penguin group aug 2013 (33 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Palmer, Ruth (illustrator). Neuware - Celebrate Halloween with your favorite rabbit!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A stylish, pocket-size phrasebook perfect for business travelers, backpackers, sightseers, and anyone who wants to keep their Italian close at handPenguin s Italian phrasebook includes a wealth of useful words and expressions essential to travelers of all kinds, spelled out phonetically and arranged in sections to help you deal with specific situations and needs as they arise. After a primer on basic grammar and a quick pronunciation guide, you ll find statements and questions like: Does the hotel have wi-fi L albergo ha il sistema wi-fi (lal-bair-go a eel see-ste-ma wi-fi) My luggage is lost. I miei bagagli si sono persi. (ee myay ba-gal-yee see so-no pair-see) How much does the tour cost Quanto costa il giro (kwan-to kos-ta eel jee-ro) May I see the wine list, please Posso vedere la lista dei vini, per favore (pos-so ve-dair-eh la lees-ta day vee-nee, pair fa-vor-eh) Does anyone speak English Qualcuno parla inglese (kwal-koo-no par-la een-gle-zeh)Some of the Italian phrases are marked with an asterisk, giving an indication of the kind of reply you might get to your questions, and of questions you may be asked in turn.With an elegant cover and easy-to-read design that are the hallmarks of Penguin Books, this essential reference will have you feeling at home no matter where your travels take you.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A stylish, pocket-size phrasebook perfect for business travelers, backpackers, sightseers, and anyone who wants to keep their Spanish close at handPenguin s Spanish phrasebook includes a wealth of useful words and expressions essential to travelers of all kinds, spelled out phonetically and arranged in sections to help you deal with specific situations and needs as they arise. After a primer on basic grammar and a quick pronunciation guide, you ll find statements and questions like: Does the hotel have wi-fi ¿Tienen wi-fi en el hotel (tee-e-nen wee-fee en el o-tel) My luggage has not arrived. Mi equipaje no ha llegado. (mee e-kee-pa-he no a llye-ga-do) How much does the tour cost ¿Cua nto cuesta la excursio n (kwan-to kwes-ta la es-koor-syon) May I see the wine list, please La carta de vinos, por favor. (la kar-ta de bee-nos, por fa-bor) Does anyone here speak English ¿Habla ingle s alguien aqui (ab-la een-gles alg-yen a-kee)Some of the Spanish phrases are marked with an asterisk, giving an indication of the kind of reply you might get to your questions, and of questions you may be asked in turn.With an elegant cover and easy-to-read design that are the hallmarks of Penguin Books, this essential reference will have you feeling at home no matter where your travels take you.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Hill, Eric (illustrator). Neuware - Join Spot and his friends as they learn how to be polite and when to say, 'please' and 'thank you'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This newly revised and updated French Phrase Book contains a wealth of useful words and phrases for travellers. The book includes basic grammar, a pronunciation guide and additional vocabulary, and is clearly presented in the perfect pocket size, with a clean and simple look.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Diviner Alex Verus was once apprenticed to a Dark mage, and in his service hedid a lot of things he isn't proud of. As rumors swirl that his old master iscoming back, Alex comes face to face with his misdeeds in the form of a youngadept whose only goal is to get revenge. Original.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. He died in Siena in 1985, of a brain hemorrhage.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It's evening in the forest and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog croaks, and Cricket sings. A full moon rises and Little Owl can't understand why anyone would want to miss it. Could the daytime be nearly as wonderful Mama Owl begins to describe it to him, but as the sun comes up, Little Owl falls fast asleep.Putting a twist on the bedtime book, Little Owl's Night is sure to comfort any child with a curiosity about the night.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In my teachings, 'The Circle of Fire' ceremony celebrates the most important day of our lives: the day when we merge with the fire of our spirit, and return to our own divinity. This is the day when we recover the awareness of what we really are, and make the choice to live in communion with that force of creation we call Life or God. -- don Miguel Ruiz In my teachings, 'The Circle of Fire' ceremony celebrates the most important day of our lives: the day when we merge with the fire of our spirit, and return to our own divinity. This is the day when we recover the awareness of what we really are, and make the choice to live in communion with that force of creation we call Life or God. From that day forward, we live with unconditional love in our hearts for ourselves, for life, for everything in creation. This book, first published in 2001 as Prayers: A Communion with Our Creator, will remind you of what you really are. It has always been my favorite book, and now in honor of my favorite prayer, it has been appropriately renamed The Circle of Fire. -- don Miguel Ruiz.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. D'Andrade, Hugh (illustrator). Neuware - From the Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times bestselling author-with cover and interior illustrations by Dan Santat!If you dare, join Jack and Jill as they embark on a harrowing quest through a new set of tales from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and others. Follow along as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not) be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true in this hair-raising companion to Adam Gidwitz's widely acclaimed, award-winning debut, A Tale Dark & Grimm. An Oprah Kids' Reading List Pick A Publishers Weekly Best New Book of the Week Pick For more twisted tales look for A Tale Dark & Grimm and The Grimm Conclusion.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - P. J. Tracy was the pseudonym for the mother-and-daughter writing team of P. J. and Traci Lambrecht. Together P. J. and Traci were authors of the bestselling thrillers Want to Play (a Richard and Judy Book Club pick), Live Bait, Dead Run, Snow Blind, Play to Kill, Two Evils, Cold Kill and Nothing Stays Buried. P. J. passed away in 2016, but Traci has continued the series with The Guilty Dead and Ice Cold Heart.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literatureTogether, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south-central Iran, and all three drew support from arts-loving rulers during a time better known for its violence than its creative brilliance. Here Dick Davis, an award-winning poet widely considered our finest translator of Persian poetry (The Times Literary Supplement), presents a diverse selection of some of the best poems by these world-renowned authors and shows us the spiritual and secular aspects of love, in varieties embracing every aspect of the human heart. Davis [is] widely acknowledged as the leading translator of Persian literature in our time Faces of Lovehas made the Persian originals into real and moving English poems. Michael Dirda,The Washington PostFor more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, 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.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A treacherous ride for supplies brings mortal danger to a trigger-happy gunfighter in this thrilling Ralph Compton western.Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about keeping quiet. Unfortunately, it turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town marshal, and Marshal Watt knows just enough about Shotgun Charlie's past to draft him into service. The trek north would be treacherous enough with the snow, but the ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit make Charlie ill at ease. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for dead on the side of the mountain. But they should have made sure he was really gone, because the wounded bear of a man isn't down without a fight, and he's ready to wreak vengeance on those who did him wrong.More Than Eight Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Return to the steamy and dreamy (Publishers Weekly) world of Christine Feehan s #1New York Times bestselling Carpathian novels as thundering passions signal a dark force on the horizon.Buried alive for hundreds of years in a volcano in South America, Dax worries that he has become the abomination that every Carpathian male fears, a victim of the insidious evil that has crept relentlessly into his mind and body over the centuries. But Dax isn t the only one emerging from the darkness.His name is Mitro, and he once stood by the side of the prince of the Carpathian people. Now he is the epitome of malevolence, and perpetrator of one of the most shocking killing sprees known to man. No one escaped the bloodshed, including his lifemate, Arabejila.Now, between Dax and Mitro, a violent game has begun one that has marked Riley Parker, the last descendent of Arabejila, as the reward.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many of us assume that our creative process is beyond our ability to influence, and pay attention to it only when it isn't working properly. For the most part, we go about our daily tasks and everything just 'works.' Until it doesn't. Adding to this lack of understanding is the rapidly accelerating pace of work. Each day we are face escalating expectations and a continual squeeze to do more with less. We are asked to produce an ever-increasing amount of brilliance in an ever-shrinking amount of time. There is an unspoken (or spoken!) expectation that we'll be accessible 24/7, and as a result we frequently feel like we're 'always on.' Now business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to unleash your creative potential. Whether you're a creative by trade or an 'accidental creative,' this book will help you quickly and effectively integrate new ideas into your daily life.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2012 One of TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2012 One of The Wall Street Journal's Best 10 Fiction Books of 2012 A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of 2012'[NW] is that rare thing, a book that is radical and passionate and real.' -Anne Enright, The New York Times Book Review'A triumph . . . As Smith threads together her characters' inner and outer worlds, every sentence sings.' -The Guardian'A powerful portrait of class and identity in multicultural London.' -Entertainment WeeklySet in northwest London, Zadie Smith's brilliant tragicomic novel follows four locals-Leah, Natalie, Felix, and Nathan-as they try to make adult lives outside of Caldwell, the council estate of their childhood. In private houses and public parks, at work and at play, these Londoners inhabit a complicated place, as beautiful as it is brutal, where the thoroughfares hide the back alleys and taking the high road can sometimes lead you to a dead end. Depicting the modern urban zone-familiar to city-dwellers everywhere-NW is a quietly devastating novel of encounters, mercurial and vital, like the city itself.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A national bestseller, the story of a boy s last days of youth and a history his father can t leave behind (The Daily Beast).Tom Harry has a streak of frost in his black pompadour and a venerable bar called The Medicine Lodge, the chief watering hole and last refuge in the town of Gros Ventre, in northern Montana. Tom also has a son named Rusty, an accident between the sheets whose mother deserted them both years ago. The pair make an odd kind of family, with the bar their true home, but they manage just fine.Until the summer of 1960, that is, when Rusty turns twelve. Change arrives with gale force, in the person of Proxy, a taxi dancer Tom knew back when, and her beatnik daughter, Francine. Is Francine, as Proxy claims, the unsuspected legacy of her and Tom s past Without a doubt she is an unsettling gust of the future, upending every certainty in Rusty s life and generating a mist of passion and pretense that seems to obscure everyone s vision but his own. The Bartender s Tale wonderfully captures how the world becomes bigger and the past becomes more complex in the last moments of childhood.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Ransome, James (illustrator). Neuware - The story of one family's journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one summer. She has no idea the rope will become part of her family's history. But for three generations, that rope is passed down, used for everything from jump rope games to tying suitcases onto a car for the big move north to New York City, and even for a family reunion where that first little girl is now a grandmother.Newbery Honor-winning author Jacqueline Woodson and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator James Ransome use the rope to frame a thoughtful and moving story as readers follow the little girl's journey. During the time of the Great Migration, millions of African American families relocated from the South, seeking better opportunities. With grace and poignancy, Woodson's lilting storytelling and Ransome's masterful oil paintings of country and city life tell a rich story of a family adapting to change as they hold on to the past and embrace the future.