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Love your life / Sophie Kinsella
London : Black Swan, 2021
Titel / Autor: Love your life / Sophie Kinsella
Veröffentlichung: London : Black Swan, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 390 S. ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9781784165949
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Ava is sick of online dating. She's always trusted her own instincts over an algorithm, anyway, and she wants a break from it all. So when she signs up to a semi-silent, anonymous writing retreat in glorious Italy, love is the last thing on her mind. Until she meets a handsome stranger. . . All she knows is that he's funny, he's kind and - she soon learns - he's great in bed. He's equally smitten, and after a whirlwind, intoxicating affair, they pledge their love without even knowing each other's real names. But when they return home, reality hits. They're both driven mad by each other's weird quirks and annoying habits, from his eccentric, naked-sauna-loving family to her terribly behaved, shirt-shredding dog. As disaster follows disaster, it seems that while they love each other, they just can't love each other's lives. Can they overcome their differences to find one life, together?
KIm Jiyoung, born 1982 / Cho Nam-Joo ; translated by Jamie Chang
London [etc.] : Scribner, 2021
Titel / Autor: KIm Jiyoung, born 1982 / Cho Nam-Joo ; translated by Jamie Chang
Veröffentlichung: London [etc.] : Scribner, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 162 p. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781471184307
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Who is Kim Jiyoung? Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school. Kim Jiyoung is a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn't get put forward for internships. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. Kim Jiyoung is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity. Who is Kim Jiyoung? Kim Jiyoung is a girl born to a mother whose in-laws wanted a boy. Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own. Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school. Kim Jiyoung is a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night. Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn't get put forward for internships. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. Kim Jiyoung is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity. Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely. Kim Jiyoung is depressed. Kim Jiyoung is mad. Kim Jiyoung is her own woman. Kim Jiyoung is every woman.
Garden City, N.Y. : Dover, 2021
Titel / Autor: Passing / Nella Larsen
Veröffentlichung: Garden City, N.Y. : Dover, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 94 S. ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780486437132
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in Harlem's vibrant society of the 1920s, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence-until she is shaken out of it by a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been passing for white. An important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen was the first African-American woman to be awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Her fictional portraits of women seeking their identities through a fog of racial confusion were informed by her own Danish-West Indian parentage, and Passing offers fascinating psychological insights into issues of race and gender.
The personal librarian : a novel / Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
New York, N.Y : Berkley, 2021
Titel / Autor: The personal librarian : a novel / Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Veröffentlichung: New York, N.Y : Berkley, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 341 S. ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780593437032
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps create a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her complexion is dark because she is African American. The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.
Imagination Prymm of Ipswich : an year and a day / Nancy Rowe Duncan
Pennsauken : BookBaby, 2021
Titel / Autor: Imagination Prymm of Ipswich : an year and a day / Nancy Rowe Duncan
Veröffentlichung: Pennsauken : BookBaby, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 192 S. ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781098368708
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Set in 1678 Ipswich, Massachusetts, against a dark backdrop of Puritan narrowness and fear, old Imagination Prymm lives on the edge of her woods, a practicing healer and midwife, keeping close to herself and making a simple living. But her quiet world of spinning, making black silk bone lace, and growing herbs for medicine is soon torn by dark accusations of witchcraft from a troubled fourteen-year-old girl, Remember Minter. Questioned by magistrates and forced to defend herself, Goody Prymm is ultimately exonerated, the lying girl sentenced to be her helpmeet through the spring. This proves to be a boon for them both, as their experiences together lead them into a deep and loving relationship, something both desperately need, each drawing strength from the other.
Drawings for children / Ed Atkins
Köln : König, 2021
Titel / Autor: Drawings for children / Ed Atkins
Veröffentlichung: Köln : König, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 214 p. : tutto ill. color. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9783960989912
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: Guinea-Bissau
All in : an autobiography / Billie Jean King ; with Johnette Howard and Maryanne Vollers
London : Penguin, 2021
Titel / Autor: All in : an autobiography / Billie Jean King ; with Johnette Howard and Maryanne Vollers
Veröffentlichung: London : Penguin, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 481 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780241988466
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career -- six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement, the assassinations and anti-war protests of the 1960s, the civil rights movement, and, eventually, the LGBTQ+ rights movement. She describes the myriad challenges she's hurdled -- entrenched sexism, an eating disorder, near financial ruin after being outed -- on her path to publicly and unequivocally acknowledging her sexual identity at the age of fifty-one. And she talks about how her life today remains one of indefatigable service.
Transient desires / Donna Leon
London : William Heinemann, 2021
Titel / Autor: Transient desires / Donna Leon
Veröffentlichung: London : William Heinemann, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 272 S. ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9781785152443
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Commissario Brunetti faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction. He is drawn in innocently enough: two young American women have been badly injured in a boating accident, joy riding in the Laguna with two young Italians. However, Brunetti's curiosity is aroused by the behaviour of the young men, who abandoned the victims after taking them to the hospital. If the injuries were the result of an accident, why did they want to avoid association with it? As Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, investigate the incident, they discover that one of the young men works for a man rumoured to be involved in more sinister night-time activities in the Laguna. To get to the bottom of what proves to be a gut-wrenching case, Brunetti needs to enlist the help of both the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Costiera. Determining how much trust he and Griffoni can put in these unfamiliar colleagues adds to the difficulty of solving a peculiarly horrible crime whose perpetrators are technologically brilliant and ruthlessly organised.
