to yg down Memory Lane tuh....
heheeh....
Tell Me Your Dreams
by Sidney Sheldon
Three gorgeous women.
One dangerous secret.
Ashley, elegant yet haunted...Toni, sultry as well as vivacious...Alette, lovely and totally without conceit...three beautiful young women suspected of committing a series of horrifying murders. One of the most bizarre murder trials of the century is about to begin and reveal an astounding, startling piece of medical evidence almost impossible to believe. Sweeping from London to Rome, from Quebec to San Francisco, this latest tale from the world's reigning master storyteller is so much more than a mystery: It is a searching, riveting, and, finally, triumphant foray into the dark, wild depths of the human heart.
Tell Me Your Dreams....
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Windmills of the Gods
by Sidney Sheldon
She's on the glinting edge of East_West confrontation, a beautiful and accomplished scholar who has suddenly become our newest ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, a woman who is about to dramatically change the course of world events-if she lives.
For Mary Ashley has been marked for death by the world's most proficient and mysterious assassin, and plunged into a nightmare of espionage,kidnapping, and terror. Here, only two people-both powerfully attractive and ultimately enigmatic men-can offer her help. And one of them wants to kill her.
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The Sky is Falling
by Sidney Sheldon
The Winthrops are America's royal family, and its Prince Charming is the sexy, charismatic Gary Winthrop. Now the man on his way to becoming the Senate's brightest new star is found murdered in his home梩he latest in a series of accidents that have killed five members of the family in a single year. One of the last people to see Gary Winthrop alive is Washington anchorwoman Dana Evans. She makes it her mission to investigate these seemingly random tragedies, little realizing that her search will sweep her across several continents, place her and her young son in grave danger, and lead her to a truth that will astound the world.
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The Best Laid Plans
by Sidney Sheldon
He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, the office of President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fianc閑, a woman dedicated to a single purpose梩he downfall of Oliver Russell. Amassing her own media empire, marshaling all her forces against him, she stands poised to destroy Russell on the eve of his most dazzling triumph.
From Sidney Sheldon, the unchallenged master of bestselling fiction, comes a story of blazing ambitions and thwarted love that enthralls and surprises with every page...
pernah baca DAY OF THE JACKAL(Forsyth)...
tapi dah laaamaaaa duluuuu, tak ingat sgt ceritanya sekrg.
kena pegi rumah kwn ni, dia ada byk sgt buku Forsyth.
seribulan dah baca The Veteran?
pernah baca DAY OF THE JACKAL(Forsyth)...
tapi dah laaamaaaa duluuuu, tak ingat sgt ceritanya sekrg.
kena pegi rumah kwn ni, dia ada byk sgt buku Forsyth.
seribulan dah baca The Veteran?
Day of the Jackal dah baca...
pon dah ingat2 lupa..
novelnya ntah ke mana...
The Veteran lom lagik..
Review by Dragan Antulov
4 stars out of 4
Last few years could very well be remembered as the years of the dreadful movie remakes. The most notorious example is, of course, THE JACKAL, 1997 action thriller that shows the catastrophic lack of talent and originality in today's Hollywood. The movie is even less watchable for those unfortunate viewers who had the opportunity to watch the original. The original, 1973 spy thriller THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, happens to be the political thriller in the history of seventh art, one of the real gems of 1970s - the Golden Age of world cinema. It shouldn't surprise anyone that Fred Zinnemann, film's director, fought hard and losing battle against the studio heads, trying to stop them in their plan to smear his work by associating with "modern, contemporary" third-rate rubbish. Unfortunately, Zinnemmann lost his fight after the death and THE JACKAL was made. Fortunately, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL is still available to those who want to see the really good films. And even those who aren't so sure about its top quality would probably enjoy comparisons between the two.
The movie was based on the bestseller novel by Frederick Forsythe, British journalist who made reputation by mixing real life events and fiction in his books. His first novel, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, published in 1970, also deals with real life events and begins with one. In August 1962, after giving the independence to Algeria, French President Charles De Gaulle (played by Adrien Cayla-Legrand) became the target of extreme right-wingers and disgruntled war veterans united in the terrorist organisation known as OAS. The spectacular attempt on his life fails, the conspirators are caught and their leader, Colonel Bastien-Thirry (Jean Sorel) is executed for treason. At this point, real life is replaced with fiction - a year later, surviving OAS members, led by Colonel Rodin (Eric Porter) had decided to strike again. Their problem is De Gaulle's security service being the best in the world and their own organisation being infiltrated by moles and informants. So, the idea is to have an outsider, contract killer. The mysterious Englishman, known by his code name Jackal (Edward Fox) accepts the offer and begins his methodical work to prepare the assassination. In the meantime, French security services receive some information about OAS plans. Top government officials decide to hand over the case to Inspector Lebel (Michel Lonsdale), the best investigator in France. His job is extremely hard, because he must stop the man he knows nothing about. On the other hand, Jackal, despite some setbacks, is always one step ahead from the police and is getting closer to his target.
