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Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0718184262ISBN 13: 9780718184261
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The PERFECT GIFT for that superhero, saint, figure of worship or, if none of those apply, your plain dear old dad.'Shawn has set up his own firework display in the garden.'Those big displays are rubbish,' he tells his son. 'You can't see a thing.'When Shawn's son has seen the firework, they will go back indoors. Fireworks are more expensive than Shawn expected.'_______''What does a hippopotamus eat, dad ' asks Philip'Children who ask for stuff in the gift shop,' says his dad.Being a dad is brilliant.''_______This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. 'Hilarious' STYLIST 56 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1405922222ISBN 13: 9781405922227
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As an image consultant, Linda has always had an avid interest in people. Linda's writing has been published in a number of magazines and annuals. Moving to the spectacular Devon coast and learning about its local history inspired her novels set in the area. 416 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241238625ISBN 13: 9780241238622
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 50th anniversary edition of the classic crime novel that inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Sidney Poitier.'They call me Mr Tibbs!'A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It's no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man - Virgil Tibbs - is himself a skilled homicide detective from California, whom inexperienced Chief Gillespie reluctantly recruits to help with the case. Faced with mounting local hostility and a police force that seems determined to see him fail, it isn't long before Tibbs - trained in karate and aikido - will have to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety.The inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Sidney Poitier, this iconic crime novel is a psychologically astute examination of racial prejudice, an atmospheric depiction of the American South in the sixties, and a brilliant, suspense-filled read set in the sultry heat of the night. 176 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1405924179ISBN 13: 9781405924177
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of late . . .For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British television but, more recently, he appears to have been usurped by a pretend elephant.But on paper the real Jeremy remains at the helm. That's as it should be. For nearly thirty years he has been fearlessly leading the charge as one the best comic writers in the country. And in 2015, he shows no sign of slowing down. So, whether it's pondering: If Jesus might have been better off being born in New Zealand Why reflexive pronoun abuse is the worst thing in the world How Pam Ayres's head trumps Gordon Gecko's underpants Or what a television presenter with time on his hands gets up toJeremy is still trying to make sense of all the big stuff.Circumstances change. Nothing's forever. But As I Was Saying provides glorious proof that Jeremy remains as funny, puzzled, excitable, outspoken, insightful and thought-provoking as ever. As if you ever doubted it . . .\*\*\*Praise for Clarkson: 'Brilliant. laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph 'Outrageously funny. will have you in stitches' Time Out 'Very funny . . . I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard 352 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241961718ISBN 13: 9780241961711
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Henry Shefflin was born in 1979 and started playing senior inter-county hurling for Kilkenny in 1999. He won a record eleven All-Irelands, and been selected as an All-Star eleven times and as Hurler of the Year a record three times. He is the all-time leading scorer in championship hurling. 320 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0141985054ISBN 13: 9780141985053
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Philippe Sands QC is Professor of Law at UCL and the author of several books on international law. He is a practising barrister at the Matrix Chambers and has been involved in leading cases before English and international courts. 432 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 024197139XISBN 13: 9780241971390
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Take your passion and make it happen with The Idea In You by Martin Amor and Alex PellewDo you have an idea in you A hobby, a project, a product . something that could change your life The Idea in You is a bulletproof system for finding the right idea and shaping it in to a success - on your own terms.With advice from the people behind the likes of Pizza Pilgrims, Parkrun and Decoded, The Idea in You will show you what to expect, how to think and what to do when launching your own venture.Making your idea happen is possible - and it will be one of the most inspiring and energizing experiences of your life.What are you waiting for 'A wonderfully inspirational book that will help unleash your ideas on the world' Michael Acton Smith, creator of Moshi Monsters'Every great business starts with an idea . . . this book will help you find yours' Richard Reed, co-founder Innocent Drinks'It seems to me that many could-be creators simply lack support in their lives, someone genuine who listens to their ideas and pushes boundaries to make it all seem possible. Alex and Martin must recognize this, too, because their book is a generous offer of encouragement and spirit, a drum beat that stirred my creative confidence' Zach Klein, co-founder of Vimeo 256 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241200334ISBN 13: 9780241200339
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Night after night, chefs and their crews multitask in a way that puts deskbound workers to shame. Have you ever wondered how they do it In Work Clean, Dan Charnas uncovers their secret: mise-en-place ('putting in place' to you and me) - the organizational system that transforms the lives of its practitioners through focus and self-discipline.Through interviews with top chefs working in professional kitchens all over the world, culinary students, line cooks and restaurant employees, Charnas reveals the ten major principles of mise-en-place, including: 'Arranging spaces', 'Finishing actions' and 'Slowing Down to Speed Up'.Demonstrating how to put the method into practice, Work Clean is your guide to boosting productivity in all aspects of life. 304 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1846147042ISBN 13: 9781846147043
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the international bestselling author of Gomorrah, this is a deeply personal and candid portrait of Italy today: a place of trafficking and toxic waste, where votes can be bought and sold, where organized crime ravages both north and south - yet also where many courageous individuals defy the system, and millions work tirelessly for a better future. 144 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0141980982ISBN 13: 9780141980980
