Random house aug 2000 (24 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This classic Berenstain Bears story is a perfect way to teach children about what it's like to have a new baby in the house!Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. The Bear family has a new addition . . . a baby girl named Honey! However, Sister isn't sure she likes having the new baby in the tree house. Honey cries, is always hungry, and gets all the attention. Will things ever get better for Sister Includes over 50 bonus stickers. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONALBESTSELLER Share the true meaning of Christmas with your children this holiday season. This simple but poetic text brings to life the story of Jesus' birth in a stable in Bethlehem. First published in 1952, this Little Golden Book adaption of the Christmas story was illustrated by beloved artist Eloise Wilkin. This classic picture book retelling of the Christmas story is a perfect gift for the holidays. Eloise Wilkin (illustrator).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLER Celebrate Christmas with this Little Golden Book retelling of the classic 1964 holiday TV special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. A perfect gift for children of all ages!All of the other reindeer make fun of Rudolph and won't let him play in their reindeer games because he's different. But when Christmas is almost cancelled because of a huge snowstorm, Rudolph comes to the rescue with his wonderful shiny red nose. Golden Books (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware. Sal Murdocca (illustrator).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Joan Lingard was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Belfast where she lived until she was eighteen. She is particularly well-known for her quintet of young adult titles about Kevin and Sadie and their love across the religious divide during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The series begins with THE TWELFTH DAY OF JULY. In 1998 Joan was awarded an MBE for distinguished service to children's literature. She lives in Edinburgh and is married, with three children and five grandchildren.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This unflinching portrayal of the squalor and brutality of New York life produced a scandal when it was published in 1893. Crane's novel tells the story of Maggie Johnson, a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution. More than the tale of a young woman's tragic fall, this is a powerful exploration of the destructive forces underlying urban society and human nature. Also included here is 'George's Mother', along with eleven other tales and sketches of New York written between 1892 and 1896.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin will absorb and delight girls and boys aged 5+.A great first poetry book; the poems span time, from Robert Louis Stevenson and Walter de la Mare right up to date with Roger McGough and Michael Rosen. Themes covered, such as mealtimes, playtime, animals, family and bedtime, really appeal to youngreaders. A truly lovely collection of all-time favourite poems. June Crebbin is an ex-primary teacher, now a full-time writer. She is in great demand for author visits and runs very successful writing workshops in schools. June has written a wide range of children's books and writes poetry for children and adults. She lives in Leicester. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first two stories about the Animals of Farthing Wood have been brought together in one, value for money bind-up. In the prequel to The Animals of Farthing Wood, THE ADVENTURE BEGINS we meet an earlier generation of animals whose descendants will make their epic journey from Farthing Wood to White Deer Park. Then read how the animals survived their first and harshest winter away from Farthing Wood in IN THE GRIP OF WINTER.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A second collection of stories about the Animals of Farthing Wood brought together in one volume. In FOX'S FEUD young fox cub, Dreamer, has been killed in a vicious attack, and the animals in White Deer Park have no doubt who is responsible. Fox vows revenge, but are he and his young family a match for the formidable strength of Scarface and his clan Yet again the animals must band together to avert disaster. FOX CLUB BOLD sees Dreamer's brother, Bold, venture into dangerous territory in an attempt to make peace with the enemy. Despite his good intentions, Bold is imprisoned and Fox has to come to his rescue.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Eleven-year-old Margo Bandini has never been afraid of anything. Her life in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with Mama and Papa and her little brother, Charlie, has always felt secure. But it's 1933, and the Great Depression is changing things for families all across America.One day the impossible happens: Papa cannot make the payments for their house, and the Sheriff Sale sign goes up on their door. They have two weeks to pay the bank, or leave their home forever. Now Margo is afraid--but she's also determined to find a way to help Papa save their home.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Merciless attacks by an invincible alien force have left the New Republic reeling. Dozens of worlds have succumbed to occupation or annihilation, and even the Jedi Knights have tasted defeat. In these darkest of times, the noble Chewbacca is laid to rest, having died as heroically as he lived--and a grief-stricken Han Solo is left to fit the pieces of his shattered soul back together before he loses everything: friends, family, and faith.Refusing help from Leia or Luke, Han becomes the loner he once was, seeking to escape the pain of his partner's death in adventure . . . and revenge. When he learns that an old friend from his smuggling days is operating as a mercenary for the enemy, he sets out to expose the traitor. But Han's investigation uncovers an even greater evil: a sinister conspiracy aimed at the very heart of the New Republic's will and ability to fight--the Jedi.Now Han must face down his inner demons and, with the help of a new and unexpected ally, honor Chewbacca's sacrifice in the only way that matters--by being worthy of it.