simon schuster uk feb 2018 (13 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel. American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA's biggest assets. He needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep supplying golden information.Will Dominika be able to unmask MARBLE, or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country she has always passionately defended 'A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you' Vince Flynn 'Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want ' Nelson DeMille 550 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -THE FINAL COMPELLING TUDOR NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHILIPPA GREGORY 'How long do I have ' I force a laugh.'Not long,' he says very quietly. 'They have confirmed your sentence of death. You are to be beheaded tomorrow. We don't have long at all.' Jane Grey was Queen of England for nine days. Using her position as cousin to the deceased king, her father and his conspirators put her on the throne ahead of the king's half-sister Mary, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her crown and locked Jane in the Tower. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner's block. There Jane turned her father's greedy, failed grab for power into her own brave and tragic martyrdom. 'Learn you to die' is the advice that Jane gives in a letter to her younger sister Katherine, who has no intention of dying. She intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and find love. But her lineage makes her a threat to the insecure and infertile Queen Mary and, when Mary dies, to her sister Queen Elizabeth, who will never allow Katherine to marry and produce a potential royal heir before she does. So when Katherine's secret marriage is revealed by her pregnancy, she too must go to the Tower. 'Farewell, my sister,' writes Katherine to the youngest Grey sister, Mary. A beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, Mary finds it easy to keep secrets, especially her own, while avoiding Elizabeth's suspicious glare. After watching her sisters defy the queen, Mary is aware of her own perilous position as a possible heir to the throne. But she is determined to command her own destiny and be the last Tudor to risk her life in matching wits with her ruthless and unforgiving cousin Elizabeth. Praise for Philippa Gregory: 'Meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is Gregory on top form' Good Housekeeping 'Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer.all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' Sunday Times 'Engrossing' Sunday Express 'Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' The Times 544 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Placing itself perfectly alongside acclaimed work by Philipp Meyer, Jane Smiley and JM Coetzee, this debut novel charts the story of Roscoe T Martin in rural Alabama in the 1920s. Roscoe has set his sights on a new type of power spreading at the start of the 20th century: electricity. It becomes his training, his life's work. But when his wife Marie inherits her father's failing farm, Roscoe has to give it up, with great cost to his pride and sense of self, his marriage and his family. Realising that he might lose them all, he uses his skills as an electrician to siphon energy from the state, ushering in a period of bounty and happiness on a farm recently falling to ruin. Even the love of Marie and their son seems back within Roscoe's grasp. Then everything changes. A young man is electrocuted on their land. Roscoe is arrested for manslaughter and - no longer an electrician or even a farmer - he must now carve out a place in a violent new world. 'Gorgeously spare and brilliantly insightful, Work Like Any Other is a striking debut about love and redemption, the heavy burdens of family and guilt, and learning how to escape them . Virginia Reeves is a major new talent' Philipp Meyer, bestselling author of The Son 'An exceptional novel . I absolutely loved it' Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds 'Assured and absorbing . a potent mix of icy honesty and heart-wrenching tenderness' Jim Crace, author of Harvest and Being Dead 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Placing itself perfectly alongside acclaimed work by Philipp Meyer, Jane Smiley and JM Coetzee, this debut novel charts the story of Roscoe T Martin in rural Alabama in the 1920s. Roscoe has set his sights on a new type of power spreading at the start of the 20th century: electricity. It becomes his training, his life's work. But when his wife Marie inherits her father's failing farm, Roscoe has to give it up, with great cost to his pride and sense of self, his marriage and his family. Realising that he might lose them all, he uses his skills as an electrician to siphon energy from the state, ushering in a period of bounty and happiness on a farm recently falling to ruin. Even the love of Marie and their son seems back within Roscoe's grasp. Then everything changes. A young man is electrocuted on their land. Roscoe is arrested for manslaughter and - no longer an electrician or even a farmer - he must now carve out a place in a violent new world. 