Harpercollins jul 2012 (52 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Challenge yourself with word and number puzzlesCompelling and addictive, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Dokus and Crosswords.The concept is simple. Each number represents a letter, so, starting with the solved letters, use your logic and vocabulary to reveal more letters, form words, and then crack the code!The Codeword series is so popular because you don't need any prior knowledge, unlike a crossword. You can just pick up a pen and get puzzling. It steadily increases your vocabulary, as the difficulty slowly grows as you progress through the book, and even though you'll be working your brain, it's the perfect way to unwind.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Another deliciously squirmy story about Harry the Poisonous Centipede, with all of Lynne Reid Banks's usual charm and humour. Tony Ross's wonderful illustrations perfectly capture the small world of Harry.'Suddenly the most awful thing happened. Something tightened around Harry's middle! He almost jumped into the air with fright.'When Harry the poisonous centipede's best friend, George, goes missing, Harry goes to find him. But dangerous things lurk outside his nest-tunnel, like flying swoopers, belly crawlers, furry biters and - most terrifying of all - Hoo-Mins.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A hilarious story Paddington, the much-loved bear from Darkest Peru - now a major movie star!Paddington is in high competitive spirits when he accompanies the Brown family to a local sports day. But whether he's putting the shot, helping Jonathan and Judy get ready for the three-legged race, or taking part in a relay, nothing goes quite as planned.Will a gold medal ever be within Paddington's reach. Alley, R.W. (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The perfect companion or introduction to the highly successful Big Nate books. Packed with laughs and 224 pages of creative activities this book is great value for money. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce, who inspired Jeff Kinney, author of 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'.Big Nate is still BIG and getting BIGGER! The boy wonder's second activity book is set to make you laugh, rack your brains, and surpass all others with 224 pages of word puzzles, drawing games, brain-bending quizzes and lots and lots of hilarity.Readers can create their own comics, test their Big Nate knowledge and laugh at weird and wacky facts such as the wildest world records ever. With this second book of fresh, exciting content, the Big Nate Fun Blaster lives up to its name - you'll have a blast.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The best-sellingFive Little Monkeys are getting into trouble yet again - this time while back-to-school shopping in the latest board book addition to the enormously popular series with more than 8 million books sold.The day before school starts, Mama takes her five little monkeys shopping for new clothes. 'Stay right here,' she says, 'AND DON'T GO WANDERING OFF!' But one little monkey has to go to the bathroom . . . and two little monkeys get thirsty. . . . Then three little monkey friends arrive . . . and four little monkeys decide to go help find the others. . . . Will Mama ever get all of her monkeys ready for school Like with the other books in the FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS series, kids will love reciting the repetitive phrases, counting the characters, and predicting what will happen next.A perfect mix of chaos and charm for little readers:- A Fun Counting Book: Can you keep track of all the monkeys Little ones will love counting up and down as the five little monkeys (and their new friends) get mixed up in the store.- Silly Animal Story: From bathroom breaks to thirsty toddlers, these mischievous monkeys find plenty of reasons to wander off, leaving Mama to search for her missing little ones!- Perfect for Reading Aloud: With catchy, repetitive phrases like 'Stay right here!', this book is designed for participation, helping kids predict the story and join in the fun.- Kindergarten Readiness: A lighthearted way to talk about big-kid steps like starting school and learning to stick together while shopping. Christelow, Eileen (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "Margo Maguire is a masterful storyteller."Lorraine HeathMargo Maguire has a true talent for writing scintillating, powerfully emotional historical romance novels. She works her enthralling magic once more with a wildly passionate series about siblings who have survived a brutal past and will stop at nothing to claim their birthright. Of course, breathtaking passion and undeniable love are almost certain to come their way. It happens in the first book, The Warrior Laird. Fans of Karen Hawkins, Julianne MacLean, Liz Carlyle, Julia Londonand anyone else who loves to be transported by historical romance to the breathtaking Scottish Highlandswill adore this tantalizing tale of a warrior Scotsman on a treasure hunt and the runaway bride who sets out to steal his fortuneonly to become his captive prize.