penguin publishing group mär 2007 (15 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The New York Times bestselling author of the Cackleberry Club and Scrapbooking mysteries serves up the seventh novel in 'the perfect series for tea and mystery lovers' (The Tea Caddy). When social darling Delaine Dish throws a lavish benefit for the restoration of a rundown Victorian home, Theodosia Browning donates tea and treats from her Indigo Tea Shop. But the grand unveiling of Theo's spread proves a gruesome scene when a beloved local politico falls dead with a jagged piece of metal in his neck. Anyone at the event could be the culprit, but the police have few leads-and no suspects. Try as she might, Theodosia can't help but wonder who the murderer is. But her investigation will lead her into places darker than the blackest tea. Includes a delicious recipe and teatime tips!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Supernaturally gifted waitress Sookie Stackhouse is pitted against the legacy of her own undead bloodline in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series the inspiration for the HBO®original seriesTrue Blood.Since Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has so few living relatives, she hates to lose one even her cousin Hadley, undead consort of the vampire queen of New Orleans. Hadley s left everything she had to Sookie, but claiming that inheritance has a high risk factor. Some people don t want her looking too deeply into Hadley s past or Hadley s possessions. And they re prepared to do anything in their power to stop her.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Psy/Changeling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Shards of Hope, Shield of Winter, and Heart of Obsidian.'the alpha author of paranormal romance' (Booklist). Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to predict the future. Then the visions show her something even more dangerous aching need exquisite pleasure. But so powerful is her sight, so fragile the state of her mind, that the very emotions she yearns to embrace could be the end of her. Changeling Vaughn D Angelo can take either man or jaguar form, but it is his animal side that is overwhelmingly drawn to Faith. The jaguar s instinct is to claim this woman it finds so utterly fascinating and the man has no argument. But while Vaughn craves sensation and hungers to pleasure Faith in every way, desire is a danger that could snap the last threads of her sanity. And there are Psy who need Faith s sight for their own purposes. They must keep her silenced and keep her from Vaughn.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Police chief Jesse Stone faces the case of his career in this thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling series.When a woman's partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it initially appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be an emotionally charged investigation. Florence Horvath was an attractive, recently divorced heiress from Florida; she also had a penchant for steamy sex and was an enthusiastic participant in a video depicting the same. Somehow the combination of her past and present got her killed, but no one is talking not the crew of the Lady Jane, the Fort Lauderdale yacht moored in Paradise Harbor; not her very blond, very tan twin sisters, Corliss and Claudia; and not her curiously affectless parents, living out a sterile retirement in a Miami high rise. But someone Jesse has to speak for the dead, even if it puts him in harm's way.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lucas Davenport, 'one of the best hard-case cops on the crime scene today' (Houston Post) returns in John Sandford's #1 New York Times bestselling Prey series.Lieutenant Davenport's sanity was nearly shattered by two murder investigations. Now he faces something worse.Two killers. One hideously scarred. The other strikingly handsome, a master manipulator fascinated with all aspects of death. The dark mirror of Davenport's soul.This is the case that will bring Davenport back to life. Or push him over the edge. With a New Introduction by John Sandford.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger reveals the deadly consequences that can be born of the best intentions in this Myron Bolitar thriller.As the school year winds down, Myron Bolitar is determined to help keep his friends children safe from the dangers of drinking and driving. So he makes two neighborhood girls promise him that if they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their parents, they must call him. Several nights later, the call comes at two a.m. The next day, a girl is missing and Myron is the last person who saw her. Racing to find her before she s gone forever, Myron must outrun his own troubled past and decide once and for all who he is and what he will stand up for.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty in Oscar Wilde's fascinating gothic tale. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, is the enduringly eerie story of a naïve and irresistible young man lured by decadent Lord Henry Wotton into a life of depravity. Though Dorian is steeped in sin, his face remains perfect, unlined as years pass-while only his portrait, locked away, reveals the blackness of his soul. This timeless tale of Gothic horror and fable, reveling in the unabashed hedonism and cynical wit of its characters, epitomizes Wilde's literary revolt against the proprieties of the Victorian era. Sharing this volume with The Picture of Dorian Gray are Wilde's clever and sophisticated story 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and two of his delicate fairy tales, 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Birthday of the Infanta.'With an Introduction by Gary Schnidgalland an Afterword by Peter Raby.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.' --His Holiness The Dalai LamaNominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today's leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.The 20th anniversary edition of the classic text, updated, revised, and featuring a Mindful Living Journal. Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over two millennia. If they were to meet on the road today, what would each think of the other's spiritual views and practices Thich Nhat Hanh has been part of a decades-long dialogue between two great contemplatice traditions, and brings to Christianity an appreciation of its beauty that could be conveyed only by an outsider. IN lucid, meditative prose, he explores the crossroads of compassion and holiness at which the two traditions meet, and he reawakens our understanding of both. 'On the altar in my hermitage,' he says, 'are images of Buddha and Jesus, and I touch both of them as my spiritual ancestors.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has not only left his footprints on our musical terrain, he has created a body of work that is a monument to artistic imagination. Throughout Shorter's extraordinary fifty-year career, his compositions have helped define the sounds of each distinct era in the history of jazz. Filled with musical analysis by Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an invaluable history of music from bebop to pop, an intimate and moving biography, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables-all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon. 'The first thing you ought to know is that Saunders is the funniest writer in America. [But] Saunders's laughs are a cover, a diversion, beneath which reside some profoundly serious intentions regarding the morality of how we live and the power of love and immanent death to transform us into vastly better creatures. I can't think of another writer who would try to do what Saunders is doing, or anything close to it. This is an important book.'-The Nation 'Saunders is a hilarious, wicked, and pitch-perfect satirist of our times, of course, but for a satirist he has a whole lot of heart.'-Esquire.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world history.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the realm between the living and the undead, between human and immortal, four of today's most thrilling authors explore the delight that ensues when opposites come together in these never-before-published paranormal tales. New York Times bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson challenges a charlatan exorcist with a sexy dead woman-and an unnatural romance. USA Today bestselling author Emma Holly introduces a beautiful scientist to the realm of the Demon World.and an irresistible male she has experimented on. National bestselling author Vickie Taylor throws a hell-bent man into the arms of a beautiful dark angel who is driven by ethereal desires of her own. And national bestselling author Catherine Spangler gives a vampire prostitute a last chance at redemption when an angelic hunk offers her a night of divine lovemaking.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the Beatles' recording engineer Geoff Emerick comes a fascinating memoirfeaturing never-before-told stories of the Fab Four.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the creator of the Rumpole stories-a novel of middle-class do-gooding gone awry.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Liberate Your Creativity with Acrylic Paints!Acrylic Revolution is your essential, all-in-one guide for acrylic painting techniques and more. It features over 101 ways to break through the boundaries of conventional painting and re-define the creative potential of this all-purpose medium.Every page provides insight on how to use acrylic paint in ways you never thought possible to create stunning visual effects and textures. Ten complete sections detail a range of empowering applications, including how to: Prepare and paint on virtually any surface Create textures of all kinds Work with transfers, collage, resists and mixed media Achieve innovative stenciling and line work Customize your paint to adjust thickness, transparency and drying time Simulate other mediums, such as oil, tempera or watercolor Create faux finishes, magical effects, sheens and moreTo give you additional insight and inspiration, this book features a gallery of finished works by fellow painting revolutionaries that blend various acrylic techniques to create amazing effects. You'll also find practical advice that covers the basics and beyond-from selecting materials and cleaning your brushes to finishing and preserving your artwork. There's even a complete glossary of terms for fast and easy referencing.Pick up a brush and start your own acrylic revolution today! Use the techniques in this book to free your creative spirit and create the paintings you've always dreamed of.