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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER\*FINALIST FOR A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST HORROR\*\*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN AWARD\* Dear Readers: This is one wild book! . . . No holds barred. Margaret Atwood via Twitter Mind-blowing. Equal parts brilliant and hilarious. Heather O Neill, bestselling author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel and Lullabies for Little CriminalsFrom the critically acclaimed author of Bunny, a darkly funny novel about a theatre professor suffering chronic pain who, in the process of staging a troubled production of Shakespeare s most maligned play, suddenly and miraculously recovers. Miranda Fitch s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating, chronic pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now she s on the verge of losing her job as a college theatre director. Determined to put on Shakespeare s All s Well That Ends Well, the play that promised and cost her everything, she faces a mutinous cast hell-bent on staging Macbeth instead. Miranda sees her chance at redemption slip through her fingers. That s when she meets three strange benefactors who have an eerie knowledge of Miranda s past and a tantalizing promise for her future: one where the show goes on, her rebellious students get what s coming to them, and the invisible, doubted pain that s kept her from the spotlight is made known. With prose Margaret Atwood has described via Twitter as no punches pulled, no hilarities dodged . . . genius, Mona Awad has concocted her most potent, subversive novel yet. All s Well is the story of a woman at her breaking point and a formidable, piercingly funny indictment of our collective refusal to witness and believe female pain. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -NATIONAL BESTSELLER\*FINALIST FOR A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST HORROR\*\*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN AWARD\* Dear Readers: This is one wild book! . . . No holds barred. Margaret Atwood via Twitter Mind-blowing. Equal parts brilliant and hilarious. Heather O Neill, bestselling author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel and Lullabies for Little CriminalsFrom the critically acclaimed author of Bunny, a darkly funny novel about a theatre professor suffering chronic pain who, in the process of staging a troubled production of Shakespeare s most maligned play, suddenly and miraculously recovers. Miranda Fitch s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating, chronic pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now she s on the verge of losing her job as a college theatre director. Determined to put on Shakespeare s All s Well That Ends Well, the play that promised and cost her everything, she faces a mutinous cast hell-bent on staging Macbeth instead. Miranda sees her chance at redemption slip through her fingers. That s when she meets three strange benefactors who have an eerie knowledge of Miranda s past and a tantalizing promise for her future: one where the show goes on, her rebellious students get what s coming to them, and the invisible, doubted pain that s kept her from the spotlight is made known. With prose Margaret Atwood has described via Twitter as no punches pulled, no hilarities dodged . . . genius, Mona Awad has concocted her most potent, subversive novel yet. All s Well is the story of a woman at her breaking point and a formidable, piercingly funny indictment of our collective refusal to witness and believe female pain. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE 2024 NON-FICTION KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS OF CANADA AWARDAn entertaining and accessible dive into the riveting world described by quantum mechanics, from physicist, AI risk expert, and Hollywood "alternative reality" consultant Jérémie Harris.Are human beings immortal Are apples conscious Do our legal systems make assumptions about free will that are just plain wrong Of all the terrific books on quantum physicsfrom Stephen Hawking to Brian Greenethe questions they never seem to satisfy are the implications of the science. We know that quantum physics is realour phones and computers wouldn't work if the science wasn't right. But what does it all mean Does it mean that we live in one among a near-infinity of parallel universes Or that everything that happens in the universe is pre-ordainedright down to what we think and how we act Or does the science point in a stranger directiontowards the idea that the entire universe is one big mind If one of these is true, what would it mean for our place in the universe, our immortal souls, and the future of humanity itself The most basic encounter with quantum physics leads us to a dizzying array of incredible implications, each one more capable than the last of blowing our mindsall of which can be engaged without advanced math or deep knowledge of theory.Enter: Quantum Physics Made Me Do Ita smart, accessible, and engaging adventure through the complex and beautiful world mapped out by modern physics. Jérémie Harris at last offers us a book on quantum physics that the entire universe can enjoyperhaps together as one big mind.