Bøker av John Steinberg

Norman was born to write, but doesn't know his destiny is written in his DNA, inherited from generations of earlier Normans who yearned to put pen to paper - once those items had been invented! Yet with nothing to show for all his literary endeavours and struggling to pay the rent, he tells himself there must be easier ways of making a living. It's only whenNorman discovers his descent from a long line of wordsmiths who'd experienced many of the same setbacks as himself yet had found the resolve to keep on going, that he wants to know:'What was their secret?'The Writer's Guide to Obscurity is an illustrated record of Norman's research into his vast family tree, sharing with us his predecessors' trials, triumphs and absolute catastrophes through the centuries, before bringing us back to Norman today - and the twist in his own tale.

Elizabeth McCreary's mother Lillian Frankl was a child of the Kindertransport - but she refuses to speak of the past. Determined to learn more, Elizabeth flies to Vienna on the start of a life-changing journey.At home in London, her lawyer husband Anthony is facing disgrace. Vast sums have been siphoned off from his firm's client account to support the far right British Independent Party of which his father, William, is Treasurer. William's close links with the Crediton Trust in Devon, a pharmaceutical company of prestige and power, are helping to make his political ambitions a reality. However, behind the big-business facade of Crediton lies a dark past rooted in Nazi Germany, of theft and the sinister use to which its drugs were put during World War Two. For the McCrearys, one astounding revelation follows another. Nothing can ever be the same - and all roads lead inexorably back to Vienna.

London 1974 - and Peter Greenberg is riding high. Thanks to his magic touch, every play he puts on in Theatreland is a hit and the money is rolling in. The young man's empire feels secure - but then everything changes. One evening, he calls in to see a rival's musical and falls head over heels in love.The beautiful Paris-born dancer who catches his eye is Nadine - a major star in the making. Like Greenberg, the young dancer too is in love - but with someone else. The eternal triangle is complicated by the birth of a child, and by tragic secrets that go back before World War Two; slowly, those secrets reveal themselves in a drama that out-performs anything on the West End stage or Broadway.Nadine is a poignant story of unrequited love, a love that will one day be returned - and in a most unexpected way…

Set in the bustling streets, glorious villas and fearsome gladiatorial arenas of the third-century Roman Empire, Shimon is a moving story of one man's journey to maturity and the rediscovery of his faith. Can a young man, beset by intrigue and jealousy because of his physical strength and his race, find redemption and a real purpose in his life?'Damnatio ad Gladium,' the magistrate pronounced... 'I'm innocent,' Shimon screamed... But it was too late... Shimon had just been condemned to die in the arena.