Oneworld publications jun 2021 (11 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'THE ENVIRONMENTAL NOVEL OF OUR TIMES.' Lemn Sissay, Booker Prize judgeFrom a critically acclaimed author comes a searing novel about maternal love pushed to the brink by environmental crisis 'Brutal and beautiful in equal measure' (Emily St. John Mandel) Bea's daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, her lungs ravaged by the smog and pollution of the overpopulated metropolis they call home.The only alternative is to build a life in the vast expanse of untamed land known as The Wilderness State. No one has been allowed to venture here before. That is all about to change. But as Bea soon discovers, saving her daughter's life might mean losing her in ways she hadn't foreseen.Passionate and exhilarating, The New Wilderness is the story of a mother's fight to save her daughter in a world she can no longer call her own.Longlisted for the DUBLIN Literary Award 2022 \* A Guardian Best Science Fiction Book of the Year \* A 'Best Book of the Year 2020' according to BBC Culture \* An Irish Times Best Debut Fiction of 2020 ; Nominiert: Booker Prize, 2020.Nominiert: Aspen Words Literary Prize, 2020.Nominiert: DUBLIN Literary Award, 2022 416 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -'THE ENVIRONMENTAL NOVEL OF OUR TIMES.' Lemn Sissay, Booker Prize judgeFrom an acclaimed Guardian First Book Award finalist comes a debut novel 'brutal and beautiful in equal measure' (Emily St. John Mandel)Longlisted for the DUBLIN Literary Award 2022A Guardian Best Science Fiction Book of the YearA 'Best Book of the Year 2020' according to BBC Culture \* An Irish Times Best Debut Fiction of 2020Bea's daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, her lungs ravaged by the smog and pollution of the overpopulated metropolis they call home.The only alternative is to build a life in the vast expanse of untamed land known as The Wilderness State. No one has been allowed to venture here before. That is all about to change. But as Bea soon discovers, saving her daughter's life might mean losing her in ways she hadn't foreseen.Passionate and exhilarating, The New Wilderness is the story of a mother's fight to save her daughter in a world she can no longer call her own. 398 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The hilarious story of one bag of cash, two best friends and a whole lot of trouble.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - In the first of the Burrowhead Mysteries, an atmospheric murder investigation unearths the brutal history of a village where no one is innocent.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Rosie Strange is back in the latest of the fabulously creepy Essex Witch Museum MysteriesSecretly Rosie Strange has always thought herself a little bit more interesting than most people - the legacy her family has bequeathed her is definitely so, she's long believed. But then life takes a peculiar turn when the Strange legacy turns out not just to be the Essex Witch Museum, but perhaps some otherworldly gifts that Rosie finds difficult to fathom. Meanwhile Sam Stone, Rosie's curator, is oddly distracted as breadcrumb clues into what happened to his missing younger brother and other abducted boys from the past are poised to lead him and Rosie deep into a dark wood where there lurks something far scarier than Hansel and Gretel's witch.Praise for the Essex Witch Museum Mysteries:'I gleefully submitted to a tale of witchcraft, feminism, mysterious strangers, historical atrocities, plucky heroines and ghastly apparitions - and came away more proud than ever to be an Essex girl.'Sarah Perry, author ofThe Essex Serpent'Confident, down-to-earth Essex girl Rosie is an appealing character, and there is plenty of spooky fun in this spirited genre mashup.'Guardian.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Our future is closely tied to that of the variety of life on Earth, and yet there is no greater threat to it than us. From population explosions and habitat destruction to climate change and mass extinctions, John Spicer explores the causes and consequences of our biodiversity crisis. In this revised and updated edition, he examines how grave the situation has become over the past decade and outlines what we must do now to protect and preserve not just nature's wonders but the essential services that biodiversity provides for us, seemingly for nothing.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'Heavily sourced, crisply written and deeply alarming.' The Times 'This is a remarkable book with a chilling message.' GuardianThe Chinese Communist Party is determined to reshape the world in its image.Its decades-long infiltration of the West threatens democracy, human rights, privacy, security and free speech. Throughout North America and Europe, political and business elites, Wall Street, Hollywood, think tanks, universities and the Chinese diaspora are being manipulated with money, pressure and privilege. Hidden Hand reveals the myriad ways the CCP is fulfilling its dream of undermining liberal values and controlling the world. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Discover the story of the people who see beyond the stars.SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2021FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARDAN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2020To be an astronomer is to journey to some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe, braving mountain passes, sub-zero temperatures, and hostile flora and fauna.Not to mention the stress of handling equipment worth millions. It is a life of unique delights and absurdities . and one that may be drawing to a close. Since Galileo first pointed his telescope at the heavens, astronomy has stood as a fount of human creativity and discovery, but soon it will be the robots gazing at the sky while we are left to sift through the data.In The Last Stargazers, Emily Levesque reveals the hidden world of the professional astronomer. She celebrates an era of ingenuity and curiosity, and asks us to think twice before we cast aside our sense of wonder at the universe.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - '[A] potent, brutal read. You won't be able to forget this story of a young boy robbed of his own childhood.'Marie Claire, best YA 2019.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - How to tackle the toughest interview questions Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google haveto offer - and other perplexing problems to puzzle any mind.