Douglas Preston
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Douglas Jerome Preston was born on May 20, 1956 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. in English literature from Pomona College in 1978. His career began at the American Museum of Natural History, where he worked as an editor and writer from 1978 to 1985. He also was a lecturer in English vis mere at Princeton University. He became a full-time writer of both fiction and nonfiction books in 1986. Many of his fiction works are co-written with Lincoln Child including Relic, Riptide, Thunderhead, The Wheel of Darkness, Cemetery Dance, and Gideon's Corpse. His nonfiction works include Dinosaurs in the Attic; Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado; Talking to the Ground; and The Royal Road. He has written for numerous magazines including The New Yorker; Natural History; Harper's; Smithsonian; National Geographic; and Travel and Leisure. He became a New York Times Best Selling author with his titles Two Graves and Crimson Shores which he co-wrote with Lincoln Child, and his titles White Fire, The Lost Island Blue Labyrinth and The Lost City of the Monkey God. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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(eng) This author is Douglas Preston. DO NOT COMBINE THIS PAGE WITH ANY JOINT PAGES OF DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are two different people, who have written books collaboratively and separately. Their author pages should not be combined with each other, or with any of the variants using both their names. Please see "Who Should/Shouldn't Get combined" on the Author wiki page. Thank you.
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Værker af Douglas Preston
Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History (1986) 289 eksemplarer
Talking to the Ground: One Family's Journey on Horseback Across the Sacred Land of the Navajo (1995) 97 eksemplarer
The Lost City of the Monkey God--EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 6 chapters): A True Story (2016) 37 eksemplarer
The Diogenes Trilogy: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2012) 22 eksemplarer
Gone Fishing and Other Stories: Gone Fishing, Dirty Weather, Face in the Window, Spirit Walker, Goodnight, Sweet Mother (2012) 21 eksemplarer
The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin (Pendergast, #18.5) 11 eksemplarer
A Gideon Crew Collection: Gideon's Sword, Gideon's Corpse, and The Lost Island Omnibus (Gideon Crew series) (2016) 9 eksemplarer
Old Bones - Die Toten von Roswell: Thriller (Ein Fall für Nora Kelly und Corrie Swanson, Band 3) (2022) 9 eksemplarer
The Helen Trilogy: Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, and Two Graves Omnibus (Agent Pendergast series) (2016) 5 eksemplarer
Extinction. Wenn das Böse erwacht: Thriller | 'Relic' meets 'Jurassic Park' – der neue… 2 eksemplarer
La strada di sabbia e ossa 1 eksemplar
Beyond the Ice Limit Gideon Crew #4 1 eksemplar
The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston (2001-07-01) 1 eksemplar
Still Life with Crows by Preston, Douglas, Child, Lincoln [Grand Central Publishing,2003] (Hardcover) 1 eksemplar
365 Tage & Träume leben 1 eksemplar
Sin una gota de sangre / Bloodless (Inspector Pendergast / Agent Pendergast Series) (Spanish Edition) 1 eksemplar
Desperation 1 eksemplar
Strangers 1 eksemplar
Fossils and the Folsom Cowboy 1 eksemplar
Crimson Shore - EXTENDED FREE PREVIEW (first 7 chapters) (Agent Pendergast series) (2015) 1 eksemplar
Monsieur Bertin 1 eksemplar
La città perduta del dio scimmia. Il mio viaggio sulle tracce di una civiltà senza nome (2017) 1 eksemplar
O Códice (Seleções - The Codex) 1 eksemplar
Contracorrente (Seleções - Riptide) 1 eksemplar
Nel fuoco 1 eksemplar
Demon: Sumpf der Toten: Pendergast 15 1 eksemplar
Obsidian: Kammer des Bösen: Pendergast 16 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Bidragyder — 211 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Last Juror • The Various Haunts of Men • The Codex • Life and Limb (2004) 15 eksemplarer
Livros Condensados: Sorriso Assassino | Comam Bolos! | O Códice | A Morte e a Vida de Charlie St. Cloud (2005) 6 eksemplarer
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Ambler Warning / True Believer / Tyrannosaur Canyon / Quite Honestly (2006) 6 eksemplarer
Livros Condensados: O Martelo do Paraíso | És Minha | A Ilha Maldita | Amy e os Gansos Bravos (1999) — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Last Juror | The Various Haunts of Men | The Codex | The Curious Incident of the… (2004) — Forfatter — 5 eksemplarer
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: Tripwire / Thunderhead / Lake News / Flight of Eagles (2000) 4 eksemplarer
Livros Condensados: Terreno Minado | O Homem dos Sete Ofícios | Frente de Tempestade | Um Raio de Luz (2001) — Forfatter — 4 eksemplarer
Válogatott könyvek 55. Lee Child - A nehezebb út; Nora Roberts - Bukott angyal; Peter Mayle - Bor, mámor, Provence;… (2007) 3 eksemplarer
Het Beste Boek 237: De codex / De eerste gast / Voltreffer / De pianist — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 278 - Der Canyon. Die Heideärztin. Gambling. Die Sturmfängerin (2008) — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Det Bästas Bokval (2005) vol 240 : Nattväktarna; Nätterna vid havet; Kodex; Damernas detektivbyrå — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Kirjavaliot - Suden läheisyys / Kuu paistaa haudallesi / Kirottu kuilu / Kolme toivomusta (1999) 1 eksemplar
Kirjavaliot - Leimahdus pimeästä, Tatuoitu rakkaus, Kadonnut kaupunki, Piilopaikka (2001) 1 eksemplar
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher, Bestseller-Sonderband - Der Codex. Das Wunder der Liebe. April in Paris (2010) — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Preston, Douglas J.
