Random house aug 1996 (41 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Illustrated in full color. Whose face is that on the cover That's right--it's red-hot Elmo! Toddlers will learn to link facial expressions to emotions as they take a close-up look at some of the funniest, fuzziest monster faces on Sesame Street! Zoe has yummy lollipop--look how happy she is! Elmo has a sad face--he's just dropped his ice cream cone. Poor Elmo! Can you make a 'sorry Elmo' face. Brannon, Tom (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - My room is a mess. Now, usually this is not big news. But my clothes have started moving.when I'm not inside them. And the TV is floating across the room! Guess what! I'm sharing my room with a ghost named Wanda. Davis, Jack E. (illustrator).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An award-winning, heartrending young middle grade novel from Barbara Parkthe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Junie B. Jones seriesjust right for readers of Frindle, Love That Dog, The Lemonade War, and other classic young middle grade favorites. Kids aren't supposed to die. Phoebe's brother, Mick, was one of the funniest, coolest kids you'd ever meetthe kid who made you laugh until your stomach hurt, even if you were mad at him. The kid who freaked his and Phoebe's mom out by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken; who went trick-or-treating as Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the modern-day flush toilet; who did a wild solo dance in front of the entire school. He was the kid you'd want to be friends with. So how can he be gone And how will Phoebe's family survive without him Winner of 12 State Awards! An IRA-CBC Young Adults' Choice A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year \* "Genius . . . excruciatingly real . . . powerful." Publishers Weekly, starred "[A] wrenching story permeated with humor and hope." School Library Journal For the Review section (please add the two reviews and the state awards below): "A very moving story about a terrific 12-year-old boy. By the end of the book, readers miss him, too." Kirkus Reviews "Park skillfully interweaves humor and pain in this unique, utterly believable account of Phoebe's attempt to cope with a heartbreaking loss." The Horn Book WINNERGeorgia Children's Book Award WINNERConnecticut Nutmeg Book Award WINNERKansas William Allen White Children's Book Award WINNERNorth Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award WINNERRhode Island Children's Book Award WINNERSouth Carolina Children's Book Award WINNERVermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award WINNERIllinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award WINNERIndiana Young Hoosier Book Award WINNERIowa Children's Choice Award WINNERMinnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award NOMINEEWashington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award WINNERKentucky Bluegrass Master List.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A lethally tantalizing novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Sticks & SconesWhen Goldy, owner of Goldilocks' Catering, whips up a sumptuous lowfat feast for the Mignon Cosmetics' company banquet, she discovers just how ugly the beauty biz can be! On the day of the banquet Goldy finds herself confronting an angry mob of demonstrators"Spare the Hares"who object to Mignon Cosmetics' animal-testing policies. As she carries lowfat fare from her van to the mall where the banquet is being held, she hears an ominous squeal of tires and a horrifying thump. Seconds later a Mignon employee lies dead on the pavement.Now Goldy is enmeshed up to her sauté pans in a homicide investigation. Could the murder have had something to do with Spare the Haresor with the exotic flower found near the dead body Though busy serving up Hoisin Turkey and Grand Marnier Cranberry Muffins, Goldy starts sleuthing at Mignon's million-dollar cosmetics counter. Soon the caterer-turned-sleuth knows she'll be next on a killer's hit listand it won't be pretty.Featuring original recipes for such luscious (and lowfat) dishes as Fettuccine Alfredo with Asparagus, decadent Fudge Soufflé, and irresistible what-to-do-with-all-the-egg-yolks bread.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sixteen-year-old Titus Bass fears one fate more than any other: never to experience the great wilderness or the wildness inside himself. So late one night he snatches a squirrel gun and a handful of biscuits, flees into the woods, and doesn't look back. From Louisville past the Chickasaw bluffs and the Natchez Trace all the way to New Orleans, he plunges into the rough-and-tumble life along the banks of the Mississippi: a volatile, violent country of boatmen and river bandits, knife fights and Indian raids, strong liquor and stronger women. Yet beyond the great river stretches the vast, unexplored expanse of the Great Plains. And it is here that young Titus will seek his future, and risk everything to seize it.