Oneworld publications sep 2024 (24 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rani and Nani are back and ready for action in the second book in the Rani Reports series. Perfect for fans of Anisha Accidental Detective and Planet Omar.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An unputdownable tale of obsession, jealousy and heartache against the backdrop of WW2May 1945 and at long last, Rosamund Caradon is feeling optimistic. As she returns the last few evacuees to London from her Devonshire manor, she vows to protect dance-obsessed daughter Jasmine from further peril.But a chance meeting with a Sadler's Wells ballet dancer changes everything.When the beautiful, elusive Briar Woods bursts into Rosamund's train carriage, it's clear her sights are set on the immediately captivated Jasmine. And Rosamund cannot shake the eerie feeling this accidental encounter is not what it seems.For Briar may be far away from the pointe shoes and greasepaint of the Sleeping Beauty ballet that is so much a part of her, but her performance for Rosamund might just be her most successful yet.This, Briar feels, is a show for a mother and daughter. A dance that could turn deadly.One of Lucy Popescu's Books to Look Forward to in 2024 in Camden New Journal.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Fascinating, magisterially researched, and brilliantly written.' Steve Silberman, author of NeurotribesThirty-two days underground. No heat. No sunlight.4 June 1938. Nathaniel Kleitman and his research student make their way down the seventy-one steps leading to the mouth of Mammoth Cave. They are about to embark on one of the most intrepid and bizarre experiments in medical history, one which will change our understanding of sleep forever. Undisturbed by natural light, they will investigate what happens when you overturn one of the fundamental rhythms of the human body. Together, they enter the darkness.When Kleitman first arrived in New York, a penniless twenty-year-old refugee, few would have guessed that in just a few decades he would revolutionise the field of sleep science. In Mapping the Darkness, Kenneth Miller weaves science and history to tell the story of the outsider scientists who took sleep science from the fringes to a mainstream obsession. Reliving the spectacular experiments, technological innovation, imaginative leaps and single-minded commitment of these early pioneers, Miller provides a tantalising glimpse into the most mysterious third of our lives.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes the deliciously dark, enemies to lovers fairy tale retelling readers have been waiting for!'A candle-lit journey of love, sacrifice and becoming.' Kiyash Monsef, bestselling author of Once There WasWhen death calls, she must answer.Hazel has always known she was different from her siblings. A thirteenth child, she was promised at birth to Merrick, the god of death.Under his care, Hazel learns the art - and magic - of healing. Word of her extraordinary gift spreads throughout the kingdom. But all gifts come with a price. When Death claims a soul for himself, it is Hazel who must end their suffering. permanently.Soon, destiny brings her to the royal court where she meets Leopold, an infuriatingly alluring prince with a disdain for everything and everyone. Here, Hazel faces her biggest dilemma yet: to carry out her duties or follow the urges of her own heart. Can she go against the will of Death himself to save someone who is marked to die Readers have been enchanted by The Thirteenth Child:'I would give this 13 stars if I could. Put this on your best of 2024 lists now' 'You know when you start a book and you realise that this story will be with you for the rest of your life ' 'I just finished reading this and I don't know what to do with myself' 'A story of gods, love, choosing between what is destined and what is right. I fell in love with every page of this book' 'The ending shredded my heart.beautiful' '\*chef's kiss\*. a BIG twist that I did not see coming at all' 'Darkly gothic and deliciously unsettling, this fantasy is one to stay cosy with and get lost in' 'SO SO SAD BUT SO SO GOOD. '.