New Releases by Lucy Hawking

De buurman van George kan met behulp van zijn superintelligente computer door de ruimte reizen. Zijn dochter Annie en George maken ook een ruimtereis, waarbij ze veel over het heelal leren. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

Escrito por um dos principais cientistas da atualidade, o prêmio Nobel Stephen Hawking, e sua filha, a jornalista e escritora Lucy Hawking, ''George e o segredo do universo'' combina aventuras diversas e envolventes com fascinantes explicações científicas sobre o universo e os planetas, incluindo as idéias mais recentes do respeitável físico Stephen Hawking sobre os buracos negros.

Le jour où Georges rencontre ses nouveaux voisins - la jeune Annie et son scientifique de père, Éric - il est loin d''imaginer ce qu''il va vivre. Le garçon découvre chez eux un secret qui va bouleverser sa vision du monde... Éric possède Cosmos, l''ordinateur le plus perfectionné qui soit, dont la super-intelligence peut projeter Georges et ses amis aux quatre coins de l''Univers ! Alors, explorer l''immensité de l''espace, frôler des planètes, traverser une tempête d''astéroïdes devient un jeu d''enfant... Hélas, quelqu''un nourrit de sombres projets pour Cosmos ! Et, quand on sait qu''il n''y a rien de plus dangereux dans l''espace qu''un trou noir, Georges et Éric ont bien du souci à se faire...

Sometimes you find friendship in the most unlikely places. Thirty-something Fleur Bonner has a career selling fake antiques, a London flat with no central heating, and no focus. She agrees to train for the London marathon, joining the misfits, the lost, and the lonely who make up the Battersea Park New Runners Club, hoping it may provide a welcome change in her unfulfilling life. But then her boss disappears, and it appears that her job may actually be a front for art forgery. She quickly goes from girl-about-town to jailbird, not understanding what happened and why. Maybe those misfits from the Battersea Park New Runners Club can provide some answers. . .

Thirtysomething Fleur Bonner has often wished for what she can''t have. To be thinner. Taller. To be more successful. Instead, she has what she never wished for: a rock star for an estranged dad, a career selling fake antiques and a London flat with no central heating. And she certainly never wished for the chance to run, not even a few yards. But when she accidentally agrees to train for the London marathon, her impulsive decision seems a good idea in a life cut rather adrift. Perhaps, along with the misfits, the lost and the lonely who make up the Battersea Runners'' Club, Fleur will find the focus that she seems to have lost. Before they get anywhere near the starting line, Fleur''s cobbled-together existence is rudely ripped apart. From girl-about-town to jail-bird, her fall is swift and brutal. But what happened? And why? And will her cell door lock forever or will she find her freedom once again?

A successful London banker appears to have it all until he flees his high-priced apartment in the middle of the night, wearing only pajamas and claiming his life is in danger. His four best friends set out to discover whether their friend has had a breakdown or if, in fact, someone is after him.