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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The true story of the fearsome Rani of Jhansi, the Indian Queen who took on the East India Trading Company in the Indian Uprising of 1857 Queen Lakshmibai of Jhansi was an unconventional queen. She could read and write; she rode a horse and wielded a sword; she trained other women to ride and fight alongside her. When the East India Trading Company, who ruled India in the 19th century, demanded that she hand over control of Jhansi, she refused.And when an uprising began to stir in 1857, and the British laid siege to her fortress, the warrior queen tied her infant son to her back, mounted her favourite horse, and escaped to raise an army.This is the story of a woman who defied all conventions to become an icon of resistance in colonial-era India. Pinelli, Amerigo (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An extraordinary true adventure story - how the bandit's daughter Mu Guiying became a great general in Ancient China At the beginning of the 11th century, General Yang sends his son Zongbao to exterminate the bandit living in Dragon-Taming Wood. In the forest, Zongbao is surprised by the bandit's teenage daughter, a kung fu prodigy, who challenged him to unarmed combat. Her deal If Zongbao wins, she will lead him to her father's secret hideout. If she wins, she will take him to her father as her prisoner.So begins Mu Guiying's extraordinary story, which will end with a spectacular battle for the destiny of her country. Pinelli, Amerigo (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Looks good enough to eat' The Times 'A sumptuous homage to Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen' The New York Times____A little girl's love of dim sum spills over into her dreams, taking her on a fantastical food-filled adventure. Liddy is too excited to sleep! Tomorrow she's going to the Dim Sum palace with her family, so when a tempting smell wafts into her bedroom, she has no choice but to follow it.Inspired by childhood memories of epic dim sum feasts, X. Fang's glorious picture book is a delicious adventure with a loving helping of food, family and culture. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Norma and Belly have a new master plan, and this time it involves cookies - lots and lots of cookies. In fact, they've found THE cookie factory. Now all that's left is to get inside.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the author of the international bestseller The Elegance of The Hedgehog comes a mouth-watering tale delving into the life of a monstrous food critic. 'A foodie's delight; just don't read it when you're hungry'Daily Mail'The exquisite descriptions of eating are like nothing you've read before' Good HousekeepingAfter a lifetime of presiding over cowering chefs and pursuing sensual delights, France's greatest food critic is dying. Given just forty-eight hours to live, Pierre Arthens has one last ambition - to recall the most delicious food to ever pass his lips, an elusive taste from his childhood. From his luxury penthouse at 7 Rue de Grenelle, Pierre casts his mind back over a lifetime of flavour: eating barbequed sardines with his grandfather; the warm, crumbly pastry of an apple tart; his first taste of velvety sashimi. But orbiting around him are a cast of family and acquaintances, each with their own story to tell about the greed and ruthlessness that has paved the way to Pierre's search for the perfect meal.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: The first in a series of witty, philosophical animal stories with whimsical illustrations -- for adult fans of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and His Horse! We've all been there: When a lonely hedgehog hosts a party for his friends, he's suddenly wracked by social anxiety and self-doubt. The hedgehog is feeling rather lonely, so one day he decides to invite all the other animals for a party. But the hedgehog is also rather a shy, reserved animal, and is terribly worried about doing or saying something he shouldn't, and about all the things that could go wrong. What if nobody comes What if too many of them come What if the elephant shows up and breaks all the furniture Will anyone be able to hear the hedgehog talk above the frog's croaking Maybe inviting the others over wasn't such a good idea after all. An international bestseller, with more than 1 million copies sold in the Netherlands, The Hedgehog's Dilemma is the perfect gift for the shy, retiring 'hedgehog' in your life. This lovely--and loving book--addresses deep emotional and philosophical themes with humor, kindness, and intelligence. Van Haeringen, Annemarie (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Evocative. Astonishing, strange, and wonderful' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A trio of surreal, dazzlingly imaginative short stories set in contemporary Japan that explore desire and loss, talking animals, and odd disappearances Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, from the celebrated author of Strange Weather in Tokyo In these 3 haunting and lyrical stories, young women experience loss, loneliness, and extraordinary romance. The nightingale sang again. The plates on the table gleamed, and the food, in all its ceaseless variety, breathed, glossy and bright. The night had only just begun. A woman travels through an unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, monsters of the mist and a monkey who shows no mercy. A sister mourns her brother, who is visible only to her, while her family welcome his would-be wife into their home. One morning, a woman treads on a snake in the park. She comes home that evening and realises the snake has moved into her house and is saying she is her mother. Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award, the 3 stories in this collection: - Record of a Night Too Brief- Missing- A Snake Stepped Onreveal a highly surreal, meticulously crafted exploration of the many facets of desire, loss and fantasy. Part of Pushkin's Japanese Novella series: stylishly designed editions of the best of contemporary Japanese fiction, featuring celebrated, prize-winning authors including Mieko Kawakami, Hideo Furukawa, Kaori Fujino and Natsuko Imamura.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This dystopian science fiction classic details the hallucinatory hunt for a white-haired girl, through a frozen, post-apocalyptic landscape 'A haunting story of sexual assault and climate catastrophe, decades ahead of its time' - The New Yorker 'A strange and compelling classic of dystopian and climate fiction, one that with foreboding and deep compassion maps the psyche and the terrain of dislocation' - Jeff VanderMeer Anticipating climate fiction and the New Weird literary genre, while garnering fans from Doris Lessing and J.G. Ballard to China Miéville and Patti Smith since it was first published in 1967, this fantasia about predatory male sexual behavior during an apocalyptic climate catastrophe reads as though author Anna Kavan had seen the future. Ice is slowly covering the entire globe; as the glacial tide creeps forward, the fabric of society begins to break down. Through this chaotic landscape, a nameless narrator hunts for the white-haired girl he once loved - or perhaps wishes to annihilate. Battling a powerful enemy known only as the Warden, he travels through nightmarish and ever-shifting scenes, where the object of his obsession remains constantly just out of reach. She is guarded by the Warden and by a cruel older woman who wishes her ill - but each time the narrator seems poised to rescue her the encroaching ice wreaks violence on her fragile body, or his own base nature sends him hurtling onward in his kaleidoscopic pursuit. Again and again the girl appears, but inevitably she eludes him. This dystopian classic, the last book Anna Kavan published in her lifetime, renders her apocalyptic vision of environmental devastation and possessive violence in unforgettable, propulsive, oneiric prose.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING SENSATION WITH OVER 10 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 'Witty and touching' - Gillian Anderson 'Wins over its fans with a life-affirming message, a generous portion of heart and Barbery's frequently wicked sense of humor' - Time Magazine 'Clever, informative and moving' - Observer Renée is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. To the snobbish residents she is all they expect from a caretaker - hard working, dowdy and unsophisticated. But Renée has a secret. Beneath this façade she is a self-taught intellectual, devoted to Japanese arthouse cinema and her cat, Leo Tolstoy. Meanwhile, several floors up, twelve-year-old Paloma has also learned to conceal her gifts. The precocious and lonely daughter of pampered parents, Paloma is convinced that life is meaningless and plans to end it all on her next birthday. But the arrival of a charismatic new resident will bring dramatic change to 7, Rue de Grenelle, altering the course of both their lives forever. __________ 'Resistance is futile . . . you might as well buy it before someone recommends it for your book group' - Guardian 'A book of great charm and grace' - Metro 'The book's attractive, Amélie-esque Parisian setting and cast of eccentrics will appeal to many' - Sunday Telegraph 'Breathtakingly singular novel . . . totally French yet completely universal' - Good Housekeeping 'A user's guide to life which is a delight on every level' - Elle.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ''A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful novel that will linger in your memory indefinitely'' Jan Ransom, author of The Whale Tatto''Impressive. It is rare to read such a masterful, thrilling debut'' L''Express''A debut that reads like a classic'' Le Figaro______A heartbreaking tale of impossible love in late-twentieth century Egypt.Cairo, 1980s. Tarek''s whole life is laid out for him. A doctor like his father, he has taken over the family medical practice, married his childhood sweetheart and is well respected in society. When he opens a clinic in a disadvantaged area of the city, he meets Ali, a young man who is free from the societal pressures that govern Tarek''s life. This chance encounter will change everything, throwing Tarek''s marriage, career and his entire existence into question.From bustling Cairo to the harsh winters of Montréeacute;al, from the reign of Nasser to the dawn of a new century, Tarek wanders and reminisces. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, someone is compiling the chapters of his story . . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nominiert: National Book Award, Übersetzte Literatur 2024 (Shortlist).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE NERO PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S FICTION.