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Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1405934832ISBN 13: 9781405934831
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - BE DRAWN INTO THE EMOTIONALLY GRIPPING FAMILY DRAMA PACKED WITH LONG-BURIED SECRETS'I couldn't stop reading until the early hours. Totally gripping' 5\*\*\*\*\* READER REVIEW 'I just thought you should know who you're married to . . .'______ Romy and Michael had it all. 30 years of marriage, two wonderful sons and a beautiful home. Until a letter arrives containing a shocking accusation, and everything falls apart. Fleeing to an idyllic countryside village to find time to think, Romy finds herself drawn to Finch, a handsome stranger with a tragic past. Is this a chance to start again But then the phone rings:Michael is in hospital. He says he needs her help . . . From the No. 1 bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park, The Lie will captivate fans of Susan Lewis, Amanda Prowse, and Ali Mercer's His Secret Family.______ 'Hilary Boyd nails family dynamics and misplaced loyalties with pin-sharp precision in an impressively well-written tale' DAILY EXPRESS Readers are hooked by The Lie . . . 'Full of conflict with many twists and turns' 'A beautifully written and tense family drama' 'Totally engrossing' 'A brilliant page turner' Praise for Hilary Boyd 'Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes' Daily Mail 'Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart-string puller' Closer 'I was ripping through this book . . . addictive' Evening Standard 384 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241457696ISBN 13: 9780241457696
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE'Portrays the breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus' The Stranger' The New York TimesJoseph Bloch, a once-famous goalkeeper turned construction worker, commits a random murder without thought or regret. As he wanders the streets, from hotel to bar, cinema to tram stop, experiencing strange and violent encounters on the way, he finds himself, and everything around him, disintegrating. Told in spare and icy prose, Peter Handke's masterpiece of alienation takes apart our ideas of humanity and reality itself.'A Kafkaesque crime novel' Los Angeles TimesTranslated by Michael Roloff 96 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241467969ISBN 13: 9780241467961
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A kind of magical realism for science fiction . Quite, quite brilliant' TorPart pulp adventure, part otherworldly meditation, this is the story of Trafalgar Medrano: intergalactic trader and lover of bitter coffee and black cigarettes. In the bars and cafés of Rosario, Argentina, he recounts tall tales of his space escapades - involving, among other things, time travel and dancing troglodytes.'A unique brand of science fiction . unlike anything I've ever read' Los Angeles Review of Books 256 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241389011ISBN 13: 9780241389010
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes'Described by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', Visions of Gerard forms the first volume of his memoir cycle the 'Duluoz Legend'. Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, it is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - its wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain. It is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of existence.'Called a 'pain-tale' by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child wracked with sickness and suffering' Guardian 112 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241454719ISBN 13: 9780241454718
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In a distant universe, since the beginning of time, workers have spent their lives weaving intricate carpets from the hair of women and girls. But why Andreas Eschbach's mysterious, poignant space opera explores the absurdity of work and of life itself.'A novel of ideas that evokes complex emotions through the working out of an intricate and ultimately satisfying plot, with echoes of Gene Wolfe, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Isaac Asimov' The New York Times Book Review 320 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 024145767XISBN 13: 9780241457672
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE'One of Europe's great writers' Karl Ove KnausgaardOne evening Marianne, a suburban housewife living in an identikit bungalow, is struck by the realization that her husband will leave her. Whether at that moment, or in years to come, she will be deserted. So she sends him away, knowing she must fend for herself and her young son. As she adjusts to her disorienting new life alone, what she thought was fear slowly starts to feel like freedom.'Knifelike clarity of evocation . Handke is a kind of nature poet, a romantic whose exacerbated nerves cling like pained ivy to the landscape' John UpdikeTranslated by Ralph Manheim 80 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241443938ISBN 13: 9780241443934
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The master of weird fiction, H. P. Lovecraft combines cosmic fantasy with creeping horror in these three tales of malevolent alien forces, body-switching and travel across the space-time continuum.'Evil, in Lovecraft, is universal, pervasive' Michael Chabon'His prescience and novelty seem more and more remarkable . shows a deeply modern horror at the universe' Guardian'A unique and visionary world of wonder, terror and delirium' Clive Barker 240 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241472474ISBN 13: 9780241472477
