random house aug 2006 (40 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ready, set, GO! Lightning McQueen, the rookie hot-shot race car, is screaming his way down the track on his way to winning the Piston Cup. But when he gets stuck in a slow little town called Radiator Springs, McQueen must learn a valuable lesson about friendship--fast. This beautifully illustrated Read-Aloud Storybook is the complete retelling of Disney presentation of a Pixar film latest computer-animated film, 'Cars,' 'From the Hardcover edition.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Brilliantly observed as always, family, teachers, pupils and the dreaded school inspector all leap to life in this wonderfully warm and witty, brand new, poetry collection from bestseller Gervase Phinn. New kids, disobedient deputy heads, school reports and fireworks, daydreamers and embarrassing mums all make an appearance. And if read on you might even just discover the whereabouts of Colin's confiscated conkers.just don't tell the teacher!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to 'make your lives extraordinary! ' Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society--a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passions run wild.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'T. rex! T. rex! Run!'The terrible Tyrannosaurus rex is scaring all the dinosaur families that live on the Great Plain. Nosy, the little pterodactyl, and his great friend Banty, the apatosaurus, agree that T. rex has got to be stopped. But how Luckily Nosy has a plan .

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover this superb series by award-winning best friends, Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt. Here is the perfect way to learn about opposites! Whether it's a quiet cat and a noisy dog, a freezing cold forest and a hot, sunny beach, or a super-fast leopard and a very slow snail, Sue and Nick introduce all sorts of opposites in an engaging and memorable way. Can't believe more people haven't discovered this gem! 'This book is truly inspired. Our daughter first discovered it at the library just before she turned two, and we have since bought our own board book copy because it was requested at EVERY bedtime. At 26 months she can now 'read' it herself, which makes her very pleased!' - 5 star Amazon customer Discover more books in this series: Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly (a book about colours) One to Ten and Back Again (a book about counting) Alphabet Ice Cream (a book about the alphabet).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In more than fifty New York Times bestselling novels, Sandra Brown has captivated her millions of readers with stories of charismatic love and tantalizing twists of fate. In this classic tale, a woman is reunited with the man she has loved for yearsand must reveal the secret that will jeopardize her chance for happiness at last. He arrived out of the bluea flesh-and-blood phantom from the past in a sports car as sleek and sexy as Law Kincaid himself. The world-famous astronaut was as devastatingly attractive as the first time Marnie Hibbs had laid eyes on him, seventeen years before. But she well knew the perils of falling for a ladies' man like Law. And this time she had someone besides herself to protect. Law is determined to discover who is sending him anonymous letters claiming he'd fathered a son he knows nothing about. Showing up at the Hibbs's return address from the letters seemed like a step in the right direction. Marnie swears she isn't the guilty party, but when Law meets her son, it's like a one-two punch to his solar plexus. The boy is nearly the spitting image of Law. Law can't remember sleeping with Marniethen again, he can't remember much about his crazy past. But there's more to it than that: Marnie claims the boy isn't biologically hers. As the tension between them becomes unbearable and the attraction undeniable, Marnie is forced to reveal a long-held secret.one that might cause her to lose both the boy she loves more than anyoneand the man she desires more than anything.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Suspense and passion collide in Los Angeles in this contemporary suspense novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. Mary Lisa Beverly plays the woman everyone loves to hate. A soap-opera phenom, she's just won her third Daytime Emmy for her role as Sunday Cavendish on Born to Be Wild. But the drama grows all too real when someone tries to kill herand she must turn to the last man she'd expect to help her.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Von Buhler, Cynthia (illustrator). Neuware - The rousing true tale of an American Revolution heroine.When her husband joined General Washington's army, Molly Hays went with him. All through the winter at Valley Forge, Molly watched and listened. Then in July, in the battle at Monmouth, she would show how much she had learned. Molly could tell the day would be a scorcher, so she decided to bring water from a nearby spring to the fighting men. More than 50 British soldiers would die of heatstroke that day, but the American soldiers need only cry, "Mollypitcher!" On one trip through the fighting field, she saw her husband get shot. She satisfied herself that he wouldn't die from his wound, then took over his jobfiring off the cannon! Molly epitomized the feisty, self-reliant spirit of the colonists who would soon win their battle for independenceand her story has rightly become a beloved legend of American history.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytellingA Penguin Classic A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless versions in different languages. Here, drawing on the work of an eleventh-century poet called Kamban, Narayan employs the skills of a master novelist to re-create the excitement he found in the original. A luminous saga made accessible to new generations of readers, The Ramayana can be enjoyed for its spiritual wisdom, or as a thrilling tale of ancient conflict.