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Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Gewicht: 145 gr / Abmessung: 18 cm
Von Huxley, Aldous

Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone in feeling discontent. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, and a perverse distaste for the pleasures of compulsory promiscuity, Bernard has an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress-Huxley''s ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.

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Eighteen year-old Brinn Hathaway has survived alone in an abandoned cabin in the High Country of North Georgia since she was a child. If her life is lonely and less than complete, at least she is safe from the man who kidnapped her, held her captive, and left her for dead in a shallow grave in the mountains. She believes that her parents are dead, the police are her enemy, and that if she returns to the world, her tormentor will find her. With the help of some unlikely friends, she has what she needs to survive, but is surviving enough?

Life takes a turn when a young nature photographer, Justin Spencer?in pursuit of the fabled Wild Child?captures her on film. While chasing the story of a lifetime, Justin is injured and Brinn comes to his rescue. The two build a tentative friendship, but with his own violent past, an abusive alcoholic father, and a mother he couldn?t protect, he must decide if proving himself is worth betraying the trust of the girl he has vowed to help.

Trust is a commodity that Brinn has been unable to afford. Can the kindness and gentle touch of a stranger break through the wall she has built around her heart? After half a lifetime of living in isolation and fear, Brinn must decide if leaving the safety of her remote cabin is worth the hope?and danger?that may await her.

Kurzbeschreibung

Eighteen year-old Brinn Hathaway has survived alone in an abandoned cabin in the High Country of North Georgia since she was a child. If her life is lonely and less than complete, at least she is safe from the man who kidnapped her, held her captive, and left her for dead in a shallow grave in the mountains. She believes that her parents are dead, the police are her enemy, and that if she returns to the world, her tormentor will find her. With the help of some unlikely friends, she has what she needs to survive, but is surviving enough?

Life takes a turn when a young nature photographer, Justin Spencer?in pursuit of the fabled Wild Child?captures her on film. While chasing the story of a lifetime, Justin is injured and Brinn comes to his rescue. The two build a tentative friendship, but with his own violent past, an abusive alcoholic father, and a mother he couldn?t protect, he must decide if proving himself is worth betraying the trust of the girl he has vowed to help.

Trust is a commodity that Brinn has been unable to afford. Can the kindness and gentle touch of a stranger break through the wall she has built around her heart? After half a lifetime of living in isolation and fear, Brinn must decide if leaving the safety of her remote cabin is worth the hope?and danger?that may await her.

Produktbeschreibung

Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Ages 14 and up
Abmessung: 9,25 in
Von Green, John

Produktbeschreibung

Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Gewicht: 67 gr / Abmessung: 18 cm
Von Hemingway, Ernest

Mit dem vorliegenden Werk erreichte Hemmingway einen Gipfel seiner Erzählkunst. In dieser Geschichte von dem alten Fischer, dem nach Monaten glückloser Ausfahrt endlich ein riesiger Fisch an die Angel geht und der diesen Fang seines Lebens in einem erschöpfenden Kampf wieder an das Meer und seine Haie verliert, durchdringen sich große Wirklichkeit und Symbol.

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Das Seemannsgarn, das Hemingway in dieser Geschichte spinnt, macht dem Autor alle Ehre. Mehr noch: The Old Man and the Sea bedeutete eine Wiederbelebung der Karriere Ernest Hemingways, die unter der Last so harter Brocken der Nachkriegszeit wie Über den Fluß und in die Wälderunterzugehen drohte. Darüber hinaus verdankte Hemingway diesem Werk den Nobelpreis, der ihm Jahre 1954 zuerkannt wurde (eine Auszeichnung, die Hemingway nur allzu gerne entgegennahm, trotz seiner früherer Bemerkung, daß "kein Hurensohn, der einmal den Nobelpreis gewonnen hat, jemals wieder etwas Lesenswertes geschrieben hat").

Auch ein halbes Jahrhundert später bedarf die Auszeichnung keinerlei Rechtfertigung: Die Geschichte, in der ein alter kubanischer Fischer mit einem riesigen Marlin kämpft, fängt Hemingways Lieblingsmotive von körperlicher und moralischer Herausforderung ein. Doch ist Santiago zu alt und schwach, als daß er jene machohaften Kleider, die viele der späteren Werke Hemingways verunzierten, tragen könnte: "Auf den Backenknochen hatte er die braunen Flecken von harmlosem Hautkrebs, den die Sonne durch die Spiegelung auf tropischen Meeren verursacht hat. Die Flecken bedeckten ein gut Teil seines Gesichtes, und seine Hände zeigten die tief eingekerbten Spuren vom Handhaben schwerer Fische an den Leinen." Auch in puncto Stil kehrt Hemingway zu jenen meisterhaften Schnappschüssen von Wahrnehmung zurück, durch die er schon früh berühmt wurde: "Gerade bevor es dunkel wurde, als sie an einer großen Insel von Sargassotang vorbeikamen, die in der leicht bewegten See auf und ab wogte, als ob der Ozean unter jener gelben Decke mit etwas sein Liebesspiel triebe, biß eine Makrele an der kleinen Schnur an. Er sah sie zuerst, als sie, im letzten Sonnenlicht ganz golden, in die Luft sprang und sich in der Luft bog und heftig um sich schlug."

