New Releases by David Mitchell

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Un terroriste à Tokyo, un fiscaliste à Hongkong, l’âme d’un chamane en Mongolie, des trafiquants d’art à Saint-Petersbourg, une voix dans le cyberespace… Dans neuf parties du monde, neuf personnages que tout oppose appartiennent, sans le savoir, à la même histoire. En suivant les fils ténus du hasard et du destin qui les relient, se dessine une œuvre polyphonique fascinante qui mêle avec virtuosité récit historique, science-fiction, thriller et histoire fantastique. Premier roman de l’auteur de Cloud Atlas (Cartographie des nuages), Écrits fantômes possède déjà tous les ingrédients qui ont fait la renommée de David Mitchell : mélange des genres, écriture lumineuse et construction narrative originale. Dès sa sortie, il a été unanimement salué par la critique et a propulsé David Mitchell parmi les meilleurs écrivains de sa génération. Traduit de l''anglais par Manuel Berri

I sei protagonisti di Cloud Atlas vivono in punti e momenti diversi del mondo e del tempo, eppure fanno parte tutti di un unico schema, uniti uno all''altro dal filo sottile e inestricabile del caso. Le loro anime si spostano come nuvole, passando dal corpo di un notaio americano di metà Ottocento a quello di un giovane musicista vissuto tra le due guerre mondiali; da un''intrepida giornalista e la sua indagine in piena guerra fredda a un editore inglese nella Londra anni Ottanta, sino a un clone schiavizzato nella Corea del prossimo futuro. Per arrivare infine all''alba del nuovo mondo, all''indomani dell''Apocalisse, e al suo primitivo, stupefatto abitante.

Christmas Cantata is a 100-minute-long oratorio—a fusion of choral pop, R&B gospel, jazz, and lounge music, with hints of plainsong, Renaissance opera, and Bollywood—all in the great tradition of Western oratorio. It’s great for schools, churches, and choral groups, any time from Advent to Candlemas. It sings the story of the birth of Jesus, from the eternal pre-existence of the Logos, through the annunciation, the incarnation, the shepherds and magi, the presentation in the temple, the slaughter of the innocents, the proclamation of the gospel, to the coming messianic kingdom. It’s all about voices: choruses, solos, duets, trios, quartets, octets, recitatives. You need a chorus who will stick to the notes, and soprano and baritone soloists, who can be a bit freer in their delivery. The singers are backed by a continuo trio of piano, bass, and drums. You can do a great performance with just these instruments, and a flute or trumpet. No musicians? No problem! You’ll love the Backing Tracks! But, if you want to go to town, there are Parts for Orchestra too!

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ''A delight!'' Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 ''Very entertaining.'' Irish Times ** From UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, horsemeat lasagne to Trump in the White House: bestselling comedian David Mitchell brilliantly tackles the dumbfounding times we live in. As facts are downgraded to opinions, as customers are preyed upon by algorithm-wielding websites, voters by targeted lies, cinema-goers by superheroes and children by measles, it is probably socially irresponsible even to try to cheer up. But if you''re determined to give it a go, you might enjoy this eclectic collection (or eclection) of David Mitchell''s attempts to make light of all that darkness. Scampi, politics, the Olympics, terrorism, condiments, proportional representation and rude street names are all touched upon by Mitchell''s unremitting laser of chit-chat. Read this book and slightly change your life!

These are the continuo (Piano, Bass, Drums) and featured instrument (Flute, Trumpet) parts for Mitchell, Christmas Cantata.

Genomineerd voor de Man Booker Prize Aan de vooravond van zijn twintigste verjaardag arriveert Eiji Miyake in Tokio met slechts één doel: hij moet en zal zijn vader vinden, die hij nog nooit heeft ontmoet. Zijn moeder verliet hem als peuter, zijn tweelingzusje verdronk. Zijn vader is nog de enige familie. In de hectische hoofdstad begint hij aan zijn tot mislukken gedoemde zoektocht. Op weergaloze wijze beschrijft Mitchell hoe Eiji zich een weg moet banen door een grenzeloos niemandsland vol geisha’s, gangsters, hackers, detectives en goochelende pizzakoeriers. De pers over Droom Nummer Negen: ‘Verbluffende roman.’ De Morgen ‘Bijzondere, rijke roman.’ Trouw ‘Na het succes van zijn debuut De geestverwantschap [...] komt Mitchell met zijn tweede boek, dat nog begoochelender is.’ The Independent

A practical step-by-step guide to creating and flying 25 amazing paper planes. Whether you fly them indoors or outdoors, the pleasure of building and flying a paper plane appeals to all ages. Paper Planes contains everything you need to know about how to fold and fly a squadron of custom-designed paper aircraft. Learn how to perform loops, dives and other stunts and get to know your drag from your lift with this fantastic guide. Featuring 25 designs, each project is laid out with clear step-by-step diagrams. Learn how to make a variety of aircraft including stunt planes, jet fighters, basic gliders and even a helicopter with this easy-to-use book. Suitable for everyone including children, it also makes a perfect Father’s Day present. Word count: 14,000

Um dos romances mais cultuados de nosso tempo, em aguardada tradução de Paulo Henriques Britto. Eleito um dos melhores livros do século XXI pelo The New York Times. Neste que é um dos romances mais importantes da atualidade, David Mitchell combina o gosto pela aventura, o amor pelo quebra-cabeça nabokoviano e o talento para a especulação filosófica e científica na linha de Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami e Philip K. Dick. Conduzindo o leitor por seis histórias que se conectam no tempo e no espaço – do século XIX no Pacífico ao futuro pós-apocalíptico e tribal no Havaí –, Mitchell criou um jogo de bonecas russas que explora com maestria questões fundamentais de realidade e identidade.

David Mitchell se consagra como una de las voces literarias más importantes de su generación con Relojes de hueso, una brillante fusión de géneros literarios donde da voz a un sinfín de grandes personajes, en un rompecabezas magistral hecho de hilos que se entrecruzan a lo largo de las décadas. Después de una pelea con su madre, Holly huye de su hogar. Mientras se adentra en la campiña inglesa, una extraña se cruza en su camino y le solicita «asilo», una petición a la que la adolescente accede sin ser consciente de su significado. De repente, las extrañas visiones y voces que la acechaban de niña vuelven a perseguirla y alteran su mundo hasta adquirir un aura de pesadilla. A esto se añadirá la traumática desaparición de su hermano pequeño, un niño inquietante con una inteligencia inusual. Pasarán muchos años antes de que Holly entienda qué sucedió ese fin de semana. A ritmo de thriller, este prestidigitador de las letras británicas nos traslada a un mundo lleno de posibilidades a través de crisis familiares, entornos universitarios, conflictos bélicos, festivales literarios y microsociedades postapocalípticas, todo ello unido por la fantasía, la magia, la inventiva, el humor y el ingenio de un autor que, según la crítica, «marca el futuro de la ficción» ( The Washigton Post). Finalista del prestigioso premio Man Booker, galardonada con el Fantasy World Award 2015 y uno de los mejores libros del año según The New York Times, Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Ophra Magazine, NPR y la American Library Association. Críticas: «Brillante. Mitchell reúne un magnífico arsenal de talento en estas páginas: su imaginación sinfónica, su habilidad de ventrílocuo a la hora de dar voz a una infinidad de personajes de diferentes épocas y culturas, y su buen oído para el lenguaje: sus ritmos, sonidos e inflexiones.» Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «Con Relojes de hueso, David Mitchell alcanza e iguala el legado de El atlas de las nubes.» Los Angeles Times «Una de las novelas más entretenidas y emocionantes que he leído en mucho tiempo.» NPR «Salvajemente imaginativo y verdaderamente mágico. Un magnífico festín.» The Sunday Mirror «Mitchell escribe con una intensidad vertiginosa y una despreocupada vitalidad, sintiendo placer por el uso del lenguaje y usando toda su experiencia en el terreno de la fantasía.» The New York Times Book Review «Una travesía entre culturas, una maravilla de novela que fusiona géneros.» The Oprah Magazine «¿Sabéis lo que creo después de leer esta novela? Que estamos viviendo la mejor época para el género fantástico de la historia del género y David Mitchell desfila en vanguardia.» Donde termina el infinito «Un puzle, un juego de espejos, un laberinto, una adivinanza, un reto... Literatura.» Saga Comic

