Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241297443 ISBN 13: 9780241297445
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Peppa and her family are going on a boat. They have a picnic and lots of fun. Peppa likes going on a boat!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language.Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills.The five levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) Starters, Movers and Flyers exams. Peppa Pig: On a Boat, a Level 1 Reader, is Pre-A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Starters exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present tense and some simple adjectives.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241981972 ISBN 13: 9780241981979
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectualWe have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up, and help ensure that the worst will happen. Or we can be optimistic, grasp the opportunities that surely exist, and maybe help make the world a better place. Not much of a choice.From peerless political thinker Noam Chomsky comes an exploration of rising neoliberalism, the refugee crisis in Europe, the Black Lives Matter movement, the dysfunctional US electoral system, and the prospects and challenges of building a movement for radical change.Including four up-to-the-minute interviews on the 2016 American election campaign and global resistance to Trump, this Penguin Special is a concise introduction to Chomsky's ideas and his take on the state of the world today.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241297257 ISBN 13: 9780241297254
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Georges Simenon (Author) Georges Simenon was born in Li¿, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0141984503 ISBN 13: 9780141984506
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Happiness - was it right to name it without knowing it It sounded shameless in my mouth, like when someone shows off about knowing a celebrity and just uses their first name, saying Marcello when they really mean Mastroianni .A young orphan boy grows up in Naples, playing football, roaming the city streets and hidden places. The older boys call him monkey because he can climb anywhere. He is alone, apart from Don Gaetano, the apartment caretaker, who feeds him, teaches him to play scopa, and tells him stories about women, history and the dark secrets of Naples past. Then one day the boy sees a young girl standing at a window. It is an encounter that will haunt his life for years and, eventually, shape his destiny. Lyrical and exuberant, told with the simplicity of a fairy tale and the intensity of a memory, The Day Before Happiness is the story of friendship, a city and what makes us who we are.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1405928301 ISBN 13: 9781405928304
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The Second Horatio Hornblower Tale of the SeaThe nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower is ordered to the Caribbean and dangerous waters.New Lieutenant Hornblower's latest ship is HMS Renown, a sound vessel whose captain is unfortunately of rather unsound mind. When ordered to attack a Spanish anchorage, the chain of command breaks down and it requires all of Hornblower's seafaring cunning to avert disaster. As cannons pound and splinters fly aboard their beleaguered vessel, and the men are forced to engage at close quarters, the young lieutenant knows that to save his ship and crew he must prove himself a master of the high seas . . .This is the second of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.Featuring an exclusive introduction by Bernard Cornwell, creator of Sharpe'One of the best. Everyone interested in war, or in human nature, should read this fascinating tale' The Times Literary Supplement.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 024198033X ISBN 13: 9780241980330
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.'George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, following wherever work leads them. Arriving in California's Salinas Valley, they get work on a ranch. If they can just stay out of trouble, George promises Lennie, then one day they might be able to get some land of their own and settle down some place. But kind-hearted, childlike Lennie is a victim of his own strength. Seen by others as a threat, he finds it impossible to control his emotions. And one day not even George will be able to save him from trouble.Of Mice and Men is a tragic and moving story of friendship, loneliness and the dispossessed, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241980348 ISBN 13: 9780241980347
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.'Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival . . .'Magnificent' New York Times'Steinbeck's writings form a photograph album of America' Guardian'There is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic' Time and Tide'A novelist who is also a true poet' Sunday Times.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241980372 ISBN 13: 9780241980378
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'A little masterpiece' New York TimesJody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's, if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him. But Jody learns, through the colt, and through his other adventures on the ranch, that with responsibility can come sacrifice and pain. Joy may swiftly turn to tragedy. And he also discover that the simplicities of childhood must eventually turn into the complications of adulthood.The Red Pony is Steinbeck's brilliant, and sometimes brutal, celebration of adolescence, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241980267 ISBN 13: 9780241980262
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2017'Smith's finest. Extraordinary, truly marvellous' Observer A dazzlingly exuberant novel moving from north west London to West Africa, from the critically acclaimed author of White Teeth, On Beauty and Grand Union Two brown girls dream of being dancers - but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, black bodies and black music, what it means to belong, what it means to be free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten either.Bursting with energy, rhythm and movement, Swing Time is Zadie Smith's most ambitious novel yet. It is a story about music and identity, race and class, those who follow the dance and those who lead it . . .'Superb' Financial Times 'Breathtaking' TLS 'Pitch-perfect' Daily Telegraph'There is still no better chronicler of the modern British family than Zadie Smith' Telegraph.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241980380 ISBN 13: 9780241980385
