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Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 152667355XISBN 13: 9781526673558
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware 192 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1837933251ISBN 13: 9781837933259
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Pike Logan races to stop an insidious attack orchestrated by a man who knows America's most treasured secrets.THE WORLD'S SECRETS HAVE FALLEN INTO THE WRONG HANDS . . .Afghanistan has fallen. Taskforce operative Pike Logan's mission is to extract a man who has done more for the US in Afghanistan than perhaps anyone else. But Logan's goal is jeopardised when a ransomware attack hits every entity in the Taskforce. And when a connection is discovered between the hack and the Taliban, Logan is tasked with hunting the perpetrators down.He has no idea that this was just a test run, and the real attack is coming soon, engendered by a former NSA specialist in the US Government, who wants to return to the bipolar world of the Cold War.The turncoat has cloaked his schemes behind hackers from Serbia and Russia, and if successful, he will alter the balance of power on the global stage. So far, he has remained one step ahead of the Taskforce, but he has just made one massive mistake: hitting Pike Logan.The latest explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces officer Brad Taylor, perfect for fans of Lee Child, Jack Ryan, and David Baldacci.'Pike Logan is a feisty, devil-may-care hero.' Steve Berry'Pike ranks right up there with Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher and Jack Bauer.' John Lescroart 432 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1844866939ISBN 13: 9781844866939
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Regent's Canal, the Limehouse Cut, the Hertford Union and the Lee Navigation collectively cut a swathe through north and east London. This 14-mile path, cycle and waterway is a journey full of intriguing contrasts:- From the amateur sports fields of Regent's Park to London's new Olympic Park.- From the studio where Hitchcock directed some of his early films to MTV in Camden Lock.- From fine period housing to industrial wasteland, social housing and new canalside builds.- From the pleasure boats chugging to Camden to the sleek Eurostars roaring off to Paris.The use of canals has changed dramatically over the past fifty years from one of industrial transportation to waterfront living and leisure activities. The canals in this book have undergone major phases of rebirth with new developments at King's Cross, Limehouse and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Newham.Illustrator and writer David Fathers offers a snapshot of how the canals were formed and how they appear today, in a series of arresting and information-packed pages following a course from Little Venice to the River Thames at Limehouse, and on to the Olympic Park. 72 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1804540862ISBN 13: 9781804540862
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Joe the Bouncer seeks the killer of NYC's most desirable call girls in the newest thriller in David Gordon's acclaimed series.Joe Brody, ex-Special Forces operative suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome so severe that it turned him to drug and alcohol abuse, is getting his life back together. Living with his grandmother in Queens, Joe has taken what should be a simple job as a bouncer at a strip club, where he can spend his nights reading the classics. The only catch is that his childhood friend Gio Caprisi, now head of New York's Italian Mafia, relies on Joe's extra-legal expertise when things get particularly nasty on the streets.Recently, New York's criminal underworld has been shaken by the disappearance of its most successful call girls. As a pattern emerges, what might otherwise appear to be a choice to pursue a new life comes to resemble something more troublesome - the work of a serial kidnapper. When a woman turns up dead, the hunt for the predator behind it all becomes even more urgent.To find the killer, Joe will have to plunge into the seediest fringes of Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs on another wild ride.Reviews for David Gordon'David Gordon brings an outstanding new voice to the contemporary crime novel' Robert Crais'A unique and worthwhile series' CrimeReads'Gordon knows how to write a potboiler' LA Times 336 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1526659999ISBN 13: 9781526659996
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*\*SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM\*\*\*\*THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE-BESTSELLER\*\*'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world' FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE___________________________________________The international sensation: the story of a young Sámi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justiceNine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle. She and her family are Sámi - Scandinavia's indigenous people - and make their living herding reindeer.One morning when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her reindeer calf, Nástegallu. Elsa recognises the man but refuses to tell anyone - least of all the Swedish police force - about what she saw. Instead, she carries her secret as a dark weight on her heart.Elsa comes of age fighting two wars: one within her community, where male elders expect young women to know their place; and against the ever-escalating wave of prejudice and violence against the Sámi.When Elsa finds herself the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago, something inside of her finally breaks. The guilt, fear, and anger she's been carrying since childhood come crashing over her like an avalanche, and will lead Elsa to a final catastrophic confrontation. 400 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 183793164XISBN 13: 9781837931644
