Verlag: Pan Books LTD GB, 1982
ISBN 10: 0330268449 ISBN 13: 9780330268448
Anbieter: bainebridge booksellers, Bronx, NY, USA
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.
Verlag: Picador Published By Pan Books, London, England, GB U.K, 1990
ISBN 10: 0330314599 ISBN 13: 9780330314596
Anbieter: Bildungsbuch, Flensburg, Deutschland
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Trade Paperback/ OBroschur. Zustand: Very Good/ sehr Gut. 1. Auflage. ISB-Nr. 0330314599 = 0-330-31459-9. 340 pp.
Verlag: London (GB), Pan Macmillan Ltd., 2003
ISBN 10: 0333989783 ISBN 13: 9780333989784
Anbieter: Klaus Kuhn Antiquariat Leseflügel, Köln, NRW, Deutschland
9. Auflage,. 249 Seiten, Sprache: Englisch; Zustand: sehr gutes Exemplar, minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650 23,5 x 15,0 cm, Broschiert, Softcover/Paperback.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2019
ISBN 10: 1529000866 ISBN 13: 9781529000863
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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soft. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed by the author (Signed by the author) The inspiration for The Comey Rule, the Showtime limited series starring Jeff Daniels premiering September 2020The sensational Sunday Times #1 Bestseller about taking on the mafia, the Clintons and Trump.'An urgent clarion call.' - The Financial TimesIn A Higher Loyalty, his massive Number One bestselling memoir, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1509864830 ISBN 13: 9781509864836
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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soft. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) May Day is the long-awaited new poetry collection from one of our best-loved poets and former Makar of Scotland, Jackie Kay.These poems cast an eye over several decades of political activism, from the international solidarity of the Glasgow of Kay’s childhood, accompanying her parents’ Socialist campaigns, through the feminist, LGBT+ and anti-racist movements of the 80s and 90s, up to the present day when a global pandemic intersects with the urgency of Black Lives Matter.Kay brings to life a cast of influential figures, delving beneath the surfaces of received narratives: the Jamaican model Fanny Eaton, muse of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in England; Paul Robeson, Angela Davis and the poet Audre Lorde; and a ‘what-if’ poem concerning Rabbie Burns and a road-not-taken towards the West Indian slave trade. Woven through the collection is a suite of lyric poems concerning the recent losses of Kay’s parents: poems of grief and profound change that are infused with the light of love and celebration.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2023
ISBN 10: 1509890939 ISBN 13: 9781509890934
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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soft. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed by the author (Signed by the author) A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating and riveting read.’ - Jonathan DimblebyJeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has been covering the Middle East since 1989 and is uniquely placed to explain its complex past and its troubled present. Here, Bowen offers you a gripping and invaluable guide to the modern Middle East, how it came to be and what its future might hold.In The Making of the Modern Middle East – in part based on his acclaimed podcast, ‘Our Man in the Middle East’ – Bowen takes you on a journey across the Middle East and through its history. He meets ordinary men and women on the front line, their leaders, whether brutal or benign. He explores the power games that have so often wreaked devastation on civilian populations as those leaders, whatever their motives, jostle for political, religious and economic control.Clear throughout is Bowen's deep understanding of the political, cultural and religious differences between countries as diverse as Erdogan’s Turkey, Assad’s Syria, Netanyahu’s Israel, and Palestine, whether Hamas-controlled Gaza or the West Bank, and his long experience of covering events in the region.
