of stopping the conspiracy of a group of Japanese nationalist fanatics. They're hell-bent on neutralizing and blackmailing the USA—with nuclear weapons planted strategically in the country's major cities—and only he can stop them...