- Fødselsdato
- 1956-05-26
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Bopæl
- Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Round Pond, Maine, USA - Uddannelse
- Pomona College
Cambridge School of Weston - Erhverv
- editor
writer
manager of publications
professor
research associate
School of American Research (Boardmember) - Relationer
- Preston, Richard (brother)
Dickinson, Emily (Ancestor) - Organisationer
- American Museum of Natural History
The Atlantic Monthly
Smithsonian
The New Yorker
Laboratory of Anthropology (Santa Fe)
PEN New Mexico - Agent
- Eric Simonoff (Janklow & Nesbit Associates)
Matthew Snyder - Kort biografi
- Douglas Preston is the author of thirty-five books, both fiction and nonfiction, twenty-two of which have been New York Times bestsellers, with several reaching the number 1 position. He has worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. His first novel, RELIC, co-authored with Lincoln Child, was made into a movie by Paramount Pictures, which launched the famed Pendergast series of novels. His recent nonfiction book, THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE, is also in production as a film. His latest book, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD, tells the true story of the discovery of a prehistoric city in an unexplored valley deep in the Honduran jungle. In addition to books, Preston writes about archaeology and paleontology for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and Smithsonian. He is past co-president of International Thriller Writers and serves on the board of the Authors Guild. He is the recipient of numerous writing awards in the US and Europe, including an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Pomona College.
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Aloysius har dog stadig allierede udenfor fængslet. Vicekommisær Vincent D’Agosta gør, hvad han kan for at få Aloysius ud. Et foretagende, der virker som en håbløs opgave.
Uvidende om alt dette arbejder Nora Kelly fra New Yorks Naturhistoriske Museum på højtryk. Trofaste læsere af Preston/Lincoln husker måske, at museet også var scenen for romanen "Forbandelsen", og jeg skal love for, at det heller ikke denne gang er et rart sted at befinde sig. Nora er nemlig ved at færdiggøre en udstilling, som skal udmunde i genåbningen af Senefs Gravkammer. Et gravkammer, der sten for sten er hentet fra Egypten og genopført i kælderen under museet. Og et gravkammer som tilsyneladende er ramt af en forbandelse.
"Dødebogen" er 3. del af trilogien med agent Pendergast i hovedrollen. De to foregående hedder "I pagt med djævlen" og "Dødedans", og det anbefales at læse dem først.
Aloysius og Diogenes er begge nærmest overnaturlige begavelser, der fungerer som hinandens modpol. Diogenes bruger sit intellekt på grusomme forbrydelser, mens Aloysius bruger sit til at bekæmpe kriminalitet. En nærliggende sammenligning er Sherlock Holmes og hans ærkefjende Moriarty, som også begge er intelligente og komplekse personer.
Preston og Lincoln har skrevet en effektiv roman, hvor spændingskurven hele tiden stiger. Samtidig er der lagt spor ud, så læseren har en chance for at gætte med. Fortællervinklen skifter hele tiden, hvilket putter nye lag ind i den komplekse historie og er med til at øge spændingen helt frem til sidste side. Prestons tidligere karriere ved et naturhistorisk museum er med til at gøre bogen troværdig på trods af det komplicerede plot.
Det er underholdende og til tider bloddryppende, så er du til en god thriller, er "Dødebogen" et godt bud.… (mere)