Pushkin press sep 2020 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A tense, thrilling, morally murky read, set in Nazi-occupied Antwerp and inspired by the author's own family history of collaboration during WWIIIt is 1941, and Antwerp is in the grip of Nazi occupation. Young policeman Wilfried Wils has no intention of being a hero - but war has a way of catching up with people. When his idealistic best friend draws him into the growing resistance movement, and an SS commander tries to force him into collaborating, Wilfried's loyalties become horribly, fatally torn. As the beatings, destruction and round-ups intensify across the city, he is forced into an act that will have consequences he could never have imagined. Will asks what any of us would risk to fight evil.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The delightful first title in a new collaboration with Channel 4's Walter Presents: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it. The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author - apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece An obstinate journalist, Jean-Michel Rouche, heads to Brittany to investigate. By turns farcical and moving, The Mystery of Henri Pick is a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books - and of the authors who write them. Curley #108.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A sharp, witty biography that explores how Machiavelli's thought is key to understanding the political crisis of his time - and that of our own.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The stunningly illustrated story of a hunter who decides to change his ways after he dreams of being a cheetahOne night, a hunter dreams he is a cheetah on the savannah. When he wakes up, he doesn't want to be a hunter anymore, but how can he make amends for all the hunting he has done A gorgeously illustrated picturebook that will appeal to children and parents alike. Jacques & Lise (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACKTwins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. As the Nazi army crushes the defending forces and enemy planes appear overhead, they are hurriedly evacuated from their home. 'WHATEVER HAPPENS, STAY TOGETHER'Their parents told them to look after each other, no matter what. But amid the chaos of the evacuation, disaster strikes - the twins are separated, stranded many miles apart with no way of communicating. A DESPERATE RACE ACROSS SNOW AND ICEDespite the war raging all around, Viktor and Nadya are determined to find each other and get back home. Can they pick a path through the danger and destruction, with only their courage and love to keep them going.…