Harper Perennial - Böcker

The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US pres...

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In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments in which human subjects were given progressively more painful electro-shocks in a careful calibrated series to determine to what extent people will obey orders even when they knew t...

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Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and...

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Christopher R. Browning's shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews-now with a new afterword and additional photographs. Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve P...

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize A startling work -- awesomely ambitious, faultlessly researched, daring in its thesis, and profound in its implications." Business Week "Magnificent. . . . everything a political biography should be." Ri...

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The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY and WONDER BOYS. What if, as Franklin Roosevelt once proposed, Alaska and not Israel had become the homeland for the Jews after the Second Worl...

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The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Ar...

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A fascinating chronicle of a nation's turbulent history. Reaching back to earliest times, Martin Ewans examines the historical evolution of one of today's most dangerous breeding grounds of global terrorism. After a succession of early dynasties a...

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A stunning reissue of the international bestseller, from the much-loved author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetters Daughter. Pearl Louie Brandt has a terrible secret which she tries desperately to keep from her mother, Winne Louie. And Winnie...

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The bestselling account of a band of kids from New York who fought an electronic turf war that ranged across some of the nation's most powerful computer systems. "Anyone interested in the power of information--and the intoxicating excitement ...

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A Literary Hub Best Book of Year A Crime Reads Best Debut of the Year A Newsweek 25 Best Fall Books A Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Big Books for the Fall An O Magazine.com LGBTQ Books That Are Changing the Literary Landscape An Electric Lit Most Antic...

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One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life. Now back in print, "You ...

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This exceptional Egyptian novel as mesmerising as it is controversial caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic. Welcome to the Yacoubian Building, Cairo: once grand, now dilapidated, and full of stories and passion. Some ...

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Originally published in 1934, "Border Town" tells the story of Cuicui, a young country girl who is coming of age during a time of national turmoil. The granddaughter of a poor ferryman, Cuicui grows up in Chadong, a small town in China&a...

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Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for fans of snowboardi...

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The honey bee is a miracle. It is the cupid of the natural world. It pollinates crops; making plants bear fruit and helping farmers make money. But in this age of vast industrial agribusiness, never before has so much been asked of such a small wo...

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#1 New York Times Bestseller With a new introduction by the author and additional material, this 25th anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller by Thomas Moore provides a powerful spiritual message for our troubled times. In this spe...

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"Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot" is the picaresque fable of the love that grows between the mute, telepathic human monstrosity Hercules and the beautiful Henriette--a love that will entwine their fates ...

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Eight years ago, Jean-Pierre Houdin, a successful French architect, became obsessed by the age-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. He renounced his architectural practice, sold his Paris apartment, and for ten hours a day labored at hi...

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The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories of Suleiman the Magnificent to its nadir under Nazi occupation. Salonica is the point where the wonders and hor...

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From one of Britains best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling. Motherle...

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of Americas greatest contemporary writers. Larry Cooks farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. Proud and possessive, his sudden decis...

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In December 1991, Allendes daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma. This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at her bedside, and became a personal memoir and a testament to the ties that bind fam...

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More than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhimas unforgettable story in this stunning sequel. The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle ...

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A major novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen Gods Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses. LuLing Young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age. Trying to hold on to the ev...

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