Když nastane přesně ta správná chvíle, objevíte v úzké uličce lemované cihlovou zdí, jen kousek od obyčejné anglické hospody, vchod do neobyčejného domu. Cizí člověk vás tam osloví jménem a pozve vás dovnitř. Zpočátku se vám nebude chtít odejít. Později zjistíte, že odejít nemůžete. Každých devět let tam jeho obyvatelé - podivní sourozenci - pozvou někoho, kdo je odlišný nebo osamělý: přechytralého puberťáka, nedávno rozvedeného policistu, plachou univerzitní studentku. Co se však v domě opravdu děje? Pro ty, kdo to zjistí, je už příliš pozdě... Složitě propracovaný román rozkročený přes pět desetiletí, od konce sedmdesátých let do současnosti, který přeskakuje z jednoho žánru do druhého a ozlomkrk se řítí k ohromujícímu závěru, vás vtáhne do pozoruhodného světa, kde starý příběh o strašidelném domě dostává nový rozměr - jaký si dokáže vymyslet pouze David Mitchell.

The New York Times bestseller by the author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, National Post, BookPage, and Kirkus Reviews Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you’ll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first, you won’t want to leave. Later, you’ll find that you can’t. Every nine years, the house’s residents—an odd brother and sister—extend a unique invitation to someone who’s different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it’s already too late. . . . Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story—as only David Mitchell could imagine it. Praise for Slade House “A fiendish delight . . . Mitchell is something of a magician.”—The Washington Post “Entertainingly eerie . . . We turn to [Mitchell] for brain-tickling puzzle palaces, for character studies and for language.”—Chicago Tribune “A ripping yarn . . . Like Shirley Jackson’s Hill House or the Overlook Hotel from Stephen King’s The Shining, [Slade House] is a thin sliver of hell designed to entrap the unwary. . . . As the Mitchellverse grows ever more expansive and connected, this short but powerful novel hints at still more marvels to come.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Like Stephen King in a fever . . . manically ingenious.”—The Guardian (U.K.) “A haunted house story that savors of Dickens, Stephen King, J. K. Rowling and H. P. Lovecraft, but possesses more psychic voltage than any of them.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Tightly crafted and suspenseful yet warmly human . . . the ultimate spooky nursery tale for adults.”—The Huffington Post

A collection of the funniest and most brilliant journalism from the much-loved comedian and writer.

Neste vibrante romance histórico situado no Japão do século XVIII, um jovem escriturário holandês se envolve com o líder de uma sinistra ordem espiritual e enfrenta a corrupção de seus compatriotas e os canhões dos invasores ingleses. O pano de fundo exótico para esta trama é o Japão da virada do século XIX. No ano de 1799, o império japonês está totalmente fechado aos estrangeiros, com uma única exceção: na ilha artificial de Dejima, na costa de Nagasaki, seus últimos parceiros comerciais europeus, os holandeses, mantêm uma feitoria. Em busca da fortuna que lhe permitirá casar-se com sua amada Anna, o jovem escriturário Jacob de Zoet parte de navio para o Oriente e acaba sendo incumbido por seu tutor da missão de investigar os registros de Dejima em busca de evidências de corrupção. Impedido de praticar a fé cristã, ridicularizado pelos japoneses e hostilizado pelos colegas europeus que tem o dever de investigar, Jacob se sente mais isolado que nunca. Ao mesmo tempo, conhece aos poucos uma galeria de personagens marcantes que inclui o trambiqueiro Arie Grote, o samurai e intérprete Ogawa Uzaemon e o erudito botanista dr. Marinus. Sua situação se complica definitivamente quando ele se apaixona por uma jovem parteira e estudante de medicina, Aibagawa Orito, uma moça intrigante que tem o rosto parcialmente queimado. Quando Orito é raptada pelo sinistro abade Enomoto e Jacob se descobre vítima de sua própria ingenuidade e retidão moral, desvela-se uma trama repleta de paixões proibidas, traições, culpa, assassinatos, intrigas políticas e segredos de uma ordem espiritual que pratica horrores indizíveis. Escrito com grande atenção aos detalhes, numa prosa repleta de episódios cômicos e reflexões filosóficas e históricas, Os mil outonos de Jacob de Zoet mostra por que David Mitchell é considerado um dos grandes autores contemporâneos de língua inglesa.

