Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472284577 ISBN 13: 9781472284570
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the critically acclaimed author of SOFIA KHAN IS NOT OBLIGED and THIS GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND comes a witty, whip-smart new instalment in Sofia Khan's story . . . 'The Muslim Bridget Jones'.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1802791833 ISBN 13: 9781802791839
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - More than 200 never-before-seen Sudoku of a progressive level of difficulty, complete with a number of variations on the traditional Sudoku puzzle, an introduction and full solutions.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1802791841 ISBN 13: 9781802791846
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - More than 200 never-before-seen Killer Sudoku of a progressive level of difficulty, complete with an introduction and full solutions.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 180279185X ISBN 13: 9781802791853
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - More than 150 never-before-seen logic puzzles of a variety of types and difficulties, complete with an introduction and full solutions.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1802790780 ISBN 13: 9781802790788
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Louise is called up again to step in and help young Sky. From the bestselling author of the foster care series - Thrown Away Children, comes a new challenge and a precious life to save.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 180279073X ISBN 13: 9781802790733
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An inspiring and thought-provoking new book that explains the power of applying reverse-engineering to all areas of your life, from a cycling champion who has proven its success. Dan Bigham is the captain of an amateur British track cycling team who rose from obscurity to beat professional, multi-million-pound teams at the highest level. Alongside hard work and dedication, Dan credits his success to one thing: reverse-engineering the result.In Start at the End, Dan uses his own story as well as wider examples and case studies from the worlds of business, personal development and other sports to demonstrate how this approach can help you succeed in any walk of life. Following each stage of the process, from setting goals and assessing your tools to developing the plan and delivering optimum performance, this book will fully explain how to set out and enact the system.A revolutionary new look at a powerful age-old wisdom, Start at the End is a fascinating exploration of how we can achieve success and proof that no goal is impossible.\*\*\*'Start at the End isn't just a great story, but a really nice reminder of how to approach performance forensically, intelligently and purposefully - and that these lessons don't just belong in cycling but in all areas of high performance' Dr Josie Perry'Phenomenal . Absolutely fascinating . Incredible stuff, really clever' Stephen Dixon, Sky News.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1802793852 ISBN 13: 9781802793857
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A young journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centred around a Nazi-looted masterpiece, forcing the ultimate showdown between passion and possession, lovers and liars, history and truth. After talking her way into a job in Chicago, young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual assignment: locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years ago. The painting None other than legendary artist Ernst Engel's most famous work, Woman on Fire. A dying designer covets the portrait for deeply personal reasons. Jules doesn't have much time.Meanwhile, in Europe, Margaux de Laurent - powerful heir to her family's millions - also searches for the painting. A cunning gallerist who gets everything she wants, the only thing standing in her way is Jules. Yet Jules has resources of her own, including the designer's grandson, Adam. A recovering addict and artist in his own right, Adam was once in Margaux's clutches, and he'll do anything to help Jules locate the painting first.Woman on Fire is a thrilling tale of secrets, love, sacrifice and an exquisite work of art that burns bright, moving through hands, hearts and history. ___________PRAISE FOR WOMAN ON FIRE: 'Part-thriller, part-historical fiction, this book will have you gripping the pages until the very end' Buzzfeed'Addictively propulsive and laced with rapid-fire twists and turns, this sizzling tale crackles with tension' Kristin Harmel'Thick with history, scandal, romance and deceit. A truly compulsive read' Mary Kubica'An exuberant thriller laced with sex, art, and history' Alyson Richman'Had me on the edge of my seat' Fiona Davis.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472288394 ISBN 13: 9781472288394
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1786157446 ISBN 13: 9781786157447
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A queen must know her place, in a court of men . . . The stunning third novel in the ROSE TRILOGY, from one of the most renowned historical authors writing today.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472275276 ISBN 13: 9781472275271
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Three Debts Paid is the fifth gripping instalment in an exciting new generation of Pitt novels from the pen of highly acclaimed crime writer and New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry.It is February 1912 when barrister Daniel Pitt is reunited with his old college friend, Inspector Ian Frobisher. Following allegations of plagiarism, one of their Cambridge University professors has committed an assault, and Ian has recommended that Daniel defends him.Meanwhile, Daniel's dear friend Miriam fford Croft has returned to London as a newly qualified forensic pathologist and is working with eccentric Dr Evelyn Hall. On Daniel's first visit to the morgue, he is shocked to find Miriam examining the mutilated body of a young woman and, what's worse, it is being compared to another corpse bearing identical wounds. As rumours spread of a serial killer, nicknamed 'the rainy-day slasher', stalking the streets of London, Daniel hears that Ian Frobisher is in charge of the case.So begins the harrowing pursuit of a brutal murderer whose killing spree is far from over.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472298683 ISBN 13: 9781472298683
