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Sean Dillon volume 22
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The bell tolls at midnight as death requires it. But will it finally toll for Sean Dillon and company in the explosive new thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Jack Higgins.
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The world's most dangerous man has escaped - and it's up to Sean Dillon and Co to find him, before he falls into the hands of Al Qaeda. When the head of Iran's nuclear weapons programme absconds he is hunted by everyone: the Iranians, Al Qaeda and Sean Dillon's team of specialists. Travelling from London, Paris, and the Middle East to the desert wastes of North Africa, it becomes a must-win race. Because what the scientist knows could be used to save...
3) Leading
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Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2015
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Sir Alex Ferguson dissects his 38 record-breaking years of management - first in Scotland and then, of course, at Manchester United - to reveal the key tools he used to deliver sustained success on and off the field. From tactics to teamwork, from hiring to firing, from dealing with the boardroom to responding to failure, 'Leading' investigates the pivotal leadership decisions of an astonishing career.
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Rich in anecdote and never short of forthright views, Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story starts in Govan, a shipbuilding district of Glasgow: always honest and revealing, he reflects on his epic journey, and a managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 27 triumphant years with Manchester United.
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Yellow Jersey
Pub. Date
2010
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Alex Ferguson is one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in football today. His 25-year tenure of the Manchester United dugout has seen him win everything there is to be won in football. This book fills in the gaps left by Ferguson's own book 'Managing My Life'.
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Sean Dillon volume 9
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Master thriller writer Jack Higgins plunges his hugely popular hero into his ninth adventure - racing against time to prevent an assassination that would shock the world. When Paul Rashid, leader of the Rashid Bedouin of Hazar in the Persian Gulf, uncovers an international conspiracy to deprive his family of the oil wealth that is their birthright, he vows to gain a very public vengeance. The man sent to stop him is the British Government?s uncompromising...
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Disillusioned with the Putin Government, famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky decides he wants to disappear into the West. It's a real coup for the West - except for one thing: Kurbsky is still working for the Russians. The plan is to infiltrate British and American intelligence at the highest levels.
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Jammer Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2017.
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Sean Dillon and his colleagues seek to help the American, Blake Johnson, avenge the death of his ex-wife, murdered for getting too close to a Mafia story. In London, Beirut and Ireland, the friends contrive to thwart the desperate ambition of Jack Fox.
10) Rain on the dead
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The story begins with the attempted assassination of the ex-President of the United States. Only the presence of Sean Dillon and the fellow members of the 'Prime Minister's Private Army' prevents it becoming a bloodbath. Soon they are on the trail of the perpetrators, confident they will catch them. What Dillon & Co don't realize is that they have just sprung a trap that will lead them to almost certain death. For there is a new Master pulling the...
11) Without mercy
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Sean Dillon volume 13
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2015.
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Sean Dillon is back in another nerve-shattering thriller from the highly acclaimed master of the genre.
13) The Judas gate
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A disturbing tape has made its way to British intelligence. It contains battlefield chatter from an ambush in Afghanistan, in which 12 U.S. Army Rangers and a British medical team died. Most of the Taliban voices are Afghan, but the voice of the commander bears an Irish accent. Sean Dillon is put in charge of hunting the traitor down.
14) Bad company
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Harper
Pub. Date
2015
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Undercover enforcer Sean Dillon tackles a new crisis as presidential skeletons threaten to burst from the closet. In the waning days of WW2, Hitler gave his diary to a young aide for safekeeping. Now it's threatening to resurface, with explosive contents.
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Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
1999
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Alex Ferguson runs the Manchester United Football players with a rod of iron, but is universally respected for his managerial style and for the way he cares for the welfare of his players. Born in Govan, he played at international level as a boy.