Random house jul 2012 (71 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Max and Arthur are friends who share an interest in painting. Arthur is an accomplished painter; Max is a beginner. Max's first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip with paints, pastels and pencils, which turn out to have unexpected pitfalls. From three-time Caldecott medallist David Wiesner comes a ground-breaking picture book about friendship and creativity.'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rapunzel, Tiana, Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, Aurora, Jasmine, and Snow White share what it truly means to be a princess. Children ages 2-5 will love getting to know even more about all their favorite Disney princesses in this full-color Little Golden Book. Matta, Gabriella; Legramandi, Francesco (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After Katie gets caught teasing a schoolmate, she's told to meet with Mrs. Petrowski, the school counselor, so she can make right her wrong and learn to be a better friend. Bothered at first, it doesn't take long before Katie realizes that bullying has hurt not only the people around her, but her, too. Told from the unusual point of view of the bullier rather than the bullied, Confessions of a Former Bully provides kids with real life tools they can use to identify and stop relational aggression. Adams, Beth (illustrator).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This beautiful hardback Ladybird Classic edition of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic story for younger readers.It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the best-loved parts of the Alice in Wonderland story, such as the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Beautiful full-colour illustrations throughout also help to bring all of these classic characters to life.Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Classics series include Treasure Island, Black Beauty, The Secret Garden, Oliver Twist and Gulliver's Travels.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Alfie and his best friend Bernard have a day out full of surprises when they go to meet a very great person indeed. What's more there are secret dens to explore, snowy skies, birthday fun and a very unexpected visitor on a special night-time trip!Join our little hero and his friends and family in a celebration of all things Alfie.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A magical, rhyming bedtime picture book starring brave King Jack, a band of faithful knights and a big green dragon. Raaahhh! Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, the award-winning artist of We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Alice in Wonderland. Jack, Zak and Caspar were making a den, a mighty great fort for King Jack and his men . . .Night is falling, bedtime is looming and playtime is nearly over . . . but brave King Jack is more than a match for dragons and terrible beasties. This magical make-believe adventure, illustrated by picture book star Helen Oxenbury, is the perfect bedtime tale for little boys and brave children everywhere. Normal 0 0 1 65 373 Puffin 3 1 458 11.1287 0 0 0 Generations of children have been charmed by Helen Oxenbury's award-winning illustrations. Helen has won the Kate Greenaway medal and the Nestle Smarties prize. Her numerous books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. Peter Bently started writing for children soon after becoming a parent and now lives in Devon with his wife, Lucy and their children Theo (alias King Jack) and Tara.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush are at the beach! Traction Man even has his special Squid-Proof Scuba Suit, perfect for exploring the secret crevices of the Rockpool. But there are adventures in store for our intrepid hero as he faces the thrills of Operation Picnic, the tribulation of being buried in sand and - worst of all - being washed away by a giant wave. Join the daring duo as they meet new challenges . and new friends.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A super collection of five of Dick King-Smith's most charming and hilarious animal stories. All Because of Jackson - Jackson is a very unusual rabbit - one who dreams of going to sea. So one day he stows away on the Atalanta and sails off in search of a new life . . .The Catlady - Muriel lives alone with lots and lots of cats. But Muriel's cats are no ordinary cats - they are people she once knew reincarnated in feline form!The Guard Dog - The story of a ragged little pup with a grand ambition - to be a guard dog. The other pups laugh at him. Could such a small and scruffy dog really guard a home Hairy Hezekiah - Hezekiah lives a quiet life, and seems to be the only animal in the zoo without a friend. So he decides to escape and go on the run!Horse Pie - Jenny the donkey finds herself unwelcome at the Old Horses' Home, but when rustlers start looking for horses to make into pies, it's up to Jenny to save the day.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'You are walking into the jaws of death'Hal and Roger Hunt are on an awesome African adventure to track down the rare great white elephant. The brothers coolly tackle their task - despite doom-laden prophecies from mumbo, a Watussi chieftain - and as the temperature rises . . . the danger-level intensifies.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Never trust sharks . . .'Hal and Roger Hunt dive into danger when they join the Oceanographic institute as part of an underwater operation in the South Seas. And it's sink or swim for the intrepid brothers when their aquatic adventures bring them face to face with a foe even more deadly than the sea creatures of the deep . . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read.'It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across' Tom Hanks, TimeWilliam Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death, his colleagues remember him rarely.Yet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value - of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history - and in doing so reclaims the significance of an individual life.'A beautiful, sad, utterly convincing account of an entire life' Ian McEwan'A brilliant, beautiful, inexorably sad, wise and elegant novel' Nick HornbyINTRODUCED BY JOHN McGAHERN; Ausgezeichnet: Waterstones Book of the Year, 2013.Ausgezeichnet: Publishers Publicity Circle Awards:Nielsen Award for a Generic Campaign, 2014.