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The quickest way to study the essential Italian words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning Italian range. Designed for learners of Italian of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in an evening class, for business or to go on holiday. - Easy to use: Collins Easy Learning Italian Vocabulary gives you all the words and phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural Italian. - Easy to read: clear layout and 50 handy vocabulary sections ensure that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily. - Easy to understand: example phrases show you how Italian is really used. - Easy to learn: within each topic, Italian vocabulary is split into essential, important and useful words, so you can decide which level of learning is right for you.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Swedish crime sensation and No. 1 international bestseller, Camilla Lackberg's new psychological thriller - for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo NesboChristian Thydell's dream has come true: his debut novel, The Mermaid, is published to rave reviews. So why is he as distant and unhappy as ever When crime writer Erica Falck discovers that Christian has been receiving anonymous threats, she investigates not just the messages but also the author's mysterious past.Meanwhile, one of Christian's closest friends is missing. Erica's husband, Detective Patrik Hedström, has his worst suspicions confirmed as the mind-games aimed at Christian and those around him become a disturbing reality.But, with the victims themselves concealing evidence, the investigation is going nowhere. Is their silence driven by fear or guilt And what is the secret they would rather die to protect than live to see revealed.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday Telegraph Cape Trafalgar, October 1805 Heading home on a merchant ship from India, Ensign Richard Sharpe finds himself on a far more dangerous journey than he could have anticipated, for war brews at sea. The formidable French navy have destroyed the British blockade and face an outnumbered but formidable foe: Admiral Nelson. Sharpe's meeting aboard the Calliope with the beautiful Lady Grace Hale turns quickly to obsession, but he finds unexpected enemies and deep treachery amongst his fellow passengers. And as they approach Cape Trafalgar and the enemy fleet comes into view, ready to fight in one of the most glorious but deadly clashes of the war is Sharpe . 'A master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning.The quickest way to study the essential French words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning French range.Designed for learners of French of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in an evening class, for business or to go on holiday.- Easy to use: gives you all the words you need in order to communicate effectively in natural French.- Easy to read: clear layout and handy vocabulary sections ensure that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily.- Easy to understand: example phrases show you how French is really used.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "Tracey O'Hara writes in a voice full of passion and power."Nalini Singh"I can't wait to read more about the Brethren." Keri ArthurFans of supernatural fiction can't stop talking about author Tracey O'Hara's Dark Brethrena phenomenal urban fantasy series in the bestselling vein of J.R. Ward, Patricia Briggs, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeaniene Frost, and Jocelynn Drake. O'Hara continues her gripping paranormal saga of shapeshifters, vampires, werewolves, and darkest magic with Sin's Dark Caress, as an NYPD Detective joins forces with a powerful forensic witch to investigate a rash of gruesome murders that plagues the city, hoping to prevent an ancient, insidious evil from reentering their world. Sin's Dark Caress is supernatural suspense combined with a captivating love story that will appeal equally to dark fantasy lovers and fans of paranormal romance. It's no wonder the Romantic Times BOOKclub declares that, "urban fantasy just got a major jolt of talent with O'Hara's arrival.".…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he decorates all the pumpkins in the patch in this sweet board book from Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond.Mouse is excited for fall because that means it is time to decorate pumpkins! But one is missing. Where could it have gone This is the perfect Halloween book for the very youngest reader, and isjustthe right bookto get kids and budding artistsinspired to work on their own Halloween crafts.- Perfect for Halloween reading- A charming cozy seasonal pick. Bond, Felicia (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For the bright young things of 1929, the beautiful days seem endless, filled with romance and heartbreak, adventure and intrigue, friendship and rivalry.After a month in New York, Cordelia Grey and Letty Larkspur are small-town girls no longer. Letty will at last chase her Broadway dreamsno matter the cost. Cordelia, still reeling from the death of her father at the hands of the man she thought she loved, is set to honor Darius Grey's legacy . . . and take her revenge. Promised to Cordelia's half brother, Charlie Grey, Astrid is caught up in a world of dazzling jewels and glittering nightsand the sparkle is blinding.A bitter rivalry will ensnare them all in a dangerous feud played out in the speakeasies of Manhattan and the great lawns of Long Island, and for Astrid, Cordelia, and Letty, the stakes could be deadly.