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A troubled cop seeks to save his son from a killer in the wilderness of Yellowstone. Back of Beyond is a gripping adventure from New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box, and the first book in the series that inspired hit TV show Big Sky.Twilight falls on a cold, wet spring day in the mountains of Montana. A cabin smoulders in the forest. Its charred structure reveals the remains of a single body.Detective Cody Hoyt investigates. A brilliant cop, Cody is also struggling with alcoholism and close to losing his job. It doesn't help that the body in the cabin is his AA sponsor, Hank Winters. It looks like a suicide, but Cody knew Hank better than that.Cody is determined to get justice for his friend. But when the clues lead to a company running wilderness adventures, he realises their latest trip, to Yellowstone National Park, is the very same one his estranged teenage son has signed up for.Cody must trek deep into Yellowstone, America's greatest wilderness, alone, in pursuit of his son - and the truth.Reviews for Back of Beyond'Timeless, gripping. Resembles an Agatha Christie whodunnit but with horses, bears, wolves and hunting rifles.' Sunday Times'A perfect introduction to the novels of C.J. Box.' Booklist'Perceptive. smooth, muscular writing keeps the tension rising.' Financial Times'One of the most suspenseful wilderness thrillers since Deliverance.' Associated Press'Terrifically entertaining.' Kirkus 384 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1801102767ISBN 13: 9781801102766
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The exciting new historical novel in Mark Knowles' Blades of Bronze series. You've read the myths of Ancient Greece. now see how life really was in the Age of Heroes.Decades after the voyage of the fabled Argo, the last remaining Argonauts are scattered to the corners of the Greek world, old men living on past glories.The great victory at Troy is naught but a memory. The gods have abandoned Greece. The last vestiges of once-mighty kingdoms are crumbling and the enemy is nearly at the gates.The Age of Heroes is dead. The Sea People are coming.Only one young man can rise up, channel the spirit of the Argonauts, and inspire and renew the heroism of old: Xandros, callow grandson of the great Jason. His mission is a desperate one, and it may yet be too late. Will the old world crumble and burn once and for all, or will a new hero rise to victory Reviews for the Blades of Bronze series'A bold and thrilling voyage that plunges you deep into the world of ancient myth. Knowles's storytelling captured my imagination from the very first page. Wonderfully atmospheric.' Daisy Dunn'What a spectacular triumph! Knowles has taken a reassuringly familiar legend and elevated it into a new, realistic and engrossing story.' Sam Taw'A deeply researched historical epic, so brilliantly brought to life I could taste the salt air on my tongue.' Adam Lofthouse 496 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1526665271ISBN 13: 9781526665270
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From a 2021 Whiting Award and Guggenheim Fellow recipient, a 'rhapsodic, rigorous poetry collection, which pays homage to everyday Black experience in the US' (New Yorker)Owed is a book with celebration at its centre. Its primary concern is how we might mend the relationship between ourselves and the people, spaces, and objects we have been taught to think of as insignificant, as fundamentally unworthy of study, reflection, attention, or care.Spanning the spectrum of genre and form - from elegy and ode to origin myth--these poems elaborate an aesthetics of repair. What's more, they ask that we turn to the songs and sites of the historically denigrated so that we might uncover a new way of being in the world together, one wherein we can truthfully reckon with the brutality of the past and thus imagine the possibilities of our shared, unpredictable present, anew. 112 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035904039ISBN 13: 9781035904037
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The third terrifying instalment in the Night Warriors series from master of horror Graham Masterton.AS THE WORLD SLEEPS, THE NIGHT WARRIORS FIGHTFor generations, the Night Warriors have used their powers to enter the dream world and defend humanity. Now, they face their most terrifying enemy yet: Isabel Gowdie, witch and mistress of Satan.Entombed for three centuries, her powers have grown stronger. Now her evil influence seeps through the earth, carrying the seeds of the Night Plague, a disease that twists souls into madness.The only way to stop it is to find Isabel Gowdie's hidden prison. But time is short. Each night, more and more people fall to the Plague, and two of the Night Warriors are already infected - they just don't know it yet.Praise for Graham Masterton:'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' Peter James'Suspenseful and tension-filled. all the finesse of a master storyteller' Guardian'One of Britain's finest horror writers' Daily Mail'You are in for a hell of a ride' Grimdark Magazine 416 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1801101442ISBN 13: 9781801101448