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the acclaimed author of The English Patient comes a stunningly beautiful novel about a boy's life-changing journey from Ceylon to England in the 1950s.What had there been before such a ship in my life A dugout canoe on a river journey A launch in Trincomalee harbour There were always fishing boats on our horizon. But I could never imagine the grandeur of this castle that was to cross the sea.In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner in Colombo bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the lowly 'cat's table' , as far from the Captain's table as can be, with a ragtag group of adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean the boys tumble from one adventure to another, and at night they spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and fate a mystery that will haunt them forever.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I read somewhere that the decision to emigrate comes from a need to breathe. The hope of a better life is stronger than any other feeling. My mother decided it was better to know I was in danger far from her; but on the way to a different future, than to know I was in danger near her; but stuck in the same old fear.At the age of ten, Enaiatollah Akbari was left alone to fend for himself. This is the heartbreaking, unforgettable story of his journey from Afghanistan to Italy in an attempt to find a safe place to live.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Notes to John.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the CenturyRichly textured with memories from her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion is an intensely personal and moving account of her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness and growing old.As she reflects on her daughter s life and on her role as a parent, Didion grapples with the candid questions that all parents face, and contemplates her age, something she finds hard to acknowledge, much less accept. Blue Nights the long, light evening hours that signal the summer solstice, the opposite of the dying of the brightness, but also its warning like The Year of Magical Thinking before it, is an iconic book of incisive and electric honesty, haunting and profound.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Time Magazine 100 Best YA Books of All Time SelectionThe tour de force that set the gold standard for dystopian YA fiction in a compelling paperback edition.For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon a chance to party during spring break. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its ever-present ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. M. T. Anderson's not-so-brave new world is a smart, savage satire that has captivated readers with its view of an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Only the winners walk awayFargo is guiding a high-falutin' expedition across the Dakota Badlands when they come across a Cheyenne buffalo hunt. And that's a problembecause Hunt Law states that any white men who interfere are doomed to the slaughter. Now, with a group of stuffy tinhorns under his care and a war party of warriors on his tail, the Trailsman has two choiceskill or be killed.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Far Eye Abernathy may have a gift for gunsbut he doesn't have a shot against Slocum.With his dying words, a sheriff tells Slocum to find the men who shot him. Though he's never been too partial to the law, Slocum accepts the missionand even the deputy's badge that goes with it. Finding the bad men in Spencer Flats, Slocum takes stock of the situation. Rob Bensonn is a mean, nasty killerbut Slocum's dealt with characters like him before. What he's never seen before is a man with the shooting skills of Far Eye Abernathy. Going up against Far Eye won't be easyand the third man in that rag tag gang may be even worse.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When Frannie's local community center, The Ark, announces it is going out of business, Frannie and the community join together to create a fundraising concert. Frannie and her friends write letters to rock star Aimee Chapman asking her to perform at the concert and she says yes! Frannie and her friends learn all about the perks of being a rock star and, of course, Frannie decides rock star is perfect for a career. After all, a green room is actually an office for rock stars. Marts, Doreen Mulryan (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meg Lytton has always known of her dark and powerful gift. Raised a student of the old magick by her Aunt Jane, casting the circle to see visions of the future and concocting spells from herbs and bones has always been as natural to Meg as breathing. But there has never been a more dangerous time to practise the craft, for it is 1554, and the sentence for any woman branded a witch is hanging, or burning at the stake.Sent to the ruined, isolated palace of Woodstock to serve the disgraced Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and half-sister of Queen Mary, Meg discovers her skills are of interest to the outcast princess, who is desperate to know if she will ever claim the throne. But Meg's existence becomes more dangerous every day, with the constant threat of exposure by the ruthless witchfinder Marcus Dent, and the arrival of a young Spanish priest, Alejandro de Castillo, to whom Meg is irresistibly drawn - despite their very different attitudes to her secret.Thrilling and fast-paced, this is the first unputdownable story in a bewitching new series.…

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

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A cursed destiny. A band of warriors. And one troubled kingdom. It is whispered in Agathia that the legendary warriors of the mist-cursed by the gods-can be summoned only when a champion is needed and the cause is just. Gideon, their captain, knows this to be the one path that will lead his men to redemption-lest they face an eternity of damnation. Years have passed since anyone has journeyed to the river's edge, but times are desperate. Oppressed by a cruel guardian whose dark magic threatens to destroy her people, the beautiful and courageous Merewen calls upon the bespelled warriors. In Gideon she finds more than a champion, and in his arms, more than protection. However, their enemies are fighting with a power darker than anything than they imagined, and should Gideon fail, she will lose everything she holds dear-including her heart.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hugo Pepper was raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders. His parents were eaten by polar bears when he was just a baby, but Hugo discovers that the sled they arrived in has an unusual compass--one that can be set to 'Home.' And so Hugo arrives in Firefly Square--to discover a group of very special friends, and a dastardly enemy. With three-toed snowmen, a secret buried treasure, and a host of fabulous stories, this is a fantastic third tale in the Far-Flung Adventures.