Despite having background in almost forgotten and obscure political troubles in early 1960s France, the script by Kenneth Ross is very simple and easy to understand, even for those who couldn't care less about the events of previous decades. The plot is universal, the characters well-defined, but they are anything but simple, despite having relatively little time to develop. That's because they all act realistically and through their actions, emotions (or lack of) or small gestures, we might discover a lot about their inner thoughts, alignments, fears and anxieties.
Of all those characters, Jackal is the most fascinating. The novel and the film follow Hitchcock's advice that in a good thriller the villain must be more interesting than the protagonist. After 1973 many film-makers followed this advice, but rarely with such care and realism as in Zinnemann's film. Jackal is portrayed as cool professional, very dedicated, yet emotionally distant from his profession. During the course of his mission, he kills without hesitation, but he feels no pleasure in it - he isn't some kind of raving homicidal maniac; he does what it takes to get the job done. He also doesn't possess supernatural powers - he makes mistakes, sometimes even fatal, but due to his intelligence and numerous back-up plans, he manages to get away with it. Edward Fox, very good British actor, who later played mostly character roles, presented Jackal in a way that offers some kind of explanation to his actions. In this film, Jackal is a individualist who makes his own rules, and the challenge and thrill of his job is a bigger reward than mere material compensation. For some critics, Jackal was amoral yet romantic hero, one of many who used to captivate the imagination of the anti-establishment audiences of late 1960s and early 1970s.
If Jackal could be seen as some kind of anti-establishment rebel, that same establishment is represented by the whole series of different government officials, who are, naturally, lacking his charisma and appeal. Among them, the most recognisable and the closest thing to personal rival is Inspector Lebel, played by Michel Lonsdale, one of the most reliable character actors from Europe. Two men has something in common - they are both extremely professional and dedicated to their job. But, Lebel is, of course, on the side of the system and he never breaks rules, making him one of the rare film lawmen that do everything by the book. Film suggests that his real problem isn't Jackal - the real problem are his cynical superiors who are more than eager to discard his services for petty political purposes. Lebel's struggle with inter-office intrigues, international complications and ineptness of his own national bureacracy is almost as interesting to see as Jackal's actions. It is natural for those two men to find certain bond, which is suggested in the last shot of the movie.
Other actors are more than fine too. They are plenty of them, but only a couple of them are stretching out, because their roles are rather limited in scope. Most memorable is Cyril Cusack as gunsmith who provides the perfect insight into the world of professional, yet morally cripple people like Jackal. The film also allows us to see some of the top British character actors in their early days, playing minor roles - most notable are Ronald Pickup as petty forger, and Derek Jacobi as Lebel's assistant Caron. Their acting is minimalistic, yet small details reveal a lot about the characters, setting and the story.
The very same technique was employed by director too. Fred Zinnemann tells the story very methodically, by exposing small details that would later be important pieces of great puzzle. His editing is superb - the viewer is given relatively small amount of information, yet enough to draw the clear picture for himself. The shots are very long at occasion, but only when it is absolutely necessary. The best examples are the scenes when Jackal must remove the witnesses of his crimes; those shots are very effective in its subtlety and hard to imagine in a movie decade plagued by gratutiotus violence on the screen. Despite being the movie that last almost two hours and half, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL remains very exciting for the viewers. That too is a proof of Zinnemann's talent. Another thing could also be seen in this film - the original music by George Delerue is almost never heard in the film, but the audience doesn't have the time to notice. For the most of the film, the music we hear is the one played on radio or on the streets. That too makes this film almost semi-documentary in nature, as well as documentary footage, which was very effectively edited in the final scene at the end.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL remains one of the best, if not the best political thriller ever made. It is clever film, that thrills the audience without insulting their intelligence; one of those rare films that employ viewer's brain as well as senses. Yet, despite anything, it remains very exciting and entertaining film that deserved its place among the classics of the Seventh Art.
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REVIEW BY JOHN MESSER
The release of The Veteran by Frederick Forsyth marks the entry of yet another front rank writer into the electronic marketplace. At 94 pages, The Veteran, which debuted Nov. 1, is the first in Forsyth's Quintet series of five short stories being released by Online Originals. New entries in the series will be published every three weeks, with the second story, The Miracle, appearing Nov. 22.