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first book in the classic fantasy Redwall series - perfect for readers aged 9+.Redwall Abbey, tranquil home to a community of peace-loving mice, is threatened by the evil, one-eyed rat warlord Cluny the Scourge and his battle-hardened horde of predators.Cluny is certain that Redwall will fall easily to his fearsome army but he hasn't bargained for the courage and strength of the Redwall mice and their loyal woodland friends . . .One of TIME magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time'Not since Roald Dahl have children filled their shelves so compulsively' - The TimesDiscover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series:Redwall MossflowerMattimeoMariel of RedwallSalamandastronMartin the WarriorThe BellmakerOutcast of RedwallThe Pearls of LutraThe Long Patrol MarlfoxThe Legend of LukeLord BrocktreeThe TaggerungTrissLoamhedgeRakkety TamHigh RhulainEulalia!DoomwyteThe Sable QueanThe Rogue Crew.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The third book in the classic fantasy Redwall series - perfect for readers aged 9+.Slagar the Fox is bent on revenge - and determined to bring death and destruction to Redwall. Gathering his evil band around him, Slagar plots to strike at the heart of the Abbey. His cunning and cowardly plan is to steal the Redwall children - and Mattimeo, Matthias's son, is to be the biggest prize of all . . .'The Redwall books remain magical, exciting stories, loved by everyone. With an emphasis on excitement, humour, kindness and love, they are excellent introductions to fantasy for children, as readers or for adults to read to younger children. Thoroughly recommended.' - a 5-star reviewerDiscover the complete list of titles in the Redwall series:Redwall MossflowerMattimeoMariel of RedwallSalamandastronMartin the WarriorThe BellmakerOutcast of RedwallThe Pearls of LutraThe Long Patrol MarlfoxThe Legend of LukeLord BrocktreeThe TaggerungTrissLoamhedgeRakkety TamHigh RhulainEulalia!DoomwyteThe Sable QueanThe Rogue Crew.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Liz is staying with her grandmother in her old house in the woods of northern Minnesota when one night a noise awakens her. It is someone calling her name, calling for Elizabeth. Liz opens her eyes. There is a blue ghost in her room! What does the ghost want from her This exciting mystery by Newbery Honor writer Marion Dane Bauer is perfect for first chapter-book readers.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz's dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death who offers up his heart in these pages and will forever capture yours. "The dead don't talk. I don't know why." But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it's different. A stranger comes to Pico Mundo, accompanied by a horde of hyena-like shades who herald an imminent catastrophe. Aided by his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Odd will race against time to thwart the gathering evil. His account of these shattering hours, in which past and present, fate and destiny, converge, is a testament by which to livean unforgettable fable for our time destined to rank among Dean Koontz's most enduring works.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Artemesia is the daughter of a pirate queen, and she's sick of practicing deportment at the Angels Academy for Young Maidens. Escaping from the school, she hunts up her mother's crew and breezily commands them out to sea in a leaky boat. Unfortunately, Art's memories of her early life may not be accurate-her seasick crew are actors, and Art's infamous mother was the darling of the stage in a pirate drama. But fiery, pistol-proof Art soon shapes her men into the cleverest pirate crew afloat. And when they meet the dread ship Enemy and her beautiful, treacherous captain, Goldie Girl, Art is certain that her memories are real. The Seven Seas aren't large enough for two pirate queens: Art will have the battle of her life to win her mother's title--and the race for the most fabulous treasure in pirate lore. This gaudy, outrageous tale sparkles with swordplay, skullduggery, and salty language--not to mention over-the-top comedy! 'A refreshing, tongue-in-cheek, tangled tale that will entice readers who crave adventure and fantasy.'--SLJ.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PICK In this second installment of the Dark Fusion series comes a twisted retelling of the Red Riding Hood fairytale where a shadowed city brims with danger. "This page-turner winds briskly into a suspenseful battle beneath the full moon, and ends with multiple twists. Fine fare!"Kirkus ReviewsRed rides around his tough urban neighborhood in his bloodred Mustang. It satisfies his urge to wander, and it usually keeps him safe from the gangs in town, the Wolves and the Crypts. But when Red's grandmother is mugged by the Wolves, Red decides to join the Wolves as a pledge so he can learn how to defeat them. Soon he uncovers their terrible secret: They are werewolves with a thirst for human blood. Instead of feeling horrified, Red envies the Wolves' freedom and power. Even as he trains to kill themunder an unlikely but cunning werewolf hunterhe has come to see them as pack mates. Until he is faced with a choice at the next full moon: Take up the Wolves' murderous ways, or take them down.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz s dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death who offers up his heart in these pages and will forever capture yours. The dead don t talk. I don t know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it s different. A stranger comes to Pico Mundo, accompanied by a horde of hyena-like shades who herald an imminent catastrophe. Aided by his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock n Roll, Odd will race against time to thwart the gathering evil. His account of these shattering hours, in which past and present, fate and destiny, converge, is a testament by which to live an unforgettable fable for our time destined to rank among Dean Koontz s most enduring works.