Random house jan 2007 (57 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Peter Pan and his fairy friend Tinker Bell are back in this vintage Little Golden Book! Featuring gorgeous illustrations from 1952, this children's classic is being reissued just in time for the release of Walt Disney's Peter Pan Platinum Edition DVD. Dempster, Al (illustrator).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A sturdy board book edition of everyone's favorite dog story, The Poky Little Puppy! Ideal for baby showers gifts and anytime babies are celebrated.Five little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world. . . .The Poky Little Puppywas one of the original twelve Little Golden Books published in 1942, and went on to become the bestselling picture book of all time. The story of a curious puppy, who digs holes under fences and who has to go to bed without any strawberry shortcake, has delighted families for generations. it is, quite simply, an icon. Delightful to read aloud,The Poky Little Puppyis a cherished story that every child should know. Tenggren, Gustaf (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Shiver me timbers!' Pirate Jed is not happy . . . Imagine a pirate who feels seasick all the time. That's Pirate Jed! Fed up with bobbing around on the rollicking, rolling sea, he decides to pack up his pirate paraphernalia and heads off in search of a home on land. His adventures take him on a journey where he meets a whole cast of animal characters, desperate for his help, and they all join in his search for a new home. Finally they meet Farmer Ted who is fed up with life on dry land - so he and Jed decide to swap! So, with a cheeriyo-ho-ho, Pirate Jed and his new friends have a perfect new home! A gentle adventure about friendship, fun and finding your place.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tutus and toe-shoes--what could be more fun A Princess wearing them--of course! For the first time ever, the Disney Princesses become ballerinas. Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, and others will dance and spin themselves into the hearts of Princess fans in this sweet Step 2 reader. Harding, Niall (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - To rescue her friend from a loveless marriage, a daring woman dons a disguise and finds herself captivated by a mysterious rake in this perfectRegency romance \* from award-winning author Anne Gracie.In three years on the marriage market, Grace Merridew has never met a man whose kiss stirred her senses. So she makes plans for a life of adventure instead to see the moon rise over the pyramids of Egypt and dance amid the marble ruins of Greece. But first she must help a friend in need.Timid Melly Pettifer is being forced to marry Dominic Wolfe, who stands to inherit a huge estate if he weds. The Wolfes have a terrible reputation, and if there s one thing Grace cannot stand, it s a bully. When Melly begs for assistance in escaping her impending nuptials, Grace acts as the plain and mousy chaperone on their visit to the groom-to-be. But when they arrive nothing is as they expect, and Grace is scandalized to find herself being pursued by a big bad Wolfe.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An introduction to Jesus for very young children -- a perfect gift for the holiday season!A gentle look at Jesus's birth, childhood, teachings, crucifixion, and resurrection. Written in a simple, warm style, with colorful illustrations that will captivate and inspire. Smath, Jerry (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich are up against an unstable villain with a very long memory in this FBI Thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.The explosive action kicks off as treasure-hunting FBI agent Ruth Warnecki is on the trail of stolen Confederate gold hidden in Winkel s cave in western Virginia. She never expects to find herself chin-deep in a grisly murder that leaves her nearly dead and rocks the town of Maestro.Then, at a stake-out in Maryland, FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver are nearly killed in a horrific explosion while attempting to rescue kidnap victim, Pinky Womack.They are led to Arlington National Cemetery where they not only find Pinky, but Savich also takes a fateful call on his cell from an old man out to kill both him and Sherlock. The thing is they have no clue why. Pitted against an insane killer and his psychotic teenage girlfriend, Savich and Sherlock find themselves fighting a hate-driven villain with a grudge worth killing for.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Do you think I should ask him out, Nicholas, or is that a bit forward ' 'GRANNY!' We all stared at her. Dad had to sit down.Nicholas's granny has fallen in love - with the elderly Hell's Angel next door! Yurrrgghhh. Nicholas's dad isn't happy about it - but Granny won't let him get in the way. She has a few tricks up her sleeve . . . and Granny on a motorbike could be a very dangerous thing . . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I liked playing trains with my dad when I was seven or eight. But I'm eleven now. Where's the excitement . . . Where's my life !'Tim's family is the Most Boring Family In The World and he's fed up. He wants fun! Thrills! Adventure! And school's just as boring too. But one day a phantom message about Tim appears and everything changes. Who is the day-glo scribbler - and what's so special about chickens anyway.