Shutter Island von Lehane, Dennis

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities.

The young readers' edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the Academy Award nominated film starring Dev Patel, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. 

When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of India for landmarks he recognized. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off on a journey to find his mother.

This edition features new material from Saroo about his childhood, including a new foreword and a Q&A about his experiences and the process of making the film.


"The emotional journey of Saroo Brierley (Patel) . . . will melt hearts around the globe."—People magazine

"Amazing stuff."—The New York PostPraise for Lion

"The emotional journey of Saroo Brierley (Patel) . . . will melt hearts around the globe."—People magazine

"Amazing stuff."—The New York Post

"So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of fiction."--Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)

"A remarkable story."—Sydney Morning Herald Review

"I literally could not put this book down . . . [Saroo's] return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the strength of the human spirit."—Manly Daily (Australia)

"We urge you to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing account . . . With clear recollections and good old-fashioned storytelling, Saroo . . . recalls the fear of being lost and the anguish of separation."—Weekly Review (Australia)

1969 unternimmt der amerikanische Geschichtslehrer Ben Ross mit seiner Klasse ein Experiment um eine Frage zu klären: wie konnte es passieren, dass fast das gesamte deutsche Volk in den Bann des Nationalsozialismus geriet? Zu diesem Zweck erschaffen Lehrer und Schüler eine Bewegung, genannt "Die Welle". Doch schon am Ende der ersten Woche droht die Welle überzuschwappen und das Experiment außer Kontrolle zu geraten.

Abiturempfehlung zu den Themenbereichen Education und Political systems

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruptio