Bøger af Anthony McCarten

From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revisionist look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Minister--soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. May 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill has unexpectedly been promoted to Prime Minister, the horrors of Blitzkreig witness one western European Democracy fall after another in rapid succession. Facing this horror, with pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, Churchill wonders what words could capture the public mood when the invasion of Britain seems mere hours away.It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched and wonderfully written new book, The Darkest Hour. A day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative of this crucial moment in history provides a revisionist look at Churchill--a man plagued by doubt through those turbulent weeks--but who emerged having made himself into the iconic, lionized figure we remember.

TWO HOURS TO VANISH.ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE.ZERO ALTERNATIVES.Ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. FUSION can track anyone on earth. But does it work?For one contestant, an unassuming Boston librarian named Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and her reasons for entering the test more personal than anyone imagines. When the timer hits zero, there will only be one winner...From four-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten comes a breakneck, wickedly entertaining thriller for our times, a twisty, action-packed novel reminiscent of the best Michael Crichton technothrillers.

Boxers are like painters, both smear their blood on the canvas.New York, 1984. Fifty-six-year-old Andy Warhol's star is falling. Jean-Michel Basquiat is the new wonder-kid taking the art world by storm. When Basquiat agrees to collaborate with Warhol on a new exhibition, it soon becomes the talk of the city.As everyone awaits the 'greatest exhibition in the history of contemporary art', the two artists embark on a shared journey, both artistic and deeply personal, that re-draws both their worlds.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Young Vic Theatre in February 2022.

En febrero de 2013, se rompió con una tradición de más de seiscientos años: el papa Benedicto XVI, antiguo protector de la doctrina y leal heredero de Juan Pablo II, hizo un anuncio sin precedentes al comunicar su renuncia debido a su avanzada edad y la decision de adoptar el título de papa emérito.A las pocas semanas, las majestuosas puertas de la Capilla Sixtina del Vaticano se cerraron, y los cardenales comenzaron un nuevo cónclave, el segundo en menos de una década, y en el que tendrían que elegir al nuevo líder espiritual de una Iglesia con más de 1200 millones de seguidores en todo el mundo. Cuando las puertas se abrieron de nuevo unos días más tarde, el carismático Jorge Bergoglio, bajo el nombre de Francisco, resultó elegido papa.¿Por qué Benedicto, el papa más conservador de la era moderna, hizo un acto tan poco tradicional e inimaginable?Este libro nos relata la historia de una extraña pareja, de dos hombres muy diferentes, cuyos destinos convergen e influyen profundamente el uno en el otro. El papa es una narración de no ficción ,humana, divertida y conmovedora.Anthony McCarten es un novelista, dramaturgo, escritor de televisión y cineasta nacido en Nueva Zelanda. Es más conocido como guionista de las películas biográficas La teoría del todo, El instante más oscuro y Bohemian Rhapsody.

From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour, and The Two Popes comes the fascinating account of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's friendship?one of the most impactful relationships in history, and the basis of an upcoming play and film.Few friendships have had such far-reaching implications for the world?from finance to technology to philanthropy?than that between Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. After meeting at a party in 1991, the two played cards and golf, shared jokes, swapped trade secrets, ate junk food, talked and listened. Their growing friendship would impact each man and lead to change on a grander scale, culminating in the development of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which holds nearly $50 billion in assets, and has only three trustees: Bill, Melinda, and Warren.How did such an unusual union blossom? In what ways specifically did each man begin to influence the other? How did these two avid wealth accumulators jointly decide to address some of the world's most critical problems?poverty, disease, inequality?by giving their wealth away? And what, finally, does their giga-wealthy partnership mean for the rest of us in an age of great wealth?and great inequality? This book gives the fullest account yet of this extraordinary relationship and explores how it has transformed these two men?and is changing the world for the better for all of us.

Es ist Mai 1940. Nacheinander fallen alle westlichen Länder in die Hände der Nazis. Und Großbritannien muss jeden Tag damit rechnen, überfallen zu werden. Die Zukunft der Welt lastet auf den Schultern eines einzigen Mannes. Dies ist die Geschichte, wie der britische Premierminister Winston Churchill die Geschichte in nur 25 Tagen schwierigen Tagen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs änderte.

A gripping philosophical clash between Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis.

Anthony McCarten is a BAFTA-winning writer who divides his time between London, Los Angeles and Munich. His screenplay for The Theory of Everything which he wrote and produced won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar. His previous book, Darkest Hour, was a Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller.

In this rollicking first novel, a small town is thrown into an uproar when several of its teenage citizens claim to have been impregnated by spacemen. Are they "spinning" tales? A crushed cow found lying in the center of a scorched, perfect circle in a nearby field suggests they're not -- and the rumor mill goes into overdrive with the arrival of Phillip, the new librarian. He falls for Delia and is soon caught up in the irresistible drama of uncovering the town's darkest secrets. What he finds shakes the community far more than a flying saucer ever could.

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A witty and provocative story of love, menus and Islam from the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything.

A novel about the celebration of the transience of life, the eternal difficulty of love and a hilarious riff on our 21st-century infatuation with movies and the superhero solution.