Verlag: Picador (Pan Macmillan G.B.), London, 1994
ISBN 10: 033033462X ISBN 13: 9780330334624
Anbieter: Attic Books, Cheltenham, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Publisher's Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. - 223 mm. Cloth hardcover. Pp. 426. Minor edge wear and rubbing to DJ with one small tear on lower edge. Overall, VG / VG.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2023
ISBN 10: 1035031469 ISBN 13: 9781035031467
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) It’s that time of year again . . .With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with And So This is Christmas, fifty-one poems in celebration of the festive season: from bizarre family traditions to the office Christmas party; from voting day for turkeys to the impossible art of gift-giving.So hang your stockings, grab your mistletoe and curl up with this heart-warming collection of Christmas crackers.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1035021153 ISBN 13: 9781035021154
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) Across the ocean, a magical adventure awaits in The City Beyond the Sea, the spellbinding, beautifully-illustrated sequel to Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner and Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year, Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson.'Phenomenal . . . If you don’t believe in magic, you will after you’ve read Greenwild' - A. F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series'A spectacular, sweeping fantasy filled with intrigue - secret cities, magic, and mystery . . . a book bursting with heart and courage' - Rashmi Sirdeshpande Daisy Thistledown is on a mission. She might have defeated a terrible enemy, but her journey to find her kidnapped mother is just beginning. After smuggling aboard a long-awaited expedition to the heart of theAmazon, Daisy and her friends soon find themselves in danger on the high seas, pursued across the waves by Grim Reapers. Their only hope: to find the legendary Iffenwild, a mysterious city hidden beyond the sea and lost to time.But a strange, wild magic is stirring beneath the waves. It will take all of Daisy’s courage and determination – and the trust of a new friend – if she is to discover the truth that haunts Iffenwild, and save the magical world before it’s too late.'An eco-thriller every child should read' - The Telegraph on Greenwild: The World Behind the Door.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2021
ISBN 10: 1529063310 ISBN 13: 9781529063318
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Gravett, Emily (illustrator). Signed bookplate (Signed bookplate affixed to one of the title pages) Travel the globe in this inspiring journey through the animal kingdom. A Song of Gladness is a timely reminder of the beauty and importance of the natural world from two of today's most celebrated children's book creators.From a blackbird in a Devon garden to leopards in the African savanna, hibernating bears and chimpanzees high in the forest canopy, A Song of Gladness reminds us all of our connection with nature, and with each other, and the urgent need for us to join together in caring for the planet and every creature in it.Former Children's Laureate and CILIP Carnegie Medal winner Sir Michael Morpurgo's beautiful story is both moving and full of hope; the illustrations from twice CILIP Kate Greenaway-winning Emily Gravett are breathtaking. This gorgeous book is a classic in the making and the perfect gift for any animal and nature lover.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1035023628 ISBN 13: 9781035023622
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) One photograph, one treasured memory, one chance to go back . . .In a cosy photography studio in the mountains between this world and the next, someone is waking up as if from a dream. A kind man will hand them a hot cup of tea and gently explain that, having reached the end of their life, they have one final task. There is a stack of photos on their lap, one for every day of their life, and now they must choose the pictures that capture their most treasured memories, which will be placed in a beautiful lantern. Once completed, it will be set spinning, and their cherished moments will flash before their eyes, guiding them to another world.But, like our most thumbed-over photographs, our favourite memories become faded with age, so each visitor to the studio has the chance to choose one day to return to and photograph afresh. Each has a treasured story to tell, from the old woman rebuilding a community in Tokyo after a disaster, to the flawed Yakuza man who remembers a time when he was kind, and a strong child who is fighting to survive.Extraordinarily moving and wise, The Lantern of Lost Memories is a beautiful Japanese tale about the people that make us and the moments that change us.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2020
ISBN 10: 1529035430 ISBN 13: 9781529035438
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 'Superb' The Times 'Sharp, searching . . . utterly of the moment' Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall 'So accomplished' Guardian 'A masterpiece' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist 'One of her best' Irish Times 'Beautifully written, intense, powerful' David Nicholls, author of Sweet Sorrow From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall , Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times. On the longest day of the summer, twelve people sit cooped up with their families in a faded Scottish cabin park. The endless rain leaves them with little to do but watch the other residents. A woman goes running up the Ben as if fleeing; a retired couple reminisce about neighbours long since moved on; a teenage boy braves the dark waters of the loch in his red kayak. Each person is wrapped in their own cares but increasingly alert to the makeshift community around them. One particular family, a mother and daughter without the right clothes or the right manners, starts to draw the attention of the others. Tensions rise and all watch on, unaware of the tragedy that lies ahead as night finally falls. Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2021. 'Nothing escapes her sly humour and brilliant touch. Deft and brimming with life, Summerwater is a novel of endless depth. A masterpiece.' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist 'Summerwater may be her best so far.' The Times 'This latest display of Moss's imaginative versatility shine[s] with intelligence' Sunday Times.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1035024721 ISBN 13: 9781035024728
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) 'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' - Colm TóibínAn Observer Best Debut of the Year 2024It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for what’s to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape.When two anthropologists from the mainland arrive, Manod sees in them a rare moment of opportunity to leave the island and discover the life she has been searching for. But, as she guides them across the island’s cliffs, she becomes entangled in their relationship, and her imagined future begins to seem desperately out of reach.Elizabeth O’Connor’s beautiful, devastating debut Whale Fall tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the edge of great tumult.'The quiet cadences of Whale Fall contain a deep melody of loss held and let go. It is a gentle, tough story about profound change' - Anne Enright.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2021
ISBN 10: 1529008050 ISBN 13: 9781529008050
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) If the dead could speak, what would they say to the living? From their graves in the field, the oldest part of Paulstadt's cemetery, the town's late inhabitants tell stories from their lives. Some recall just a moment, perhaps the one in which they left this world, perhaps the one that they now realize shaped their life forever. Some remember all the people they've been with, or the only person they ever loved. These voices together - young, old, rich poor - build a picture of a community, as viewed from below ground instead of from above. The streets of the small, sleepy provincial town of Paulstadt are given shape and meaning by those who lived, loved, worked, mourned and died there. From the author of the Booker International-shortlisted A Whole Life , Robert Seethaler's The Field is about what happens at the end. It is a book of human lives - each one different, yet connected to countless others - that ultimately shows how life, for all its fleetingness, still has meaning.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1035017628 ISBN 13: 9781035017621
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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soft. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) 'An uplifting, hopeful, empowering memoir that celebrates self-discovery and self-love' - Alice Oseman, author of the bestselling Heartstopper seriesAn unmissable graphic novel perfect for fans of the global hit Heartstopper and Juno Dawson's What's the T?Hello! I’m Theo. I like cats, Dungeons & Dragons . . . and I’m trans and non-binary.Ever since I was young, I’ve been on a journey to explore who I am. To discover the things that make me . . . me.Sometimes it can feel like the world is trying to fit you into a box, to label you one way or another, but there is nothing more wonderful than finding your true authentic self, whoever you are. Whether you are transgender or cisgender, we are all searching for ways to make our houses feel like homes . . .In Homebody, Theo tells the heartwarming story of discovering how to live life on their own terms through beautiful illustrations and lyrical text.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2021
ISBN 10: 1529083222 ISBN 13: 9781529083224
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) Acclaimed author of Summerwater and Ghost Wall, Sarah Moss is back with a sharply observed and darkly funny novel for our times.'A tense page turner . . . I gulped The Fell down in one sitting' - Emma Donoghue'Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory' – Paula Hawkins'This slim, intense masterpiece is one of my best books of the year' - Rachel Joyce'Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist’s can be' The TimesAt dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of a two-week quarantine period, but she just can’t take it any more – the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know.But Kate’s neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate’s son, soon realizes she’s missing. And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk – a breath of open air – falls and badly injures herself. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain rescue operation . . .Unbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, The Fell asks probing questions about the place the world has become since March 2020, and the place it was before. This novel is a story about compassion and kindness and what we must do to survive, and it will move you to tears.‘One of our very best contemporary novelists’ – Independent.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2018
