penguin books ltd jul 2013 (46 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An exciting range of Level 4 titles in a brand new paperback reader format. Each carefully written title has been checked by educational consultant Geraldine Taylor to ensure their suitability for the age range. Level 4 titles are ideal for children who are ready to read longer stories with a wider vocabulary, and are keen to read independently.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The fifth book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series.HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO.FOR ME, THE END OF THE WORLD STARTED WHEN A PEGASUS LANDED ON OUR CAR . . According to an ancient prophesy, one day the fate of the world will fall on Percy Jackson.When you're the son of a Greek god, it happens.But now that day has come, as Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning his attack on New York City. And the dreaded monster Typhon is also heading that way.So it's Percy and his demigod friends versus untold evil . . . No pressure, right Return to the World of Percy Jackson in the best-selling, brand-new adventure featuring the original hero in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods - out now!And don't miss the trio's next adventure in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess, coming soon!.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Als Mrs. Dodds, die neue Mathelehrerin, sich in eine stinkende Furie verwandelt und fauchend über ihn herfällt, ahnt Percy schon, dass hier irgendwas nicht stimmt. Und dass er sich schleunigst aus dem Staub machen muss. Auf der Flucht bringt er noch schnell den gefährlichen Minotaurus zur Strecke - dann gelangt er ins Camp der Halbblüter, wo die Kinder der Götter leben. Alles Halbgötter natürlich. Und Percy erfährt, dass er der Sohn des Poseidon ist. Große Aufgaben warten auf ihn: Er soll herausfinden, wer den Blitz des Zeus gestohlen hat. Gemeinsam mit Athenes Tochter Annabeth und dem Satyr Grover macht Percy sich auf die abenteuerliche Suche. Die Zeit läuft den dreien davon, denn sie wissen: Wenn ihre Mission fehlschlägt, droht ein Krieg unter den Göttern.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Percy erlebt ein ruhiges Schuljahr, bis er entdeckt, dass die magischen Grenzen von Half Blood Hill bröckeln und Dämonen und Monstern bald freie Bahn lassen. Doch der einzige Weg, um die Macht der Grenze wiederherzustellen, ist, das mythische Goldene Fliess zu finden.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 5:2 diet has become the food programme of choice for losing weight. This book holds the key to learning what to eat on these low-calorie fasting days. It includes recipes and tips for getting the most satisfaction and fullness.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A book of poems that includes a series of haiku inspired by a London tube strike and a striking reworking of the author's famous 1960s poem 'Let Me Die a Youngman's Death'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREFEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLER NOVELS SINCE 1945A murder. A murderer. No motive.Fabrizio Collini is a hard working, quiet and respectable man. Until the day he visits one of Berlin's most luxurious hotels and kills an innocent man in cold blood. Young attorney Caspar Leinen takes the case. Getting Collini a not-guilty verdict would make his name. But far too late he discovers that he knows Collini's victim. Leinen is caught in a professional and personal dilemma. Collini admits the murder but won't say why he did it, forcing Leinen to defend a man who won't defend himself. And worse, a close friend, and relation of the victim, insists that he give up the case. His reputation, his career and this friendship are all at risk.But then he makes a discovery that goes way beyond his own concerns and exposes a terrible and deadly truth at the heart of German justice . . .The Collini Case is a masterful court room drama that will have readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish - fans of John le Carre will love this. __________ 'A magnificent storyteller' Der Spiegel'A murder trial full of political explosiveness: thrilling, clever, staggering' Focus'Terrific' Elle'Ferdinand von Schirach brilliantly draws you under his spell' Bunte.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Be captivated by this romantic tale of deception, lust and deadly desire in Georgian England, perfect for fans of E L James. Maria, Lady Winter, is coerced into using her searing beauty and siren body to find out why dangerous pirate Christopher St. John has been let out of jail. But the pirates only chance of avoiding the hangman is to use his renowned seduction skills to melt Lady Winter's icy heart and discover her secrets. Entangled in a twisted game of deception and desire, Maria and Christopher are each determined to be the one to win this lusty battle of wits . . .Praise for Sylvia Day, bestselling author of the sensational Crossfire series:'Move over Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins, this is the dawn of a new Day' Amuse 'Several shades darker and a hundred degrees hotter than anything you've read before' Reveal.