New Releases by Philip Kerr

''One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written'' LEE CHILD Snap up all 14 novels in the bestselling Bernie Gunther Series in one great-value volume. Ex-policeman Bernie Gunther thought he''d seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. But then the Nazis came to power, and Bernie realised the most dangerous criminals were the ones in charge. Follow the tough, sharp-witted detective as he investigates serial killings, political assassination, blackmail and war crimes in Germany and beyond. *********************** PRAISE FOR PHILIP KERR ''Kerr''s Bernie Gunther novels are modern classics'' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE ''Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature'' TOM HANKS ''One of the greatest master story-tellers in English'' ALAN FURST ''One of the most memorable and original characters'' THE SUNDAY TIMES ''Bitterly, darkly funny'' SUNDAY HERALD

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 shows how metal has shaped and enhanced every bit. Diving into Heavy Metal! is a journey of discovery, beginning with Philip as a naive child who found himself transfixed by an incredible sound. There tends to be a misrepresentation of heavy metal fans as weird misfits, and many books and films lampoon the subject. Not so in Philip''s book as he invites the reader into the story of a community of fans across the world joined by their love of this extraordinary music. Many aspects of metal are covered as Philip discovers them on his journey: heavy metal, thrash metal, glam metal and more. He''ll show you some of the more major events in music history, take you to a Sabbat gig in Derby, to see Guns N’ Roses in Manchester, to the Clash of the Titans at the Birmingham NEC, and to the artillery barrage otherwise known as Motörhead! He''ll also shed light on some of the murkier parts of the scene as he delves into the world of death metal. Whether you''re a long-time fan, a recent initiate or a complete newbie, Diving into Heavy Metal! has something for everyone. And while the narrative bursts with humour and passion, it''s also above all an honest look at this music that so many fans centre their lives around and without which, Philip says, he isn''t sure where he''d be!

In this user-friendly book, Philip Kerr provides a clear overview of key trends in ELT, identified through analysis of current ELT discourse. The book is divided into sections on language, learning, teaching and evidence for easy navigation, and covers a wide range of topics including plurilingualism, wellbeing, digital literacies, metacognition, flipped learning, gamification, mediation, and critical thinking. It explores how and why each trend is significant, discusses how it is reflected in current practice and critically evaluates its application and impact.

Vocabulary has gained its rightful place at the centre of modern language learning syllabuses, but how does a writer select which items to present and practise? Philip Kerr, an experienced teacher, trainer and coursebook writer, explains the importance of key criteria such as frequency, learnability and usefulness when choosing vocabulary items to focus on.Starting with an overview of theoretical and practical issues involved in writing vocabulary materials, he goes on to illustrate a wide range of practice activity types and also includes suggestions for dealing with the knotty issue of rubric-writing. Carefully constructed tasks are backed up with detailed commentaries which encourage readers to think critically about vocabulary materials in general.This module forms part of the ELT Teacher 2 Writer training course. The training modules are designed to help you write better ELT materials, either for publication, or simply to improve the quality of your self-produced classroom materials.

Bernie Gunther era un policía en Berlín que, tras la llegada de Hitler al poder, se vio obligado a abandonar el cuerpo para no sentirse cómplice de un gobierno que detesta. Ahora, en 1936, se gana la vida como detective privado resolviendo casos como el que le acaba de llegar. Un poderoso magnate quiere que encuentre un valioso collar de diamantes que ya ha causado la muerte de su hija y su yerno. Aunque el móvil inicial aparentemente es el robo, Gunther descubre que los brutales asesinatos esconden algo más y que el rastro conduce a algunos nombres importantes de la Alemania nazi.

