Penguin jun 2009 (49 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Spud's nearly 15 and although he is no longer the youngest or the smallest in his dorm, his second year at boarding school is beset with women trouble, misguided late-night adventures and excruciating family visits. With his dreams of a stage career in tatters after a disastrous house play pr…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'What are ROMANS ' asked Harry.When Harry and the dinosaurs go to the museum they see Roman swords and spears, Egyptian mummies and lots of Harry's ancestors. The dinosaurs want Harry to help them to find their ancestors.and that's how Harry gets lost!Will Mum and Nan know where to look for h…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mission: SurvivalLocation : The Sahara DesertDangers : Diamond smugglers; heatstroke; scorpionsAfter being forced to parachute out of a smugglers' plane, teenage adventurer Beck Granger is about to face his toughest survival challenge yet - the Sahara Desert. Blistering sun, shifting sand dun…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BERNARD CORNWELLWhen Andre-Louis witnesses the murder of his best friend by an arrogant and privileged aristocrat he swears to avenge his death. Forced to flee his hometown after stirring up revolutionary fervour in the citizens, he falls in with a travelling theatre c…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 'A brilliant storyteller . . . a book which stretches, tantalizes and delights' Financial Times_____________________________________On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater ponders the strange circumstances that led her to leav…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Number one bestseller Jane Green - author of Straight Talking and Mr Maybe - tells a heart-warming story of life, family and relationships in her captivating novel The Beach House.Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, is an independent, free-spirited woman who couldn't care less what…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1949, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four has lost none of the impact with which it first hit readers.Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betr…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When a mysterious gunman takes a class hostage, the rest of Mia's school is evacuated. But Mia is determined to stay behind. She knows it's a life or death situation but there's something she fears more than dying. Mia thinks she might know who the gunman is, and, if she's right, then she may…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The greatest rock 'n' roll biography ever written' Rolling Stone'You're lookin' at a livin' legend.' He said, and then fell silent for a moment. 'Y'know, that really worries me. I always thought a legend was somethin' dead.'The tormented life of Jerry Lee Lewis is the most fabled in rock 'n'…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jonathan Bate's Soul of the Age brings us closer than ever to understanding what being Shakespeare was actually like.How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible How did Shakespeare's plays lead to the deaths of an earl and a…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Calming, thought-provoking, poetic and honest, Notes from Walnut Tree Farm is a collection of writing and musing by documentary-maker, environmentalist and author of Waterlog, Roger Deakin. 'Gentle, straight, honest, inquisitive, funny, melancholic' Spectator'A lovely book that is a poignant…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork The State and…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A native of Yorkshire, Tim Robinson studied maths at Cambridge and then worked for many years as a visual artist in Istanbul, Vienna and London, among other places. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands. In 1986 his first book, Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, was published to great acclaim. The se…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this sequel to Faust, Mephistopheles takes Faust on a journey through ancient Greek mythology, conjuring for him the insurpassably beautiful Helen of Troy, as well as the classical gods. Faust falls in love with and marries Helen, embodying for Goethe his 'imaginative longing to join poeti…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mr. and Mrs. Crabbe are enjoying their seaside vacation . . . until a certain dog blows away their umbrella with an enormous fart. Before long, Walter is banned from the beach. While Walter is stuck in the beach house, Betty and Billy hunt for treasure out on a sandbar. As soon as they find a…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Celebrating 100 years of one of the most beloved icons of children's literature, Winnie-the-Pooh! Winnie-the-Pooh leads the way in this adventure of shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and how to tell time while exploring his oversize lift-the-flap book. Each page is packed with surprises hidden under…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Christopher Clark's Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power is a short, fascinating and accessible biography of one of the 20th century's most important figures.King of Prussia, German Emperor, war leader and defeated exile, Kaiser Wilhelm II was one of the most important - and most controversial…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It's not easy for Danny Dragonbreath to be the sole mythical creature in a school for reptiles and amphibians especially because he can't breathe fire like other dragons (as the school bully loves to remind him). But having a unique family comes in handy sometimes, like when his sea-serpent cousin t…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersSouth Bay High's Jayd Jackson finally has her own ride, but that sure doesn't mean her troubles are over. . .These days, Jayd just can't seem to get a break. Her car is more trouble than it's worth; her girl Mickey is being forced to attend…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant step' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 250,000 miles away. 'A Man on the Moon' is the definitive acc…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the theory of 'deliberative democracy' to the politics of the 'third way', the present Zeitgeist is characterized by attempts to deny what Chantal Mouffe contends is the inherently conflictual nature of democratic politics. Far from being signs of progress, such ideas constitute a seriou…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Georgina Kincaid has been a bad, bad succubus. . . . . .which should be a good thing. But lately, thanks to her foul mood over breaking up with bestselling writer Seth Mortensen, she's been so wicked that Seattle's über-demon Jerome, decides to 'outsource' Georgina to a rival--and have her sp…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The most important text in Judaism after the Old Testament available for the first time in Penguin ClassicsOne of the most significant religious texts in the world,The Talmudis a compilation of the teachings of major Jewish scholars from the classic period of rabbinic Judaism. In a range of s…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of courage, capitalism, naval warfare, and international political intrigue set on the high seas during the American Revolution. Patriot Pirates highlights the obscure bu…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lindsay Renee Westbrook-Taylor is a young Christian girl who meets the love of her life at age sixteen. Shaun is gorgeous, generous, intelligent-and he's a Detroit drug dealer. Lindsay is smart enough to know that Shaun's lifestyle is dangerous and unpredictable, but what can she say She love…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Faith, family, and the weight of history intersect in this remarkable debut from a rising literary talent A cold, gray Sunday dawns on New York City to find Paul Metzger trudging through the winter streets to visit his past. He goes first to see his estranged, decades-older half-brother; then…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An invaluable resource for anyone who aspires to think clearly' (The Guardian) from the New York Times bestselling author of Superforecasting and Future Babble>The Science of Fear is an introduction to the new brain science of risk, dissecting the fears that misguide and manipulate us every…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the book that can teach anyone to draw (yes, even you!)If you're not getting the kind of true-to-life results you want in your drawings (or if you can't even draw a straight line), Carrie and Rick Parks can help. As award-winning teachers, they have a proven game plan for helping arti…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the author of Falling and Sister Stardust comes the New York Times bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home. Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she's just as likely…