Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2023
ISBN 10: 1784745200 ISBN 13: 9781784745202
Da: Antiquarische Fundgrube e.U., Wien, Austria
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Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 178474350X ISBN 13: 9781784743505
Da: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: NEW. Neuware -'It is hard not to be impressed by Guo's vivacious talent' Sunday TimesA story of desire, love and language - and the meaning of home - told through conversations between two loversA Chinese woman comes to London to start a new life, away from her old world. She knew she would be lonely, adrift in the city, but will her new relationship bring her closer to this land she has chosen, will their love give her a home A Lover's Discourse is an exploration of romantic love told through fragments of conversations between the two lovers. Playing with language and the cultural differences that her narrator encounters as she settles into life in a post-Brexit Britain, Xiaolu Guo shows us how this couple navigate these differences, and their romance, whether on their unmoored houseboat or in a stifling flatshare in east London, or journeying through other continents together. Suffused with a wonderful sense of humour, this intimate and tender novel asks universal questions: what is the meaning of home when we've been uprooted How can a man and woman be together And how best to find solid ground in a world of uncertainty 288 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus Mrz 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1784743488 ISBN 13: 9781784743482
Da: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -From the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread: an offbeat love story about mis-steps, second chances and the elusive art of human connection Micah Mortimer isn't the most polished person you'll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his days running errands for work - his TECH HERMIT sign cheerily displayed on the roof of his car - maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning). He is content with the steady balance of his life.But then the order of things starts to tilt. His woman friend Cassia (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a 'girlfriend') tells him she's facing eviction because of a cat. And when a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son, Micah is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle. Redhead by the Side of the Road is an intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who sometimes finds those around him just out of reach - and a love story about the differences that make us all unique. 192 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus, 2012
ISBN 10: 0701186720 ISBN 13: 9780701186722
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen, Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, Versand Büchersendung - The prizewinning and No 1 bestselling author Sadie Jones moves to a gorgeous and bewitching historical setting in a blissful new novel full of surprises. One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honour of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savoury survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor - and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief.
Editore: Chatto & Windus Random House UK Aug 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1784740772 ISBN 13: 9781784740771
Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -\*\*\*Winner of the Costa Biography Award\*\*\*Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived onhis wits and dazzling charm. As his memory begins to fail, she embarks on a quest to unravel his story, and soon finds herself in a far more consuming place than she had bargained for.Tom Carew was a maverick, a left-handed stutterer, a law unto himself. As a member of an elite SOE unit he was parachuted behind enemy lines to raise guerrilla resistance in France, then Burma, in the Second World War. But his wartime exploits are only the start of it.Dadland is a manhunt. Keggie takes us on a spellbinding journey, in peace and war, into surprising and shady corners of history, her rackety English childhood, the poignant breakdown of her family, the corridors of dementia and beyond. As Keggie pieces Tom - and herself - back together again, she celebrates the technicolour life of an impossible, irresistible, unstoppable man. 432 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus Jun 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1784741116 ISBN 13: 9781784741112
Da: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Winner of the New Zealand Book Awards Fiction prizeGermany, 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Siggi lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who excises prohibited words ('promise', 'love', 'mercy'). Erich is an only child living a lush rural life, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions.Drawn together as Germany's hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, the children find temporary refuge in an abandoned theatre amidst the rubble of Berlin. Outside, white bedsheets hang from windows; all over the city people are talking of surrender. The days Siggi and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives.Watching over Siggi and Erich is the wish child, the mysterious narrator of their story. He sees what they see, he feels what they feel, yet his is a voice that comes from deep inside the wreckage of a nation's dream. 384 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus Mrz 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1784742589 ISBN 13: 9781784742584