Hätte ein jüngerer Hemingway diesen Kurzroman geschrieben, hätte Santiago den riesigen Fisch wahrscheinlich ins Wasser zurückgeworfen und für ein triumphierendes Foto posiert, so wie der Autor dies um 1935 genüßlich zu tun pflegte. Stattdessen wird Santiagos Trophäe von einem Schwarm Haie verschlungen. Der Protagonist kehrt daraufhin mit kaum mehr als dem Skelett zurück, legt sich schlafen und zementiert in der letzten Zeile des Buches die Identifizierung mit seinem Schöpfer mit den Worten: "Der alte Mann schlief und träumte von den Löwen." Vielleicht verbirgt sich hinter diesem Satz ja eine Art Allegorie von Kunst und Erfahrung, zumindest aber war The Old Man and the Sea der letzte große Fischzug in Hemingways Karriere. --James Marcus

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Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honour to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such post-war stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favourite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work:

"The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords."

Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame:

Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air.

If a younger Hemingway had written this novella, Santiago most likely would have towed the enormous fish back to port and posed for a triumphal photograph--just as the author delighted in doing, circa 1935. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Returning with little more than a skeleton, he takes to his bed and, in the very last line, cements his identification with his creator:

"The old man was dreaming about the lions."

Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career. --James Marcus

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Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honour to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such post-war stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favourite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work:

"The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords."

Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame:

Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air.

If a younger Hemingway had written this novella, Santiago most likely would have towed the enormous fish back to port and posed for a triumphal photograph--just as the author delighted in doing, circa 1935. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Returning with little more than a skeleton, he takes to his bed and, in the very last line, cements his identification with his creator:

"The old man was dreaming about the lions."

Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career. --James Marcus

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Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favorite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work: "The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords." Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame:

Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air.

If a younger Hemingway had written this novella, Santiago most likely would have towed the enormous fish back to port and posed for a triumphal photograph--just as the author delighted in doing, circa 1935. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Returning with little more than a skeleton, he takes to his bed and, in the very last line, cements his identification with his creator: "The old man was dreaming about the lions." Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career. --James Marcus

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For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public--well, five members of the public, actually. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr Wonka himself. For young Charlie Bucket, this a dream come true. So when he finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though his impoverished family could certainly use the extra dollar for food. But as Charlie unwraps the second chocolate bar, he sees the glimmer of gold just under the wrapper. The very next day, Charlie, along with his unworthy fellow winners Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Augustus Gloop, steps through the factory gates to discover whether or not the rumours surrounding the Chocolate Factory and its mysterious owner are true. What they find is that the gossip can't compare to the extraordinary truth, and for Charlie, life will never be the same again. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: another unforgettable masterpiece from the legendary Roald Dahl, never fails to delight, thrill and utterly captivate. (Ages 9 to 12) --Susan Harrison

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For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public--well, five members of the public to be exact. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka chocolate bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr. Wonka himself. For young Charlie Bucket, this is a dream come true. And, when he finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though his impoverished family could certainly use the extra dollar for food. But as Charlie unwraps the second chocolate bar, he sees the glimmer of gold just under the wrapper! The very next day, Charlie, along with his unworthy fellow winners Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Augustus Gloop, steps through the factory gates to discover whether or not the rumors surrounding the Chocolate Factory and its mysterious owner are true. What they find is that the gossip can't compare to the extraordinary truth, and for Charlie, life will never be the same again. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, another unforgettable masterpiece from the legendary Roald Dahl, never fails to delight, thrill and utterly captivate. (Ages 9 to 12)

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For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public--well, five members of the public to be exact. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka chocolate bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr. Wonka himself. For young Charlie Bucket, this a dream come true. And, when he finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though his impoverished family could certainly use the extra dollar for food. But as Charlie unwraps the second chocolate bar, he sees the glimmer of gold just under the wrapper! The very next day, Charlie, along with his unworthy fellow winners Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, and Augustus Gloop, steps through the factory gates to discover whether or not the rumors surrounding the Chocolate Factory and its mysterious owner are true. What they find is that the gossip can't compare to the extraordinary truth, and for Charlie, life will never be the same again. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, another unforgettable masterpiece from the legendary Roald Dahl, never fails to delight, thrill, and utterly captivate. (Ages 9 to 12)

Kurzbeschreibung

Perry makes a strong first impression, from her white-girl dreadlocks to her uncensored opinions.

