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Philip Kerr

  • P. B. Kerr
22 februari 1956 – 23 maart 2018
Philip Kerr
Metropolis
De een van de ander
Gunther-reeks - 10: De vrouw van Zagreb
Bernie Gunther - 5: Een stille vlam
Grijs verleden
Berlijnse Trilogie
  • Berlijnse Trilogie

    Een Berlijnse kwestie, Het handwerk van de beul, Een Duits requiem, Fragment uit De een van de ander

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    • 25 uur lezen

    Een Berlijnse kwestie Zomer 1936. Terwijl Berlijn zich opmaakt voor de aanstaande Olympische Spelen krijgt privédetective Bernie Gunther zijn eerste grote opdracht. Dan wordt er een aanslag op hem gepleegd en neemt niemand minder dan Hermann Göring contact met hem op. Het handwerk van de beul Zomer 1938. Berlijn zucht onder een hittegolf als Bernie Gunther op zoek moet naar de seriemoordenaar die jonge Arische meisjes op schokkende wijze om het leven brengt. Bernies speurtocht leidt hem naar de hoogste nazikringen. Een Duits regiem 1947. Bernie Gunther probeert zich in het geweld van het verpauperde en verdeelde Berlijn staande te houden. Dan wordt hij door Porosjin, kolonel van de Russische geheime dienst, benaderd om de zwarthandelaar Emil Becker van de galg te redden. Bernie stuit bij zijn onderzoek op een ondergronds netwerk van voormalige naziofficieren. Philip Kerr werd geboren in Edinburgh en woont in Londen en Cornwall. Naast de Berlijnse trilogie schreef hij ook De een van de ander en Een stille vlam, waarin de hoofdrol ook voor Bernie Gunther is weggelegd.

    Berlijnse Trilogie
    4,3
  • Grijs verleden

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    • 15 uur lezen

    'Een man werkt niet voor zijn vijanden, tenzij hij weinig te kiezen heeft.' Aldus Bernie Gunther. Het is 1954 en Bernie is op Cuba, waar hij aan een gevaarlijke klus probeert te ontkomen. Hij chartert een bootje, maar helaas wordt hij opgepikt door de Amerikaanse kustwacht en belandt voor de zoveelste keer in een gevangeniscel. Na uitgebreid verhoor wordt hij naar Berlijn gebracht. Daar krijgt hij de keuze voorgelegd tussen spioneren voor de Franse geheime dienst of veroordeeld worden voor moord. Zijn nieuwe baan is eenvoudig. Hij moet krijgsgevangenen verwelkomen die naar Duitsland terugkeren, en daarbij uitkijken naar een specifiek persoon: een Franse oorlogsmisdadiger en lid van de Franse SS, die zich heeft uitgegeven voor een Duitse Wehrmacht-officier. De Fransen willen niets liever dan op meedogenloze wijze afrekenen met deze man. Maar intussen dreigt Bernies eigen verleden als krijgsgevangene hem op volkomen onverwachte wijze in te halen.

    Grijs verleden
    4,2
  • Bernie Gunther - 5: Een stille vlam

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    • 13 uur lezen

    1950. Bernie Gunther is met vele Duitse landgenoten naar Buenos Aires uitgeweken, waar alleen de hoofdcommissaris van de politie zijn identiteit kent. Dan wordt een jong meisje vermoord onder gruwelijke omstandigheden, die verdacht veel lijken op die van de laatste zaak waar Bernie aan werkte in Duitsland en die hij nooit wist op te lossen. Het hoofd van de geheime politie vermoedt dat de moordenaar moet worden gezocht onder een van de duizenden ex-nazi's die na 1945 in Argentinië zijn neergestreken. Wie anders dan Bernie Gunther kan hij vervolgens om hulp vragen? In de zoektocht naar de dader komt Bernie meer te weten dan waar de Argentijnse geheime dienst op had gerekend.

    Bernie Gunther - 5: Een stille vlam
    4,1
  • In de zomer van 1943 wordt Bernie Gunther bij Goebbels ontboden. Omdat hij een onplezierige klus in Smolensk tot een goed einde bracht, heeft hij er nog een verdiend. Goebbels wil dat ‘zijn’ Babelsberg Studio’s Hollywood overtreffen. Hij bemoeit zich overal mee en legt het aan met ­actrices. Zijn nieuwste ster, Dagmar Dresser, wier vader kort geleden spoorloos is verdwenen, weigert nog mee te werken. Ze dreigt terug te gaan naar haar man in Zwitserland en haar fantastische filmcarrière te vergooien. Bernie denkt dat ze gewoon van Goebbels af wil, maar houdt wijselijk zijn mond. Hij bezoekt de femme fatale, die zegt dat hij naar Zagreb moet. En dat is nog maar het begin van alle ellende waar ze hem bij betrekt...

