Pfp publishing nov 2011 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Set in New England and Alabama, 'Fighting Gravity' begins as an exploration of the complexities of love between an older man and younger woman, and ultimately raises larger questions of human connection, commitment, faith, marital and parental responsibility, and the nature of fate.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Girls are fun, active, interesting and strong. Girls are loud and quiet - sweet, silly and serious. Sometimes, they want to be out there doing stuff, other times, they just want to be alone in their room.But most of all, growing up for girls is about RELATIONSHIPS. Relationships are the most important thing in the world to them.Here, in girls' own voices, is what they think about, care about and want to share.'Driscoll surveyed hundreds of girls from around the country - and the world - regarding their experiences with friends, family, teachers, boys and more. What she found is that the majority shared experiences from which other girls could learn. In their own voices, girls tackle some of the big issues (boys, body image, friends) with Driscoll's advice on building better relationships and self-confidence.' - Detroit News 'A 'girl power' book for pre-teens, Girl to Girl:The Real Deal on Being a Girl Today, spills secrets of keeping friends, cracks the code of boyspeak and gives the skinny on body image. Quotations from preteen girls pepper the text with a chorus of voices, along with sidebars, quizzes, cartoon illustrations and profiles of regular girls.' - Publishers Weekly.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A tapestry of suffering, joy, transcendence.a journey of guilt and hope.In these remarkable short stories by native South African Tony Eprile, men and women play out dramas that echo the tumultuous din of their homeland. With a particular emphasis on exiles - whether expatriates or those people alienated in their own country - these stories examine a nation breaking apart along the fault lines of race, belief, and circumstance. With this collection, Mr. Eprile emerges as a brilliant compassionate chronicler of one of the most troubled and troubling landscapes of our world. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For Merelene Durham it's been fifteen years of coping, of determination not to lose her purchase on this world: a world that has become almost unendurable since her rakish husband, Mayfield, fled after encephalitis turned their son Roland's mind into a strange, shell-holed country. Blind Tongues is the story of what happens when Mayfield unexpectedly returns, and his conviction that a newly made fortune can make Roland whole again, of a brilliant local attorney whose body bears the scars of aviation heroics in World War II, and finally of Merelene herself, who must choose between these two competitors in love while trying to accept the sweet simplicity of her ageless son. Sterling Watson, author of The Calling and Fighting in the Shade, has created a stunning evocation of a Florida coast town and of the people struggling for love and solace within its borders. …