Harpercollins jul 2000 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A comprehensive and authorised biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie covering books, films, TV and plays - revised and updated edition.Agatha Christie was the author of over 100 plays, short story collections and novels which have been translated into 103 languages; she is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Many have tried to copy her but none has succeeded. Attempts to capture her personality on paper, to discover her motivations or the reasons for her popularity, have usually failed. Charles Osborne, a lifelong student of Agatha Christie, has approached this most private of persons above all through her books, and the result is a fascinating companion to her life and work.This 'professional life' of Agatha Christie provides authoritative information on each book's provenance, on the work itself and on its contemporary critical reception set against the background of the major events in the author's life. Illustrated with many rare photographs, this comprehensive guide to the world of Agatha Christie has been fully updated to include details of all the publications, films and TV adaptations in the 25 years since her death.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Portions of the proceeds from Body will be donated to Charity.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gil Davison is the coach of an amateur baseball team in Michigan, national finalists many times over but champions never. He has spent his adult life juggling his roles as coach to the team, father to his estranged son who has made it clear he is doing just fine without Gil, and caretaker to his disapproving father who is dying of cancer. So when a hot rookie hitter wanders into town--fresh from a stint in prison--Gil convinces himself that this season his team must win the championship, their last chance to fulfill an elusive dream. But the events that unfold are unexpected, enlightening, and overwhelmingly powerful--and will change each of these men forever.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A classic, evergreen, and beloved picture book about making friends and overcoming anxiety from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes. Perfect for back-to-school! #1 New York Times Bestseller School Library Journal Best Book Publishers Weekly Best Book ALA Notable Children's Book ABC Children's Bookseller's Choices Winner Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award New York Public Library's One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing IRA/CBC Children's Choice IRA/CBC Teachers' Choice Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book Wemberly worries about spilling her juice, about shrinking in the bathtub, and about snakes in the radiator. She worries morning, noon, and night. 'Worry, worry, worry,' her family says. 'Too much worry.'Wemberly worries about one thing most of all: her first day of school. But when the big day arrives and she meets Jewel, Wemberly realizes that school is too much fun to waste time worrying!This warm and comforting first day of school and back-to-school picture book features carefully crafted text perfect for reading aloud and story times and is certain to ease first day nerves. The artwork, in Wemberly Worried and in all of Kevin Henkes's mouse books, is playful, funny, inviting, and timeless."Told with sensitivity and filled with perfectly chosen details, this story will speak to young worrywarts everywhere. School Library Journal (starred review)Kevin Henkes is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon, two Caldecott Honors, two Newbery Honors, two Geisel Honors, the Children's Literature Lecture Award, and Children's Literature Legacy Award, among numerous other honors. Favorites from his body of work include the picture books Waiting, A Parade of Elephants, and The World and Everything in It, and the novels for middle grade readers Olive's Ocean, Bird Lake Moon, and the Miller Family Stories.Kevin Henkes's classic and bestselling mouse books include:- Chester's Way- Chrysanthemum- Julius, the Baby of the World- Lilly's Big Day- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse- Owen - Sheila Rae, the Brave- Wemberly Worried- A Weekend with Wendell - Penny and Her Marble, Penny and Her Sled, Penny and Her Song, Penny and Her Doll (Level 1 I Can Reads). Henkes, Kevin (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive history of the organization that has transformed the Irish nationalist movement this century. With clarity and detachment, Coogan examines the IRA's origins, its foreign links, the bombing campaigns, hunger strikes and sectarian violence, and now their role in the latest attempt to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Meticulously researched, and backed up by interviews with past and present members of the organization, Tim Pat Coogan's book is an authoritative and compelling account of modern Irish history from the point of view of one of its most controversial major participants.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The new century manifesto on the many futures of comics artIn 1993, Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture with the acclaimed international hit Understanding Comics, a massive comic book that explored the inner workings of the worlds most misunderstood art form. Now, McCloud takes comics to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are created, read, and perceived today.Part One of this fascinating and in-depth book includes:The life of comics as an art form and as literatureThe battle for creators' rightsReinventing the business of comicsThe volatile and shifting public perceptions of comicsSexual and ethnic representation on comicsThen in Part Two, McCloud paints a breathtaking picture of comics' digital revolutions, including:The intricacies of digital productionThe exploding world of online deliveryThe ultimate challenges of the infinite digital canvas.…