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A beautiful book' Ursula K. Le GuinThis mordantly funny and provocative tale from Soviet Russia's leading science fiction writers is the story of astrophysicist Dmitri Malianov. As he reaches a major breakthrough, he finds himself plagued by interruptions, from a mysterious crate of vodka to a glamorous woman on his doorstep. Is the Universe trying to tell him something 'On putting down one of their books, you feel a cold breeze still lifting the hairs on the back of your neck' The New York Times 176 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241467985ISBN 13: 9780241467985
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Vonnegut looked the world straight in the eye and never flinched' J. G. BallardThis bitterly funny Cold War satire on the end of the world expresses our deepest fears of Armageddon, and has become a counter-culture classic.'A satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion' Jay McInerney'The closest thing we had to a Voltaire' Tom Wolfe'The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be. He is not only entertaining, he is electrocuting' The New York Times 240 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1405928824ISBN 13: 9781405928823
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The new sizzler in the Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know trilogy!'Revenge will be sweet - and in this case, extremely funny' New \*\*\*She stole the life she wanted. Now someone wants to steal it back . . .Alvie Knightly may be waking up in the Ritz, but her life is no bed of roses.Firstly, she has the mother of all hangovers.Secondly, her beautiful, spoiled twin sister Beth has just been found dead in Sicily - and the police want Alvie for questioning.And thirdly, Alvie's hot new boyfriend has vanished with every penny of the millions they stole from Beth . . .But he picked the wrong girl to mess with.Alvie will pursue her ex to Rome in a game of cat and mouse that only one of them can survive.Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned . . . But can Alvie get revenge before her crimes catch up with her Readers LOVE Bad:'I couldn't put it down''This is the most fun you'll have with a book this summer. I loved it.''I fell straight into the story. I loved the chase, the thrill, the ending . . . just all of it.'Loved Bad Why not read more about Alvie in Dangerous to Know . . . 384 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241441323ISBN 13: 9780241441329
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Irreverent, spirited . a seriously funny novel' New York Review of BooksSitting in his cramped basement room in Brixton, Battersby dreams of money, women, a T-bone steak - and a place to call his own. So he and a group of friends decide to save up and buy a house together. But amid grasping landlords, the temptations of spending money and the less-than-welcoming attitude of the Mother Country, can this motley group of hustlers and schemers, Trinidadians and Jamaicans, men and women make their dreams a reality 'Selvon's meticulously observed narratives of displaced Londoners' lives created a template for how to write about migrant, and postmigrant, London for countless writers who have followed in his wake, including Hanif Kureishi and Zadie Smith' Caryl Phillips 144 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241374553ISBN 13: 9780241374559
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A novel of female friendship . . . startling and moving' New York Times _______________________________________________'In the first few months after Charlie died, I began hearing from her much more frequently . . .'When Helen Clapp gets a missed call from best friend Charlie, she knows it's a mistake. Because Charlie's dead. Ghosts break so many fundamental laws of the universe that Helen, a physicist, shouldn't believe in them. Should she As this question draws Helen to Charlie's grieving husband and daughter, she finds herself entangled in the forgotten threads of lost friendship and her own paths not taken . . . ______________________________________________________'There aren't many novels that bring to mind both Middlemarch and Bridget Jones's Diary - but Lost and Wanted is one of them' The Times'Dazzling. Freudenberger explores the nature of ambition, success and grief . . . brilliant' Financial Times'Beautiful. I was moved by intimacies near and far, real and imagined, lost and found in all the echoing corners of the expanding universe' New York Times 432 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241458749ISBN 13: 9780241458747
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The best single work of science fiction yet written' Ursula K. Le GuinThe dystopian masterwork that inspired George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, We depicts a futuristic totalitarian society, 'OneState', where humans have become numbers. Suppressed in Russia for decades, it is a chilling vision of a world enslaved by technology.'Zamyatin's parable looked forward to climate change and surveillance culture . to peer into its future is to see modernity's reflection gazing darkly back' Economist 272 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241504392ISBN 13: 9780241504390
