Random house okt 2004 (60 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - His journey through the East began in 1271when, still a teenager, he set out of Venice and found himself traversing the most exotic countries. His acceptance into the court of the great emperor Kublai Khan, and his service to the vast and dazzling Mongol empire, led him to places as far away as Tibet and Burma, lands rich with gems and gold and silk, but virtually unknown to Europeans.Later, as a prisoner of war, Marco Polo would record the details of his remarkable travels across harsh deserts, great mountain ranges, and dangerous seas, as well as of his encounters with beasts and birds, plants and people. His amazing chronicle is both fascinating and awe-inspiringand still serves as the most vivid depiction of the mysterious East in the Middle Ages.Edited and with an Introduction by Milton Rugoff and an Afterword by Howard Mittelmark. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It all started when Lauren first moved to the countryside from the city and discovered that her ordinary little pony was anything but ordinary, for when she recited a secret spell, Twilight turned into a unicorn with magical powers! From that moment on, Lauren and Twilight learned how to use magic to help their friends solve their problems. And now Lauren and Twilight are back in a magical new and exciting wintertime adventure.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of the most controversial YA novels of all time, The Chocolate War is a modern masterpiece that speaks to fans of S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders and John Knowles's A Separate Peace. After suffering rejection from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut in 1974, and quickly became a bestsellingand provocativeclassic for young adults. This chilling portrait of an all-boys prep school casts an unflinching eye on the pitfalls of conformity and corruption in our most elite cultural institutions. "Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful."The New York Times Book Review "The characterizations of all the boys are superb."School Library Journal, starred review "Compellingly immediate. . . . Readers will respect the uncompromising ending."Kirkus Reviews, starred review An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first of two volumes of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, including Anne McCaffrey, Tad Williams, Robin Hobb, Robert Silverberg, and Raymond E. FeistLegends II picks up where its illustrious predecessor left off. All of the bestselling writers represented in Legends II return to the special universe of the imagination that its author has made famous throughout the world. Whether set before or after events already recounted elsewhere, whether featuring beloved characters or compelling new creations, these masterful short novels are both mesmerizing stand-alonesperfect introductions to the work of their authorsand indispensable additions to the epics on which they are based.ROBIN HOBB returns to the Realm of the Elderlings with "Homecoming," a powerful tale in which exiles sent to colonize the Cursed Shores find themselves sinking into an intoxicating but deadly dream . . . or is it a memory ROBERT SILVERBERG spins an enthralling tale of Majipoor's early historyand remote futureas seen through the eyes of a dilettantish poet who discovers an unexpected destiny in "The Book of Changes."TAD WILLIAMS explores the strange afterlife of Orlando Gardiner, from his Otherland saga, in "The Happiest Dead Boy in the World."ANNE McCAFFREY shines a light into the most mysterious and wondrous of all places on Pern in the heartwarming "Beyond Between."RAYMOND E. FEIST turns from the great battles of the Riftwar to the story of one soldier, a young man about to embark on the ride of his life, in "The Messenger.".…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALIThe love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A gangland murder draws a seaside town into fear and faith.Seventeen-year-old Pinkie Brown is a murderer. Sharp, devout, and certain of his own righteousness, he believes he can outwit both the police and the consequences of his actions.When Ida Arnold begins questioning the circumstances of a suspicious death, she sets out to uncover the truth behind it. Meanwhile Rose, young and trusting, binds herself to Pinkie in an act of love that pulls her further into danger.Set in 1930s Brighton, this literary crime novel about a teenage gangster examines sin, faith, and moral blindness. Greene's spare prose strips violence of glamour, revealing instead the emptiness at its core.'I read Brighton Rock when I was about thirteen. One of the first lessons I took from it was that a serious novel could be an exciting novel - that the novel of adventure could also be the novel of ideas' Ian McEwan; An den äußeren Grenzen der Gesellschaft, am Rande der Großstadt, entscheidet sich das seltsame Schicksal des kleinen Ganoven Pinkie und der Kellnerin Rose. In den Kreisen dieser Menschen scheint alles, was wir als Gesetz, Recht und Tradition gesichert glauben, unbekannt. Diese Männer und Frauen führen ein vom Rest der Gesellschaft völlig abgelöstes Leben, das seine eigenen Gesetze hat. In ihrer Welt stehen die Bandenchefs gleich Fixsternen am Himmel, und alle anderen kreisen wie Trabanten auf unerklärlichen, unfaßbaren Bahnen um sie.Mit diesem Buch - erstmals 1938 erschienen - erhebt der Autor die moralische Forderung an alle, mitzuhelfen, damit die Welt nicht zu einem Inferno des Grauens, der Verzweiflung und der Maßlosigkeit wird, um schließlich daran zugrunde zu gehen.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Major Henry Scobie serves as a police officer in a British West African colony during the Second World War, a devout Catholic torn between duty and love.Stationed in a coastal colonial outpost in wartime West Africa, 1940s, Scobie prides himself on his incorruptibility. Yet as merchant ships crowd the harbour and the war tightens its grip on the empire, his private life begins to unravel. His wife Louise longs to escape the heat and isolation of the colony, and Scobie, desperate to ease her suffering, borrows money from a corrupt trader - a compromise that entangles him in blackmail.When he falls in love with Helen Rolt, a young widow shattered by loss at sea, Scobie finds himself divided between compassion and betrayal. Each lie told to protect one-woman wounds another; each attempt at mercy becomes a sin against his faith. His Catholic conscience offers no comfort, only a harsher reckoning.Set against the uneasy hierarchies and racial tensions of a British West African colony during the Second World War, The Heart of the Matter is mid-twentieth-century historical fiction driven by moral conflict.