Tagträume und Albträume in Tokio. Der neunzehnjährige Träumer Eiji Miyake kommt aus dem ländlichen Japan nach Tokio, um seinen Vater zu suchen, der die Familie früh verlassen hat. Während er in der faszinierenden großen Stadt herumirrt, gerät er in Berührung mit den Kräften, die ihre geheime Unterwelt beherrschen: Yakuza-Gangs und Cyberpunks. Plötzlich ist das Rätsel der Identität seines Vaters nur noch eines von vielen, die er lösen muss. Warum ist die Grenze zwischen der Welt seiner Erfahrungen und der seiner Träume so verschwommen? Und was hat es mit dem Geheimnis der Zahl 9 auf sich? Diese Fragen verlangen Eiji Einsichten ab, die jedem schwerfielen, erst recht einem Jungen vom Lande, der weniger Geld in der Tasche hat, als das titelgebende Album mit dem Lennon-Song kostet. «Das ist nicht nur ein Vergnügen, das ist große, wirklich großartige Literatur.» (The Observer) «David Mitchell ist atemberaubend gut, einer der besten Erzähler seiner Generation.» (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) «Eine irre Mischung aus Thriller, Tragödie, Fantasy, Videospiel und ein beunruhigendes Panorama des modernen Tokio.» (The Guardian) «‹Number 9 Dream› ist so voller Geschichten, so voller verschiedenster Ebenen, dass der Roman schier zu zerbersten droht. Dass das Ganze trotz allem lesbar bleibt und die Lektüre wirklich Spaß macht, beweist, dass Mitchell einer der interessantesten Autoren der Jetztzeit ist.» (ORF) «Ein hochpoetisches Buch über Selbsterkenntnis und Nachhausekommen.» (Neon)

David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life.

By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks | Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize This enhanced eBook edition contains never-before-seen footage from the major motion picture, behind-the-scenes material shot during production, and interviews with the author, directors (Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski), and actors (including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, and James D’Arcy) discussing both the book and the film.* A postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in twenty-first-century fiction, David Mitchell combines flat-out adventure, a Nabokovian love of puzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for mind-bending, philosophical and scientific speculation in the tradition of Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami, and Philip K. Dick. The result is brilliantly original fiction as profound as it is playful. In this groundbreaking novel, an influential favorite among a new generation of writers, Mitchell explores with daring artistry fundamental questions of reality and identity. Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Along the way, Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite. . . . Abruptly, the action jumps to Belgium in 1931, where Robert Frobisher, a disinherited bisexual composer, contrives his way into the household of an infirm maestro who has a beguiling wife and a nubile daughter. . . . From there we jump to the West Coast in the 1970s and a troubled reporter named Luisa Rey, who stumbles upon a web of corporate greed and murder that threatens to claim her life. . . . And onward, with dazzling virtuosity, to an inglorious present-day England; to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok; and, finally, to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii in the last days of history. But the story doesn’t end even there. The narrative then boomerangs back through centuries and space, returning by the same route, in reverse, to its starting point. Along the way, Mitchell reveals how his disparate characters connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky. As wild as a videogame, as mysterious as a Zen koan, Cloud Atlas is an unforgettable tour de force that, like its incomparable author, has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon. Praise for Cloud Atlas “[David] Mitchell is, clearly, a genius. He writes as though at the helm of some perpetual dream machine, can evidently do anything, and his ambition is written in magma across this novel’s every page.”—The New York Times Book Review “One of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? modern classics that no doubt is—and should be—read by any student of contemporary literature.”—Dave Eggers “Wildly entertaining . . . a head rush, both action-packed and chillingly ruminative.”—People “The novel as series of nested dolls or Chinese boxes, a puzzle-book, and yet—not just dazzling, amusing, or clever but heartbreaking and passionate, too. I’ve never read anything quite like it, and I’m grateful to have lived, for a while, in all its many worlds.”—Michael Chabon “Cloud Atlas ought to make [Mitchell] famous on both sides of the Atlantic as a writer whose fearlessness is matched by his talent.”—The Washington Post Book World *Video may not play on all readers. Please check your user manual for details.