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the prestigious 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books A modern voyage of discovery. Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate, author of The Lightness of Being The Higgs boson is one of our era s most fascinating scientific frontiers and the key to understanding why mass exists. The most recent book on the subject, The God Particle, was a bestseller. Now, Caltech physicist Sean Carroll documents the doorway that is opening after billions of dollars and the efforts of thousands of researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland into the mind-boggling world of dark matter. The Particle at the End of the Universe has it all: money and politics, jealousy and self-sacrifice, history and cutting-edge physics all grippingly told by a rising star of science writing.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The nation's leading expert on chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia offers a practical and concise guide to restoring health and energy.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A collection of treasured stories by the unchallenged master of American fictionA Penguin Classic Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow has deservedly been celebrated as one of America's greatest writers. For more than sixty years he stretched our minds, our imaginations, and our hearts with his exhilarating perceptions of life. Here, collected in one volume and chosen by the author himself, are favorites such as 'What Kind of Day Did You Have ', 'Leaving the Yellow House,' and a previously uncollected piece, 'By the St. Lawrence.' With his larger-than-life characters, irony, wisdom, and unique humor, Bellow presents a sharp, rich, and funny world that is infinitely surprising. With a preface by Janice Bellow and an introduction by James Wood, this is a collection to treasure for longtime Saul Bellow fans and an excellent introduction for new readers.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries."Katha Pollitt Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenny now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it's cheaper to just buy more. Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of the cheap fashion juggernaut. What are we doing with all these cheap clothes And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, and our economic well-being.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For the thousands of people who loved To Heaven and Back, Heaven is for Real, and Proof of Heaven,a warm and detailed account of life between livesand our lives to come What happens when someone dies What does it feel like What exactly is the light at the end of the tunnel Is reincarnation real And if so, do spirits have any influence over their lives to come Based on his own amazing experiences communicating with those who have passed over, Barry Eaton answers these questions about the spirit world, and many, many more. Taking the reader on a journey through the realm of the spirit, the author details the whole process of crossing into the next life, from the journey 'home," to adapting to new living conditions in the afterlife, and even delving into what kinds of activities will be available there, and how we can be prepared for our own personal journey. This book will give hope, alleviate fear, and provide comfort for anyone who has questions or concerns about life after death.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A groundbreaking new biography of Jack Kerouac from the author of the award-winning memoir Minor CharactersJoyce Johnson brilliantly peels away layers of the Kerouac legend in this compelling new book. Tracking Kerouac's development from his boyhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, through his fateful encounters with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and John Clellon Holmes to his periods of solitude and the phenomenal breakthroughs of 1951 that resulted in his composition of On the Road followed by Visions of Cody, Johnson shows how his French Canadian background drove him to forge a voice that could contain his dualities and informed his unique outsider's vision of America. This revelatory portrait deepens our understanding of a man whose life and work hold an enduring place in both popular culture and literary history.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What does E=mc2 really mean What is DNA What was the big bang These scientific concepts have changed our perception of the world.but for many of us they remain mysteries, bits and pieces of information retained from classroom lectures but never truly understood.Now we can finally grasp the grandeur and complexity of these ideas, and their significance in our lives. Revised and updated to include the latest discoveries that are changing the way we view the world and the universe, this new edition of The Science Class You Wish You Had will take you on a journey through space and timefrom the subatomic to the universal. It explains in a lively, accessible way what these milestones of scientific discovery mean and what direct impact they have on our lives today and will have in the future.For everyone interested in science, history, and biographies of extraordinary peopleor anyone who wants to understand the workings of the physical worldthis thorough and authoritative book is a perfect introduction to science's most profound discoveries, and a testament to the triumph of human knowledge.Newton: Gravity and the Basic Laws of PhysicsRutherford and Bohr: The Structure of the AtomEinstein: The Principle of RelativityHubble: The Big Bang and the Formation of the UniverseDarwin: Evolution and the Principle of Natural SelectionFlemming and Mendel: The Cell and GeneticsWatson and Crick: The Structure of the DNA Molecule.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -William Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale of class, society, and corruption, soon to be an Amazon mini-series starring Olivia CookeNo one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles-military and domestic-are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design In William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, no one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 912 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - William Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale of class, society, and corruption, soon to be an Amazon mini-series starring Olivia CookeNo one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles military and domestic are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design In William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, no one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.