coolreads # On Making A Difference - The Joyful Journey of An Educationist

On Making A Difference -

The Joyful Journey of An Educationist

Author: Tan Boon Lin

Publisher: Areca Books

ISBN: 9789675719509

On Making A Difference, the autobiography of Dato Tan Boon Lin offers a candid narrative of an educationist and his passion, both as an educator and administrator, to guide and provide opportunities for other students in the schools where he served as the headmaster. Tan had served, with distinction,  as headmaster at Gajah Berang School in Melaka, Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Kedah and lastly, at Penang Free School, where he was once a student and teacher before assuming the role as its first Asian headmaster.

coolreads # Retro Books # Beloved Enemy

Beloved Enemy

Author: Eric Van Lustbader

Publisher: Forge

ISBN: 9780765370815

Year Published: 2013

Beloved Enemy is Eric Van Lustbader’s fifth thriller of his Jack McClure series.

coolreads # Retro Books # Trojan Odyssey

Trojan Odyssey

Author: Clive Cussler

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780425199329

Year Published: 2004

In the Trojan Odyssey, which is the 20th in a series of Dirk Pitt novels, Clive Cussler once again grabs your attention and takes you on another thrilling adventure. This time, the whole gang is back in action.

coolreads # Retro Books # Nothing To Lose

Nothing To Lose

Author: Lee Child

Publisher: Bantam Books

ISBN: 9780739327906

Jack Reacher, the recurring protagonist in the thrillers by Lee Child, is back with a dark mission in book 12 of the series.

coolreads # Retro Books # Serpent, A Novel from NUMA Files

Serpent, A Novel from NUMA Files

Author: Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos

Publisher: Pocket Books

ISBN: 0671022164

This novel, from the NUMA Files, is set mostly in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, and occasionally skirting the border of Guatemala. Not surprisingly, Clive Cussler uses this vicinity to reference one of his favourite underworld characters, Quetzalcoatl, a demonic person who can be blamed for any number of atrocities in the world. 

coolreads # In Too Deep

In Too Deep

Author: Lee Child

Publisher: Delacorte

ISBN: 9780593725801

In this latest edition of the Jack Reacher series, the action and storytelling downshifts to less thrilling mode.

coolreads # Horror, He Wrote: The Lady Under the Bridge

Horror, He Wrote:

The Lady Under the Bridge

Author: Tan Jit Seng

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9789815144796

As an award-winning creative director of an advertising agency, Tan Jit Seng started out his passion in writing as the co-creator of Malaysia's first English comic book, Heroines of Darkness, and as a children's book writer, before publishing a compilation of short stories titled Get Spooked: Terrifying Tales Untold.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Mayan Secrets

The Mayan Secrets

Authors: Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781405931342

Year Published: 2013

The Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry is the fifth book of 13 in the Sam and Remi Fargo Adventures Series. In this book, the Fargos are on a humanitarian mission to help people in Mexico after an earthquake. They then stumble upon the remains of a man clutching a pot which contains a Mayan codex that is larger than any previously discovered book. This leads them on an adventure to protect the secrets within the codex before a wealthy, greedy woman can claim the codex and all it reveals for herself.

coolreads # Retro Books # Order to Kill

Order to Kill

Author: Vince Flynn with Kyle Mills

Publisher: Pocket Books

ISBN: ‎978-1476783499

Year Published: 2016

Although Vince Flynn died in 2013, the character he created, Mitch Rapp, lives on in this 15th chronicle of the legendary CIA agent’s adventure.

coolreads # Behind the Stories

Behind the Stories

Author: Lilian Tan

Publisher: The Edge Communication Sdn Bhd

ISBN: 9789672642275

Behind the Stories (BTS) is a collection of anecdotes and recollections by the pioneers on how The Edge was first published - from its conception to the recruitment of core staff, and the trials and tribulations it went through the past 30 years. It offers readers a candid and revealing insight on the business publication that has survived the odds when it first hit the street in September, 1994. And the remarkable journey it had taken to become a business publication that has earned the respect from both the corporate and public sectors.

coolreads # Retro Books # True Faith and Allegiance

True Faith and Allegiance

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781405922296

Mark Greaney is at the helm of this action-adventure thriller, this time with a devious yet believable story about radical terrorist attacks in America.

