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A Man Called Ove (Paperback)
Fredrik Backman; Translated by Henning Koch
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R250
R200
Discovery Miles 2 000
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A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him the bitter neighbor from hell, but must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time?
Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations.
A must-read for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of
Harold Fry and Maria Semple's Where'd You Go,
BernadetteHeartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, by the
author of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon A Man Called
Ove will charm and delight anyone who has ever had a grandmother.
Everyone remembers the smell of their grandmother's house. Everyone
remembers the stories their grandmother told them.But does everyone
remember their grandmother flirting with policemen? Driving
illegally?Breaking into a zoo in the middle of the night? Firing a
paintball gun from a balcony in her dressing gown?Seven-year-old
Elsa does.Some might call Elsa's granny 'eccentric', or even
'crazy'. Elsa calls her a superhero. And granny's stories, of
knights and princesses and dragons and castles, are her superpower.
Because, as Elsa is starting to learn, heroes and villains don't
always exist in imaginary kingdoms; they could live just down the
hallway.As Christmas draws near, even the best superhero
grandmothers may have one or two things they'd like to apologise
for. And, in the process, Elsa can have some breath-taking
adventures of her own ...
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Down for the Count (Paperback)
Martin Holmen; Translated by Henning Koch
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R282
R232
Discovery Miles 2 320
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Harry Kvist walks out the gates of Langholmen jail into the biting
Stockholm winter of 1935. He has nothing to his name but a fiercely
burning hope: that he can leave behind his old existence of gutter
brawls, bruised fists and broken bones. But the city has other
ideas. Nazis are spreading their poison on the freezing streets,
and one of Kvist's oldest friends has been murdered. Before he can
leave Stockholm's underworld for good, he must track down the
killer. As Kvist uncovers a trail of blood leading to the highest
echelons of Swedish society, the former boxer finds himself in a
fight to the death with his most dangerous opponent yet.
The number 1 European bestseller by the author of New York Times
bestseller and international phenomenon A Man Called Ove,
Britt-Marie was Here is a funny, poignant and uplifting tale of
love, community, and second chances. For as long as anyone can
remember, Britt-Marie has been an acquired taste. It's not that
she's judgemental, or fussy, or difficult - she just expects things
to be done in a certain way. A cutlery drawer should be arranged in
the right order, for example (forks, knives, then spoons). We're
not animals, are we? But behind the passive-aggressive, socially
awkward, absurdly pedantic busybody is a woman who has more
imagination, bigger dreams and a warmer heart than anyone around
her realizes. So when Britt-Marie finds herself unemployed,
separated from her husband of 20 years, left to fend for herself in
the miserable provincial backwater that is Borg - of which the
kindest thing one can say is that it has a road going through it -
and somehow tasked with running the local football team, she is a
little unprepared. But she will learn that life may have more to
offer her that she's ever realised, and love might be found in the
most unexpected of places.
Chosen by the New York Times as one of the "Notable Books of 2018"
Chosen by El Pais as one of this past decade's nine best novels
about life and death The prize-winning, bestselling tale of love,
loss, family and the lives we live moment by moment, from a
stunning new voice in European fiction. Tom's heavily pregnant
girlfriend Karin is rushed to hospital with severe flu. While the
doctors are able to save the baby, they are helpless in the face of
what transpires to be acute Leukemia, and in a moment as fleeting
as it is cruel Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In
Every Moment is the story of a year that changes everything, as Tom
must reconcile the fury of bereavement with the overwhelming
responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone. By turns
tragic and redemptive, meditative and breathless, achingly poignant
and darkly funny, this heavily autobiographical novel has been
described in its native Sweden as 'hypnotic', 'impossible to
resist' and 'one of the most powerful books about grief ever
written'.
Chosen by the New York Times as one of the "Notable Books of 2018"
Chosen by El Pais as one of this past decade's nine best novels
about life and death The prize-winning, bestselling tale of love,
loss, family and the lives we live moment by moment, from a
stunning new voice in European fiction. Tom's heavily pregnant
girlfriend Karin is rushed to hospital with severe flu. While the
doctors are able to save the baby, they are helpless in the face of
what transpires to be acute Leukemia, and in a moment as fleeting
as it is cruel Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In
Every Moment is the story of a year that changes everything, as Tom
must reconcile the fury of bereavement with the overwhelming
responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone. By turns
tragic and redemptive, meditative and breathless, achingly poignant
and darkly funny, this heavily autobiographical novel has been
described in its native Sweden as 'hypnotic', 'impossible to
resist' and 'one of the most powerful books about grief ever
written'.
Innerhalb dieser Arbeit geht es um das Konstrukt der Marke, die
Disziplin des Markenmanagements und deren Anwendungsm glichkeiten
auf den Kulturbetrieb. Sie m chte sich auf den Versuch einlassen,
den Prozess der Markenbildung und des Markenmanagements speziell f
r Kulturbetriebe auf eine neue Art und Weise zu beschreiben.
Dargestellt wird dies am Beispiel der Staatsoper Unter den Linden
in Berlin. Hierzu wird ein interdisziplin rer Ansatz verfolgt, der
wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Methoden aus den Kultur- und
Wirtschaftswissenschaften miteinander verkn pft. Oberstes Ziel soll
es dabei sein, eine Methode des Markenmanagements von
Kulturbetrieben zu entwickeln, die zu keinem Zeitpunkt im Verdacht
steht, der Kunst ihre inspirierende Freiheit zu nehmen.
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