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'No one writes about food like Ruth Reichl. I consider her essential nourishment.' NIGELLA LAWSONRipping open the envelope, she read Celia's last words to her. There was just one line written on the paper: 'Go to Paris.'The last word anyone would use to describe Stella St. Vincent is adventurous. She's perfectly comfortable with the familiar, strict routines of her life as a copyeditor in New York. Or at least, she is until she receives a mysterious note from her late mother and a one-way plane ticket to Paris. Alone and overwhelmed in a foreign city, Stella avoids new people and ventures out as little as possible. But then she meets Jules, an octogenarian art collector with very different ideas about how she should spend her time in the French capital. And to start with, there's a vintage Dior dress with her name on it. Somewhere between the cramped shelves of Shakespeare and Company bookshop, the crisp tablecloths of the Brasserie Les Deux Magots and a pile of discarded paintings at a busy flea market, long-buried truths about Stella's own past begin to emerge. Soon she starts to wonder if there might not have been more to her mother's suggestion than she first suspected.'Ruth Reichl is one of our greatest storytellers. No one writes as warmly and engagingly about the all-important intersection of food, life, love, and loss.' ALICE WATERS.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Chelsea Bieker breathes thrilling, risky energy into the familiar trope of the madwoman. A well-paced and absorbing page-turner.' New York TimesCLOVE HAS BUILT HER DREAM LIFE. IT'S ABOUT TO COME CRASHING DOWN.Everything appears to be going pretty well for Clove. She's built a stable family home in Portland, she has a handsome husband who encourages her to pursue her dream of writing, and her two kids are pretty adorable. Sure, she dabbles in a low-level shopping addiction and is racking up a not-so-funny amount of credit card debt, but who doesn't have a vice or two But when a letter arrives from a women's prison in California, Clove's past comes hurtling into her new life. Soon, she is caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse as she desperately tries to outrun her worst experiences. Raw and hilarious, Madwoman is a story about resilience, courage, and one woman's refusal to be defined by a past she would rather forget. 'A truly stunning read - this is my book of the year.' Ella Berman A Time Magazine 'Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2024'. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Magic and sacrifice collide as lovers and gods, enemies and allies vie for the fate of the world in this heart pounding sequel to The Isles of the Gods.When SELLY and LEANDER began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain's daughter and the playboy prince were strangers. But amid talk of war and a deadly attack on their ship, the unthinkable happened. They fell in love.Leander's ritual at the island temple was meant to prevent a war between the gods. Instead, it nearly cost him his life and drew the goddess Barrica back from exile. Now, as her Messenger, Leander is imbued with her deadly magic and only Selly's presence can stop it from consuming him. But Barrica wasn't the only immortal roused from sleep. The God of Risk, Macean, was awakened by an enemy all thought dead, and across the sea he's calling for war.The fight to save their world will take Selly and Leander from the gilded ballroom of the royal palace to the hallowed halls of an ancient library. Battle lines will be drawn and bonds will break. With the wrath of gods and the machinations of power-hungry rulers straining their loyalties, can their love withstand the trials that await them.…

Taschenbuch. 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. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Chelsea Bieker breathesthrilling, risky energyinto the familiar trope of the madwoman.A well-paced and absorbing page-turner.'New York TimesCLOVE HAS BUILT HER DREAM LIFE. IT'S ABOUT TO COME CRASHING DOWN.Everything appears to be going pretty well for Clove. She's built a stable family home in Portland, she has a handsome husband who encourages her to pursue her dream of writing, and her two kids are pretty adorable. Sure, she dabbles in a low-level shopping addiction and is racking up a not-so-funny amount of credit card debt, but who doesn't have a vice or two But when a letter arrives from a women's prison in California, Clove's past comes hurtling into her new life. Soon, she is caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse as she desperately tries to outrun her worst experiences.Raw and hilarious, Madwoman is a story about resilience, courage, and one woman's refusal to be defined by a past she would rather forget.'A truly stunning read- this is my book of the year.' Ella BermanA Time Magazine 'Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2024'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The true story of the thrill-seekers, map-makers, soldiers, occultists, artists and porters who paved the way for modern mountaineering.WINNER OF THE 2025 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY'A beautifully written and sure-footed history of mountaineering 'before Everest', full of wonderful stories and spanning continents and centuries. A splendid debut.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes, author of ShackletonBeautiful, remote and dangerous - for generations we have looked to the mountains in awe. Yet, for most, that is where the fascination ends. For a rare few, however, the allure of the peaks proved irresistible.There are the devout Incan priests who, scaling the Andes' icy slopes to pay tribute to each mountain's 'Great Lord', travelled higher than any European would for centuries. The Gurkha riflemen who joined their commanders in canvassing the Karakoram, admiring the distant summits of Broad Peak and K2 with gleeful anticipation. The tweed-clad mountaineers who made the first serious assaults on Everest, hauling yards upon yards of battered rope through the cold.Tracing the world altitude record from the ashy slopes of the sacred volcano Llullaillaco to the icy crags and crevasses of the Karakoram, Daniel Light takes a panoramic journey through the storied history of mountaineering before Everest. Joining a cast of colourful characters, The White Ladder offers an ode to mountains' capacity to enthral, and the fundamental human drive to climb higher and higher.\*\*\*'Thrilling. Daniel Light delivers stories that are poetic, spiritual and astonishing in their courage and drive.' Sonia Purnell, author of A Woman of No Importance'Daniel Light guides the reader through a mountain-scape that stretches from the Alps to the Himalaya. with the sure footing of a serious student of climbing history, and the élan of a skilled storyteller. This is a book to curl up with on a cold dark night in a comfortable armchair before a bright fire.' Maurice Isserman, co-author of Fallen Giants'Wonderful. a massive story with an enormous cast of characters, among them some of the most compelling figures of mountaineering history.' Wade Davis, author of Into the Silence.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The brain weighs just three and a half pounds, but it governs every aspect of our lives.ANECONOMISTBOOK OF THE YEAR'A fascinating and wide-ranging account of what neurosurgery is really about - the past, present and future.' Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmSince its inception in the early twentieth century, brain surgery has maintained an air of mystery. As the saying 'it's not exactly brain surgery' suggests, the specialty has become synonymous with a level of complexity and meticulousness rivalled only by, well, rocket science.Warm, rigorous and deeply insightful, neurosurgeon Theodore Schwartz reveals what it's really like to get inside someone's head - where every second can mean the difference between life or death. Drawing from Schwartz's experience in one of New York's busiest hospitals, Gray Matters explores the short but storied history of brain surgery. From the dark days of the lobotomy to the latest research into the long-term effects of contact sports on athletes' cerebral health, Schwartz unfolds the fascinating story of how we came to understand this extraordinary, three-pound organ, which not only keeps us alive, but makes us who we are.'Fascinating. Schwartz's way with words is as skilful as his wielding of microscissors.' Mail on Sunday.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the author of House of Salt and Sorrows comesthe deliciously dark, enemies to lovers fairy tale retelling readers have been waiting for!'A candle-lit journey of love, sacrifice and becoming.'Kiyash Monsef, bestselling author ofOnce There WasWhen death calls, she must answer.Hazel has always known she was different from her siblings. A thirteenth child, she was promised at birth to Merrick, the god of death.Under his care, Hazel learns the art - and magic - of healing. Word of her extraordinary gift spreads throughout the kingdom. But all gifts come with a price. When Death claims a soul for himself, it is Hazel who must end their suffering. permanently.Soon, destiny brings her to the royal court where she meets Leopold, an infuriatingly alluring prince with a disdain for everything and everyone. Here, Hazel faces her biggest dilemma yet: to carry out her duties or follow the urges of her own heart. Can she go against the will of Death himself to save someone who is marked to die Readers have been enchanted by The Thirteenth Child:'I would give this 13 stars if I could.Put this on your best of 2024 lists now'¿¿¿¿¿'You know when you start a book and you realise that this story will be with you for the rest of your life '¿¿¿¿¿'I just finished reading this andI don't know what to do with myself' ¿¿¿¿¿'A story of gods, love, choosing between what is destined and what is right. I fell in love with every page of this book'¿¿¿¿¿'The ending shredded my heart.beautiful'¿¿¿¿¿'\*chef's kiss\*. a BIG twist that I did not see coming at all'¿¿¿¿¿'Darkly gothic anddeliciously unsettling, this fantasy is one to stay cosy withand get lost in'¿¿¿¿¿'SO SO SAD BUT SO SO GOOD. ¿'¿¿¿¿¿Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 497 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Fascinating, magisterially researched, and brilliantly written.' Steve Silberman, author of NeurotribesThirty-two days underground. No heat. No sunlight.4 June 1938. Nathaniel Kleitman and his research student make their way down the seventy-one steps leading to the mouth of Mammoth Cave. They are about to embark on one of the most intrepid and bizarre experiments in medical history, one which will change our understanding of sleep forever. Undisturbed by natural light, they will investigate what happens when you overturn one of the fundamental rhythms of the human body. Together, they enter the darkness.When Kleitman first arrived in New York, a penniless twenty-year-old refugee, few would have guessed that in just a few decades he would revolutionise the field of sleep science. In Mapping the Darkness, Kenneth Miller weaves science and history to tell the story of the outsider scientists who took sleep science from the fringes to a mainstream obsession. Reliving the spectacular experiments, technological innovation, imaginative leaps and single-minded commitment of these early pioneers, Miller provides a tantalising glimpse into the most mysterious third of our lives.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 330 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more? 'Something profound and utterly brilliant is going on? hilarious.' THE TIMES Is ChatGPT the end of creative industries as we know them An ethical quagmire from which there is no return A threat to all our jobs, as we keep hearing on the news Bestselling children's author Andy Stanton has made a career out of writing differently from the unconventional 'hero' of his bestselling Mr Gum series to his penchant for absurdist plots, his children's books are anything but formulaic. When a friend introduces him to ChatGPT, the new large language chatbot, Andy is as sceptical as he is curious. Can this jumble of algorithms really mimic the spontaneity of human thought Could it one day replace human authors like him for good And are we soon to be ruled over by despotic robot overlords He decides there's only one thing for it he must test this bot's capabilities. Eventually, he settles on a prompt that will push the algorithm to its creative limits: 'tell me a story about a blue whale with a tiny penis.' Chaos ensues. What follows is a surprising and illuminating battle between Andy and ChatGPT that maybe, just maybe, might help us all understand AI a little bit better. Join Andy and his beleaguered AI lackey on a rollicking metafictional journey through the art of storytelling. Presenting his prompts and the AI-generated narrative alongside extensive commentary, Stanton provides a startling paean to the art of a good story and boundless human creativity. Hopeful and hilarious, Benny the Blue Whale provides a joyfully anarchic meditation on AI, literature and why we write. \*\*\* A WATERSTONES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023 'There's no book like it. Scholarly, childish, fascinating and hilarious one of our funniest writers dissects what it takes to build a story and what that tells us about being human. It'll really make you think, if you can stop laughing.' Chris Addison, co-creator of BREEDERS 'Entertaining and alarmingly relevant, provocative and philosophically satisfying, it's ultimately a profoundly human text.' OBSERVER 'A magnificent experiment by a perfect fool deep and shallow and stupid and clever the perfect use of AI (Andy Intelligence).' Robin Ince, author of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING INTERESTED 'Benny the Blue Whale is many things. It's a fascinating discourse on the nature of language and storytelling. It's a philosophical treatise on the possibilities of artificial intelligence. It's a receptacle for obscenely hilarious jokes. A brilliant and beautiful cyborg: part human brain, part computational muscle. It's a post-post-modern work of genius.' Anthony McGowan, Carnegie Medal-winning author of LARKPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 384 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 326 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE \* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION PRIZE'Dazzling. Plot-packed, emotionally extravagant, dramatically intense' GuardianA sweeping story of forbidden love, of friendship and betrayal, power and revenge, set against the tumultuous political landscape