The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya – Tea, Love and War tells the unique true story of the child of an exploited village woman gaining recognition and acceptance in suburban England. It is split into three parts: Stuart and Mary’s story, David’s story, and Ann’s story.Stuart, working on a tea estate in the jungles of Assam, fathers a child by a teenage native woman. Stuart’s letters to his family in pre-war England vividly describe his life as a planter in colonial India but conceal his secret love life. When war breaks out, Stuart joins the Indian army, trains as a sapper and is posted to Malaya, blowing bridges in the desperate rearguard action against the Japanese invasion. Back in wartime England, his sister Mary marries Stuart’s best friend, Arthur, who decides to train as an army officer. Mary, now a young mother pregnant with her second child, tells of the year’s delay in hearing news of her brother’s death at the fall of Singapore. Before the child is born, she learns that Arthur has been killed in action in Italy. The story switches to a jungle village in Assam where a small Anglo-Indian child named Ann fights her way through poverty and discrimination, always seeking the identity of her father and his family.Tea, Love and War is a gripping true story, narrated by Mary through her son David. “Much of the text is taken from the many exercise books that she filled with her memories, and whilst my investigations have expanded and updated her story, the history of the relevant elements of the Second World War, the Blitz and public perception of the Malayan campaign leading to the fall of Singapore are more eloquently seen from her individual viewpoint.” The book will appeal to fans of autobiographies, history and social history – Anglo-Indian culture and exploitation of women in India are key themes in the text – and has been inspired by Wild Swans.

The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the “high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island” that is the Japanese Empire’s single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes, and typhoons comes Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk who has five years in the East to earn a fortune of sufficient size to win the hand of his wealthy fiancée back in Holland. But Jacob’s original intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city’s powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken. The consequences will extend beyond Jacob’s worst imaginings. As one cynical colleague asks, “Who ain’t a gambler in the glorious Orient, with his very life?” A magnificent mix of luminous writing, prodigious research, and heedless imagination, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the most impressive achievement of its eminent author.

"Hello there everyone, I would like to graciously introduce myself. I''m David Lamont Mitchell, I am a published writer and artist with experience in community and local journalism. "I have a special interest in not only informing readers but also entertaining people, that is why I decided from the heart personally to create a unique "primer" basically for anyone. However, with more of a slant of course towards children. Afterall, "children are our future". "The title of the primer is, "It''s Funny You''ll See From A #2 Z". It''s a unique read to enjoy and see, it''s for all interested individuals who have a desire to learn the English alphabet as well as words. The artwork is satirical in nature with colorful eye catching images. "This special book is not only a fine investment but also a sensational, awesome, and universally cool learning tool for home and school. It truly is the "Primers of all primers with a wonderful poem to it to boot". So sit back, relax, learn, and have loads of fun under the sun."

In the 4th Century AD, a correspondence between the Apostle Paul and the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca surfaced and circulated among the scholarly elect of the recently liberated, corporate Catholic Church. Although the letters are spurious in nature, no Church Father trained in deciphering the legitimacy of interpolated and amended writings of first century documents thought it necessary to denounce these letters as such. One even chose to endorse the pagan Seneca as beneficial to the Church on account of these letters. This endorsement actually secured the survival of Seneca´s other works and his impact on history´s notable scholars. Legacy: The Apocryphal Correspondence between Seneca and Paul follows the Correspondence as it toured Europe passing through the hands of the men who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Would Seneca have had such an influence on Petrarch, John Calvin, or William Shakespeare (to name a few) had not a 4th century renegade crafted these letters?

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A new edition of the timeless, structure-bending classic that explores how actions of individual lives impact the past, present and future—from a postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in fiction Features a new afterword by David Mitchell and a new introduction by Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite. The novel careens, with dazzling virtuosity, to Belgium in 1931, to the West Coast in the 1970s, to an inglorious present-day England, to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok, and, finally, to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii in the last days of history. But the story doesn’t end even there. The novel boomerangs back through centuries and space, returning by the same route, in reverse, to its starting point. Along the way, David Mitchell reveals how his disparate characters connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky. As wild as a video game, as mysterious as a Zen koan, Cloud Atlas is an unforgettable tour de force that, like its incomparable author, has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon.