Since its initial publication eighty years ago, How to Win Friends & Influence People has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. In his book, Carnegie explains that success comes from the ability to communicate effectively with others. He provides relatable analogies and examples, and teaches you skills to make people want to be in your company, see things your way, and feel wonderful about it. For more than eighty years his advice has helped thousands of successful people in their busin...

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would r...

Kunsthistorisch wetenschapper, Emile van Straten, gaat in opdracht van de Russische president op zoek naar negen verloren Fabergé-eieren. Hij vindt er één, maar het blijkt een duplicaat te zijn. Als gevolg daarvan gaat de reputatie van Emile van Straten aan diggelen. Het brengt hem aan de rand van de financiële afgrond. Dan vindt hij een spoor dat leidt naar de acht overige fabuleuze en zeer waardevolle kunstwerken. Wanhopig bijt hij zich vast in de wetenschappelijke aanwijzingen en zoekt...