    Gunther-reeks - 10: De vrouw van Zagreb
    4,0
  • De een van de ander

    Literaire thriller - Druk 1

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    • 13 uur lezen

    München, 1949: een stad waar schimmige handel, hebzucht en vluchtende oorlogsmisdadigers samen komen. Ook na de oorlog is het een plek vol verraad. Privédetectives krijgen heel wat onfrisse zaken aangeboden, zoals het uitwissen van iemands naziverleden en het uitzoeken van claims op geroofde goederen. Het vervult Bernie Gunther met afschuw – maar zorgt ook voor geld in zijn portemonnee. Dan wordt hij ingehuurd door een vrouw wier echtgenoot, een oorlogsmisdadiger, is verdwenen. Ze wil graag de bevestiging dat hij dood is. Het lijkt een eenvoudige klus, maar in naoorlogs Duitsland is niets eenvoudig en is niets wat het lijkt te zijn.

    De een van de ander
    4,0
  • Metropolis

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    • 13 uur lezen

    Berlin, 1928 , the dying days of the Weimar Republic shortly before Hitler and the Nazis came to power. It was a period of decadence and excess as Berliners - after the terrible slaughter of WWI and the hardships that followed - are enjoying their own version of Babylon. Bernie is a young detective working in Vice when he gets a summons from Bernard Weiss, Chief of Berlin's Criminal Police. He invites Bernie to join KIA - Criminal Inspection A - the supervisory body for all homicide investigation in Kripo. Bernie's first task is to investigate the Silesian Station killings - four prostitutes murdered in as many weeks. All of them have been hit over the head with a hammer and then scalped with a sharp knife. Bernie hardly has time to acquaint himself with the case files before another prostitute is murdered. Until now, no one has shown much interest in these victims - there are plenty in Berlin who'd like the streets washed clean of such degenerates. But this time the girl's father runs Berlin's foremost criminal ring, and he's prepared to go to extreme lengths to find his daughter's killer. Then a second series of murders begins - of crippled wartime veterans who beg in the city's streets. It seems that someone is determined to clean up Berlin of anyone less than perfect. The voice of Nazism is becoming a roar that threatens to drown out all others. But not Bernie Gunther's ...

    Metropolis
    4,0
  • Esau

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    • 17 uur lezen

    Wanneer een bergbeklimmer in de Himalaya een schedel vindt en deze door zijn ex-vriendin laat analyseren, staan ze voor een raadsel: de schedel is van een oermens, maar wel van recente datum.

    Esau
    3,9
  • Als de doden niet herrijzen

    Een Bernie Gunther thriller - Heruitgave

    • 446bladzijden
    • 16 uur lezen

    Berlijn 1934. De nazi's zijn anderhalf jaar aan de macht en de stad bereidt zich voor op de Olympische Spelen van 1936. Sinds zijn gedwongen ontslag bij de politie is Bernie Gunther als privédetective in dienst van het beroemde Adlon hotel. Hier raakt hij na de ontdekking van twee lijken, dat van een zakenman en een Joodse bokser, betrokken bij de activiteiten van twee hotelgasten. De een is een linkse journaliste die Amerika wil bewegen de Spelen in Berlijn te boycotten; de ander een Duits-Joodse gangster, die de Spelen wil gebruiken om zichzelf en de maffia te verrijken. Bernie komt op het spoor van een veelomvattend netwerk, dat uit is op de grote sommen geld die de nazi's bereid zijn te spenderen om daarmee het 'nieuwe' Duitsland aan de wereld te kunnen tonen. Het is een complot dat zijn effect pas twintig jaar later sorteert, in het Cuba van voor de revolutie.

    Als de doden niet herrijzen
    4,0
  • Een duits requiem

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    • 12 uur lezen

    Een privé-speurder krijgt in het Berlijn van 1947 het verzoek om in Wenen het bewijs te vinden voor de onschuld van een zwarthandelaar die daar gearresteerd is.

    Een duits requiem
  • Een Berlijnse kwestie

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    • 10 uur lezen

    Een privé-detective krijgt in het Berlijn van 1936 van een industrieel de opdracht een snoer diamanten op te sporen dat bij de moord op zijn dochter en schoonzoon is verdwenen.

