penguin publishing group okt 1995 (3 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This classic novel features one of the most enigmatic and fascinating women in nineteenth-century literature When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flame-haired temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. Her malicious intrigues fuel the plot of this gripping melodrama: a tale of confused identities, inherited curses, romantic rivalries, espionage, moneyand murder. The character of Lydia Gwilt horrified contemporary critics, with one reviewer describing her as 'One of the most hardened female villains whose devices and desires have ever blackened fiction.' She remains the dark heart of this most sensational of Victorian 'sensation novels.'Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing 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 - Learn how to get everything you want with this motivational book from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.Anything is possible.if you dare to ask!Personal happiness. Creative fulfillment. Professional success. Freedom from fear-and a new promise of joy that's yours for the asking.We have the ability at our fingertips to achieve these things. It's the Aladdin Factor: the magical wellspring of confidence, desire-and the willingness to ask-that allows us to make wishes come true. Now bestselling motivational authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen introduce us to the Aladdin Factor-and help us put it into effect in our own lives.The Aladdin Factor helps us by pinpointing the major stumbling blocks to asking-and teaching simple techniques to overcome them. With inspirational stories about people who have succeeded by asking for what they want, this book shows us how to turn our lives around-no matter what kind of obstacles we face. And with this knowledge, we can reap the riches of a truly well-lived life-a treasure that comes not from an enchanted lamp, but from the heart.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Buildings have often been studies whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. How Buildings Learn is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time.