'Gorgeously spare and brilliantly insightful, Work Like Any Other is a striking debut about love and redemption, the heavy burdens of family and guilt, and learning how to escape them . Virginia Reeves is a major new talent' Philipp Meyer, bestselling author of The Son 'An exceptional novel . I absolutely loved it' Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds 'Assured and absorbing . a potent mix of icy honesty and heart-wrenching tenderness' Jim Crace, author of Harvest and Being Dead 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A scorching hot global thriller with more suspicion than Homeland and more twists and turns than Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - now a major film starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton andJeremy Irons.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -From the Number OneSunday Times bestselling author, a riveting new Tudor story featuring Lady Jane Grey.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The second novel from the acclaimed author of Kill the Father , this thriller is multi-layered, complex, full of twists and turns and satisfyingly dark - one of those novels you just have to read late into the night.A high-speed train from Milan draws into the station in Rome, and an horrific discovery in one carriage rocks the city. Preliminary investigations are put in the hands of Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli .The police receive a message claiming responsibility for the act and announcing more murders to come, and they duly turn their attention to a small terrorist group of Islamic extremists. But investigator Dante Torre does not believe this angle. For him, this feels like a smokescreen concealing the actions of a killer who has a far more terrible motivation to continue.The trail leads to Berlin and Venice, where the waters of the Venetian Lagoon will turn blood red .Praise for Kill the Father :'Absolutely electrifying' Jeffery Deaver'A thriller of the highest order. Highly recommended' Christopher Reich'A mind-bending, stunningly original page-turner' Jonathan Kellerman 'Absolutely electrifying' Jeffery Deaver'Absorbing, disturbing, clever, bizarre, original and brutal' The Times 'Never loses its grip' Daily Mail 'An intelligent thriller. very entertaining' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express '[a] fascinatingly complex thriller' i newspaper ' Sandrone Dazieri's intricate character-based thriller is undoubtedly a gripping read.a deliciously dark journey which provides a genuinely satisfying conclusion' Crime Scene'Ingenious' John Verdon'Don't be surprised if Kill the Father becomes the next Big Thing in international crime fiction' Booklist 480 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The second novel from the acclaimed author of Kill the Father , this thriller is multi-layered, complex, full of twists and turns and satisfyingly dark - one of those novels you just have to read late into the night.A high-speed train from Milan draws into the station in Rome, and an horrific discovery in one carriage rocks the city. Preliminary investigations are put in the hands of Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli .The police receive a message claiming responsibility for the act and announcing more murders to come, and they duly turn their attention to a small terrorist group of Islamic extremists. But investigator Dante Torre does not believe this angle. For him, this feels like a smokescreen concealing the actions of a killer who has a far more terrible motivation to continue.The trail leads to Berlin and Venice, where the waters of the Venetian Lagoon will turn blood red .Praise for Kill the Father :'Absolutely electrifying' Jeffery Deaver'A thriller of the highest order. Highly recommended' Christopher Reich'A mind-bending, stunningly original page-turner' Jonathan Kellerman 'Absolutely electrifying' Jeffery Deaver'Absorbing, disturbing, clever, bizarre, original and brutal' The Times 'Never loses its grip' Daily Mail 'An intelligent thriller. very entertaining' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express '[a] fascinatingly complex thriller' i newspaper ' Sandrone Dazieri's intricate character-based thriller is undoubtedly a gripping read.a deliciously dark journey which provides a genuinely satisfying conclusion' Crime Scene'Ingenious' John Verdon'Don't be surprised if Kill the Father becomes the next Big Thing in international crime fiction' Booklist 480 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel. American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA's biggest assets. He needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep supplying golden information.Will Dominika be able to unmask MARBLE, or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country she has always passionately defended 'A great and dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence and the CIA. Very few people know about it, including many of our politicians in Washington. But Jason Matthews does, and his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world. He's an insider's insider. He knows the secrets. And he is also a masterful story-teller. I loved this book and could not put it down. Neither will you' Vince Flynn 'Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come along. Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life and this story, and it shows on every page. High-level espionage, pulse-pounding danger, sex, double agents and double crosses. What more can any reader want ' Nelson DeMille 550 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - THE FINAL COMPELLING TUDOR NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHILIPPA GREGORY 'How long do I have ' I force a laugh.'Not long,' he says very quietly. 