    Een Berlijnse kwestie
  • Het Handwerk van de Beul

    • 316bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    In het Berlijn van 1938 moet een privé-detective, die tijdelijk in dienst is van de Berlijnse Kriminalpolizei, het onderzoek leiden naar de moord op vijf jonge Duitse meisjes die op beestachtige wijze zijn omgebracht.

    Het Handwerk van de Beul
  • Rainbow crime - 57: Groesjko

    Meedogenloos jaagt rechercheur Groesjko op de Russische maffia

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    • 10 uur lezen

    In het nieuwe Rusland gaat een Moskouse detective een tijdje meedraaien in de succesvolle anti-mafia afdeling van de politie van St. Petersburg.

    Rainbow crime - 57: Groesjko
  • Everybody knows somebody who is a heavy metal fan - fact! If you are already a fan, our hats off to you. If not, let Philip Kerr be your guide as he takes you back through his life and how metal has shaped and enhanced every bit.

    Diving Into Heavy Metal!
    4,9
  • Love & Autism

    • 304bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen

    'Love has always intrigued me, in part because I have carried for a long time a feeling that I am doing love wrong.' Michael made a name for himself on the hit show Love on the Spectrum. After his televised first dating experiences, will he complete his quest to find his queen? Chloë was always good at maths, with feelings 'too big' to be contained. When she reconnects with her childhood boyfriend, it must be fate. Noor has had a lot on her plate from a young age, especially at home. People-pleasing becomes her survival mode, but Noor can't keep her struggles inside forever. Jess has spent a lifetime being put into different boxes. Through her strong will and creativity, can she break out and build a life that is truly her own? Tim is a non-speaking autistic man who has been underestimated all his life. But through willpower, technology and a mother's love, he has a chance of finding a different kind of voice. Through the intimate writing of critically acclaimed autistic author Kay Kerr, Love & Autism presents an uplifting celebration of neurodivergent love, the search for it and a deeper look into the lives of autistic Australians.

    Love & Autism
    4,5
  • Ideal for teachers looking for an easy-to-use adult general English course, Straightforward, is flexible and simple to use, based around 12 topics per level. It always takes the most suitable methodological approach to what is being taught, resulting in the perfect balance of skills and language work. Extra section including functional language, writing skills, grammar notes and word lists round off the Students Book.Key Features:Simple enough for new teachers to use; flexible enough for tho

    Straightforward Intermediate: Student´s Book + CDROM
    5,0
  • Ideal for teachers looking for an easy-to-use general English course, Straightforward, is flexible and simple to use, based around 12 topics per level. It always takes the most suitable methodological approach to what is being taught, resulting in the perfect balance of skills and language work. Extra section including functional language, writing skills, grammar notes and word lists round off the Students Book.Key Features:Simple enough for new teachers to use; flexible enough for those wit

    Straightforward. Pre-intermediate. Student's book
    4,5
  • Ideal for teachers looking for an easy-to-use adult general English course, Straightforward, is flexible and simple to use, based around 12 topics per level. It always takes the most suitable methodological approach to what is being taught, resulting in the perfect balance of skills and language work. Extra section including functional language, writing skills, grammar notes and word lists round off the Students Book.Key Features:Simple enough for new teachers to use; flexible enough for tho

    Straightforward. Upper Intermediate. Student's Book + Workbook + Teacher's Book
    5,0
  • Prussian Blue

    • 550bladzijden
    • 20 uur lezen

    Bernie Gunther is on the run. Ordered by Erich Mielke, head of the East German Stasi, to murder an acquaintance of his by thallium poisoning, he finds his conscience is stronger than his desire not to be murdered in turn. Now he must stay one step ahead of Mielke's retribution. The man Mielke has sent to hunt him is an ex-Kripo colleague, and as Bernie pushes towards Germany he recalls their last case together. In 1939, summoned by Reinhard Heydrich to the Berghof: Hitler's mountain home in Obersalzberg. A low-level German bureaucrat had been murdered, and the Reichstag deputy Martin Bormann, in charge of overseeing renovations to the Berghof, wanted the case solved quickly. If the Fuhrer were ever to find out that his own house had been the scene of a recent murder - the consequences wouldn't bear thinking about. And so begins perhaps the strangest of Bernie Gunther's adventures, for although several countries and seventeen years separate the murder at the Berghof from his current predicament, Bernie will find there is some unfinished business awaiting him in Germany.