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The sparkling TikTok-hit rom-com, perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis!.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472297032 ISBN 13: 9781472297037
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone Friends-to-lovers TikTok sensation, The Cheat Sheet, is the rom-com that has readers laughing and rooting for these lovable best friends from the first page! 'Falling for my best friend - tick! Fake dating - tick! So stinking cute I want to throw glitter over it - tick!' 'This book is amazing! I'm calling it as one of my top 5 books to the year, and yes, I know it's only February' 'I just adored this story . . . I'm ready to eat up anything that Sarah Adams writes' 'A perfect mix of hilarious banter, comical situations, and sweet romance' 'This romance is brilliant! It is fast paced, laugh out loud and so cute!' 'A feel-good rom-com with everything you want in a romance!' 'This book, just wow! . . . One of best books written by Sarah Adams' . Bree Camden is helplessly (and secretly) in love with her longtime best friend and NFL legend, Nathan Donelson. And that's the least of her problems. After a car accident ended her chance of becoming a ballerina, Bree now runs her own dance studio - if she can afford the rent to keep it open, that is. When Nathan comes to the rescue and buys the entire building, a stubborn Bree is not happy about it. Rebelling with a couple - okay, maybe more than a couple - of tequila shots, she spills her deepest, darkest secret to a TMZ reporter. One viral video later, the world thinks Nathan and Bree are the perfect couple and Nathan's publicist has an idea that could mean financial security for Bree. The catch They have to pretend to be in love. For three. whole. weeks. Is now the moment for Bree to finally act on her hidden feelings And is it possible that Nathan has been hiding some of his own . Discover the heartwarming friends-to-lovers romance that became a sensation on TikTok!FEATURES A NEW CHAPTER AND Q&A WITH SARAH! 'A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy' SOPHIE SULLIVAN 'As slapstick funny as it is both sizzling and sweet, this best-friends-to-lovers sports romance brings its RomCom A-game' CHLOE LIESE 'The perfect mix of laugh-out-loud entertaining and intensely tender' DEVON DANIELS'My heart is explodinggggg! Sarah Adams has done it yet again' 'Please PLEASE read this one. It gives you hope back for love and humanity!' 'I loved this book! Cutesy romance with a dash of humour and touched on very important mental health issues!'.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472277376 ISBN 13: 9781472277374
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'What if all your neighbors' secrets landed in a diary on your doorstep What if the woman who gave it to you was murdered by one of the people in the diary What if the police asked if you knew anything Would you hand over the book of secrets Or . would you try to find out what everyone had done '.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472296176 ISBN 13: 9781472296177
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - Filled with charm, wit, and heart, To Marry and to Meddle is a fresh and eminently entertaining romantic comedy - perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472260503 ISBN 13: 9781472260505
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I barked out loud. Not since Freud has sex been more in bed with death. She gets sharper and more mordant with age and about age. This page-turner is like the best wakes, it will make you feel hungry and alive' The Times'She really is the Nora Ephron of North London' Clare Chambers, author of Small PleasuresPru is on her own. But then, so are plenty of other people. And while the loneliness can be overwhelming, surely she'll find a party somewhere Pru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had - nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of the bed and no-one to fill it.In a daze, Pru goes off to a friend's funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy but.it doesn't sound like the friend she knew. She's gone to the wrong service, though it was more excitement than she's had for ages. So Pru buys a little black dress in a charity shop and thinks, why not go to another No-one will challenge her - and what harm can it do 'As ever with Moggach, the joy is in her witty observations of middle-class life and her bracingly tart portrayal of family relationships' Daily Mail'Full of warmth and humour, as well as blistering truths' Daily MirrorWhat readers say about THE BLACK DRESS:'I loved literally everything about this book. It kept me gripped from start to finish. Enjoyed every single page' 'Laugh out loud funny and a brilliantly constructed novel' #11088; 'This is easily the best book I have read for years. Very uplifting for those of us who are getting on a bit . We can break the rules, we can have great fun. Fabulous' 'I just could not put it down. It was funny and dark in turns. Super relaxed style of writing in the first person'.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472282116 ISBN 13: 9781472282118
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Army Girls is an intimate and unique story of the final few women who served in World War II and are still alive to tell their tale. They were female 'soldiers' in a conflict that Britain wanted to fight without conscripting women. It proved a vain hope, by December 1941 for the first time in British history women were compelled to join the war effort and a generation of girls came of age dressed in khaki, serving king and country.Barbara trained to drive army-style in giant trucks and Grace swapped her servant's pinafore for battledress and a steel hat, Martha turned down officer status for action on a gun-site and Olivia won the croix de guerre in France. Joan saw what war looked like for losers in 1945 Germany and Daphne still misses her school friend who died in action aged eighteen.Capturing the incredible true stories from WWII's biggest female military force - the Auxilliary Territorial Service - and the oldest - the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Army Girls is about belonging and resilience, life and death. Army Girls like Maud, Vera, Jean, Betty and Nanza share precious memories and letters in a narrative that travels back in time and sheds new light on being young, female and at war.More than any other oral history focused on the veterans of WWII, this book is bedded in the present day. Written in the midst of a global pandemic that has shaped the final furlong of these women's lives, there are both parallels and paradoxes. This book honours those women who fought on both in their extreme youth and now once more in great old age.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1786159902 ISBN 13: 9781786159908
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A gripping new whodunnit set in the English countryside: Book 3 in the Shires Mysteries.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472251067 ISBN 13: 9781472251060
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sunday Times Top Five bestselling author Harriet Evans returns with the compelling, luxurious and immersive tale of two entwined families and the dramatic summer that binds them forever.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472286898 ISBN 13: 9781472286895
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Punching well above their weight, Max and Markham set out to bring down a sinister organisation whose roots might be firmly embedded in the future but whose focus is the past. Max's focus is staying alive long enough to reunite with Leon and Matthew - alternately helped and hindered by St Mary's, who aren't always the blessing they like to think they are. And that's not all. Are the effects of constantly leaping around the timeline beginning to make themselves felt Is Max going mad Or are the ghosts of the past finally catching up with her.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472274482 ISBN 13: 9781472274489
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For readers of GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, Deborah Levy or Olivia Laing, a heartfelt and beautifully written memoir about the experience of losing a father who put poetry before family every time.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472277856 ISBN 13: 9781472277855
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'It's simultaneously heart-breaking and uplifting, and I loved it' Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice'This heart-warming, uplifting story will make you want to call your own friends, not to mention grab some honey' Good Housekeeping\* A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick \* Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by BookRiot and the New York Post \*_________________________________________To the outside world Alice, Jake and Harry have little in common.Alice is a social outsider: reclusive, middle-aged, and with only 850,000 honeybees for company. Jake, following an accident at a high school party, is grappling with life in a wheelchair and dashed dreams of music school.And Harry is an aimless twenty-four-year-old suffering from debilitating social anxiety.But when Alice nearly crashes her pick-up truck, packed with thousands of honeybees, into Jake, the last thing she expects is to find that Jake has a gift: he can hear her bees' buzzing as a form of music. And when Harry also arrives at Alice's farm, looking for work, it is the beginning of this trio's unlikely friendship. All seems right with their world - until the buzzing stops. . .Now, these friends must unite to defend their bees.Set in the gorgeous, sprawling countryside of the Pacific Northwest, Eileen Garvin's THE MUSIC OF BEES is about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places, and the families we choose for ourselves. Heart-warming, inspirational and redemptive, it is perfect for fans of THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS and Rachel Joyce._________________________________________Praise for The Music of Bees. . .'Genuinely touching'Publishers Weekly'A hopeful, heart-warming, uplifting story about the power of chosen family'Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is'An exquisite debut'People Magazine'A special treat for nature lovers, The Music of Bees is full of warmth and hope and decency'Rebecca Hardiman, author of Good Eggs'The Music of Bees is an enchanting book of belonging, overcoming adversity and the journey to find a hive of one's own'Kira Jane Buxton, author of Hollow Kingdom'The Music of Bees sings!'Adriana Trigiani'A delightful book!'Netgalley Reviewer, 5 stars.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472292359 ISBN 13: 9781472292353