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Will's brother Marty is always playing practical jokes. But when he tells the bloodcurdling story of the cutthroat pirate Captain Crow, Will is terrified. Is it another one of Marty's tricks, or could Captain Crow's ghost really be out to get him Spooky, funny fiction - brilliant for boys and girls aged 7-9. Now available in paperback!Fabulous, witty illustrations by Tony Ross throughout.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Krazy Kow is Jamie Fink's idea - a cow superhero with some amazing udder attachments. He's trying to make a film starring the Kow as she battles against the Dark Contaminator. But first he has to cope with a few little problems, like exploding strawberries, rampaging toddlers and hostile football fans. After this, saving the world should be a doddle. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Oooh! I'm going to be a granny!' she cried. 'You already are a granny, Granny.' I pointed out. '. . . Oh yes. So I am!'Nicholas's mum is having a baby. It's going to mean some big changes. His mum's getting ENORMOUS and Granny wants to live in the garden! But that's not all, because there's an even bigger shock to come . . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Scarpetta, an all-new Original Series, is out now on Prime Video!Enter the chilling and captivating world of Dr. Kay Scarpetta before Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis bring the mystery to life onscreen."The new audience will be compelled by the characters, crimes, and mysteries that are the trifecta of Patricia's masterful storytelling and a warningthere WILL be BLOOD." Jamie Lee CurtisDr. Kay Scarpetta is faced with a labyrinthine case that wraps a web of danger around her and those closest to herand threatens to wreak fear and death far beyond Virginiain this "standout" (New York Newsday) thriller from #1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.On New Year's Eve, the last day of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of the Elizabeth River to recover the very human remains of Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter. Was Eddings probing the Inactive Shipyard for a story, or simply diving for sunken trinkets And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified With the advent of a second murderthis one closer to homethe case envelops Scarpetta, her niece Lucy, and police captain Pete Marino in a world where both cutting-edge technology and old-fashioned detective work are critical offensive weapons. Together they follow the trail of death to a well of violence as dark and forbidding as the water that swirled over Ted Eddings. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - George is fascinated by World War Two. Bombers, Nazis, doodlebugs. But he discovers the reality is very different from how he had imagined it when a school trip to a World War Two museum leads to a timeslip - and George is in London at the time of the Blitz! He joins up with a group of other homeless children, struggling to survive. And then they suspect someone they know of being a German spy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ROOM 13Somebody was in there. Somebody - or some thing.There is no room thirteen in the creepy Crow's Nest Hotel, where Fliss and her friends are staying on a school trip. Or is there For at the stroke of midnight, something peculiar happens to the door of the linen cupboard next to room twelve. And something is happening to Ellie-May Sunderland, too - something very sinister.INSIDE THE WORMThe worm was close now. So close Fliss could smell the putrid stench of its breath. Its slavering jaws gaped to engulf her.Everyone in Elsworth knows the local legend about the monstrous worm - or dragon - that once terrorised the village. But it never really happened. Or did it For when Fliss and her friends are chosen to re-enact the legend for the village Festival, the four who are to play the part of the worm dance as one across the ground. They are the worm. And Fliss begins to feel real fear. Somehow the worm itself is returning - with a thousand-year hunger in its belly, and a burning desire for vengeance.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - They are the Army's most elite top-secret strike force. But you won't hear about their heroics on the news, no headlines about them can appear in the papers, and no onenot even their familiescan know who they are. First Special Forces Operational Detachment-DDelta Force, America's supersecret counterterrorist unit. On paper they do not exist, but without them, our lives wouldn't be the same.In this exclusive behind-the-scenes account, founding member Eric L. Haney, Command Sergeant Major, USA (ret.), takes you into the grueling selection and training process of Delta Force. From learning how to open a padlock with a soda can to rescuing a hijacked airplane, these men are masters of espionage and warfare. They are the anonymous heroes who protect us every day from threats we'll never know existed.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The international bestseller and self-help classic that has helped millions overcome fear and build confidence for life, from the acclaimed psychologist. 'Reading this book was a revelation' Julie Walters 'Living is taking chances, and [this book] has helped so many people' Louise Hay, bestselling author of The Power is Within You What are you afraid of - and how is it holding you back In Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway®, psychologist and bestselling author Dr Susan Jeffers offers timeless, practical tools to help you move from a place of paralysis and indecision to one of energy, courage and action. Whatever your worries or anxieties - fear of failure, rejection, change, intimacy, public speaking or simply not being good enough - this book will show you how to face your fears, take control and create the life you truly want. First published over 30 years ago, this groundbreaking guide has transformed the lives of millions of readers worldwide. Jeffers' compassionate, empowering approach remains as relevant as ever in today's world of uncertainty and self-doubt. Through her inspirational advice, you'll learn how to: Turn fear into power and motivation. Stop negative thinking and regain control. Make confident decisions in every area of your life. Replace anxiety and self-doubt with calm and courage. Whatever challenges you face, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway® will help you transform fear into freedom and live with confidence, purpose and joy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, author of the Eat Right 4 Your Type serieswith more than two million copies in printhas developed a brand-new, targeted plan for fighting the effects of advancing years.With specific tools unavailable anywhere else, here is an all-new individualized blood-type-specific plan to gain control over the signs and symptoms of aging. Includes ways to fight brain decline, cognitive impairment, hormonal deficiency, and loss of vitality.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I'm falling - falling down steep, narrow stairs - if I hit the bottom asleep, I know I'll never wake. Every night Kirsty wakes up screaming. Every night she has the same terrible nightmare - of falling downstairs. But does she fall Or is she pushed Then Kirsty discovers that her grandma died falling downstairs and she begins to wonder: is the dream hinting at a dark secret in her family She has to know the truth. But tracking a murderer is a dangerous game, and as she delves into the past, Kirsty uncovers a secret more terrible than anything she can imagine.A terrifying read from one of today's master storytellers. WINNER OF THE SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD FOR BEST SHORTER NOVEL'Cleverly put together - funny as well as gripping' The Sunday Times.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The thought of working with a hot-shot producer and her TV crew is about as appealing to Abby as sticking her hand in a bucket of leeches. But 'Reality Check' is a program that claims to turn American dreams into the real thing, and Abby figures that if anyone deserves that kind of bonanza, it's Emma Lopez, who has been raising her three younger siblings since her mother disappeared. Abby is determined to help Emma realize her dream of a reunion-even when it becomes clear that someone out there doesn't believe in happy endings.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When the pharoahs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharoahs' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of allthe tomb of King Tut's mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse. Nelson, Jim (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill Could it be real Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team of Secret Government Agents are determined to get that money back! But Steven and his best friends, Russell and Zoopy the giant dog, are more than a match for the Feds. After all, Steven is the president of the Flint Future Detectives Club, and the inventor of fantastic spying and detecting equipment such as the Snoopeeze 9000.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - William Bernhardt's bestselling novels featuring Oklahoma defense attorney Ben Kincaid capture the bare-knuckles reality of high-stakes criminal defense, as lofty ideals of justice clash with power, corruption, and wealth. In Capitol Murder, Bernhardt's hard-charging hero takes on his most shocking, headline-making case yet.Kincaid's legal success has earned him a dubious reward: a journey through the looking glass into the Beltway. Here, in the heart of the nation's capital, a powerful U.S. senator has been caught first in a sordid sex scandal, then in a case of murder.Senate aide Veronica Cooper was found in a secret Senate office beneath the Capitol building, on Senator Todd Glancy's favorite couch, blood pouring from the knife wound in her throat. The young woman's death comes on the heels of the release of a sordid videotape depicting her and Senator Glancy in compromising positions. With the senator's reputation in tatters, the evidence against himas a sexual predator and possibly a killermounts. By the time a nationally televised murder trial begins, Kincaid and his team know they're facing the challenge of a lifetime. According to public opinion, and even in Kincaid's most private thoughts, Glancy is one more politician who cannot admit his own culpability.But while a dramatic trial unfolds in the courtroomloaded with pitfalls, traps, and an astounding betrayalanother trial is taking place on the mean streets of D.C., as Kincaid's investigator pursues a young woman who was a friend of Veronica Cooper's, plunging Kincaid into a bizarre world of Goths, sadomasochists, and a community of self-proclaimed vampires. Somewhere in this violent underworld lies the secret behind Veronica Cooper's demise . . . and the crux of Senator Glancy's innocence or guilt.In a case that pits Kincaid and his freewheeling partner Christina McCall against the brutal machinery of Washington politics, the answers they seek are hidden in a murderous maze of lies and hidden motives. And in William Bernhardt's best novel yet, getting to the truth is an unparalleled experience in pure, satisfying suspense.