'Based on eye-witness accounts, Robert Pike's moving book vividly depicts the lives of the villagers who were caught up in the tragedy of Oradour-sur-Glane and brings their experiences to our attention for the first time.' - Hanna Diamond, author of Fleeing HitlerOn 10 June 1944, four days after Allied forces landed in Normandy, the picturesque village of Oradour-sur-Glane in the rural heart of France was destroyed by an armoured SS Panzer...

Le 10 juin 1944, Oradour-sur-Glane, près de Limoges, est anéanti par une division SS : 643 villageois perdent la vie, les femmes et les enfants asphyxiés puis brûlés dans l’église pendant que les hommes sont assassinés dans des granges. Redonnant voix aux morts, à travers les témoignages poignants des survivants, l’historien Robert Pike s’est plongé dans les archives pour raconter leur vie avant et après la tragédie. Un travail inédit et précis où l’on croise de grandes familles solidaires...

'Defying Vichy takes us into the heart of the French Resistance: the Dordogne region (in) this moving account of the darkest and brightest period in French history.' – Matthew Cobb, author of The ResistanceVichy France under Marshal Pétain was an authoritarian regime that sought to perpetuate a powerful place for France in the world alongside Germany. It echoed the right-wing ideals of other fascist states and was a perfect instru...

Collins IGCSE® French provides comprehensive coverage of the Cambridge IGCSE French (0520) syllabus. To support the Student’s Book and Workbook, this full and comprehensive Teacher’s Guide provides teaching notes and support material to enable teachers to plan and manage their lessons.An indispensable resource for teachers, this Teacher’s Guide provides clear and concise notes for all units to support teachers in preparing, planning and managing their lessons. A comprehensive intro...

Collins IGCSE® French provides comprehensive coverage of the Cambridge IGCSE French (0520) syllabus. With a clear structure and engaging content, the Student’s Book has been carefully planned around topic-based units so that language and skills are taught in context.The course takes a skills-based communicative approach with equal coverage given to all four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Content is relevant to the age group and so provides engaging and motivating...

A fantastic Joe Pike and Elvis Cole novel from the bestselling author of L A REQUIEM'I can't wait for the next Robert Crais!' Bill Clinton'Robert Crais - and Joe Pike - will have you by the throat' INDEPENDENT'A modern master of crime fiction' Gregg HurwitzWhen quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole's Disney-deco office, she's lost something very valuable - her husband and young son. The case seems simple enough...

“Elvis Cole provides more fun for the reader than any L.A. private eye to come along in years.”—Joseph WambaughWINNER OF THE ANTHONY AND MACAVITY AWARDS FOR BEST NOVEL • NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AND SHAMUS AWARDS FOR BEST NOVELMeet Elvis Cole, L.A. Private Eye. . . . He quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He’s a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet who is determined to never grow up.When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole’s Disney...

They killed the only one who ever cared and now they're going to pay.A reckoning has come to the City of Angels...Karen Garcia is missing and her father doesn't trust the cops - he wants someone he knows on the case. So he enlists the help of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike.It seems that Karen is the latest victim of a distinctive serial killer and the police are determined to pin her death, and four others, on the witness who found her body. Cole doesn't b...

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, are back on the case in this brilliant new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.Adele Schumacher isn't a typical worried mom. When she hires Elvis to find her missing son, a controversial podcaster named Josh Shoe, she brings a bag filled with cash, bizarre tales of government conspiracies, and a squad of professional bodyguards. Finding Josh should be simple, b...

**'**Packed with whiplash plot twists and taut dialogue...THE WATCHMAN is as good a psychological test case as it is a thriller' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYA long time ago, Joe Pike asked for help. In return, he would, one day, be called upon to return the favour, no questions asked. That day has come.Joe Pike is asked to protect the life of Larkin Conner Barkley, a spoiled rich girl who happens to be a federal witness in a major case. But someone is leaking infor...

'Crais is on top form in CHASING DARKNESS. It's a first-rate puzzle, with many twists and nothing quite as it seems' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH**'**Elvis Cole continues to be up there with the best of them ... the climax and denouement are terrific' THE TIMESThree years ago Elvis Cole's actions may have freed a killer. Now three more young women are dead...It is fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. As the Po...

**Winner of the 2026 Edgar Award for Best NovelElvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, race to find a terrifying, unidentified killer in this twisting, unpredictable thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.**Traci Beller was thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now, ten years later, Traci is a high...