Bücher von Dan Brown

It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom.When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon - prominent mason and philanthropist - is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons. It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history.

Sunday Times #1 BestsellerNew York Times #1 BestsellerThe spellbinding new Robert Langdon novel from the author of The Da Vinci Code. On a trail marked only by enigmatic symbols and elusive modern art, Langdon and Vidal uncover the clues that will bring them face-to-face with a world-shaking truth that has remained buried - until now.

The #1New York TimesBestseller (October 2017) from the author ofThe Da Vinci Code.Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that ';will change the face of science forever.' The evening's host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist, and one of Langdon's first students.But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch's precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced to flee. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch. They travel to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret.Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade an enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain's Royal Palace. They uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch's shocking discoveryand the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes.

Sunday Times #1 BestsellerNew York Times #1 BestsellerThe global bestseller - Origin is the latest Robert Langdon novel from the author of The Da Vinci Code.'Fans will not be disappointed' The TimesRobert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of an astonishing scientific breakthrough. The evening s host is billionaire Edmond Kirsch, a futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. But Langdon and several hundred guests are left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated evening is suddenly blown apart. There is a real danger that Kirsch s precious discovery may be lost in the ensuing chaos. With his life under threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao, taking with him the museum s director, Ambra Vidal. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch s secret.To evade a devious enemy who is one step ahead of them at every turn, Langdon and Vidal must navigate the labyrinthine passageways of extreme religion and hidden history. On a trail marked only by enigmatic symbols and elusive modern art, Langdon and Vidal will come face-to-face with a breathtaking truth that has remained buried until now. Dan Brown is the master of the intellectual cliffhanger Wall Street Journal As engaging a hero as you could wish for Mail on Sunday For anyone who wants more brain-food than thrillers normally provide Sunday Times

*NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS AND FELICITY JONES*Florence: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there.

CERN Institute, Switzerland: a world-renowned scientist is found brutally murdered with a mysterious symbol seared onto his chest. The Vatican, Rome: the College of Cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Somewhere beneath them, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion.

With the publication of his groundbreaking novels The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown has become an international bestselling sensation, seamlessly fusing codes, symbols, art, and history into riveting thrillers that have captivated hundreds of millions of readers around the world. Now, with this stunningspecial illustrated edition of his record-setting Inferno, brought to life by more than 200 breathtaking color images, Dan Brown takes readers deep into the heart of Italy . . . guiding them through a landscape that inspired one of history's most ominous literary classics. ';THE DARKEST PLACES IN HELLARE RESERVED FOR THOSE WHOMAINTAIN THEIR NEUTRALITY INTIMES OF MORAL CRISIS.'Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital in the middle of the night. Disoriented and suffering from a head wound, he recalls nothing of the last thirty-six hours, including how he got there . . . or the origin of the macabre object that his doctors discover hidden in his belongings. Langdon's world soon erupts into chaos, and he finds himself on the run in Florence with a stoic young woman, Sienna Brooks, whose clever maneuvering saves his life. Langdon quickly realizes that he is in possession of a series of disturbing codes created by a brilliant scientistagenius whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever writtenDante Alighieri's dark epic poem The Inferno. Racing through such timeless locations as the Palazzo Vecchio, the Boboli Gardens, and the Duomo, Langdon and Brooks discover a network of hidden passageways and ancient secrets, as well as a terrifying new scientific paradigm that will be used either to vastly improve the quality of life on earth . . . or to devastate it. In his most riveting and thought-provoking novel to date, Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again. Inferno is a sumptuously entertaining reada novel that will captivate readers with the beauty of classical Italian art, history, and literature . . . while also posing provocative questions about the role of cutting-edge science in our future.

When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.

