avid reader press simon schuster apr 2025 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From Pulitzer Prize finalist and longtime columnist Tommy Tomlinson, Dogland is an immersive narrative account of the Westminster Dog ShowAmerica's oldest and most famous dog show, which has more annual viewers than the Oscarsfollowing one dog on his quest to become champion.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL - WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION - A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE INDEPENDENT, PARADE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND MORE. 'This summer's hottest debut.' -Cosmopolitan - 'Witty, sexy escapist fiction [that] packs a substantial punch.Fresh and thrilling.' -Los Angeles Times - 'Electric.I loved every second.' -Emily Henry 'Utterly winning.Imagine if The Time Traveler's Wife had an affair with A Gentleman in Moscow.Readers, I envy you: There's a smart, witty novel in your future.' -Ron Charles, The Washington Post A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering 'expats' from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible-for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a 'bridge': living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as '1847' or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machines,' 'Spotify,' and 'the collapse of the British Empire.' But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts. Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry's project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how-and whether she believes-what she does next can change the future. An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house Kaliane Bradley's answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable." The New York Times Book Review \* "An epic adventure?rich with all the possibilities the world can hold." People NATIONAL BESTSELLER A dazzlingly epic debut that charts the incredible, adventurous life of one woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a mysterious curse that will destroy her if she stops moving.Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death. When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her lifelong journey on the run from her condition, which won't allow her to stay anywhere for longer than a few daysnor return to a place where she's already been. From the scorched dunes of the Calanshio Sand Sea to the snow-packed peaks of the Himalayas; from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard, to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and ultimately, to truly live. But the longer Aubry wanders and the more desperate she is to share her life with others, the clearer it becomes that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else's. Fiercely independent and hopeful, yet full of longing, Aubry Tourvel is an unforgettable character fighting her way through a world of wonders to find a place she can call home. A spellbinding and inspiring story about discovering meaning in a life that seems otherwise impossible, A Short Walk Through a Wide World reminds us that it's not the destination, but rather the journeyno matter how long it laststhat makes us who we are.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This classic bestseller--with more than 200,000 copies in print--is THE job-hunting bible for college grads and midlife career-changers alike. Using goal setting, list making, and other proven techniques, THE PATHFINDER leads readers though the process of deciding exactly what they want to do for a living and finding a way to make it happen.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A revelatory and unexpected history of the rise of American capitalism-and an argument that entrepreneurial leaders in government, not the mythical 'free market,' created the most dynamic economy the world has ever known'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint, a guide for starting big projects the smart way-based on firsthand experience with more than three hundred new products and businesses'.