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "Sophie Jordan is one of a kind!"Samantha JamesBest-laid plans beget sizzling passion in the second book in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's delectable Forgotten Princesses series. A sweeping and breathtakingly dramatic historical romance, Lessons from a Scandalous Bride features a haunted hero, a Scottish viscount, who hopes to snare a wealthy wife in Victorian Englandonly to have an inappropriately independent heiress catch his eye and steal his heart. Sophie Jordan is well-known and well-loved for her dark, brooding heroes and sexy heroinesand her fans will not be disappointed by these Lessonsnor will readers of the bestselling love stories of Lisa Kleypas and Sabrina Jeffries. When it comes to Ms. Jordan and her extraordinary historical romance novels, Kirkus Reviews offers the best advice: "Just surrender to the sizzle.". …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the story of Alex James's transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.'I was hanging around the pigsty in the way I'd previously hung around at The Groucho Club. I felt wonderfully connected, grounded in the real world, standing in pig muck'Following fifteen years in Blur, Alex James did two wild, unexpected things. He fell in love and he bought a farm.Moving into a rambling, chaotic farmstead in the beautiful Cotswold countryside, he decides the best way to learn about farming is the same way he learned most about music: by jumping in and doing it. As his family settles in, he discovers the unexpected joys that country life abounds in: finding the first egg from your very own chicken, coming across a bramble bush laden with blackberries, roasting home-grown pears on an open fire, before stumbling on a new venture - making cheese.Wonderfully warm, witty and perfectly observed, this is the story of what to do after you've been the bass player in one of the best bands in the world, and a life-affirming tale of just how much fun growing up and settling down can be.'A joy to read. Prose flows and weaves and curls itself into pleasing rhythms.He can write like a god.' SPECTATOR.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Number one bestselling author Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great and heroic mind; his action-packed rule; and how in conquering one-fifth of the world's inhabited land, he changed the course of history forever.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Elite athletes aren't born. They're made.'Michael JohnsonFrom a living icon of the Olympic Games - as both an athlete and now as a BBC broadcaster - Gold Rush is a compelling analysis of the fascinating combination of psychological and personal qualities, as well as internal and external factors, that go to create an Olympic champion.This exciting new book is based on Michael Johnson's own experiences as an iconic four-time Olympic champion, and on the knowledge he has gleaned as a top-class coach and motivational speaker. It also features, uniquely, more than a dozen exclusive and insightful interviews with Olympic legends from across several different sports who between them have claimed more than 50 gold medals over the past 30 years.In essence, Johnson has assembled his very own Olympic Hall of Fame in assessing the DNA of true champions.Gold Rush is themed around chapters in which Johnson will discuss each of the key qualities/factors. He expertly feeds in fascinating first-person testimonies from the Olympic legends. In the process he builds up a definitive knowledge bank of expertise and experience from athletes who have been on this fascinating journey, encountered the highs and the lows, but ultimately reached the summit - an Olympic gold medal.Johnson's interviewees include:Usain BoltCarl LewisSally GunnellSeb CoeDaley ThompsonCathy FreemanIan ThorpeMichael PhelpsRebecca AdlingtonChris HoySteve RedgraveMatthew PinsentLennox LewisMichael Jordan.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Sports Pages, thethird volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate.From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these area collection ofstories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field.Authors include Dustin Brown, James Brown, Joseph Bruchac, Chris Crutcher, Tim Green, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, Chris Rylander, Anne Ursu, and Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Dan Santat.This all-star collection brings the action with ten unforgettable tales:- An All-Star Author Lineup: With beloved writers like Jon Scieszka, Gordon Korman, Jacqueline Woodson, and Dan Gutman, each story is a total game-changer.- Perfect for Reluctant Readers: These fast-paced, high-interest sports stories are designed to get guys reading and keep them turning the pages.- Victory and Defeat: Explore the thrill of the win and the sting of a loss in tales that show what it truly means to be part of a team.