New York Review Of Books Lives of the Saints A1076106493
Fresh out of college in New England, a young woman returns home to New Orleans and is quickly pulled back into the city’s “wastrel-youth contingent” in this cult-classic novel of love and decadence, now with a new introduction. Nancy Lemann’s voice is one of the most unusual in American fiction, unabashedly digressive, weirdly and wonderfully confiding, as witty as it is melancholy, an endless surprise. Hers is a voice born of and at odds with her native New Orleans, a voice that takes on and wonders at the ramshackle realities not just of the deep South but of America. Lives of the Saints, her first book, was a revelation of new talent. Reappearing here, several decades later, it is simply a revelation. “Claude Collier made the world seem kind;” says Louise Brown, beginning a tale of Violent Love, Breakdowns, Moods, and Felonious Drunkenness that floats from one lush, green, sweltering New Orleans evening to another. When Louise returns home after four years of college in New England, she bemusedly finds herself re-immersed in New Orleans society’s “wastrel-youth contingent.” At the center of this gin-fuelled hurricane is Claude Collier, rumpled, accident prone, supremely sweet—and desperate. For Claude, Louise is his steadying focus; for Louise, Claude is the only man who can cause her heart to “break into a million pieces on the floor.” By turns elegiac and eccentric, inscribing the South’s hallmarks of defeat and refuge in a group of people as intense and adrift as one could encounter, Lives of the Saints is as tender and moving now as ever.
Hachette Book Group USA How Do You Live? A1067865991
As featured in the Oscar-nominated Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron: the coming-of-age novel How Do You Live? is a Japanese classic that become a New York Times bestseller, now with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. After the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Copper must confront inevitable and enormous change, including the aftermath of his own betrayal of his best friend. Between episodes of Copper’s emerging story, letters from his uncle share knowledge and offer advice on life’s big questions. Like his namesake Copernicus, Copper looks to the stars and uses his discoveries about the heavens, earth, and human nature to answer the question of how he will live. First published in 1937 in Japan, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been an important book for Academy Award-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle). Perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince, How Do You Live? serves as a thought-provoking guide for young readers as they grow up in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small.
Pellerin Books The Strange Lives of Eleanor Teague A1079206087
SAFE. Eleanor Teague has a new life: a grand house in the country, a husband who adores her, and a place to recover from everything that came before. London is far away now. So are the whispers about the terrible thing she did. PROTECTED. The rules are simple. Stay inside. Stay calm. Stay quiet. Her husband says it's for her own safety. The staff watch her closely. Because if she doesn't follow the rules... people start to talk. TRAPPED. But something isn't right at Haddon Hall. Eleanor starts seeing and hearing things she can't explain. She starts to question what's real. And the more she tries to understand her life, the less it makes sense... Is Eleanor losing her mind? Or is everyone around her lying? A mind-bending psychological thriller where comfort becomes control, and certainty slips away, The Strange Lives of Eleanor Teague is perfect for readers of John Marrs and Gillian McAllister — and fans of Black Mirror. Reviews for M.K. Hill: 'Sharp, funny, moving and tremendously exciting' The Times 'Grips from the start and never lets up' Marcel Berlins 'Thoroughly enjoyable' Daily Mail 'Creepy, convincing and kept me gripped' Peter James 'Absorbing and twisty' Mark Edwards 'Dark, gripping and fast-paced' Katerina Diamond 'Superb, smart, seat-edge stuff' William Shaw 'Bloody brilliant' Asia Mackay
Pearson Live Beat 2 Student Book & MyEnglishLab Pack A1035087952
Live Beat is a new four-level course that keeps teenage students motivated and focused to achieve better learning outcomes. It builds on the successful approach by the same authors of the bestselling Upbeat course.
BoD – Books on Demand Liv und Celeste - Unter die Haut A1069073555
Zwei Frauen, ihre Kreativität und die Sehnsucht nach Liebe Liv lebt ihren Traum: Mit der Rockband "Queen of Poison" steht sie kurz vor dem internationalen Durchbruch. Celeste hat scheinbar alles: Einen Job im Tattoostudio, eine tolle WG und ein aufregendes Liebesleben. Doch eine gemeinsame Nacht weckt unterdrückte Sehnsüchte: Kann Liv endlich ihre Homosexualität ausleben, und hat Celeste sich wirklich verliebt? Während die Welt auf die Corona-Pandemie zusteuert, machen sich die beiden Frauen auf die Reise zueinander und zu sich selbst.
