Crichton, Michael 1942-2008

Pirate latitudes : a novel by Michael Crichton ( Book )
49 editions published between 2007 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 4,551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Michael Crichton presents a story about pirates in the New World"--Provided by publisher

Rising sun : a novel by Michael Crichton ( Book )
69 editions published between 1991 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 4,452 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During the grand opening celebration of the new American headquarters of an immense Japanese conglomerate, the dead body of a beautiful woman is found. The investigation begins, and immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue and a violent business battle that takes no prisoners

The great train robbery by Michael Crichton ( Book )
67 editions published between 1975 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 4,438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, as lively as legend, and studded with all the suspense and style of a modern fiction master, here is a classic caper novel set a decade before the age of dynamite--yet nonetheless explosive

Sphere : a novel by Michael Crichton ( Book )
58 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,433 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of the water, a huge vessel is discovered resting on the ocean floor. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who descend together into the depths of the sea to investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanations. It is a spaceship

The terminal man by Michael Crichton ( Book )
65 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 4,323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. Electrodes are placed deep in his brain, sending monitored soothing pulses to its pleasure canyons. The operation is a success-until Benson discovers how to get the pulses with increasing frequency. He escapes from the hospital, a homicidal maniac with a deadly agenda

Micro : a novel by Michael Crichton ( Book )
55 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 3,575 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of graduate students accept work with a mysterious biotech company in Hawaii only to be abandoned in a treacherous wilderness when they discover their employer's dark agenda

Eaters of the dead : the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922 by Michael Crichton ( Book )
64 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in English and German and held by 3,460 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to the north. Fadlan belatedly discovers that his job is to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings - but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea

Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg ( Visual )
133 editions published between 1992 and 2013 in 11 languages and held by 3,378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA

State of fear by Michael Crichton ( Recording )
41 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 2,365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Paris, a graduate student in a secret laboratory reveals a powerful new technology to a beautiful and mysterious woman. A few hours later, the student is drugged and dumped in a river. Radical environmental terrorists are launching a fanatical campaign--and the very future of the world they seek to protect may be at stake. Only MIT scientist and federal agent John Kenner can stop the deadly plot before the terrifying consequences are realized--and millions die

Prey by Michael Crichton ( Recording )
30 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. As fresh as today's headlines, Michael Crichton's most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Prey takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence