Bøger af Jack Hayes

The year is 1944. After five hard-fought years, the Allies are close to victory. But Germany still has one last secret - and one that could still turn the war in its favour. Travelling on a U-boat to Japan is a highly explosive uranium bomb, the first of its kind. But why are the Nazis giving such a precious weapon to the Japanese? And where might the Japanese use it? In London, Special Operations Executive Captain Maddox is given a simple task. Stop the U-boat at all costs. A British, French and American team is assembled for the mission. They will strike a mysterious island controlled by the Nazis where the U-boat is scheduled to stop. But nothing about this job is what it appears to be. The British, the French and the Americans all have their own agendas -- and so do the Germans. And none of them involve Captain Maddox making it to the end of the war alive. 'Blood Red Sea' is a full-throttle World War Two thriller that combines meticulous research with gripping story-telling to create a memorable tale of action and adventure. It is perfect for fans of Jack Higgins and Alistair MacLean. 'An explosive action thriller that throws new light on WWII'.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'The Dante Conspiracy'. Jack Hayes is an author and journalist living in London.

In Baseball's Greatest Hits & Misses, Jack L. Hayes, award-winning author of two other books on Major League Baseball, shares interesting and almost unbelievable stories from his experiences as a batboy at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Jack also makes you privy to some of those nuggets he picked up along the way, and a few other amazing Hits and Misses-unconventional, bizarre, wacky, and legendary happenings that took place on and off a big league baseball field. Baseball's history is rich with interesting characters and the way they played ball. Characters like the seventeen-year-old female who took to the mound in her first professional appearance and struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig; little Eddie Gaedel, standing only three feet, seven inches tall, who stepped up to the plate to bat against the Detroit Tigers; Bobby Thomson, whose greatest moment in baseball history home run was given an embarrassing black eye years later. Some baseball bloopers are insignificant and fun to see. Others can be devastating and leave such players as Fred Snodgrass, Fred Merkle, Mickey Owens, Ralph Branca, and Bill Buckner with a lifetime of heartbreak and ridicule. Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle, both ran the bases under similar circumstances. One emerged a hero; the other was blamed for an unbelievable blunder. Baseball's Greatest Hits & Misses, Volume I, is full of stories-amazing, amusing, almost unbelievable, a few sad. Yet, they all have one thing in common-they're true!

The American football team, the 'Black Ears', has a problem - not on the pitch but in the press. Bad stories are being spread about them. Simon Ritter is hired to clean up its image. His job is to be the first man on the scene - any potential news story has to reach him before the press, so he can cover up and neutralise any scandal. As soon as he starts work the club's deputy grounds-keeper asks for a meeting. But when Ritter arrives he finds the man shot dead. As he starts investigating the murder, he finds out a Russian billionaire called Janokovic has just bought the club. But why? And what is the true source of his fabulous wealth? As Ritter starts to uncovers the truth he finds not only his reputation, but his life, is on the line. And very soon it will be game on or game over for Ritter. Jack Hayes is an author and journalist living in London. His books include the best-selling 'Blood Red Sea' and 'Dead Man Rising'. "Overtime brilliantly mixes big-time sport and big-time money to create a roller-coaster read." - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'. "Explosive action," - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade-Off'. "Jack Hayes has crafted a high octane thriller that is perfectly executed, full of plot twists and has a tough guy hero who is sharp as a switch blade but who is also infused with an innate sense of decency. This is a cracking read!" Roger Hurn, bestselling author of Hand of Darkness. "Overtime is an addictive read which had me hooked from the very first chapter. It also made me miss a couple of deadlines because I wanted to finish it. " Ian Dickerson

Dubai. A city of easy money. And even easier death. Nate Aspinal returns to the city from a holiday to find two of his employees murdered. Both victims are found in hotel bathrooms - with the skin of their fingers and toes removed. All clues point to the infamous 'Candle' terrorist group who are rumoured to burn their victims during interrogations. As Nate begins to discover more about the terrorists, his young family are kidnapped by the vengeful 'Candle' in an attempt to silence him. Nate soon realises he is caught in the middle of a terrible conspiracy. Royal lives are in danger, and he must convince the authorities disaster is about to strike...before it is too late. Candleburn is a thrilling tale of international terrorism. It is perfect for fans of Jack Higgins and Frederick Forsyth. 'Candleburn is a thriller of the highest order - tightly plotted, ingenious, suspenseful and unflaggingly action packed' Roger Hurn, bestselling author of 'Business is Murder'. Jack Hayes is an author and journalist living in London. His books include the best-selling 'Blood Red Sea', 'Overtime' and 'Dead Man Rising'.

The High Lonesome Sound, like its predecessor, Crow on the Wire, is poetry qua journal. While this book continues the project begun with Crow on the Wire, the collections can be read independently. As with Crow on the Wire, The High Lonesome Sound consists of poems in the octet & quatrain forms-themselves very loosely based on the classical Chinese lüshi & jueju. Again like Crow on the Wire, this collection is structured around monthly sequences describing the phases of the moon. The High Lonesome Sound begins with separation & ends with connection. In between we follow the narrator's exploration of the streets & scenes in Portland, with the landscapes he encounters answering an internal call & an internal reality.

This work examines the birth and maturation of Averett College, and institution of higher learning in Southside Virginia. The school's official seal--and elliptical medallion with the words "Averett College, Danville, Virginia" surrounding a lamp and cross--was emblematic of the institution's history and mission. The lamp represented learning, while the cross stood for the Southern Baptist environment in which learning took place. Yet these two symbols were never static representations. Learning in 1859, when the college was founded, was designed to produce a "finished" you lady who could model high culture while attending to hearth and community. Refinement of this curriculum during the next four decades preceded dramatic change in the early twentieth century: job-related education, and elective system, and junior college status. Pre-professional, coeducation and a baccalaureate program followed. Next came new degrees and new venues. The 1980s and 1990s brought non-traditional adult education at twenty-five sites throughout Virginia that soon eclipsed the traditional program. Just as the lamp and cross continued to be enduring motifs, the mission of the institution also reflected the purposes of education in the United States. Since colonial times, Americans have regarded education as essential to representative government. By the 1820s, Americans considered schooling essential to democracy. In the emerging industrial age of the nineteenth century as financial necessity and opportunity continually challenged traditional female roles, Americans were forced to concede the urgency of educating women. The place of Averett College in this larger educational milieu is secondary theme of thiswork.