Penguin Books UK Early Christian Lives A1003228911
Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite temptation by the devil and visits from his followers. Jerome also shows those who fled persecution or withdrew from society to pursue lives of chastity and asceticism in his accounts of Paul of Thebes, Hilarion and Malchus. In his Life of Martin, Sulpicius Severus describes the achievements of a man who combined the roles of monk, bishop and missionary, while Gregory the Great tells of Benedict, whose Rule became the template for monastic life. Full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, these Lives have provided inspiration as models for centuries of Christian worship. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
'One of the most profound and potentially life-altering encounters I've had' Sophie McBain, Guardian A user's guide to the everyday challenges of living, which looks to philosophy to reframe the way we understand ourselves and our relationships How can we find our own direction and purpose? When life feels too much, is it possible to free ourselves from the concerns that weigh us down? Whether you're in therapy or prefer to find your own way through life's struggles, pioneering therapist Emmy van Deurzen offers a lifeline for rebuilding trust in the world. Beginning to Live is a practical invitation to step back and discover what really matters by considering each of the four key aspects of our experience in turn: physical, social, personal and spiritual. Harnessing over fifty years' experience, this book is filled with wisdom and moving stories that show how to deal with dilemmas and difficulties of every kind, so that even when survival takes all you have, you can rekindle confidence in your own abilities and revitalize your capacity to relate to others. It is not about a quality of personality or character, which you either have or don't have, van Deurzen shows. It is about a way of being, which is available to each of us - enabling us all to find a more engaged way of living that is purposeful, deliberate and buoyant. Your future is a work of art in progress. And it starts here.
"Memoria Viva" ist eine Zusammenstellung und Kurzbeschreibung historischer Ereignisse, die sich in Ecuador von vielen Jahren vor der republikanischen Ära bis zur Gegenwart ereignet haben; sie umfasst auch Situationen in der Provinz El Oro und der Stadt Machala, die das wirtschaftliche, soziale, politische, kulturelle, sportliche und ökologische Leben des Landes im Allgemeinen irgendwie verändert haben. Als Teil eines sozialen Lernprozesses will dieses Buch zwar die Erinnerung wach halten und lebendig halten, es will aber auch die individuelle und kollektive Arbeit der Bevölkerung fördern, um demokratische Bürger zu formen, die dazu beitragen, die Lebensbedingungen der am meisten ungeschützten Bereiche der ecuadorianischen Gesellschaft zu verbessern, ohne die Fehler der Vergangenheit zu vergessen, um sie nicht zu wiederholen.
Oasis Live '25 Opus Retail EditionThe definitive chronicle of Oasis's 2025 tour, created in collaboration with Noel and Liam Gallagher. It features a foreword by the Gallagher brothers and showcases the work of acclaimed portrait photographer Simon Emmett, their handpicked photographer and the only one granted all-access privileges
BoD – Books on Demand Alpenüberquerung live! A1071716972
»Wer wagt, gewinnt!« Die Formel ist so eingängig wie verheißungsvoll, doch stimmt sie? Matthias Bargel macht die Probe aufs Exempel: Der Münchner wählt den Weg als Ziel und wandert - von seiner Haustür über die Alpen zum Gardasee. Auf seiner Reise sammelt der Bergfreund aufregende Eindrücke von der Schönheit, aber auch von den Widrigkeiten der Natur. Er erlebt skurrile Begebenheiten und trifft auf originelle Wesen, darunter Heidi, eine Schar Wolpertinger, der Berggeist und ein Doppelgänger Gerhard Polts. Aufkeimenden Ängsten bietet er Paroli: Bei Gewitter klammert er sich gedanklich an die »Blitzschutzkappe« seines Regenschirms und die Bären redet er ganz einfach tot. Freimütig erzählt der Rucksackheld von seinem Solo-Abenteuer: fünf lange Wochen auf dem Pfad der Entschleunigung. Das Buch ist ein Plädoyer für das Gehen. Neuausgabe mit Etappeninfos und über 100 Bildern.
Little, Brown Book Group Fortunate Lives A1004929880
This highly praised national bestseller is a beautiful and searing, often comic story centered around the family first introduced in the American Book Award-winning novel "Dale Loves Sophie to Death."