knopf doubleday publishing group feb 2009 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first installment of the electrifying Red Riding Quartet, 'Nineteen Seventy-Four' follows Eddie Dunford, a newly minted crime correspondent. Investigating his first case--that of a young girl found brutally murdered--Dunford finds a nightmare of corruption, violence, and a shocking obsession.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the fire-born heroine of the Mahabharata, as she weaves a vibrant retelling of an ancient epic saga.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1787, the beautiful Lucia is married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the most powerful Venetian families. But their life as a golden couple will be suddenly transformed when Venice falls to Bonaparte. We witness Lucia's painful series of miscarriages and the pressure on her to produce an heir; her impassioned affair with an Austrian officer; the glamour and strain of her career as a hostess in Vienna; and her amazing firsthand account of the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. With his brave and articulate heroine, Andrea di Robilant has once again reached across the centuries, and deep into his own past, to bring history to rich and vivid life on the page.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this darkly satirical send-up of academia and the Midwest, we are introduced to Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the study of agriculture. Amid cow pastures and waving fields of grain, Moo's campus churns with devious plots, mischievous intrigue, lusty liaisons, and academic one-upmanship, Chairman X of the Horticulture Department harbors a secret fantasy to kill the dean; Mrs. Walker, the provost's right hand and campus information queen, knows where all the bodies are buried; Timothy Monahan, associate professor of English, advocates eavesdropping for his creative writing assignments; and Bob Carlson, a sophomore, feeds and maintains his only friend: a hog named Earl Butz. Wonderfully written and masterfully plotted, Moo gives us a wickedly funny slice of life.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977.