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Verlag: Orion Publishing Co Mär 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 140911709XISBN 13: 9781409117094
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A brilliant thriller from 'one of the most sheerly entertaining and accomplished writers in the genre' [DAILY EXPRESS]. 400 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Orion Publishing Co Mär 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0753826380ISBN 13: 9780753826386
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Reissue. Spy thriller set in the world of European high society just before the Second World War. 304 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Orion Publishing Co Mär 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 075382339XISBN 13: 9780753823392
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A darkly comic tale of exile, unrequited love and the redemptive power of books.Firmin is born in the basement of a ramshackle old bookstore. He's a sensitive, creative soul but misunderstood. Because Firmin is a rat. Not only that, but as the runt of the litter, he is forced to compete for food and ends up chewing on the books that surround him. Firmin soon realizes his source of nourishment has given him the ability to read and this discovery fills him with an insatiable hunger for literature and a very unratlike sense of the world and his place in it. As Firmin navigates the shadowy streets of his decaying area, looking for understanding, his excitement, loneliness, fear, and self-consciousness become remarkably human and undeniably touching. But the days of the bookshop and of the close community around it are numbered. The area has been marked out for 'urban regeneration' and soon the faded glory of the bookshop, the small local theatre, the unique shops and small cafes will face the bulldozers and urban planners.Brilliantly original and richly allegorical, Firmin is brimming with charm and wistful longing for a world that understands the redemptive power of literature and treasures its seedy theaters, one-of-a-kind characters, and cluttered bookshops.'A wonderful celebration of the way reading enriches your life. Firmin may be a rat - poisoned by people he thinks are his friends - but his imagination soars as high as that of any human.' GUARDIAN'Surprising and moving meditation on the advantages (and disadvantages) of an entirely fictional life. Eloquent and witty, Firmin speaks for the book-loving rodent in all of us.' Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES 240 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Orion Publishing Co Mär 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0752882902ISBN 13: 9780752882901
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Conclusion of the Diogenes story, combining history with crime and drama. Following the return of the stolen gems - ground into dust - the museum decides to reopen the Tomb of Senef, but whispers of a curse don't help the PR campaign 544 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Orion Publishing Co Mär 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0575082372ISBN 13: 9780575082373
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A spectacular, large-scale space opera - the ultimate galaxy-spanning adventureSix million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones: the shatterlings. Sent out into the galaxy, these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise and fall of countless human empires. They meet every two hundred thousand years, to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings.Campion and Purslane are not only late for their thirty-second reunion, but they have brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them, and why - before their ancient line is wiped out of existence, forever. 512 pp. Deutsch.