Oneworld publications mär 2021 (10 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Guaranteed free of unicorns and princesses, it's fun, empowering fiction for 5-8 year olds.' David Nicholls, author ofOne Day'Every young girl should read this series!' Amanda Holden'I love this adventure! It's made me want to save the world, just like Katy, Cassie and Zia!' Annabel, age 6Join best friends Katy, Cassie and Zia on a series of amazing adventures as they work together to save the planet.Winter has arrived, and the girls decide to cosy up with a picnic in the North Pole. But to their surprise the Arctic Queen gives them a frosty reception.Before they can enjoy snowflake-shaped sandwiches and mountains of ice cream, they must first understand how important it is to protect the polar animals' habitat. But can they figure out how to stop the North Pole from melting. Woodbine, Anna (illustrator). …

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Barakat isn't writing about 'the immigrant'. She's writing about the human.' Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World BehindShortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation \* Longlisted for the DUBLIN Literary Award, 2022Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, a devastating story of displacement, war, and the unlikely glimmer of hope in the darkIn an unnamed country torn apart by war, six strangers are compelled to share their darkest secrets. Taking pen to paper, each attempts to put in writing what they can't bring themselves to say to the person they love - mother, father, brother, lost love. Their words form a chain of dark confessions, none of which reaches the intended recipient. But their consequences will ripple through other lives, affecting strangers in ways the writers could never have anticipated.Luminous and haunting, Voices of the Lost tells the moving story of characters living on the periphery, battling displacement, poverty, and the demons within themselves. From one of today's most talented Arabic writers, this is the story of lives intimately woven together in a society that is tearing itself apart. 'Hoda Barakat is one of Lebanon's greatest gifts to literature' Amy Bloom, author of White Houses.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating. It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world.'An authoritative and beautifully written account of the quest to understand quantum theory and the origin of space and time.' Professor Brian Cox Spanning the history of quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to the present day, Something Deeply Hidden is the essential guide to the most intriguing subject in science. Acclaimed physicist and writer Sean Carroll debunks the myths, resurrects and reinstates the Many-Worlds interpretation, and presents a new path towards solving the apparent conflict between quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity. In doing so, he fills a gap in the science that has existed for almost a century.A magisterial tour, Something Deeply Hidden encompasses the cosmological and everyday implications of quantum reality and multiple universes. And - finally - it all makes sense.\*\*\*'Carroll takes us by the hand and with a benign smile and a chatty style, leads us to a place where. at every instant an almost infinite number of copies of you are splitting off to live alternative lives. a wild conceptual ride.' The Sunday Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Like all great writers, Carroll has the remarkable ability of putting the reader utterly at ease with his lucid and addictive prose. He leads you so gently and comfortably into his quantum world that you quickly forget you are being given access to the most profound ideas about the nature of reality.' Jim Al-Khalili'Sean Carroll's immensely enjoyable Something Deeply Hidden brings readers face-to-face with the fundamental quantum weirdness of the universe - or should I say universes And by the end, you may catch yourself finding quantum weirdness not all that weird.' Jordan Ellenberg.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - FROM THE WOMEN'S PRIZE LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF NIGHTBLOOMA FEELGOOD DEBUT SET IN MODERN-DAY GHANA, ABOUT FASHION AND FINDING YOUR VOICE'Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily MailIn one of the most talked about and hilarious debuts of the year, Afi Tekple, a bright young seamstress from a small town in Ghana, is convinced by her family to marry a man she has never met.Elikem Ganyo is a wealthy businessman whose family has chosen Afi in the hope that she will distract him from a relationship with another woman they think is inappropriate.The fact that she doesn't know Elikem seems a small price to pay for a marriage that offers her family financial security and provides the key to a lifestyle she has always wanted. But when Afi arrives in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, she realises her fairy-tale ending might not be all she had hoped for.His Only Wife is a life-affirming, must-read novel about a young woman's search for independence in a man's world, and the rules she just might have to break along the way.ANOBSERVER,TIME MAGAZINE&NEW YORK TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020A REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK \* LONGLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I enjoyed everything about Damien Love's debut.' Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of the Alex Rider series'Hugely original, exciting debut novel. a fantastical but entirely believable world with scary killer robots oiled to perfection with automaton history, surprising characters and dry humour. Get hold of a copy, wind it up and let yourself go.' The Times'An effortless, atmospheric evocation of place and history combine in an unforgettable, immersive reading experience.' Guardian'This grandad and grandson adventure has all the hallmarks of a whopping kids' thriller.' The Big Issue, Kids' Books of the yearWhen twelve-year-old Alex receives an old tin robot in the post, the note from his grandfather simply reads: 'This one is special'. But as strange events start occurring around him, it doesn't take Alex long to suspect that the small toy is more than special; it might also be deadly.Just as things are getting out of hand, Alex's grandfather arrives, whisking him away from his otherwise humdrum life and into a world of strange, macabre magic. From Paris to Prague, they flee across snowy Europe in a quest to unravel the riddle of the little robot, and outwit relentless assassins of the human and mechanical kind. How does Alex's grandfather know them And can Alex safely harness the robot's power, or will it fall into the wrong, wicked hands. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this joyous introduction to the major debates in Western philosophy, we see how cartoons can shed light and humour on life's Big Questions. Topics such as gender, morality and the meaning of life are examined here with a razor wit and eye.Open this book (if it actually exists) and meet philosophers interrogating the world:De Beauvoir on a building site.Kant in a snowglobe.Machiavelli on a tennis court.This is philosophy as you've never seen it before.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating.It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world.'An authoritative and beautifully written account of the quest to understand quantum theory and the origin of space and time.' Professor Brian CoxSpanning the history of quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to the present day, Something Deeply Hidden is the essential guide to the most intriguing subject in science. Acclaimed physicist and writer Sean Carroll debunks the myths, resurrects and reinstates the Many-Worlds interpretation, and presents a new path towards solving the apparent conflict between quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity. In doing so, he fills a gap in the science that has existed for almost a century.A magisterial tour, Something Deeply Hidden encompasses the cosmological and everyday implications of quantum reality and multiple universes. And - finally - it all makes sense.\*\*\*'Carroll takes us by the hand and with a benign smile and a chatty style, leads us to a place where. at every instant an almost infinite number of copies of you are splitting off to live alternative lives. a wild conceptual ride.' The Sunday Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Like all great writers, Carroll has the remarkable ability of putting the reader utterly at ease with his lucid and addictive prose. He leads you so gently and comfortably into his quantum world that you quickly forget you are being given access to the most profound ideas about the nature of reality.' Jim Al-Khalili'Sean Carroll's immensely enjoyable Something Deeply Hidden brings readers face-to-face with the fundamental quantum weirdness of the universe - or should I say universes And by the end, you may catch yourself finding quantum weirdness not all that weird.' Jordan EllenbergPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (d. 656) was an early convert to Islam and the third successor to the Prophet Muhammad. As caliph he established the first Islamic navy, consolidated the text of the Qur'an, and expanded the Arab empire. His opponents, however, accused him of being corrupt and questioned his legitimacy.After twelve years 'Uthman's troubled caliphate ended in revolt. His death at the hands of rebels led to civil war and contributed to the eventual split between Sunni and Shi'i Islam. In this volume, Heather Keaney examines the life and legacy of the controversial caliph.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating.It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world.'An authoritative and beautifully written account of the quest to understand quantum theory and the origin of space and time.' Professor Brian CoxSpanning the history of quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to the present day, Something Deeply Hidden is the essential guide to the most intriguing subject in science. Acclaimed physicist and writer Sean Carroll debunks the myths, resurrects and reinstates the Many-Worlds interpretation, and presents a new path towards solving the apparent conflict between quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity. In doing so, he fills a gap in the science that has existed for almost a century.A magisterial tour, Something Deeply Hidden encompasses the cosmological and everyday implications of quantum reality and multiple universes. And - finally - it all makes sense.\*\*\*'Carroll takes us by the hand and with a benign smile and a chatty style, leads us to a place where. at every instant an almost infinite number of copies of you are splitting off to live alternative lives. a wild conceptual ride.' The Sunday Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Like all great writers, Carroll has the remarkable ability of putting the reader utterly at ease with his lucid and addictive prose. He leads you so gently and comfortably into his quantum world that you quickly forget you are being given access to the most profound ideas about the nature of reality.' Jim Al-Khalili'Sean Carroll's immensely enjoyable Something Deeply Hidden brings readers face-to-face with the fundamental quantum weirdness of the universe - or should I say universes And by the end, you may catch yourself finding quantum weirdness not all that weird.' Jordan Ellenberg Englisch.…