    Prussian Blue
    4,3
  • This easy-to-read book groups methods according to what they have in common, even if separated in time. At the same time, it rehabilitates some lost or forgotten methods, with a view to challenging current orthodoxies, especially with regard to such topics as translation, rote learning, authenticity, and communication. In doing this it aims to unpack, not just the history of methods, but the beliefs that underpin them and the benefits that still might possibly accrue from experimenting with them. Through its inclusion of interesting characters, intriguing anecdotes, and often bizarre techniques, the material is absorbing and engaging.

    Scott Thornbury's 30 Language Teaching Methods
    4,3
  • A general English course for adults and young adults based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom. The lessons offer a balanced mix of language input, skills work and oral tasks.

    Straightforward. Upper-Intermediate: Student´s Book
    4,0
  • A classroom tested English-course for adults and young adults, "Inside Out" has been designed to develop real-life communicative skills and powers of self-expression. Creative grammar work: learners organize and develop their knowledge of grammar. Easy-to-use exercises put rules into pratice - and are then recycled as speaking activities. All grammar work is backed up with clear summaries. Personalized speaking tasks: a series of challenging speaking tasks focuses on learners' own experiences and opinions. Choices within tasks encourage learners to take charge of interactions. Structured planning time is built into tasks, improving both fluency and accuracy. Contextualized lexis: lexical items are seen in context, showing how words and phrases function and how they collocate with each other. Focus exercises highlight and recycle lexis to help learners build a bigger and better active vocabulary. Realistic listening and reading: a rich selection of accessible and entertaining texts: cartoons, postcards, letters and extracts from newspapers, magazines and novels. Listenings include conversations, interviews and classic pop songs recorded by the original artists.

    Inside Out. Student's book. Pre-intermediate
    4,3
  • For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but there is the flexibility to pick out certain key sections to focus on certain language points.

    Straightforward. Upper Intermediate Student's Book
    4,0
  • This book offers innovative strategies for incorporating students' native languages into language learning environments. By leveraging the linguistic skills students already possess, it aims to enhance engagement and comprehension. The ideas presented encourage teachers to create a more inclusive and effective classroom atmosphere, fostering a deeper connection with the language being taught while respecting and valuing the diverse linguistic backgrounds of students.

    Translation and Own-language Activities
    3,5
  • Philip Kerr's 30 Trends in ELT

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    • 5 uur lezen

    A compact, user-friendly reference book, investigating current trends in ELT.

    Philip Kerr's 30 Trends in ELT
    3,5
  • The Winter Horses

    • 288bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen

    From Philip Kerr, the New York Times bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels, comes a breathtaking journey of survival in the dark days of WWII in Ukraine, a country that remains tumultuous today. This inspiring tale captures the power of the human spirit and is perfect for fans of The Book Thief, Milkweed, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It will soon be another cold winter in the Ukraine. But it's 1941, and things are different this year. Max, the devoted caretaker of an animal preserve, must learn to live with the Nazis who have overtaken this precious land. He must also learn to keep secrets—for there is a girl, Kalinka, who is hiding in the park. Kalinka has lost her home, her family, her belongings—everything but her life. Still, she has gained one small, precious gift: a relationship with the rare wild and wily Przewalski's horses that wander the preserve. Aside from Max, these endangered animals are her only friends—until a Nazi campaign of extermination nearly wipes them out for good. Now Kalinka must set out on a treacherous journey across the frozen forest to save the only two surviving horses—and herself.

    The Winter Horses
    4,2
  • Berlin, March 1943. The mood in Germany is bleak after their stunning defeat at Stalingrad. Private Investigator Bernie Gunther is at work in the German War Crimes Bureau – weary, cynical but well aware of the value of truth in a world where that’s now a rarity. When human remains are found deep in the Katyn Forest, Bernie is sent to investigate. Rumour has it that this mass grave is full of Polish officers murdered by the Russians. For Josef Goebbels, proof of Russian involvement is sure to destroy the Western Alliance, giving Germany a chance to reverse its devastating losses. But supposing the truth is far more damaging to the German cause? It’s Bernie Gunther’s job to give Goebbels what he needs. But when there’s nothing left for Gunther to lose, the compulsion to speak the truth becomes ever stronger…

    A Man Without Breath
    4,2
  • Prague fatale

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    • 20 uur lezen

    'The Prague Fatale' is Bernie Gunther's eighth outing. Set in Prague in 1942, it delivers all the fast-paced and quick-witted action that we have come to expect from Philip Kerr. It is an outstanding thriller by a writer at the top of his game.

