Random house publishing group apr 2021 (12 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher!Jack Reacher is back! The "utterly addictive" (The New York Times) series continues as acclaimed author Lee Child teams up with his brother, Andrew Child, fellow thriller writer extraordinaire."One of the many great things about Jack Reacher is that he's larger than life while remaining relatable and believable. The Sentinel shows that two Childs are even better than one."James PattersonAs always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning he ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee.But there's nothing pleasant about the place.In broad daylight Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. "It was four against one". so Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution.The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town's data, records, information. and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, look innocent, and clear his name.Reacher is intrigued. There's more to the story. The bad guys who jumped Rutherford are part of something serious and deadly, involving a conspiracy, a cover-up, and murderall centered on a mousy little guy in a coffee-stained shirt who has no idea what he's up against.Rule one: if you don't know the trouble you're in, keep Reacher by your side.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A seaside townhelps one young woman reclaim the light after darkness in an uplifting novel from #1New York Timesbestselling author Debbie Macomber. Romantic, warm, and a breeze to read one of Macomber s best. Kirkus Reviews Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one place that makes her happy: Oceanside in the Pacific Northwest, the destination of many family vacations when Annie was a teenager. Once there, Annie begins to restore her broken spirit, thanks in part to the folks she meets: a local painter, Keaton, whose large frame is equal to his big heart and who helps Annie fix up her rental cottage by the sea; Mellie, the reclusive, prickly landlord Annie is determined to befriend; and Britt, a teenager with a terrible secret. But it is Keaton to whom Annie feels most drawn. His quiet, peaceful nature offers her both comfort and reprieve from her grief, and the two begin to grow closer. Then events threaten to undo the idyll Annie has come to enjoy. And when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in her lap, she is torn between the excitement of a new journey toward success and the safe and secure arms of the haven and the man she s come to call home. In this heartwarming tale, Annie finds that the surest way to fix what is damaged within is to help others rise above their pain and find a way to heal.Praise for Cottage by the Sea Macomber never disappoints. Tears and laughter abound in this story of loss and healing that will wrap you up and pull you in; readers will finish it in one sitting. Library Journal (starred review) Macomber s story of tragedy and triumph is emotionally engaging from the outset and ends with a satisfying conclusion. Readers will be most taken by the characters, particularly Annie, a heartwarming lead who bolsters the novel. Publishers Weekly.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania Powerful and provocative . . . a novel about female strength, spirit, resilience and the solace that friendship can sometimes provide. The Washington PostONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Esquire, Bustle, BBC, New York Post, InStyle Kyuri is an achingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a Seoul room salon, an exclusive underground bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake threatens her livelihood. Kyuri s roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the heir to one of the country s biggest conglomerates. Down the hall in their building lives Ara, a hairstylist whose two preoccupations sustain her: an obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that she hopes will change her life. And Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to have a baby that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise in Korea s brutal economy. Together, their stories tell a gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal, in which their tentative friendships may turn out to be the thing that ultimately saves them.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'In the spring of 1934, Virginia Woolf sketched an affectionate three-page 'biographical fantasy' of her great friend, John Maynard Keynes, attempting to encompass no less than 25 themes, which she jotted down at its opening: 'Politics. Art. Dancing. Letters. Economics. Youth. The Future. Glands. Genealogies. Atlantis. Mortality. Religion. Cambridge. Eton. The Drama. Society. Truth. Pigs. Sussex. The History of England. America. Optimism. Stammer. Old Books. Hume.' In truth, his life contained even more. Years earlier, as a young Cambridge philosopher and economist, Keynes spent his days moving between government service and academia, and when he was called up to the Treasury on the eve of World War I, he relished an opportunity to save the empire. He worked dutifully, but as the aftermath of the war and the disastrous Versailles Treaty unfolded, with its harsh demands for German reparations, Keynes saw how the strain on its citizens might encourage would-be authoritarians. The experience began a career that spanned two world wars and a global depression and which often found him in a Cassandra-like position, arguing against widely accepted ideas that he saw as outdated or dangerous. His influential ideas made it to America and FDR's New Deal in the Great Depression, and through his books, especially The General Theory, he became a founding giant in the economics profession. Even as his star rose, however, the most important allegiance of Keynes's life was to writers and artists. He valued his membership in the iconic Bloomsbury Group above any position, and he forever envied the talents of his friends like Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey, often providing them with much needed financial support as the most gainfully employed member of the group. In return, they gave him a moral compass and inspired his vision of what society should be'. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Bullshitisn'twhat it used to be.Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in aworld of fake news and bad data. "A modern classic . . . a straight-talking survival guide to the mean streets of a dying democracy and a global pandemic."WiredMisinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound and it's increasingly difficult to know what's true. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don't feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in the language of math, science, or statistics. InCalling Bullshit,Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a set of powerful tools to cut through the most intimidating data. You don't need a lot of technical expertise to call out problems with data. Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true Is the claim comparing like with like Is it confirming your personal bias Drawing on a deep well of expertise in statistics and computational biology, Bergstrom and West exuberantly unpack examples of selection bias and muddled data visualization, distinguish between correlation and causation, and examine the susceptibility of science to modern bullshit. We have always needed people who call bullshit when necessary, whether within a circle of friends, a community of scholars, or the citizenry of a nation. Now that bullshit has evolved, we need to relearn the art of skepticism.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE A 'brilliant [and] entrancing' (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. 'Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world.'--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF PEOPLE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE 2020S - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life's processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms--and our relationships with them--are changing our understanding of how life works. Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award - Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A gorgeous memoir about mothers, daughters, and the tenacity of the love that grows betweenwhatis said andwhatis left unspoken."Mira Jacob, author ofGood Talk If our family stories shape us, what happens when we learn those stories were never true Who do we become when we shed our illusions about the past Maya Shanbhag Lang grew up idolizing her brilliant mother, an accomplished physician who immigrated to the United States from India and completed her residency all while raising her children and keeping a traditional Indian home. Maya's mother had always been a source of supportuntil Maya became a mother herself. Then the parent who had once been so capable and attentive became suddenly and inexplicably unavailable. Struggling to understand this abrupt change while raising her own young child, Maya searches for answers and soon learns that her mother is living with Alzheimer's. Unable to remember or keep track of the stories she once told her daughterstories about her life in India, why she immigrated, and her experience of motherhoodMaya's mother divulges secrets about her past that force Maya to reexamine their relationship. It becomes clear that Maya never really knew her mother, despite their close bond. Absorbing, moving, and raw, What We Carry is a memoir about mothers and daughters, lies and truths, receiving and giving care, and how we cannot grow up until we fully understand the people who raised us.It is a beautiful examination of the weight we shoulder as women and an exploration of how to finally set our burdens down.Praise for What We Carry'Part self-discovery, part family history. . . [Lang's]analysis of the shifting roles of mothers and daughters, particularly through the lens of immigration, help[s] to challenge her family's mythology. . . . Readers interested in examining their own family stories . . . will connect deeply with Lang's beautiful memoir.'Library Journal(Starred Review)"A stirring memoir exploring the fraught relationships between mothers and daughters . . . astutely written and intense . . . [What We Carry] will strike a chord with readers."Publishers Weekly"Lang is an immediately affable and honest narrator who offers an intriguing blend of revelatory personal history and touching insight."BookPage.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A full-scale investigation of the controversial and often misunderstood science of attachment theory, inspired by the author s own experience as a parent and daughter. A profound and beautiful work . . . searingly honest, brazenly fresh, andstartlingly rich. Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday DemonWhen professional researcher and writer Bethany Saltman gave birth to her daughter, Azalea, she loved her deeply but felt as if something was missing. Looking back at her lonely childhood, dangerous teenage years, and love-addicted early adulthood, Saltman thought maybe she was broken.Then she discovered the science of attachment, the field of psychology that explores the question of why from an evolutionary point of view love exists between parents and children. Saltman went on a ten-year journey visiting labs, archives, and training sessions, while learning the meaning of delight from Mary Ainsworth, one of psychology s most important but unsung researchers, who died in 1999.Saltman went deep into the history and findings from Ainsworth s famous laboratory procedure, the Strange Situation, which, like an X-ray, is still used today by scientists around the world to catch a glimpse of the internal workings of attachment. In this simple twenty-minute procedure, a baby and a caregiver enter an ordinary room with two chairs and some toys. During a series of comings and goings, a trained observer studies the minutiae of the pair s back-and-forth with each other.Through the science of attachment, what Saltman discovered was a radical departure from everything she thought she knew about love and about her own family, her story, and herself. She was far from broken she saw that love is too powerful to ever break.Strange Situationis a scientific, lyrical, life-affirming exploration of love. Not only will readers be taken on an emotional ride through one mother s reckoning with her own past and her family s future, but they will also be given the tools with which to better understand their own life histories and their relationships today.Praise for Strange Situation A fascinating deep dive into attachment theory . . . Carefully researched and with copious endnotes, this is an excellent resource for anyone interested in child development. Publishers Weekly Honest and complex . . . A thoughtful engagement with a topic that affects all parents. Kirkus Reviews. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in this explosive new novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL When a desperate woman comes to Daniel Pitt seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Daniel is convinced of the young man's innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and of setting a fire to conceal the body, but Daniel is sure that science can absolve himand Miriam fford Croft is the best scientist he knows. Miriam connects Daniel with her former teacher Sir Barnabas Saltram, an expert in arson, and together, they reveal Adwell's innocence by proving that an accidental fire caused the victim's death. But it's not long before Adwell is killed in the same fiery fashion. If these deaths are, in fact, murders, what essential clue could Daniel and Miriam have missed As their investigation deepens, one of Saltram's former cases comes into question, and Miriam finds herself on the defensive. If the reasoning Saltram used in that case is proved false, several other cases will have to be re-tried, and Saltram's expert statusnot to mention Miriam's reputationwill be ruined. Haunted by Saltram's shady tactics in and outside of the classroom, Miriam is desperate to figure out truths both past and present and protect herself in the face of Saltram's lies. What started as an accidental fire in Adwell's case seems to be linked to a larger plot for revenge, with victims accumulating in its wake, and Miriam and Daniel must uncover who or what is stoking these recurring flamesbefore they, too, find themselves burned.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A brilliant, genre-defying workboth memoir and epic poemabout the struggle for wisdom, grace, and ritual in the face of unspeakable loss"A bruised and brave love letter from a brother right here to a brother now gone. a soaring, unblinking gaze into the meaning of life itself."Marlon James, author ofBlack Leopard, Red Wolfmy father saiddavid has taken his own lifeAdam is in the middle of his own busy life, and approaching a career high in the form of a #1New York Timesbestselling bookwhen these words from his father open a chasm beneath his feet.I Had a Brother Onceis the story of everything that comes after. In the shadow of David's inexplicable death, Adam is forced to re-remember a brother he thought he knew and to reckon with a ghost, confronting his unsettled family history, his distant relationship with tradition and faith, and his desperate need to understand an event that always slides just out of his grasp. This is an expansive and deeply thoughtful poetic meditation on loss and a raw, darkly funny, human story of trying to create a ritualof remembrance, mourning, forgiveness, and acceptancewhere once there was a life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER TaranaBurke and Dr.BrenéBrown bring togethera dynamic group ofBlack writers, organizers, artists, academics,and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.ContributionsbyKiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, and moreNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND BOOKRIOTIt startedas a text between two friends.TaranaBurke, founder of the 'me too.' Movement,textedresearcher and writer Brené Brown to see if she was free to jump on a call.Brenéassumed that Tarana wanted to talk about wallpaper. They had been trading home decorating inspiration boards in their last text conversation soBrenéstarted scrolling to find her latest Pinterest pictures when the phone rang.Butit was immediately clear toBrenéthat the conversation wasn't going to be about wallpaper. Tarana's hello was serious and she hesitated for a bit before saying, "Brené, you know your work affected me so deeply, but as a Black woman, I'vesometimeshad to feel like I have to contort myself to fit into some of your words. The core of it rings so true for me, but the application has been harder."Brenéreplied, "I'm so glad we're talking about this. It makes sense to me. Especially in terms of vulnerability. How do you take the armor off in a country where you're not physically or emotionally safe "Long pause."That's why I'm calling," said Tarana. "What do you think about working together on a book about the Black experience with vulnerability and shame resilience "There was no hesitation.Burke and Brown are the perfect pair to usher in this stark, potent collection of essays on Black shame and healing. Along with the anthology contributors, they create a space to recognize and process the trauma of white supremacy, a space to be vulnerable and affirm the fullness of Black love and Black life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From one of the world s most renowned chefs, 110 essential recipes that celebrate the beauty, simplicity, and elegance of vegetables The latest cookbook from the chef of Le Bernardin focuses on simple, but stunning recipes for seasonal produce. . . . What a delightful approach, especially with summer on the horizon. The New York TimesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYEric Ripert is the chef and co-owner of the acclaimed restaurant Le Bernardin, and the winner of countless Michelin stars, well known for his exquisite, clean, seafood-centered cuisine. But lately, Ripert has found himself reaching for vegetables as his main food source and doing so, as is his habit, with great intent and care. In Vegetable Simple, Ripert turns his singular culinary imagination to vegetables: their beauty, their earthiness, their nourishing qualities, and the many ways they can be prepared. From vibrant Sweet Pea Soup to Fava Bean and Mint Salad, from warming Mushroom Bolognese to Roasted Carrots with Harissa, Eric Ripert articulates a vision for vegetables that are prepared simply, without complex steps or ingredients, allowing their essential qualities to shine and their color and flavor to remain uncompromised. Complete with gorgeous photos by renowned photographer Nigel Parry, this is a necessary guide for the way we eat today. …