'They have confirmed your sentence of death. You are to be beheaded tomorrow. We don't have long at all.' Jane Grey was Queen of England for nine days. Using her position as cousin to the deceased king, her father and his conspirators put her on the throne ahead of the king's half-sister Mary, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her crown and locked Jane in the Tower. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner's block. There Jane turned her father's greedy, failed grab for power into her own brave and tragic martyrdom. 'Learn you to die' is the advice that Jane gives in a letter to her younger sister Katherine, who has no intention of dying. She intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and find love. But her lineage makes her a threat to the insecure and infertile Queen Mary and, when Mary dies, to her sister Queen Elizabeth, who will never allow Katherine to marry and produce a potential royal heir before she does. So when Katherine's secret marriage is revealed by her pregnancy, she too must go to the Tower. 'Farewell, my sister,' writes Katherine to the youngest Grey sister, Mary. A beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, Mary finds it easy to keep secrets, especially her own, while avoiding Elizabeth's suspicious glare. After watching her sisters defy the queen, Mary is aware of her own perilous position as a possible heir to the throne. But she is determined to command her own destiny and be the last Tudor to risk her life in matching wits with her ruthless and unforgiving cousin Elizabeth. Praise for Philippa Gregory: 'Meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is Gregory on top form' Good Housekeeping 'Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer.all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' Sunday Times 'Engrossing' Sunday Express 'Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' The Times 544 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Placing itself perfectly alongside acclaimed work by Philipp Meyer, Jane Smiley and JM Coetzee, this debut novel charts the story of Roscoe T Martin in rural Alabama in the 1920s. Roscoe has set his sights on a new type of power spreading at the start of the 20th century: electricity. It becomes his training, his life's work. But when his wife Marie inherits her father's failing farm, Roscoe has to give it up, with great cost to his pride and sense of self, his marriage and his family. Realising that he might lose them all, he uses his skills as an electrician to siphon energy from the state, ushering in a period of bounty and happiness on a farm recently falling to ruin. Even the love of Marie and their son seems back within Roscoe's grasp. Then everything changes. A young man is electrocuted on their land. Roscoe is arrested for manslaughter and - no longer an electrician or even a farmer - he must now carve out a place in a violent new world. 'Gorgeously spare and brilliantly insightful, Work Like Any Other is a striking debut about love and redemption, the heavy burdens of family and guilt, and learning how to escape them . Virginia Reeves is a major new talent' Philipp Meyer, bestselling author of The Son 'An exceptional novel . I absolutely loved it' Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds 'Assured and absorbing . a potent mix of icy honesty and heart-wrenching tenderness' Jim Crace, author of Harvest and Being Dead 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - An intensely moving novel from the Booker prize-winning author of 'Last Orders' and 'Mothering Sunday'. A gripping crime story and a remarkable love story. New edition. 384 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The second novel from the acclaimed author of Kill the Father , this thriller is multi-layered, complex, full of twists and turns and satisfyingly dark - one of those novels you just have to read late into the night.A high-speed train from Milan draws into the station in Rome, and an horrific discovery in one carriage rocks the city. Preliminary investigations are put in the hands of Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli .The police receive a message claiming responsibility for the act and announcing more murders to come, and they duly turn their attention to a small terrorist group of Islamic extremists. But investigator Dante Torre does not believe this angle. For him, this feels like a smokescreen concealing the actions of a killer who has a far more terrible motivation to continue.The trail leads to Berlin and Venice, where the waters of the Venetian Lagoon will turn blood red .Praise for Kill the Father :'Absolutely electrifying' Jeffery Deaver'A thriller of the highest order. Highly recommended' Christopher Reich'A mind-bending, stunningly original page-turner' Jonathan Kellerman 'Absolutely electrifying' Jeffery Deaver'Absorbing, disturbing, clever, bizarre, original and brutal' The Times 'Never loses its grip' Daily Mail 'An intelligent thriller. very entertaining' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express '[a] fascinatingly complex thriller' i newspaper ' Sandrone Dazieri's intricate character-based thriller is undoubtedly a gripping read.a deliciously dark journey which provides a genuinely satisfying conclusion' Crime Scene'Ingenious' John Verdon'Don't be surprised if Kill the Father becomes the next Big Thing in international crime fiction' Booklist.