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  • von Gary D. Schmidt
    17,00 €

    Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice.

  • - The Carver Chronicles, Book 3
    von Karen English
    12,00 €

  • von Margaret Verble
    25,00 €

    A debut novel chronicling the life and loves of a headstrong, earthy, and magnetic heroine, by an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

  • - Four Seasons on Back Roads
    von Paul Theroux
    23,00 €

    One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked.

  • von Sarai Walker
    24,00 €

    AN AMC ORIGINAL SERIES FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARTI NOXON, STARRING JOY NASH AND JULIANNA MARGULIESA Best Book of the YearEntertainment Weekly • Bustle • Amazon • Women's National Book Association • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage • Kobo • LitReactor "Audacious and gutsy and heartbreaking - Dietland completely blew me away." - Jennifer WeinerThe diet revolution is here. And it's armed. Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you're fat, to be noticed is to be judged. With her job answering fan mail for a teen magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. But when a mysterious woman in colorful tights and combat boots begins following her, Plum falls down a rabbit hole into the world of Calliope House - an underground community of women who reject society's rules - and is forced to confront the real costs of becoming "beautiful." At the same time, a guerilla group begins terrorizing a world that mistreats women, and Plum becomes entangled in a sinister plot. The consequences are explosive. "A giddy revenge fantasy that will shake up your thinking and burrow under your skin" (Entertainment Weekly), Dietland takes on the beauty industry, gender inequality, and our weight-loss obsession - with fists flying.

  • von Elly Griffiths
    22,00 €

    The chilling discovery of a downed World War IIplane with a body inside leads forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway and DCINelson to uncovera wealthy family's secrets.

  • - The Science of Booze
    von Adam Rogers
    21,00 €

    A New York Times bestseller, science journalist Adam Rogers's Proof is a spirited narrative on the fascinating art and science of alcohol, sure to inspire cocktail party chats on making booze, tasting it, and its effects on our bodies and brains, from "one of the best science writers around" (National Geographic).Winner of Gourmand Award for Best Spirits BookAn IACP Cookbook Awards Winner Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardHumans have been perfecting alcohol production for ten thousand years, but scientists are just starting to distill the chemical reactions behind the perfect buzz. In a spirited tour across continents and cultures, Adam Rogers takes us from bourbon country to the world's top gene-sequencing labs, introducing us to the bars, barflies, and evolving science at the heart of boozy technology. He chases the physics, biology, chemistry, and metallurgy that produce alcohol, and the psychology and neurobiology that make us want it. If you've ever wondered how your drink arrived in your glass, or what it will do to you, Proof makes an unparalleled drinking companion."Lively...[Rogers's] descriptions of the science behind familiar drinks exert a seductive pull."?New York Times"Rogers's book has much the same effect as a good drink. You get a warm sensation, you want to engage with the wider world, and you feel smarter than you probably are. Above all, it makes you understand how deeply human it is to take a drink."?Wall Street Journal

  • - FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War
    von A. J. Baime
    23,00 €

    The story of the dramatic transformation of Detroit from "motortown" to the "arsenal of democracy," featuring Edsel Ford, who rebelled against his pacifist father, Henry Ford, to build the industrial miracle Willow Run, a manufacturing complex capable ofproducing B-24 Liberator bombers at a rate of one per houra crucial component in winning the war.

  • - Animal Word Pairs
    von Linda Sue Park
    19,98 €

    At once funny and informative, Yaks Yak presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names.Illustrations rich in comic details show hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other spirited creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced the same. A chart listing the words, their meanings, and their history is included.Ideal for sharing, this book offers a sprightly and fanciful introduction to a fun form of wordplay from Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park.An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year * A Nonfiction Shelf Awareness Best of the Year

  • von Charbonneau Joelle Charbonneau
    10,38 €

    In Cia's dystopian society it's an honor to be chosen for The Testing. But its not enough to pass the Test. Cia will have to survive it.

  • - China's World War II, 1937-1945
    von Rana Mitter
    20,00 €

    The epic, untold story of Chinas devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japan in World War II.