"[Metropolis is] a perfect goodbye--and first hello--to its hero...Bernie Gunther has, at last, come home."--Washington Post New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero''s origins, exploring Bernie Gunther''s first weeks on Berlin''s Murder Squad. Summer, 1928. Berlin, a city where nothing is verboten. In the night streets, political gangs wander, looking for fights. Daylight reveals a beleaguered populace barely recovering from the postwar inflation, often jobless, reeling from the reparations imposed by the victors. At central police HQ, the Murder Commission has its hands full. A killer is on the loose and though he scatters many clues, each is a dead end. It''s almost as if he is taunting the cops. Meanwhile, the press is having a field day. This is what Bernie Gunther finds on his first day with the Murder Commisson. He''s been taken on beacuse the people at the top have noticed him--they think he has the makings of a first-rate detective. But not just yet. Right now, he has to listen and learn. Metropolis, completed just before Philip Kerr''s untimely death, is the capstone of a fourteen-book journey through the life of Kerr''s signature character, Bernhard Genther, a sardonic and wisecracking homicide detective caught up in an increasingly Nazified Berlin police department. In many ways, it is Bernie''s origin story and, as Kerr''s last novel, it is also, alas, his end. Metropolis is also a tour of a city in chaos: of its seedy sideshows and sex clubs, of the underground gangs that run its rackets, and its bewildered citizens--the lost, the homeless, the abandoned. It is Berlin as it edges toward the new world order that Hitler will soo usher in. And Bernie? He''s a quick study and he''s learning a lot. Including, to his chagrin, that when push comes to shove, he isn''t much better than the gangsters in doing whatever her must to get what he wants.

An NPR Book of the Year A vicious murder puts Bernie Gunther on the trail of World War 2 criminals in Greece in this riveting historical thriller in Philip Kerr''s New York Times bestselling series. Munich, 1956. Bernie Gunther has a new name, a chip on his shoulder, and a dead-end career when an old friend arrives to repay a debt and encourages "Christoph Ganz" to take a job as a claims adjuster in a major German insurance company with a client in Athens, Greece. Under the cover of his new identity, Bernie begins to investigate a claim by Siegfried Witzel, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war. Witzel''s claimed losses are large , and, even worse, they may be the stolen spoils of Greek Jews deported to Auschwitz. But when Bernie tries to confront Witzel, he finds that someone else has gotten to him first, leaving a corpse in his place. Enter Lieutenant Leventis, who recognizes in this case the highly grotesque style of a killer he investigated during the height of the war. Back then, a young Leventis suspected an S.S. officer whose connection to the German government made him untouchable. He''s kept that man''s name in his memory all these years, waiting for his second chance at justice... Working together, Leventis and Bernie hope to put their cases--new and old--to bed. But there''s a much more sinister truth to acknowledge: A killer has returned to Athens...one who may have never left.

The first three thrillers in the internationally acclaimed and bestselling Bernie Gunther series. ''The greatest anti-hero ever written'' - LEE CHILD MARCH VIOLETS Hired by a wealthy industrialist to investigate the murder of his daughter and her husband, Bernie finds himself drawn into the lethal internal politics of the Nazi party. When Hermann Goering himself calls Bernie in with a task for him that throws his existing case into a whole new light, he must weigh up his hatred of the Nazis against his desire to live. THE PALE CRIMINAL Five German schoolgirls are missing. Four have been found dead, victims of horrific ritual murders. Bernie Gunther is reluctant to investigate, but when Reynhard Heydrich gives you an order, you obey it if you want to stay alive. What Bernie discovers is far worse than a lone madman: an occult conspiracy at the very heart of the Nazi Party. A GERMAN REQUIEM Postwar Vienna was supposed to be somewhere quiet for Bernie to lie low. Then he is asked to clear an old Kripo colleague''s name of murder. This man belonged to a secret society of Nazi hunters, and before he knows it Bernie is face to face with men who have been presumed dead for years. They got away with their crimes once. Bernie will see it doesn''t happen again.

Det er sommeren 1956. Bernie Gunther arbejder under falsk navn som receptionschef på det berømte Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat ved Den Franske Riviera. Da verdens måske rigeste og måske mest berømte forfatter, W. Somerset Maugham, mangler en fjerde mand til et spil bridge, træder Gunther til. Det viser sig hurtigt, at den excentriske Maugham ikke bare vil spille kort, han har også brug for professionel rådgivning i en penibel sag om afpresning. I sit sydfranske skjul forsøger Bernie Gunther at holde fortiden på afstand, men da en gammel fjende og naziforbryder, Harold Hennig, ankommer som gæst til Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, begynder alt at gå skævt. HINSIDES TAVSHEDEN er ellevte fritstående bog i Philip Kerrs prisbelønnede og atmosfærefyldte Berlin Noir-serie. Krigen er slut, men selv i 1956 er freden endnu ikke kommet til kontinentet. Stormagternes kontraspionage spidser til, Sovjetunionen har brintbomben, og spionerne ser hele Europa som deres legeplads.