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Moses thinks he's got it made. Originally a poor Caribbean immigrant, he is now the proud landlord of a ramshackle house in Shepherd's Bush, London. He has visions of being master of his own domain, writing his memoirs while his trusty sidekick and handyman, Bob, does all the work. But Moses' problems are far from over. Soon a Black Power group take over the basement, headed by the indomitable - but very sexy - Brenda, and an illegal people-smuggling ring is discovered upstairs. Not to mention harassment from racist police, sheep-slaughtering in the back yard and a Black Panther (the human kind) on the loose. Will Moses' elaborately constructed castle in the air be demolished by these unruly forces Following the fortunes of characters from Selvon's The Lonely Londoners, Moses Ascending is a hilarious and telling depiction of 1970s Britain. 208 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241986117ISBN 13: 9780241986110
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Powerful and provocative' Paula McLain'Beautiful, engrossing, heart-breaking' Rachel Rhys'Monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt' Washington Post The Miltons are a powerful old New York family - the kind of family that used to run the world. And in 1935, they still do. Kitty and Ogden Milton seem to have it all: an elegant apartment on the Upper East Side, two beautiful little boys, a love everyone envies. When a tragedy befalls them, Ogden comforts Kitty the only way he knows how - they go sailing, picnic on a small island off the coast of Maine, and buy it. For generations the Miltons of Crockett Island revel in a place that is entirely their own. But it's 1959, and the world is changing: Ogden's firm hire a Jewish man, Len Levy, who earns the admiration of not only his boss, but his boss's beautiful young daughter. When Len and his friend visit the island, the Milton's principles and prejudices are challenged like never before. At the dawn of the 21st century, the family money has run dry, and the island is up for sale. Returning for one last visit, Kitty's granddaughter uncovers disturbing evidence about her family's wealth - and realizes she is on the verge of finally understanding the silences that seemed to hover just below the surface of her family all her life.'Thought-provoking and propulsive.Welcome to old money, new heartbreak and big secrets' New York Times Book Review 496 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0141992417ISBN 13: 9780141992419
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The moving memoir of a doctor who became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives 'Beautiful and deeply moving. A truly extraordinary work that will change how we think about our lives and the society we live in' Michael Puett, author of The Path When Dr Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care, he delivers a deeply inspiring story about what it means to grapple with illness from both sides, as an experienced doctor and a loving husband. Caregiving is long, hard, unglamorous work - at moments joyous, more often tedious, sometimes agonizing, but always rich in meaning. Describing the practical, emotional and moral aspects of caring, Kleinman explores how we must ask uncomfortable questions of ourselves and of our doctors. Poignant and honest, The Soul of Care is an uplifting story about what really matters in our lives. 272 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241469589ISBN 13: 9780241469583
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in European history. It inspired the largest pilgrim site in medieval Europe and many works of literature from Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' to T. S. Eliot's 'Murder in the Cathedral' and Anouilh's 'Becket'.0In a brilliant piece of historical detective work, Christopher de Hamel here identifies the only surviving relic from Becket's shrine: the Anglo-Saxon Psalter which he cherished throughout his time as Archbishop of Canterbury, and which he may even have been holding when he was murdered.0Beautifully illustrated and published to coincide with the 850th anniversary of the death of Thomas Becket, this is an exciting rediscovery of one of the most evocative artefacts of medieval England. 64 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1405945192ISBN 13: 9781405945196
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The heartwarming and moving story of three fascinating women finding their strength in World War II, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Call the Midwife and Downton AbbeyIt is June 1940, and as the bombs fall, the women at home must dig deep . . . _______Tucked on the edge of the Lake District lies Mary Vale, a Mother and Baby Home open to unmarried women and their children. But tensions arise when three very different mums-to-be walk through the doors. Plucky shipyard worker Gracie must overcome her shame when her lover turns out to be married. Newly engaged Diana's fiancà tragically goes missing in action days before the wedding, while isolated and bedraggled Zelda turns heads when she arrives from the ghettos of Germany. At Mary Vale, unity is key as the bombs keep falling. But can these very different women put their differences aside to fight a common foe Praise for Daisy Styles'Will tug at the heart strings of readers everywhere. Wonderful!' Fiona Ford, author of The Liberty Girls'Well done Daisy for creating characters that are real women in the best sense. Funny, scheming, loyal and witty, but about all, hardworking and proud. An absolute joy to read' Kate Thompson, bestselling author of Secrets of the Home Front Girls'Truly endearing characters' Annie Murray, bestselling author of Now The War Is Over 400 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241457688ISBN 13: 9780241457689