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - L.A. homicide detective Jack Rivera has a killer body, a wicked smile, and a velvet touch. Just ask Christina McMullen. The cocktail-waitress-turned-psychologist has handled obsessed patients, love-struck drunks, and her own guilt-tripping mother with aplomb. But when it comes to the lieutenant, Chrissy has an old-fashioned case of irresistible attractionuntil things turn fatal when Rivera is accused of murder!Not only was Rivera found unconscious next to a dead woman, but the victim was his beautiful ex-girlfriendwho left Rivera for his wealthy dad. Chrissy detects a few father-and-son issuesalong with plenty of evidence that her would-be boyfriend is guilty. But when she starts looking into the dead woman's past, a rich senator's connections, and Rivera's relationship with his mother, will she discover there's hope for her and Rivera after all Or will her curiosity have deadly consequences.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dr. Cherijo Torin is not herself. With no memory of her past-or even of the man she loved-she sees herself as a different person and has no desire to remember who she once was. But Cherijo must remember if she's to develop a cure for the Hsktskt plague before their race becomes extinct.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Kick-ass were-coyote auto mechanic Mercedes Thompson (Publishers Weekly) has leapt to the forefront of today s urban fantasy heroes, thanks to bestselling author Patricia Briggs. Now, Mercy finds herself in the middle of a bloodbath with only one way out.Mercy has friends in low places and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary and neither is the demon inside of him.When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don t return, the local vampire queen turns to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is determined to get her friends back including the two werewolves circling around her heart.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Washington, D.C., 1864: In a city that's weary of war and eager for entertainment, Joseph and his father's mind-reading act has become the toast of the town. Even President Lincoln comes to see Joseph demonstrate his amazing mental powers. It's all an elaborate hoax, of course, but Joseph is enjoying his fame. Then he meets Cassandra, a young girl who really does have second sightthe ability to foretell events. And she's having terrifying visions about the president. Someone is plotting to murder him. But who would believe such an accusation It's up to Joseph and Cassandra to interpret the visions, expose the conspiracy, and save Lincoln's life.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Captain John Black Jack Geary tries a desperate gamble to lead the Alliance Fleet home through enemy-occupied space in this novel in the thrilling Lost Fleet series.Geary is convinced that the Syndics are planning to ambush the fleet and finish it off once and for all. Realizing the fleet s best (and only) chance is to do the unexpected, Geary takes the offensive and orders the fleet to the Sancere system. There, a multitude of possible routes home give the Alliance fleet a better chance of avoiding their pursuers and an attack on the Sancere shipbuilding facilities could decimate the Syndic war effort. Weary from endless combat, the officers and crew of the Alliance fleet can t see the sense in charging deeper into enemy territory prompting a mutiny that divides them, and leaving Geary with the odds higher against him than ever before.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz comes an electrifying novel of passion, murder, and small-town scandal. Investigative reporter Irene Stenson hasn't been to her hometown of Dunsely, California, since the gruesome night she found both her parents dead on the kitchen floor. Now, seventeen years later, Irene has received a shocking new lead about their deathsand is determined to discover the truth of what happened on that long-ago night. Staying at a local lodge, she finds herself confiding in handsome Luke Danneran ex-marine who's as used to barking orders as Irene is to ignoring them. But Luke sees the terror beneath her confident exteriorand can't help but want to protect her. He is also driven by passions of his own, and as they're drawn together into the heart of danger, they will risk far more than either of them expected.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person. USA Today In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age or any age holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America s soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut s passions.Praise for A Man Without a Country [This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir. Los Angeles Times Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend. The New York Times Book Review Filled with [Vonnegut s] usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity. Chicago Tribune Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again [Vonnegut] captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity. The Australian Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family s legacy and his obstinate, unfashionable humanism. Studs Terkel.…