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the ultimate guide to the world of the Freak. Renegade thinkers and bestselling sensations Levitt and Dubner have carefully curated the very best of their blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bankrobbing, fast food to sex taxes.'We are all Freakonomists now' Washington Post'A phenomenon . their approach has won them a cult following' Observer'Lie back and let Levitt and Dubner's bouncy prose style carry you along from one peculiarity to the next' Sunday Telegraph'You are guaranteed a good time' Financial Times 400 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0143107275ISBN 13: 9780143107279
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Before The Exorcist and Rosemary s Baby, there was The Case Against SatanBy the twentieth century, the exorcism had all but vanished, wiped out by modern science and psychology. But Ray Russell praised by Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro as a sophisticated practitioner of Gothic fiction resurrected the ritual with his classic 1962 horror novel, The Case AgainstSatan, giving new rise to the exorcism on page, screen, and even in real life.Teenager Susan Garth was a clean-talking sweet little girl of high school age before she started having fits a sudden aversion to churches and a newfound fondness for vulgarity. Then one night, she strips in front of the parish priest and sinks her nails into his throat. If not madness, then the answer must be demonic possession. To vanquish the Devil, Bishop Crimmings recruits Father Gregory Sargent, a younger priest with a taste for modern ideas and brandy.As the two men fight not just the darkness tormenting Susan but also one another, a soul-chilling revelation lurks in the shadows one that knows that the darkest evil goes by many names.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators. 160 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241972108ISBN 13: 9780241972106
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Majestic. Truly gripping' Andrew RobertsThe Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. In Jonathan Dimbleby's brilliant and dramatic new account we see how this epic struggle for maritime mastery played out, from the politicians and admirals to the men on and under the sea and their families waiting at home. Filled with haunting and hair-raising stories of chases, ambushes, sinkings, stalkings, disasters and rescues, The Battle of the Atlantic is a monumental work of history as it was lived and fought.'Recounts the horror and humanity of life on those perilous oceans' Independent'Dimbleby moves with skill from scene to scene, eavesdropping on the great statesmen like Churchill, the merchant seamen who carried out their orders, the U-boat commanders who tried to sink them and the families of those who lost their lives at sea' Mail on Sunday.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241967872ISBN 13: 9780241967874
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEFrom the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS'Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather.Travelling from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, and exploring the landscapes of Roger Deakin, J. A. Baker, Nan Shepherd and others, Robert Macfarlane shows that language, well used, is a keen way of knowing landscape, and a vital means of coming to love it.'Enormously pleasurable, deeply moving. A bid to save our rich hoard of landscape language, and a blow struck for the power of a deep creative relationship to place' Financial Times'A book that ought to be read by policymakers, educators, armchair environmentalists and active conservationists the world over' Guardian.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241968127ISBN 13: 9780241968123
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Fantastic' Nick Hornby'Beautifully written' Sunday Times'Truly remarkable' Rolling StoneUnfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is the long-awaited memoir from Elvis Costello, one of rock and roll's most iconic stars.Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and had taken the popular music world by storm before he was twenty-four.Costello continues to add to one of the most intriguing and extensive songbooks of the day. His performances have taken him from a cardboard guitar in his front room to fronting a rock and roll band on your television screen and performing in the world's greatest concert halls in a wild variety of company. Unfaithful Music describes how Costello's career has somehow endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal cunning, even managing the occasional absurd episode of pop stardom.This memoir, written with the same inimitable touch as his lyrics, and including dozens of images from his personal archive, offers his unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations of some of his best known songs and the hits of tomorrow. The book contains many stories and observations about his renowned co-writers and co-conspirators, though Costello also pauses along the way for considerations on the less appealing side of infamy.Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink is destined to be a classic, idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0141978376ISBN 13: 9780141978376
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the second half of the sixteenth century, most of the Christian states of Western Europe were on the defensive against a Muslim superpower - the Empire of the Ottoman sultans. There was violent conflict, from raiding and corsairing to large-scale warfare, but there were also many forms of peaceful interaction across the surprisingly porous frontiers of these opposing power-blocs. Agents of Empire describes the paths taken through the eastern Mediterranean and its European hinterland by members of a Venetian-Albanian family, almost all of them previously invisible to history. They include an archbishop in the Balkans, the captain of the papal flagship at the Battle of Lepanto, the power behind the throne in the Ottoman province of Moldavia, and a dragoman (interpreter) at the Venetian embassy in Istanbul.Through the life-stories of these adventurous individuals over three generations, Noel Malcolm casts the world between Venice, Rome and the Ottoman Empire in a fresh light, illuminating subjects as diverse as espionage, diplomacy, the grain trade, slave-ransoming and anti-Ottoman rebellion. He describes the conflicting strategies of the Christian powers, and the extraordinarily ambitious plans of the sultans and their viziers. Few works since Fernand Braudel's classic account of the sixteenth-century Mediterranean, published more than sixty years ago, have ranged so widely through this vital period of Mediterranean and European history. A masterpiece of scholarship as well as story-telling, Agents of Empire builds up a panoramic picture, both of Western power-politics and of the interrelations between the Christian and Ottoman worlds.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0141362251ISBN 13: 9780141362250