    Prague fatale
    4,1
  • Greeks Bearing Gifts

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    • 17 uur lezen

    Bernie Gunther's back - the 13th instalment in this internationally bestselling and acclaimed series

    Greeks Bearing Gifts
    4,1
  • Detective Grushko of the Moscow police is dispatched to Saint Petersburg to break up a gang war. A look at organized crime in post-communist Russia. By the author of A German Requiem.

    Dead Meat
    3,0
  • The Workbook provides revision and further practice of all the main points in the Student's Book, plus extra listening practice, pronunciation work and a comprehensive writing course. It also contains a simplified short story.

    New Inside out Pre-intermediate Workbook
    3,8
  • A German Requiem

    • 320bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels have won him an international reputation as a master of historical suspense. In A German Requiem, the private eye has survived the collapse of the Third Reich to find himself in Vienna. Amid decaying imperial splendor, he traces concentric circles of evil and uncovers a legacy that makes the wartime atrocities seem lily-white in comparison.

    A German Requiem
    4,0
  • The other side of silence

    • 480bladzijden
    • 17 uur lezen

    It is 1956 on the French Riviera. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working as concierge at the Grand Hotel, St Jean Cap Ferrat, living under a false name. The Riviera retains its louche glamour even in these gloomy post-war years - a sunny place for shady people. Bernie plays bridge to stave off boredom and misses his old detective life. Then his past walks through the door in the shape of Harold Hennig, a former captain in the Nazi security service. Bernie never forgets a face, especially when it belongs to a mass murderer who, in 1945, was responsible for the deaths of thousands, among them a woman Bernie loved. Since the war, Hennig has enjoyed a lucrative career as a blackmailer. Hennig's target on the Cote d'Azur is a famous resident with a dark past and plenty to hide - the writer, Somerset Maugham

    The other side of silence
    3,9
  • Bernie Gunther is back on the mean streets of Berlin with his new partner, Bruno Stahlecker, another ex-police officer. But on a seemingly straightforward stakeout, Bruno is killed, and Bernie suddenly finds himself tapped for a much bigger job. A serial sex murderer is killing Aryan teenage girls in Berlin—and what's worse, he's making utter fools of the police. Gunther is forced to accept a temporary post in Obergruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich's state Security Service, with a team of men underneath him tasked purely with hunting the killer. But can he trust his team any more than he can trust his superiors?

    The Pale Criminal. Im Sog der dunklen Mächte, englische Ausgabe
    4,0
  • Djinn twins John and Philippa are off on another whirlwind adventure that takes them around the globe and into unknown worlds. And it's a race against time as they attempt to rescue their mother from her fate as the Blue Djinn of Babylon. An aging curse has been placed on their father, and if the twins are gone too long, he'll rapidly become an old man. Meanwhile, museums all over the world are reporting robberies of valuable jade from their collections, as well as bizarre hauntings.

    Children of the Lamp - 4: The Day of the Djinn Warrior
    3,9
  • A London City player collapses in a crucial match in Athens. A heart attack? Or something more sinister? Scott Manson must find the truth before the rest of the team is in danger.

    Hand of God
    3,7
  • Ideal for teachers looking for an easy-to-use adult general English course, Straightforward, is flexible and simple to use, based around 12 topics per level. It always takes the most suitable methodological approach to what is being taught, resulting in the perfect balance of skills and language work. Extra section including functional language, writing skills, grammar notes and word lists round off the Students Book.Key Features:Simple enough for new teachers to use; flexible enough for tho

    Straightforward : intermediate : student's book
    3,7
  • The Penguin Book of Lies

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    • 20 uur lezen

    Selections from authors from ancient times to the twentieth century discuss noteworthy lies and liars from history and the nature of lying as different periods have viewed it

    The Penguin Book of Lies
    3,5
  • Three wishes. Two children. One incredible journey... Twins Jonathan and Philippa Gaunt live in New York. The early arrival of their wisdom teeth aged 12 coincides with an ominous earthquake in Egypt, and heralds strange dreams and a trip to London. There they meet eccentric uncle Nimrod, and he tells them the truth about their background.

    Children of the Lamp. The Akhenaten Adventure
    3,9
  • John and Philippa Gaunt are off on another spellbinding adventure in bestselling author P. B. Kerr's Children of the Lamp series! John and Philippa Gaunt are all ready for their lives to return to normal now that their mother has given up her djinn powers. But the siblings are quickly drawn into yet another mystery when the world's luck tips wildly out of balance (to the world's detriment). The key to the world's fate lies with five fakirs who were buried alive, each of whom guards a secret that can answer a great question of the universe. But there's an evil djinn desperate to dig up the secrets. Without their mother's powerful magic, John and Philippa must face this djinn alone. While traveling around the globe, from London, to Morocco, to Yellowstone National Park, to the snowy Himalayan peaks of Shangri-La, can the twins harness their own powers to defeat a new evil?