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the final book of Django Wexler's brilliantly imagined epic fantasy trilogy about two siblings divided by magic and revolution, Gyre and Maya must finally join forces and rally the people to take down the Twilight Order once and for all.The last surviving Chosen, Ashok, has finally risen up and taken control of The Twilight Order. He promises equality and prosperity, but Gyre and Maya know the truth. Only death follows in Ashok's wake.To take him down, Gyre will have to unite old allies - from all across The Splinter Kingdoms and the depths of Deepfire. And Maya will have to seek out a legendary weapon hidden in the mountains that could turn the tide in their battle for freedom. 528 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1350455229ISBN 13: 9781350455221
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware 72 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1350448354ISBN 13: 9781350448353
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - But I do have a job. I'm a professional viscount.Things aren't looking good for Theodore 'Tug' Bungay.His mother, Lady Agrippina, has a plan to cut off his funds. His fed-up fiancée wants to drag him up the aisle. An oligarch is eyeing up his beloved Northumberland castle. Is Tug's dissolute life about to change completely Or will he get to carry on doing exactly as he pleases without ever facing any consequences Rory Mullarkey's riotous new play takes inspiration from Wilde and Wodehouse to create a contemporary comedy of manners set among the dwellers of south-west London who - somehow - remain our country's ruling class. This edition is published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre, in November 2023. 112 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1350457353ISBN 13: 9781350457355
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There are ghosts everywhere.There are ghosts here right now.Plagued by the ugly truth of her late husband's legacy, Helene vows to erase the past and start again.Ignorant to the reality of his father's character, Osvald, her son, returns home to face an uncertain future. But when the ember of an illicit romance stands to ruin Helene's plans to play happy family, she is forced to make a decision that threatens to engulf what's left of her - and her son's - life completely.Experience the work of Henrik Ibsen, one of the most influential dramatists of all time, in a scandalous and searing exploration of family secrets and forbidden desire. Nearly 150 years after causing a furore when it premiered with its depiction of incest, infection and euthanasia, adaptor and director Joe Hill-Gibbins (The Marriage of Figaro, ENO; The Tragedy of King Richard The Second, Almeida), in his Globe debut, brings a new version of Ghosts, the first modern tragedy, to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.Ghosts was part of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 10th Anniversary Season. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at The Globe's Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in November 2023. 72 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1350462438ISBN 13: 9781350462434
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware 80 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1350456365ISBN 13: 9781350456365
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Newcastle, London, America. You can go anywhere, itâ¿s still the same old shit. People just getting by, in any way they know how. But I tell you what they donâ¿t have, they donâ¿t have a £1 Thursday!17-year-old Jen and Stacey are best friends. Since forever. Stacey always dreamed of being a dancer. And sheâ¿s actually got the talent for it. Only her school career advisor hasnâ¿t even been to London, let alone heard of Urdang. Jen is smart. Like Oxbridge smart. But all â¿smartâ¿ gives her is the ability to see that thereâ¿s no use trying to change the story prewritten for her, growing up in an underfunded and forgotten Bradford in the 2010s. They only have one place they can escape toâ¿ Club Ocean on a Thursday night. Freedom for Jen and Stacey. A beautiful and hilarious coming-of-age story, Kat Rose-Martin's £1 Thursdays captures and celebrates the trials and tribulations of what it means to be young, Northern and working class, when for one Vodka-blurred second, youâ¿re allowed to forget everything and just dance. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Finborough Theatre in November 2023. 104 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1472990420ISBN 13: 9781472990426
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A global rewilding journey, exploring innovative and eye-opening projects led by passionate conservationists.Rewilding is a radical new approach to wildlife conservation that offers remarkable potential. If conservation seeks to preserve what remains and stave off further decline, rewilding goes further, seeking to restore entire ecosystems. It involves a spectrum of conservation options; at one end is a 'passive' approach prioritising ecological restoration - in essence, leaving land to recover naturally. At the other is what might be termed 'active' rewilding, where habitats are actively restored and keystone species reintroduced to quicken the process of recovery. The stakes are high in active rewilding. Large mammal translocations and wildlife corridors running through densely populated areas are high-risk, high-reward initiatives.In this timely and exciting contribution