ISBN 10: 1509863877 ISBN 13: 9781509863877
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) Fierce and lyrical, The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton is a story of survival, solitude and unlikely friendship. Most of all it is about what it takes to keep hope alive in a parched and brutal world. For years Jaxie Clackton has dreaded going home. His beloved mum is dead, and he wishes his dad was too, until one terrible moment leaves his life stripped to nothing. No one ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful what he wishes for. And so Jaxie runs. There's just one person in the world who understands him, but to reach her he'll have to cross the vast saltlands of Western Australia. It is a place that harbours criminals and threatens to kill those who haven't reckoned with its hot, waterless vastness. This is a journey only a dreamer - or a fugitive - would attempt. 'A page-turning heartbreaker' - Emma Donoghue, author of Room.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2020
ISBN 10: 1529033101 ISBN 13: 9781529033106
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) The New York Times Bestseller 'Captivating, potent, incisive, and wise' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe ' Writers & Lovers made me happy' - Ann Patchett Casey has ended up back in Massachusetts after a devastating love affair. Her mother has just died and she is knocked sideways by grief and loneliness, moving between the restaurant where she waitresses for the Harvard elite and the rented shed she calls home. Her one constant is the novel she has been writing for six years, but at thirty-one she is in debt and directionless, and feels too old to be that way - it's strange, not be the youngest kind of adult anymore. And then, one evening, she meets Silas. He is kind, handsome, interested. But only a few weeks later, Oscar walks into her restaurant, his two boys in tow. He is older, grieving the loss of his wife, and wrapped up in his own creativity. Suddenly Casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, torn between two very different relationships that promise two very different futures. Lily King's Writers & Lovers follows Casey in the last days of a long youth, a time when everything - her family, her work, her relationships - comes to a crisis. Hugely moving and impossibly funny, it is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another. It is a novel about love and creativity, and ultimately it captures the moment when a woman becomes an artist.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2022
ISBN 10: 152909111X ISBN 13: 9781529091113
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) A story of survival set in 600 AD Ireland; a parable of patriarchy, destruction and religion at sea, by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room.'Everything a novel should be: compassionate, unpredictable, and questioning. Haven is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' - Maggie O'Farrell, author of HamnetShortlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardIn seventh-century Ireland, a priest has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks with him, he travels down the Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a new place of worship. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. But in such a place, far from all other humanity, what will survival mean?‘Haven is a beautiful, bold blaze of a book’ – Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry‘Beautiful and timely’ - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater‘Sinister, heart-wrenching and beautifully written’ – The Times‘Combines pressure-cooker intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect’ – Margaret Atwood via Twitter‘Book of the Year’ pick in The Irish Times, The Guardian, The Irish Post, RTÉ and The Times.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2022
ISBN 10: 1529068762 ISBN 13: 9781529068764
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerA Selection of Dua Lipa's Service95 Bookclub 'Beautiful and moving, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates' – The ObserverFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, a vivid portrayal of working-class life in 80s Glasgow, and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men.Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates, where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation.They should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all, and yet as they begin to fall in love, they dream of escape, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him.Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much.<sub>Young Mungo was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10/4/22</sub>
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2020
ISBN 10: 1529046157 ISBN 13: 9781529046151
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) Three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. The Pull of the Stars is the Sunday Times Bestseller from the acclaimed author of The Wonder and Room. 'An immersive, unforgettable fever-dream of a novel' - The Times The old world dying on its feet, a new one struggling to be born . . . Dublin, 1918. In a country doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over the course of three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars , Emma Donoghue tells an unforgettable and deeply moving story of love and loss. Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards -- Eason Novel of the Year The Telegraph's 'Best Novels of 2020' Guardian's 'Brilliant Books to Transport You This summer', 'Best Books of 2020' Cosmopolitan 's 'Best Books to Read this summer' Stylist's 'Best summer Reads.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2022