EVERYONE, AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR LIVES, HAS BEEN HUMILIATED AND EMBARASSED BY THE ACTIONS OF SOMEONE ELSE. IT MAY HAPPEN DURING THEIR SCHOOL YEARS, DURING THEIR YEARS IN THE WORKPLACE OR DURING THEIR MARRIAGE. "SWEET REVENGE" IS A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE SHORT STORIES ANALYZING CASES WHERE A PERSON HAS BEEN EMBARASSED AND HUMILIATED AND THE MEANS BY WHICH "THE VICTIM" GETS REVENGE AGAINST THE PERSON THAT EMBARASSED OR HUMILIATED THEM.

ROBERT LANGDON HARVARD PROFESSOR OF SYMBOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS ICONOLOGY ARRIVES AT THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO TO ATTEND THE UNVEILING OF AN ASTONISHING SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH. THE EVENING'S HOST IS BILLIONAIRE EDMOND KIRSCH A FUTURIST WHOSE DAZZLING HIGH-TECH INVENTIONS AND AUDACIOUS PREDICTIONS HAVE MADE HIM A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE AROUND THE WORLD. BUT LANGDON AND SEVERAL HUNDRED GUESTS ARE LEFT REELING WHEN THE METICULOUSLY ORCHESTRATED EVENING IS SUDDENLY BLOWN APART. THERE IS A REAL DANGER THAT KIRSCH'S PRECIOUS DISCOVERY MAY BE LOST IN THE ENSUING CHAOS. WITH HIS LIFE UNDER THREAT LANGDON IS FORCED INTO A DESPERATE BID TO ESCAPE BILBAO TAKING WITH HIM THE MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR AMBRA VIDAL. TOGETHER THEY FLEE TO BARCELONA ON A PERILOUS QUEST TO LOCATE A CRYPTIC PASSWORD THAT WILL UNLOCK KIRSCH'S SECRET. TO EVADE A DEVIOUS ENEMY WHO IS ONE STEP AHEAD OF THEM AT EVERY TURN LANGDON AND VIDAL MUST NAVIGATE THE LABYRINTHINE PASSAGEWAYS OF EXTREME RELIGION AND HIDDEN HISTORY. ON A TRAIL MARKED ONLY BY ENIGMATIC SYMBOLS AND ELUSIVE MODERN ART LANGDON AND VIDAL WILL COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH A BREATHTAKING TRUTH THAT HAS REMAINED BURIED " UNTIL NOW.

Design discovery is crucial to a project's success-unite your team in an approach toward a common goal. Explore the role of discovery in product design, how to use and structure your favorite techniques for success, and how to synthesize and document what you learn. With Dan Brown's flexible framework for planning and practicing discovery activities, you'll set every design endeavor on the right path.

1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining book! Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends.

Die Wege zur Erlösung sind zahlreich.Verzeihen ist nicht der einzige.Als der Milliardär und Zukunftsforscher Edmond Kirsch drei der bedeutendsten Religionsvertreter der Welt um ein Treffen bittet, sind die Kirchenmänner zunächst skeptisch. Was will ihnen der bekennende Atheist mitteilen? Was verbirgt sich hinter seiner "bahnbrechenden Entdeckung", das Relevanz für Millionen Gläubige auf diesem Planeten haben könnte? Nachdem die Geistlichen Kirschs Präsentation gesehen haben, verwandelt sich ihre Skepsis in blankes Entsetzen.Die Furcht vor Kirschs Entdeckung ist begründet. Und sie ruft Gegner auf den Plan, denen jedes Mittel recht ist, ihre Bekanntmachung zu verhindern. Doch es gibt jemanden, der unter Einsatz des eigenen Lebens bereit ist, das Geheimnis zu lüften und der Welt die Augen zu öffnen: Robert Langdon, Symbolforscher aus Harvard, Lehrer Edmond Kirschs und stets im Zentrum der größten Verschwörungen.ILLUMINATI, SAKRILEG, DAS VERLORENE SYMBOL und INFERNO - vier Welterfolge, die mit ORIGIN ihre spektakuläre Fortsetzung finden.

Die kryptographische Abteilung des US-Geheimdienstes NSA verfügt über einen geheimen Super-Computer, der in der Lage ist, innerhalb kürzester Zeit jeden Code (und somit jede verschlüsselte Botschaft) zu knacken. Der Rechner kommt zum Einsatz, wenn Terroristen, Drogenhändler und andere Kriminelle ihre Pläne mittels codierter Texte verschleiern und die Sicherheit der USA auf dem Spiel steht.In der Vergangenheit konnten die Kryptographen täglich hunderte von Codes knacken - bis zu dem Tage, als Diabolus zum Einsatz kommt: Ein mysteriöses Programm, das den Super-Rechner offenbar überfordert. Der Entwickler des Programms droht, Diabolus der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen. Würde dieses Programm zum Verschlüsselungs-Standard werden, wäre der erfolgreichen Verbrechensbekämpfung der NSA über Nacht die Basis entzogen. Die Mitarbeiter des Geheimdienstes setzen alle Hebel in Bewegung, das drohende Desaster zu verhindern ...Mit Diabolus schrieb Bestsellerautor Dan Brown einen spannenden Thriller, der in die Welt der Chiffren und Geheimcodes entführt.

Mein Geschenk ist die Zukunft. Mein Geschenk ist die Erlösung. Mein Geschenk ist ... InfernoRobert Langdon, Harvard-Professor für Symbologie, erwacht mit einer Schusswunde in einem Krankenhaus in Florenz und kann sich nicht an die letzten zwei Tage erinnern. Doch viel Zeit zur Erholung bleibt ihm nicht, denn nach einem Anschlag muss er mit der jungen Ärztin Sienna Brooks in deren Wohnung flüchten. Dort stellt sich heraus, dass Langdon dabei war, die versteckte Botschaft in einem jahrhundertealten Gemälde zu Dantes "Inferno" zu entschlüsseln. Die Spur führt sie in den Palazzio Vecchio, wo sie sich von Dantes Totenmaske konkretere Hinweise erhoffen, doch diese ist gestohlen worden. Nun beginnt eine Jagd durch halb Europa, bei der Langdon die Maske wiederfinden und einen perfiden Plan vereiteln muss.Dan Brown wurde 1964 in New Hampshire geboren und studierte Englisch und Spanisch. Nach dem Studium veröffentlichte er zunächst mehrere Alben als Singer/Songwriter, widmete sich aber Mitte der 90er Jahre ganz dem Schreiben. Sein erster Roman, "Diabolus", erschien 1998. Seinen großen Durchbruch feierte Dan Brown 2000 mit "Illuminati", dem ersten Thriller um den Harvard-Professor Robert Langdon. In seinen Büchern kombiniert er geschickt Elemente des Thrillers mit religions- und kunstgeschichtlichen Fakten und spricht dadurch ein breites Publikum an.Mit Inferno hat Bestsellerautor Dan Brown den hochspannenden vierten Thriller um den Symbolologen Robert Langdon vorgelegt.

Robert Langdon ist zurückWashington, D.C.: In der amerikanischen Hauptstadt liegt ein sorgsam gehütetes Geheimnis verborgen, und ein Mann ist bereit, dafür zu töten. Aber dazu benötigt er die Unterstützung eines Menschen, der ihm freiwillig niemals helfen würde: Robert Langdon, Harvard-Professor und Experte für die Entschlüsselung und Deutung mysteriöser Symbole.Nur ein finsterer Plan ermöglicht es, Robert Langdon in die Geschichte hineinzuziehen. Fortan jagt der Professor über die berühmten Schauplätze der Hauptstadt. Doch er jagt nicht nur - er wird selbst zum Gejagten. Denn das Rätsel, das nur er zu lösen vermag, ist für viele Kreise von größter Bedeutung - im Guten wie im Bösen. Danach wird die Welt, die wir kennen, eine andere sein.Das verlorene Symbol ist der dritte Roman aus der Thriller-Reihe um Robert Langdon, die Dan Brown zu einem weltweit gefeierten Bestsellerautor machte.

A former National Security Agency programmer threatens to release a mathematical formula that will allow organized crime and terrorism to skyrocket, unless the code-breaking computer that is used to keep them in check but that violates civil rights is not exposed to the public.

When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician.