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Revel in the breathtaking fantasticality of We Became Jaguars—a picture book from bestselling author Dave Eggers. When Grandma comes to visit and a young boy's parents leave, the rules of the house—and the world—change: grandson and grandmother transform into jaguars! Readers follow their journey into the undiscovered world of nature, experience true freedom, and lose themselves in an exhilarating adventure. After a day of playing, running, a...

»Dave Eggers ist einer der sozial engagiertesten und provokantesten Schriftsteller unserer Zeit.« The Observer. Mit seinem neuen Roman wirft Dave Eggers die Frage auf, ob der Westen in der Lage ist, die komplizierten Verstrickungen eines Entwicklungslands, das sich jahrelang im Bürgerkrieg befand, zu begreifen. Eine kluge, hochaktuelle Parabel und ein echter Pageturner. Zwei Straßenbauer werden von einer internationalen Baugesellschaft in ei...

»Die unglaublichsten, verrücktesten Geschichten schreibt immer noch das Leben. Oder Dave Eggers.« WAZ Ein junger Mann aus San Francisco, als Kind aus dem Jemen eingewandert, entdeckt die uralte Kaffeetradition seiner Heimat wieder. Mokhtar Alkanshali ist 24 Jahre alt und arbeitet als Hotelportier, bis er durch Zufall die uralte Kaffeetradition des Jemen entdeckt. Er vertieft sich in die Recherche und reist in das Land seiner Eltern, um sich m...

Der erste Kinderroman von Nr.1-SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Dave Eggers Als Gran mit seinen Eltern in eine verschlafene Kleinstadt zieht, kriegt er zuerst einmal einen Schreck: In den Straßen klaffen Risse, die Häuser stehen schief, und alles scheint seinen Halt verloren zu haben. Dann begegnet er der geheimnisvollen Catalina und sieht, wie sie an einem Berghügel eine geheime Tür öffnet und sich Zugang zu einem unterirdischen Labyrinth aus Tunneln ...

Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books, including The Monk of Mokha, The Circle, Heroes of the Frontier, A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award, and What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix M¿cis Etranger. He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world, and of Sch...

A savage satire of the United States in the throes of insanity, this blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster.When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation o...

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From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha andThe Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace.'Tightly written, carefully designed to wrong-foot preconceptions, and astute... An intensely gripping story' Evening Standard'Certainly his best book since What is the What, The Parade may well be the sound of a major writer finding his mature voice' SpectatorAn unnamed country is leaving the darkn...

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In this picture book with minimal text, a tiger with a chair on its back wanders across the different but beautiful landscapes of the Earth, from an Alpine lake to the tundra.

Mokhtar Alkhanshali, hijo de inmigrantes yemenâies, se ha criado en el barrio mâas conflictivo de San Francisco, y a sus veinticuatro aänos no ha podido acceder a la universidad. Mientras trabaja de portero en un bloque de pisos de lujo, descubre que el cafâe tambiâen es originario de Yemen, y decide viajar al paâis de sus antepasados para investigar la historia y la producciâon de esta antiquâisima bebida. En las montaänas mâas remotas del pa...

The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced ...

Dave Eggers kann fast alles, sogar undankbare Säugetiere zeichnen! Dave Eggers ist einer der bemerkenswertesten Schriftsteller seiner Generation. Bücher wie »Ein Hologramm für den König«, »Zeitoun«, »Weit gegangen«, und »Der Circle« wurden vielfach ausgezeichnet und von der Kritik gefeiert. Bevor Dave Eggers seine Karriere als Schriftsteller begann, hat er eine Ausbildung in klassischem Zeichnen absolviert. Er verbrachte viele Jahre als profe...

Discover an underground world full of tunnels and mystery in this middle-grade adventure from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of Heroes of the Frontier and Her Right Foot.What if nothing was as it seemed? What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels, mere inches below you as you sit in c...

Granito, Gran per gli amici, ha dodici anni e si è appena trasferito nello sperduto paesino di Carosello con la sua famiglia. A scuola l'unica ad accorgersi di lui è la misteriosa Catalina Catalan, che nasconde un segreto legato alle voragini che da qualche tempo si aprono nel terreno della città inghiottendo case, strade e alberi. Ben presto Gran scopre un mondo di tunnel percorsi dai Vuoti, forze distruttive attirate ovunque dalla tristezza ...

Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books, including The Monk of Mokha, The Circle, Heroes of the Frontier, A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award, and What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix M¿cis Etranger. He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world, and of Sch...

The first children's novel from the acclaimed American author of "What Is The What" and "A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius", illustrated by Aaron Reiner. Twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal discovers that there is a secret world of tunnels beneath his feet. *Also appeared in February Buyer's Notes*