Bücher – T
41 Bücher mit „T"
Tableau der französischen Gesellschaft (La Comédie humaine)
Honoré de Balzac · 1842
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The Bell Curve
Richard Herrnstein, Charles Murray · 1994
The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.
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The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2007
From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life.
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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk · 2014
#1 New York Times bestseller “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller Trauma is a fact of life.
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The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan · 1978
In the arid summer heat, four children – Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom – find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children’s lives twist into something unrecognisable as the outside begins to bear down on them.
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The Child in Time
Ian McEwan · 1987
Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life and marriage.
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The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin · 1963
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. • "The finest essay I’ve ever read.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of If Beale Street Could Talk and Go Te...
🛒 Amazon *The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
Kathryn Paige Harden · 2021
A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health—and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society. In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grapple with what
🛒 Amazon *The Handmaid's Tale (Der Report der Magd)
Margaret Atwood · 1985
Key Features: Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes and techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical and literary background Modern and historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms
🛒 Amazon *The Handmaid's Tale / Der Report der Magd
Margaret Atwood · 1985
The Handmaid's Tale: Teaching Dystopia, Feminism, and Resistance across Disciplines and Borders offers an interdisciplinary analysis of how Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, as well as its film and television adaptations, can be employed across different academic fields in high school, college and university classrooms. Scholars from a variety of disciplines and cultural contexts contribute to wide-ranging analytical strategies, ranging from religion and science to the role of journalism in
🛒 Amazon *The Language Instinct / How the Mind Works
Steven Pinker
'Dazzling...Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese...Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's investigations' - Independent 'A marvellously readable book...illuminates every facet of human language: its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it acquisition by children, its grammatical structure, the production and perception of speech, the pathology of language disorders and the unstoppable evolutio
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The Major Transitions in Evolution
John Maynard Smith · 1995
During evolution, there have been several major changes in the way that genetic information is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include the origin of life itself, the first eukaryotic cells, reproduction by sexual means, the appearance of multicellular plants and animals, the emergence of cooperation and of animal societies, and the unique language ability of humans. This is the first book to discuss all of these major transitions.
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The Optimism Bias
Tali Sharot · 2011
Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an irrationally positive outlook on life—but why? Turns out, we might be hardwired that way. In this absorbing exploration, Tali Sharot—one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today—demonstrates that optimism may be crucial to human existence.
🛒 Amazon *The Road to Wellville / Willkommen in Wellville
T. C. Boyle · 1993
In this “wildly funny” (People) novel, an eccentric cast of characters navigates a world obsessed with health and longevity—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tortilla Curtain. “Boyle’s send-up of dietary fanaticism cleverly reminds us of the extremes to which Americans will go in pursuit of perfection.”—Glamour The year is 1907, and the boom town of Battle Creek, Michigan, is attracting a formidable array of visitors—the rich, the preposterously rich, and the merely famous, from
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The Unwinding
George Packer · 2013
America is in crisis. In the space of a generation, it has become more than ever a country of winners and losers, as industries have failed, institutions have disappeared and the country's focus has shifted to idolise celebrity and wealth. George Packer narrates the story of America over the past three decades, bringing to the task his empathy with people facing difficult challenges, his sharp eye for detail and a gift for weaving together engaging narratives.
🛒 Amazon *The Unwinding / Die Abwicklung
George Packer · 2013
George Packer erzählt die Geschichte des amerikanischen Niedergangs über die vergangenen Jahrzehnte. Anhand einzelner Lebensgeschichten zeigt er, wie Institutionen zerfielen, Industrien verschwanden und die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich wuchs. Ausgezeichnet mit dem National Book Award 2013.
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The Woman in Me
Britney Spears · 2023
"In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice--her truth--was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey--and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.
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Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas · 2012
Lethal. Loyal. Legendary. Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in this complete, #1 bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.
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Tiere essen
Jonathan Safran Foer · 2009
»Tiere essen« ist ein leidenschaftliches Buch über die Frage, was wir essen und warum. Der hoch gelobte amerikanische Romancier und Bestsellerautor Jonathan Safran Foer hat ein aufrüttelndes Buch über Fleischkonsum und dessen Folgen geschrieben, das weltweit Furore macht und bei uns mit Spannung erwartet wird. Wie viele junge Menschen schwankte Jonathan Safran Foer lange zwischen Fleischgenuss und Vegetarismus hin und her.
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Tim und Struppi
Hergé · 1929
Hergés Comicserie über den belgischen Reporter Tim und seinen Hund Struppi gehört zu den einflussreichsten europäischen Comics. Die ab 1929 erschienenen Abenteuer verbinden spannende Geschichten mit detaillierter Recherche und dem charakteristischen Ligne-claire-Zeichenstil.
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Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger · 2012
In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s memoir is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life. The greatest immigrant success story of our time. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s story is unique—and uniquely entertaining—and he tells it brilliantly in these pages. He was born in a year of famine in a small Austrian town, the son of an austere police chief. He dreamed of moving to America to become a bodybuilding champion and a movie star.
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Transhimalaja: Entdeckungen und Abenteuer in Tibet 1905-1908
Sven Hedin · 1909
Sven Hedins Reisebericht über seine Expedition durch Tibet von 1905 bis 1908. Der schwedische Entdecker kartografierte weite Teile des Transhimalaja und dokumentierte Landschaft, Kultur und Menschen der Region.
🛒 Amazon *Tristesse Royale
Joachim Bessing u.a. · 1999
Das Ziel der Studie ist die Erforschung kultureller sowie narrativer Konstruktionen von Generationenkonflikten in den Texten der 85er-Generation (auch «Generation Golf» genannt). Die literarisch konstruierten Konflikte dienen der 85er-Generation nicht nur zur Abrechnung mit der 68er-Generation, sondern auch zur Stiftung der eigenen Identität.
🛒 Amazon *Trost
Stig Dagerman · 1951
Wofür lohnt es sich zu leben? Und was ist es, das unser Leben über seinen reinen Nutzen hinaus erhebt? Weshalb ist es besser, zu sein, als nicht zu sein? Der junge Schriftsteller Stig Dagerman schrieb 1951 inmitten einer lähmenden Schreibblockade ein autobiografisches Bekenntnis über den Trost, in dem er seine inneren Dämonen, seine Sucht nach Anerkennung und sein unbändiges Bedürfnis nach Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit hinterfragt. Die Trauer über die Vergänglichkeit allen Lebens, so seine Erkennt
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Trotzdem zuhause
Tupoka Ogette · 2025
Die bewegenden Erinnerungen von Bestsellerautorin Tupoka Ogette: »Selten liest man Texte, die mit so offenem, ehrlichem Herzen geschrieben sind ...« Alice Hasters »So beginnt meine Geschichte. Als Tochter einer weißen Frau und eines Schwarzen Mannes. Zwischen Sange, Südtansania, und Gera, Thüringen. Zwischen kolonialer Vergangenheit und DDR-Diktatur.« Tupoka Ogette schreibt von der Suche nach Zugehörigkeit, vom Leben im Widerspruch, im Dazwischen.
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