to a wider conversation about our relationship with the natural world, wildlife journalist Millie Kerr takes readers on a global journey of discovery. She considers the practicalities and possibilities of ecological restoration around the world, while exploring first-hand some of the most ambitious undertakings occurring today, many of which involve species reintroductions in the Global South. Wilder details the return of jaguars to an Argentinian national park, the first-ever pangolin reintroduction project in South Africa, and the ways in which giant tortoises are aiding the recovery of ecosystems throughout the Galápagos Islands, among many others.At an urgent moment in the international fight against biodiversity loss, Wilder's message is one of innovation and optimism. By focusing on conservation success stories and showing that there are bands of determined conservationists fighting for a better future, Wilder inspires us all to become part of the solution.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1803287578ISBN 13: 9781803287577
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The galaxy is burning.With the Cielcin united under one banner, the Sollan Empire stands alone after the betrayal of the Commonwealth. The Prophet-King of the Cielcin has sent its armies to burn the worlds of men, and worse, there are rumours. whispers that Hadrian Marlowe is dead, killed in the fighting.But it is not so. Hadrian survived with the help of the witch, Valka, and together they escaped the net of the enemy having learned a terrible truth: the gods that the Cielcin worship are real and will not rest until the universe is dark and cold.What is more, the Emperor himself is in danger. The Prophet-King has learned to track his movements as he travels along the borders of Imperial space. Now the Cielcin legions are closing in, their swords poised to strike off the head of all mankind.The fifth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1472853342ISBN 13: 9781472853349
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Turner, Graham (illustrator). Neuware - This illustrated study investigates the Indo-Islamic fighting men of South Asia from the 7th century AD to the Mughal conquest of the 16th century.From 1206, much of what is now India as well as parts of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal were ruled by a succession of Islamic dynasties that had their origins in the Ghurid forces that conquered parts of northern India in the 12th century. Although it was never complete, the Islamic domination of this huge region also had a profound impact upon Islamic civilization as a whole, not least in military terms, being felt as far west as Africa. Within South Asia, the war-torn medieval centuries laid the foundations for the subsequent even more brilliant Mughal Empire.Featuring eight plates of superb artwork alongside carefully chosen photographs and illustrations, this study complements the same author's Medieval Indian Armies (1): Hindu, Buddhist and Jain. It describes and illustrates the Indo-Islamic forces operating in South Asia, from the Umayyad Caliphate's frontier in north-western India and Afghanistan in the late 7th century through to the Delhi Sultanate, the Sultanate of Bengal and the Bahmani Sultanate in the 15th and 16th centuries.David Nicolle explains how, with respect to arms, armour, fortification and transport both on land and at sea, the widely successful Muslim armies learned a great deal from their more numerous Hindu, Jain and Buddhist opponents. This was especially evident in developments such as the use of war-elephants and the adoption of lighter, often textile-based forms of protection such as 'soft armour' made of cotton. On the other side, there would be widespread adoption of more potent weapons such as the composite bow, and considerably more sophisticated systems of cavalry warfare, among the non-Islamic forces of the Indian sub-continent. Fully illustrated, this absorbing account casts light on many centuries of warfare in South Asia.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1472857216ISBN 13: 9781472857217
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Góralski, Waldemar; Forkasiewicz, Piotr (illustrator). Neuware - A compelling account of the heavily armed and highly mobile Soviet river gunboats which took on the Germans during World War II.Russia's enormous river system has long been its highway and, as early as 1908, the Tsar's armies were developing armoured riverboats that brought tank-like mobility, firepower and survivability to Russian battlefields.This book, the first history of these vessels in English, explains how this concept led to one of the most remarkable naval weapons of World War II, the Soviet 'river tank', or Armoured Motor Gun Boat (AMGB). Highly mobile, capable of carrying up to 20 infantrymen directly into action and providing immediate firepower from their tank turrets, machine guns or Katyusha rockets, their military value was widely recognized. They were versatile enough to be used in naval landing operations off the Gulf of Finland, the Azov Sea and the Black Sea, and their capabilities were prized by local commanders.Using meticulously researched new colour profiles, rare photos and spectacular artwork, this book uncovers the history of river warfare on the Eastern Front, and the boats that played such a key part in the fighting.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1448218292ISBN 13: 9781448218295