- Humorous and Unforgettable Moments: From winning the World Series with a lucky grapefruit to taking down Derek Jeter, these stories are packed with humor, heart, and wild twists. Santat, Dan (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the ground-breaking offices of Google, 'Search Inside Yourself' is a personal growth program that focuses on developing emotional intelligence through mindfulness, making its participants more productive at work and better leaders, while becoming more peaceful, happy and compassionate individuals. Famed for its innovative and unusual, yet highly successful working culture, Google is more than just a search engine. One such innovation is the' Search Inside Yourself' program, created for Google by a diverse group of individuals including a Zen Master, a CEO, a Stanford University scientist, and author Daniel Goleman, it's been a life changing program for many participants, contributing to great improvements in both their personal and professional lives. 'Search Inside Yourself' has been taught in Google since 2007 producing dramatic results. Some participants have found new meaning and fulfilment in their jobs (one person changed her mind about leaving the company after taking the course!) Some have become much better at what they do; one engineering manager discovered the importance of giving himself quality time and reduced his working hours to four days a week. After he did that, he got promoted! Some have become more effective managers, learning to listen and communicate better and bringing a calm attitude to every situation. Not surprisingly, many people found 'Search Inside Yourself' to be beneficial in their personal lives as well. Many participants found they were happier and less-stressed, their marital relationships improved and some even said the program helped them deal with personal crises. This book will show you how to apply the principles of 'Search Inside Yourself' to you, your business and everyday life. Whether you are a junior team member or a senior manager, a secondary school teacher or a bus driver these valuable lessons have the potential to dramatically improve your life. Written by Chade-Meng Tan, the first engineer in Google's history to leave the Engineering department and join their Peoples Ops Group, where he leads this and other personal-growth programs. It also includes a foreword by Daniel Goleman, the author of Emotional Intelligence and introduction from Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Caution: Marriage Ahead. Yashodhara, a quick-tempered gal from the big city, is hitched to Vijay, a laidback desi boy from a small town - in one word, trouble!The young couple must learn to adjust to married life and to each other - whether it is Yashodhara's 'tamper tentrums' or Vijay's foot-in-mouth syndrome - with a little help from their idiosyncratic staff Zarreena and Vinod, their nutty friend Vivi and, of course, their respective families. With the unexpected arrival of baby Anoushka a. k. a Peanut, the battles escalate, fuelled by their vastly divergent views on raising a child.Will their many differences - so endearing at the start of their romance - actually turn out to mean that they are just incompatible Will they ever manage to agree on anything Or have they just bitten off more than they can chew A fresh and honest take on marriage and parenthood, this is a story of self-discovery that will have you laughing out loud - and sympathizing wholeheartedly with its quirky and likeable cast of characters.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, told by Britain's funniest writer.Life is made up of humans meeting one another. They speak, or don't speak. They get on, or fall out. They laugh, they cry, are excited, are indifferent.One on One is a chain of 101 extraordinary but true encounters, from Tolstoy rumbling Tchaikovsky in 1876 to George Galloway baiting Michael Barrymore in 2006. The Royal Family giggle at T.S. Eliot, Walter Sickert draws the curtains on the carol-singing Edward Heath, Youssoupoff assassinates Rasputin, Marilyn Monroe commissions Frank Lloyd Wright.Circular in its construction, panoramic in its breadth, One on One is a book like no other.'Brown's glorious book is an original and a complete delight'Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times, Books of the Year. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The darkest secrets of World War II. finally revealed. The number one bestseller returns with his most explosive book to date.Europe is ablaze. America is undecided about joining the fight against Nazism. And James Zennor, a brilliant, troubled, young Oxford don is horrified. He returns one morning from rowing to discover that his wife has disappeared with their young son, leaving only a note declaring her continuing love.A frantic search through wartime England leads James across the Atlantic and to one of America's greatest universities, its elite clubs and secret societies - right to the heart of the American establishment. And in his hunt for his family, James unearths one of the darkest and deadliest secrets of a world at war.