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Bloodline is the new Dick Francis novel from bestseller, Felix Francis. When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in third, he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller, he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose Was the race fixed Why on earth would she do something so out of character That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel . . . or so it seems. Devastated by her death, and almost overcome with guilt, Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life Or was it not suicide at all . . . Felix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend, Dick Francis, with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis Novels, Dead Heat, Silks, Even Money and Crossfire, with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010 but his work will live on through Felix. Gamble was Felix's first solo Dick Francis Novel.Praise for the Dick Francis novels:'The Francis flair is clear for all to see' Daily Mail'The novel confirms Francis's seat at the head of crime fiction' Racing Post'From winning post to top of the bestseller list, time after time' Sunday Times Felix trained as a physicist and spent seventeen years teaching A level physics before taking on the role as manager to his father, and then as author. He lives in Oxfordshire.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary is the moving story of the Virgin Mary, told by a novelist famous for writing brilliantly about the family.From the author of Brooklyn, in a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells the story of a cataclysmic event which led to an overpowering grief. For Mary, her son has been lost to the world, and now, living in exile and in fear, she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son's brutal death. To her he was a vulnerable figure, surrounded by men who could not be trusted, living in a time of turmoil and change. As her life and her suffering begin to acquire the resonance of myth, Mary struggles to break the silence surrounding what she knows to have happened. In her effort to tell the truth in all its gnarled complexity, she slowly emerges as a figure of immense moral stature as well as a woman from history rendered now as fully human.Praise for The Testament of Mary:'This is a short book, but it is as dense as a diamond. It is as tragic as a Spanish pieta, but it is completely heretical.Tóibín maintains all the dignity of Mary without subscribing to the myths that have accumulated around her' Edmund White, Irish Times'Depicting the harrowing losses and evasions that can go on between mothers and sons.Tóibín creates a reversed Pièta: he holds the mother in his arms' Independent 'A beautiful and daring work.it takes its power from the surprise of its language, its almost shocking characterization' Mary Gordon, New York Times.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The second book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series - now as a graphic novel! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series.You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea.It's not easy being a half-blood these days. Even a simple game of dodgeball becomes a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants - and that was only the beginning.Now Camp Half-Blood is under attack, and unless I can get my hands on the Golden Fleece, the whole camp will be invaded by monsters. Big ones . . .Return to the World of Percy Jackson in the best-selling, brand-new adventure featuring the original hero in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods - out now!And don't miss the trio's next adventure in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess, coming soon!.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips, Britain's pre-eminent psychoanalyst.We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves into the gap between who we are and who we are not, to discover whether not getting what we want may be the unlikely key to the fully lived life.With his trademark combination of open-minded enquiry and exhilarating argument, drawing primarily on the twin worlds of literature and psychoanalysis, Phillips will delight readers old and new in this much-anticipated book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Clive Cussler (Author) Clive Cussler is the author and co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt¿ adventures, such as Celtic Empire; the NUMA¿ Files adventures, most recently The Rising Sea; the Oregon Files, such as Shadow Tyrants; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures which lastly included The Oracle. He lives in Arizona.Paul Kemprecos (Author) Paul Kemprecos has co-authored all of the NUMA¿ Files novels with Clive Cussler and is a Shamus Award-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers. He lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jussi Adler-Olsen's internationally bestselling Q series returns with Redemption, a gripping treat for all fans of the Scandinavian crime thriller. 'For those suffering withdrawals from The Killing' The Times __________A letter in blood, a horrifying disappearance. . . Two boys, brothers, wake up tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Their kidnapper has gone, but he'll be back. They cannot escape . . .In Copenhagen's cold cases division Carl Mørck has received a bottle. It holds an old and decayed message, written in blood. It is a cry for help from two boys. Is it real Who are they and why weren't they reported missing Can they possibly still be alive He needs to find out, and fast . . . Praise for Adler-Olsen:'The new 'it' boy of Nordic Noir' The Times'Engrossing' Sunday Express'Adler-Olsen's fascination with abnormal psychology once again pays off' Sunday Times.