When she combs out her dreads on a whim, she catches the eye of a cute guy who?s a regular at The Whistle, the diner where she works as a waitress. He mistakes Perry for someone completely different: the girl of his dreams.

Perry tries to become that girl.

But it?s so hard to be normal.

And eyebrow piercings are so cute.

~

With her mother down in LA recording her comeback album, Perry?s in charge of the family household, and things are going to change. She starts with paint colors and moves on to doling out retributive punishments for her fifteen-year-old brother.

What Perry really wants, though, is her first boyfriend. She?s eighteen, and it?s about time!

Boyfriend candidates include: the cute but quiet restaurant regular, the all-too-willing coworker, or the outgoing artist who?s eager to whip off his clothes and model. One of these guys loves Perry exactly how she is, but how can she tell which one?

~

Smart Mouth Waitress, like the first book in the Life in Saltwater City series, Practice Cake, is also set in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and features an 18-year-old protagonist.

Each book in the series is a stand-alone novel with different main characters.

Kurzbeschreibung

Perry makes a strong first impression, from her white-girl dreadlocks to her uncensored opinions.

When she combs out her dreads on a whim, she catches the eye of a cute guy who?s a regular at The Whistle, the diner where she works as a waitress. He mistakes Perry for someone completely different: the girl of his dreams.

Perry tries to become that girl.

But it?s so hard to be normal.

And eyebrow piercings are so cute.

~

With her mother down in LA recording her comeback album, Perry?s in charge of the family household, and things are going to change. She starts with paint colors and moves on to doling out retributive punishments for her fifteen-year-old brother.

What Perry really wants, though, is her first boyfriend. She?s eighteen, and it?s about time!

Boyfriend candidates include: the cute but quiet restaurant regular, the all-too-willing coworker, or the outgoing artist who?s eager to whip off his clothes and model. One of these guys loves Perry exactly how she is, but how can she tell which one?

~

Smart Mouth Waitress, like the first book in the Life in Saltwater City series, Practice Cake, is also set in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and features an 18-year-old protagonist.

Each book in the series is a stand-alone novel with different main characters.

Kurzbeschreibung

Enter a world of fierce wolves, stunning magic and romance...

It?s bad enough feeling different among the human crowd, but feeling different among wolves?

No one said returning to her pack would be easy, especially after ten years without them, but seventeen year old Caia Ribeiro is unprepared for the realities of the transition. Raised in a world where kids aren?t scared by bedtime tales of the bogeyman but by the real life threat of enemy supernaturals who might come creeping into their community to kill them in their sleep, Caia is used to the darkness; she?s used to the mystery and the intrigue of the ancient underworld war she?s bound to by chance of birth. What she?s having trouble with are pack members treating her with wary suspicion, the Elders tucking secrets behind their backs, and her young Alpha, Lucien, distracting her with a dangerous attraction from her decision to uncover the truth.

But as the saying goes ?the truth will out? and when it does, Caia will only have so long to prepare herself before the war comes pounding on their door threatening to destroy the safe, secret lives of the wolves? and the girl they protect.


Moon Spell the Second Edition: Book One revised and re-edited. Released 10th October 2011. Visit the Official Blog for more info by clicking on More About the Author.

Book two and three in the Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy are also available in Kindle.
River Cast (Tale of Lunarmorte #2) ASIN: B004NSV9M8
Blood Solstice (Tale of Lunarmorte #3) ASIN: B004VNV7X6


REVIEWS

"Moon Spell is an intoxicating and utterly entertaining story that is brilliantly written." Fiktshun Reviews

"Moon Spell is a promising start to a mythology-rich series of love, magic, and excitement. Samantha Young proves to be a great writer, and I will definitely be reading the rest of The Tale of Lunarmorte, along with her other novels." Electrifying Reviews

"I absolutely love the wolves in the Lunarmorte series. This is one group of wolves I'd love to spend the day with and it wasn't hard to fall in love with them or their family dynamics." Mundie Moms reviews

"If you like lykans, vampires, Greek mythology and witches, then you MUST read this book. I can?t wait to read the next book in the series ?River Cast.? " Once upon a Twilight Reviews

"Moon Spell provides a fresh twist to the werewolf tale, one full of romance, snark, and a few fairies for good measure. I'm looking forward to seeing how this story continues in River Cast!" Between the Covers Reviews

"Moon Spell is a remarkable young adult fantasy that is propelled by lies, deceit and love...Every time I thought I had things figured out, the story took an unexpected turn." ThatBookishGirl Reviews

"Moon Spell was a fantastic book and it deserves to be on shelves of book stores around the world. I can't wait for the next book for I loved these characters!" Leilanilovesbooks Reviews

Kurzbeschreibung

Enter a world of fierce wolves, stunning magic and romance...