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The second book in the sparkling Paranormalcy trilogy from Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of And I DarkenFor fans of Teen Wolf, Buffy, and Supernatural, the Paranormalcy trilogy is a witty, fresh, and downright fun read that will capture your heart. Evie finally has the normal life she's always longed for. But she's shocked to discover that being ordinary can be . . . kind of boring. Boring enough that when she's given a chance to work for the International Paranormal Containment Agency again, she agrees.But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie's faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there's a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question Evie herself.So much for normal.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The perfect companion book to the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Legacies is the first collection of novellas from Pittacus Lore. Originally published separately, these stories are now together in one print volume.Lost Files: #1: Six?s Legacy is the captivating story of Six?s harrowing capture by the Mogadorians?and her dramatic escape. Lost Files: #2: Nine?s Legacy sheds new light on how Nine became the fierce and fearsome warrior he is today.Lost Files: #3: The Fallen Legacies reveals the riveting true story behind One, Two, and Three, the ill-fated members of the Garde, as told by one of soldiers sent to kill them.Before they were hunted by the Mogs, before Number Four was next, the Garde were all just teens on an alien planet called Earth?discovering their powers, trying to stay hidden, and running for their lives. And now, their Legacies are our only hope.The I Am Number Four series is perfect for fans of action-packed science fiction like the Fifth Wave series by Rick Yancey, the Maze Runner series by James Dashner, and Orson Scott Card?s Ender?s Game.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I am not like Evie. I don't belong in some great romance. I'm just the best friend in the background. That's how it's always been. Until now.At the Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, Sarah Fitzalan is the dependable, faithful friend to Evie and Helen, her sisters in the Mystic Way. But this term Sarah encounters new challenges: Evie seems to have turned her back on the Mystic Way after the sisterhood laid Sebastian's soul to rest, and Helen is distracted by her still-unresolved feelings about her mother, Mrs. Hartle. Sarah is lonely and worried. Unlike Evie, she wants to find out more about her own Mystic powers and her strong connection to the earth, and she struggles to keep the sisterhood together as the threat of attack looms from the ever-present dark coven at Wyldcliffe.And so it is up to Sarah to face the eternal darkness and fight. Must she sacrifice herself for the sake of her friends and sisters When she feels her loneliest, will her sisters join her, or will help come from unexpected sources, like her Romany ancestors, and a love she'd only just dared to hope for.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this hilarious, sharp, smart, and savagely on-target analysis of the standard Liberal bromides, political commentator Mark Goldblatt argues that the righteous stands of the modern American Left are nothing more than bumper sticker sayings: catchy phrases with nothing of substance underneath. In Bumper Sticker Liberalism, Goldblatt peels back the idiocies of the political Leftbe they global warming deceptions, government controlled health care demands, or irrational pleas for peaceto reveal the emptiness of these ideas. Wonderfully biting, aggressively entertaining, Goldblatt's Bumper Sticker Liberalism is funny and insultingin just the Right way.This unflinching work of conservative political commentary peels back the feel-good slogans to reveal the ideological rot underneath:- Race to the Bottom: A provocative look at how well-intentioned liberal policies on race, from affirmative action to welfare, have done more to undermine the black family than decades of Jim Crow laws.- Bush Derangement Syndrome: A takedown of the "Bush Lied, People Died" myth, revealing why the widespread belief that Saddam had WMDs was a failure of intelligence, not an act of deception.- Dogma and Denial: An exploration of how green orthodoxy, from the disastrous ban on DDT to the alarmism of global warming, reveals an ideology more concerned with intentions than consequences.- Tax the Rich: A lesson in basic economics explaining why cries to make the wealthy pay their "fair share" are not just bad policy, but mathematically impossible solutions to government overspending.- A Critique of Liberalism: A deep dive into the intellectual symmetry between the right and the left, and why liberals consistently fail to grasp it, believing conservatives are morons instead of just wrong.