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - DISCOVER THE GRIPPING AND ELECTRIFYING THRILLER IN THE DETECTIVE INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES'A gripping tale of mystery and intrigue' 5\*\*\*\*\* Reader Review'Holds your attention and builds towards an excellent climax' 5\*\*\*\*\* Reader Review'Enthralling . . . you won't be disappointed' 5\*\*\*\*\* Reader Review________ Every year for ten years, a young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmas time: naked, throat slit, body washed clean. Ten years, ten women. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake. In a cellar under a shop, McLean found a torture chamber and put an end to the brutal killing spree. Twelve years later, and a fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked, washed, her throat cut. Is this a copycat killer Was the wrong man behind bars all this time Or is there a more sinister, frightening explanation McLean must revisit the most disturbing case of his life and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again . . . ________ Praise for James Oswald: 'A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' Daily Record 'Crime fiction's next big thing' The Sunday Telegraph 'Literary sensation.James' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of EL James and her Fifty Shades of Grey series' Daily Mail 'Fifty Shades of Hay' The Times 'Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers' Daily Mail 'The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record 'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' The Herald 'A good read' The Times 'An excellent start to what promises to be a fine series' Guardian.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Telling Stories by Tim Burgess of The Charlatans is one of the decade's most revealing rock books 'Clear, honest. An unusually frank and well-written rock memoir' The TimesThe Charlatans. Madchester. Britpop. Taking on the world. Here are the highs, the lows, the joys, the agonies, and the stories of what it's like to be in a rock band, as told by front man and survivor, Tim Burgess. 'Like the best bits of every cautionary rock star tale . . . there is armed robbery and smuggling. There's serious fraud. There are near and actual death experiences, divorce, industrial cocaine consumption and magnificent cameos from Madonna, Alan McGee, Ronnie Wood, Joe Strummer, LA drug dealer Harry The Dog, and Joaquin Phoenix. A minor classic' QFor readers who enjoyed Life by Keith Richards and Bit of a Blur by Alex James, Telling Stories is one of the finest music books of recent times. It's a story of achievement and survival, from London to LA. 'A vivid read' Independent on Sunday'The Charlatans' frontman recalls the heyday of Britpop and Madchester with endearing exuberance. He's unflinchingly honest about the bad times but also peppers his story with anecdotal nuggets about the pitfalls of rock 'n' roll excess' Metro'Burgess keeps a level head, a sharp eye and a nice turn of phrase' Independent'Written with the stylish flow of a novel - light and dark, hilarious and melancholic' Emma Forrest'For a man whose behaviour borders on the suicidal, Timothy Burgess, the people's friend, is what you call a life enthusiast. He is also mad. It's a much-abused word, mad . . . but he really is proper coo-ee clouds pan-dimensional mad mad' Syliva Patteerson, SkyTim Burgess was born in Salford but grew up in a village near Northwich, Cheshire. Leaving school at 16 to work at ICI, his real love was music and soon afterwards he was invited to join new band The Charlatans. For twelve years Burgess lived in Los Angeles but he has recently returned to the UK.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A dark classic of Russia's silver age, this blackly funny novel recounts a schoolteacher's descent into sadism, arson and murder.Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial schoolteacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of marrying to gain promotion, he descends into paranoia, sexual perversion, arson, torture and murder. Sologub's anti-hero is one of the great comic monsters of twentieth-century fiction, subsequently lending his name to the brand of sado-masochism known as Peredonovism. The Little Demon (1907) made an immediate star of its author who, refuting suggestions that the work was autobiographical, stated 'No, my dear contemporaries . it is about you'. This grotesque mirror of a spiritually bankrupt society is arguably the finest Russian novel to have come out of the Symbolist movement.Fyodor Sologub was born in St Petersburg in 1863. His first two novels Bad Dreams (1896) and The Little Demon (1907) were drawn from his own experiences as schoolmaster in a remote provincial town. For many years Sologub could not find a publisher for The Little Demon but when in 1907 the novel was at last published - to immediate and resounding success - he was able to leave his restricting career and devote himself to literature. In 1921 his wife committed suicide and Sologub died a few years later in 1927. Ronald Wilks studied Russian language and literature at Trinity College,Cambridge, after training as a Naval interpreter, and later Russian literature at London University. He has translated many works from Russian for Penguin Classics, including books by Gorky, Gogol, Pushkin, Tolstoy and Chekhov.