It?s bad enough feeling different among the human crowd, but feeling different among wolves?

No one said returning to her pack would be easy, especially after ten years without them, but seventeen year old Caia Ribeiro is unprepared for the realities of the transition. Raised in a world where kids aren?t scared by bedtime tales of the bogeyman but by the real life threat of enemy supernaturals who might come creeping into their community to kill them in their sleep, Caia is used to the darkness; she?s used to the mystery and the intrigue of the ancient underworld war she?s bound to by chance of birth. What she?s having trouble with are pack members treating her with wary suspicion, the Elders tucking secrets behind their backs, and her young Alpha, Lucien, distracting her with a dangerous attraction from her decision to uncover the truth.

But as the saying goes ?the truth will out? and when it does, Caia will only have so long to prepare herself before the war comes pounding on their door threatening to destroy the safe, secret lives of the wolves? and the girl they protect.


Moon Spell the Second Edition: Book One revised and re-edited. Released 10th October 2011. Visit the Official Blog for more info by clicking on More About the Author.

Book two and three in the Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy are also available in Kindle.
River Cast (Tale of Lunarmorte #2) ASIN: B004NSV9M8
Blood Solstice (Tale of Lunarmorte #3) ASIN: B004VNV7X6


REVIEWS

"Moon Spell is an intoxicating and utterly entertaining story that is brilliantly written." Fiktshun Reviews

"Moon Spell is a promising start to a mythology-rich series of love, magic, and excitement. Samantha Young proves to be a great writer, and I will definitely be reading the rest of The Tale of Lunarmorte, along with her other novels." Electrifying Reviews

"I absolutely love the wolves in the Lunarmorte series. This is one group of wolves I'd love to spend the day with and it wasn't hard to fall in love with them or their family dynamics." Mundie Moms reviews

"If you like lykans, vampires, Greek mythology and witches, then you MUST read this book. I can?t wait to read the next book in the series ?River Cast.? " Once upon a Twilight Reviews

"Moon Spell provides a fresh twist to the werewolf tale, one full of romance, snark, and a few fairies for good measure. I'm looking forward to seeing how this story continues in River Cast!" Between the Covers Reviews

"Moon Spell is a remarkable young adult fantasy that is propelled by lies, deceit and love...Every time I thought I had things figured out, the story took an unexpected turn." ThatBookishGirl Reviews

"Moon Spell was a fantastic book and it deserves to be on shelves of book stores around the world. I can't wait for the next book for I loved these characters!" Leilanilovesbooks Reviews

Produktbeschreibung

Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Ages 12 and up
Von Oliver, Lauren

Eine Welt, in der Liebe als Krankheit angesehen wird, gegen die man mit 18 Jahren geimpft wird. Lena Haloway kann es nicht erwarten, ihre Impfung zu erhalten, denn ein Leben ohne Liebe ist sicher, vorhersehbar und ohne Schmerz. Doch dann, 95 Tage vor ihrer Impfung, geschieht das Unfassbare.

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The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak was the best-selling debut literary novel of the year 2007, selling over 400,000 copies. The author is a prize-winning writer of children's books, and this, his first novel for adults, proved to be a triumphant success. The book is extraordinary on many levels: moving, yet restrained, angry yet balanced -- and written with the kind of elegance found all too rarely in fiction these days. The book's narrator is nothing less than Death itself, regaling us with a remarkable tale of book burnings, treachery and theft. The book never forgets the primary purpose of compelling the reader's attention, yet which nevertheless is able to impart a cogent message about the importance of words, particularly in those societies which regard the word as dangerous (the book is set during the Nazi regime, but this message is all too relevant in many places in the world today).

Nine-year-old Liesel lives with her foster family on Himmel Street during the dark days of the Third Reich. Her Communist parents have been transported to a concentration camp, and during the funeral for her brother, she manages to steal a macabre book: it is, in fact, a gravediggers? instruction manual. This is the first of many books which will pass through her hands as the carnage of the Second World War begins to hungrily claim lives. Both Liesel and her fellow inhabitants of Himmel Street will find themselves changed by both words on the printed page and the horrendous events happening around them.

Despite its grim narrator, The Book Thief is, in fact, a life-affirming book, celebrating the power of words and their ability to provide sustenance to the soul. Interestingly, the Second World War setting of the novel does not limit its relevance: in the 20th century, totalitarian censorship throughout the world is as keen as ever at suppressing books (notably in countries where the suppression of human beings is also par for the course) and that other assault on words represented by the increasing dumbing-down of Western society as cheap celebrity replaces the appeal of books for many people, ensures that the message of Marcus Zusak?s book could not be more timely. It is, in fact, required reading -- or should be in any civilised country. --Barry Forshaw