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Learn the 'Inside Story' of a complex high-tech crime from years ago Taking place in a pre-9/11 world of the 80's, a former US submarine is hijacked in the Gulf, a floating aircraft carrier museum is hijacked from its dock in South Carolina, a Learjet and then a DC-9 are hijacked from New York shortly thereafter. The story is a vintage-era caper that involves gold, hostages and a memorable cast of noble and exceptionally nasty characters.Media Reviews: Library Journal said: "A well-written and carefully researched piece of high-camp."Mystery News said: "The interplay of these characters builds to a shattering climax."Charleston Evening Post said: "This story thoroughly holds the reader in suspense."Pittsburgh Press said: "The man can write, and his supply of airplanes is inexhaustible."Publisher's Weekly said: "The ending is a lulu."Listed for many weeks on the Bestseller lists in the United States, England, Australia, Germany and other countries - and broadcast as a 13 episode serial drama on Japanese National Radio The Buffalo News said: "A whiz-bang story "

The Star Streak Hypersonic airliner is the successor to the supersonic Concorde. During a routine flight, an unexplainable engine malfunction hurls Consolidated Flight 14 far too high and into a low-earth orbit. With only limited oxygen onboard, Captain Donald Collins is about to try a desperate and unproven maneuver to save the ship and its 100 passengers. On the ground, one of the designers of the aircraft has discovered evidence that the airliner might have been sabotaged. It becomes a race against time and the inescapable laws of physics to save the airliner and those onboard who are still alive.An International Bestseller in many Worldwide markets, here is a sampling of those Media Reviews: -From the United States: The St. Louis Post said: "A spell-binding story."-The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said: "Excitement and tension throughout...great fun and a good read."-The San Diego newspaper said: "Orbit creates a sense of urgency and reality."-United Press International said: "...a nightmare of terror and human drama."-From England: The Liverpool Daily Post said: "full of technical accuracy, with a whodunnit element as well."-The Manchester Evening News said: "A thrill a minute - there is excitement on every page."-From Australia: The Melbourne Victoria Advertiser said: "A superthriller "-From Germany, the newspapers said: "The book reads well - very well."-"Orbit has all sorts of intrigue."-"The wave of emotions move quickly, and Block weaves in the action elegantly."

Airship Nine has been described as "Exciting, riveting, high altitude suspense" by none other than thrill-master Stephen King Now, author Thomas Block has updated and edited this International bestseller Airship Nine is a tale rich in technological detail and vision, full of action, passion - and the eerie splendors of the Antarctic. Through their fading radio links connecting them to a dying world devastated by unbridled nuclear war, the men and women of Airship Nine - a new-era passenger-and-cargo blimp - and for those onboard the Soviet supply ship Primorye, the holocaust has suddenly and completely destroyed their homelands. The black clouds of nuclear winter are spreading rapidly across the globe, and their only hope for survival lay in the white ice fields ahead."A chilling survival manual" said the London Sunday Telegram."Block does a solid job" said the Kirkus Review."The story is tautly told," said the Pittsburgh Press."An exciting science fiction thriller," and "Pure tension in a successful plot," said the German newspapers."A timely, thought provoking, suspense-filled story. It is an exciting book," said the Iowa Bookshelf.

Hidden aboard Flight 42 are terrorists who will force the aircraft to land in Communist China where a top-secret computer program will fall into Chinese hands. But the hijacking attempt is bungled and, with scores of passengers dead or wounded, the airliner's survivors desperately attempt to keep the airliner aloft. Meanwhile, a macabre deal is struck between the Chinese Ambassador and the US State Department to cover up all the mutually damaging evidence....Media Reviewers have said: -"A nail-biting thriller of an aircraft hijack that goes wrong."-"Authoritative...engrossing."-"The conscientious attention to detail blends supremely with imagination."-"A master of high-flying suspense "-"The flying stuff is spot-on, hair-raising and compelling "-Media Reviewers in the United States have said: -"Cleverness...violence...realistic relationships and realistic dialogue...I was impressed."-"A first-rate thriller that entertains throughout, with a poignant conclusion."-"An exciting novel...suspense to the end "

Thomas Block has created "Captain" - his most ambitious, intricate and action-packed aviation tale yet . It is a chilling and all-too-real story about a routine Trans-Atlantic airline flight that suddenly turns absolutely insane. In the doomed airliner's cockpit, inside the passenger cabin and on the ground, a complex array of characters have been propelled at jet speed into a sudden and frantic race for survival."Captain" is about the individual and collective struggles of each of these men and women as they attempt to deal with and ultimately fight against the odds and circumstances that are stacked against them."Captain" is a novel that pits man against man while also pitting man against machine. It is a story about the need for human judgments, hard-learned experiences, gut feelings and unbridled perseverance in an effort to rise up against a world where the strict adherence to written rules, regulations and procedures have been accepted as the norm."Captain" is about the way real airline pilots think, feel and react, especially after those giant airliners that they've strapped themselves to have suddenly turned vicious and unpredictable.Author Nelson DeMille says of "Captain" After a long hiatus from writing, Captain Block rejoins the ranks of legendary pilots-turned-novelists such as Ernest K. Gann ("The High and the Mighty") and brings us "Captain" - one of the best aviation/adventure thrillers you will ever read."Captain" puts you in the cockpit, in the passenger cabin, and at airline headquarters with an intricate and intriguing array of characters. This novel is nothing short of the most frightening and heart-pounding Trans-Atlantic fliight since Charles Lindbergh's solo. Or will it turn out to be Amelia Earhart's tragic Pacific crossing?"Captain" is right up there with the best of the aviation thrillers; an edge of your seat story of what happens when something goes horribly wrong when there is no room for wrong. Captain Block knows his stuff, and it shows on every page. Welcome aboard.

Die Regelung der Internet- und E-Mail-Nutzung am Arbeitsplatz ist fur Arbeitgeber sowie Arbeitnehmer von grosser praktischer Bedeutung. Sie sorgt fur Rechtsklarheit und -sicherheit: Was ist erlaubt, was verboten? Das bestehende Spannungsverhaltnis zwischen erforderlicher Missbrauchskontrolle und der Gefahr des glasernen Arbeitnehmers ist durch interessengerechte (Betriebs-)Vereinbarungen aufzuloesen. Die Arbeit zeigt die verfassungsrechtlichen Anforderungen auf und pruft, ob auch Individualanspruche aus betrieblicher UEbung zu beachten sind, wenn Arbeitnehmer seit langerer Zeit die IT-Systeme privat genutzt haben. Im Rahmen der Diskussion, ob ein Dulden von Verhaltensweisen eine Bindung des Arbeitgebers begrunden kann, liefert die Arbeit mit der Duldungsvollmacht einen voellig neuen Erklarungsansatz.