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE'Repetition made a great and, as I have since learned, lasting impression on me' W. G. SebaldFilip Kobal, an Austrian teenager, is on the trail of his missing older brother Gregor, who he never knew. All he has is two of Gregor's books: a school copy book, and a dictionary in which certain words have been marked. As he enters Slovenia on his journey, Filip discovers something else entirely: the transformative power of language to describe the world, and the unnerving joy of being an outsider in a strange land.'One of the most moving evocations I have ever read of what it means to be alive, to walk upon this earth' Gabriel JosipoviciTranslated by Ralph Manheim 224 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241441641ISBN 13: 9780241441640
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An exceptional novel . a cause for celebration' Washington Post'The most accomplished Native American writer of her generation' The New York Times Book Review Tayo, a young Second World War veteran of mixed ancestry, is coming home. But, returning to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation, he finds himself scarred by his experiences as a prisoner of war, and further wounded by the rejection he finds among his own people. Only by rediscovering the traditions, stories and ceremonies of his ancestors can he start to heal, and find peace.'Ceremony is the greatest novel in Native American literature. It is one of the greatest novels of any time and place' Sherman Alexie 272 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241433754ISBN 13: 9780241433751
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'In Japan we have an expression, 'Float like Cloud, Flow like Water'. Its meaning is: to live free and unconstrained'In this short introduction to Zen Buddhism, a practising Japanese monk shares the many lessons he has learned from life inside a temple.With charm and humour, he guides us through everything from meditation to tea-drinking ceremonies, the meaning of koans to preparing Zen food. Accompanied by the author's own illustrations, this book invites you to change your perception through the wisdom of monastic life. 128 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0141986956ISBN 13: 9780141986951
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About CapitalismOver the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame.Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin. 320 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241985315ISBN 13: 9780241985311
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A senior garda reveals the procedures and stories behind his work solving many of Ireland's most notorious crimes. 304 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 024135479XISBN 13: 9780241354797
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is The Tiger Who Came to Tea really about How is Meg and Mog related to Polish embroidery And why does death in picture books involve being eaten Fierce Bad Rabbits explores the stories behind our favourite picture books, weaving in tales of Clare Pollard's childhood reading and her re-discovery of the classic tales as a parent. Because the best picture books are far more complex than they seem - and darker too. Monsters can gobble up children and go unnoticed, power is not always used wisely, and the wild things are closer than you think. 'A gem . . . hard to put down. Thoroughly enjoyable' Spectator'Essential reading for every thinking parent' Penelope Lively'An enlightening, perceptive analysis of the books that build us' Sunday Telegraph, 5 star review'A happy way to reconnect with old friends' Times 304 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241991560ISBN 13: 9780241991565
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the story of the so-called Spanish Flu teach us about the fight against present day crises, and how to prepare for future outbreaks At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, which provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the aftermath of Covid-19 and future pandemics looming on the horizon. 544 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 014199472XISBN 13: 9780141994727
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The essential guide to one of the world's most diverse and fascinating faiths, with a Foreword by Amartya SenK. M. Sen discusses the evolution of Hinduism's central systems of belief and codes of conduct, as well as popular cults and sects such as Bhakti, Tantrika and the mystics of North India, and describes the varying incarnations of its supreme deity, Krishna and Rama among them. He recounts its history from the Indus Valley civilization c.2500 BC and the Vedic age nature gods to its relationship with Buddhism and Jainism and the impact of western culture. And he describes the day-to-day practice of Hinduism - customs, festivals and rituals; the caste system; and its philosophies and exponents. The author's grandson Professor Amartya Sen brings his work right up to date, examining the role of Hinduism in the world today. 176 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241400406ISBN 13: 9780241400401
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'To create today means to create dangerously'This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. Letters to a German Friend, written and published underground during the Nazi occupation of France, was born out of Camus' experience in the Resistance and explores what it truly means to love your country. Reflections on the Guillotine, his impassioned polemic against the death penalty, became a touchstone for the movement to abolish capital punishment, while in his Nobel speeches Camus argues that the artist must engage with dangerous times. Together these powerful pieces express Camus' mistrust of rigid ideologies, and his commitment to human solidarity. 'Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination' Conor Cruise O'Brien 160 pp. Englisch.
