Knopf doubleday publishing group jun 2018 (11 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE From the internationally bestselling author of The Director, an eerie and supernatural tale of a writer's emotional collapse"Mind-bending. . . . Part horror, part science fiction." The New York Times Book Review'This is a story about a marriage in trouble, and about a seemingly impossible desire to protect a young child . . . but also about something else, something unavoidable and powerful but terrifyingly vague." The Spectator"Clever, exquisitely terrifying. . . . [Kehlmann] makes entertainment out of metaphysics." Harper's MagazineA screenwriter, his wife, and their four-year old daughter rent a house in the mountains of Germany, but something isn't right. As he toils on a sequel to his most successful movie, the screenwriter notices that rooms aren't where he remembers themand finds in his notebook words that are not his own.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - AKirkusBest Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2017A PopsugarBest Book of the YearFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes an epic new thriller about a race of ageless automatons who have been hiding among us for untold centuries.In the depths of the Kremlin in 1725, the tsar s loyal mechanician brings to life two astonishingly humanlike mechanical beings. Peter and Elena are a brother and sister possessed with uncanny power and destined to fight an ancient war. When June Stefanov, a young anthropologist specializing in ancient technology, uncovers a terrible secret concealed in the workings of a three-hundred-year-old mechanical doll, she finds herself in the middle of the hidden war that has raged for centuries. As June plunges deeper into their world, her choices will ultimately determine their fate. The Clockwork Dynasty interweaves past and present, exploring a race of beings designed to live by ironclad principles, yet constantly searching for meaning. Richly-imagined and heart-pounding, Daniel H. Wilson s novel combines exquisitely drawn characters with visionary technology and riveting action.; Ausgezeichnet: Alex Award - YALSA, 2018.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Entertainment Weekly Best Debut Novels 2017A wildly entertaining debut about a Brooklyn Heights wife and mother who has embezzled a small fortune from her children's private school and makes a run for it, leaving behind her trust fund poet husband, his maybe-secret lover, her two daughters, and a school board who will do anything to find her. Marion Palm prefers not to think of herself as a thief but rather 'a woman who embezzles.' Over the years she has managed to steal $180,000 from her children's private school, money that has paid for European vacations, a Sub-Zero refrigerator they had to have, and state-of-the-art exercise equipment, gathering dust. When the school faces an audit, Marion pulls piles of rubber-banded cash from her basement and runs. Leaving her husband and two daughters to grapple with the consequences of her crime, and the mother-shaped hole in their house, Marion is on the lam, hiding in plain sight. Brilliantly skewering the mores of a status-obsessed society, and perfectly capturing the spirit of bourgeois Brooklyn Heights, this wildly entertaining debut novel features a "bad mom" you can't help but love.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A TODAY Show PickA love story, a fantasy, and a coming-of-age story, Gork the Teenage Dragon is a wildly comic, beautifully imagined, and deeply heartfelt novel that shows us just how human a dragon can be."Charming and wildly imaginative."BuzzFeed"The fun is in the gonzo, sci-fi fantasy details. . . Hudson seems to be taking cues from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novelsand Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with perhaps a smattering of Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Campbell and Mark Twain."San Francisco Chronicle Gork is the nerdiest dragon at WarWings Military Academy. He has a giant heart and tiny horns. His nickname is Weak Sauce.Today before his high school graduation, he must ask a female dragon to be his queen. The result is a rollicking quest for true love on the most madcap day ever known to a high school senior dragon or otherwise. Along the way, Gork gets help from his best friend Fribby, a fierce female robot dragon who is brilliant, snarky, and totally obsessed with death; and Athenos II, his sentient spaceship who carries a shocking secret from his childhood. Ultimately, Gork will have to lock horns with his evil grandfather, Dr. Terrible. Can a quest for true love make a hero out of a dragon.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the award-winning poet: a powerful collection that explores the biblical past and the terrifying politics of the present, the legacy of fathers and the flawed kingdoms they leave their sons. Now in paperback.In 'Ben Adan,' a stunning poem in the opening sequence of the collection, we witness the drama between a captor and the prisoner commanded to dig his own grave ('perhaps in a moment / he will lift me up / and hold me trembling, / more scared than I / and more relieved'). 'After a Bombing' examines children's drawings as deep symbolic reactions to 9/11. The subtly majestic 'Lament for the Makers of Brooklyn' builds the poignant case for a lost world: 'Where is Policastro the locksmith now ' the poet asks. 'Half-blind, he wore two pairs of glasses / held together by duct tape, / . . . / afterward the key turned / for you but not for me.' In exploring the small empires of human conflict, which expand in all directions, Nurkse is attuned to the scraps of beauty or insight that marginal characters and corners of the world might offer up in the midst of moral darkness. With The Border Kingdom, he has given us a collection unfailingly rich in imagery, undaunted in subject and spirit.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the magnificent third installment of the internationally bestsellingBäckström series, the irascible detective becomes entangled in an investigation withincrediblystrange ties to Tsar Nicholas II, Winston Churchill, and Vladimir Putin. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original.Murder isn't often good news. But when DS Evert B?ckström is told that Thomas Erikssona mafia lawyer and renowned defender of the guiltyhas been killed, he can't help but celebrate, perhaps with a little vodka. Bäckström's good mood is spoiled, however, when he's assigned to the frustrating case, as narrowing down the list of people who wanted Eriksson dead is almost impossible. It's miles long! Fortunately, B?ckström has spent years cultivating a group of questionable acquaintances and shady associates who will prove invaluable in solving the crimeas long as his colleagues don't find out about these illicit connections, or that B?ckström owes them a few favors. But even the dirtiest cop couldn't have predicted that this trail would lead to a priceless Fabergé music box created for Tsar Nicholas II, with a history as notorious as it is singular.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A GMA SUMMER MUST-READ! From the bestselling authors of The Knockoff, an outrageously funny novel about one woman's attemptthrough clay diets, naked yoga, green juice, and cultish workout classesto win back her career, save her best friend, and lose thirty pounds.'When Janey Sweet navigates topless yoga and ruthless cycling classes in Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza's satire, she realizes she's better off without the green juice.'Us Weekly When Janey Sweet, CEO of a couture wedding gown company, is photographed in the front row of a fashion show eating a bruffin--the delicious love child of a brioche and a muffin--her best friend and business partner gives her an ultimatum: lose thirty pounds or lose your job. Sure, Janey has gained some weight since her divorce, and no, her beautifully cut trousers don't fit like they used to, so Janey throws herself headlong into the world of the fitness revolution, signing up for a shockingly expensive workout pass, baring it all for Free the Nipple yoga, and spinning to the screams of a Lycra-clad instructor with rage issues. As Janey eschews carbs, pays thousands of dollars to wellness gurus, and is harassed by her very own fitness bracelet, she can't help but wonder: Did she really need to lose weight in the first place.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WORLD FANTASY AWARD FINALISTLOCUS AWARD FINALISTNEBULA AWARD FINALISTONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROnce they were The Amazing Telemachus Family, performers blessed with clairvoyance, telekinesis, and other psychic abilities. But then a tragic event took the magic away, and the powers that briefly made them stars of daytime TV suddenly seem more like a curse. Since their fall from grace they've been trying to lead normal lives back home in Chicago, but there's no such thing as normal for the Telemachuses. When the CIA, the mafia, and an unrelenting skeptic come calling, the family is forced to put their past behind them and unite one more time. But will it be enough to make them amazing again.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series continues with this 'engrossing' novel (USA Today) as brilliant hacker Lisbeth Salander teams up with journalist Mikael Blomkvist to uncover the secrets of her childhood and take revenge. - Also known as the Millennium series Lisbeth Salander--obstinate outsider, volatile seeker of justice for herself and others--seizes on a chance to unearth her mysterious past once and for all. And she will let nothing stop her--not the Islamists she enrages by rescuing a young woman from their brutality; not the prison gang leader who passes a death sentence on her; not the deadly reach of her long-lost twin sister, Camilla; and not the people who will do anything to keep buried knowledge of a sinister pseudoscientific experiment known only as The Registry. Once again, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist are the fierce heart of a thrilling full-tilt novel that takes on some of the world's most insidious problems. Look for the latest book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons, coming soon.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ONE OF THE10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR THENEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWWINNER OF THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZEOne of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, GQ, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLERTommy Orange s groundbreaking, extraordinary (The New York Times) There There is the brilliant, propulsive (People Magazine) story of twelve unforgettable characters, Urban Indians living in Oakland, California, who converge and collide on one fateful day. It s the year s most galvanizing debut novel (Entertainment Weekly). As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle s death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle s memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will to perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss. There There is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. It s masterful . . . white-hot . . . devastating (The Washington Post) at the same time as it is fierce, funny, suspenseful, thoroughly modern, and impossible to put down. Here is a voice we have never heard a voice full of poetry and rage, exploding onto the page with urgency and force. Tommy Orange has written a stunning novel that grapples with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and profound spirituality, and with a plague of addiction, abuse, and suicide. This is the book that everyone is talking about right now, and it s destined to be a classic. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Now in paperback, the stunning lifework of this beloved prize-winning poet, gathered in one volume, covering sixty years of poetry, from 1956 to 2016.This celebratory volume covers nearly all of Marie Ponsot's published work, from True Minds (published in 1956 as number five in the famous Pocket Poets series from City Lights press) through Easy (2009), her most recent collection; and it also includes some work written in the years since. Here is the lyrical joy, the full range of Ponsot's gift for constructing the pleasures and pains of a riddle that the music and wit of her language solve just in the nick of time, in the 'hand-span skill' that is the poem. Notable in this collection is the astonishing accomplishment of Ponsot's sonnets: the traditional form in varieties we've never seen in one book before. Open these pages anywhere to experience 'language as the primitive dialect of our human race,' as she has described it--to gratefully enter a state that is 'what poetry hopes of us and for us: enraptured attention.'.…