ISBN 10: 1035001659 ISBN 13: 9781035001651
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed by the author (Signed by the author) A brilliant way to brighten each day. In this playful, innovative collection, Brian Bilston writes a poem to accompany every day of the year.Each poem is inspired by a significant – often curious – event associated with that day: from Open an Umbrella Indoors Day to the day on which New York banned public flirting; from the launch of the Rubik’s Cube to the first appearance of the phrase, ‘the best thing since sliced bread’.Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with friends, Days Like These: An alternative guide to the year in 366 poems will take the blues out of Monday, flatten the Wednesday hump, and amplify that Friday feeling.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2022
ISBN 10: 1529062438 ISBN 13: 9781529062434
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) ‘No one is better . . . eden sees Crace at the top of his game’ - TelegraphTrouble has come to the garden. Its inhabitants live an eternal and unblemished life, tending to the bountiful fields, orchards and lakes, and serving their angelic masters. But now one of the gardeners has escaped, breaching the walls and making her way into the world beyond; a land of poverty, sickness and death - as well as liberty. The angels know there are those who would go to the ends of the earth to find her. Perhaps another fall is coming . . .‘Vivid and poetic . . . Crace writes with great flair and inimitable imagination’ - Financial Times‘Since announcing his retirement in 2013, Jim Crace has had more comebacks than Kanye West,something for which we should all be thankful’ - Spectator.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 103503316X ISBN 13: 9781035033164
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Nothing short of dazzling' – Alex Turner, musician and frontman of the Arctic Monkeys'A big-hearted poet of boundless humour and unmistakable style' – Kit Fan, GuardianDr John Cooper Clarke's dazzling, scabrous voice has reverberated through pop culture for decades, his influence on generations of performance poets and musicians plain for all to see. In WHAT, the original 'People's Poet' comes storming out of the gate with an uproarious new collection, reminding us why he is one of Britain's most beloved writers and performers. James Brown, John F. Kennedy, Jesus Christ: nobody is safe from the punk rocker's acerbic pen – and that's just the first poem.Hot on the heels of The Luckiest Guy Alive and his sprawling, encyclopaediac memoir I Wanna Be Yours, the good Doctor returns with his most trenchant collection of poems yet. Vivid and alive, with a sensitivity only a writer with a life as varied and extraordinary as Cooper Clarke's could summon, WHAT is an exceptional collection from one of our foremost satirists.John Cooper Clarke's book WHAT was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 05-02-2024.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2019
ISBN 10: 1509886141 ISBN 13: 9781509886142
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) A Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Bookclub pick, The Confession is an absorbing tale of secrets and self-discovery from Jessie Burton, the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, but in this city of strange dreams and razzle-dazzle, Elise feels even more out of her depth and makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever. Three decades later, Rose Simmons is trying to uncover the story of her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby. Having learned that the last person to see her was a now reclusive novelist, Rose finds herself at the door of Constance Holden's house in search of a confession . . . 'Dazzlingly good, utterly engrossing . . . Without doubt one of the best novels of recent years' - Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1035005670 ISBN 13: 9781035005673
Anbieter: Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture!'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' – Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' – Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry‘Powerful’ – Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight LibraryThe Number One bestselling novel which has captured the hearts of readers across the world. The Women is a novel of epic love and devastating loss. And it is a story of a memorable heroine, and her deep friendships, whose idealism and courage under fire will define an era.Their friendship changed lives. Their bravery changed history.'Women can be heroes, too'. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances "Frankie" McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California's idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.As green and inexperienced as the young men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed America. Frankie will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause.Readers love The Women:'It honours ALL women: those who have fought for their rights and freedoms, those who have been overlooked and underappreciated, those who have been forgotten by families and society''I’ve been looking forward to this book’s release for months' 'Kristin Hannah has done it again'The Women was a Sunday Times bestseller from 17.2.24-13.4.24.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1529097088 ISBN 13: 9781529097085
