random house uk ltd mai 2019 (73 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A journey to the past. A map for the future. After hitchhiking from Brazil to nearly halfway around the world, Paulo stumbles across Karla, a young Dutch woman and like-minded soul, in Amsterdam's famous Dam Square. Together they decide to take the fabled hippie trail across Europe to Nepal, aboard the Magic Bus, in search of self-discovery. So begins a life-defining love story that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, Paulo Coelho relives the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and challenged the established social order. 279 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Discover the global number one bestseller and 'political thriller of the decade' (Lee Child). ________________________The President is missing.The world is in shock.Terrorists are planning a devastating attack. And they have help from traitors inside the White House.The only thing standing in their way is a President determined to save his people.Even if it means putting himself in mortal danger . . .________________________NEXT FROM BILL CLINTON AND JAMES PATTERSONTHE FIRST GENTLEMAN A NEW POLITICAL THRILLERPRE-ORDER NOW________________________Praise for The President is Missing'A bullet train of a thriller' A.J. Finn'A first-rate collaboration. Engrossing from page one' David Baldacci'This book moves like Air Force One. Big and fast' Michael Connelly'A big, splashy juggernaut of a novel. truly authentic' Harlan Coben'Relentless in its plotting and honest in its examination of issues' Jeffrey Deaver'Guarantee of political authenticity. The literary running mates have earned a second term' Guardian'A brilliant, tricksy first chapter . . . unmistakably shows that their partnership works' Sunday Times'A high-octane collaboration . . . the addictive qualities are undeniable' Telegraph'Fast-paced and well-engineered' Financial Times'A vigorous, fast-moving thriller that takes the reader into the corridors of power' i Newspaper'A high-tension thriller . . . Bill Clinton's insider perspective and James Patterson's pacy plotting combine to irresistibly page-turning effect' Mail________________________ 513 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -John Marrs is a former journalist from Northamptonshire, England, who spent 25 years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national newspapers and magazines. 406 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Tommy Orange gibt mit seinem vielbesprochenen Bestseller 'Dort dort' Native Americans eine Stimme. 'Eine neue Art amerikanisches Epos.' (New York Times)Jacquie ist endlich nüchtern und will zu der Familie zurückkehren, die sie vor vielen Jahren verlassen hat. Dene sammelt mit einer alten Kamera Geschichten indianischen Lebens. Und Orvil will zum ersten Mal den Tanz der Vorfahren tanzen. Ihre Leben sind miteinander verwoben, und sie sind zum großen Powwow in Oakland gekommen, um ihre Traditionen zu feiern. Doch auch Tony ist dort, und Tony ist mit dunklen Absichten gekommen. 'Dort dort' ist ein bahnbrechender Roman, der die Geschichte der Native Americans neu erzählt und ein Netz aufwühlend realer Figuren aufspannt, die alle an einem schicksalhaften Tag aufeinandertreffen. Man liest ihn gebannt von seiner Wucht und seiner Schönheit, bis hin zum unerbittlichen Finale. 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -\*\* Selected by 8 National Newspapers as a Book of the Year \*\* \*\* The New York Times Bestseller \*\* 'A page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A warm and immersive novel about ambition, power, women, friendship and finding your place in the world, from the bestselling author of The Wife and The Interestings. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the person who will change her life.Faith Frank, an influential and glamorous figure from the women's movement, inhabits a very different world to Greer's. But after a chance encounter Faith singles Greer out and invites her into her life, leading her down a thrilling path as it winds towards and away from her meant-to-be love story with high school sweetheart Cory and the future she had always imagined. Expansive and wise, compassionate and witty, The Female Persuasion is about the spark we all believe is flickering inside us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. 456 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -SISTERHOOD. SECRETS. SURVIVAL.Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensation.Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned Devastated by a virus Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an outcast in the corner.Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman who will never know men.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF THE WATER CURE\*\*Orlanda, the next sensation from Jacquline Harpman, is available this July 2025\*\* 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Every life has the power to change the world. Ndaba Mandela was raised by his grandfather, Nelson Mandela. It is easy to forget that legendary figures like Mandela were first and foremost human beings, flawed and unique, but in Ndaba's account we have a rare and personal insight into the man behind the myth.In 11 Life Lessons, Ndaba shares with us his memories - charming, intimate and sometimes surprising - to illuminate Mandela's much-loved principles for how to become the people we want to be. Always call out injustice - even when we see it in ourselves Freedom must be given as much as it is taken Strive to do what is right rather than to prove you are right Anger has its place, even in a kind heartInspired by Mandela's remarkable stories, 11 Life Lessons from Nelson Mandela offers a profound and rewarding pathway to changing your world.__________________________Previously published as 'Going to the Mountain' 259 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -'Wonderful and timely . Hugely recommended' STEPHEN FRYWhat do you and an ancient philosopher have in common It turns out much more than you might think. Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how to be happy. In this handbook to his timeless teachings, Professor Edith Hall shows how ancient thinking is precisely what we need today, even if you don't know your Odyssey from your Iliad. In ten practical lessons you can learn how to make good decisions, how to ace an interview, how to choose a partner and how to face death. This is advice that won't go out of fashion.'A beguiling cross between Mary Beard and Mary Poppins' Observer 262 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -'A response - finally - to the new norms of femininity' Rachel CuskHaving reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti's narrator considers, with the same urgency, whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, body, family, friends, mysticism and chance, she struggles to make a moral and meaningful choice.In a compellingly direct mode that straddles the forms of the novel and the essay, Motherhood raises radical and essential questions about womanhood, parenthood, and how - and for whom - to live.'Likely to become the defining literary work on the subject' Guardian 'Courageous, necessary, visionary' Elif Batuman'Quietly affecting. As concerned with art as it is with mothering' Sally Rooney'Groundbreaking in its fluidity' Spectator \*\*A Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Irish Times, Refinery29, TLS and The White Review Book of the Year \*\* 284 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -'Magnificent . . . Lauren Groff is a virtuoso' Emily St John Mandel'A blistering collection . . . lyrical and oblique' Guardian'Not to be missed . . . deep and dark and resonant' Ann Patchett'It's beautiful. It's giving me rich, grand nightmares' ObserverIn these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother.Florida is an exploration of the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury.'Innovative and terrifyingly relevant. Any one of these stories is a bracing read; together they form a masterpiece' Stylist'Lushly evocative . . . mesmerising . . . a writer whose turn of phrase can stop you on your tracks' Financial Times 275 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Ottessa Moshfegh has written four previous books: McGlue (2014); Eileen, which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and will be filmed by Yorgos Lanthimos, the Oscar-winning director of The Favourite.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Michael Palin has written and starred in numerous TV programmes and films, from Monty Python and Ripping Yarns to The Missionary and The Death of Stalin. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his journeys taking him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. His books include accounts of his journeys, novels (Hemingway¿s Chair and The Truth) and several volumes of diaries. From 2009 to 2012 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society, and in 2013 he was made a BAFTA fellow. He lives in London.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The voice of reason in a world that won't shut up.The Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the Parliamentary Book AwardsEvery day, James O'Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James's daily LBC show such essential listening - and has made James a standout social media star - is the incisive way he punctures their assumptions and dismantles their arguments live on air, every single morning.In the bestselling How To Be Right, James provides a hilarious and invigorating guide to talking to people with unchallenged opinions. With chapters on every lightning-rod issue, James shows how people have been fooled into thinking the way they do, and in each case outlines the key questions to ask to reveal fallacies, inconsistencies and double standards.If you ever get cornered by ardent Brexiteers, Daily Mail disciples or corporate cronies, this book is your conversation survival guide. 232 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This beautiful book takes a photographic journey through Queen Elizabeth II's ten decades of colour-blocked style. The photographs, which span the colours of the rainbow and a century of style, are gloriously accessorised with captions and commentary by journalist and broadcaster Sali Hughes.From the dusky pinks the Queen wore in girlhood all the way through to #NeonAt90, by way of that hat she wore on the announcement of Brexit, and not forgetting her trusty Launer handbag ever at her side, this must-have collection celebrates the iconic fashion statements of our beloved, longest-reigning and most vibrant monarch. 200 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern player' - Sunday Times'The funniest man in British sport' - Metro\*\*A Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year\*\*\*\*Shortlisted for the National Book Awards\*\*\*\*Longlisted for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year\*\*You become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Even when their surname is incorporated in the registration plate.So walk with me into the dressing-room, to find out which players refuse to touch a football before a game, to discover why a load of millionaires never have any shower-gel, and to hear what Cristiano Ronaldo says when he looks at himself in the mirror.We will go into post-match interviews, make fools of ourselves on social media and try to ensure that we never again pay £250 for a haircut that should have cost a tenner. We'll be coached and cajoled by Harry Redknapp, upset Rafa Benitez and be soothed by the sound of an accordion played by Sven-Goran Eriksson's assistant Tord Grip. There will be some very bad music and some very bad decisions.I am Peter Crouch. This is How To Be A Footballer. Shall we.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Notice more, and notice more joy in the everyday.Distracted Overwhelmed Feel like your attention is constantly being pulled in different directions Learn how to steal it back. Accessible and inspiring, this book features 131 surprising and innovative exercises to help you tune out white noise, get unstuck from your screen and manage daily distractions. Make small yet impactful changes and bring focus to the things and people that are most important to you. 237 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Practical guidance on applying the lessons of Stoicism to daily life, broken down into a year-long programme of fifty-two weekly exercises. Proves to be a relevant ancient philosophy for modern life. 327 pp. Englisch.