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twenty-first century, the me too movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words and how she brought empathy back to an entire generation'Searing. Powerful. Needed.' Oprah'I will never stop thinking about this book.' Glennon DoyleTarana didn't always have the courage to say me too. As a child, she reeled from her sexual assault, believing she was responsible. Unable to confess what she thought of as her own sins for fear of shattering her family, her soul split in two. One side was the bright, intellectually curious third generation Bronxite steeped in Black literature and power, and the other was the bad, shame ridden girl who thought of herself as a vile rule breaker, not of a victim. She tucked one away, hidden behind a wall of pain and anger, which seemed to work. until it didn't. Tarana fought to reunite her fractured soul, through organizing, pursuing justice, and finding community. In her debut memoir she shares her extensive work supporting and empowering Black and brown girls, and the devastating realisation that to truly help these girls she needed to help that scared, ashamed child still in her soul. Tarana has found that we can only offer empathy to others if we first offer it to ourselves. Unbound is the story of an inimitable woman's inner strength and perseverance, all in pursuit of bringing healing to her community and the world around her, but it is also a story of possibility, of empathy, of power, and of the leader we all have inside ourselves. In sharing her path toward healing and saying me too, Tarana reaches out a hand to help us all on our own journeys.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472258509 ISBN 13: 9781472258502
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Britannia simmers with tension under Roman rule. Even the army's finest men will have a tough fight on their hands . A stunning novel of courage, camaraderie and deadly enemies from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Centurion and The Emperor's Exile.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1787396428 ISBN 13: 9781787396425
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A brilliant and important book . Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time.Lincoln did not believe all men were created equal.The Aztecs were not slaughtered by the Spanish Conquistadors.And Churchill was not the man that people love to remember.In this fascinating new book, journalist and author Otto English takes ten great lies from history and shows how our present continues to be manipulated by the fabrications of the past.He looks at how so much of what we take to be historical fact is, in fact, fiction. From the myths of WW2 to the adventures of Columbus, and from the self-serving legends of 'great men' to the origins of curry - fake history is everywhere and used ever more to impact our modern world.Setting out to redress the balance, English tears apart the lies propagated by politicians and think tanks, the grand narratives spun by populists and the media, the stories on your friend's Facebook feed and the tales you were told in childhood. And, in doing so, reclaims the truth from those who have perverted it.Fake History exposes everything you weren't told in school and why you weren't taught it.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472268490 ISBN 13: 9781472268495
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 24 HOURS AFTER LEAVING HIS CELL HE WAS DEAD. CAN SHE FIND OUT WHY 'A rising star of Australian crime fiction.White's account of the murder investigation is gripping.' SUNDAY TIMES'S. R. White is the real deal.' CHRIS HAMMER, author of SCRUBLANDS.\*\*\* From THE AUSTRALIAN TOP TEN BESTSELLER\*\*\*When a man is found savagely 'crucified' amidst a murky swamp in northern Australia, detective Dana Russo and her team are called to a shocking scene. The victim is a convicted rapist, just released from prison, who years earlier committed an atrocious crime yards from where he was killed. Who murdered him - and why With several potential leads, the investigation quickly becomes more complex, and sinister, than anyone imagined. And Dana realises she'll have to confront her own troubled past to understand the true motives of the killer. A twisting, compelling and utterly haunting new novel from the international bestseller, perfect for fans of Jane Harper's THE DRY and Chris Hammer's SCRUBLANDS.Praise for S. R. White:'A taut, beautifully observed slow-burner with an explosive finish.' Peter May'Original, compelling and highly recommended.' Chris Hammer'A fascinating case'SUNDAY TIMES'It draws you in - and rewards with a truly powerful ending.' HEAT 'This slow-burn novel catches light' THE SUN'A dark and compulsive read' WOMAN & HOME.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472282051 ISBN 13: 9781472282057
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mark Clattenburg was the best football referee in the world. He was also the most controversial, making headlines throughout his career. But who is he, really This is his unique and incendiary story, a journey underpinned by conflict; but it is also a visceral portrait of what it's like to be in the referee's spotlight.In Whistle Blower, Clattenburg takes the reader into the referee's room, the players' tunnel and out on the pitch, revisiting the biggest matches and, for the first time, the various allegations that often saw him caught in the eye of a storm.Clattenburg's cards are firmly on the table, and he has not held back.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472281314 ISBN 13: 9781472281319
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Football changes everything. It changes how we feel, how we think, how we behave. It turns us into someone else.You love your team first. It's tribal. Except I did love something else. I loved the idea of commentating on my team, on every team. I loved it even more than my team. Like all true romances, it was irrational and intoxicating, it was tangled and foolish, it became addictive and occasionally heart-breaking and it kept on changing.Moments. Mere blinks of wide eyes. Football happens in heartbeats. Meeting those moments is my job. Seeing them, saying them, spelling out the difference they have just made. It's all I've ever wanted to do. Probably all I can do.Spending time in the company of the 'greats' of football like Sir Alex Ferguson, Bill Shankly, Brian Clough and Sir Kenny Dalglish has changed everything for me, and probably for you too.'an enjoyable and interesting journey through football' Donald McRae, The Guardian'Clive Tyldesley's brilliant, emotive commentaries became the soundtrack to matches that will stay with the fans for the rest of their lives' Oliver Holt, Mail on Sunday.
Verlag: Headline Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472281918 ISBN 13: 9781472281913
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know. Hesitate no longer; buy this book.' Suzannah Lipscomb, author, award-winning historian and broadcaster'Like all the best historians von Tunzelmann uses the past to explain what the hell is going on today. She does so with a flair, her signature mix of scholarship and succinctness that is so compelling. If you want to make sense of the statues debate, and the coming culture war over our history, this is where you need to start.' Dan Snow'A timely, sparkling and often hilarious book.' Michael WoodIn the past few years, there has been a rush to topple statues. Across the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Belgium and elsewhere, Black Lives Matter protesters defaced and in some cases hauled down statues of slaveholders, Confederate icons, and imperialists. In Bristol, Edward Colston was knocked off his plinth and hurled into the harbour. Robert E. Lee was covered in graffiti in Richmond, Virginia. Christopher Columbus was toppled in Minnesota, burned and thrown into a lake in Virginia, and beheaded in Massachusetts. King Leopold II of the Belgians was set on fire in Antwerp and doused in red paint in Ghent. Winston Churchill was daubed with the word 'racist' in London. The backlash from conservatives has been fast and intense.Statues are one of the most visible forms of historical storytelling, maybe the most visible. The stories we tell are vital to how we as societies understand our past and make our future. The ultimate question is: 'who controls history 'FALLEN IDOLS tells the story of twelve toppled statues around the world. It will look at why they were put up in the first place; the stories they were intended to tell; the symbolism they came to embody; and the manner and consequences of their removal.History is not erased when statues are pulled down. If anything, it is made.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472272374 ISBN 13: 9781472272379
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An easy storyteller, with a companionable style. His year in the forest is painterly in its attention to colours.his knowledge of birds is formidable' Herald Magazine 'Every foray Ansell makes into the New Forest yields captivating insights' Saga Magazine In the form of several journeys, taken over a year, Neil Ansell returns for solitary walks to the New Forest in Hampshire. With beautiful observations of birds, trees, butterflies, insects and landscape, this is also a reflective memoir on childhood, on the history of one of the most ancient and important natural habitats in the United Kingdom, and on the Gypsies who lived there for centuries. It is also part polemic on our collective and individual responsibility for the land and world in which we live, and how we care for it.'A wonderful guide.this is a delight of nature writing'Choice MagazinePrice/ISBN etcEbook and audio logos.
Verlag: Headline, Wildfire Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1472274180 ISBN 13: 9781472274182
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - If you're like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable. But in fact, your identity is constantly changing - often outside your conscious awareness and sometimes even against your wishes - to reflect the interests of the groups of which you're a part. And that fluid identity has a powerful influence over your feelings, beliefs, and behaviours.In THE POWER OF US, psychologists Packer and Van Bavel integrate their own cutting-edge research in psychology, neuroscience and economics to explain what identity really is and show how to harness its dynamic nature to:Increase our productivity - Improve physical and psychological health - Overcome our individual prejudice - Unlock our altruism - Break the political gridlock - Galvanize others to solve controversial global problemsAlong the way, they explain such seemingly unrelated phenomenon as why men cry at football games but not funerals, why the history of slavery in U.S. counties is one of the best predictors of current day racism, and why Canada keeps a national reserve of maple syrup. Packed with fascinating insights, vivid case studies, and pioneering research, THE POWER OF US will change the way you understand yourself - and those around you - forever.