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When the dead need to talk, Alex Craft is always ready to listenAs a Grave Witch, Alex solves murders by raising the deadan ability that comes at a cost, and after her last few cases, that cost is compounding. But her magic isn't the only thing causing havoc in her life. While she's always been on friendly terms with Death himself, things have recently become a whole lot more close and personal. Then there's her sometime partner, agent Falin Andrews, who is under the glamour of the Winter Queen. To top everything off, her best friend has been forever changed by her time spent captive in Faerie. But the personal takes a backseat to the professional when a string of suicides occur in Nekros City and Alex is hired to investigate. The shades have no memory of the days leading up to their brutal endings, so despite the very public apparent suicides, this is murder. But what kind of magic can overcome the human will to survive And why do the shades lack the memory of their deaths Searching for the answer might mean Alex won't have a life to remember at all.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meet Babymousethe spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! It's election season and Babymouse is ready to be your next student council president! But the competition is fiercecan Babymouse get the votes This groundbreaking young graphic novel series, full of humor and fun, is a bestseller that's sold more than three million copies! 'Move over, Superman, here comes Babymouse!'The Chicago Sun-TimesA Cupcake in every locker! It's election season and if anyone knows what this country . . . er, what the student council needs, it's Babymouse. The only trouble is, everyone else is running for President, tooeven Babymouse's locker! Will Felicia Furrypaws turn out the meangirl coalition Does Babymouse have what it takes to become the voice of the people Find out in Babymouse for Presidentthe 16th hilarious, action-packed installment of the beloved Babymouse graphic novel series! DON'T MISS The BIG Adventures of Babymouse: Once Upon a Messy Whisker, the newest, brightest, and BIGGER THAN EVER graphic novel from BABYMOUSE. Holm, Jennifer L.; Holm, Matthew (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy comes the first novel in the pitch-perfect Glee Club mystery series.Even as a struggling opera singer, Paige Marshall has never seen anything like the cut throat competition of the Prospect Glen High School show choir. As their new coach, she's getting an icy reception from championship-hungry students who doubt she can take them to a first-place trophy. Toughing this gig out may prove harder than scoring her big break.Especially now that her best young male singer is suspected of killing the arrogant coach of Prospect Glen's fiercest rival choir. For Paige to clear his name, she'll have to sort through a chorus of suspects-and go note-for-note with a killer who'll do anything to knock her out of the spotlight for good.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ignore everything you've ever been told about what NOT to do to books; Don't Eat This Book is no ordinary book. Splat it, soak it, rip it, wear it, tear it, bling it, camouflage it, glue it, break it, stick it, bury it, whack it . . . Do whatever you want to it - just don't eat it! The antidote to activity books, Don't Eat this Book is for absolutely everyone: boys and girls, young and old. The only book you'll need this holiday, it is guaranteed to enthral as imagination and creativity are unleashed in the most interesting and unexpected ways . . . …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the Carnegie Medal 2020 winning author of Lark comes The Donut Diaries.Dermot Milligan loves donuts. His nickname at school is Donut. But he knows he needs to lose some weight, so now he's made a promise to stop eating them. And to make sure he keeps that promise, his mum is sending him to the dreaded Camp Fatso during the summer holidays. When he arrives, Dermot realises the camp is even more horrible than he had imagined. Fed on a diet of gruel and carrots under the strict control of evil Boss Skinner and his paintball-gun-yielding guards, Dermot and his friends are desperate to escape. So together, they hatch a cunning plan . . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she diedfor two minutes. Now Harper is a Greywalker, treading the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she's discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of "strange" cases.After being shot in the back and dyingagainHarper has lost many of her powers. Now, if the Greywalker dies one more time, she won't be coming back. Harper's only respite from the chaos is her work. But while conducting an investigation in the Olympic Peninsula, she sees a ghostly car accident and finds a victim who insists he was murdered, blaming the nearby picturesque community of Sunset Lakescalled "Blood Lake" by locals.Harper soon learns that beneath the icy waters of the lake hides a terrible power and a host of hellish beingsboth of which are held under the thrall of a sinister cabal that will use the darkest of arts to achieve their fiendish ends. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Elise and Franklin have always been best friends. Elise has always lived in the big house with her loving Uncle and Aunt, because Elise's parents died when she was too young to remember them. There's always been a barn behind the house with eight locked doors on the second floor. When Elise and Franklin start middle school, things feel all wrong. Bullying. Not fitting in. Franklin suddenly seems babyish. Then, soon after her 12th birthday, Elise receives a mysterious key left for her by her father. A key that unlocks one of the eight doors upstairs in the bar . . .SUNSHINE STATE AWARD FINALIST.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lily Ivory is living her dream of owning a vintage clothing storeand practicing magic on the side. But when she encounters a sinister sleeping spell, Lily comes face-to-face with a nightmarish evil.Taking a night off from running her successful San Francisco clothing store, Lily attends a local art deco ball where vintage fashions steal the show. But when a young woman at the event falls under a mysterious sleeping sickness, Lily senses that a curse was placed on the woman's corsage. Before Lily can solve the woman's magical ailment, she's asked to assist in investigating a string of poisonings in the Bay Area witchcraft community. She's gained the trust of the local covens by supporting women's charities through her clothing store. But soon, Lily suspects that one of her new acquaintances might not be so well intentioned and could be dabbling in dark magic and deadly botany.…