Most Popular Books by Peter Heller

Peter Heller is the author of The Dog Stars: The hope-filled story of a world changed by global catastrophe (2012), De hondsster (2013), Il fiume (2019), Köpek ve Yildizlar (2013), Kunst og konkurrence (2009).

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The Dog Stars: The hope-filled story of a world changed by global catastrophe

release date: Aug 07, 2012
The Dog Stars: The hope-filled story of a world changed by global catastrophe
A life-affirming dystopian tale of global disaster, survival, and belief for any reader of Emily St John Mandel''s STATION ELEVEN or Cormac McCarthy''s THE ROAD ''THE ROAD crossed with a post-apocalyptic romance...[engages] deep emotions to spine-chilling (and suspenseful) effect'' Lawrence Norfolk, Guardian Books of the Year Readers fell in love with THE DOG STARS ''Every bit as good as THE ROAD... A superbly sustained masterpiece'' ***** ''A beautifully written tale of loss, survival and self-discovery ... suspenseful and touching'' ***** ''A wee gem ... A great story, beautifully spun and well told'' ***** ''I absolutely loved this book'' ***** Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He''s just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel. But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won''t have enough fuel to get back. What follows is scarier and more life-affirming than he could have imagined. And his story, THE DOG STARS, is a book unlike any you have ever read.

De hondsster

release date: Mar 29, 2013
De hondsster
Nooit eerder beschreef iemand zo geloofwaardig, maar ook zo schitterend hoe stil en radicaal anders de wereld eruit zou zien als er vrijwel geen mensen meer zouden wonen. Hig heeft tien jaar geleden als een van de weinigen een pandemie overleefd. Hij woont nu in de hangar van een verlaten vliegveld met als enig gezelschap zijn hond en zijn chagrijnige, vechtlustige buurman. Om zijn dagen te vullen zweeft Hig in een oud vliegtuigje rondjes boven het uitgestorven land of trekt hij de bergen in om te vissen en te doen alsof alles hetzelfde is gebleven. Zijn leven is betrekkelijk veilig, maar ook eenzaam. Wanneer Hig via zijn radio plotseling een geluidssignaal opvangt, gloort bij hem de hoop dat er ergens ver weg een beter bestaan op hem wacht, iets wat lijkt op zijn oude leven. Hij besluit het erop te wagen en vliegt met zijn laatste restje brandstof verder weg dan hij ooit is geweest. De Hondsster is een adembenemend, beklemmend, maar ook hoopgevend verhaal over een romantische overlever. Peter Heller schrijft over het buitenleven in onder meer National Geographic Adventure en Outside Magazine. Hij reisde de wereld over in een kajak en schreef verschillende non-fictieboeken over zijn belevenissen. De Hondsster is zijn literaire debuutroman en werd in Amerika direct al een enorm succes. Het was een New York Times-bestseller en Boek van de Maand bij zowel Amazon als Barnes & Noble. Het boek zal wereldwijd verschijnen. `Het proza is duidelijk debet aan zinssmeden als McCarthy, Hemingway en Jack London, maar heeft ook lyrische landschapsbeschrijvingen en natuurassociaties. Het is altijd opwindend (en vrij zeldzaam) om te zien dat een journalist afwijkt van de geëffende paden om het onontgonnen gebied van de fictie te betreden, en er vervolgens zon briljant succes van maakt. John Seabrook, The New Yorker `Dit is het echte werk. Hellers stem is buitengewoon en zijn robuustheid als verteller verbergt een prachtige en bijtende rusteloosheid. Literatuur zoals het bedoeld is. The Wall Street Journal `De Hondsster van Peter Heller is een hemels boek. Het is een van die boeken die de lezer nog lang bijblijft, beurtelings aangrijpend, gelaagd en opwindend. A.J. Kirby, New York Journal of Books

Il fiume

release date: Jun 12, 2019
Il fiume
Una stretta amicizia lega Jack e Wynn. Si incontrano al college, il primo laureando in ingegneria, il secondo in lettere, e scoprono di avere caratteri diversissimi, ma una magica sintonia. Amano entrambi le avventure e il contatto con la natura, e durante le escursioni non fanno altro che parlare di letteratura. I classici, certo, ma anche quei romanzi che scorrono via senza pretese, come gli onesti western a tinte fosche da leggere accanto al fuoco, la sera, mentre arrostiscono le trote. Quando partono per risalire in canoa il fiume Maskwa, nel nord del Canada, pregustano giornate all’aperto, pagaiando, pescando, e nottate sotto le stelle, accampati sulla riva a leggere e a dimenticare le delusioni d’amore. Ma il diavolo ci mette la coda, e le cose prendono una piega del tutto diversa. Preannunciato da un inquietante odore di fumo, un incendio si avvicina minacciosamente costringendoli a una fuga precipitosa punteggiata da sinistri incontri: due texani, JD e Brent, pescatori ubriaconi dal grilletto facile, e Pierre e Maia, una coppia che evidentemente ha molto da nascondere. Costretti a circostanze estreme, Jack e Wynn possono contare solo su se stessi e sull’amicizia che li unisce per far fronte alla violenza di una natura improvvisamente ostile e alle imprevedibili reazioni degli uomini. Una storia appassionante tra avventura e thriller, in cui i protagonisti scopriranno tragicamente come un’esitazione, una scelta sbagliata, un errore di valutazione possano fare la differenza tra la vita e la morte.