''One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written'' LEE CHILD The war may be over, but the remnants of the Nazis are still causing trouble for Bernie Gunther. In post-war Vienna, the term ''peace'' is relative - the Americans, British and Russians govern the city in an uneasy truce, and the main difference is that now it''s the Soviet secret police making people disappear rather than the Nazis. When Bernie is asked by a high-ranking Soviet official to clear an old Kripo colleague''s name of the murder of an American officer, he quickly realises he''s in over his head. Bernie''s ex-colleague Becker was working for a secret society of Nazi hunters, tracking down and executing war criminals who faked their own deaths to escape the noose at Nuremberg. Infiltrating the group, Bernie finds himself face to face with men he thought he''d never see again. They''ve cheated justice once - now Bernie must see that they don''t get away a second time. Perfect for fans of Raymond Chandler and John le Carré. ************************************ PRAISE FOR PHILIP KERR ''Kerr leads us through the facts of history and the vagaries of human nature'' TOM HANKS ''One of the greatest master story-tellers in English'' ALAN FURST ''One of the most memorable and original characters'' THE SUNDAY TIMES ''Bitterly, darkly funny'' SUNDAY HERALD

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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.

Scott Manson is team coach for London City football club. He''s also their all-round fixer - he gets the lads in to training, and out of trouble, keeps the wags at bay and the press in his pocket. The players love him, the bosses trust him. But now London City manager Joao Zarco is dead, killed at his team''s beloved stadium at Silvertown Docks. Even Scott Manson can''t smooth over murder ... but can he catch the killer before he strikes again?

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.

Acclaimed for his historical mysteries, the New York Times bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther series seamlessly shifts to a present-day setting in this intense psychological thriller. Gil Martins, an agent with the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Unit in Houston, sees the violence wrought by extremists of all kinds. Gil has always been on the side of justice—until he learns something that shakes his faith in the system, in himself, and in God. Desperate, he prays, begging to know God is there. When a serial killer begins targeting the morally righteous at the same time that a number of secular icons come under attack, Gil realizes that his prayers are being answered in a most terrifying way.

Tom Jefferson, tueur à gages reconnu aux États-Unis, est contacté par un proche de la CIA et de la mafia pour éliminer Fidel Castro. Un as-sassinat qui arrangerait tout le monde, politiques comme mafieux. Dans le même temps, ces der-niers font pression sur Kennedy pour qu’il aban-donne l’enquête lancée par son gouvernement contre le crime organisé, et s’il refuse, la mafia détient un enregistrement compromettant de Marilyn Monroe et lui. Mais lorsque Tom écoute cette cassette, c’est la voix de sa femme qu’il reconnaît... Quelques jours plus tard, celle-ci est retrouvée morte. Puis Tom disparaît. Alors qu’un vent de panique souffle sur ses commanditaires, la rumeur enfle : et s’il avait décidé de se venger, et d’assassiner Kennedy plutôt que Castro ? Des États-Unis à La Havane, Philip Kerr nous entraîne avec brio dans les pas d’un tueur à gages sans scrupules, dressant au passage le portrait acéré d’une Amérique divisée, gangrenée par la corruption et l’arrivisme. Traduit de l’anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Pascal Loubet

Bernie Gunther enters a dangerous battleground when he investigates crimes on the Eastern Front at the height of World War 2 in this gripping historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author Philip Kerr. Berlin, 1943. A month has passed since Stalingrad. Though Hitler insists Germany is winning the war, morale is low and commanders on the ground know better. Then Berlin learns of a Red massacre of Polish troops near Smolensk, Russia. In a rare instance of agreement, both the Wehrmacht and Propaganda Minister Goebbels want irrefutable evidence of this Russian atrocity. And so Bernie Gunther is dispatched. In Smolensk, Bernie finds an enclave of Prussian aristocrats who look down at the wise-cracking, rough-edged Berlin bull. But Bernie doesn’t care about fitting in. He only wants to uncover the identity of a savage killer—before becoming a victim himself.

Former detective and reluctant SS officer Bernie Gunther must infiltrate a brutal world of spies, partisan terrorists, and high-level traitors in this “clever and compelling”(The Daily Beast) New York Times bestseller from Philip Kerr. Berlin, 1941. Bernie is back from the Eastern Front, once again working homicide in Berlin''s Kripo and answering to Reinhard Heydrich, a man he both detests and fears. Heydrich has been newly named Reichsprotector of Czechoslovakia. Tipped off that there is an assassin in his midst, he orders Bernie to join him at his country estate outside Prague, where he has invited some of the Third Reich''s most odious officials to celebrate his new appointment. One of them is the would-be assassin. Bernie can think of better ways to spend a beautiful autumn weekend, but, as he says, “You don''t say no to Heydrich and live.”

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.

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 the is the flexibility to pick out certain key sections to focus on certain language points.

Detective Bernie Gunther navigates two corrupt regimes in this “richly satisfying mystery...that evokes the noir sensibilities of Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald while breaking new ground of its own”(Los Angeles Times). Berlin, 1934. Former policeman Bernie Gunther, now a hotel detective, finds himself caught between warring factions of the Nazi apparatus as Hitler and Avery Brundage, the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, connive to soft-pedal Nazi anti-Semitism before the 1936 Olympiad... Havana, 1954. Batista, aided by the CIA, has just seized power; Castro is in prison; and the American Mafia is gaining a stranglehold on Cuba’s exploding gaming and prostitution industries. Bernie, after being kicked out of Buenos Aires, has resurfaced with a relatively peaceful new life. But he discovers that he cannot truly outrun his past when he collides with an old love and a vicious killer from his Berlin days...

It''s 1954 and Bernie has tired of his dangerous work spying on Meyer Lansky for Cuban Intelligence. He secretly buys a boat andsails to Florida, where he''s arrested, sent back to Cuba and imprisoned in the Isle of Pines. There he meets Castro.

While volcanoes spew golden lava around the world, djinn twins John and Philippa, with their parents, Uncle Nimrod, and Groanin, face evil more powerful than ever before when they try to stop the wicked djinn trying to rob the grave of Genghis Khan.

A terrifyingly prescient cult classic by the bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther series. “Chilling...absorbing...part techno-thriller, part futuristic detective story, part diary of a serial killer.”—The New York Times Book Review LONDON, 2013. Serial killings have reached epidemic proportions—even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the “punitive coma.” Beautiful, whip-smart, and driven by demons of her own, Detective Isadora “Jake” Jacowicz must stop a murderer, code-named “Wittgenstein,” who has taken it upon himself to eliminate any man who has tested posiu00adtive for a tendency towards violent behavior—even if his victim has never committed a crime. He is a killer whose intellectual brilliance is matched only by his homicidal madness.

Magical adentures always seem to find the Gaunt twins, and the siblings are quickly drawn into yet another mystery when the world''s luck tips wildly out of balance. The key to the world''s fate appears to in Shangri-La, after five fakirs were buried alive. Each fakir guards a secret that can answer a great question of the universe. But there''s an evil djinn desperate to dif up one of the secrets. Can Jogn and Philippa find it first? And can they harness their powers to defeat this mysterious new evil? Find out in the sixth book in the Children of the Lamp series!

After getting help for their father, who is cursed with rapid aging, twelve-year-old djinn twins John and Philippa and friends travel through the spirit world in search of Faustina, the only one who can keep their mother from becoming the Blue Djinn, and discover a link to museum thefts and hauntings throughout the word.

In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott''s elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.

Djinn twins John and Philippa Gaunt are back and ready to tackle a brand-new magical mystery. As they travel around the world on a whirlwind adventure, the twins help their friend and fellow djinn, Dybbuck, find out who murdered his best friend, using the venomous snakebite of the king cobra. All too soon, John and Philippa find themselves caught up in the lethal world of the Cult of the Nine Cobras, only to discover that they are a target of the creepy cobra cult. Now, the twins must find the invaluable Cobra King talisman and stop the cult leader''s deadly plan!

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.