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An amazing journey of secrets, self-discovery, kites, and lemonade!Leena, who suffers from selective mutism, and her family move to Riyadh because of her father's job. Her new home is in a modern apartment building where she meets and makes friends with Rima, a neighbour who is blind, and Jojo, who has a secret.Together the girls encounter a clever cat, come across an ancient key, and find a mysterious old workshop full of books, inventions, and trinkets hidden under their building. Join them on their exploration of their amazing discovery and its secrets!Who tampered with Leena and Rima's lemonade Where did the clever cat come from And whose kite will win at the Festival.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1472858875ISBN 13: 9781472858870
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Design, Brainbug (illustrator). Neuware - Explore a wild new frontier with solo, cooperative, and competitive scenarios and new soldiers, creatures, and equipment rooted in the history and folklore of Canada.Far from the battlefields of Europe, another war is being fought. In the vast lands of North America, Britain and the United States clash once again and, in the shadow of this conflict, the otherworldly Harvestmen pursue their devious plans, feasting on the rage and terror of mortals. In the face of this menace, however, brave folk, seconded from the military or recruited from the local populace, band together to take the fight to the sinister Harvestmen and their minions.Canada is a supplement for The Silver Bayonet that brings players and their officers across the Atlantic and straight into the War of 1812. It offers new scenarios, solo and cooperative as well as competitive; rules for recruiting US units; and creatures and challenges drawn from Canadian history and folklore.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035902478ISBN 13: 9781035902477
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Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1838933174ISBN 13: 9781838933173
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is heritage When was it invented What is its place in the world today What is its place tomorrow Heritage is all around us: millions belong to its organisations, tens of thousands volunteer for it, and politicians pay lip service to it. When the Victorians began to employ the term in something approaching the modern sense, they applied it to cathedrals, castles, villages and certain landscapes. Since then a multiplicity of heritage labels have arisen, cultural and commercial, tangible and intangible - for just as every era has its notion of heritage, so does every social group, and every generation.In Heritage, James Stourton focuses on elements of our cultural and natural environment that have been deliberately preserved: the British countryside and national parks, buildings such as Blenheim Palace and Tattershall Castle, and the works of art inside them. He charts two heroic periods of conservation - the 1880s and the 1960s - and considers whether threats of wealth, rampant development and complacency are similar in the present day. Heritage is both a story of crisis and profound change in public perception, and one of hope and regeneration.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1472987233ISBN 13: 9781472987235
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jews in Britain have risen to the top of nearly every profession, they run major companies, sit at the top tables in politics and are prominent in science, arts and media. Of course there is poverty and disadvantage, just as there is in any community, but objectively, British Jews have done well. Particularly when we consider where they came from: the impoverished, often oppressed lives that many Jews lived in Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire less than 200 years ago.British Jews have lived safely and continuously in Britain longer than any other modern Jewish community has lived anywhere else in the world. Jews are so ingrained into the national fabric of Britain that they are often not considered to be a minority at all.They have organised themselves in a way that serves as a model both to more recent immigrant communities in Britain and to Jewish communities elsewhere. Being British, they wear their distinctions lightly, they don't trumpet their achievements. But they give back quietly: Jewish organisations help more recently arrived minorities, charities draw on the Jewish experience of persecution to help oppressed people in the developing world, philanthropists support causes far beyond their own communities' boundaries.Based on conversations with Jews from all walks of life, Britain's Jews depicts what it is like to be Jewish in 21st century Britain and why Jewish life is still a subject of fascination.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1789545064ISBN 13: 9781789545067
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story embodies the hard reality of an independent state built on conquest, profit and entitlement and on the toughness and resilience of a free people. In this new study of key moments in Venice's history, from its half-legendary founding amid the collapse of the Roman empire to its modern survival as a fragile city of the arts menaced by saturation tourism and rising sea levels, Jonathan Keates shows us just how much this remarkable place has contributed to world culture and explains how it endures as an object of desire and inspiration for so many.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035900785ISBN 13: 9781035900787
