Jonathan Foer

From the bestselling author of Eating Animals, a brilliantly fresh and accessible take on climate change - and what we can do about it 'Climate change is the greatest crisis humankind has ever faced. It is that straightforward, that fraught. Where were you when you made your decision?' It is all too easy to feel paralysed and hopeless in the face of climate crisis, but the truth is that every one of us has the power to change history's course. We have done it before: making collective sacrifices to protect our freedoms, our families, our way of life. And we can do it again. In this extraordinarily powerful and deeply personal book, Jonathan Safran Foer lays bare the battle to save the planet. Calling each one of us to action, he answers the most urgent question of all: what will it take for things to change? It all starts with what we eat for breakfast.

Van-e ?ma égetőbben aktuális téma a klímaválságnál? Annak nyomasztó tudata, hogy Földünk az emberi tevékenység következtében fokozatosan melegszik, egyre inkább a mindennapjaink részévé válik. A tudományos élet szakértői napról napra vészhelyzetet hirdetnek, évente dőlnek meg hőségrekordok, és egyre riasztóbbak a statisztikák. Hogyan lehetne érdekelté tenni az emberiséget tulajdon túlélésében? Miképp tudnánk leküzdeni azt a tétlen közönyt, mely lehetetlenné teszi, hogy szembenézzünk a globális környezeti krízis jelentette veszélyekkel? És tehet-e egyáltalán bármit is az átlagember bolygónk megmentése érdekében? Jonathan Safran Foer ezen fajsúlyos kérdések megválaszolására vállalkozik. A Gobális öngyilkosság egyedülállóan bátor számvetés a klímaválságot övező félelmekkel és tehetetlen dühvel; aprólékos kutatáson nyugvó, gondolatébresztő értekezés az éghajlatváltozás okairól és lehetséges megoldásairól, élvezetes történelmi példákkal tűzdelt, egyszerre illúziómentes és reményteli felszólítás a kollektív cselekvésre, egyúttal magával ragadó személyes vallomás is, amelyben a szerző kíméletlen őszinteséggel tárja fel a könyv írását kísérő belső vívódásait.

Oskar Shell is a clever nine-year-old boy. When his father is killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001, Oskar wants to learn the secret about a key that he discovers in his father's closet. His search takes him on a journey through New York and into the lives of strangers and relatives. But will it bring him any closer to his lost father? Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.

From the bestselling author of Eating Animals and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - a brilliant, fresh take on climate change and what we can do about it Climate crisis is the single biggest threat to human survival. And it is happening right now. We all understand that time is running out - but do we truly believe it? And, caught between the seemingly unimaginable and the apparently unthinkable, how can we take the first step towards action, to arrest our race to extinction? We can begin with our knife and fork. The link between farming animals and the climate crisis is barely discussed, because giving up our meat-based diets feels like an impossible ask. But we don't have to go cold turkey. Cutting out animal products for just part of the day is enough to change the world. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves - with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. But we have done it before and we can do it again. Collective action is the way to save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat, and don't eat, for breakfast. With his distinctive wit, insight and humanity, Jonathan Safran Foer presents the essential debate of our time as no one else could, bringing it to vivid and urgent life and offering us all a much-needed way out.

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he disovers in his father's closet. It is a search which leads him into the lives of strangers, through the five boroughs of New York, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima, and on an inward journey which brings him ever closer to some kind of peace.

Manželia Jacob a Julia Blochovci majú problém... vlastne niekoľko problémov. Jacobovho deda chcú presťahovať do domova dôchodcov, syna pripravujú na bar micvu a zachraňujú ho pred vylúčením zo školy, navyše Julia nájde v manželovom telefóne erotické esemesky, ktoré podľa všetkého písal svojej kolegyni. Zatiaľ čo sa prehlbuje ich manželská kríza, na obzore sa črtá iná, globálna katastrofa. Izrael zasiahne ničivé zemetrasenie, ktoré vyvolá rýchlo eskalujúci konflikt na celom Blízkom východe, a všetci, každý muž, žena a dieťa, sa musia rozhodnúť, kde je ich miesto. Jonathan Safran Foervdebutoval románom Všetko osvetlené, z ktorého sa krátko po vydaní stal bestseller. V slovenčine vyšiel aj jeho druhý román Príšerne nahlas a neuveriteľne blízko. Autor okrem beletrie píše aj populárno-náučné texty. Radí sa medzi najtalentovanejších a najoriginálnejších súčasných amerických spisovateľov.Komu sa kniha môže páčiť: Milovníkom románov, ktoré sa nedajú prestať čítať.

Manželia Jacob a Julia Blochovci majú problém... vlastne niekoľko problémov. Jacobovho deda chcú presťahovať do domova dôchodcov, syna pripravujú na bar micvu a zachraňujú ho pred vylúčením zo školy, navyše Julia nájde v manželovom telefóne erotické esemesky, ktoré podľa všetkého písal svojej kolegyni. Zatiaľ čo sa prehlbuje ich manželská kríza, na obzore sa črtá iná, globálna katastrofa. Izrael zasiahne ničivé zemetrasenie, ktoré vyvolá rýchlo eskalujúci konflikt na celom Blízkom východe, a všetci, každý muž, žena a dieťa, sa musia rozhodnúť, kde je ich miesto. Jonathan Safran Foer debutoval románom Všetko osvetlené, z ktorého sa krátko po vydaní stal bestseller. V slovenčine vyšiel aj jeho druhý román Príšerne nahlas a neuveriteľne blízko. Autor okrem beletrie píše aj populárno-náučné texty. Radí sa medzi najtalentovanejších a najoriginálnejších súčasných amerických spisovateľov.

The New York Times bestselling new novel about modern family lives -- from the author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested ...By Jacob's grandfather, who won't go quietly into a retirement home. By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading. By their son's heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage. A typical modern American family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike ...Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness, playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times, a masterpiece about how we live now.

From the bestselling author of the essential new 2019 book on animal agriculture and climate crisis: We are the Weather Discover Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-changing account of the meat we eat. Eating Animals is the most original and urgent book on the subject of food written this century. It will change the way you think, and change the way you eat. For good. Whether you're flirting with veganuary, trying to cut back on animal consumption, or a lifelong meat-eater, you need to read this book.