A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.\nHHhH: "Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich," or "Himmler's brain is called Heydrich." The most dangerous man in Hitler's cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich was known as the "Butcher of Prague." He was feared by all and loathed by most. With his cold Aryan features and implacable cruelty, Heydrich seemed indestructible-until two men, a Slovak and a Czech recruited by the British secret service-killed him in broad daylight on a bustling street in Prague, and thus changed the course of History.Who were these men, arguably two of the most discreet heroes of the twentieth century? In Laurent Binet's captivating debut novel, we follow Jozef Gik and Jan Kubiš from their dramatic escape of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to England; from their recruitment to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone, from their stealth attack on Heydrich's car to their o

hhhh. laurent binet

Literature & Fiction

Laurent Binet

Genre Fiction

Vintage Digital

Le best-seller de Laurent Binet, HHH, au cinéma le 7 juin 2017.Découvrez le récit explosif de Laurent Binet, HHhH, et laissez-vous transporter dans la tourmente de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, à Munich, Berlin, Londres, Paris, Kiev, faites un petit détour par le Moyen Age et repassez par 2010 pour atterrir à Prague, en 1942. HHhH raconte l histoire de l attentat contre Heydrich et de la folle traque qui s ensuivit pour s achever dans une église au centre de Prague où sept hommes soutinrent un siège de sept heures face à sept cent SS. Reinhard Heydrich, « l homme le plus dangereux du IIIe Reich », était le bras droit d Himmler mais chez les SS, on disait « HHhH », ce qui signifiait : « le cerveau d Himmler s appelle Heydrich ». A l heure où le débat fait rage autour des rapports tumultueux entre Histoire et fiction (cf. l affaire Lanzmann-Haenel), dévorez sans attendre ce roman étonnant qui reconstitue les faits avec une précision maniaque fondée sur un travail de documentation impressionnant mais qui se pose sans cesse la question, entre deux déflagrations : comment raconter une histoire vraie ? Sélectionné pour le Goncourt du premier roman

HHhH [ Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman en 2010 ] ( au cinema ) (French Edition)

Reference

French and European Publications Inc

The Seventh Function of Language: A Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

HHhH

Literary

Windsor

Vers l an mille : la fille d Erik le Rouge met cap au sud. 1492 : Colomb ne decouvre pas l Amerique. 1531 : les Incas envahissent l Europe. A quelles conditions ce qui a ete aurait-il pu ne pas etre ? Il a manque trois choses aux Indiens pour resister aux conquistadors. Donnez-leur le cheval, le fer, les anticorps, et toute l histoire du monde est a refaire. Civilizations est le roman de cette hypothese : Atahualpa debarque dans l Europe de Charles Quint. Pour y trouver quoi ? L Inquisition espagnole, la Reforme de Luther, le capitalisme naissant. Le prodige de l imprimerie, et ses feuilles qui parlent. Des monarchies extenuees par leurs guerres sans fin, sous la menace constante des Turcs. Une mer infestee de pirates. Un continent dechire par les querelles religieuses et dynastiques. Mais surtout, des populations brimees, affamees, au bord du soulevement, juifs de Tolede, maures de Grenade, paysans allemands : des allies. De Cuzco a Aix-la-Chapelle, et jusqu a la bataille de Lepante, voici le recit de la mondialisation renversee, telle qu au fond, il s en fallut d un rien pour qu elle l emporte, et devienne realite.

Civilizations [ Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise ] (French Edition)

French & European Pubns

c.1000AD: Erik the Red's daughter heads south from Greenland. 
1492: Columbus does not discover America. 
1531: the Incas invade Europe.\nFreydis is the leader of a band of Viking warriors who get as far as Panama. Nobody knows what became of them... 
Five hundred years later, Christopher Columbus is sailing for the Americas, dreaming of gold and conquest. Even when captured by Incas, his faith in his superiority and his mission is unshaken.\nThirty years after that, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, arrives in Europe. What does he find? The Spanish Inquisition, the Reformation, capitalism, the miracle of the printing press, endless warmongering between the ruling monarchies, and constant threat from the Turks.\nBut most of all, downtrodden populations ready for revolution. Fortunately, he has a recent guidebook to acquiring power - Machiavelli's The Prince. It turns out he is very good at it. So, the stage is set for a Europe ruled by Incas and, when the Aztecs arrive on the scene, for a great war that will change history forever.\nCivilisations is a wildly entertaining counterfactual story about the modern world, colonisation, empire-building and the eternal human quest for domination. It is an electrifying novel by one of Europe's most exciting writers.

Civilisations

HARVILL/SECKER

Binet's captivating debut novel follows the lives of Jozef Gik and Jan Kubis, the Slovak and the Czech responsible for the death of Reinhard Heydrich, Othe Butcher of Prague, O one of the most feared men in Nazi Germany. This item is Returnable

Hhhh

The 7th Function of Language

Humor & Satire

Roland Barthes, one of the twentieth-century's towering literary figures, is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. It's February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand, who is locked in a battle for the Presidency. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident.   But what if it were an assassination? What if Barthes was carrying a document of unbelievable, global importance? That document was the key to the seventh function of language - an idea so powerful it gives whoever masters it the ability to convince anyone, in any situation, to do anything.   Police Captain Jacques Bayard and his reluctant accomplice Simon Herzog set off on a global chase that takes them from the corridors of power and academia to backstreet saunas and midnight rendezvous. What they discover is a global conspiracy involving the President, murderous Bulgarians and a secret international debating society. In the world of intellectuals and politicians, everyone is a suspect. And who can you trust when the idea of truth itself is at stake?

La séptima función del lenguaje

Seix-Barral

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