coolreads # Retro Books # Shadow of Doubt, A Thriller

Shadow of Doubt, A Thriller

Author: Brad Thor

Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler

ISBN: 9781982182236

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This quote from Oscar Wilde aptly describes any good political thriller. And Brad Thor chose this quote to open the latest instalment in his Scot Harvath series, Shadow of Doubt.

coolreads # Retro Books # Chinese Lessons

Chinese Lessons

Author: John Pomfret

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

ISBN: 9780805076158

Year Published: 2006

These days, visitors to China will be captivated by the breathtaking sights and dazzling high-rise buildings as well as the high speed rails and magnificent flyovers of Shanghai, Beijing and other big cities in China. Or being greeted upon arrival at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport. The amazing transformation and development of the People’s Republic over the past decades can have an intoxicating effect of obscuring the contradictions and truths, especially of its past.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Chaos Agent

The Chaos Agent

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 9780593548141

Futuristic robots take centre stage in the Gray Man’s latest thriller, The Chaos Agent. Courtland Gentry aka The Gray Man and Zoya Zakharova are lovers trying to enjoy a peaceful hideaway by Guatemala’s beautiful Lake Atitlán when a tiny drone with facial recognition capabilities tracks them down.  A worldwide manhunt is out for them, and Russia has a capture-or-kill order out on Zoya.

coolreads # Retro Books # Spartan Gold

Spartan Gold

Authors: Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780141042916

Year Published: 2009

Clive Cussler introduces Sam and Remi Fargo in Spartan Gold, which is the first book in the Fargo Adventures series.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Striker

The Striker

Authors: Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781401911399

The Striker promises to thrill Isaac Bell fans with yet another action-packed story of his exploits as a young Van Dorn Agency detective. Set in the coal-mining hills of West Virginia and Pennsylvania at the turn of the century, Clive Cussler depicts the struggles between budding labour unions and management. Union organisers begin to see the benefits of verbal negotiations to improve wages and working conditions. But some greedy owners maintain the upper hand because they control the purse strings, buy Pinkerton detective protection, and control the transportation of coal.

coolreads # Retro Books # Gunmetal Gray

Gunmetal Gray

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley Books

ISBN: 9780425282854

Year Published: 2017

Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney is an engrossing and suspenseful thriller. Greaney definitely has upped the intensity of his plot and put his characters through more grilling challenges.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Pharaoh's Secret

The Pharaoh's Secret

Authors: Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781405919005

The 13th in the NUMA Files series, The Pharaoh’s Secret revolves around Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala. Kurt is the director of Special Assignments and Joe, a genius with anything mechanical, are partners and troubleshooters for NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency.

coolreads # Retro Books # Threat Vector

Threat Vector

Author: Tom Cancy with Mark Greaney

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

ISBN: 9780399160455

Year Published: 2012

Reading Threat Vector might look like a daunting task at first. This is a big book with over 800 pages, it easily meets the classification of a “door-stopper”.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Silent Sea

The Silent Sea

Authors: Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780718155865

Year Published: 2010

Clive Cussler often starts his book with prologues that are based on ancient or historical anecdotes about an event that will have a profound effect on the adventure to follow.

coolreads # Retro Books # Mission Critical

Mission Critical

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 9780451488947

Year Published: 2011

The two plot-lines that explode into action in the opening pages of the eighth book in the Gray Man series, will eventually be revealed to have deep byzantine connections. Fans who’ve been reading the Gray Man novels will know that Courtland Gentry, code-named Violator and Zoya Zakharova code-named Anthem, have met in earlier books and might be on the road to falling in love.

coolreads # Retro Books # Typhoon Fury

Typhoon Fury

Authors: Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison

Publisher: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780718184674

Year Published: 2017

In Typhoon Fury, the thriller by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison, the word typhoon takes on several meanings in the story. Firstly, the threat of a major typhoon makes the final act of this novel that much more exciting to read. Typhoon is also the term given to the much sought-after super drug.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Kingdom

The Kingdom

Authors: Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780241914188

Year Published: 2011

The Kingdom is the third novel in the Fargo series by Clive Cussler, author of the Dirk Pitt novels such as Treasure of Khan, Arctic Drift, Sahara and Atlantis Found. It follows the adventures of treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo after their earlier adventures in Spartan Gold and Lost Empire.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Tombs