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The orders came from Patton himself: Take a strike force behind enemy lines--with no air or ground support--and liberate a POW camp at Hammelburg, where Patton's son-in-law was held. Captain Abe Baum and an armored task force answered the call, crashing through an enemy-held town, plunging into German territory, and fighting their way to Hammelburg. With the German army closing in around them, the raiders kept going, until they had liberated 1,500 prisoners of war.Baum's Raiders had just achieved an impossible objective. Now they had to get back out.RAID! Written by the men who were there, Raid! is the gripping real-life story of a controversial mission in the heart of World War II. From the belly of a Sherman Tank pelted with enemy fire to the POWs waiting behind barbed wire, this is a thrilling, you-are-there chronicle of human courage--in the face of impossible odds.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Father O'Malley and Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden must uncover a baby-selling scheme at a clinic forty years ago.'Suspenseful.Solid characters and a keen sense of place.keep this tale humming.' --Publishers Weekly.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From bestseller to death-dealerLondon's Plumtree Press has a world-class bestseller of a novel. And the sequel is earmarked to get this old family firm out of the red. But its anonymous author, known to Plumtree only as 'Arthur,' has apparently vanished, leaving the crucial last five chapters undelivered. Alex already knows they reveal the identity of the characters who smuggled British children to America during World War II. But, of course, this is fiction. So when a lead critic previews the book as a nonfiction exposé, Alex is shocked. Even more so when the critic is murdered.and Alex finds himself the target of a ruthless hunt for the manuscript and bizarre attempts on his life. Ducking newshounds, government officials, and the sniping of jealous publishers, Alex knows only one thing: If he can't find Arthur and untangle the truth, his next season's list may be a posthumous one.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Tony Award-winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb.In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart and friend Niels Bohr. Their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle had revolutionized atomic physics. But now the world had changed and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. Why Heisenberg went to Copenhagen and what he wanted to say to Bohr are questions that have vexed historians ever since. In Michael Frayn's ambitious, fiercely intelligent, and daring new play Heisenberg and Bohr meet once again to discuss the intricacies of physics and to ponder the metaphysical-the very essence of human motivation.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A terrifying secret, an evil coterie of ruthless masterminds, a murderous battle of cunning and deadly skill-it's time to send in the Marines!After the Confederation makes a shocking discovery on an alien world, a nefarious band of opportunists from the highest echelons of power plot to steal the vast riches for themselves. Along with the ability to crush any resistance, these moguls possess spacecraft, unlimited resources, and a deadly arsenal of cutting-edge weapons.The only one without a price tag is the Confederation president. Now she is sending Gunnery Sergeant Bass, the men of third platoon, and a single special agent to expose the shadowy figures behind the corruption. And so, on an obscure planet, home to unimaginable treasure and an unsettling species, the toughest fighters in Human Space confront their fiercest battle. For there will be no losers in this war, only the triumphant, the dead, and the vanished . . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NATIONAL BESTSELLER This poignant novel weaves together the lives of a high school teacher, a pregnant teenage girl, and two elderly bachelor brothers, capturing the essence of human resilience and community across four generations.'Resonant and meaningful . . . . A song of praise in honor of the lives it chronicles [and] a story about people's ability to adapt and redeem themselves.' The Washington Post Book World'So foursquare, so delicate and lovely . . . it has the power to exalt the reader.' The New York Times Book ReviewIn the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girlher father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling to have her in the houseis pregnant, alone herself, with nowhere to go. And out in the country, two brothers, elderly bachelors, work the family homestead, the only world they've ever known. From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them togethertheir fates somehow overcoming the powerful circumstances of place and station, their confusion, curiosity, dignity and humor intact and resonant. As the milieu widens to embrace fully four generations, Kent Haruf displays an emotional and aesthetic authority to rival the past masters of a classic American tradition.