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Nur Fledermäuse verirren sich noch nach St. Jude. Das Krankenhaus im Norden Londons, seit Jahren stillgelegt, soll in Kürze abgerissen werden. Doch dann wird auf dem staubigen Dachboden eine Leiche gefunden, eingewickelt in eine Plastikhülle. Die Tote, das sieht David Hunter sofort, liegt schon seit langer Zeit hier. Durch das trockene und stickige Klima ist der Körper teilweise mumifiziert. Als beim Versuch, die Leiche zu bergen, der Boden des baufälligen Gebäudes einbricht, entdeckt der forensische Anthropologe ein fensterloses Krankenzimmer, das nicht auf den Plänen verzeichnet ist.

There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar.

Cette longue nouvelle de Beckett, auteur billingue, est publié en 1946, époque où l'auteur revendique des références allant de Joyce à Dante ou encore Proust. Une écriture simple et précise et un portrait de l'homme moderne.

When the bizarrely mutilated body of a young woman is found near the tiny isolated Norfolk village of Manham, it isn't just the fact that she was a friend that disturbs Dr David Hunter. A one-time high-profile forensic anthropologist, he was once all too familiar with the different faces of death, until a devastating personal tragedy made him abandon his former life and career.

The Unnamable is the third novel in Beckett's trilogy, three remarkable prose works in which men of increasingly debilitating physical circumstances act, ponder, consider and rage against impermanence and the human condition. The Unnamable is without doubt the most uncompromising text and it is read here in startling fashion by Sean Barrett.

It’s been a good summer for forensics expert Dr David Hunter. His relationship is going well, and he’s in demand again as a police consultant. Life is good. Then a call comes from an old associate: a body has been found, and she’d like Hunter to take a look. The empty shell of St Jude’s Hospital now stands awaiting demolition, its only visitors society’s outcasts, addicts and dealers. A partially mummified corpse has been discovered in the hospital’s cavernous loft, but not even Hunter can say how long it’s been there.

Madame Rooney, geignarde et semi-impotente, "pourrie de chagrin et de graisse et de douleurs et de stérilité", et qui rêve de "se répandre par terre comme une bouse et ne plus bouger", va chercher son mari aveugle à la gare. Elle rencontre en chemin différentes connaissances. Lorsque le train arrive, en retard, le couple entreprend un retour lent et pénible.

Even an alpha pup can change an innocent mortal like me into a shape-shifting powerhouse. Flung into a new world where submission might mean death and pack politics rule the secret supernatural society, I'm lost but not alone. With the pup's father, Hudson, and his packmates leading me through this strange environment, I feel as though I could take on the world. They have everything I need; confidence, power, money. And I'm everything they could ever want. I haven't been on a date in years, and now I have four gorgeous, rich werewolves chasing me. What's a girl to do? 

Als Jonah das Blut roch, war ihm klar, dass er in Schwierigkeiten steckte. Jonah Colley ist Mitglied einer bewaffneten Spezialeinheit der Londoner Polizei. Seit sein Sohn Theo vor zehn Jahren spurlos verschwand, liegt sein Leben in Scherben. Damals brach auch der Kontakt zu seinem besten Freund Gavin ab. Nun meldet Gavin sich überraschend und bittet um ein Treffen. Doch in dem verlassenen Lagerhaus findet Jonah nur seine Leiche, daneben drei weitere Tote. Fest in Plastikplane eingewickelt, sehen sie aus wie Kokons...

Dominant, crop-wielding men are all Kate dreams about, but how far is she willing to go? She wants a man who will take charge - she just needs to find the right guy. Fortunately, her friend is throwing a kinky Halloween party with a guest list loaded with sexy, available men. That's where she meets Banner. Dark and intense, Banner's not just a dominant; he's a master looking for a slave.

Deux nouvelles de Samuel Beckett, deux parcours d'homme entre errements et introspections, l'auteur jette un regard cynique, désabusé et amusé sur le monde. Les mots de l'auteur forment une matière que la lecture de Michaël Lonsdale égrène de manière fascinante.

Watt tells the tale of Mr Knott's servant and his attempts to get to know his master. Watt's mistake is to derive the essence of his master from the accidentals of his being, and his painstakingly logical attempts to 'know' ultimately consign him to the asylum. Itself a critique of error, Watt has previously appeared in editions that are littered with mistakes, both major and minor.

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Mit Hilfe der Forensik die Geheimnisse der Toten lüften: In "Die Chemie des Todes" erzählt Thriller-Star Simon Beckett die Geschichte des begnadeten Londoner Gerichtsmediziners und Forensikers David Hunter, der sich nach dem Tod seiner Familie als Landarzt zurückgezogen hat.

I grew up chasing the fae through the garden, pretending I saw ghosts in the house, and dreaming of dragons. That's all long behind me now. Mother's spells didn't save her, and in turn, I dedicated myself to science. Work as a paleontologist is everything I dreamed it could be. You find solid facts buried thousands of years ago. You can quantify those facts. It's real. You can touch it, prove it, and most of all - you know it works. My team never meant to find a nest of dragon eggs at a dig site. And I'm the only one who recognizes what they are.

Once, Osgood and Frost were the up-and-coming stars of the burgeoning paranormal investigation TV show craze before a hoax put an end to their friendship, partnership, and television careers. Now, more than a decade later, Prudence Osgood is a barely functioning alcoholic ghost hunter for hire. Her yearning for mystery and adventure is reignited when she receives a cryptic, untraceable email. 

Ein Mann kehrt in das Dorf seiner Kindheit zurück und beschwört die Erinnerung an einen dunklen Sommer herauf. Damals machten er und seine Freunde auf der Mülldeponie eine schreckliche Entdeckung... Ein junger Mann glaubt, alles erreicht zu haben: Rodney hat eine hübsche Verlobte und einen guten Job bei der Bank. Bis ein Überfall alles zunichtemacht... Ein Junge verirrt sich und findet auf einer abgelegenen Farm Zuflucht. Terry ist heilfroh, bei der freundlichen Mrs. Perrin unterzukommen. Doch da beginnt der Albtraum erst.

Written initially in French, later translated by the author into English, Molloy is the first book in Dublin-born Samuel Beckett's trilogy. It was published shortly after WWII and marked a new, mature writing style, which was to dominate the remainder of his working life. Molloy is less a novel than a set of two monologues narrated by Molloy and his pursuer, Moran.

Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television and comedy, he’s the laddie, cockney geezer, but to his mates down the pub in south-east London, he’s the theatrical one, a media luvvie. Even at home, his wife and kids are posher than him. In this hilarious exploration of class, Rob compares his life growing up as a working-class kid to the life he lives now, trying to understand where he truly belongs.

Auf der Flucht vor der Vergangenheit strandet der Engländer Sean auf einem einsamen Hof in Frankreich. Es ist brütend heiß, die Schweine wühlen im Dreck. Nur widerwillig duldet man den Fremden, denn die Bewohner des alten Gemäuers haben etwas zu verbergen - etwas, das man besser für immer ruhen lässt.