Toby Faber

Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection

Stradivari's Genius

Close to the Edge

The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House

Faber and Faber

A fascinating tale of history and culture, this rich narrative traces the story of the fabulously ornate Faberg eggs, from their opulent inception in the Russian royal family to their eventual fate as priceless icons of a lost era. 16-page color photo insert.

The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces that Outlived an Empire

Fabergé's Eggs

Morning rush hour on the London underground and Laurie Bateman is on her way to work when she witnesses a terrible accident. The elderly gentleman next to her on the platform falls onto the tracks and is fatally injured. With the police uninterested, Laurie is drawn to investigate and soon finds herself breaking into the tube network in the dead of night searching for a clue dropped by the dead man, only to be pursued by two unknown assailants whom she narrowly escapes. But Laurie’s troubles are far from over and soon she loses her job, has her phone stolen and discovers her flat has been burgled and her flatmate assaulted. It takes her father to persuade her that everything might be connected. Laurie starts to dig deeper, unaware that as she gets closer to the truth, she is endangering not only herself, but also everyone she loves

Published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishing houses - a delight for all readers who are curious about the business of writing. 'The creation story of Faber is a striking drama ... Celebrating its 90th birthday this year, Faber boasts a phenomenal roster of successes ... What stays in the mind are some brilliant vignettes.' Sunday Times The names of T. S. Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney are synonymous with the publishing house Faber & Faber, founded in Bloomsbury in 1929. But behind these stellar literary talents was a tiny firm that had to battle the Great Depression, wartime paper shortages and dramatic financial crises to retain its independence. This intimate history of Faber & Faber weaves together the most entertaining, moving and surprising letters, diaries and materials from the archive to reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest literature of the twentieth century. Highlights include Eliot's magnificent reading reports, Samuel Beckett on swearing and censorship, the publication of Finnegans Wake, the rejection of George Orwell's Animal Farm, P. D. James on tasting her first avocado, the first reader's response to Heaney's Death of a Naturalist, Philip Larkin's reluctance to attend poetry readings ('people's imaginary picture of you is always so much more flattering than the reality') and the discovery of Kazuo Ishiguro. The result is both a vibrant history and a hymn to the role of literature in all our lives. 'Ingeniously compiled ... one of the pleasures of this book is reading the early correspondences with writers who later became famous ... The very picture of old-school publishing, which, with its lunches and advances and cranky old book-lined offices, is so cheerfully celebrated in this charming and quirky history.' Evening Standard

Alexander McCall Smith

Sebastian Fitzek

Emma Rowley

Michael Tsokos

Vincent Kliesch

Veit Etzold

Mathias Berg

Alexander Oetker

Sonja Rüther

Max Bronski

Katja Bohnet

Marc Hofmann

Sie lieben Nervenkitzel und Spannung? Das schön-schaurige Gefühl, das Ihnen den Rücken hinabläuft, wenn Sie von Gewalt, Psychoterror oder Mordfällen lesen? Sie möchten wissen, wie es nach dem Bestseller »AURIS« von Vincent Kliesch und Sebastian Fitzek um den forensischen Phonetiker Hegel weitergeht? Mordfälle, die auf wahren Begebenheiten beruhen, faszinieren Sie? Dann wird Sie der neue True-Crime-Thriller von Michael Tsokos fesseln! Es darf nicht nur blutig und spannend, sondern auch mal lustig sein? Wie wäre es dann mit einem humorvollen Krimi wie »Der Mathelehrer und der Tod« von Marc Hofmann? Diese und weitere Geschichten finden Sie in den Vorab-Leseproben zu den Spannungs-Titeln des Knaur Verlages, die im Frühjahr 2020 erscheinen. Nervenkitzel garantiert! Das kostenlose eBook enthält Leseproben zu: - Kliesch/Fitzek, »Die Frequenz des Todes« - Michael Tsokos, »Abgefackelt« - Sonja Rüther, »Der Bodyguard« - Marc Hofmann, »Der Mathelehrer und der Tod« - Katja Bohnet, »Fallen und Sterben« - Toby Faber, »869 – die einzige Zeugin« - Mathias Berg, »Der Preis der Rache« - Emma Rowley, »Ein gutes Mädchen« - Max Bronski, »Der Jaguar« - Alexander McCall Smith, »Das Dezernat für heikle Fälle« - Veit Etzold, »Blutgott« - Alexander Oetker, »Zara und Zoë - Tödliche Zwillinge«

Ausgewählte Leseproben von Kliesch/Fitzek, Michael Tsokos, Katja Bohnet, Sonja Rüther uvm.

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