Köpek ve Yildizlar

release date: Sep 01, 2013

Kunst og konkurrence

release date: Aug 15, 2009
Kunst og konkurrence
Man siger at sporten er i krise. Den kan ikke lAengere legitimeres som noget sAerligt sundt, dannende eller demokratisk, og ikke mindst dopingdebatterne har udfordret dens berettigelse. Men maske kan sporten reddes, hvis den indlemmes i det Aestetiske felt og gives vAerdi som kunst? Denne bog prAesenterer en samlet gennemgang af dansk litteraturs sportsskildringer og svarer at et Aestetisk blik pa sport kan vAere et givende supplement, men ikke nogen redning for sporten.Litteraturens billede af sporten viser sig at vAere meget traditionelt. Sporten beskrives ofte som naturlig, autentisk og umiddelbar, og den forbindes nAesten altid med noget seksuelt, religiost, infantilt eller etnisk. Rationalitet og kultur sAettes i modsAetning til sportens sanselighed: Den typiske sportsroman handler om en fortAeller der gerne ville have vAeret god til sport, men ikke er det og derfor ma skrive om det i stedet for - ofte ved at portrAettere en barndomsven som er god til sport, men darlig til at skrive.Kunst og konkurrence argumenterer for at litteraturen kan fortAelle os noget vigtigt om sporten, men uden at den dermed kan hAeves over de aktuelle problemer. Det er i ovrigt heller ikke sikkert at sporten har brug for at blive reddet. Maske skal den bare have lov at vAere sig selv lidt.

Von den ersten und letzten Dingen

release date: Feb 13, 2012
Von den ersten und letzten Dingen
Friedrich Nietzsche has emerged as one of the most important and influential modern philosophers. For several decades, the book series Monographien und Texte zur Nietzsche-Forschung (MTNF) has set the agenda in a rapidly growing and changing field of Nietzsche scholarship. The scope of the series is interdisciplinary and international in orientation reflects the entire spectrum of research on Nietzsche, from philosophy to literary studies and political theory. The series publishes monographs and edited volumes that undergo a strict peer-review process. The book series is led by an international team of editors, whose work represents the full range of current Nietzsche scholarship.

I guerrieri delle balene. La battaglia per salvare i più grandi mammiferi della Terra

release date: Jan 01, 2008

Der junge Kanitz und andere Geschichten

release date: Jan 01, 1998

Eine Kinderanalyse bei Anna Freud (1929-1932)

Wir schreiten ein

release date: Jan 01, 2008

Das Ende der Sterne wie Big Hig sie kannte

release date: Apr 19, 2013
Das Ende der Sterne wie Big Hig sie kannte
Hig hat den Weltuntergang überlebt und haust jetzt mit seinem Hund Jasper in einem baufälligen Hangar. Mit einer Cessna tuckert er übers Rollfeld. Eines Tages empfängt er ein Funksignal. Gibt es jenseits seines Flughafens Überlebende? Mit Jaspar macht er sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise ...

Tyson

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Tyson
This book introduces a new approach for modelling large enterprise systems: the software fortress model. In the software fortress model, an enterprise architecture is viewed as a series of self-contained, mutually suspicious, marginally cooperating software fortresses interacting with each other through carefully crafted and meticulously managed treaty relationships. The software fortress model is an intuitive, simple, expressive approach that maps readily to existing technologies such as .NET and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE).

In This Corner . . . !

release date: Aug 22, 1994
In This Corner . . . !
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 dozens of others—including Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pastrano, José Torres, Carmen Basilio, Joe Louis, Willie Pep, and Archie Moore—on boxers, racketeers, drugs, payoffs, managers. Including two never-before-published interviews with Roberto Durán and Alexis Argüello, this newly expanded and updated edition of In This Corner. . . ! is undoubtedly the best one-volume history of boxing ever written.