    Children of the Lamp - 6: The Five Fakirs of Faizabad
    3,7
  • March Violets

    • 272bladzijden
    • 10 uur lezen

    Discover the first crime novel in the late Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series - Berlin Noir - set in Hitler's Germany during the 1930s . . . Winter, 1936. A man and his wife shot dead in their bed, their home burned. The woman's father, a millionaire industrialist, wants justice - and the priceless diamonds that disappeared along with his daughter's life. He turns to Bernhard Gunther, a private eye and former cop. As Bernie follows the trail into the very heart of Nazi Germany, he's forced to confront a horrifying conspiracy. A trail that ends in the hell that is Dachau . . . Stylishly written and powerfully evocative, Kerr's crime classic transports readers to the rotten heart of Nazi Berlin, and introduces a private eye in the great tradition of Hammett and Chandler. 'Wonderfully sharp and satirical' Times 'An impressive debut' Guardian 'Fast-paced, laconic, unpredictable, and witty' Evening Standard 'For Christmas, I would like all of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels' Sam Mendes, Guardian

    March Violets
    3,8
  • Twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John have more adventures when they become involved in an international adventure involving the Blue Djinn, the supreme arbiter of all Djinn.

    Children of the Lamp - 2: The Blue Djinn of Babylon
    3,7
  • Hitler's Peace

    • 464bladzijden
    • 17 uur lezen

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther novels reimagines the end of World War 2 in this gripping standalone spy thriller.Autumn 1943 . Since Stalingrad, Hitler has known that Germany cannot win the war. The upcoming Allied conference in Teheran will set the ground rules for their second front-and for the peace to come. Realizing that the unconditional surrender FDR has demanded will leave Germany in ruins, Hitler has put out peace feelers. (Unbeknownst to him, so has Himmler, who is ready to stage a coup in order to reach an accord.) FDR and Stalin are willing to negotiate. Only Churchill refuses to listen.At the center of this high-stakes game of deals and doubledealing is Willard Mayer, an OSS operative who has been chosen by FDR to serve as his envoy. A cool, self-absorbed, emotionally distant womanizer with a questionable past, Mayer has embraced the stylish philosophy of the day, in which no values are fixed. He is the perfect foil for the steamy world of deception, betrayals, and assassinations that make up the moral universe of realpolitik.With his sure hand for pacing, his firm grasp of historical detail, and his explosively creative imagination about what might have been, Philip Kerr has fashioned a totally convincing thinking man’s thriller in the great tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene.

    Hitler's Peace
    3,8
  • Research

    • 400bladzijden
    • 14 uur lezen

    If you want to write a murder mystery, you have to do some research... In a luxury flat in Monaco, John Houston's supermodel wife lies in bed, a bullet in her skull. Houston is the world's most successful novelist, the playboy head of a literary empire that produces far more books than he could ever actually write. Now the man who has invented hundreds of best-selling killings is wanted for a real murder and on the run from the police, his life transformed into something out of one of his books. And in London, the ghostwriter who is really behind those books has some questions for him too...

    Research
    3,4
  • The Shot

    • 456bladzijden
    • 16 uur lezen

    The mob hired Tom Jefferson to kill Fidel Castro, but then discover that he has his own agenda, & his own target. He is after President elect Jack Kennedy. Is he operating alone or is he in the pay of someone else? The mob must stop him themselves.

    The Shot
    3,4
  • Cobra King of Kathmandu

    • 352bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    Midnight intruders and murder by snakebite sweep the Gaunt twins headlong into another breathtaking adventure. In snowy Nepal, they face the ultimate test of their amazing djinn powers. Can they uncover the venemous secrets of an evil Snake Cult to find the long-lost talisman of the Cobra King?

    Cobra King of Kathmandu
    3,5
  • 21st-century London is a world of elaborate technology, uncontained violence and sickening squalor, where serial killing has reached epidemic proportions. Chief Inspector Jakowicz needs all her powers of reason and intuition to stop a killer whose selection of victims threatens government security.

