Bøger af Lloyd Jones

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Born in 1771, in Newtown, Wales, Robert Owen moved to Manchester and became a highly successful capitalist. Appalled by the divisions industrial capitalism wrought on society and children in particular, he fought for legislation to improve the health, education and rights of working people, and strived to put his own ideas into practice. He encountered much opposition, not least from the Church of England. However he influenced many social reformers. Frederick Engels was a friendly critic and great admirer. On the occasion of Owen's death he played tribute to him as the first man "to place socialism on a practical basis." Today the Co-operative Movement embraces one-billion members world-wide. Its tremendous success, especially in the form of workers' co-operatives, remains a testament to his foresight, as well as providing living proof there are viable and more efficient alternatives to global capitalism.

Instinctieve moederliefde. Dat is het enige waar Ines haar doorzettingsvermogen uitput en zich door niets of niemand laat tegenhouden om haar ontvoerde zoon weer in haar armen te mogen sluiten. De Tunesische Ines komt via Italië illegaal Europa binnen om naar Berlijn af te reizen. Onderweg ontmoet ze mensen waarbij ze genoodzaakt is om hun te vertrouwen, ze is inmiddels helemaal alleen. Door de mysterieuze verhalen van deze vreemden, moet Ines zelf de waarheid proberen te achterhalen. Maar of dat haar naar haar zoon zal leiden, is nog maar de vraag... Lloyd Jones (1955) is een Nieuw-Zeelandse auteur van romans, kinderboeken en non-fictie werken. Hij brak internationaal door met zijn roman ‘Meneer Pip’, waarmee hij de Commonwealth Writers’ Prize won voor de categorie ‘Het beste boek’. Ook kwam hij terecht op de shortlist voor de Man Booker Prize in 2007. Zijn roman werd zo goed ontvangen, dat het in 2012 verfilmd werd als ‘Mr. Pip’ met Britse Hugh Laurie in de hoofdrol. Naast ‘Meneer Pip’ is Jones ook bekend van het boek ‘Tweedehands wereld’, een indringend verhaal over oneindige moederliefde en een onuitputtelijke zoektocht naar haar zoon.

SHORTLIST BOOKER PRIZE 2017Op het tropische eiland Bougainville midden in de Stille Oceaan is het allesbehalve paradijselijk. Er woedt een brute burgeroorlog, maar de dertienjarige Matilda laat zich meeslepen door het hoopgevende verhaal van Pip. Haar leraar, meneer Watts, is de enige witte man die nog op het eiland te vinden is en hij leest de kinderen iedere dag voor uit de klassieker ‘Great Expectations’ van Charles Dickens. Helaas raken de dorpsbewoners allesbehalve betoverd door de avonturen van Pip. Hoe kan een literair meesterwerk zulke verstrekkende gevolgen hebben? ‘Meneer Pip’ zorgde voor de wereldwijde doorbraak van Lloyd Jones en zijn boek werd verfilmd met de Britse Hugh Laurie in de hoofdrol. Lloyd Jones (1955) is een Nieuw-Zeelandse auteur van romans, kinderboeken en non-fictie. Hij brak internationaal door met zijn roman ‘Meneer Pip’, waarmee hij de Commonwealth Writers’ Prize won voor de categorie ‘Best Book’. Ook kwam hij terecht op de shortlist voor de Man Booker Prize in 2007. Zijn roman werd zo goed ontvangen, dat het in 2012 verfilmd werd als ‘Mr. Pip’ met de Britse Hugh Laurie in de hoofdrol. Naast ‘Meneer Pip’ is Jones ook bekend van het boek ‘Tweedehands wereld’, een indringend verhaal over oneindige moederliefde en een onuitputtelijke zoektocht naar een zoon.

First published in 1890, ¿The Life, Times & Labours of Robert Owen¿ is a two-volume biography of Robert Owen by Irish socialist and activist Lloyd Jones. Robert Owen (1771¿1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, and social reformer. Owen founded utopian socialism and the cooperative movement, but is perhaps best known for his endeavours to improve factory working conditions. This detailed biography covers his life from youth until his last days, with a particular focus on his contributions to social reform. Contents include: ¿Birth and Boyhood¿, ¿Starts as his Own Master¿, ¿The Dying of the Old¿, ¿The Birth of the New¿, ¿Struggles Onward¿, ¿Visit to Scotland¿, ¿Purchase of the New Lanark Mills¿, ¿His Policy at New Lanark¿, ¿Mr Dale's Confidence in Him¿, ¿The Fight and its Difficulties¿, etc. Other notable works by this author include: ¿A Reply to Mr. R. Carlile's Objections to the Five Fundamental Facts as Laid Down by Mr. Owen¿ (1837) and ¿The Progress of the Working Class, 1832¿1867¿ (1867). Read & Co. History is republishing this classic biography now in a new facsimile edition complete with an introductory chapter by Leslie Stephen from ¿Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 42¿.

The nervous knight never likes to take their armour off - what if something bad happens?! All they can think about is what could go wrong. But thankfully, with some help from friends, they learn to overcome this feeling. This picture books explains anxiety to children and contains a guide for parents that gives suggestions on how to overcome it.