Implications for Savings of Aging in the Asian "Tigers"

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Implications for Savings of Aging in the Asian "Tigers"
Significant aging is projected for many high-saving emerging economies of East and Southeast Asia. By 2025, the share of the elderly in their populations will at least double in most of these countries. The share of the young will fall. Aging populations could adversely affect saving rates in these economies, particularly after 2025. For the world, one may observe that, initially, the Asian Tigers could become increasingly important for world savings, reflecting their increased weight in the world economy, their high saving and growth rates, and the aging of the industrial countries. After 2025, the aging of the Tigers may reinforce the tendency toward a declining world saving rate.

La constellation du chien

release date: Jan 01, 2013

Peindre, pêcher et laisser mourir

release date: Jan 01, 2015

Der Fluss

release date: Aug 19, 2019

Lettres à Eva Rosenfeld

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Lettres à Eva Rosenfeld
Dans l''entre-deux-guerres, Anna, la fille cadette de Sigmund Freud, écrit régulièrement à son amie Eva Rosenfeld. Les deux jeunes femmes découvrent la psychanalyse avec enthousiasme et participent activement à sa diffusion. Une forte amitié, quasi amoureuse, lie Eva et Anna ; celle-ci ouvre son cœur à son amie et lui raconte son quotidien, lui confie ses états d''âme. A ce titre, cette correspondance est un précieux témoignage sur la vie, les conflits, les amours et les jalousies qui animent le petit groupe (Lou Andreas-Salomé, Max Eitingon entre autres) gravitant dans l''entourage de Sigmund Freud, et dont celui-ci reste l''arbitre ultime. Ces lettres donnent en outre un éclairage vivant sur les activités d''Anna, souvent mal connues, dans le domaine de la pédagogie, avec la chronique de l''école psychanalytique de Hietzing (19271931), fondée par Eva et Dorothy Burlingham. Anna Freud de trente ans, écrivain accomplie et dévouée à la psychanalyse, livre ici beaucoup d''elle-même : elle parle de ses rêves, de ses fantasmes d''abandon et de son père, qu''elle voit souffrir lorsque son cancer se développe. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Eva continuera d''écrire à Anna, qui ne répondra qu''en deux brèves occasions, s''estimant trahie par l''analyse qu''Eva a entreprise avec Melanie Klein. Les lettres d''Anna Freud (1895-1982) à Eva Rosenfeld (18921977), accompagnées ici des contributions de Gunther Bittner, de Peter Heller, à l''époque jeune enfant en analyse avec Anna, et de Victor Ross, le fils d''Eva Rosenfeld, esquissent le portrait de deux femmes qui ont marqué l''histoire de la psychanalyse.

Psí hvězdy

release date: Jan 01, 2014

Det sproglige i dansk

release date: Jan 01, 2005
Det sproglige i dansk
Kommunikativ tilgang til skriftlig og mundtlig sprogbrug

Der Dreizehnte. The Thirteenth ... Translated by R.P. Heller

The River : Adult Book Club Kit

release date: Jan 01, 2022

Medienmacht und Demokratie in der Weimarer Republik

release date: Apr 01, 2023

Céline

release date: Feb 06, 2019
Céline
A soixante-huit ans, Céline Watkins, artiste et détective privée spécialisée dans la recherche de personnes disparues, accepte une dernière enquête. Baroud d''honneur ou chance ultime de faire la paix avec ses propres béances intimes ? La voilà sillonnant les routes du Grand Ouest, flanquée de Pete, son très taiseux mari, sur les traces du père de la belle Gabriela, évanoui dans la nature vingt ans plus tôt, supposément à la suite d''une mauvaise rencontre avec un ours. Quand Céline comprend qu''elle est suivie par un agent du FBI dont la discrétion n''est pas le principal souci, l''affaire prend une dimension politique, et vire à un grand jeu du chat et de la souris sur un terrain aussi vaste que miné. Dans la roue de ce couple d''enquêteurs artisanaux, merveilleux de complicité tacite et d''estime partagée, avec le sens du suspense et la passion pour la nature qu''on lui connaît, Peter Heller nous balade magistralement entre aventure haletante et grand roman familial. Action, humour et profondeur, mais surtout attention infinie aux personnages qui en deviennent tous et chacun irrésistibles et font de Peter Heller le champion d''un genre rare : l''entertainment humaniste.

The Leitmotiv in Thomas Mann's Joseph Tetralogy

BOOK CLUB SET.

release date: Jan 01, 2020
BOOK CLUB SET.
"Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddles and picking blueberries and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. One night, with the fire advancing, they hear a man and a woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank; the next day, a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the same man they heard? And if he is, where is the woman?"--Back cover.

The Burlingham-Rosenfeld School

release date: Oct 01, 1998

Sprog og kommunikation

release date: Jan 01, 2005
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