penguin publishing group jan 2005 (14 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Steeplechase jockey Christmas 'Kit' Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lori Shepherd and the phantom Aunt Dimity have become one of the mystery genre's most celebrated detective duos. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Barbara Kraus' Calories and Carbohydrates has long been considered the essential guide to getting the most up-to-date, A-to-Z dietary information on all your favorite foods. Now, in this newly revised and updated edition, you'll discover the most accurate and reliable calorie and carbohydrate counts for over 8,500 food brands and products, including: Auntie Anne's Pretzels Bruegger's Bagel Restaurants El Monterey Food Products Boar's Head Cheese Campbell's Supper Bakes Atkins Food Products Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Each entry is arranged according to portion size, and the extensive cross-referencing will help you find what you need-fast. Recommended by doctors for weight control, this indispensable guide simplifies dieting whether you are counting calories, or carbohydrates, or both. 'Destined to have that well-worn, thumbed-through look of every useful book on your shelf.'-The Cincinnati Post.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When an eleven-year-old girl is found murdered, Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, gets another chance at stopping one of the most heartless and horrifying serial killers of her career: the demented Temple Gault.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. While Douglas MacArthur chomps at the bit, intent on surging across the 38th parallel, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between MacArthur and President Harry Truman. And somewhere out there, his own daredevil pilot son, Pick, is lost behind enemy lines--and may be lost forever.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Pramoedya Ananta Toer's transcendent novels have become part of the world literary canon, but it is his short fiction that originally made him famous. The first full-size collection of his short stories to appear in English, All That Is Gone draws from the author's own experiences in Indonesia to depict characters trying to make sense of a war-torn culture haunted by colonialism, among them an eight-year-old girl soon to be married off by her parents for money and an idealistic young soldier who witnesses the savage beating of a man accused of being a spy. Though violence and brutality pervade these tales, there is present throughout a profound sense of compassion-an extraordinary combination of despair and hope that gives All That Is Gone rare power and beauty.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Pramoedya Ananta Toer's transcendent novels have become part of the world literary canon, but it is his short fiction that originally made him famous. The first full-size collection of his short stories to appear in English, All That Is Gone draws from the author's own experiences in Indonesia to depict characters trying to make sense of a war-torn culture haunted by colonialism, among them an eight-year-old girl soon to be married off by her parents for money and an idealistic young soldier who witnesses the savage beating of a man accused of being a spy. Though violence and brutality pervade these tales, there is present throughout a profound sense of compassion-an extraordinary combination of despair and hope that gives All That Is Gone rare power and beauty.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Zen and the art of getting unstuck . . .Perennial favorites, Charlotte Kasl's If the Buddha Dated, If the Buddha Married and If the Buddha Had Kids have inspired readers with their empowering balance of spiritual and psychological wisdom. This wise yet lighthearted book extends on Dr. Kasl's trademark insight to speak to anyone who's ever experienced being stuck in life. With her signature clarity, wisdom, and wit, she presents seven simple yet profound steps on the path to change: Notice Where You're Stuck; Show Up; Pay Attention; Live in Reality; Connect with Others, Connect with Life; Move from Thought to Action; and Let Go.Full of insight from Buddhist and other teachings that emphasize the joy that comes with letting go of fears and attachments, If the Buddha Got Stuck is an inspirational and practical roadmap to a happier, more peaceful, and more fulfilling life.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank takes readers on a rollicking ride in this Lowcountry tale about a woman whose unconventional friends and family show her the real meaning of unconditional love.Anna Lutz Abbot considers herself independent and happy-until one steamy summer when her collegiate daughter comes home a very different person, her wild and wonderful ex-husband shows up on her doorstep, and her flamboyant new best friend takes up with Anna's father. And the already hot temperatures are cranked up another ten degrees by Anna's own fling with Arthur, who is, heaven help her, a Yankee.Now Anna must face the fact that she isn't as in control of her life as she'd thought. And she must find a way to deal with the whole truth-not just the comfortable parts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this immensely readable history that couldn t be more timely, award-winning historian Richard Fletcher chronicles the relationship between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation. With lucidity and sound scholarship, Fletcher demonstrates that though there were fruitful trading and cultural interactions between Muslims and Christians during the period when the Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, each group viewed the other's religion from the beginning as fundamentally different and suspect. Eschewing moral judgments and easy generalizations, 'The Cross and the Crescent' allows readers to draw their own conclusions and explore the implications for the present day.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How to Say It® for Executives offers everything current and future leaders need to know to get their ideas across powerfully, efficiently, and humanely. Full of practical tips, words, outlines, and models, this guide shows how to:

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Claudia Nice shows you how to turn ink and watercolors into the coarse-barked trunk of an oak, or the burnished smoothness of brass, or the verdant velvet of moss. Or any of many other things. She shows you how to use dots, fine lines, brushstrokes, black and white, color-a mixture of mediums and techniques-to suggest: glass cast iron adobe and brick sunrise and sunset driftwood leaf textures basketry surf and ocean waves enamelware rainbows wood grain distant trees eggs and onions animal hair and dozens of other textures! You'll learn how to use materials, from technical pens to paint brushes, colored inks to liquid acrylics. You'll discover ways to blot, spatter, stamp and otherwise alter and combine ink and watercolor for exciting texturing effects.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A triumph . . . will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.'--Malcolm Bowie, 'Sunday Telegraph.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The definitive account of Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany, from the author of The Third Reich in Power, The Third Reich at War, and Hitler's People'The clearest and most gripping account I've read of German life before and during the rise of the Nazis.' --A. S Byatt, Times Literary Supplement.