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MacLean, Alistair 1922-1987
Most widely held works about
Alistair MacLean
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The guns of Navarone(
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Where eagles dare(
visu
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Alistair MacLean : the key is fear by Robert A Lee(
Book
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Alistair MacLean's Night watch by Alastair MacNeill(
Book
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Alistair MacLean : a life by Jack Webster(
Book
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Alistair MacLean's Golden Girl by Simon Gandolfi(
Book
)
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Alistair MacLean : Life by Jack Webster(
Book
)
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Alistair MacLean's Breakheart Pass(
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Ice Station Zebra(
visu
)
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The Satan bug(
visu
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Alistair MacLean by Jack Webster(
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Alistair (Stuart) MacLean : (1922-1987) Biographies, Criticism, Journal articles, Work overviews(
file
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Contemporary literary criticism, yearbook 1987 : the year in fiction, poetry, drama, and world literature and the year's new authors, prizewinners, obituaries, and works of literary biography(
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Novels by Alistair Maclean : Ice Station Zebra, Where eagles dare, Force 10 from Navarone, The guns of Navarone, HMS Ulysses, Night without end, The satan bug, When eight bells toll, Breakheart Pass, Bear Island, Circus, South by Java Head, Fear is the key, Puppet on a chain, The golden rendezvous, Athabasca, San Andreas by Alistair MacLean(
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)
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Alistair Stuart MacLean : (1922-1987) Biographies, Journal articles(
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Alistair MacLean novelist, (1922-1987) by Robert Craig(
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Pushki ostrova Navaron by Alistair MacLean(
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Detektivnye romany by Alistair MacLean(
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Where eagles dare(
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Most widely held works by
Alistair MacLean
The guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
144
editions published
between
1956
and
2011
in
17
languages
and held by
2,311
libraries
worldwide
On the eastern Mediterranean island of Kheros, twelve hundred British men are garrisoned. In order to evacute these men before the inevitable German attach the "guns" have to be silenced. After landing by boat where the Germans least expect them, at the foot of the towering cliffs, beneath the impregnaable walls of rock, the five men must climb the cliffs.
Floodgate by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
33
editions published
between
1983
and
2009
in
7
languages
and held by
2,276
libraries
worldwide
Holland is threaten with sabotage and flooding by an extremist group, the F.F.F., unless the Dutch will influence British troops to leave Northern Ireland.
Where eagles dare by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
71
editions published
between
1967
and
2009
in
7
languages
and held by
2,256
libraries
worldwide
Eight Allied agents -- seven men and a woman -- parachute onto a mountainside behind enemy lines in wartime Germany. Their mission: to rescue an American general before the Nazis can force him to reveal secret D-Day plans.
Circus by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
77
editions published
between
1975
and
2009
in
15
languages
and held by
2,181
libraries
worldwide
It takes a five-man circus act with a psychic tightrope artist to get in and out of an East European prison safely.
Captain Cook by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
22
editions published
between
1972
and
2001
in
8
languages
and held by
2,158
libraries
worldwide
A biography of the English explorer, navigator, and cartographer who discovered Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
Bear Island by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
49
editions published
between
1971
and
2009
in
10
languages
and held by
2,107
libraries
worldwide
Novel about a movie crew's journey to a deserted island north of the arctic circle.
Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
108
editions published
between
1963
and
2011
in
14
languages
and held by
2,101
libraries
worldwide
Arson in the Arctic takes a British agent to the top of the world aboard a U.S. nuclear submarine.
San Andreas by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
49
editions published
between
1984
and
2009
in
9
languages
and held by
2,093
libraries
worldwide
A medical transport carrying the wounded from Halifax to Aberdeen is attacked by German war planes and U-boats.
