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Dan Waddell

    Dan Waddell je novinár a autor, ktorého prvý román nadväzuje na jeho dlhoročné skúsenosti s písaním. Jeho diela sa vyznačujú detailným prístupom k rozprávaniu a pohltením čitateľa do historických záhad. Waddell majstrovsky prepája faktografiu s napínavým dejom a odhaľuje skryté aspekty ľudskej minulosti.

    How To Be a Spy
    The Test Match Special Book of Cricket Quotes
    The Wit and Wisdom of Test Match Special
    Field of Shadows
    How To Be a Detective
    We Had Some Laughs
    • We Had Some Laughs

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      As `the voice of darts', the inimitable Sid Waddell helped transform it from an unfashionable pub game to a massively successful international sport. His son Dan Waddell grew up in this smoky, boozy world and witnessed Sid's turbulent journey from failed novelist and struggling TV producer to much- loved television personality.

      We Had Some Laughs
    • Lift the flaps, follow the clues and be like Sherlock Holmes in this interactive guide to becoming a detective.

      How To Be a Detective
    • Field of Shadows

      • 272 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania
      3,8(10)Ohodnotiť

      Adolf Hitler despised cricket, considering it un-German and decadent. And Berlin in 1937 was not a time to be going against Fuhrer's wishes. But hot on the heels of 1936 Olympics, an enterprising cricket fanatic of enormous bravery, Felix Menzel, somehow persuaded his Nazi leaders to invite an English team to play his motley band of part-timers.

      Field of Shadows
    • The Wit and Wisdom of Test Match Special

      • 272 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania
      4,0(64)Ohodnotiť

      `He played that so late, it was almost posthumous.' (John Arlott) For over fifty years, Test Match Special has provided the soundtrack to many cricket fans' lives - now this book collects its greatest hits.

      The Wit and Wisdom of Test Match Special
    • Collecting hundreds of quips and quotes, and illustrated throughout, this is a cricket fan's guide to bats, beards, boundaries and bowls. It also includes witty sayings and wise words, along with legendary moments from cricketing history.

      The Test Match Special Book of Cricket Quotes
    • Lift the flaps, uncover the plot and be a secret agent with this interactive guide to becoming a spy.

      How To Be a Spy
    • Who Do You Think You Are?

      • 192 stránok
      • 7 hodin čítania

      Drawing on celebrity stories to illustrate and inspire, and providing hints, tips and practical step-by-steps this pocket handbook will bring family history to life for fans of the show, and for any amateur sleuths starting out on their own journey of discovery.

      Who Do You Think You Are?
    • Nichts ist je vergeben und nichts vergessen-… Als die Leiche eines Mannes auf einem Londoner Friedhof gefunden wird, ahnen DCI Grant Foster und seine Kollegin Heather Jenkins nicht, wie weit sie die Suche nach dem Mörder in die Vergangenheit führen wird. Immer mehr Opfer fallen einem geheimnisvollen Killer zum Opfer, doch was die Ermordeten verbindet, ist unklar. Bis Nigel Barnes, ein Spezialist für Ahnenforschung, erkennt, dass die Spur ins Jahr 1879 zurückreicht. Damals hatte der 'Kensington Killer' London in Angst und Schrecken versetzt-… Eine Mordserie in London führt zurück in das Jahr 1879.

      Das Erbe des Blutes