In The Veteran Forsyth again demonstrates the keen feel for detail that heightens tension and gives his stories credibility, and he also reveals a sense for this newest literary medium. The story begins with a mugging gone wrong when the victim, an older man with a pronounced limp, decides to fight back. His efforts are rewarded with a brutal beating at the hands and feet of two London thugs. Since the attack takes place in one of London's poorest and most dangerous housing estates, Detective Inspector Jack Burns is surprised when a local shopkeeper acknowledges witnessing the bloody encounter and positively identifies the attackers.
With the help of one eyewitness prepared to testify, Burns tracks down two known thugs with a history of violence. He directs the painstaking research needed to bring the criminals to justice梩he search for blood samples, fibers, prints and, most importantly, the limping man's wallet or any other identification. Piece by piece, strand by strand, Burns slowly builds his case against the two men until a conviction looks likely, despite the victim's anonymity.
Burn's carefully crafted case takes a sudden, unexpected turn when one of Britain's rising legal stars arrives to defend the muggers pro bono. Burns has cause to ponder their lawyer's comment that the case has everything to do with "the triumph of justice." Only on the last page does the honest policeman learn the chilling explanation. The stunning conclusion reminds readers why Forsyth's legendary storytelling has sold 60 million copies and led to a dozen top-flight films. The Veteran is more than a glimpse at a work in progress; it is a gem in its own right.
John Messer is a freelance writer living in Ludington, Michigan.
aku suka gak ss ni....first time aku baca buku tell me your dreams...tak leh tidur aku dibuatnya selagi tak best....aku suka cite dia....yang aku ada
1.tell me your dreams
2.nothing last forever
3.bloodline
4.the star shines down
aku pun dah tak ingat...pas tu aku try tukar penulis lain...aku beli john grisham...apa ke tajuknya...pasal budak jadi saksi pembunuhan penguambela penjenayah.....tak larat aku nak habiskan...boring...baru aku tau yg hati aku hanya suka ss je
aku ada semua koleksi buku dia...dari the naked face sampai la the sky is falling...semua sekali ada 17...tak silap la...
first buku yang dibaca...nothing lasts forever....best giler....then aku beli windmill of the god...then the list go on....the latest three aku beli yang first edition yang buku dia tu besar sikit dari saiz paperback biasa...best laid plan....tell me your dreams....the sky is falling...aku baca dalam official webpage dia, tak silap dia akan keluarkan buku baru....
aku suka sekali if tommorrow comes, tell me your dreams, the sky is falling ngan nothing lasts forever...
ada satu insiden kawan aku pinjam buku if tomorrow comes...tapi dia tak bagi balik so aku ingat dah hilang so aku beli baru....bila citer kat kawan aku dia kata buku tu ada pada dia...cis...tapi takper janji aku ada koleksi dia...
heheheh...
Originally posted by nevberg at 19-1-2004 09:21 AM:
aku ada semua koleksi buku dia...dari the naked face sampai la the sky is falling...semua sekali ada 17...tak silap la...
wow... kau buat library kat rumah yeak..? daripada kau simpan kan.. apa kata kau bagi aku pinjam..??? aku memang suka giler ngan ss nih...:2lol::2lol::2lol:
Bery pun ada almost semua buku dia.. mungkin semua gak kot.. heheh.. tak ingat, tp ramai org pinjam..
my fav: tell me ur dreams
ok....baru jer tgk website dia.....sidney sheldon akan kuarkan buku baru....are you afraid of the dark....bulan september ni....jadi sapa die hard fan sidney sheldon jangan lupa tunggu buku dia...dan jangan lupa beli...utk maklumat lanjut lawat....
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ye..ke..novel baru dia nak keluar Sept ni...?? can't wait...
bagi saya pula buku SS yang paling saya suka ialah If Tomorrow Comes...dah berkali2 baca buku ni..
the latest book that I read is Jeffery Archer " Prison Diary I"
pada aku lak, yg terbest "THE DOOMSDAY CONSPIRACY"
Skali baca, tak nak berenti baca....
yang paling dan teramat suka... master of the game
no. 2 suka .... memories of midnight & the other side of midnight
Originally posted by nevberg at 13-8-2004 09:47 AM:
ok....baru jer tgk website dia.....sidney sheldon akan kuarkan buku baru....are you afraid of the dark....bulan september ni....jadi sapa die hard fan sidney sheldon janga ...
dah keluar pun buku ni. jumpa kat mph mid valley weekend baru ni.
aku plak suka rage of angel
nanti nak pi belila buku baru dia nie
hehhe