    A Philosophical Investigation
    3,6
  • False Nine

    • 400bladzijden
    • 14 uur lezen

    Scott Manson's job managing London City football team is over. When he starts a new job in Barcelona, it turns out his new employers only want him for his detective skills: their star player is missing, and they need to find him fast. As Scott tracks the player from Paris to Antigua, he uncovers corruption, kidnapping and murder.

    False Nine
    3,6
  • The Second Angel

    • 464bladzijden
    • 17 uur lezen

    July 2069: centennial of the Apollo 11 moon walk. What would Buzz Aldrin see if he were here? On Earth, plagues have destroyed the major food supplies, climatic changes have brought constant winter to the once-industrialized West, and a new and virulent virus--P2--has infected Earth's population, bringing radical change in economic, political, and social structures. P2 is curable--but only with an infusion of uninfected blood. Indeed, blood has become the currency of choice: It is banked, speculated in, traded, hoarded, but only by those wealthy enough (or healthy enough) to have a clean, uninfected supply. And the moon? It is now home to sex hotels and penal colonies. Home, too, to the "federal reserve" of blood banks--the most impregnable high-security installation in the world. It is the brainchild of one man--and he has every reason to destroy it. Acting on the most human of motives--revenge--he will take on the impossible. Unbeknownst to him, he will have help from a very strange source.

    The Second Angel
    3,5
  • A chilling modern horror story in which the source of the horror is totally unexpected - and utterly terrifying. Special Agent Gil Martins investigates domestic terrorism for the Houston FBI. Once a religious man, now his job makes him question the existence of a God who could allow the violence he sees every day. Gil is asked to investigate a series of unexplained deaths of victims known for their liberal views. When a woman tells Gil that these men have been killed by prayer, he questions her sanity. Yet the evidence mounts that there might be something in what she says, even more so when Gil finds that his own life is on the line.

    Prayer
    3,3
  • January Window

    • 368bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    Everyone knows football is a matter of life and death. But this time, it's murder. Scot Manson is the team coach for London City FC and an all-round fixer for the lads. Players love him, bosses trust him. But now the team's manager has been found dead at their home stadium. Even Scott can't smooth over murder ... but can he catch the killer before he strikes again?

    January Window
    3,5
  • Dave Delano, charismatic and intelligent thief and conman, has just served five years in Florida State Penitentiary, where he thought of the heist to see him right for the rest of his life - robbing the carrier of the United Yacht Transport. But the beautiful Kate Furey, DEA, stands in his way.

    A Five Year Plan
    2,9
  • The Grid

    • 464bladzijden
    • 17 uur lezen

    WELCOME TO THE MOST INGENIOUS BUILDING EVER DESIGNED. NOW TRY TO GET OUT ALIVE... In downtown Los Angeles it stands as a monument to man's genius--a glittering, high-tech office tower that washes its own windows, purifies its own air, and even knows which of its employees is using drugs. But now, the building known as the Gridiron has turned malevolent. And its first victim is about to die. From its hardware-jammed computer room on the fourth floor to the 300-foot-high tree that rises in tis atrium, the Gridiron for the men and women trapped inside, there is only one way out: through the raw, human will to survive.

    The Grid
    3,4
  • Straightforward

    • 159bladzijden
    • 6 uur lezen

    Ideal for teachers looking for an easy-to-use adult general English course, Straightforward, is flexible and simple to use, based around 12 topics per level. It always takes the most suitable methodological approach to what is being taught, resulting in the perfect balance of skills and language work. Extra section including functional language, writing skills, grammar notes and word lists round off the Students Book.Key Features:Simple enough for new teachers to use; flexible enough for tho

    Straightforward
    2,5
  • American Inside Out

    Student's Book, Upper Intermediate

    • 88bladzijden
    • 4 uur lezen

    The collection 'American Inside Out' will have to your arrange - 'Student's Books' with texts for reading and listening; 'Workbooks' with exercises of reading, written, grammar, vocabulary and practice of pronunciation; 'Teacher's Books'; 'Resource Packs' with more of 35 pages photocopied, with exercises quizzed; Videos accompanied of Video Activity Books; DVD-ROMs; Activities of 'book closed'; Suggestions of alternative procedures; Alternative activities personalized, for students more introverted.

    American Inside Out
  • EVOLVE is a six-level English course that gets students speaking with confidence. Drawing on insights from language teaching experts and real students, this Level 2 (CEFR A2) Student's Book A (Units 1-6) with Practice Extra covers all skills and focuses on the most effective and efficient ways to make progress in English. Each unit features Time to speak, a lesson where decision-making and problem-solving tasks enable speaking to thrive. 'Practice Extra' offers bite-sized activities and games for students to study at home or on the go. Mobile friendly as well as accessible on a desktop or tablet, it also allows teachers to easily track students' performance.

