Penguin publishing group jun 2000 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - FIRST IN THE STUNNING TRILOGYEclipse Bay has grown and flourished amongst the sharp cliffs and hidden coves of the rugged Oregon coast. But this small town is also filled with secrets as treacherous as the landscape and rivalries as fierce as an ocean storm.Their grandfathers hated each other. Their fathers hated each other. But they don't hate each other. Not at all.Hannah Harte remembers the long-ago night on the beach that revealed Rafe as more than just "that disreputable Madison boy." And Rafe remembers the heroic gesture that proved Hannah's fierce spirit was stronger than any feudand saved him from near-certain imprisonment.Nowreunited by a surprising inheritance after years of living their separate livesRafe and Hannah return to Eclipse Bay, and the hostilities that still divide, and bind, their families. And they are discovering something that is at once delightful and deeply disturbing.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As the Allied forces slowly begin turning the tide of war, Hitler vehemently orders the impossiblekidnap Winston Churchill, or kill him. A crack team of commandos led by a disgraced war hero must venture into the heart of England to carry out their mission, or die trying.Meanwhile, in a quiet seaside village, a beautiful widow and an IRA assassin have already laid the groundwork for what will be the most treacherous plot of the war. It begins on November 6, 1943, when Berlin receivs the fateful message.'First rate.a fascinating adventure story.' San Francisco Chronicle'The master's master of World War II spycraft storytelling.A superb and mysterious tale.' United Press International.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ephemeral lives, and souls lost in the tattered fabric of war, displacement, and ruined love find hope, redemption, and a common voice in Eugene Gloria's artful concoction of American and Filipino vernaculars. While some of these thirty poems deal with the landscape and folkways of contemporary Filipinos, others locate themselves on the streets and byways of present-day America. Like many poets of dual heritage, Gloria's work is concerned with self-definition, with the attempt to reconcile a feeling of exile and homelessness. Frequently taking the form of character studies and first-person narratives, Gloria's poems poignantly illuminate the common man's search for connection to the self and to the world.'Eugene Gloria's Drivers at the Short-Time Motel is propelled by an imagistic sincerity and paced lyricism. Each poem seems to embody the plain-spoken as well as the embellishments that we associate with classical and modern Asian poetry. Though many of the poems address the lingering hurt of cultural and economic imperialism, worlds coexist in the same skin through magical imagery. Gauged by a keen eye, history is scrutinized, but through a playful exactness. These wonderful poems are trustworthy.' --Yusef Komunyaaka.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this stunning collection of three of her favorite stories, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts illuminates the dreams that lead us toward destinyand the desires that rule over our heartsTONIGHT AND ALWAYS When a renowned anthropologist agrees to help a writer research his new novel, she isn't prepared for the passion their collaboration sparks.A MATTER OF CHOICE An international smuggling ring traps a beautiful antiques dealer and a New York City cop in a web of danger and desire. ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS Two Washington television reporters try to protect their love from their own professional rivalryand the hazards of their celebrity.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the 17th century to present day.Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly How has the psychology of investing changed and not changed over the last five hundred years In Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellortraces the origins of the speculative spirit back to ancient Rome and chronicles its revival in the modern world: from the tulip scandal of 1630s Holland, to stockjobbing in London's Exchange Alley, to the infamous South Sea Bubble of 1720, which prompted Sir Isaac Newton to comment, I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. Here are brokers underwriting risks that included highway robbery and the assurance of female chastity ; credit notes and lottery tickets circulating as money; wise and unwise investors from Alexander Pope and Benjamin Disraeli to Ivan Boesky and Hillary Rodham Clinton.From the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties, from the nineteenth century railway mania to the crash of 1929, from junk bonds and the Japanese bubble economy to the day-traders of the Information Era, Devil Take the Hindmost tells a fascinating story of human dreams and folly through the ages.…