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A gripping historical adventure from the international #1 bestselling author of the OUTLANDER series.______________The year is 1757. On a bright June day, Lord John Grey emerges from his club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty's Army, Grey has just witnessed something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: the Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms, who might well have been a traitor.Obliged to pursue two inquiries at once, Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every level of society - and threatens all he holds dear. From the bawdy-houses of London's night world to the drawing rooms of the nobility, from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas of the East India Company, Lord John follows the elusive trail of the woman in green who may hold the key to everything - or to nothing at all.The early days of the Seven Years War come brilliantly to life in this historical adventure mystery by the acclaimed author whose unique and compelling storytelling has engrossed millions of readers worldwide.______________Readers can't get enough of Lord John And The Private Matter . . .\*\*\*\*\* 'This was a fun, suspenseful, historically interesting read.'\*\*\*\*\* 'Good read for Outlander fans.'\*\*\*\*\* 'If you love Gabaldon's writing and murder mystery novels, then this is the book for you.'\*\*\*\*\* 'I was skeptical to start this series but once I started I couldn't put it down. I now have a book hangover.'\*\*\*\*\* 'Great! Funny and gripping, totally entertaining.'.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*\*AS FEATURED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS\*\*Discover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan.One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Joe's beloved scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness.'A plot so engrossing that it seems reckless to pick the book up in the evening if you plan to get any sleep that night' A.S. Byatt.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Stone Barrington tracks a mobster within the witness protection program with a little help from Florida police chief Holly Barker in this full-throttle \*thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Stone Barrington is, once again, right at home in New York City. But this time he s joined by the tenacious Holly Barker the lady police chief of Orchid Island, Florida. She s come to Manhattan hot on the trail of a fugitive from her jurisdiction. And Stone is, well, glad to see her, right up until the moment when her presence creates a great danger to both of them and to their surprise, she becomes the pursued instead of the pursuer.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Peter, Wendy, Captain Hook, the lost boys, and Tinker Bell have filled the hearts of children ever since Barrie's play first opened in London in 1904 and became an immediate sensation. Now this funny, haunting modern myth is presented with Bedford's wonderful illustrations, which first appeared in the author's own day, have long been out of print, and have never been equaled. Bedford, F.D. (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Business is booming at Clare Cosi's Village Blend, until her female customers start to die. Lieutenant Quinn is convinced that someone has an axe to grind, and, unfortunately, his prime suspect is the new man in Clare's life.Now Clare will risk her heart--and her life--to follow the killer's trail to the bitter end.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A masterful (Houston Post) collection of stories from Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro A spellbinding tour through a world of love, menace, and surprise . . . [Munro] is a writer of enormous gifts and perception. Los Angeles TimesThe sisters, mothers and daughters, aunts, grandmothers, and friends in these thirteen stories, a rich exploration of womanhood (Ms.), shimmer with hope and love, anger and reconciliation, as they content with their histories and their present, and what they can see of the future.In her remarkable second collection, Alice Munro demonstrates the precise observation, straightforward prose style, and masterful technique hailed by John Updike, who wrote in the New York Times Book Review that one must go back to Tolstoy and Chekhov . . . for comparable largeness.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER?OF?THE?HUGO?AND?NEBULA?AWARDS Frederik Pohl stands shoulder to shoulder with Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Robert Heinlein, and Ray Bradbury as one of the brilliant vision-aries in the science fiction stratosphere. Gateway is a modern masterpiece that definesand transcendsits genre.Seeded among the stars are troves of valuable artifactsleft behind by the enigmatic, long-vanished alien racecalled the Heechee. For the right price, anyone can climb aboard one of the abandoned Heechee spaceships, castoff on an autopilot voyage to parts unknown, and takea chance on finding wealth . . . or facing death.Robinette Broadhead took that chance and walked awaya winner. But at what cost Despite living a millionaire's life of material luxury, he's haunted by crippling despairand the dark secrets buried deep in his psyche. With the help of his computerized psychiatrist, the truth about whathappened "out there" could set Broadhead free. But only after a personal journey more terrifying and, ultimately, more devastating than his last fateful trip into space.Praise for Gateway"When an author of the stature of Frederik Pohl says that . . . Gateway is the best thing he has ever written, it deserves careful attention. . . . Get this one."Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine"Ccompulsive reading."Chicago Daily News"Wonderfully satisfying."The New York Times Book Review.