As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her d[...]
Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer's days-the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva's dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother ...and into harm's way. For five months, Annemarie has struggled to make peace with[...]
When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands i[...]
In this thrilling new novel from the author of "Water for Elephants, " Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. "At the Water's Edge "is a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman's awakening as she experiences the devastation of World [...]
Fleeing an unhappy past in England, penniless Lucy Snowe starts life anew at a boarding school in cosmopolitan Villette, a stand-in for Brussels. The mystery, jealousy, and love that she finds there give Charlotte Bronte's final novel much of the Gothic tone and psychological incisiveness that promp[...]
"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
In this thrilling new novel from the author of "Water for Elephants, " Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. "At the Water's Edge "is a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman's awakening as she exper[...]
Film tie-in edition of the internationally bestselling novel, to coincide with the release of the much anticipated Hollywood movie.[...]
The New York Times bestseller - of how six bonobo apes change the lives of three humans, from master storyteller Sara Gruen, author of the international bestseller, Water for Elephants. These bonobos are no ordinary apes. Like others of their species, they are capable of reason and carrying on deep [...]
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. A gripping and poignant love story set in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands at the end of the Second World War. 'Unique and impeccably researched...the only fault I can find with this book is that I've already finished it[...]
An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons.
When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfit[...]
An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons.
When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters[...]
Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It s the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. H[...]
Howard Zinn has illuminated our history like no other US historian. This collection of his speeches on protest movements, racism, war, and US history, many never before published, covers more than four decades of his active engagement with the audiences he inspired with his humor, insight, and c[...]
Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and [...]
93 Jahre alt ist Jacob Jankowski, als nahe beim Altersheim ein Zirkus seine Zelte aufschlägt. Und in Jacob steigen die Bilder auf: Erinnerungen an die amerikanische Depressionszeit. Als er Tierarzt bei einem traurigen Zirkus wird. Einem sehr traurigen: Nicht einmal einen Elefanten gibt es. Dafür e[...]
Vinder af talrige priser, bl.a. ´Book Sense Book of theYear 2007´
Jacob Jankowski taler sjældent om dem, men minderne lever stadig i hans nu 90-årige krop. Minderne om ham selv, der som ung mand mere eller mindre tilfældigt blev del af Benzini brødrenes fabelagtige cirku[...]
Jacob Jankowski pratar sällan om dem, men minnena
lever fortfarande inuti hans nittioåriga kropp. Minnen
av honom själv som en ung man, av ödet kastad upp på ett skraltigt tåg som var hem åt Bröderna Benzinis spektakulära cirkusshow.
För Jacob var cirkuse[...]
Jacob Jankowski pratar sällan om dem, men minnena lever fortfarande inuti hans nittioåriga kropp. Minnen av honom själv som en ung man, av ödet kastad upp på ett skraltigt tåg som var hem åt Bröderna Benzinis spektakulära cirkusshow.
För Jacob var cirkusen både en räddning och[...]
Isabel Duncan, som forskar om apor i ett språklaboratorium, förstår sig inte på människor, men med apor och särskilt dvärgschimpanser har hon ett förtroendefullt förhållande. Bland dem känner hon sig mer hemma än hon någonsin gjort bland människor tills hon möter John Thigpen, en m[...]
Av författaren till Water for
Elephants Bröderna Benzinis
spektakulära cirkusshow
Isabel Duncan forskar på apor i
ett språklaboratorium. Hon
förstår sig inte på människor,
men apor och särskilt
dvärgchimpanser [...]
Tutkija Isabel Duncan työskentelee Suurten ihmisapinoiden kielilaboratoriossa. Hän tutkii siellä bonoboapinoiden käyttäytymistä ja kommunikointia. Bonobot ovat ihmisapinoita, jotka ovat ihmisen lähisukulaisia: ihmisen ja bonobon DNA on noin 98-prosenttisesti sama. Isabelilla on rankka perheta[...]