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A tale of love and revenge in the post-Napoleonic era. Edmond Dantes, a nineteen-year-old sailor from Marseilles, is soon to be captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest on his wedding day, and he is condemned to life in prison. His sole companion is the 'crazy' priest Faria, who shares with Edmond a secret escape plan, and a map to hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo. When Faria dies, Edmond attempts the incredible escape alone. finally he is free and rich beyond imagination after 14 years in prison. Keeping his true identity a secret, he enters society as Count of Monte Cristo, a polite, refined nobleman determined to reclaim his lost love, and to avenge his accusers. This is a story of suspense, intrigue, love and the triumph of good over evil.specially abridged for Puffin Classics. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 21st CenturyItalian-English/English-Italian Dictionary is an invaluablereference source for today's students, businesspeople and travelers, providing essential informationin an easy-to-use format. It is one of four booksin the new 21st Century line of foreigndictionaries, which also includes:French-English/English-FrenchSpanish-English/English-SpanishGerman-English/English-GermanThe dual format of these dictionaries eliminatesthe need to use two dictionaries. Students can useThe 21st CenturyItalian-English/English-Italian Dictionary to find the English translation ofan unfamiliar Italian word--andto discover the correct way to express a certainEnglish phrase in Italian. Because each entry islisted in both Italian and English, this dictionaryis useful for every situation, for business peoplechecking the terms of a contract on aninternational deal, to foreign exchange students gettingsettled into a Italian dormitory, and to touriststrying to understand the items on amenu.The 21st CenturyItalian/English-English/Italian Dictionary providesindividual entries in a concise, easy-to-follow format,with clear pronunciation guides and succinctdefinitions. This is the most up-to-date, reliableItalian to English, English to Italian dictionary onthe market, and will be an indispensible tool forevery occasion.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Unlock the Fountain of Prosperity Inside You! I truly believe Jim Rohn is an extraordinary human being whose philosophy can enhance the quality of life for anyone. Anthony Robbins Few men are endowed with Jim Rohn s ability to motivate and effect changes in other human beings. Tom Hopkins Jim Rohn . . . is one of the most profound thinkers and mind expanding individuals I ve ever had a chance to listen to. Les Brown Jim Rohn is a master motivator he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference . . . The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend Jim Rohn. Mark Victor Hansen You don t have to choose between wealth and happiness they spring from the same fountain of abundance. With this book, you ll discover the seven essential strategies you need for success: Unleash the Power of Goals Seek Knowledge Learn the Miracle of Personal Development Control Your Finances Master Time Surround Yourself with Winners Learn the Art of Living Well Author Jim Rohn s philosophy has helped millions change their lives for the better. Find out what it can do for you.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers.She is an intelligent killer.So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read.The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine.Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur.Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale.From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth centuryand the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series: anovelset in 1962 in Greenwood, Connecticut, where Jerry Conant and Sally Mathias are in love and want to get married, though they already are married to others. A diadem of five symmetrical chapters describes the course of their affair as it flickers off and on, and as their spouses react, in a tentative late-summer atmosphere of almost-last chances. For this is, as Jerry observes, "the twilight of the old morality, and there's just enough to torment us, and not enough to hold us in.".…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERFrom the beloved Pulitzer Prizewinning author comes'an almost flawless story of love' (Los Angeles Times).In this modern classic, Morgan Gower works at Cullen's hardware store in north Baltimore. He has seven daughters and a warmhearted wife, but as he journeys into the gray area of middle age, he finds his household growing tedious. Then Morgan meets two lovely young newlyweds under some rather extreme circumstancesand all three discover that no one's heart is safe.