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This uproarious collection includes three books in one:Garfield Beefs Up, Garfield Gets Cookin',andGarfield Eats Crow. He used to be perfect, but now he's even better! Garfield, the fat cat with the super-sized ego, is back in the spotlight, dissing his dimwitted owner Joneven pilfering his pants. Some cats chase mice; Garfield prefers to take legal action. When down on the farm, the city kitty puts up withand puts downJon and his barnyard brother. No wonder Garfield's often in a bad mood. But no matter what, he's always in the mood for food! The GARFIELD FAT CAT 3-PACK series collects the GARFIELD comic-strip compilation books in a new, full-color format. Garfield may have gone through a few changes, but one thing has stayed the same: his enormous appetite for food and fun. So enjoy some super sized laughs with the insatiable cat, because too much fun is never enough!Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 284 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Still recovering from breaking up with her boyfriend and alienating half the people in town, Skye Denison has sworn off men--but she hires sexy contractor Beau Hamilton to renovate the old house she inherited. After all, who can ignore his qualifications Golden hair, bronzed chest, muscular thighs--he's just too good to be true.Sure enough, he has a reputation for conning the ladies. But before the not so naïve Skye can fire the hunk, he turns up dead. Since even bad boys deserve justice, Skye has to juggle more than a passionate police chief, a cagey brother with a secret, and a possibly haunted house. She's got a killer to catch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Kelly and Megan could not be happier for their friend Allison Duboisa young, talented, up-and-coming artist. Invited by a designer to join her New York studio, Allison is about to embark on a new life. But when Kelly and Megan arrive at Allison's apartment to drive her to the airport, they find her dead on the floor, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills. The police suspect suicide, but Kelly and Megan aren't convinced.Soon Kelly discovers that while Allison's career was on the fast-track, her social life was a mess. A bad news boyfriend, a jealous design student, and a mysterious man named Brian are all prime suspects in Kelly's book. Now it's up to Kelly and her crafty friends from the House of Lambspun to unravel this tightly stitched puzzle.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the spring of 1435, Joliffe and his fellow players are sent to the village of Ashewell not only to stage plays, but to uncover some dark secrets about the town's three wealthy families: the Ashewells, the Medcotes, and the Gosyns. A rivalry has been brewing among the families, entangling the entire town in a web of seduction, deception, and blackmail.Matters go beyond the breaking point when someone turns to murder to settle their grievances. And if one murder is good, why not another If all the world is a stage, then it's up to Joliffe to bring the curtain down on this tragedybefore another man takes his final curtain call.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - All his life, Rand T'Ash has looked forward to meeting his HeartMate, with whom he could begin a family. Once a street tough, now a respected nobleman and artisan, he has crafted the perfect HeartGift, which, in the custom of the psychically gifted population of the planet Celta, is the way a man finds-and attracts-his wife.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Young archaeologist Finn Ryan and charismatic pilot and photographer Virgil Hilts are scouring the Sahara for the long-lost tomb of an apostle. But they find something they weren't looking for: signs of a decades-old murder, along with an ancient Roman medallion bearing the infamous name of a fallen archangel. It doesn't take long for them to realize that they've found a piece of a much bigger puzzle-and a trail of clues that could get them killed.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hanjie (pronounced Han-JEA to rhyme with ninja) is the massively popular Japanese puzzle craze. Number clues and simple logic lead you to fill in some boxes while leaving others blank. If you fill in the boxes correctly, a picture will emerge! This game is perfect for anyone addicted to Sudoku and looking for a new challenge. Puzzle master Timothy E. Parker, named by Guinness World Records as 'the world's most syndicated puzzle compiler,' provides instructions and 100 mind-bending puzzles ranging from easy to medium to hard. The harder the puzzle, the more subtle and beautiful the resulting picture will be. How to Play: The numbers tell you the sequence of black squares you must fill in. Each group of black squares is separated by at least one white (empty) square. Successfully completing the puzzle will reveal a surprising picture.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Former San Francisco lawyer Dismas Hardy is being hunted by one of the thugs he once put away in this thriller from New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart.Soldier. Cop. Lawyer. Dismas Hardy's done the tough jobs, and had some tough luck. Now he's kicking back and tending bar at the Shamrock in San Francisco. But the past returns in the form of Rusty Ingraham-a former fellow prosecutor who drops by for a drink, warning Hardy that a perp they put away nearly ten years ago just got released.and might still be looking for revenge. Next thing Hardy knows, Ingraham's houseboat becomes a murder scene, with a dead woman on board and Ingraham, presumably, at the bottom of the bay. To save himself, Hardy's got to solve the case. But there's more than one kind of payback, and it's not just the ex-con who might have wanted it. Now, as he tangles with a mob enforcer, a rejected lover, and a renegade cop, Hardy is haunted by the knowledge that the later you pay, the steeper the price.