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.'Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, so Mack and the boys set about, in their own inimitable way, recruiting everyone in the neighbourhood to the cause. But along the way they can't help but get involved in a little mischief and misadventure. It wouldn't be Cannery Row if it was otherwise, now would it This edition features a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.'One of the most thoroughly enjoyable and delicious books you'll ever have the fortune to read' Chicago Sun Times'Uninhibited, bawdy, compassionate, inquisitive, deeply intelligent' Daily Telegraph'There is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic' Time and Tide.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241980364 ISBN 13: 9780241980361
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Steinbeck at the top of his form' New York Times'In the town they tell the story of the great pearl - how it was found and how it was lost again. They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And because the story has been told so often, it has taken root in every man's mind.'The Pearl is Steinbeck's heartbreaking short parable about wealth and the darkness and evil it can instill in even the most generous of men's hearts. This edition features a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.'[The Pearl] has the distinction and sincerity that are evident in everything he writes' New Yorker'There is no more impressive writer on either side of the Atlantic' Time and Tide'Steinbeck is to be judged by the highest standards' New York Herald Tribune.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241980356 ISBN 13: 9780241980354
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - California's fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of the First World War, the Trasks and the Hamiltons will helplessly replay the fall of Adam and Eve and the murderous rivalry of Cain and Abel.East of Eden was considered by Steinbeck to be his magnum opus, and its epic scope and memorable characters, exploring universal themes of love and identity, ensure it remains one of America's most enduring novels. This edition features a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1405934395 ISBN 13: 9781405934398
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There, This Charming Man, The Brightest Star in the Sky, The Mystery of Mercy Close and The Woman Who Stole My Life. Her journalism, collected under two titles, Making It Up As I Go Along and Under the Duvet: Deluxe Edition, containing the original publications Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available from Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241305810 ISBN 13: 9780241305812
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Novelist, poet, playwright, songwriter, essayist, activist and MacArthur genius, Ishmael Reed has been a major figure in American letters for the past four decades. His ground-breaking literary output has inspired generations of artists and writers - from Thomas Pynchon, Paul Beatty, and Colson Whitehead, to 2pac, George Clinton and David Murray - and he is widely recognized as one of the great American writers.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1405924004 ISBN 13: 9781405924009
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 ¼ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC Radio 4 Meet Hendrik Groen. An octogenarian in a care home who has no intention of doing what he's told, or dying quietly. To that end, he creates the Old-But-Not-Dead Club and with his fellow members sets about living his final years with careless abandon. Such anarchism infuriates the care home director but pleases Eefje, the woman who makes Hendrik's frail heart palpitate. If it's never too late to have fun, then can it ever be too late to meet the love of your life 'So much more than just a comedy' John Boyne 'A story with a great deal of heart' Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project 'Amusing and wickedly accurate. A handbook of resistance for our time.' Sunday Express 'Very funny' Jeremy Paxman Financial Times.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1405926422 ISBN 13: 9781405926423
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - THE GRIPPING AND TWISTY THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9 AND THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED'Thrillingly tense and twisty, a great read' B.A. PARIS, bestselling author of THE DILEMMA'If you loved Clare Mackintosh . . . You will love Claire Douglas' WOMAN & HOME__________SHE CAN RUNLibby Hall needs to escape from everything for a while. which is why the house swap is a godsend. The chance for Libby and her husband Jamie to exchange their tiny Bath flat for a beautiful haven on the wild Cornish coast.BUT SHE CAN'T HIDEBut before they can begin to heal their fragile marriage, Libby makes some disturbing discoveries about the house. And soon the peace and isolation begin to feel threatening. How alone are they Why does she feel watched BECAUSE SOMEONE KNOWS HER SECRET . . .What is Jamie hiding Is Libby being paranoid And why does the house bring back such terrible memories Memories of the night she last saw her best friend alive . . . and what she did.___________'Stunning. Packed with a killer twist' Closer'It's impossible to guess the shocking ending' Saga'I love stories when you're not quite sure who is telling the truth! Kept me guessing' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife'Fast-paced and chock-full of twists' Paula Daly bestselling author of The Mistake I Made'Thrilling. I could hardly catch my breath between twists!' Jenny Blackhurst, bestselling author of The Foster Child.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241294649 ISBN 13: 9780241294642
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Peppa Pig is a BAFTA award-winning preschool animation shown daily on channel Five's Milkshake and Nick Jnr. Join Peppa and her family on their funny, action-packed, everyday adventures in this collection of activity, story and novelty books.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0141036605 ISBN 13: 9780141036601
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia, and a collection of essays, Changing My Mind, and editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002, and was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young British Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. White Teeth won multiple awards including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. On Beauty was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction, and NW was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Zadie Smith is currently a tenured professor of fiction at New York University and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241977681 ISBN 13: 9780241977682
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - John Kavanagh, who runs Straight Blast Gym Ireland, is one of the world's leading mixed martial arts coaches. His stable of fighters includes the UFC featherweight champion, Conor McGregor.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241318076 ISBN 13: 9780241318072
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Previously a self-published bestseller, Girl Code is being published by Penguin with extra material and new interviews. Girl Code is a roadmap for female entrepreneurs, professionals and 'side hustlers'. Blending personal stories, inspirational quotes and mantras with practical workbook sections, Girl Code will teach you how to build confidence, reconnect with your 'why', eradicate jealousy and use the power of connection.Master life coach and motivational speaker Cara Alwill Leyba lays down the rules for building a stellar career and extraordinary life. She champions the importance of honesty, vulnerability and positivity and illustrates how women can work together to ensure success. Girl Code is for every woman on the edge of change who is ready to reinvent herself, elevate her thinking and transform her life.Cara Alwill Leyba is a speaker and life coach who encourages women to celebrate themselves and make their happiness a priority. She runs a popular blog called The Champagne Diet and a podcast called Style Your Mind. She was previously at MTV Networks as a digital advertising director. Cara lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0141986867 ISBN 13: 9780141986869
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Our democracy has gone profoundly wrong. Economists have failed us. Politicians have lied to us. Things must change. This fearless new book will help make it happen' Owen Jones'An explosive call for change . packed with original research . a case study for the question we should all be asking since the crash: how have the elites - in Westminster, in the City, in economics - stayed in charge ' Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian'Utterly compelling and sobering' Ha-Joon ChangA century ago, the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now economics is the supreme ideology of our time, with its own rules and language. The trouble is, most of us can't speak it.This is damaging democracy. Dangerous agendas are hidden inside mathematical wrappers; controversial policies are presented as 'proven' by the models of economic 'science'. Government is being turned over to a publicly unaccountable technocratic elite.The Econocracy reveals that economics is too important to be left to the economists - and shows us what we can do about it.'A rousing wake-up call from a collective of dissident graduate students . technically assured, well-argued and informative' Robert Skidelsky'If war is too important to be left to the generals, so is the economy too important to be left to narrowly trained economists . thought-provoking' Martin Wolf'An interesting and highly pertinent book' Noam Chomsky.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1405931841 ISBN 13: 9781405931847
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Transform your relationship with yourself, those around you, and the world in 2020_________In this powerful and inspiring book, family therapist and executive coach Rosamund Stone Zander shows us that life is a story we tell ourselves, and so we have the power to change that story.As children, we develop stories about how the world works, most of which are amended over time. But some stay with us, and these stories can be the source of behavioural and emotional patterns that hold us back. When we learn to identify and rewrite these stories, limitless growth becomes possible.By breaking old patterns and telling a new story we can transform not just our own lives, but also our relationships with others whether in a marriage, a classroom, or a business. With this new understanding of ourselves and our place within an interconnected world, we can take powerful action in the collective interest, and gain a sense of deep connection to the universe.This galvanizing book expands our notions of how much we can grow and change, whether we can affect others or the world at large, and how much freedom and joy we can experience. 'Fresh compelling and uplifting' Booklist.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0141982489 ISBN 13: 9780141982489
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'If you're someone who dreams of penning a bestseller, read this book' The Week'What if the success of E.L.James and Dan Brown was not so random What if there were an algorithm that could pick out the bestseller DNA concealed within these books before they're published This is the audacious claim made by Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers . Smart, savvy and full of ideas' Fiona Wilson, The TimesGirl on the Train. Fifty Shades. The Goldfinch. Why do some books capture the whole world's attention In The Bestseller Code, Archer and Jockers boldly claim that not only can mega-hits be explained and identified - but they've built the algorithm to prove it. Using cutting-edge text mining techniques, they have developed a model that analyses theme, plot, style and character to explain why some books resonate more than others with readers. Provocative, entertaining, and ground-breaking, The Bestseller Code explores the hidden patterns at work in the biggest hits and, more importantly, the real reasons we love to read.'Non-formulaic, eye-opening, deeply-researched - and really worth your time' GQ 'When a story captures the imagination of millions, that's magic. Can you qualify magic Archer and Jockers just may have done so' Sylvia Day, no.1 bestselling author'The claims are eye-grabbing . . . and also highly plausible' Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Spectator'Thought-provoking and interesting . Here is a book worth reading' David Bond, Financial Times.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1405917849 ISBN 13: 9781405917841
