Aravind Adiga: Selection Day

UK 2017, 320 pp., pb., € 12.95
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Macmillan
Manju is fourteen. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented brother and is fascinated by CSI and curious and interesting scientific facts. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that ... Weiterlesen

Nina LaCour and David Levithan: You Know Me Well

USA 2016, 248 pp., brochure, € 11.95
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Macmillan
Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is, until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night. Kate is lost, having just run away from a chance to finally meet ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: Lust and Wonder

USA 2016, 304 pp., hardcover, € 18.95
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Macmillan
In chronicling the development and demise of the different relationships he's had while living in New York, Augusten Burroughs examines what it means to be in love, what it means to be in lust, and what it means to be figuring it all out. The author of »Running With Scissors« continues the story he began in »Dry« to examine the ... Weiterlesen

Judith Mackrell: Flappers

UK 2014, 512 pp., pb., € 11.70
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Macmillan
Glamorized, mythologized and demonized - the women of the 1920s prefigured the 1960s in their determination to reinvent the way they lived. »Flappers« is in part a biography of that restless generation. It focuses on six women who between them exemplified the range and daring of that generation's spirit. Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and ... Weiterlesen

Eleanor Hancock: Ernst Röhm

Hitler's SA Chief of Staff. USA 2011, 273 pp., brochure, € 32.50
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Macmillan
A one-time comrade and intimate of Adolf Hitler, Ernst Röhm commanded the stormtroopers and had an influential and controversial career within the Nazi Party before being killed on Hitler's orders in 1934. This biography is based on research from original sources. It overturns many misconceptions that have arisen about his politics and his role in Nazism - including the claim ... Weiterlesen