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This uproarious collection includes three books in one:Garfield Beefs Up, Garfield Gets Cookin',andGarfield Eats Crow. He used to be perfect, but now he's even better! Garfield, the fat cat with the super-sized ego, is back in the spotlight, dissing his dimwitted owner Joneven pilfering his pants. Some cats chase mice; Garfield prefers to take legal action. When down on the farm, the city kitty puts up withand puts downJon and his barnyard brother. No wonder Garfield's often in a bad mood. But no matter what, he's always in the mood for food! The GARFIELD FAT CAT 3-PACK series collects the GARFIELD comic-strip compilation books in a new, full-color format. Garfield may have gone through a few changes, but one thing has stayed the same: his enormous appetite for food and fun. So enjoy some super sized laughs with the insatiable cat, because too much fun is never enough!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When Aharon Appelfeld was seven years old the Nazis occupied Czernowitz, his hometown. They penned the Jews into a ghetto and eventually sent whoever had not been shot or starved to death on a forced march across the Ukraine to a labor camp. As men, women, and children fall away around them, Aharon and his father miraculously survive, and Aharon, even more miraculously, escapes from the camp shortly after he arrives there.The next few years of Aharon's life are both harrowing and heartrending: he hides, alone, in the Ukrainian forests from peasants who are only too happy to turn Jewish children over to the Nazis; he has the presence of mind to pass himself off as an orphaned gentile when he emerges from the forest to seek work; and, at war's end, he joins the stream of refugees as they cross Europe on their way to displaced persons' camps that have been set up for the survivors. Aharon eventually makes his way to Palestine; once there, he attempts to build a new life while struggling to retain the barely remembered fragments of his old life, and he takes his first, tentative steps as a writer. As he begins to receive national attention, Aharon realizes his life's calling: to bear witness to the unfathomable. In this unforgettable work of memory, Aharon Appelfeld offers personal glimpses into the experiences that resonate throughout his fiction.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This parenting classic is as relevant today as it was when it was first published, shining a light on one of the most misunderstood trends of our time: how the influence of peers, magnified by social media and video game culture, is replacing parents in the lives of children, and what parents can do about it now featuring a new chapterWINNER OF THE NATIONAL PARENTING PUBLICATIONS GOLD AWARD A worthy book that brings us genuinely new ideas and fresh perspectives on parenting. Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving OpheliaChildren take their lead from their friends: Being cool matters more than anything else. Shaping values, identity, and codes of behavior, peer groups are often far more influential than parents. But this situation is far from natural, and it can be dangerous it undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development, and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up becoming conformist, anxious, and alienated.In Hold On to Your Kids, acclaimed physician and bestselling author Gabor Maté joins forces with psychologist Gordon Neufeld to pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on how to reattach to your children and earn back their loyalty and love.By helping to reawaken our instincts, Neufeld and Maté empower parents to be what nature intended: a true source of enrichment, security, and warmth for their children.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A One-on-One Financial Planning Session with Suze OrmanWith her New York Times bestseller The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, America s leading financial expert Suze Orman transformed the concept of money forever by teaching us to recognize the emotional aspects of our relationship with it. Now, this fully revised edition of Suze Orman s Financial Guidebook translates Suze s own brand of motivation and inspiration into a user-friendly, hands-on workbook that will empower you to work through the nuts and bolts of personal finance, with Suze as your trusted adviser. Updated to keep you abreast of our quickly shifting economy, you ll find: Insightful exercises, quizzes, and worksheets to help you understand how your parents relationship with money affects yours, and what money means to you Up-to-the-minute information on tax codes, IRA rules and regulations, and long-term-care insurance Useful strategies for coping with the ever-changing landscape of educational costs, social security, and the stock market An outline of key questions that every financial adviser should ask you upon your initial meeting An in-depth analysis of all your monthly expenses, providing a realistic picture of just how much money you have to work with and how you may not be respecting your money as much as you shouldRegardless of your age and income, it is never too early or too late to take control of your money. Suze Orman s Financial Guidebook is the perfect companion to The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, the personal finance classic that changed the way millions of Americans viewed money. Full of self-tests, thought-provoking questions, and Suze s easy-to-understand personal finance advice, here is your empowering approach to achieving financial freedom forever, with the best guide possible.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1699 William Milmullen took his six pupils to the lakeside but only he returned after a creature rose up from the water and devoured the six boys right before his eyes.