of post-Independence IndiaVijaya and Sree are the daughters of the wealthy, landowning Deshmukh family, whose social status and power are absolute in the tiny village of Irumi. Krishna and Ranga are the sons of a widowed servant who works in the Deshmukh household.The four children should never have spoken, let alone forged a friendship. But the bonds they form are intense- and dangerous. When they are caught up in a devastating accident, the consequences ripple through their lives and send them scattering to different corners of India.Years later, when violent uprisings tear across the countryside, Vijaya and Krishna find themselves irresistibly drawn back to one another, despite the differences in their class and background. But this is not the India they once knew. Their country is changing, burning from the inside out. Irumi is no longer safe.'Aheart-wrenchingtale of forbidden love.'Washington Post'Rao's illuminating tale of moral corruption and redemptive love is beautifully crafted [and] heralds a terrific new talent.'Observer'A spellbinding epic of land, class and family in post-independence India.' AubeRey LescureLibri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 384 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Magic and sacrifice collide as lovers and gods, enemies and allies vie for the fate of the world in this heart pounding sequel to The Isles of the Gods.When SELLY and LEANDER began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain's daughter and the playboy prince were strangers. But amid talk of war and a deadly attack on their ship, the unthinkable happened. They fell in love.Leander's ritual at the island temple was meant to prevent a war between the gods. Instead, it nearly cost him his life and drew the goddess Barrica back from exile. Now, as her Messenger, Leander is imbued with her deadly magic and only Selly's presence can stop it from consuming him. But Barrica wasn't the only immortal roused from sleep. The God of Risk, Macean, was awakened by an enemy all thought dead, and across the sea he's calling for war.The fight to save their world will take Selly and Leander from the gilded ballroom of the royal palace to the hallowed halls of an ancient library. Battle lines will be drawn and bonds will break. With the wrath of gods and the machinations of power-hungry rulers straining their loyalties, can their love withstand the trials that await them Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 419 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The brain weighs just three and a half pounds, but it governs every aspect of our lives.ANECONOMISTBOOK OF THE YEAR'A fascinating and wide-ranging account of what neurosurgery is really about - the past, present and future.' Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmSince its inception in the early twentieth century, brain surgery has maintained an air of mystery. As the saying 'it's not exactly brain surgery' suggests, the specialty has become synonymous with a level of complexity and meticulousness rivalled only by, well, rocket science.Warm, rigorous and deeply insightful, neurosurgeon Theodore Schwartz reveals what it's really like to get inside someone's head - where every second can mean the difference between life or death. Drawing from Schwartz's experience in one of New York's busiest hospitals, Gray Matters explores the short but storied history of brain surgery. From the dark days of the lobotomy to the latest research into the long-term effects of contact sports on athletes' cerebral health, Schwartz unfolds the fascinating story of how we came to understand this extraordinary, three-pound organ, which not only keeps us alive, but makes us who we are.'Fascinating. Schwartz's way with words is as skilful as his wielding of microscissors.' Mail on SundayPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 512 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the author of House of Salt and Sorrows comesthe deliciously dark, enemies to lovers fairy tale retelling readers have been waiting for!'A candle-lit journey of love, sacrifice and becoming.'Kiyash Monsef, bestselling author ofOnce There WasWhen death calls, she must answer.Hazel has always known she was different from her siblings. A thirteenth child, she was promised at birth to Merrick, the god of death.Under his care, Hazel learns the art - and magic - of healing. Word of her extraordinary gift spreads throughout the kingdom. But all gifts come with a price. When Death claims a soul for himself, it is Hazel who must end their suffering. permanently.Soon, destiny brings her to the royal court where she meets Leopold, an infuriatingly alluring prince with a disdain for everything and everyone. Here, Hazel faces her