Da: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity Every time I fail to become more like my mother, I become more like me.On a hot August night on Cape Cod, when Adrienne was 14, her mother Malabar woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just kissed me. Adrienne instantly became her mother's confidante and helpmate, blossoming in the sudden light of her attention; from then on, Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband's closest friend. The affair would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved, impacting Adrienne's life in profound ways, driving her into a doomed marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. Only years later will she find the strength to embrace her life -- and her mother -- on her own terms. This is a book about how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them. It's about the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. It's about mothers and daughters and the nature of family. And ultimately, it's a story of resilience, a reminder that we need not be the parents our parents were to us; that moving forward is possible. 'Not since The Glass Castle has a memoir conveyed such a complex family bond, in which love, devotion, and corrosive secrets are inextricably linked' J. Courtney Sullivan 256 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Chatto & Windus Random House UK Okt 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1784742201 ISBN 13: 9781784742201
Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -As heard on BBC Radio 4's 'Book at Bedtime': the blistering story of a ghostwriter haunted by his demonic subject, the Man Booker Prize winner turns to lies, crime and literature with devastating effectA young and penniless writer, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10,000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks.Kehlmann accepts but begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. As the deadline draws closer, he becomes ever more unsure if he is ghostwriting a memoir, or if Heidl is rewriting him-his life, his future. Everything that was certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Siegfried Heidl-and who is Kif Kehlmann By turns compelling, comic and chilling, First Person is a haunting journey into the heart of our age. 400 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus, 2014
ISBN 10: 0701189274 ISBN 13: 9780701189273
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neu neuware, importqualität, auf lager - Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s' Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands,embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor. Rose Tremain awakens the senses in this diverse collection of short stories. In her precise yet sensuous style she lays bare the soul of her characters- the admirable, the embarrassing, the unfulfilled, the sexy and the adorable - to uncover a dazzling range of human emotions and desires.
Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus Nov 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1784743240 ISBN 13: 9781784743246
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal.She was her father's confidante during the 20 years of Fascist rule, acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, and playing a part in steering Italy to join forces with Hitler. From her early twenties she was effectively first lady of Italy. She married Galeazzo Ciano, who would become the youngest Foreign Secretary in Italian history, and they were the most celebrated and glamorous couple in elegant, vulgar Roman fascist society.Their fortunes turned in 1943, when Ciano voted against Mussolini in a plot to bring him down, and his father-in-law did not forgive him. In a dramatic story that takes in hidden diaries, her father's fall and her husband's execution, an escape into Switzerland and a period in exile, we come to know a complicated, bold and determined woman who emerges not just as a witness but as a key player in some of the twentieth century's defining moments. And we see Fascist Italy with all its glamour, decadence and political intrigue, and the turbulence before its violent end.
Editore: Random House UK, Chatto & Windus Nov 2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 0701187670 ISBN 13: 9780701187675
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - DC Simon Serrailler's last, devastating case was nearly the death of him and left him confronting a new reality Recovering on a remote Scottish island, his peace doesn't last long. He is pulled in to a murder inquiry by the overstretched local police. A newcomer, popular with the islanders, has died in perplexing circumstances. The community's reactions are complicated and fragile. It's good to be back on the job. And when Simon returns to Lafferton, an arsonist is on the rampage and a woman whose daughter disappeared some years before is haunting the police station seeking closure. She will not let it rest, and Simon is called in to do a cold-case review. At home, Simon is starting to get used to having a new brother-in-law - in the form of his Chief Constable Kieron Bright. His sister Cat has embarked on a new way of practising medicine, and his nephew Sam is trying to work out what to do with his life. And then their tricky father, Richard, turns up again like a bad penny. In this gripping new Serrailler thriller, Simon's personal and professional lives intertwine in more complex and demanding ways than ever before.
Editore: Chatto & Windus, Random House, London UK, 2014
ISBN 10: 0701189053 ISBN 13: 9780701189051
Da: Pages 'N Pages Bookstore, Toronto, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. This is the British first printing of the Man Booker Prize Winner. This copy is As New in As New dustjacket. A truly superb copy of this book.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2022
ISBN 10: 1784744786 ISBN 13: 9781784744786
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Gebunden. Condizione: New. Toni Morrison was the lodestar who inspired us Bernadine EvaristoTwyla and Roberta have known each other since they were eight years old, when they were thrown together as roommates in a girls shelter. Inseparable then, they lose touch .