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This short but sweet mystery. is a delicious jeu d'esprit' The Times'Masterful storytelling that brings the streets of Paris to life' SunOne patient. One therapist. Five floors of intrigue. Nathalia Guitry is an enigma that psychotherapist Doctor Faber can't solve. A photographer unable to work since witnessing a murder, she seems impervious to his usual techniques. He hasn't been able to stop thinking about her since she walked into his consulting room. Desperate to break through her façade, he proposes something unusual: she'll write him a story about each resident of the building opposite, floor by floor. But as he becomes consumed by her tales, his own mask begins to slip. How does she know so much about these strangers' lives And what's waiting on the final floor Translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie. Antoine Laurain was born in Paris and is a journalist, antiques collector and award-winning author of ten novels, including The Red Notebook and The President's Hat. His books have been translated into 25 languages and sold more than 200,000 copies in English. He lives in Paris, France. Louise Rogers Lalaurie is a writer and translator from French. Her translations include Frédéric Dard's The King of Fools and The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon, both published by Pushkin Vertigo. Her work has been shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award, the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature and the Crime Writers Association International Dagger.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse and the mysterious figure who threatens its very survival, from the author of Little 'Extraordinary. funny, troubling, playful, magical and vastly energetic' A.L. KennedyNorwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave.Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play-the one thing that's truly hers-from the newcomer's sinister designs.Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey's trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control and craft her own creative destiny. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Evocative. Astonishing, strange, and wonderful' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A trio of surreal, dazzlingly imaginative short stories set in contemporary Japan that explore desire and loss, talking animals, and odd disappearances Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, from the celebrated author of Strange Weather in Tokyo In these 3 haunting and lyrical stories, young women experience loss, loneliness, and extraordinary romance. The nightingale sang again. The plates on the table gleamed, and the food, in all its ceaseless variety, breathed, glossy and bright. The night had only just begun. A woman travels through an unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, monsters of the mist and a monkey who shows no mercy. A sister mourns her brother, who is visible only to her, while her family welcome his would-be wife into their home. One morning, a woman treads on a snake in the park. She comes home that evening and realises the snake has moved into her house and is saying she is her mother. Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award, the 3 stories in this collection: - Record of a Night Too Brief- Missing- A Snake Stepped Onreveal a highly surreal, meticulously crafted exploration of the many facets of desire, loss and fantasy. Part of Pushkin's Japanese Novella series: stylishly designed editions of the best of contemporary Japanese fiction, featuring celebrated, prize-winning authors including Mieko Kawakami, Hideo Furukawa, Kaori Fujino and Natsuko Imamura.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 285 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The greatest French literary masterpiece of all time, now in the form of a graphic novelShortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld prize______ 'Sumptuous. Elegant, beautifully paced. completely absorbing' The Guardian 'Extraordinary. a triumph' New Statesman 'Audacious' Financial Times______Proust's oceanic novel In Search of Lost Time looms over twentieth-century literature as one of the greatest, yet most endlessly challenging, literary experiences. Now, in what renowned translator Arthur Goldhammer says might be 'likened to a piano reduction of an orchestral score,' the French illustrator Stéphane Heuet re-presents Proust in graphic form for anyone who has always dreamed of reading him but was put off by the sheer magnitude of the undertaking.This graphic adaptation reveals the fundamental architecture of Proust's work while displaying a remarkable fidelity to his language as well as the novel's themes of time, art, and the elusiveness of memory. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Evocative. Astonishing, strange, and wonderful' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A trio of surreal, dazzlingly imaginative short stories set in contemporary Japan that explore desire and loss, talking animals, and odd disappearances Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, from the celebrated author of Strange Weather in Tokyo In these 3 haunting and lyrical stories, young women experience loss, loneliness, and extraordinary romance. The nightingale sang again. The plates on the table gleamed, and the food, in all its ceaseless variety, breathed, glossy and bright. The night had only just begun. A woman travels through an unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, monsters of the mist and a monkey who shows no mercy. A sister mourns her brother, who is visible only to her, while her family welcome his would-be wife into their home. One morning, a woman treads on a snake in the park. She comes home that evening and realises the snake has moved into her house and is saying she is her mother. Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award, the 3 stories in this collection: - Record of a Night Too Brief- Missing- A Snake Stepped Onreveal a highly surreal, meticulously crafted exploration of the many facets of desire, loss and fantasy. Part of Pushkin's Japanese Novella series: stylishly designed editions of the best of contemporary Japanese fiction, featuring celebrated, prize-winning authors including Mieko Kawakami, Hideo Furukawa, Kaori Fujino and Natsuko Imamura. 160 pp. Englisch.…