  • von Derek B. Miller
    21,00 €

    Crime Writers Association John Creasey Dagger Award winnerA former Marine sniper and a newly orphaned boy race across the Norwegian wilderness, fleeing demons both real and imagined.

  • von Nick Jans
    21,00 €

    True tale of a remarkable, seven-year friendship between a wild, oddly gentle black wolf and the people and dogs of Juneau, Alaska.

  • von Elly Griffiths
    23,00 €

    Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway investigates a heart-stopping case: an old university friend and fellow archeologist murdered in an arson attack.

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    - An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
    von William Goldman
    21,00 €

    Here William Goldman's beloved story of Buttercup, Westley, and their fellow adventurers finally receives a beautiful illustrated treatment. A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts-The Princess Bride is a modern storytelling classic. As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss of her true love, kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchman, rescued by a pirate, forced to marry Prince Humperdinck, and rescued once again by the very crew who absconded with her in the first place. In the course of this dazzling adventure, she'll meet Vizzini-the criminal philosopher who'll do anything for a bag of gold; Fezzik-the gentle giant; Inigo-the Spaniard whose steel thirsts for revenge; and Count Rugen-the evil mastermind behind it all. Foiling all their plans and jumping into their stories is Westley, Princess Buttercup's one true love and a very good friend of a very dangerous pirate.

  • von Italo Calvino
    21,00 €

    Appearing here in its first English translation, Into the War contains three stories drawing on Italo Calvino's memories of the Second World War in Italy.

  • - A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
    von Monica Wood
    23,00 €

    Monica Wood's moving memoir of the season in 1963 Mexico, Maine,as she, her mother, and her three sistershealed after the loss of their mill-worker father and then the nation's loss of its handsome young Catholic president.

  • - A Ruth Galloway Mystery
    von Griffiths Elly Griffiths
    22,00 €

    In this thrilling mystery, forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway investigatesa collection ofAboriginal skullsthat seems to becursed, causing people to die froma mysterious feverone that threatens to claimDet. Inspector Harry Nelson.

  • von Antoine de Saint-Exupery
    22,00 €

    The National Book Award-winning autobiographical book about the wonder of flying from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of the beloved children's classic The Little Prince.A National Geographic Top Ten Adventure Book of All TimeRecipient of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Translated by Lewis Galantière."There are certain rare individuals...who by the mere fact of their existence put an edge on life, their ceaseless astonishment before its possibilities awakening our own latent sense of renewel and expectation. No one ever stood out more conspicuously in this respect than the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry."?The New York Times Book Review

  • von Carl Sandburg
    26,00 €

    Superb collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. This collection of Sandburg's finest and most representative poetry draws on all of his previous volumes and includes four unpublished poems about Lincoln. The Hendricks's comprehensive introduction discusses how Sandburg's life and beliefs colored his work and why it continues to resonate so deeply with americans today. Edited and with an Introduction by George and Willene Hendrick.

  • von Antoine de Saint-Exupery
    20,00 €

    In 2000 Harcourt proudly reissued Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, in a sparkling new format. Newly translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard, this timeless classic was embraced by critics and readers across the country for its purity and beauty of expression. And Saint-Exupéry's beloved artwork was restored and remastered to present his work in its original and vibrant colors. Now Harcourt is issuing uniform full-color foreign language editions. The restored artwork glows like never before. These affordable and beautiful editions are sure to delight an entire new generation of readers, students, children, and adults for whom Saint-Exupéry's story will open the door to a new understanding of life.

