Oneworld publications aug 2025 (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In a creaky old house on a small, damp island, someone - or something - is waiting.ASunday TimesChildren's Book of the Week'Thrillingly scary and impossible to put down. Don't read it alone!' Jonathan Stroud, author ofLockwood & CoA grieving family. A decaying house. A babysitter with a monstrous secret. Nothing on Gloam Island is quite what it seems.Gwen doesn't need anyone to help her look after her younger siblings. And she isn't fooled by the beautiful babysitter with the hungry eyes and sharp teeth. But everyone else is. So if Gwen wants Esme Laverne gone, she'll have to handle it herself.As Esme's power grows, Gwen must embrace her deepest fears before she can defeat the monster in her home for good.Because as everyone knows, it's impossible to be brave unless you're already afraid. Ben Joel Price (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winter Moon dreams of escape. Each night, she counts her earnings, longing for the day she's saved enough to disappear. But when her money is stolen, Winter has no choice but to make a deal with her estranged father: she agrees to spend time with him for money.It isn't easy reconnecting with the man who's been absent for most of her life. Especially when Winter uncovers a devastating secret he's been hiding.Her only comfort is Joon, the new boy at school who sees her in ways no one else does. Winter knows broken things can't always be fixed. But can they be pieced back together in a way that feels whole again.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Three murder scenes; two causes of death; one body. It is a case that would challenge Domenic Jejeune even under the best of circumstances. But his DCS's temporary absence means that Jejeune must work under Marvin Laraby, an ex-superior with whom he has a particularly fractious history. Jejeune and Laraby will need to combine their skills to discover why a ruthless land contractor would want to invest in new bird migration software, and what possible interest the death of a birding app developer could be to the British intelligence services. With the appearance of Lindy's ex-boyfriend disrupting Jejeune's private life, and Danny Maik dealing with divided loyalties, is this the case that finally defeats Domenic Jejeune.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A melodic odyssey through the interwoven worlds of music, physics and mathematicsFrom the earliest of civilisations, humans have found ways to make music, whether through makeshift drums or artfully drilled bone flutes. But how did music - effectively little more than a series of certain tones and rhythms- become so integral to the human experience Untangling the curious links between notes and number, musical perception, psychology and physics, David Darling examines the fascinating science behind music, from its Palaeolithic origins to the present.Revealing surprising connections and busting pervasive myths, A Perfect Harmony asks:- Why do musicians tend to be better at maths than non-musicians - Why do we find some pieces sad and others happy - Will playing Mozart to babies predispose them to genius - Could an AI write the perfect symphony.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A poignant story of love and regret, from a master of contemporary Irish fictionAn Irish Times, RTÉ Culture and Big Issue Book of the Year for 2025\* 'David Park is one of Ireland's great novelists.' Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments \*For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bound by the ghosts of their pastWhen George Allenby is put in charge of building a lake in the grounds of an imposing Irish manor house, he intends to do the job as swiftly as possible and return to Belfast. Allenby is still wrestling with his time as an officer during the First World War, burdened by the many things he could have done differently.Almost a century later, Alex and Ellie are preparing for their wedding, sparing no expense to hire a venue overlooking the very lake Allenby built all those years ago.Like Allenby before him, Alex is haunted by decisions he made in the past. Now, with the wedding drawing ever closer, he is at a crossroads. Telling the truth might free him from his guilt; it might also take away everything he cares about, including Ellie. In this masterful portrait of love and betrayal, David Park reveals the many ways the past seeps into the present: destructive, formidable, but also hopeful, in the moments of fragile beauty that remain. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first major account of HS2 - and how it went so wrong'A jaunty account of a monumental cock-up. Makes the unbelievable readable.' Sir Michael Palin'High-Speed 2' was to be the crown jewel of British rail. The first intercity railway built north of London in over a century, it would connect London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, bridging the North-South divide and propelling Britain's infrastructure into the twenty-first century.Dogged by mismanagement, overspending and incompetence, HS2 has collapsed. What remains is a bleeding stump between Birmingham and the outskirts of London - Euston, the central London terminus, still seemingly unreachable. All of this has cost taxpayers tens of billions.Sally Gimson meets with the politicians, engineers and ordinary people affected by the failure of HS2. Travelling from demolished council estates in Camden to ghost towns along the now cancelled Northern branch, Off the Rails provides a forensic examination of how a vital social project imploded.\*\*\*'Deeply researched.' Daily Telegraph, ¿¿¿¿'Forensic, gripping.' Sir Ivor Crewe'Penetrating, fair and ultimately furious.'Financial Times.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In a creaky old house on a small, damp island, someone - or something - is waiting.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 242 pp. Englisch. Ben Joel Price (illustrator).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In a creaky old house on a small, damp island, someone - or something - is waiting.ASunday TimesChildren's Book of the Week'Thrillingly scary and impossible to put down. Don't read it alone!' Jonathan Stroud, author ofLockwood & CoA grieving family. A decaying house. A babysitter with a monstrous secret. Nothing on Gloam Island is quite what it seems.Gwen doesn't need anyone to help her look after her younger siblings. And she isn't fooled by the beautiful babysitter with the hungry eyes and sharp teeth. But everyone else is. So if Gwen wants Esme Laverne gone, she'll have to handle it herself.As Esme's power grows, Gwen must embrace her deepest fears before she can defeat the monster in her home for good.Because as everyone knows, it's impossible to be brave unless you're already afraid. 242 pp. Englisch. Ben Joel Price (illustrator).…