Man lacht und weint und ist hingerissen vom Talent eines jungen Autors. Er erzahlt die phantastische Geschichte eines judischen Schtetls, das Schicksal seiner Familie wahrend des Holocaust und die Abenteuer eines jungen Amerikaners, der aufgebrochen ist, um die Vergangenheit zu suchen. Ein junger Amerikaner kommt in die Ukraine. Er hei?...

Eating Animals is the most original and urgent book on the subject of food written this century. It will change the way you think, and change the way you eat. For good. Whether you\"re flirting with veganuary, trying to cut back on animal consumption, or a lifelong meat-eater, you need to read this book....

\"Climate change is the greatest crisis humankind has ever faced. It is that straightforward, that fraught. Where were you when you made your decision?\" It is all too easy to feel paralysed and hopeless in the face of climate crisis, but the truth is that every one of us has the power to change history\"s course....

Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language....

Трогательная история рассказана от лица 9-летнего мальчика, отец которого погиб во время теракта 11 сентября 2001 года в одной из башен-близнецов. В ней есть и интрига, и почти что детективный сюжет, и неожиданная развязка....

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in......

Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested... By Jacob’s grandfather, who won’t go quietly into a retirement home. By the family reunion that everyone is dreading. By their son’s heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that will......

Everything Is Illuminated is Jonathan Safran Foer\"s bestselling novel of a search for truth The inspiration for the Liev Schreiber film, starring Elijah Wood A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is......

It\"s time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world....

In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, \\\"Abraham!\\\" before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, \\\"Here I am.\\\" Later, when Isaac calls out, \\\"My father!\\\" before asking him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, \\\"Here I am....

With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man - also named Jonathan Safran Foer - sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war; an amorous dog......

Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. Nine-year-old Oskar......

On the brink of fatherhood and facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child\'s behalf Foer\'s casual attitude towards food takes on a new urgency. Here, he explores the many fictions used to justify eating habits and how......

Oskar Schell ist altklug und naseweis, hochbegabt und phantasievoll. Eine kleine Nervensage, die schon mit neun Jahren eine Visitenkarte vorweist, auf der er sich als Erfinder, Schmuckdesigner und Tamburinspieler ausweist. Vor allem aber ist Oskar todtraurig und tief verstort....