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Verlag: Penguin Random House Sea Feb 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0141319100ISBN 13: 9780141319100
Anbieter: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sixteen-year-old Robert lies anaesthetized. A routine operation has just gone wrong.'What the hell is that ''That, Mr Ryan, is the inside of this boy.''Christ . . . It looks like some kind of plastic.'As Robert slowly wakes, he can hear, he can feel, but he can't scream. The operation isn't over. But life, as Robert knows it, is.Robert goes on the run, terrified and desperate for answers. But what if the answers are too terrifying to face This is Kevin Brooks at his very best ¿ powerful, intense, page-turning reading for teenage readers and beyond. 336 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Random House Sea Feb 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0143105132ISBN 13: 9780143105138
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the award-winning translator ofThe IliadandThe Odysseycomes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epicFleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles mighty foe in theIliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what will become the Roman empire. An unsparing portrait of a man caught between love, duty, and fate, theAeneidredefines passion, nobility, and courage for our times. Robert Fagles, whose acclaimed translations of Homer sIliadandOdysseywere welcomed as major publishing events, brings theAeneidto a new generation of readers, retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original Latin as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Featuring an illuminating introduction to Virgil s world by esteemed scholar Bernard Knox, this volume lends a vibrant new voice to one of the seminal literary achievements of the ancient world.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
Verlag: Penguin Random House Sea Feb 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0143112716ISBN 13: 9780143112716
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 'vivid and entertaining' (Chicago Tribune) tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect's Apprentice'Zesty, imaginative . . . a Turkish version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club.' --USA Today As an Armenian American living in San Francisco, Armanoush feels like part of her identity is missing and that she must make a journey back to the past, to Turkey, in order to start living her life. Asya is a nineteen-year-old woman living in an extended all-female household in Istanbul who loves Jonny Cash and the French existentialists. The Bastard of Istanbul tells the story of their two families--and a secret connection linking them to a violent event in the history of their homeland. Filed with humor and understanding, this exuberant, dramatic novel is about memory and forgetting, about the need to examine the past and the desire to erase it, and about Turkey itself.
Verlag: Penguin Random House Sea Feb 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0141024844ISBN 13: 9780141024844
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What¿s going on in your head when you go to bed We talk about sex increasingly openly today, but when it comes to our most private fantasies it¿s often a different matter. Here Psychotherapist Brett Kahr examines the little-known world of our sexual imaginations. He has undertaken Britain¿s biggest every sex survey, with responses from over 19,000 adults, to explore questions such as:¿ Why do people fantasize ¿ Can our fantasies ever be damaging or dangerous ¿ Should we tell our partners about them ¿ Do men and women fantasize differently ¿ What do our fantasies tell us about ourselves This frank and fascinating account will help you understand for the first time what our unspoken desires and secret thoughts really mean. It is a book for anyone interested in human relationships and what makes us tick, opening up the hidden worlds inside all of us.