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2022
ISBN 10: 1784744301 ISBN 13: 9781784744304
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE 2023****SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022**An exhilarating Animal Farm-inspired novel about power and corruption set in an animal nation trapped in a cycle as old as time,
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2020
ISBN 10: 1784743097 ISBN 13: 9781784743093
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: NEW. Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India Observer We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see. Nine-year-old Jai watch.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2023
ISBN 10: 1784741205 ISBN 13: 9781784741204
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. Remarkable and compelling. I loved this book EDMUND DE WAAL An exemplary sleuth, both astute and open-minded . . . Manera Sambuy writes with impassioned style and insight TELEGRAPHA lost princes.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2009
ISBN 10: 0701184310 ISBN 13: 9780701184315
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: NEW. Kneller s Happy Campers is a strange, dark but funny tale set in a world very much like our own but it s an afterlife populated by people who have killed themselves - many of them are young, and most of them bear the marks of their death.Master short-.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2021
ISBN 10: 1784743909 ISBN 13: 9781784743901
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. The moving, expansive, and dazzling second collection from award-winning poet Kayo ChingonyiA Blood Condition tells a story of inheritance - the people, places, cultures and memories that form us. A Blood Condition is one of the most arrest.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2021
ISBN 10: 1784744409 ISBN 13: 9781784744403
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. A wild and gripping novel about one woman s quest to reintroduce wolves to the Scottish Highlands at any cost.Inti Flynn arrives in the Scottish Highlands with fourteen grey wolves, a traumatised sister and fierce tenacity.As a bio.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2022
ISBN 10: 1784743704 ISBN 13: 9781784743703
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Gebunden. Condizione: New. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION*** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4** Warsan Shire is an extraordinarily gifted poet whose profoundly moving poems so powerfully give voice to the unspoken Bernar.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2023
ISBN 10: 1784744700 ISBN 13: 9781784744700
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. *Shortlist, Debut Fiction, 2023 Nero Book Awards * The Sunday Times Novel of the Year * A Times and Guardian Book of the Year *London, 1894. John and Henry have a vision for a new way of life. But as the Osca.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2021
ISBN 10: 1784743933 ISBN 13: 9781784743932
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: NEW. \ I\ ve been trying to tell everybody I know about Mary Lawson. [Each of her novels is] just a marvel\ ANNE TYLERClara\ s sister is missing. Angry, rebellious Rose, had a row with their mother, stormed out of the house and simply.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2023
ISBN 10: 1784744808 ISBN 13: 9781784744809
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: NEW. ***THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER******A SARAH JESSICA PARKER BOOK OF THE YEAR***FOUR GENERATIONS. THREE SISTERS. ONE DIVIDED NATION. Remarkable, haunting, symphonic New York TimesTricked aboard a boat to E.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2024
ISBN 10: 1784745367 ISBN 13: 9781784745363
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: NEW. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the funniest debuts for years SUNDAY TIMES * My favourite book of 2024 SOPHIE HANNAH * A time-bending gem GABRIELLE ZEVIN * Endlessly funny, ultima.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2024
ISBN 10: 1784744905 ISBN 13: 9781784744908
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: NEW. A warm, sweet love story, and a thought-provoking examination of the British slave trade and its legacy MARIAN KEYESWhen Layla and Andy first meet, they can t believe they have the same surname. It feels like fate. until they realis.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2023
ISBN 10: 1784744271 ISBN 13: 9781784744274
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. Heart and humour in abundance. exquisite The TimesAfter fifty years in London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father s death.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2022
ISBN 10: 1784744581 ISBN 13: 9781784744588
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. A book so full of steel and compassion that it stands glitteringly apart Rachel CuskMilena is a Red Princess living in a Soviet Satellite state in the 1980s.* One of the Independent s Best Books of 2022 * A book so full of .
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2021
ISBN 10: 1784744611 ISBN 13: 9781784744618
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. The breakout poetry collection by Sunday Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman This is poetry rippling with communal recognition and empathy Guardian This is more than protest. It s a.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2022
ISBN 10: 1784743267 ISBN 13: 9781784743260
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Condizione: New. **A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2022** A journey around both the author s mind and the planet s great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives ALAIN DE BOTT.
Editore: Random House UK|Chatto & Windus, 2020
ISBN 10: 1784743151 ISBN 13: 9781784743154
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Gebunden. Condizione: New. Reading novels is an escape for Yan, and he yearns to become a writer after hearing about a woman who was allowed to remain in the city of Harbin after publishing her first novel. Caught between his obligations as a son and a brother, and his longing for .