Oneworld publications jun 2017 (9 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Humans and dolphins have a unique bond. We know that dolphins are highly intelligent, intensely sociable beings who recognize their own reflections, introduce themselves by name, form close friendships, communicate constantly, feel despondent, rescue one another (and humans), deduce, infer, throw tantrums, gossip, joke, and scheme. Many who have swum with them describe the experience as life-changing. They are heralded as magical creatures, and yet we force them into starring roles at theme parks, trade them on the black market and put them to slaughter.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rosie Strange doesn't believe in ghosts or witches or magic. No, not at all. It's no surprise therefore when she inherits the ramshackle Essex Witch Museum, her first thought is to take the money and run. Still, the museum exerts a curious pull over Rosie. There's the eccentric academic who bustles in to demand she help in a hunt for old bones, those of the notorious Ursula Cadence, a witch long since put to death. And there's curator Sam Stone, a man about whom Rosie can't decide if he's tiresomely annoying or extremely captivating. It all adds up to looking like her plans to sell the museum might need to be delayed, just for a while. Finding herself and Sam embroiled in a most peculiar centuries-old mystery, Rosie is quickly expelled from her comfort zone, where to her horror, the secrets of the past come with their own real, and all too present, danger as a strange magic threatens to envelope them all. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama, Financial Times'The longer you stare at Beatty's pages, the smarter you'll get.' Guardian'The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I've read.' New York TimesA biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.Born in Dickens on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in his father's racially charged psychological studies. He is told that his father's work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a drive-by shooting, he discovers there never was a memoir. All that's left is a bill for a drive-through funeral.What's more, Dickens has literally been wiped off the map to save California from further embarrassment. Fuelled by despair, the narrator sets out to right this wrong with the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school, which lands him in the Supreme Court.In his trademark absurdist style, which has the uncanny ability to make readers want to both laugh and cry, The Sellout is an outrageous and outrageously entertaining indictment of our time.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From a brilliant new literary talent comes a sweeping comic portrait of privilege, ambition and friendship -dubbed 'the first great millennial novel' byNew York Magazine.'A brilliant novel - whip smart, hilarious and entirely engrossing' Emma Cline, author ofThe Girls'Tulathimutte is a big talent' Jonathan Franzen, author of Purity'An eloquent social novel bristling with logic' Nell Zink,Financial Times, Best Summer Books of 2016'Tulathimutte is a pervert and a madman and a stone-cold genius' Carmen Maria Machado, author ofIn the Dream House'Tulathimutte is utterly inimitable.'Raven Leilani, author ofLuster'Tulathimutte, undoubtedly one of the foremost fiction writers of his generation, is virtuosic, in the realm of the greats.' Jia Tolentino, author ofTrick MirrorCapturing the anxious, self-aware mood of young college grads in the noughties,Private Citizensembraces the contradictions of our new century. Call it a gleefully rude comedy of manners, a Middlemarchfor Millennials. The novel's four whip-smart narrators - idealistic Cory, Internet-lurking Will, awkward Henrik, and vicious Linda - are torn between fixing the world and cannibalizing it. In boisterous prose that ricochets between humour and pain, the four estranged friendsstagger through the Bay Area's maze of tech start-ups, protestors, gentrifiers, karaoke bars, house parties and cultish self-help seminars, washing up in each other's lives once again.A wise and searching depiction of a generation grappling with privilege and finding grace in failure,Private Citizensis as expansively intelligent as it is full of heart.\*A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 - SELECTED BY JONATHAN FRANZEN\*.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Science & Technology Book Prize'The most entertaining writer in science' - The Times, Books of the YearWar. Mention it and most of us think of history, of conflicts on foreign soil, of heroism and compromise, of strategy and weapons. But there's a whole other side to the gruesome business of the battlefield.In Grunt, the inimitable Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war. Setting about her task with infectious enthusiasm, she sniffs World War II stink bombs, tests earplugs in a simulated war zone and burns the midnight oil with the crew of a nuclear submarine. Speaking to the scientists and the soldiers, she learns about everything from life-changing medical procedures to innovations as esoteric as firing dead chickens at fighter jets. Engrossing, insightful and laugh-out-loud funny, this is an irresistible ride to the wilder shores of modern military life.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER FOR FANS OF THE BRIDGE \* Winner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel Winner of the Danish Debutant AwardWinner of the Harald Mogensen Prize for the best Danish crime novel A car is found on a deserted beach on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. On the back seat lies a cardboard box containing the body of a small boy buried in newspaper cuttings. No one knows his name, and there is no trace of a driver. The last thing an ailing tourist resort needs is a murder, and the police are desperate to close the case.The island is rife with rumours about the reclusive Erhard. Two decades of self-imposed exile from his wife and children have left him alienated and alone, whiling away his days in a drunken haze, driving an old taxi to get by. This unlikeliest of detectives determines to solve the crime himself - and he has nothing to lose. But how can one old man, cut off from the modern world, solve a murder whose dangerous web of deceit stretches far beyond the small island And what if the killer forces Erhard to confront his own long-buried past Winner of the prestigious Glass Key Award and an instant bestseller in Denmark, The Hermit is taking the international publishing world by storm. Acutely observed and psychologically penetrating, this is existential noir at its finest.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent) \* One of the New York Times' '100 Best Books of the 21st Century'A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD SATIRE ABOUT RACE, CLASS AND INEQUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, BYA LITERARY GENIUS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAMEWinner of the Man Booker Prize, 2016In his trademark absurdist style, Paul Beatty will make you laugh and cry in thisoutrageous- and outrageously entertaining- indictment of our time.Born in Dickens on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in his father's racially charged psychological studies. He is told that this work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a drive-by shooting, he discovers there never was a memoir. All that's left is a bill for a drive-thru funeral.What's more, Dickens has literally been wiped off the map to save California from further embarrassment. Fuelled by despair, the narrator sets out to right this wrong with the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school. The results will take him from Dickens to the Supreme Court, in the trial of the century.'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama,Financial Times'The longer you stare at Beatty's pages, the smarter you'll get.'Guardian'The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I've read.'New York TimesPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 288 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A humorous and humbling investigation into the true worth of knowledge, Poundstone highlights the surprising benefits of broadening your horizons, featuring exclusive surveys and data analysis.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent) \* One of the New York Times' '100 Best Books of the 21st Century'A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD SATIRE ABOUT RACE, CLASS AND INEQUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, BYA LITERARY GENIUS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAMEWinner of the Man Booker Prize, 2016In his trademark absurdist style, Paul Beatty will make you laugh and cry in thisoutrageous- and outrageously entertaining- indictment of our time.Born in Dickens on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in his father's racially charged psychological studies. He is told that this work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a drive-by shooting, he discovers there never was a memoir. All that's left is a bill for a drive-thru funeral.What's more, Dickens has literally been wiped off the map to save California from further embarrassment. Fuelled by despair, the narrator sets out to right this wrong with the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school. The results will take him from Dickens to the Supreme Court, in the trial of the century.'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama,Financial Times'The longer you stare at Beatty's pages, the smarter you'll get.'Guardian'The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I've read.'New York Times 288 pp. Englisch.…