Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007230060 ISBN 13: 9780007230068
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The 'perfect storm' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds over an Atlantic island - Sable Island - and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean: Hurricane Grace. This is the story of that storm, told through the accounts of individual fishing boats caught up in the maelstrom, their families waiting anxiously for news of their return, the rescue services scrambled to save them. It is the story of the old battle between the fisherman and the sea, between man and Nature, but here Nature is an awesome and capricious power that transforms the surface of the Atlantic into an impossible tumult of water walls and gaping voids, with the capacity to break an oil tanker in two, let alone the 72ft swordfishing boat Andrea Gail with her crew of eight. A typical Hurricane encompasses a million cubic miles of atmosphere and can contain enough energy to, in theory, meet the electric power needs of the UK for a decade. Except that a hurricane will not be controlled. In spare, lyrical prose 'The Perfect Storm' describes what happened when the Andrea Gail looked into the wrathful face of the perfect storm.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007201982 ISBN 13: 9780007201983
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Geboren im Kalifornien des späten 18. Jahrhunderts, ist Diego de la Vega ein Kind zweier Welten: Sohn eines spanischen Edelmanns und einer indianischen Kriegerin. Der Vater, Herr über eine große Hacienda, lehrt ihn schon früh das Fechten und will in ihm den Erben sehen, die Mutter vermittelt ihm die Traditionen ihres Volkes und den Drang nach Freiheit. Stolz und Wagemut lernt Diego von beiden, und so empört er sich früh über die Greultaten der spanischen Kolonialherren gegen die Indianer und spürt den inneren Konflikt seiner Abstammung.Mit sechzehn verläßt Diego die Heimat, um in Barcelona 'europäischen Schliff' zu erhalten. Spanien krümmt sich unter der Herrschaft Napoleons, und schon bald tritt Diego als 'Zorro' einem Geheimbund bei, der sich verschworen hat, Gerechtigkeit zu suchen. Doch ist es nicht allein die Gerechtigkeit, die Diego zu tollkühnen Taten treibt, sondern auch seine unbändige Liebe zu Juliana.Bald aber sieht er sich gezwungen, vor politischer Verfolgung und tödlichen Intrigen zu fliehen. Zu Fuß geht es durch Spanien, mit Juliana, deren Schwester und ihrer Gouvernante. Mehr und mehr schlüpft Diego in die Rolle des 'Zorro'. Und als solcher kehrt er nach Kalifornien zurück, um mit seinem Degen Gerechtigkeit für all jene einzufordern, deren Kampfesmut schon gebrochen scheint. Ein großer Held ist geboren, die Legende beginnt.Wir alle kennen Zorro. Aber kennen wir ihn hinter seiner Maske und der unübertrefflichen Eleganz seines Heldentums Dem Schwung und der Leichtigkeit der geborenen Erzählerin Isabel Allende war es vorbehalten, den ganzen Zorro zu erzählen, den Roman seines Lebens und wie er zu dem wurde, was er - unauslöschlich - in unserer aller Phantasie ist.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0060539062 ISBN 13: 9780060539061
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In April 1940, as the Nazis march into Denmark, Sydney Brant, a wealthy girl of the Dundee summer colony, marries a gifted Danish pianist, Laurus Moss. They believe they are well matched, as young lovers do, but Laurus's beloved family is in Copenhagen, hostage to what the fortunes of Hitler's war will bring. By the time the war is over, Laurus's family has played an active role in Denmark's grassroots rescue of virtually all seven thousand of the country's Jews. Meanwhile, in America, Sydney has led a group knitting for the war effort, and had a baby.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007217102 ISBN 13: 9780007217106
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The last and most amazing volume in the legendary Belgariad series: the story of the queen of truth, love, rage and destiny, Polgara the Sorceress. The queen of truth, love, rage and destiny reveals all. Polgara the Sorceress is the crowning achievement of the great fantasy epic which began with The Belgariad and continued with The Malloreon. Once again David and Leigh Eddings display the epic imagination, humour, and storytelling power which have made this series the most popular fantasy of modern times. In the story of Polgara, a beautiful woman whose constancy and inner power have been the foundation of all the luck and love that have saved the world, the full truth of The Belgariad is revealed.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007217099 ISBN 13: 9780007217090
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The life story of Belgararth the Sorcerer: his own account of the great struggle that went before the Belgariad and the Malloreon, when gods stills walked the land. Here is the full epic story of Belgarath, the great sorcerer learned in the Will and the Word on whom the fate of the world depends. Only Belgarath can tell of those near-forgotten times when Gods still walked the land: he is the Ancient One, the Old Wolf, his God Aldur's first and most-favoured disciple. Using powers learned over the centuries Belgarath himself records the story of conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies that split the world asunder. A hugely entertaining work of great daring, wit, grandeur and excitement that confirms the role of Belgarath the Sorcerer as one of the mightiest fantasy creations of the century.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0060593261 ISBN 13: 9780060593261
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - On March 21, 2003, while leading a rifle platoon into combat, Marine Lieutenant Shane Childers became the first combat fatality of the Iraq War. In this gripping, beautifully written personal history, award-winning writer Rinker Buck chronicles Shane's death and his life, exploring its meaning for his family, his fellow soldiers, and the country itself. It is the story of an intelligent, gifted soldier who embodied the soul of today's all-volunteer warrior class; of the town of Powell, Wyoming, which had taken Shane into its heart; and of the Marine detail sent to deliver the news to the Childers family and the extraordinary connection that formed between them.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007229542 ISBN 13: 9780007229543
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - `Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns¿ is a fully-illustrated collection of stories to tie-in with the incredible new LIVINGtv series starring Britain's best-loved medium Derek Acorah. Ghost Towns sees Derek take to the road to meet the people of Britain.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Mai 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007207611 ISBN 13: 9780007207619
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What secrets lie behind the mysterious order of the Freemasons Published to coincide with Dan Brown's new novel, set in the enigmatic world of Freemasonry, Laurence Gardner's new book draws on his experience as a Freemason to create a compelling insider's account of the startling truth behind Masonic history and secret workings of Freemasonry.