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Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241987296ISBN 13: 9780241987292
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Long recognized as perhaps the greatest non-fiction writer at work in Ireland, for his vast, polymathic accounts of nature and culture in the Aran Islands and Connemara, Tim Robinson is also an essayist of genius whose fascinations range across the globe. In Experiments on Reality, he shines the light of his intelligence on his own life, and on some of the most fascinating questions in science and culture. Robinson brings us to his boyhood in Yorkshire, National Service in Malaya in the 1950s, and his years as a visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London. He revisits some of the scenes of his researches for the maps he made of Aran and Connemara, places that continue to throw up remarkable stories and puzzles. And he performs astonishing literary thought-experiments, playing with the boundaries of the essay form, scientific inquiry, and storytelling. Experiments on Reality is a masterpiece from one of the great minds of our time. 'One of the greatest of all landscape writers . When the material world is brought forth for us so beautifully, with such rapt attention and illuminating insight, we are reminded of how lucky we are to be part of it' Fintan O'Toole, Irish TimesPRAISE FOR THE CONNEMARA TRILOGY:'One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English' Robert MacFarlane, Spectator'Robinson is a marvel . the supreme practitioner of geo-graphy, the writing of places' Fintan O'Toole, Observer Books of the Year'One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists . This is a book that does justice, in every sense of that phrase, to the frequently betrayed people whose stories it incarnates, and to their strange and beautiful corner of the world' Joseph O'Connor, Guardian'A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing and a miraculous, vivid and engrossing meditation on landscape and history and the sacred mood of places' Colm Tóibín, Irish Times Books of the Year'One of the finest of contemporary prose stylists' John Burnside, Irish Times'He is that rarest of phenomena, a scientist and an artist, and his method is to combine scientific rigour with artistic reverie in a seamless blend that both informs and delights.' John Banville, Guardian'Breathtaking . the West of Ireland has found its ultimate laureate' Patricia Craig, TLS'Dazzling . an indubitable classic' Giles Foden, Condé Nast Traveller 208 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0141991291ISBN 13: 9780141991290
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, Possessed is one of the few things you really need to own' Daniel GilbertHow ownership came to own us - and what we can do about itOur love affair with possessions seems to be all-consuming, even as we face economic and environmental breaking points. The global pandemic is a wake-up call that forces us to reassess what we value most in our lives, and yet we remain reluctant to change our ways when it comes to accumulating things. Why The answer is our need for ownership. A uniquely human preoccupation rooted in our biology, psychological ownership can be seen in everything from nations fighting over resources to the rise of political extremism.Award-winning psychologist Bruce Hood draws on his own and international research to explain why ownership is an emotional state of mind that governs our behaviour from cradle to grave, even when it is often irrational and destructive. Does our shopping define us What motivates us to buy more than we need Why do some cultures favour shared community ownership and others individual How does our urge to acquire control our behaviour in times of crisis Timely and persuasive, Possessed is the first book to explore how ownership has us in thrall to the relentless pursuit of a false happiness, with damaging consequences for society and the planet - and how we can stop buying into it. 224 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Aug 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0241400279ISBN 13: 9780241400272
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intellectual lucidity was a product of the wealth - the sensual immediacy and clarity - that had been heaped on his senses' Geoff Dyer Albert Camus was born in a 'world of poverty and sunshine' in Algeria, which would infuse all of his work. This new collection brings together three volumes of Camus' most intimate autobiographical writings for the first time. The Wrong Side and the Right Side, his first book, describes his family and his early years in a working-class neighbourhood. Nuptials rejoices in the sensuality of sun, landscape and sea, while Summer ranges over the cities of Algiers and Oran, nature and identity. Lyrical and emotional, these pieces enrich our understanding of Camus and his love of life. 224 pp. Englisch.