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The third book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series.HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO.It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half human. . .Percy Jackson has a lot on his plate.A powerful goddess has gone missing. The Greek gods are on the brink of war with the Titans. And there's the minor threat of a mystery beast that could destroy Mount Olympus forever.This time, Percy's going to need help and he's found two powerful demigods for the job. . .There's just the small problem of the prophecy. The one that has predicted not all of them will survive.But when you're the son of a Greek god, it happens. Right Return to the World of Percy Jackson in the best-selling, brand-new adventure featuring the original hero in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods - out now!And don't miss the trio's next adventure in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess, coming soon! 293 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The fourth book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series.HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO.SURE, AS A DEMIGOD I'VE HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF NEAR-DEATH DISASTERS. BUT HEY, I'M STILL HERE TO TELL THE TALE . . . Percy Jackson's enemies are back, and looking for a way to destroy Camp Half-Blood.To stop them, Percy and his friends must take on a new quest through the mysterious labyrinth - a sprawling underground world with deadly surprises at every turn.But the labyrinth was built to keep heroes out, and secrets safe within.As time runs out and the Titans draws near, can Percy save the day once more Return to the World of Percy Jackson in the best-selling, brand-new adventure featuring the original hero in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods - out now!And don't miss the trio's next adventure in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess, coming soon! 341 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Rick Riordan, dubbed 'storyteller of the gods' by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five New York Times number-one bestselling book series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson, the Heroes of Olympus and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology; the Kane Chronicles, based on Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase, based on Norse mythology. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod, won the Red House Children's Book Award and is now a blockbuster film franchise starring Logan Lerman.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The pacy, sensitive and formidably argued history of the causes of the First World War, from acclaimed historian and author Christopher ClarkFINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014SUNDAY TIMES and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012Winner of the Los Angeles Times History Book Prize 2014The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its every aim: it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule and it created a powerful new Serbia, but it also brought down four great empires, killed millions of men and destroyed a civilization. What made a seemingly prosperous and complacent Europe so vulnerable to the impact of this assassination In The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark retells the story of the outbreak of the First World War and its causes. Above all, it shows how the failure to understand the seriousness of the chaotic, near genocidal fighting in the Balkans would drag Europe into catastrophe.Reviews:'Formidable . one of the most impressive and stimulating studies of the period ever published' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Easily the best book ever written on the subject . A work of rare beauty that combines meticulous research with sensitive analysis and elegant prose. The enormous weight of its quality inspires amazement and awe . Academics should take note: Good history can still be a good story' Washington Post'A lovingly researched work of the highest scholarship. It is hard to believe we will ever see a better narrative of what was perhaps the biggest collective blunder in the history of international relations' Niall Ferguson'[Reading The Sleepwalkers], it is as if a light had been turned on a half-darkened stage of shadowy characters cursing among themselves without reason . [Clark] demolishes the standard view . The brilliance of Clark's far-reaching history is that we are able to discern how the past was genuinely prologue . In conception, steely scholarship and piercing insights, his book is a masterpiece' Harold Evans, New York Times Book Review'Impeccably researched, provocatively argued and elegantly written . a model of scholarship' Sunday Times Books of the Year'Superb . effectively consigns the old historical consensus to the bin . It's not often that one has the privilege of reading a book that reforges our understanding of one of the seminal events of world history' Mail Online'A monumental new volume . Revelatory, even revolutionary . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable' Boston Globe'Superb . One of the great mysteries of history is how Europe's great powers could have stumbled into World War I . This is the single best book I have read on this important topic' Fareed Zakaria'A meticulously researched, superbly organized, and handsomely written account Military HistoryClark is a masterly historian . His account vividly reconstructs key decision points while deftly sketching the context driving them . A magisterial work' Wall Street Journal'This compelling examination of the causes of World War I deserves to 696 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This new Penguin volume includes the 'greatest hits' of French classical theatre, in vivid and acclaimed English translations. The plays in this volume - Cinna, The Misanthrope, Andromache and Phaedra - span only thirty-seven years, but make up the defining period of French theatre. In Corneille's Cinna (1640), absolute power is explored in ancient Rome, while Molière's The Misanthrope (1666), the only comedy in this collection, sees its anti-hero outcast for his refusal to conform to social conventions. Here also are two key plays by Racine: Andromache (1667), recounting the tragedy of Hector's widow after the Trojan War, and Phaedre (1677), showing a mother crossing the bounds of love with her son.John Edmunds' translation of Phaedra was originally broadcast on Radio Three with a cast including Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and was subsequently praised by Harold Pinter. This is the first time it has been published.Often hailed as the father of French tragedy, PIERRE CORNEILLE made his name with the tragicomedy Le Cid in 1637. His best-known works include the tragedies Horace (1640) and Cinna (1641). MOLIÈRE founded the 'Illustre Théâtre' troupe and wrote numerous comedies, including Tartuffe (1664), which was banned, Le Misanthrope (1666) and L'Avare (1668). JEAN RACINE became known as one of the period's leading playwrights, with such tragedies as Andromaque (1667), Britannicus (1669) and Phèdre (1677). After a varied career as an actor, teacher, and BBC TV national newsreader, JOHN EDMUNDS became the founder-director of Aberystwyth university's department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies. JOSEPH HARRIS is Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Hidden Agendas: Cross-Dressing in Seventeenth-Century France (2005).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Clive Cussler is the author and co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt¿ adventures, such as Celtic Empire; the NUMA¿ Files adventures, most recently The Rising Sea; the Oregon Files, such as Shadow Tyrants; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures which lastly included The Oracle. He lives in Arizona.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What Betty Friedan, Simone de Beauvoir, and Naomi Wolf did for feminism, senior editor of The Atlantic Hanna Rosin does for a new generation of women: an explosive new argument for why women are winning the battle of the sexes.Women are no longer catching up with men. By almost every measure, they are out-performing them. Women in Britain hold half the jobs Women own over 40% of China's private businesses 75% of couples in fertility clinics are requesting girls, not boy Women will outnumber men in the UK medical profession by 2017 In 1970, women in the US contributed to 2-6% of the family income. Now it is 42.2%This is an astonishing time. In a job market that favours people skills and intelligence, women's adaptability and flexibility makes them better suited to the modern world.In The End of Men, Hanna Rosin reveals how this has come to pass and explains its implications for marriage, sex, children, work, families and society. Exposing old assumptions and drawing on examples from across the globe, Rosin shows us how we must all adapt to a radically new way of working and living.'One of the most controversial books since Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth' Stylist'Explosive' Daily Mail'Fascinating' Sunday Times.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - High Price by Carl Hart is a groundbreaking work on neuroscience and addictionAs a youth, Carl Hart didn't see the value of school, studying just enough to keep him on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life, dealing drugs and committing petty larceny. Today, he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction. In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery, how he escaped a life of crime and drugs and avoided becoming one of the crack addicts he now studies. Interweaving past and present, Hart goes beyond the hype as he examines the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs and explain why current policies are failing. But while Hart escaped the ghetto, he has not turned his back on it. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his science to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy-a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time.Homocide (the inspiration for The Wire) meets Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat, this book applies neuroscience to crime, addiction and the most urgent and destructive issues of our times. Carl Hart is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also a Research Scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He and his work are featured in Eugene Jarecki's acclaimed documentary The House I Live In. The film examines the war on drugs and highlights some of the research that Hart includes in High Price. He lives in New York City.