Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town.
If Richard Powers had written Arrival, an astonishing novel that is set to break out Martin MacInnes as one of the most important literary voices of his generation
Das liebste Architekturbuch von Alain de Botton, Amunt, Andreas Murkudis, Andres Lepik, Candida Höfer, Christian Haas, David Chipperfield, Ester Bruzkus, Fala Atelier, Florian Illies, Franka Hörnschemeyer, Gerhard Steidl, Hélène Binet, John Pawson, Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir, Marlene Taschen, Matteo Thun, Philipp Keel, Piet und Wim Eckert, Pierre Yovanovitch, Regula Lüscher, Reiner Nagel, Roger Boltshauser, thomas Demand, Thomas Kröger, Tyler Brulé, Vincent Van Duysen u.v.m.
When Rachel and Robert are passed a stolen book by their librarian father, they have to go on the run and protect it at all costs. With their father captured and everyone hunting for the Book, they must uncover its secrets and track down the final, missing page. But the cruel and calculating Charles Malstain is on their trail. Step inside the pages of an immortal adventure.
In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines its ultimate limitations and failures - in his own practices as well as others' - as life draws to a close. Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life - all the way to the very end.
Adrenalinkicks garantiert: Waghalsige Stunts, spektakuläre Schießereien und harte Hunde. Mit dem ersten James-Bond-Film "007 jagt Dr. No" startete 1962 der weltweite Siegeszug des modernen Actionfilms im Kino. Aber ohne die Stars der Stummfilmära, des Westerns oder des japanischen Schwertkampfkinos wäre es nie so weit gekommen. In seinem neuen Buch beleuchtet CINEMA, Deutschlands bekanntestes Filmmagazin, die ganze Geschichte des Action-Genres. Von seinen Anfängen bis heute. Von Buster Keaton bis Daniel Craig, von John Wayne bis Arnold Schwarzenegger, von Bruce Lee bis Sylvester Stallone. Außerdem präsentiert CINEMA in diesem Band die 100 besten Vertreter des Genres.