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Travel all around town with this classic Richard Scarry book that introduces little ones to everything that goes on in their community!Join beloved characters Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, and more for a fun day around town! Visit the school, the farm, the post office, Main Street, and many other locations that little ones can find in their very own communities. Readers will also learn about different kinds of professions, such as carpenters, garbage workers, nurses, letter carriers, firefighters, teachers, and more! Children will learn how these people work together to keep the town safe, clean, and running smoothly.Complete with bold, easy-to-read text and Richard Scarry s signature vibrant illustrations, Richard Scarry s Busy, Busy Town is an educational adventure that little ones can see reflected in their daily lives.Children will also love:Richard Scarry s Busy, Busy WorldRichard Scarry s Busy, Busy FarmRichard Scarry s Busiest People Ever!Richard Scarry s Busy, Busy Boxed SetRichard Scarry s Busytown Seek and Find!; Bilderbuch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sé que debo alabar a Dios, pero no sé como hacerlo.y no tengo tiempo.simplemente no siento ganas.Los cristianos que anhelan sentir a Dios de una manera fresca y profunda, van a atesorar esta poderosa guía personal, disponible ahora en su edición en español. Cada día, durante un mes solamente, este devocional basado en las Escrituras le ayudaran a cultivar el hábito de un corazón que alaba y adora a Dios. Los lectores serán inspirados de una manera sutil, a valorar y apreciar al Señor en todas las cosas, inclusive en medio del dolor, la traición y las penas en el corazón. Una mayor intimidad con Dios y un mayor amor por El es el resultado asegurado.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy.Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it.It will also make you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer is back with the sequel she vowed never to write. 'A marvelous performance--. No feminist writer can match her for eloquence or energy; none makes [us] laugh the way she does.'--The Washington Post In this thoroughly engaging new book, the fervent, rollicking, straight-shooting Greer, is, as ever, 'the ultimate agent provocateur' (Mirabella). With passionate rhetoric, outrageous humor, and the authority of a lifetime of thought and observation, she trains a sharp eye on the issues women face at the turn of the century. From the workplace to the kitchen, from the supermarket to the bedroom, Greer exposes the innumerable forms of insidious discrimination and exploitation that continue to plague women around the globe. She mordantly attacks 'lifestyle feminists' who blithely believe they can have it all, and argues for a fuller, more organic idea of womanhood. Whether it's liposuction or abortion, Barbie or Lady Diana, housework or sex work, Greer always has an opinion, and as one of the most brilliant, glamorous, and dynamic feminists of all time, her opinions matter. For anyone interested in the future of womanhood, The Whole Woman is a must-read.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The New York Times Book Review praised Brendan O'Carroll's first novel, The Mammy, as 'Cheerful.as unpretentious and satisfying as a home-cooked meal.with a delicious dessert of an ending.' With the forthcoming second book in the trilogy, The Chisellers, and a movie about The Mammy (entitled Agnes Browne) on the horizon, the world is discovering O'Carroll's uniquely Irish blend of warmth and grittiness, comedy and pathos, as he elevates the lives of ordinary working-class Dublin people--and one extraordinary family--into tales that are small in size but epic in emotion. With the final installment, The Granny, our comedic and lovable heroine, Agnes Browne, has a French lover, six children in their twenties--including one in prison--and a wee grandchild of her own. But the world is spinning fast for Agnes--especially considering that her lover wants her to become 'a sexual animal' and that her family's far-flung fortune is beyond her control. The members of the Browne family split up to make it in the world on their own until a tragedy brings the brood back together again--and love keeps them that way forever.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -TONY AWARD WINNER - An explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb. 'Endlessly fascinating. The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year. An electrifying work of art.' --Ben Brantley, The New York Times In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart and friend Niels Bohr. Their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle had revolutionized atomic physics. But now the world had changed and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. Why Heisenberg went to Copenhagen and what he wanted to say to Bohr are questions that have vexed historians ever since. In Michael Frayn's ambitious, fiercely intelligent, and daring new play Heisenberg and Bohr meet once again to discuss the intricacies of physics and to ponder the metaphysical--the very essence of human motivation.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 144 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -TONY AWARD WINNER - An explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic bomb. 'Endlessly fascinating. The most invigorating and ingenious play of ideas in many a year. An electrifying work of art.' --Ben Brantley, The New York Times In 1941 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a clandestine trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart and friend Niels Bohr. Their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle had revolutionized atomic physics. But now the world had changed and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. Why Heisenberg went to Copenhagen and what he wanted to say to Bohr are questions that have vexed historians ever since. In Michael Frayn's ambitious, fiercely intelligent, and daring new play Heisenberg and Bohr meet once again to discuss the intricacies of physics and to ponder the metaphysical--the very essence of human motivation. 144 pp. Englisch.…