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'A brilliant opening twist. It had me racing to the end' Fiona Barton, bestselling author of The WidowTHE UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK NO ONE HOME A young man wakes up bruised and beaten, with no memory of who he is or where he came from.The press immediately dub him 'The Lost Man'. Naming himself Richard Kite, he spends the next ten months desperately trying to find out who he is. But despite media appeals and the efforts of the police, no one knows him. Richard's last hope may be private investigator David Raker - a seasoned locator of missing people. But Raker has more questions than answers. Who is Richard Kite Why does no one know him And what links him to the body of a woman found beside a London railway line two years ago Could Richard be responsible for her death - or is he next Praise for I Am Missing: 'So cleverly constructed I never guessed any of the twists' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of Local Girl Missing 'Tim Weaver is the rising star of British crime and I Am Missing will haunt your dreams' Tony Parsons, bestselling author of the DC Max Wolfe series 'Tim Weaver writes books so meticulously researched that the reader is educated as well as entertained, enthralled and intrigued. David Raker is a most complex and engaging investigator, each case leaving its mark on his soul, and ours' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Lying in Wait 'A really exciting, interesting and genuinely original read. I had no idea where it was going' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Everything but the Truth 'Weaver's credentials are sui generis, and they are burnished by this latest novel' Barry Forshaw, Crime Time 'A fast-paced story packed with twists and surprises . . . a thrilling and hugely enjoyable novel with a frantic, engrossing finale' Jon Coates, Daily Express\*\*DON'T MISS THE STUNNING NEW THRILLER FROM TIM WEAVER - NO ONE HOME IS OUT NOW\*\*.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0141985860 ISBN 13: 9780141985862
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Ernesto Sabato (Author) Ernesto Sabato was born in Argentina in 1911. He earned a PhD in physics before relocating to Paris. After World War II, he lost faith in science and began writing fiction, although he would burn much of his work. His three published novels are The Tunnel (1948), his masterpiece On Heroes and Tombs (1961) and The Angel of Darkness (1974). He also led the commission investigating those who disappeared during Argentina's Dirty War of the 1970s. Sabato died in 2011, two months before his 100th birthday.Helen Lane (Translator) Helen Lane was a renowned translator of Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian literary texts into English. She was twice awarded the PEN Translation Prize.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1405928298 ISBN 13: 9781405928298
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The first Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . .As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. After a character-forming duel, several deadly chases and some dramatic captures and escapes, the young Hornblower is soon forged into a formidable man of the sea.This is the first of eleven books chronicling the nautical adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable hero, Horatio Hornblower.Featuring an exclusive introduction by Bernard Cornwell, creator of Sharpe'Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative' San Francisco Chronicle.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0141980591 ISBN 13: 9780141980591
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The director of the Design Museum defines the greatest artefact of all time: the cityWe live in a world that is now predominantly urban. So how do we define the city as it evolves in the twenty-first century Drawing examples from across the globe, Deyan Sudjic decodes the underlying forces that shape our cities, such as resources and land, to the ideas that shape conscious elements of design, whether of buildings or of space. Erudite and entertaining, he considers the differences between capital cities and the rest to understand why it is that we often feel more comfortable in our identities as Londoners, Muscovites, or Mumbaikars than in our national identities.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0141985410 ISBN 13: 9780141985411
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'A manual for the 21st-century citizen. accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant and urgent' - Financial Times 'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. And yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These 'weapons of math destruction' score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health. O'Neil calls on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241974003 ISBN 13: 9780241974001
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - How much do you really know about your own hands Throughout history , civilisations have been defined by the work of human hands: inventing tools, writing records, operating machinery, typing, texting, swiping. But beneath this known history is another, secret story: our hands are not the obedient servants that they seem to be. Through conscious and unconscious gesture, they reveal our deepest psychology, our weaknesses and obsessions, our personal history and our social conditioning. Why do zombies walk with their hands outstretched How does a new-born baby 'talk' with his hands What is the connection between prayer beads, snuff boxes and cell phones And most importantly, can we unlock the mystery of our hands in order to truly know ourselves The key to understanding everything around you - and everything within you - is staring you in the face. Take a journey through fascinating anecdotes and brilliant psychoanalytic research, through a legacy of ideas from da Vinci to Dickens to Die Hard. With wit and dexterity, Darian Leader reveals that there's much more to your hands than meets the eye.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jul 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0241953170 ISBN 13: 9780241953174
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Inspirational' Buzz AldrinWhen exactly did life begin What really happened during the big bang - and before it Is the universe expanding Is dark matter real Do we live in one of many worlds What's more, how can we prove any of this This book is all about how we - any of us - can gain an understanding of the Universe in all its awe-inspiring glory. Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw take us on an epic journey of scientific exploration, revealing how the biggest questions - from the size of the earth to the distance to the stars - are answerable from our own back gardens. You don't need a Large Hadron Collider or a Hubble Space Telescope to explore the cosmos. You just need this book.