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - IF YOU LIKE POISONINGS, BETRAYALS, MUTILATIONS, MURDERS AND FLESH-EATING FARMYARD ANIMALS, KEEP READING . . .In this gripping follow-up to Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods, demigod Percy Jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original Greek heroes in all their gory, bloodthirsty glory. Want to know who cut off Medusa's head Which hero was raised by a she-bear Who tamed Pegasus, the winged horse Percy has all the answers . . . 515 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0141345942ISBN 13: 9780141345949
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware 338 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241974593ISBN 13: 9780241974599
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A richly inventive collection of stories about our enduring love of books from the Booker Prize-shortlisted, Women's Prize-winning author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet 'Smith is dazzling in her daring. Sheer inventive power' ObserverWhy are books so powerful What do the books we read make of us And what does the vanishing of public libraries say about us These stories are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make. Public libraries are places of joy, freedom, community and discovery - and they are under threat from funding cuts and widespread closures across the UK and further afield. With this brilliantly inventive collection, Ali Smith raises her voice in defence of our public libraries, celebrating their essential place in our culture and history.\*\*\*\*\*'Ali Smith is a one-off. Her imagination and originality make her one of the most exciting novelists of her generation' Daily Express'In Ali Smith we have a writer whose dazzling sophistication will surely be celebrated, studied and argues over hundreds of years after we're gone' Scotsman'Smith's world is incredibly generous - it's a place where all sorts of stories and human connections are possible' Metro 219 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241951224ISBN 13: 9780241951224
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - RICHARD H. THALER: WINNER OF THE 2017 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICSShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardECONOMIST, FINANCIAL TIMES and EVENING STANDARD books of the yearFrom the renowned and entertaining behavioural economist and co-author of the seminal work Nudge, Misbehaving is an irreverent and enlightening look into human foibles. Traditional economics assumes that rational forces shape everything. Behavioural economics knows better. Richard Thaler has spent his career studying the notion that humans are central to the economy - and that we're error-prone individuals, not Spock-like automatons. Now behavioural economics is hugely influential, changing the way we think not just about money, but about ourselves, our world and all kinds of everyday decisions.Whether buying an alarm clock, selling football tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments.Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behaviour, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. He reveals how behavioural economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building, to TV quiz shows, sports transfer seasons, and businesses like Uber.When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers and policy makers are both profound and entertaining. 415 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0241180996ISBN 13: 9780241180990
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardA New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper's brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology that has spawned a global social movement.The notion of a new currency, maintained by the computers of users around the world, has been the butt of many jokes, but that has not stopped it from growing into a technology worth billions of dollars, supported by the hordes of followers who have come to view it as the most important new idea since the creation of the Internet. Believers from Beijing to Buenos Aires see the potential for a financial system free from banks and governments. More than just a tech industry fad, Bitcoin has threatened to decentralize some of society's most basic institutions.An unusual tale of group invention, Digital Gold charts the rise of the Bitcoin technology through the eyes of the movement's colorful central characters, including an Argentinian millionaire, a Chinese entrepreneur, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and Bitcoin's elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Already, Bitcoin has led to untold riches for some, and prison terms for others. 412 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 0141981628ISBN 13: 9780141981628
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Proof of a ground-breaking psychological theory: that the fear of death is the hidden motive behind almost everything we do.'A joy . The Worm at the Core asks how humans can learn to live happily while being intelligently aware of our impending doom, how knowledge of death affects the decisions we make every day, and how we can stop fear and anxiety overwhelming us' Charlotte Runcie, Daily Telegraph'Provocative, lucid and fascinating' Financial Times'An important, superbly readable and potentially life-changing book . . . suggests one should confront mortality in order to live an authentic life' Tim Lott, Guardian 'Deep, important, and beautifully written . utterly original' Daniel Gilbert 274 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1405924411ISBN 13: 9781405924412
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get ready for the Euros by journeying through the iconic and searingly honest story of one of the country's best ever footballers'A truly world class career . . . This is a must read' 5\*\*\*\*\* READER REVIEW'An astonishing tale of commitment, loyalty and determination' 5\*\*\*\*\* READER REVIEW'A heart on sleeve account of success and failure' 5\*\*\*\*\* READER REVIEW________Steven Gerrard is a phenomenon. He has played over 700 games for his beloved Liverpool and is the third most capped player in English football. He is one of the greatest sportsman of his generation.In My Story Gerrard speaks fully and frankly about his extraordinary playing career, opening up about the key matches and moments to give us the view from on the pitch. His exhilarating accounts of winning and losing while staying loyal to one club through good and bad tell us about his commitment both to the game and to Liverpool. It's a story of a deeply personal relationship between one man, his club and the fans. And it is a story that is far from over.Explosive and searingly honest, Steven Gerrard's My Story is the last word from an era-defining player. 478 pp. Englisch.