Rob Kuitenbrouwer Books

Rebus is off the case. A few days into a murder inquiry following the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining'. In other words, he's in the Last Chance Saloon. Rebus is given an old, unsolved case to work on, in order to teach him and others the merits of teamwork. But there are those in the team who have their own secrets - and they'll stop at nothing to protect them. As if this wasn't enough, Rebus is asked to act as a go-between for gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty. And as newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke works the case of the murdered art dealer, she is brought closer to Cafferty than she could ever have anticipated . . .

While investigating the murders of two teenagers at an Edinburgh boarding school by a reclusive former soldier, Inspector Rebus faces possible suspension when the man stalking his partner dies in a fire Rebus is suspected of setting

Cult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

Mack Malloy is a partner in one of Kindle County's top law firms. An ex-cop who joined the firm on a wave of enthusiasm and optimism, he now feels himself to be on the way down, and possibly out. Bert Kamin, gifted, erratic and combative, is one of the firm's star litigators and he has disappeared.

A murder has been committed - but as the victim is a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is that concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that a serial killer is on the loose . . . When Rebus also starts looking into the apparent suicide of an MP, he is abruptly warned off the case, not least because the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland, and Rebus's bosses want him well out of the way. But Rebus has never been one to stick to the rules, and when Siobhan has a very personal reason for hunting down a riot cop, it looks as though both Rebus and Clarke may be up against their own side . . .

A funny, insightful memoir by much-loved documentary maker Louis Theroux, who takes us on a weird and wonderful journey through his life and two decades of groundbreaking television.

Wat is er de laatste vijfduizend jaar in de geschiedenis van de mensheid aan belangwekkends gebeurd? Reusachtige rijken zijn opgebouwd en vernietigd, prachtige uitvindingen zijn gedaan, religies en goden kwamen op en gingen onder, er zijn verschrikkelijke oorlogen gevoerd en indrukwekkende kunstwerken gemaakt. Loel Zwecker slaagt er met zijn levendige stijl, zijn originaliteit en zijn intelligentie in om een enorm panorama van de mensheid te scheppen zonder ook maar één ogenblik het overzicht te verliezen. Zijn vermogen om in Alles tot nu toe verbanden te leggen met andere tijden en andere plekken op aarde geeft de voortdurende sensatie dat we onderdeel zijn van een grotere samenhang – de dertiendeeeuwer is onze tijdgenoot, de Chinees onze buur. Na het lezen van deze geschiedenis van de mensheid weten we beter dan ooit wie wij, eenentwintigste-eeuwers, zijn. Een indrukwekkend overzicht van de wereldgeschiedenis.