Category: Harun Taner

The Book of The Week 09: The Mediterranean Caper

Dear readers,

This week’s writer is Clive Cussler, for the second time. The Mediterranean Caper was his first novel.

Summary: Dirk Pitt rides a tidal wave of intrigue in this classic Cussler. On an isolated Greek island, a World War I fighter plane attacks a modern U.S. Air Force base–a mysterious saboteur preys on an American scientific expedition–and Dirk Pitt plays a deadly game of hunter and hunted with the elusive head of an international smuggling ring.

For further information and for download link, please refer to the turkish version:

Haftanın Kitabı 09: Mavi Vurgun

See you later in next article, I wish you all happy reading,

Saturday, 13th april, 2013  Antalya, Türkiye

Harun Taner <harun.taner.antalya@gmail.com>

The Book of The Week 06: Shibumi

Dear readers,

This week’s writer was a mysterious one, Trevanian, as we once knew him. Nowadays we know his real identity. He was american writer Rodney William Whitaker. Shibumi, his best novel, is chosen as the book of the week. For more information including download links in turkish:

Haftanın Kitabı 06: Şibumi

Summary: Shibumi Trevanian Publisher: Crown Publishing Group Page: 496 ISBN: 9781400098033 Nicholai Hel is the world’s most wanted man. Born in Shanghai during the  chaos of World War I, he is the son of an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father and is the protégé of a Japanese Go master. Hel survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world’s most artful lover and its most accomplished—and well-paid—assassin. Hel is a genius, a mystic, and a master of language and culture, and his secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection known only as shibumi. Now  living in an isolated mountain fortress with his exquisite mistress, Hel is unwillingly drawn back into the life he’d tried to leave behind when a beautiful young stranger arrives at his door, seeking help and refuge. It soon becomes clear that Hel is being tracked by his most sinister enemy—a supermonolith of international espionage known only as the Mother Company. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other . . . shibumi..

See you later in next article, I wish you all happy reading,

Tuesday, 2nd April, 2013  Antalya, Türkiye

Harun Taner <harun.taner.antalya@gmail.com>

The Book of The Week 05: Mission: Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

Dear readers and watchers,

In this article I will deal with a DVD product of a recent movie, Ghost Protocol from January 2012.

Storyline

In the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt and a new team race against time to track down Hendricks, a dangerous terrorist who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt by the team to stop him at the Kremlin ends in a disaster, with an explosion causing severe damage to the Kremlin and the IMF being implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to invoke Ghost Protocol, under which the IMF is disavowed, and will be offered no help or backup in any form. Undaunted, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks to Dubai, and from there to Mumbai, but several spectacular action sequences later, they might still be too late to stop a disaster. [imdb.com]

my article in turkish: https://www.turkishnews.com/tr/content/2013/03/23/haftanin-kitabi-05-hayalet-protokol/

See you later in next article, I wish you all happy reading and watching,

Saturday, 23rd March, 2013  Antalya, Türkiye

Harun Taner <harun.taner.antalya@gmail.com>

The Book of The Week 04: Global Trends 2030 report

Dear readers,

In this week I want to touch upon Global Trends 2030 report that was released three months ago.

Summary: China will be second power giant of the World.

Please refer to the turkish version of the article for more info and links:

Haftanın Kitabı 04: Küresel Eğilimler 2030 raporu

Global Trends 2030 blog page: http://gt2030.com/

TJ McCue, Global Trends 2030 With America At The Center:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2013/01/03/global-trends-2030-with-america-at-the-center/

In this context of global trends 2030 report, I’ll reserve a future issue of Antalya Literary Express e-magazine for an appropriate theme bundle “Turkey’s Future: Obstacles and Dangers“. I am calling for your contributions in form of articles, comments, stories and reports.

See you later in next article, I wish you all happy reading,

Wednesday, 20th March, 2013  Antalya, Türkiye

Harun Taner <harun.taner.antalya@gmail.com>

The Book of The Week 03: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Dear readers,

In this week I want to introduce Harry Potter.

Summary: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling. It was published in 1997 and a movie version was shown in theaters in 2001. In the United States the book and movie are called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon’s house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who’s parents have been killed in a ‘car crash’. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher’s Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they?

JK Rowling official www page:

You can find the turkish version of the article including download links at:

Haftanın Kitabı 03: Harry Potter ve Felsefe Taşı

See you later in next article, I wish you all happy reading,

Thursday, 14th March, 2013  Antalya, Türkiye

Harun Taner <harun.taner.antalya@gmail.com>