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) An intoxicating brew of vampires, secrets and romance . . . don't miss the number one bestselling A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal, author of TikTok sensation We Hunt the Flame. Perfect for fans of Peaky Blinders and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows.'A riveting page-turner, A Tempest of Tea is brewed to perfection' – Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals'If you like vampires, romance, and kick-ass characters with magic weapons, look no further and you’ll be delighted! - Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love HypothesisOn the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it – and she can't do the job alone.Calling on some of the city's most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it.Dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy, this is Hafsah Faizal better than ever.'Slinky and witty and clever' – Holly Black, bestselling author of The Folk of the Air series.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1529091780 ISBN 13: 9781529091786
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) 'A masterpiece . . . I literally didn't look up from the first page to the last' – Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The AppealThe King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a compelling and beautiful historical novel that gives voices to the women at the heart of the real-life witch trials in sixteenth-century Scotland. Women whisper secrets to each other; it is how we survive.1589. Princess Anna of Denmark is betrothed to King James VI of Scotland. Before they can wed, Anna must pass the trial period: one year of marriage to prove herself worthy of being Scotland's new Queen. Determined to fulfil her duties to King and country, Anna resolves to be the perfect royal bride. Until she meets Lord Henry . . .By her side is Kirsten Sorenson, her loyal and pious lady-in-waiting. But, whilst tending to Anna's every need, Kirsten has her own secret motives for the royal marriage to succeed . . .Meanwhile, in North Berwick, young housemaid Jura practises the healing charms taught to her by her mother. When she realizes she is no longer safe, she escapes to Edinburgh, only to find herself caught up in the witchcraft mania that has gripped not just the capital, but the new queen . . .'Enthralling, compelling and at times chilling . . . An utterly timely tale' – D. V. Bishop, prize-winning author of Ritual of Fire'A beautifully written tale of love and duty, fear and courage' – Jenny Ashcroft, bestselling author of The Echoes of Love'A gripping, poignant novel that gives voices to those so often unheard in historical accounts' – Elizabeth Lee, author of Cunning Women*The Maiden was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction on 05/03/2024.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2024
ISBN 10: 1529038022 ISBN 13: 9781529038026
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed bookplate (Signed bookplate affixed to one of the title pages) 'Storm Pegs perfectly captures the knotting of language and landscape. I was transported.' - Katherine May, Sunday Times bestselling author of WinteringFrom the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Highland Book PrizeWhat if the answer to ‘Where am I?’ is ‘heaven’?In her late twenties, celebrated poet Jen Hadfield moved to the Shetland archipelago to make her life anew. A scattering of islands at the northernmost point of the United Kingdom, frequently cut off from the mainland by storms, Shetland is a place of Vikings and myths, of ancient languages and old customs, of breathtaking landscapes and violent weather. It has long fascinated travellers seeking the edge of the world.On these islands known for their isolation and drama, Hadfield found something more: a place teeming with life, where rare seabirds blow in on Atlantic gales, seals and dolphins visit its beaches, and wild folk festivals carry the residents through long, dark winters. She found a close-knit community, too, of neighbours always willing to lend a boat or build a creel, of women wild-swimming together in the star-spangled winter seas. Over seventeen years, as bright summer nights gave way to storm-lashed winters, she learned new ways to live.In prose as rich and magical as Shetland itself, Hadfield transports us to the islands as a local; introducing us to the remote and beautiful archipelago where she has made her home, and shows us new ways of living at the edge.
Verlag: Pan Macmillan, London, GB, 2023
ISBN 10: 033051332X ISBN 13: 9780330513326
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hard. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) 'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon’s masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father. It’s not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it’s nothing a dash of laudanum, a summer stroll and idle fantasies can’t put in perspective.And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. Heroism gets a man killed quickly. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto’s introspective, poetic soul; a charismatic storyteller and Pinto’s protector and lover.Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches and find themselves entangled with spies and Bolsheviks. As they travel over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto’s love for Osman that will truly survive.