Andrew Hunter Murray Bücher

Der Sunday Times Bestseller in edler Ausstattung mit einmaligem Farbschnitt! 2059: Die Erde hat aufgehört, sich zu drehen.Die eine Hälfte ist eisige Nacht, die andere sengende Hitze.Nur in den Territorien dazwischen ist Überleben möglich.Im isolierten Großbritannien erhält die Wissenschaftlerin Ellen Hopper den Brief eines sterbenden Mannes und erfährt dessen verhängnisvolles Geheimnis. Eins, für das die Regierung töten wird, um es zu wahren.Der Kampf um die Zukunft der Erde beginnt! Der packende Klima-Thriller aus Großbritannien: Kann Ellen die Intrigen des unmenschlichen Regimes in London aufhalten? »Ein sensationeller Thriller über die Welt von Morgen, der einen dazu bringt, darüber nachzudenken, was in unserer Zeit passiert.« Harlan Coben

The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? What did Lady Godiva do? What can you legally do if you come across a Welshman in Chester after sunset?

"My parents were slaves in New York State. My master's sons-in-law ... came into the garden where my sister and I were playing among the currant bushes, tied their handkerchiefs over our mouths, carried us to a vessel, put us in the hold, and sailed up the river. I know not how far nor how long -- it was dark there all the time." These words, recorded by Benjamin Drew in 1855, provide Sophia Burthen's account of her arrival as an enslaved person into what is now Canada sometime in the late 18th century. In It Was Dark There All the Time, writer and curator Andrew Hunter builds on the testimony of Drew's interview to piece together Burthen's life, while reckoning with the legacy of whiteness and colonialism in the recording of her story. In so doing, Hunter demonstrates the role that the slave trade played in pre-Confederation Canada and its continuing impact on contemporary Canadian society. Evocatively written with sharp, incisive observations and illustrated with archival images and contemporary works of art, It Was Dark There All the Time offers a necessary correction to the prevailing perception of Canada as a place unsullied by slavery and its legacy.

In a disintegrating and increasingly lawless land, a young man is travelling north.Ben is a young painter from the crowded, turbulent city. For six months his fiancée Cara has been living on the remote island of Sanctuary Rock, the property of millionaire philanthropist Sir John Pemberley. Now she has decided to break off their engagement and stay there for good.Ben resolves to travel to the island to win Cara back. But the journey there is a harsh and challenging one, and when he does arrive, a terrible shock awaits him.As Ben begins to find his way around Pemberley's perfect island, he knows he must also discover - what has made Cara so determined to throw her old life away? And is Sanctuary Rock truly a second Eden, as the mysterious Sir John claims - or a prospect of hell?By the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Last Day, this high-concept thriller will provoke and grip you from the very first page.