Santorini by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
37
editions published
between
1986
and
2009
in
5
languages
and held by
2,076
libraries
worldwide
In the Aegean a large airplane crashes at almost the same time a luxurious yacht is sinking. Commander Talbot of the Ariadne, a sophisticated British ship that is part of NATO, picks up the yacht's survivors, among them a wealthy Greek businessman. The downed plane, it is learned, contains hydrogen bombs and atomic mines, one of which is ticking. If the mine explodes in that spot, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tidal waves, ozone cracking, and possibly the end of the world could ensue.
River of death by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
49
editions published
between
1981
and
2009
in
13
languages
and held by
2,030
libraries
worldwide
An expedition venturing into the Brazilian rain forest could not imagine what awaited them; those who survived would never forget.
Force 10 from Navarone by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
64
editions published
between
1960
and
2007
in
12
languages
and held by
1,995
libraries
worldwide
The guns have been silenced. But heroic survivors of Navarone are far from still. Headed for more excitement, their mission: to free an entire Partisan army trapped in the rugged mountains of Yugoslavia. It begins with a parachute drop behind enemy lines and a deliberate walk into a German camp.
Athabasca by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
54
editions published
between
1900
and
2009
in
12
languages
and held by
1,941
libraries
worldwide
A tale of blackmail and murder along the Alaskan pipeline.
Breakheart Pass by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
48
editions published
between
1974
and
2008
in
9
languages
and held by
1,923
libraries
worldwide
After the Civil War, an army relief train takes supplies to an Indian fort, and its passengers suffer mysterious accidents.
When eight bells toll by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
72
editions published
between
1966
and
2011
in
11
languages
and held by
1,907
libraries
worldwide
Philip Calvert, a ruthless agent for Britain's secret service, outwits a gang of modern pirates operating on the Irish Sea.
Partisans by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
34
editions published
between
1982
and
2009
in
7
languages
and held by
1,902
libraries
worldwide
Major Peter Petersen leads a commando force into the besieged stronghold of the Yugoslavian Royalists during World War II. His mission: to deliver a message of vital importance from the Italian Fascists.
Caravan to Vaccares by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
56
editions published
between
1970
and
2009
in
11
languages
and held by
1,896
libraries
worldwide
Neil Bowman's interference with the gypsies led him to a bull-ring, and a face-to-face confrontation with a massive Andalusian fighting bull.
Goodbye California by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
40
editions published
between
1977
and
2004
in
11
languages
and held by
1,810
libraries
worldwide
A group of terrorists sets off a bomb in the desert and an underwater device that produces a massive tidal wave off the coast of Los Angeles and finally threatens to cause an earthquake that will destroy California.
The golden gate by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
65
editions published
between
1976
and
2006
in
11
languages
and held by
1,800
libraries
worldwide
Terrorists kidnap the President of the United States and two Middle Eastern heads of State and threaten to kill them if their demands are not met.
The way to dusty death by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
49
editions published
between
1900
and
2009
in
9
languages
and held by
1,761
libraries
worldwide
Johnny Harlow, champion Grand Prix driver, acts as an undercover agent to discover who is fixing the Grand Prix races all over Europe.
Puppet on a chain by Alistair MacLean (
Book
)
61
editions published
between
1969
and
2008
in
9
languages
and held by
1,686
libraries
worldwide
Novel on American narcotics agent investigates a drug-smuggling ring and narrowly escapes death by torture at the hands of the drug ring.
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Alternative Names
 Stuart, Ian, 1922-1987
Mac-Lean, Alistair Mac Lean, Alistair 1922-1987 MacLean, Alistair, 1922- MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 Maclean, Alistair 1922-1987 Kröner Weltlit. MacLean, Alistair, 1922 or 3- MacLean, Alistair Stuart. Maklin, Olister Maklin, Olister, 1922-1987 Mc Lean, Alistair 1922-1987 McLean, Alistair McLean, Alistair 1922-1987 Pseud. Stuart, Ian 1922-1987 Stuart, Ian Stuart, Ian, 1922-1987 מקלין, אליסטייר, 1922-1987 מקלין, אליסטייר Маклин, Алистер
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