  • von Ursula K. Le Guin
    18,00 €

    In this second novel in the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy, Ursula K. Le Guin brings readers a haunting and gripping coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of violence, intolerance, and magic.Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools, and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle House, where the last few undestroyed books are hidden, is seething with demons.But to seventeen-year-old Memer, the house is a refuge, a place of family and learning, ritual and memory?the only place where she feels truly safe.Then an Uplands poet named Orrec and his wife, Gry, arrive, and everything in Memer's life begins to change. Will she and the people of Ansul at last be brave enough to rebel against their oppressors?Voices is a novel that readers will not soon forget.?Le Guin's crystalline prose and her ability to dramatise political and spiritual issues of our time are unequalled.? ?Amanda Craig, London Times?As always, Le Guin's language is as airy and sensuous as her concerns are weighty and abstract, every sentence as precise as a spade cut.? ?Elizabeth Ward, The Washington Post?Barbarians-versus-brainiacs may be well-trod turf, but Le Guin sure-footedly makes it new. She creates a protagonist with obvious appeal to her intended audience: a geeky girl with bad hair but a quick intelligence, who nurses a seething contempt for the illiterate thugs who run everything." ?Anne Boles Levy, Los Angeles TimesThe Annals of the Western Shore Trilogy includes:GiftsVoicesPowers

  • - How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
    von O'Brien Keith O'Brien
    25,00 €

    The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930sand won

  • - The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises
    von Lesley M. M. Blume
    27,00 €

    A dazzling depiction of the genesis of The Sun Also Rises and how Ernest Hemingway created his own legend

  • - How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
    von Joshua Wolf Shenk
    20,00 €

    Drawing on seven years of his own research and the work of other esteemed Lincoln scholars, Shenk reveals how the sixteenth president harnessed his depression to fuel his astonishing success.Lincoln found the solace and tactics he needed to deal with the nations worst crisis in the coping strategies he had developed over a lifetime of persevering through depressive episodes and personal tragedies.With empathy and authority gained from his own experience with depression, Shenk crafts a nuanced, revelatory account of Lincoln and his legacy. Based on careful, intrepid research, Lincolns Melancholy unveils a wholly new perspective on how our greatest president brought America through its greatest turmoil.Shenk relates Lincolns symptoms, including mood swings and at least two major breakdowns, and offers compelling evidence of the evolution of his disease, from major depression in his twenties and thirties to chronic depression later on. Shenk reveals the treatments Lincoln endured and his efforts to come to terms with his melancholy, including a poem he published on suicide and his unpublished writings on the value of personaland nationalsuffering. By consciously shifting his goal away from personal contentment (which he realized he could not attain) and toward universal justice, Lincoln gained the strength and insight that he, and America, required to transcend profound darkness.

  • - Living on Almost Nothing in America
    von H. Luke Shaefer & Kathryn J. Edin
    22,00 €

    Thestory ofa kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, dont even think existsfrom a leading national poverty expert who ';defies convention' (New York Times)

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    von Heidi Pitlor & Lorrie Moore
    28,98 €

    For the 100th anniversary of The Best American Short Stories series, a retrospective of stories selected by master of the form Lorrie Moore. The stories, along with one hundred years of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and decade-by-decade analysis, tell the history of American short fiction, showcasing representative moments in the series as well as literary moments in time.

  • von Calvert Watkins
    29,00 €

    The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Third Edition traces over 13,000 words representing nearly 1,350 basic roots to their origins in Proto-Indo-European, the prehistoric ancestor of English. It is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of English and its place within the Indo-European language family.

  • von Mark Helprin
    22,00 €

    A #1 New York Times Bestseller: Mark Helprin's masterpiece transports you to New York of the Belle Epoque, to a city clarified by a siege of unprecedented snows...One winter night, Peter Lake?master mechanic and second-story man?attempts to rob a fortresslike mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks it is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between a middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl dying of consumption. It is a love so powerful that Peter, a simple and uneducated man, will be driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature."Utterly extraordinary . . . A piercing sense of the beautiful arising from narrative and emotional fantasy is everywhere alive in the novel . . . Not for some time have I read a work as funny, thoughtful, passionate or large-souled . . . I find myself nervous, to a degree I don't recall in my past as a reviewer, about failing the work, inadequately displaying its brilliance."?Benjamin DeMott, New York Times Book Review

  • von Walsh Ellen Stoll Walsh
    9,98 €

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