    Evolve Level 2A Student's Book With Practice Extra
  • This Workbook Provides Additional Grammar Exercises And Further Vocabulary Practice. It Also Contains A Complete Writing Syllabus Linked To The Language And Situations In The Student's Book.

    Inside Out. Workbook. Upper Intermediate
  • The Workbook recycles the language and consolidates the material from the Student's Book, along with a corresponding page for each lesson from the Student's Book. A Macmillan Reader is found at the back of each Workbook alongside an Audio CD offering further listening and pronunciation practice. An Answer Key is included in this version.

    Straightforward 2nd Edition Upper Intermediate Level Workbook with key & CD Pack
  • The Workbook recycles the language and consolidates the material from the Student's Book, along with a corresponding page for each lesson from the Student's Book. A complete Macmillan Reader is found at the back of the Workbook alongside an Audio CD offering further listening and pronunciation practice from the Workbook.

    Straightforward 2nd Edition Upper Intermediate Level Workbook without key
  • The Student's Book Pack is structured to contain one lesson per double page spread throughout the entire book. Each unit covers a range of material and highlighted sections help to develop the core skills. The accompanying eBook provides a page faithful, electronic version of the Student's Book.show more

    Straightforward Beginner: Student´s Book + eBook, 2nd Edition
  • The four-level split edition has a combined Student's Book and Workbook comprising 6 units from each. This split version is ideal for short courses, and each split level is mapped to CEFR objectives to help gauge progress. An audio CD is included providing all the listening material for the Workbook activities.show more

    Straightforward Split Ed. 3B: Student´s Book with Workbook
  • This is a new general English course for adults and young adults based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom. Straightforward is transparent in its structure, pragmatic in its methodology and varied in its content.

    Straightforward. Pre-intermediate Workbook.
  • New Inside Out takes all the best elements of the original Inside Out series - including the emphasis on personalisation and meaning - and adds a host of brand-new features. Sue and Vaughan have gone back to the classroom to write this new edition, working with teachers and students to find out exactly what works in the real world. The result is one of the most relevant and exciting general English courses available.Key features:A new, fully updated version of our classic general English cour

    New Inside out. Upper Intermediate. Workbook with Key
  • The Student’s Book is beautifully designed and structured to contain one lesson per double page spread throughout the book. Each unit covers a range of material and highlighted sections help to develop the core skills. Self-assessment boxes at the end of each unit check and monitor student progress and allow them to become independent learners.

    Straightforward. Pre-intermediate. Student's Book with Practice Online Access
  • The Workbook contains extra exercises and further practice of the grammar, vocabulary and functional language. Supplementary reading material is found within each unit, along with a short story at the back of the book. An answer key is included in this book.

    Straightforward. Pre-intermediate Workbook with Key
  • Inside Out. Workbook

    • 96bladzijden
    • 4 uur lezen

    Amplamente testada em sala de aula, esta coleção foi escrita por professores para auxiliar professores a serem bem-sucedidos em suas aulas. Uma coleção vibrante que apresenta o que há de mais avançado em ensino de línguas. Tarefas relevantes e bem planejadas, que ajudam os alunos a desenvolverem suas habilidades comunicativas e sua capacidade de se expressar. Atividades envolventes e personalizadas, para estimular os alunos a articular aquilo que já sabem. Exercícios específicos que esclarecem e revisam o léxico, ajudando os alunos a desenvolverem um vocabulário mais rico e mais ativo. Atividades criativas baseadas em textos interessantes e descontraídos, que incluem canções populares, excertos de livros e artigos de revistas.

    Inside Out. Workbook
  • For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but there is the flexibility to pick out certain key sections to focus on certain language points.

    Straightforward: Pre-intermediate Student's Book (Second edititon)
  • Straightforward is a multi-level course for adults and young adults. Based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom, it is transparent in its structure, pragmatic in its methodology and varied in its content. This book contains 90 hours of teaching material on this course.

    Straightforward: Upper Intermediate: Workbook (with key)
  • New Inside Out takes all the best elements of the original Inside Out series - including the emphasis on personalisation and meaning - and adds a host of brand-new features. The authors have gone back to the classroom to write this new edition, working with teachers and students to find out exactly what works in the real world. The result is one of the most relevant and exciting general English courses available.Key features:A new, fully updated version of our classic general English course

    New Inside out. Intermediate. Workbook