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Das Buch zum Kinoblockbuster mit Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum und Michelle Yeoh

Was hat es mit der geheimnisvollen Hexe des Westens auf sich? Von wem stammt sie ab? Wie wurde sie so böse? »Wicked« erzählt die aufregende Vorgeschichte des »Zauberer von Oz«.
Elphaba ist als junge Hexe ein ernsthaftes, intelligentes und unglücklicherweise grünhäutiges Mädchen. Ihr Vater ist ein sittenstrenger Prediger, ihre Mutter eine leichtfertige Schönheit. An der Universität studiert sie Biologie und forscht besonders über grundlegende Ähnlichkeiten zwischen...

An essential guide to what it's like to spend a week inside
a Zen Buddhist monastery.

The notion of spending days at a time in silence and meditation amid the serene beauty of a Zen monastery may be appealing--but how do you do it, and what can you really expect from the experience?

Waking Up provides the answers for everyone who's just curious, as well as for all those who have dreamed of actually giving it a try and now want to know where to begin.

Jack Maguire take us inside the monastery walls to present details of what it's like: the physical...

Sport has changed. Traditions and territorial distinctions are dissolving as a result of new global, political, economic and cultural conditions. The team of authors examine these changes, investigating the power relations that govern the new global sport and assessing the consequences for the future of sport.

The book is founded on a series of case studies, linked by a common process-sociological approach, and is divided into four sections - each dealing with an important aspect of sport and globalization:

* the local-global nexus - how global sports processes are played...

Shortlisted as the Irish Cookbook of the Year at the 2013 Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards

Neven Maguire is Ireland's most trusted chef. His recipes are made day in, day out by people up and down the country for one simple reason: they work.

Now in his fantastic new cookbook, Neven has assembled his all-time top 100 recipes. These are Neven's all-stars - the fool-proof, tried and tested definitive versions of the dishes Ireland makes every day of the week.

Each section contains 5 absolute classics, so you won't be overwhelmed by...

She's a skinny orphan. She's never been able to hear too well. And she can't speak too well, either. The only person who seems to care for her--one of the nuns at the orphanage--gets taken away from Alice in a freak accident.

And then one day somebody calls Alice by the wrong name.

Miami, she says.

Miami Shaw.

Miami Shaw, who may be Alice's twin sister.

Who lives only a few miles away.

Who has what Alice has always dreamed of--a whole wonderful family. But is there a place in that family for Alice?

In this imaginative novel rooted in the rich soil of early-nineteenth-century German Romanticism, beloved New York Times bestselling author Gregory Maguire twins an origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.

Gregory Maguire's novels have been called "bewitching," "remarkable," "extraordinary," "engrossing," "amazing," and "delicious." Having brought his legions of devoted readers to Oz in Wicked, Wonderland in After Alice and Dickensian London in Lost, Maguire now takes us to the Black Forest...