biggest dilemma yet: to carry out her duties or follow the urges of her own heart. Can she go against the will of Death himself to save someone who is marked to die Readers have been enchanted by The Thirteenth Child:'I would give this 13 stars if I could.Put this on your best of 2024 lists now'¿¿¿¿¿'You know when you start a book and you realise that this story will be with you for the rest of your life '¿¿¿¿¿'I just finished reading this andI don't know what to do with myself' ¿¿¿¿¿'A story of gods, love, choosing between what is destined and what is right. I fell in love with every page of this book'¿¿¿¿¿'The ending shredded my heart.beautiful'¿¿¿¿¿'\*chef's kiss\*. a BIG twist that I did not see coming at all'¿¿¿¿¿'Darkly gothic anddeliciously unsettling, this fantasy is one to stay cosy withand get lost in'¿¿¿¿¿'SO SO SAD BUT SO SO GOOD. ¿'¿¿¿¿¿ 497 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more. 384 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Fascinating, magisterially researched, and brilliantly written.' Steve Silberman, author of NeurotribesThirty-two days underground. No heat. No sunlight.4 June 1938. Nathaniel Kleitman and his research student make their way down the seventy-one steps leading to the mouth of Mammoth Cave. They are about to embark on one of the most intrepid and bizarre experiments in medical history, one which will change our understanding of sleep forever. Undisturbed by natural light, they will investigate what happens when you overturn one of the fundamental rhythms of the human body. Together, they enter the darkness.When Kleitman first arrived in New York, a penniless twenty-year-old refugee, few would have guessed that in just a few decades he would revolutionise the field of sleep science. In Mapping the Darkness, Kenneth Miller weaves science and history to tell the story of the outsider scientists who took sleep science from the fringes to a mainstream obsession. Reliving the spectacular experiments, technological innovation, imaginative leaps and single-minded commitment of these early pioneers, Miller provides a tantalising glimpse into the most mysterious third of our lives. 330 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Magic and sacrifice collide as lovers and gods, enemies and allies vie for the fate of the world in this heart pounding sequel to The Isles of the Gods.When SELLY and LEANDER began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain's daughter and the playboy prince were strangers. But amid talk of war and a deadly attack on their ship, the unthinkable happened. They fell in love.Leander's ritual at the island temple was meant to prevent a war between the gods. Instead, it nearly cost him his life and drew the goddess Barrica back from exile. Now, as her Messenger, Leander is imbued with her deadly magic and only Selly's presence can stop it from consuming him. But Barrica wasn't the only immortal roused from sleep. The God of Risk, Macean, was awakened by an enemy all thought dead, and across the sea he's calling for war.The fight to save their world will take Selly and Leander from the gilded ballroom of the royal palace to the hallowed halls of an ancient library. Battle lines will be drawn and bonds will break. With the wrath of gods and the machinations of power-hungry rulers straining their loyalties, can their love withstand the trials that await them 419 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The brain weighs just three and a half pounds, but it governs every aspect of our lives.ANECONOMISTBOOK OF THE YEAR'A fascinating and wide-ranging account of what neurosurgery is really about - the past, present and future.' Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmSince its inception in the early twentieth century, brain surgery has maintained an air of mystery. As the saying 'it's not exactly brain surgery' suggests, the specialty has become synonymous with a level of complexity and meticulousness rivalled only by, well, rocket science.Warm, rigorous and deeply insightful, neurosurgeon Theodore Schwartz reveals what it's really like to get inside someone's head - where every second can mean the difference between life or death. Drawing from Schwartz's experience in one of New York's busiest hospitals, Gray Matters explores the short but storied history of brain surgery. From the dark days of the lobotomy to the latest research into the long-term effects of contact sports on athletes' cerebral health, Schwartz unfolds the fascinating story of how we came to understand this extraordinary, three-pound organ, which not only keeps us alive, but makes us who we are.'Fascinating. Schwartz's way with words is as skilful as his wielding of microscissors.' Mail on Sunday 512 pp. Englisch.…