"Probleme der Zivilisation. Versuche über Goethe, Thomas Mann, Nietzsche und Freud" von Peter Heller ist eine Sammlung von Essays, die sich mit den Herausforderungen und Spannungen der modernen Zivilisation auseinandersetzen. Heller...

Soon to be a major film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin. 'A love-letter to things of beauty' GILLIAN FLYNN 'Magical and life-affirming' GUARDIAN 'A perfectly pitched post-apocalyptic...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The River: In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is...

ONE OF THE OBSERVER THRILLERS OF THE YEAR: 'GLORIOUS PROSE AND RAZOR-SHARP TENSION' 'LYRICAL AND ACTION-PACKED' Guardian'I COULDN'T TURN THE PAGES FAST ENOUGH' Clare Mackintosh'IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN, OR FORGET' Sunday Mirror'GLORIOUS...

Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghetto; Gunboat Smith on the Jack Johnson era; Jack Dempsey on the Willard fight and the Tunney ”long count”; Rocky Graziano on showbiz; and...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A fiery tour de force… I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful." -Alison Borden, The Denver PostFrom the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, the story of two college...

The River von Heller, Peter

An Oprah.com "Must-Read" Book After having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life. . . until...

Reflecting experiences of a lifetime spent - like every human life - «in transit,» this collection of texts from five decades includes autobiographical essays and ficticious speeches in English, followed by German verse and prose....

Two friends attempt to outrun the destructive potential of nature and a deadly revenge game. Plot-driven and literary. von Heller, Peter

Relying on in-depth research and interviews with those who have known Tyson at every stage of his life, this book portrays the shy child who became a vicious street thug, discovered boxing in juvenile prison, and was brought to the...

Kingfisher Lodge, nestled in a canyon on a mile and a half of the most pristine river water on the planet, is known by locals as 'Billionaire's Mile.' Sandwiched between barbed wire and a meadow with a sign that reads 'Don't Get Shot,'...