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 21st Century Spanish-English/English-Spanish Dictionary is an invaluable reference source for today's students, business people and travelers, providing essential information in an easy-to-use format. It is one of four books in the new 21st Century line of foreign dictionaries, which also includes:Italian-English/English-ItalianGerman-English/English-GermanFrench-English/English-FrenchThe dual format of these dictionaries eliminates the need to use two dictionaries.Students The 21st Century Spanish-English/English-Spanish Dictionaryto find the English translation of an unfamiliar Spanish word--and to discover the correct way to express a certain English phrase in Spanish.Because each entry is listed in both Spanish and English, this dictionary is useful for every situation, for business people checking the terms of a contract on an international deal, to foreign exchange students getting settled into a Spanish dormitory, and to tourists trying to understand the items on a menu.The 21st Century Spanish/English-English/Spanish Dictionary provides individual entries in a concise, easy-to-follow format, with clear pronunciation guides and succinct definitions.This is the most up-to-date, reliable Spanish to English, English to Spanish dictionary on the market, and will be an indispensible tool for every occasion.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With wondrous observations and bittersweet humor, thebeloved best-selling, Pulitzer Prizewinning author tells the story of anunsuspecting young woman who becomes the North star that helps a stumbling, dysfunctional family find its footing.Mrs. Emerson, widowed with seven adultchildren, lives alone in crumbling Victorian mansion outside Baltimore with only a collection of antique clocks to keep her company. Elizabeth Abbotttwenty-three years old, aimless, bohemian, and beautifulleads a vagabond lifestyle until she happens upon Mrs. Emerson's home and convinces the older woman to hire her as a handyman. When three of the strange, idiosyncratic Emerson children return to their childhood home for a visit, they are irresistibly drawn to Elizabeth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A very special story about life and love and courage.'MERLIN OLSEN, SPORTSCASTERJohn Harding had a high-powered career, a loving wife, and a beautiful son. He's lost it all and has returned to his home town of Boland, New Hampshire, teetering on the brink of suicide. But an old friend asks John to manage his old Little League team, the Angels. Reluctantly, he agrees, and meets a hopeless player who bears a striking resemblance to his dead son--and through their extroardinary relationship, John finds the wisdom in living that he thought had slipped beyond his grasp forever.AN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the beloved Pulitzer Prizewinning author, a "funny, heart-hammering, wise" (The New York Times) portrait of a family that will remind you why 'to read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love' (PEOPLE). Abandoned by her wanderlusting husband, stoic Pearl raised her three children on her own. Now grown, the siblings are inextricably linked by their memoriessome painfulwhich hold them together despite their differences. Hardened by life's disappointments, wealthy, charismatic Cody has turned cruel and envious. Thrice-married Jenny is errant and passionate. And Ezra, the flawed saint of the family, who stayed at home to look after his mother, runs a restaurant where he cooks what other people are homesick for, stubbornly yearning for the perfect family he never had. Now gathered during a time of loss, they will reluctantly unlock the shared secrets of their past and discover if what binds them together is stronger than what tears them apart. "[In Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Tyler] has arrived at a new level of power." John Updike, The New Yorker "Marvelous, astringent, hilarious, [and] strewn with the banana peels of love." Cosmopolitan.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A lacerating story of loss and of seeking, written in prose that is charged with emotion but is always held under impeccable control."Kansas City StarRabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of hisor any othergeneration. Its hero is Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who on an impulse deserts his wife and son. He is twenty-six years old, a man-child caught in a struggle between instinct and thought, self and society, sexual gratification and family dutyeven, in a sense, human hard-heartedness and divine Grace. Though his flight from home traces a zigzag of evasion, he holds to the faith that he is on the right path, an invisible line toward his own salvation as straight as a ruler's edge.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is about love. What it is and what it isn't. It is about you--and about everybody who has ever reached out to touch the heart of another. Among many other lessons of the heart, Leo Buscaglia reminds us: Love is open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The miraculous story of a loving couple, their never-to-be-forgotten friend, a little girl, and a very special teddy bear . . .Retired from his long, successful career as an agent to many of the most famous and dynamic motivational speakers in the world, Bart Manning was happily enjoying his newfound freedom with his lovely wife, Mary. So why, one morning, did he find himself headed back to the little office that he had never given up He didn't know. But as he sat at his dusty desk, he decided to go back into business. If God had sent him there, Bart told himself, he would wait for His plan to unfold.Then, at a crowded convention, he found his answer in the person of a handsome young man named Patrick Donne, whose deep, commanding voice spoke words of profound wisdom that electrified the audience. With the thrill of discovery, Bart recognized Donne's short speech as the best inspirational talk he had ever heard. Bart was soon caught up in the extraordinary realm that was Patrick's ordinary world, where even tragedy and sorrow became transforming experiences and remarkable things happened. . . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A page-turning novel about a Black teen from the Rio slums and an upper-class white girl who are brought together by fate and betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apartfrom one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series."Steamy.breathtaking."The New YorkerThey meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father.Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by their families, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild westunaware of the astonishing destiny that awaits them.Spanning twenty-two years, from the mid-sixties to the late eighties, BRAZIL surprises and embraces the reader with its celebration of passion, loyalty, and New World innocence.'A tour de force Spectacular.' Time'Updike's novel, as tender as it is erotic, becomes a magnificently wrought love story. Beautifully written.' Detroit Free Press.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When historian Alfred "Alf" Clayton is invited by an academic journal to record his impressions of the Gerald R. Ford Administration (197477), he recalls not the political events of the time but rather a turbulent period of his own sexual past. Alf's highly idiosyncratic contribution to Retrospect consists not only of reams of unbuttoned personal history but also of pages from an unpublished project of the time, a chronicle of the presidency of James Buchanan (185761). The alternating texts mirror each other and tell a story in counterpoint, a frequently hilarious comedy of manners contrasting the erotic etiquette and social dictions of antebellum Washington with those of late-twentieth-century southern New Hampshire. Alf's style is Nabokovian. His obsessions are vintage Updike.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The theme of trust, betrayed or fulfilled, runs through this collection of short stories: Parents lead children into peril, husbands abandon wives, wives manipulate husbands, and time undermines all. Love pangs, a favorite subject of the author, take on a new urgency as earthquakes, illnesses, lost wallets, and deaths of distant friends besiege his aging heroes and heroines. One man loves his wife s twin, and several men love the imagined bliss of their pasts; one woman takes an impotent lover, and another must administer her father s death. Bourgeois comforts and youthful convictions are tenderly seen as certain to erode: Man, as one of these stories concludes, was not meant to abide in paradise.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With complete rules on more than 300 popular card games, including the new international laws of contract bridge, this comprehensive book also includes special sections on: choosing games for particular occasions, teaching card games to children, the etiquette of card games, technical terms used in card games, and more.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER The Centaur is a modern retelling of the legend of Chiron, the noblest and wisest of the centaurs, who, painfully wounded yet unable to die, gave up his immortality on behalf of Prometheus. In the retelling, Olympus becomes small-town Olinger High School; Chiron is George Caldwell, a science teacher there; and Prometheus is Caldwell's fifteen-year-old son, Peter. Brilliantly conflating the author's remembered past with tales from Greek mythology, John Updike translates Chiron's agonized search for relief into the incidents and accidents of three winter days spent in rural Pennsylvania in 1947. The result, said the judges of the National Book Award, is "a courageous and brilliant account of a conflict in gifts between an inarticulate American father and his highly articulate son.". …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort. The New York Times Book ReviewToward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick and through the even darker fantasies of the town s collective psyche. A great deal of fun to read . . . fresh, constantly entertaining . . . John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation. The Philadelphia Inquirer Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have. Newsday.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In her award-winning examination of the nature of war, A Chorus of Stones, critically acclaimed author and feminist Susan Griffin showed new ways of thinking about society and war, about private and public lives. In The Eros of Everyday Life, she once again takes readers on a startling journey, showing the profound connections between religion and philosophy, science and nature, Western thought and the role of women, and the supremacy of abstract thought over the forces of life. Featuring the brilliant original title essay that is nothing less than an intellectual and emotional exploration of the nature of Western society itself, as well as Susan Griffin's best previously published essays of the past decade, The Eros of Everyday Life combines the beautiful lyricism and sensibility of a poet with the intellectual rigor of one of the finest and most original minds writing today.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Unleash the hidden power of your mindIt's there in all of us. A mental resource we don't think much about.Memory. And now there's a way to master its power. . . .Through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safememory system, you can become more effective, more imaginative,and more powerful at work, at school, in sports, and at play. Read with speed and greater understanding. File phone numbers, data, figures,and appointments right in your head. Send those birthday and anniversary cards on time. Learn foreign words and phrases with ease. Shine in the classroom and shorten study hours. Dominate social situations: Remember anduse important personal details.Begin today. The change in your life will be unforgettable.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Accompanying a manuscript Dr. Seuss wrote in 1973, was a letter outlining his hopes of finding 'a great color artist who will not be dominated by me.' The late Dr. Seuss saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the 'first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and sensational color.' The quest for an artist finally endedafter the manuscript languished for more than two decadesat the paint brushes of husband-and-wife team Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher whose stunning, expressive paintings reveal such striking images as a bright red horse kicking its heels, a cool and quiet green fish, a sad and lonely purple dinosaur, and an angrily howling black wolf. Using a spectrum of vibrant colors and a menagerie of animals, this unique book does for the range of human moods and emotions what Oh, the Places You'll Go! does for the human life cycle. Here is a wonderful way for parents to talk with children about their feelings. With Johnson and Fancher's atmospheric, large-scale paintings bursting off the pages, Dr. Seuss's vision is brought to life. This rare and beautiful book is bound to appeal to both the innocent young and the most sophisticated seniors. Steve Johnson; Lou Fancher (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Benjamin 'Chappie' Puttbutt, a black juior professor at the overwhelmingly white Jack London College, lusts after tenure and its glorious perks (including a house in the Oakland Hills). He spends most of his time trying to divine the ideological climate of the school and obligingly adapting his beliefs to it. When Puttbutt's mysterious Japanese tutor, who promises to teach him Japanese by spring, suddenly becomes the school's new president and appoints Puttbutt as academic dean, the fun really begins-for Puttbutt sets out to stir things up and settle old scores.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prizewinning authora timeless portrait of a young man's homecoming, and his ensuing journey through youth, identity, family, and love. Here is the debut novel that set Tyler on the path to becoming an American classic. Ben Joe Hawkes is a worrier. Raised by his mother, grandmother, and a flock of busy sisters, he's always felt the outsider. When he learns that one of his sisters has left her husband, he heads for home and back into the confusion of childhood memories and unforseen love.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fascinating study of American life and an explanation of how American life is studied through the everyday details of ordinary living, colorfully depicting a world hundreds of years in the past.History is recorded in many ways. According toauthor James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten.Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musicalinstruments, and even shards of pottery fill in thecracks between large historical events and depict the intricacies of daily life. In his completely revised and expanded edition of In Small Things Forgotten, Deetz has added new sections that more fully acknowledge the presence of women and African Americans in Colonial America. New interpretations of archaeological finds detail how minorities influenced and were affected by the development of the Anglo-American tradition in the years following the settlers' arrival inPlymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Among Deetz'sobservations:Subtle changes in building long before the Revolutionary War hinted at the growing independence of the American colonies and their desire to beless like theBritish.Records of estate auctions show that manyhouseholds in Colonial America contained only onechairunderscoring the patriarchal nature of theearly American family. All other members of thehousehold sat on stools or thefloor.The excavation of a tiny community offreed slaves in Massachusetts reveals evidence ofthe transplantation of African culture to NorthAmerica. …