Hani and Ishu's guide to fake dating / Adiba Jaigirdar
London : Hodder, 2021
Titel / Autor: Hani and Ishu's guide to fake dating / Adiba Jaigirdar
Veröffentlichung: London : Hodder, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 341 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781444962246
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
English Pastoral : an inheritance / James Rebanks
London : Penguin, 2021
Titel / Autor: English Pastoral : an inheritance / James Rebanks
Veröffentlichung: London : Penguin, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 285 S ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780141982571
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape: a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed with livestock, and hedgerows teeming with wildlife. And yet, by the time James inherited the farm, it was barely recognisable. The men and women had vanished from the fields; the old stone barns had crumbled; the skies had emptied of birds and their wind-blown song.
London : Penguin, 2021
Titel / Autor: Silverview / John le Carré
Veröffentlichung: London : Penguin, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 255 S. ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9780241994535
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But after only a couple of months into his new career, Edward, a Polish emigre, shows up at his door with a very keen interest in Julian's new enterprise and a lot of knowledge about his family history. And when a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . .
London : Penguin, 2021
Titel / Autor: Becoming / Michelle Obama
Veröffentlichung: London : Penguin, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 432 S. : Ill. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780241982976
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Klara and the sun / Kazuo Ishiguro
London : Faber, 2021
Titel / Autor: Klara and the sun / Kazuo Ishiguro
Veröffentlichung: London : Faber, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 307 S. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780571364886
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: This is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans
Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / Patrick Radden Keefe
London : Picador, 2021
Titel / Autor: Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / Patrick Radden Keefe
Veröffentlichung: London : Picador, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 533 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781529063103
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Oxford; the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis - an international epidemic of drug addiction which has killed nearly half a million people.
Slumdog millionaire / Vikas Swarup ; retold by Helen Holwill
New ed.
Harlow : Pearson Education, 2021
Penguin readers. Level 6
Titel / Autor: Slumdog millionaire / Vikas Swarup ; retold by Helen Holwill
New ed.
Veröffentlichung: Harlow : Pearson Education, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 112 S. : Ill. ; 20 cm
Reihen: Penguin readers. Level 6
ISBN: 9783125783539
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a poor, eighteen-year-old waiter in Mumbai called Ram Mohammad Thomas. Ram goes on a television quiz show, and he answers all the questions correctly. But the people who work on the programme think that he has cheated, so Ram must explain how he knew the answers.
North Pomfret : Trafalgar Square, 2021
Titel / Autor: Selbu patterns : discover the rich history of a Norwegian tradition with over 400 charts and 35 classic designs for socks, hats, and sweaters / Anne Bårdsgård
Veröffentlichung: North Pomfret : Trafalgar Square, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 294 S. : zahlr. Ill. ; 29 cm
ISBN: 9781646010882
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Anne Bardsgard grew up in Selbu and has always had a close relationship with her hometown and its rich knitting history-her relentless interest in the traditional mittens that made Selbu famous worldwide became the groundwork for her first book, the stunning all-in-one historical reference, design compendium and mitten pattern guide Selbu Mittens. Now she's back to delve into the wider realm of sweaters, cardigans, socks, and hats with this companion collection: over 450 motifs that can be adapted and combined using any of the foundational garment patterns included, based on extensive and thorough documentation of photographs, drawings, and preserved samples of historical knitted items from Selbu.
The midnight library / Matt Haig
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2021
Titel / Autor: The midnight library / Matt Haig
Veröffentlichung: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 288 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781786892737
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
New York : Vintage Books, 2021
Titel / Autor: The Every. or at last a sense of order or the final days of free will or limitless choice is killing the world / Dave Eggers
Veröffentlichung: New York : Vintage Books, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 577 S. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780241970379
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
A springtime affair / Katie Fforde
London : Arrow books, 2021
Titel / Autor: A springtime affair / Katie Fforde
Veröffentlichung: London : Arrow books, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 435 S. ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9781784758288
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Gilly runs her own B&B business from her much-loved family home, which she doesn't want to part with - at any price. But that's before she meets handsome estate agent Leo, and soon she begins to wonder whether selling up might not be such a bad idea after all. Meanwhile Gilly's daughter Helena has a budding romance of her own. A talented weaver, she's becoming very close to her new landlord, Jago, who's offered to help her at an upcoming craft fair. It's what friends do, and they are just friends. Aren't they? With spring in full bloom, Helena and Gilly begin to ask themselves the same question: Might their new loves lead to happily ever after?
London : Sphere, 2021
Titel / Autor: The return / Nicholas Sparks
Veröffentlichung: London : Sphere, 2021
Physische Beschreibung: 355 S. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780751567823
Datum:2021
Sprache: Englisch (Sprache des Textes, der Filmmusik usw.)
Land: xx
Abstract: Trevor Benson never intended to return to North Carolina. But here he is, back where it all began. Trevor found himself unable to resist the call home when he inherited a tumbledown cabin from his grandfather. He's come back to live the simple life but nothing here is simple. There's Callie, the sullen local teenager who seems to know more than she should about Trevor's grandfather's death. And there's Natalie, the deputy sheriff intent on making a point and lingering in Trevor's mind long after she's left his porch. In a bid to unravel Natalie and Callie's secrets and to find out what really happened to his grandfather, Trevor is about to learn more than he's bargained for - that sometimes, in order to move forward, we have to return to the place where it all began.