A History of Silence is a touching memoir about a country and a landscape. It's about the devastation in Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake and the faultlines that this event opened up in Lloyd Jones' understanding of his own family. It's about how easily we erase from our history, the stories that we find inconvenient. In his typically lyrical and engaging prose, Jones embarks on a journey of discovery. On this journey he finds out more about his country and the landscape that surrounds him but he also uncovers the truth about his family. This truth is completely unexpected and changes everything. This deeply moving book is about loss and survival and silence.

In August 1905 a party of young men set sail for England. Amongst them were ordinary farmers and bootmakers, a miner and a bank clerk. Together they made up the All Blacks, an unknown rugby team from Auckland, New Zealand. And they had come to show the world what they could do. What they didn't know was that they were bound for fame.The first game was in Devon, 'played in golden farm light, a surprising victory'. By December they had become the 'wonderful All Blacks' who had beaten Yorkshire 40-0, England 15-0 and Ireland 15-0. People stopped them in the streets. In this melding of true history and imagination, Lloyd Jones has recreated an unforgettable journey from innocence to celebrity.

This is a story about a woman. And the truck driver who mistook her for a prostitute. The old man she robbed and the hunters who smuggled her across the border. The woman whose name she stole, the wife who turned a blind eye. This is the story of a mother searching for her child. This is a novel you cannot stop thinking about.

'You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. The house can catch alight and a reader deep in a book will not look up until the wallpaper is in flames'. Bougainville, 1991. A small village on a lush tropical island in the South Pacific. Eighty-six days have passed since Matilda's last day of school as, quietly, war is encroaching from the other end of the island. When the villagers' safe, predictable lives come to a halt, Bougainville's children are surprised to find the island's only white man, a recluse, reopening the school. Pop Eye, aka Mr Watts, explains he will introduce the children to Mr Dickens. Matilda and the others think a foreigner is coming to the island and prepare a list of much needed items. They are shocked to discover their acquaintance with Mr Dickens will be through Mr Watts' inspiring reading of Great Expectations. But on an island at war, the power of fiction has dangerous consequences. Imagination and beliefs are challenged by guns. Mister Pip is an unforgettable tale of survival by story; a dazzling piece of writing that lives long in the mind after the last page is finished.

The next morning Alma showed up with his tin case of pencils and his sketchbooks. She showed him through to the sitting room. She had an idea that a sitting was a formal occasion and in preparation had gone around the room straightening cushions and pulling off furnishing covers. She had dressed herself up in her Sunday best, a black skirt and red blouse. She had been toying with putting a flower in her hair.Long ago, when the men were away at the war, Alma began painting the women of the town. Alice, his favourite, returned his attentions, and when her husband George came home from the war, he set out to prove his love and reclaim his wife by moving a hill to improve the view for her - with a spade and wheelbarrow.Now, decades later, the townspeople, looking to escape various corners of despair, turn to Alma's drawing classes and, in doing so, learn to rediscover each other. For when you draw, the only thing that matters is what lies before you. Paint Your Wife is a colourful, sensual novel, brimming with rich stories and even richer characters.

High Wire brings together Booker finalist writer Lloyd Jones and artist Euan Macleod. It is the first of a series of picture books written and made for grownups and designed to showcase leading New Zealand writers and artists working together in a collaborative and dynamic way. In High Wire the narrators playfully set out across the Tasman, literally on a high wire. Macleod's striking drawings explore notions of home, and depict homeward thoughts and dreams. High Wire also enters a metaphysical place where art is made, a place where any ambitious art-making enterprise requires its participants to hold their nerve and not look down. It's a beautifully considered small book which richly rewards the reader and stretches the notion of what the book can do.

Alternating between serious and absurd, these 25 very short stories are written in a variety of styles and often from an unexpected viewpoint, such as that of an old woman, a young man with a missing wife, and a surgeon who becomes a shepherd. A wry, experimental system of color coding--with red for tragic stories, yellow for confessionals, gold for flights of fancy, blood red for laugh-out-loud humor--these stories unfold in a bizarre town somewhere in Wales, where the inhabitants cross paths with each other, miss each other, and weave a weirdly familiar pattern of human existence.

Small-minded, malicious academic Dr. Llwyd McNamara has a grant to research the rugby player known as Big M, one of Wales' biggest heroes. However, as he does research in his office, McNamara quickly discovers a link between rugby star Dylan Manawyddan Jones, the tragic accident that killed his brother Ben, and his own life: the luxurious yet strange Hotel Corvo on the west Wales coast. Even more curious is that McNamara's rival claims there is an association between rugby and the Celtic myths of the past, leading him to question whether it is just an outlandish theory or something more. Written with ingenuity and intelligence, this unique retelling of the Third Branch of the Mabinogion: Manawydan, Son of Lyr is a hugely enjoyable tale.

Packed with literary allusion, this circuitous story of strange travels where past and present merge and dreams threaten to dominate reality is an atypical look at a journey from abuse to personal redemption. This Welsh Arabian Nights takes the reader on a trip grounded in the history and literature of Wales, exploring the painful yet humorous reality and dreams of Duxie and Ollie as they encounter famous Welsh heroes and must learn to contend with the terrifying Mr. Cassini himself.