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After an exhausting day of hard labour, Ben finds oblivion in the seedy bars and clubs of River Road - anything to leave his cockroach-infested rooms and ignore the reality of living paycheck to paycheck.At times, it's difficult to remember that it wasn't always this way. Somehow, he went from a promising career as a soldier to a disgraceful dismissal and a steady decline into poverty. Now the only thing Ben has left to lose is hope.Writing with colourful realism, Meja Mwangi paints an unforgettable depiction of life in Nairobi's slums - drawing attention to the hardships of the working poor and their disillusion with uncaring politicians.'[Mwangi is] among the leading Kenyan writers.' New York Times'Riveting.' Guardian'The finest African novel ever.' Professor Ibrahim Bello Kano.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035900580ISBN 13: 9781035900589
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this historical novel, Yaw M. Boateng tells the harrowing story of the Atlantic slave trade and the devastating effects it had on the Ashanti Empire.'This, then, is the story of Seku and Jakpa. But it is also the story of Malaam Fuseini, and of Africa in one of the most trying periods on human record.'It is the early nineteenth century, slavers have incited chaos, violence, and an insatiable greed across the Gold Coast. Clan is pitted against clan and those who have gained riches from the slave trade are fearing their own downfall.As advisor to the Ashanti King, Malaam Fuseini has only one plan: to unite the warring factions. Together, they can overcome the constant infighting and stand allied against the invaders. Otherwise, they will be forced to watch as the slavers burn Ashanti's cities to the ground.Among the Ashanti leaders is Seku, a military hero. His brother, Jakpa, is a former slave. Both are strangers to this land and consumed in a bitter feud against one another. Yet as the threat to the kingdom grows, the two must reconcile if they hope to save their allies - and themselves - from destruction.'Boateng is a superb storyteller, with a keen sense of place and history, a lively imagination for dramatic action.' Es'kia Mphahlele'The Return possesses great compassion, and more importantly, a vital sense of history.' John A. Williams'Tense and engrossing.' Kirkus Reviews.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035900610ISBN 13: 9781035900619
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region. The Clothes of Nakedness cleverly examines the complexities of human relationships, offering a gritty expose of the divide between rich and poor in modern Ghana.Evil lurks in the streets of Accra and it goes by the name of Mystique Mysterious. A wealthy man with maleficent intentions, Mystique delights in manipulating the vulnerable with his exploitative deals. His bargains may seem fishy but when poverty is knocking on your door and options are limited, what choice do you have The Clothes of Nakedness is a gripping exploration into how, when pushed, ordinary people can fall into a vicious cycle of vice and corruption that only serves to benefit the ruling class.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035900491ISBN 13: 9781035900497
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Of Wives, Talismans and the Dead is a collection of short stories by influential author, I.N.C. Aniebo. Written originally in the 1960s, these tales explore superstition, Westernisation, and the rising tensions of an unequal society in post-independent Nigeria.'Now, dry your tears my child,' his father said gently. 'I am going to drive him, away. He will not disturb you again. Dead men should not wander in the land of the living.'In the title story, 'Of Wives, Talismans and the Dead', eleven-year-old Ibe worries about embarrassing himself in front of his father, finding time to play hide and seek with his friends, and, most importantly, his impending marriage with a young girl named Egeolu.Ibe's tender innocence is set against the gravity of death and marriage as I.N.C. Aniebo captures the enduring traditions of 1960s Nigeria from the perspective of a young boy.Throughout the collection, Aniebo masterfully weaves together tales of exploitation, cultural change, and the desire to challenge authority. Of Wives, Talismans and the Dead is an outstanding illustration of classic Nigerian literature.Edited by Willfried F. Feuser.
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035900602ISBN 13: 9781035900602
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Purple Violet of Oshaantu is the moving story of two ordinary women living in rural Namibia. In exploring tales of their marriages to vastly different men, Neshani Andreas exposes the burdens theycarry and the friendships they must forge in order to survive.When Ali arrives in the village of Oshaantu, she is met with a cold welcome. Only the young mother next door, Kauna, is willing to truly accept Ali's presence. Kind-hearted and married to an abusive husband, Kauna quickly becomes more than just a neighbour - she becomes a friend, daughter, and someone to mentor.Disaster strikes when Kauna's husband is suddenly found dead at home, causing the villagers to suspect her of poisoning him. What follows is an emotive account of Kauna's journey into widowhood and Ali's bittersweet reflections on the beliefs and customs of her village.Beautiful and thoughtfully written, Andreas paints a vibrant picture of friendship and sisterhood in traditional Namibian society.'A gentle fighter for women's rights, who used her writing as a weapon.' Mariama Bâ'One of Namibia's finest post-independence novels.' Erika von Weitersheim.