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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As part of the Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!He was etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author's more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volumes 1, Beau L'Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L'Amour's never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. These exciting publications will be followed by Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2. Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A seaside town helps one young woman reclaim the light after darkness in an uplifting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling 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 - 'One of the best collections I've ever read. Every single story is a standout.'-Roxane Gay'Fuses science, myth, and imagination into a dark and gorgeous series of questions about our current predicaments.'-Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See'Strange and wonderful . . . delightfully unexpected.'-The New York Times Book ReviewA dystopian tale about genetically modified septuplets who are struck by a mysterious illness; a love story about a man bewitched by a mermaid; a stirring imagining of the lives of Nigerian schoolgirls in the aftermath of a Boko Haram kidnapping. The stories in All the Names They Used for God break down genre barriers-from science fiction to American Gothic to magical realism to horror-and are united by each character's brutal struggle with fate. Like many of us, the characters in this collection are in pursuit of the sublime. Along the way, they must navigate the borderland between salvation and destruction. NAMED A MUST-READ BOOK BY Harper's Bazaar Entertainment Weekly AM New York AND A TOP READ BY Elle Fast Company The Christian Science Monitor Bustle Shondaland Popsugar Refinery29 Bookish Newsday The Millions Asian American Writers' Workshop HelloGiggles 'Completing one [story] is like having lived an entire life, and then being born, breathless, into another.'-Carmen Maria Machado 'Captivating.'-NPR 'Gripping.'-Los Angeles Review of Books'[A] remarkable debut . . . Sachdeva is seemingly fearless and her talent limitless.'-AM New York 'This phenomenal debut short-story collection is filled with stories that bring the otherworldly to life and examine the strangeness of humanity.'-Bustle 'So rich they read like dreams . . . They are enormous stories, not in length but in ambition, each an entirely new, unsparing world. Beautiful, draining-and entirely unforgettable.'-Kirkus Reviews (starred review).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'In these kaleidoscopic stories of Jamaica and its diaspora we hear many voices at once. All of them convince and sing. All of them shine.'-Zadie Smith An O: The Oprah Magazine 'Top 15 Best of the Year' A Well-Read Black Girl Pick Tenderness and cruelty, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and regret-Alexia Arthurs navigates these tensions to extraordinary effect in her debut collection about Jamaican immigrants and their families back home. Sweeping from close-knit island communities to the streets of New York City and midwestern university towns, these eleven stories form a portrait of a nation, a people, and a way of life. In 'Light-Skinned Girls and Kelly Rowlands,' an NYU student befriends a fellow Jamaican whose privileged West Coast upbringing has blinded her to the hard realities of race. In 'Mash Up Love,' a twin's chance sighting of his estranged brother-the prodigal son of the family-stirs up unresolved feelings of resentment. In 'Bad Behavior,' a couple leave their wild teenage daughter with her grandmother in Jamaica, hoping the old ways will straighten her out. In 'Mermaid River,' a Jamaican teenage boy is reunited with his mother in New York after eight years apart. In 'The Ghost of Jia Yi,' a recently murdered student haunts a despairing Jamaican athlete recruited to an Iowa college. And in 'Shirley from a Small Place,' a world-famous pop star retreats to her mother's big new house in Jamaica, which still holds the power to restore something vital.Alexia Arthurs emerges in this vibrant, lyrical, intimate collection as one of fiction's most dynamic and essential authors.Praise for How to Love a Jamaican 'A sublime short-story collection from newcomer Alexia Arthurs that explores, through various characters, a specific strand of the immigrant experience.'-Entertainment Weekly 'With its singular mix of psychological precision and sun-kissed lyricism, this dazzling debut marks the emergence of a knockout new voice.'-O: The Oprah Magazine 'Gorgeous, tender, heartbreaking stories . . . Arthurs is a witty, perceptive, and generous writer, and this is a book that will last.'-Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties 'Vivid and exciting . . . every story rings beautifully true.'-Marie Claire.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family'Insightful . . . an impressively industrious and comprehensive account of Lynch's career.'-The New York Times Book Review In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many heartaches and struggles he's faced to bring his unorthodox projects to fruition. Lynch's lyrical, intimate, and unfiltered personal reflections riff off biographical sections written by close collaborator Kristine McKenna and based on more than one hundred new interviews with surprisingly candid ex-wives, family members, actors, agents, musicians, and colleagues in various fields who all have their own takes on what happened. Room to Dream is a landmark book that offers a onetime all-access pass into the life and mind of one of our most enigmatic and utterly original living artists. With insights into . . . Eraserhead The Elephant Man Dune Blue Velvet Wild at Heart Twin Peaks Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Lost Highway The Straight Story Mulholland Drive INLAND EMPIRE Twin Peaks: The ReturnPraise for Room to Dream'A memorable portrait of one of cinema's great auteurs . . . provides a remarkable insight into [David] Lynch's intense commitment to the 'art life.' '-The Guardian 'This is the best book by and about a movie director since Elia Kazan's A Life (1988) and Michael Powell's A Life in Movies (1986). But Room to Dream is more enchanting or appealing than those classics. . . . What makes this book endearing is its chatty, calm account of how genius in America can be a matter-of-fact defiance of reality that won't alarm your dog or save mankind. It's the only way to dream in so disturbed a country.'-San Francisco ChronicleLibri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 592 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Spectacular. NPR Uproariously funny. The Boston Globe An artistic triumph. San Francisco Chronicle A novel in which comedy and pathos are exquisitely balanced. The Washington Post Shteyngart s best book. The Seattle Times The bestselling author ofSuper Sad True Love Storyreturns with a biting, brilliant, emotionally resonant novel very much of our times.NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND MAUREEN CORRIGAN, NPR SFRESH AIRAND NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe New York Times Book Review NPR The Washington Post O: The Oprah Magazine Mother Jones Glamour Library Journal Kirkus Reviews Newsday Pamela Paul, KQED Financial Times The Globe and MailNarcissistic, hilariously self-deluded, and divorced from the real world as most of us know it, hedge-fund manager Barry Cohen oversees $2.4 billion in assets. Deeply stressed by an SEC investigation and by his three-year-old son s diagnosis of autism, he flees New York on a Greyhound bus in search of a simpler, more romantic life with his old college sweetheart. Meanwhile, his super-smart wife, Seema a driven first-generation American who craved the picture-perfect life that comes with wealth has her own demons to face.How these two flawed characters navigate the Shteyngartian chaos of their own making is at the heart of this piercing exploration,a poignant tale of familial longing and an unsentimental ode to America.LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION The fuel and oxygen of immigrant literature movement, exile, nostalgia, cultural disorientation are what fire the pistons of this trenchant and panoramic novel. . . . [It is] a novel so pungent, so frisky and so intent on probing the dissonances and delusions both individual and collective that grip this strange land getting stranger. TheNew York Times Book Review Shteyngart, perhaps more than any American writer of his generation, is a natural. He is light, stinging, insolent and melancholy. . . . The wit and the immigrant s sense of heartbreak he was born in Russia just seem to pour from him. The idea of riding along behind Shteyngart as he glides across America in the early age of Trump is a propitious one. He doesn t disappoint. The New York Times.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 'A gem of a novel.'--Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great ThingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher and Love Your Life comes an irresistible story of love and empowerment about a young woman with a complicated family, a handsome man who might be 'the one,' and an IOU that changes everything.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Laurie R. King's New York Times bestselling series featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes is 'the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today' (Lee Child)!The last thing Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, need is to help an old friend with her mad, missing aunt. Lady Vivian Beaconsfield has spent most of her adult life in one asylum after another, since the loss of her brother and father in the Great War. Although her mental state seemed to be improving, she's now disappeared after an outing from Bethlem Royal Hospital . . . better known as Bedlam. Russell wants nothing to do with the case-but she can't say no. To track down the vanished woman, she must use her deductive instincts and talent for subterfuge-and enlist her husband's legendary prowess. Together, the two travel from the grim confines of Bedlam to the murky canals of Venice-only to find the shadow of Benito Mussolini darkening the fate of a city, an era, and a tormented English lady of privilege. Praise for Island of the Mad 'Full of lush details and clever twists.'-Booklist 'Once again validates Laurie R. King as the preeminent Holmes writer working today.'-Bookreporter 'A truly memorable mystery . . . Laurie King brings her always amazing imagination to the page to enthrall readers, as only she can do.'-Suspense Magazine 'Superb . . . shocking . . . Come for the mystery, stay for the sightseeing, the gibes at fascism, and the heroine's climactic masquerade as silent film star Harold Lloyd.'-Kirkus Reviews 'There's no shortage of entertainment. . . . If you are a fan of the series, you won't be disappointed!'-San Francisco Book Review 'Well-plotted . . . This ranks as one of the better recent installments in this popular series.'-Publishers Weekly.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The feel-good book of the year: a delightful novel of friendship, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change your life, by the bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn't know how to bake but she needs to keep her mind off a big decision she sorely regrets.When a new family moves in next door and tragedy strikes, Lucille begins to look out for Lincoln, their son. Lincoln's parents aren't the only ones in town facing hard choices and uncertain futures. In these difficult times, the residents of Mason come together and find the true power of community-just when they need it the most. 'Elizabeth Berg's characters jump right off the page and into your heart' said Fannie Flagg about The Story of Arthur Truluv. The same could be said about Night of Miracles, a heartwarming novel that reminds us that the people we come to love are often the ones we don't expect.Praise for Night of Miracles'Happy, sad, sweet and slyly funny, [Night of Miracles] celebrates the nourishing comfort of community and provides a delightfully original take on the cycles of life.'-People (Book of the Week) 'Find refuge in Mason, a place blessedly free of the political chaos we now know as 'real life.' In Berg's charming but far from shallow alternative reality, the focus is on the things that make life worth living: the human connections that light the way through the dark of aging, bereavement, illness and our own mistakes. . . . As the endearing, odd-lot characters of Mason, Missouri, coalesce into new families, dessert is served: a plateful of chocolate-and-vanilla pinwheel cookies for the soul.'-USA Today 'Full of empathy and charm, every chapter infuses the heart with a renewed sense of hope.' -Woman's World.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family'Insightful . . . an impressively industrious and comprehensive account of Lynch's career.'-The New York Times Book Review In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many heartaches and struggles he's faced to bring his unorthodox projects to fruition. Lynch's lyrical, intimate, and unfiltered personal reflections riff off biographical sections written by close collaborator Kristine McKenna and based on more than one hundred new interviews with surprisingly candid ex-wives, family members, actors, agents, musicians, and colleagues in various fields who all have their own takes on what happened. Room to Dream is a landmark book that offers a onetime all-access pass into the life and mind of one of our most enigmatic and utterly original living artists. With insights into . . . Eraserhead The Elephant Man Dune Blue Velvet Wild at Heart Twin Peaks Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Lost Highway The Straight Story Mulholland Drive INLAND EMPIRE Twin Peaks: The ReturnPraise for Room to Dream'A memorable portrait of one of cinema's great auteurs . . . provides a remarkable insight into [David] Lynch's intense commitment to the 'art life.' '-The Guardian 'This is the best book by and about a movie director since Elia Kazan's A Life (1988) and Michael Powell's A Life in Movies (1986). But Room to Dream is more enchanting or appealing than those classics. . . . What makes this book endearing is its chatty, calm account of how genius in America can be a matter-of-fact defiance of reality that won't alarm your dog or save mankind. It's the only way to dream in so disturbed a country.'-San Francisco Chronicle.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fast-paced mystery where Murder on the Orient Express meets the Tour de France-someone's killing off cyclists one by one. There are cyclists willing to die to win a single stage of the Tour, taking suicidal descents at more than 90 kilometers per hour, but now I know there are cyclists willing to kill to win. Marc Moreau, a professional cyclist with a military past, is part of a top Tour de France team led by his best friend, an American star favored to win this year's Tour. But the competition takes a dark turn when racers begin to drop out in a series of violent accidents: a mugging that ends in an ankle being crushed, a nasty bout of food poisoning, and a crash caused by two spectators standing where they shouldn't. The teams and their entourages retreat into paranoid lockdown even as they must continue racing each day. The mountain inclines grow steeper and the accidents turn deadlier: a suspicious suicide, an exploded trailer, a loose wheel at the edge of a cliff. Marc agrees to help the French police with their investigations from the inside and becomes convinced that the culprit is a cyclist who wants to win at any cost. But as the victim count rises, the number of potential murderers-and potential champions-dwindles.Marc begins to have the sickening realization that his own team has been most favored by the murderer's actions, and in the final stages of the race Mark himself emerges as the only cyclist left who could possibly beat his best friend and win the Tour. Whom can Marc trust Whom should he protect What decision will he make if he's asked to choose between justice, loyalty, and glory Praise for The Black Jersey 'Men, mountains, machines, speed, greed, and murder . . . Making a tour de force of the Tour de France, Jorge Zepeda Patterson does for cycling what Dick Francis did for horse racing. Warning! Strap on your helmets! This is no tale for wimps.'-Alan Bradley, author of the Flavia de Luce series 'The world of competitive cycling is stressful enough without adding suspicious accidents to the mixture. But that is exactly what happens in this thrilling and intrigue-filled novel. The Black Jersey has the pace and excitement of a world-class race.'-Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series'The Black Jersey is a joy from start to hair-raising finish line, even for someone like me who prefers a good meal to any kind of competitive sport. Bravo!'-M. L. Longworth, author of the Provençal Mystery series.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From thebestselling author ofDark Matterand the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memoryhis most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date,and the inspiration for Shondaland's upcoming Netflix film."Gloriously twisting . . . a heady campfire tale of a novel."The New York Times Book ReviewNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time NPR BookRiotReality is broken.At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. But the force that's sweeping the world is no pathogen. It's just the first shock wave, unleashed by a stunning discoveryand what's in jeopardy is not our minds but the very fabric of time itself.In New York City, Detective Barry Sutton is closing in on the truthand in a remote laboratory, neuroscientist Helena Smith is unaware that she alone holds the key to this mystery . . .and the tools for fighting back.Together, Barry and Helena will have to confront their enemybefore they, and the world, are trapped in a loop of ever-growing chaos.Praise for Recursion"An action-packed, brilliantly unique ride that had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page . . . a fantastic read."Andy Weir, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Martian"Another profound science-fiction thriller. Crouch masterfully blends science and intrigue into the experience of what it means to be deeply human."Newsweek"Definitely not one to forget when you're packing for vacation . . . [Crouch] breathes fresh life into matters with a mix of heart, intelligence, and philosophical musings."Entertainment Weekly"A trippy journey down memory lane . . . [Crouch's] intelligence is an able match for the challenge he's set of overcoming the structure of time itself."Time"Wildly entertaining . . . another winning novel from an author at the top of his game."AV Club.