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tales of the Gypsy Dressmaker is the much-anticipated memoir from Thelma Madine, the dressmaker and breakaway star from Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, the hottest show on TV right now.From 200 ft trains to 20 stone skirts, hundreds of LED lights to thousands of Swarovski crystals, gypsy girls spend their childhoods dreaming of fairytale dresses. Thelma is the woman who makes these dreams come true.Left with nothing, after a messy divorce, Thelma has come a long way from her humble dressmaking beginnings, making and selling dresses on a market stall in Liverpool. Back then she knew nothing of gypsies. Until one day she was asked by a traveller to make some dresses like the ones in 'Gone with the Wind' and before she knew it had dozens of other traveller women gathering around asking for similar ones. A few years later she was asked to make a wedding dress for a young traveller. then she was hit with the request for a 107 ft train and 18 elaborate bridesmaid dresses. And she hasn't looked back since.It hasn't been an easy journey though and behind her warmth, compassion and hardworking nature, Thelma is hiding a life of struggles and personal heartache: a journey that includes financial breakdown, a four-month stint in prison and a very unhappy relationship. But career-wise she has gone from strength to strength.Now the dress designer favoured by gypsy brides all over the country, Thelma has become a much-loved and trusted figure for many within the often misunderstood traveller community. Here, for the first time, alongside the full truth about her own life, she will tell tales of her experiences of this extraordinary world and reveal the fascinating stories of some of the many travellers she has met. From strict childhoods to teenage pregnancies, extravagant weddings to secrets and lies, and the truth about money and men, Thelma - a natural storyteller - will reveal a culture full of drama and contrasts.In a narrative packed full of highs and lows, setbacks and triumphs, crystals, mechanical butterflies and sparkling little lights, this book will shock, move and amaze and bring Thelma and the secretive world of travellers to life.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The quickest way to study the essential German words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning German range. With all the latest German spellings included, Collins Easy Learning German Vocabulary is designed for learners of German of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in an evening class, for business or to go on holiday. Easy to use: Collins Easy Learning German Vocabulary gives you all the words and phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural German. Easy to read: clear layout and handy vocabulary sections ensure that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily. Easy to understand: example phrases show you how German is really used. Other titles in the Easy Learning range include: Collins Easy Learning German Dictionary, Collins Easy Learning German Grammar, Collins Easy Learning German Grammar and Practice and Collins Easy Learning German Verbs.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'As five we were mighty, the points on a star.Once we five joined, it was never boys against girls.Two of our triangles cut themselves off and ran away together, and we were never whole again. Never.''As five we were mighty, the points on a star.Once we five joined, it was never boys against girls.Two of our triangles cut themselves off and ran away together, and we were never whole again. Never.'Years ago, they were the best of friends. But as time passed, they grew apart, became adults with families of their own, and began to forget about the past - and the terrible lies they shared.But now Gordon, the youngest and wildest of the five, has died and the others are thrown together for the first time in years.Could their long-ago lie be the reason for their troubles today Is it more dangerous to admit to what they'd done or is it the strain of keeping the secret that is beginning to wear down on their souls.Dark, provocative and beautifully written, Laura Lippman's genre defying novel will appeal to fans of Lionel Shriver, Megan Abbott and Kate Atkinson.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Devil Wears Prada meets Wall Street in this fast-paced, hilarious odyssey in four-inch heels. Whilst some bankers take 15 minutes to agree on a font size for a presentation, Alex Gerrett discovers that it takes her only one minute to lose her new bank $93,000 on her first trade. Welcome to the world of finance. Being at the bottom of the corporate ladder in one of Wall street's biggest powerhouses is like having landed in a giant adult playground for new-girl-on-the-block Alex. As a child she witnessed the 'glamour' of the money-making machine via her banker dad. Now, she has survived the 'do-you-squeeze-the-toothpaste-from-the-bottom-or-the-top ' question in the interview and is heading for The City. Her 'Watch Out Wall Street, Here I Come' attitude is soon punctured by her status as the one with the folding chair instead of a desk. She has a lot to learn, for example: A $65 limo ride is a completely acceptable way to travel ten blocks. . or five blocks if it's raining. Knowing maths is important - but nowhere near as important as you'd think! A bet is a bet is a bet. If you lose at credit card roulette, you will pay the bill. No one cares that it's your first job and the bill is $10,000. And with things looking a little sticky on the World's markets, it's going to be a bumpy ride.…