The Tombs

Authors: Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 978071815139

Packed with heart-pounding action, intrigue and endless rounds of mysterious treasure hunts, The Tombs is a thriller from the grandmaster of adventure and the fourth of Clive Cussler's Fargo Adventures.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Quantum Solution

The Quantum Solution

Author: Eric Van Lustbader

Publisher: Forge Book

ISBN: 9781250839138

Evan Ryder returns and fights for her life in The Quantum Solution, the fourth heart-stopping instalment of this enthralling series by master thriller writer and New York Times bestselling author, Eric Van Lustbader.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Race

The Race

Authors: Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780241910746

Year Published: 2012

The Race by Clive Cussler with Justin Scott kicks off with the killing of some newsboys by Harry Frost, a gang leader as well as one of the richest men in America, using a crate of Vulcan dynamite attached to a wagon drawn by horses. That is the Frost's gangster way to gain total control of the newspaper distribution network in the area.

coolreads # Retro Books # Rough Justice

Rough Justice

Author: Stephen Leather

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

ISBN: 9781444700381

Year Published: 2010

In his seventh book on the Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series, Rough Justice, Stephen Leather has written one of the realistic and also most controversial books of his career. This is another real scorcher thriller about the police squad.

coolreads # Retro Books # Armoured

Armoured

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 9780593547755

Armored introduces us to Joshua Duffy, a father of two who’s a Close Protection Agent (bodyguard) and also a former elite soldier. While on duty in Lebanon, his principal comes under attack and while the principal doesn’t make it, Duffy is able to get the principal’s wife out alive. However, he loses his lower left leg during the attack.

coolreads # Retro Books # Tom Clancy's Support And Defend

Tom Clancy's Support

And Defend

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9781405919296

Year Published: 2015

Support And Defend is a novel focusing primarily on Dominic Caruso and The Campus, written by series co-author Mark Greaney.

coolreads # Retro Books # Atlantis Found

Atlantis Found

Author: Clive Cussler

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9780140287967

Year Published: 2001

Dirk Pitt, Clive Cussler's larger-than-life hero, finds himself fighting with an army of elite killers seeking to destroy the world in another engrossing thriller.

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Close To Death

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Publisher: Century

ISBN: 9781529904246

In Close to Death, the fifth book of his Hawthorne and Horowitz mystery series, Anthony Horowitz offers another amazing and complex whodunit mystery that is rife with misdirection and murder.

coolreads # Retro Books # Dragon

Dragon

Author: Clive Cussler

Publisher: HarperCollins

ISBN: 9780007843725

Year Published: 2005

In this thriller, a Japanese business tycoon, virtually godlike in his Shinto culture, attempts to bring America to its knees by threatening nuclear devastation, unless the nation sells her economic soul to Japan.

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Fearless

Author: M.W. Craven

Publisher: Constable

SBN: 9780349135601

Ben Koenig is in a hotel restaurant when he realises that the police are onto him. It’s too late for him to run out the back. Besides, his keen observation tells him that the police have set up a cordon several blocks around him. A quick glance at the TV also tells him that the whole nation has been put on alert as his face is on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, and the local authorities are about to bring him in.

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West Heart Kill

Author: Dann McDorman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781526666239

West Heart Kill is an interesting read. Set in 1976, the place is the private West Heart hunting club in New York, and the detective featured is private investigator Adam McAnnis, who is there for a visit with his friend James Blake. The Blakes and the club’s other member families, all beneficiaries of their family wealth, are gathered there to celebrate the Fourth of July.

coolreads # Retro Books # Back Blast

Back Blast

Author: Mark Greaney

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 9780425282847

Year Published: 2016

In Back Blast, Mark Greaney returns to the franchise that launched his career as an author. This is the fifth novel in his Gray Man series and the first instalment since 2013’s Dead Eye.

coolreads # Retro Books # Lost Empire

Lost Empire

Authors: Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood

Publisher: Penguin Books

ISBN: 9680718256152

Year Published: 2011

Lost Empire features treasure-hunting couple Sam and Remi Fargo, who are on a scuba-diving holiday off the coast of Tanzania, where they find a coin with strange markings.