Oneworld publications sep 2023 (15 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again. Magnificent.'Hannah Gold, bestselling author ofThe Last Bear'A dog's eye perspective that's so vivid you can almost taste the earthworms.'FT, YA Book of the Year'This visceral story of heartbreak and survival.has the memorable feel of a classic.'Guardian, Best children's and YA books of 2022Chernobyl, 1986. Natasha's world is coming to an end. Forced to evacuate her home in the middle of the night, she must leave her puppy behind and has no idea if she'll ever return. Some time later, growing up in the shadow of the ruined nuclear power plant, pups Misha and Bratan have to learn how to live in the wild-and fast. Creatures with sharp teeth, claws, and yellow eyes lurk in the overgrown woods. And they're watching the brothers' every move.But will the dogs survive without humans And can humans live without them.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A wonderful, eye-opening debut.' The TimesSurely you would like to be immortalised in art, fixed forever in perfection Sadler's Wells, 1933.I would kill to dance like her.Disciplined and dedicated, Olivia is the perfect ballerina. But no matter how hard she works, she can never match identical twin Clara's charm.I would kill to be with her.As rehearsals intensify for the balletCoppélia, the girls feel increasingly like they are being watched. And, as infatuation turns to obsession, everything begins to unravel.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A cracking read'Lorraine Kelly'Riveting'Sunday Telegraph'Behind every great interview is a great booker - Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news'Piers MorganSam McAlister is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, described as 'a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion'. She is many things beside: the first in her family to go to university; a trained barrister; a single mum; a master of persuasion. In her former BBC colleagues' words, she was the 'booker extraordinaire', responsible for many of Newsnight's exclusives over the past decade, including Stormy Daniels, Sean Spicer, Brigitte Höss, Steven Seagal, Mel Greig and Julian Assange.After twelve years producing content for Newsnight, McAlister reflects with candour on her experience, sharing not just the secrets of how the best news gets made, but also the changes to the BBC, the future of 'mainstream media' in the age of clickbait and the role of power and privilege in shaping our media landscape. Now a major motion picture featuring Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes and Rufus Sewell, Scoops is a backstage pass to the most unforgettable journalism of our times. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From #1New York Timesbestselling author Kendare Blake comes a new epic duology following a young woman's training to shepherd a princely hero to victory. Perfect for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Stephanie Garber.TO BE AN ARISTENE IS TO GIVE UP YOUR MORTAL LIFE AND TO BE GRANTED A NEW ONE.'I would follow Kendare Blake into any world she creates.'Amie Kaufman,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Isles of the GodsThe Aristene is a mythical order of female warriors. While heroes are the ones immortalized in legends, it's the Aristene who guide their paths to victory. They are the Heromakers.Reed - an orphan raised by the order - has always dreamed of taking her place beside her sisters-in-arms. To do that, she must help her first hero achieve glory on the battlefield.Nothing is going to stop Reed. Until, that is, she is assigned the fiery and infuriating Prince Hestion. As their alliance turns into something more, she starts to question the true cost of becoming an Aristene. With battle looming, Reed must make an impossible choice - her hero or her order.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A remarkably hopeful and useful book.The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we've come to take for granted.'Bill McKibben,Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. Whoever controls these finite commodities will become rich beyond imagining.Sanderson journeys to meet the characters, companies, and nations scrambling for the new resources, linking remote mines in the Congo and Chile's Atacama Desert to giant Chinese battery factories, shadowy commodity traders, secretive billionaires,a new generation of scientists attempting to solve the dilemma of a 'greener' world.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* An Oprah Daily Book of 2022 \*A blazing new story collection that will make you feel like the house is collapsing in on you, from the three-time International Booker Prize finalist, 'lead[ing] a vanguard of Latin American writers forging their own 21st-century canon.' -O, the Oprah magazineThe world of Samanta Schweblin's short stories is dark and destabilising. Here, home is not a place of safety but the site of hidden danger, silent menace, unspoken resentment. Picture-perfect doors and spotless windows conceal lives in disarray, slowly unraveling in the face of obsession and fear, jealousy and desire.Unsettling, exhilarating and fiercely original, these prizewinning stories expose raw and uncomfortable truths about the people and places we think will keep us safe, and ask what happens when that promise proves empty.'Darker and more tinged with terrorthan her breakthrough novel,Fever Dream, this is Schweblin at her sharpest and most ferocious.' New York Times Book Review.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why exactly is the Earth round How is it that boomerangs can turn in mid-air And why do cats always land on their feet It's time to stop thinking in straight lines.'A wonderfully fascinating book with answers to so many everyday questions you never knew you needed to know.'Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff MattersFrom the solar system to spinning tops; hurricanes to hula hoops; powerplants to pendulums, one mysterious force shapes almost every aspect of our lives. A force which, despite its ubiquity, continues to confound, baffle and surprise.Artfully moving between astrophysics and anthropology, The Science of Spin provides a sweeping journey through space and time, from the creation of the Earth to the advent of the 'fidget spinner'. Charting the development of engineering and technology from the earliest prehistoric drills to the turbine engine, critically acclaimed author and scientist Roland Ennos presents a riveting account of human ingenuity and the seemingly infinite ways spin affects our daily lives.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'A remarkably hopeful and useful book.The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we've come to take for granted.'Bill McKibben,Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. Whoever controls these finite commodities will become rich beyond imagining.Sanderson journeys to meet the characters, companies, and nations scrambling for the new resources, linking remote mines in the Congo and Chile's Atacama Desert to giant Chinese battery factories, shadowy commodity traders, secretive billionaires,a new generation of scientists attempting to solve the dilemma of a 'greener' world.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The challenges we face are enormous. But wecan still secure a positive future for our planet, and for everyone on it.In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill persuasively argues for longtermism, the idea that positively influencing the distant future is a moral priority of our time. It isn't enough to mitigate climate change or avert the next pandemic. We can ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; cultivate value pluralism; and prepare for a planet where the most sophisticated beings are digital and not human.'Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic, this is the most inspiring book on 'ethical living' I've ever read.' Oliver Burkeman,Guardian'A monumental event.' Rutger Bregman, author ofHumankind'A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination. To be simultaneously so realistic and so optimistic, and always so damn readable. well that is a miracle for which he should be greatly applauded.'Stephen FryPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -\* An Oprah Daily Book of 2022 \*Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 190 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2025'The work of a lifetime, a forensic, fair-minded examination of the Hussein-McMahon correspondencethat exposes how the British government broke its promises to the people of Palestine.' The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the YearThis is the untold story of Britain's role in the Israel-Palestine conflict.During the First World War, the British High Commissioner in Egypt reached a secret agreement with the Sharif of Mecca. If the Sharif allied with Britain against the Ottomans, after the war an independent Arab state that included Palestine would be established. The Sharif kept his word. The British did not. Instead, two years later Lloyd George's government declared that Palestine would be for the global Jewish community.Through meticulous analysis of official records and private papers, Peter Shambrook exposes how Britain came to betray the Arabs. He debunks the myth that Palestine was never part of the lands guaranteed to the Sharif and details the attempts of successive British governments to prevent the truth from ever becoming public.For anyone interested in the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is a must-read.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again. Magnificent.'Hannah Gold, bestselling author ofThe Last Bear'A dog's eye perspective that's so vivid you can almost taste the earthworms.'FT, YA Book of the Year'This visceral story of heartbreak and survival.has the memorable feel of a classic.'Guardian, Best children's and YA books of 2022Chernobyl, 1986. Natasha's world is coming to an end. Forced to evacuate her home in the middle of the night, she must leave her puppy behind and has no idea if she'll ever return. Some time later, growing up in the shadow of the ruined nuclear power plant, pups Misha and Bratan have to learn how to live in the wild-and fast. Creatures with sharp teeth, claws, and yellow eyes lurk in the overgrown woods. And they're watching the brothers' every move.But will the dogs survive without humans And can humans live without them 320 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The challenges we face are enormous. But wecan still secure a positive future for our planet, and for everyone on it.In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill persuasively argues for longtermism, the idea that positively influencing the distant future is a moral priority of our time. It isn't enough to mitigate climate change or avert the next pandemic. We can ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; cultivate value pluralism; and prepare for a planet where the most sophisticated beings are digital and not human.'Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic, this is the most inspiring book on 'ethical living' I've ever read.' Oliver Burkeman,Guardian'A monumental event.' Rutger Bregman, author ofHumankind'A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination. To be simultaneously so realistic and so optimistic, and always so damn readable. well that is a miracle for which he should be greatly applauded.'Stephen Fry Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'A remarkably hopeful and useful book.The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we've come to take for granted.'Bill McKibben,Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. Whoever controls these finite commodities will become rich beyond imagining.Sanderson journeys to meet the characters, companies, and nations scrambling for the new resources, linking remote mines in the Congo and Chile's Atacama Desert to giant Chinese battery factories, shadowy commodity traders, secretive billionaires,a new generation of scientists attempting to solve the dilemma of a 'greener' world. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -\* An Oprah Daily Book of 2022 \*A blazing new story collection that will make you feel like the house is collapsing in on you, from the three-time International Booker Prize finalist, 'lead[ing] a vanguard of Latin American writers forging their own 21st-century canon.' -O, the Oprah magazineThe world of Samanta Schweblin's short stories is dark and destabilising. Here, home is not a place of safety but the site of hidden danger, silent menace, unspoken resentment. Picture-perfect doors and spotless windows conceal lives in disarray, slowly unraveling in the face of obsession and fear, jealousy and desire.Unsettling, exhilarating and fiercely original, these prizewinning stories expose raw and uncomfortable truths about the people and places we think will keep us safe, and ask what happens when that promise proves empty.'Darker and more tinged with terrorthan her breakthrough novel,Fever Dream, this is Schweblin at her sharpest and most ferocious.' New York Times Book Review 190 pp. Englisch.…