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is science beautiful Yes, argues acclaimed philosopher and historian of science Robert P. Crease in this engaging exploration of history's most beautiful experiments. The result is an engrossing journey through nearly 2,500 years of scientific innovation. Along the way, we encounter glimpses into the personalities and creative thinking of some of the field's most interesting figures.We see the first measurement of the earth's circumference, accomplished in the third century B.C. by Eratosthenes using sticks, shadows, and simple geometry. We visit Foucault's mesmerizing pendulum, a cannonball suspended from the dome of the Panthéon in Paris that allows us to see the rotation of the earth on its axis. We meet Galileothe only scientist with two experiments in the top tenbrilliantly drawing on his musical training to measure the speed of falling bodies. And we travel to the quantum world, in the most beautiful experiment of all.We also learn why these ten experiments exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations. From the ancient world to cutting-edge physics, these ten exhilarating moments reveal something fundamental about the world, pulling us out of confusion and revealing nature's elegance. The Prism and the Pendulum brings us face-to-face with the wonder of science.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prizewinning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now a Buddhist monk and translator for the Dalai Lama, living in the Shechen monastery near Kathmandu in Nepal. Trinh Thuan was born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam but became intrigued by the explosion of discoveries in astronomy during the 1960s. He made his way to the prestigious California Institute of Technology to study with some of the biggest names in the field and is now an acclaimed astrophysicist and specialist on how the galaxies formed. When Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Thuan met at an academic conference in the summer of 1997, they began discussing the many remarkable connections between the teachings of Buddhism and the findings of recent science. That conversation grew into an astonishing correspondence exploring a series of fascinating questions. Did the universe have a beginning Or is our universe one in a series of infinite universes with no end and no beginning Is the concept of a beginning of time fundamentally flawed Might our perception of time in fact be an illusion, a phenomenon created in our brains that has no ultimate reality Is the stunning fine-tuning of the universe, which has produced just the right conditions for life to evolve, a sign that a 'principle of creation" is at work in our world If such a principle of creation undergirds the workings of the universe, what does that tell us about whether or not there is a divine Creator How does the radical interpretation of reality offered by quantum physics conform to and yet differ from the Buddhist conception of reality What is consciousness and how did it evolve Can consciousness exist apart from a brain generating it The stimulating journey of discovery the authors traveled in their discussions is re-created beautifully in The Quantum and the Lotus, written in the style of a lively dialogue between friends. Both the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and the discoveries of contemporary science are introduced with great clarity, and the reader will be profoundly impressed by the many correspondences between the two streams of thought and revelation. Through the course of their dialogue, the authors reach a remarkable meeting of minds, ultimately offering a vital new understanding of the many ways in which science and Buddhism confirm and complement each other and of the ways in which, as Matthieu Ricard writes, 'knowledge of our spirits and knowledge of the world are mutually enlightening and empowering." 'The Quantum and the Lotus is a mind-expanding, eye-opening exploration of the exciting parallels between cutting-edge thinking in physics and Buddhism-a scintillating conversation any thinking person would delight in overhearing." Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence'The Quantum and the Lotus is the rich and inspiring result of a deeply interesting dialogue between Western science and Buddhist philosophy. This remarkable book will contribute greatly to a better understanding of the true nature of our world and the way we live our lives." His Holiness the Dalai Lama.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An endlessly rich and inventive historical fiction epic from the author of Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, set amid the political intrigue, scientific revolution and religious conflict of 17th-century Europe. As philosophers, adventurers and spies navigate a rapidly changing world, fortunes are made and empires reshaped.'Genius . You'll wish it were longer.' Time magazine'An astonishing achievement.' Sunday TelegraphWINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD---------Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, moves among the era's greatest minds, as new ideas challenge old certainties, and where the world can be changed overnight.The adventurer 'Half-Cocked Jack' escapes the streets of London and pursues fortune and infamy while the pox slowly tightens its grip.And Eliza, rescued from a Turkish harem, reinvents herself as a spy, financier and pawn of the powerful, as the age of finance is born.'Neal Stephenson rewrites history - for the dark prince of hacker fiction, looking backward is another way of seeing the future.' WiredThe first book in the Baroque Cycle.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Garfield s Guide to Everything, the philosophizing fat cat weighs in on a whole kit and caboodle of subjects, from ecology to astrology, Shakespeare to stupidity. Sleep The best 18 hours of my day Coffee Mother Nature s Jumper Cables Dogs They contain 90% of the world s drool supply. Love is splitting the last piece of pizza. Exercise My favorite spectator sport. Mondays The armpit of days. Golf That s Scottish for AAARGH.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A treasure of a book.'David McCulloughThe harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye.A New York Times Notable BookAmerica's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea, and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling In the Heart of the Sea Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of the most ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has ever seenthe U.S. Exploring Expedition of 18381842. On a scale that dwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailing vessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean and ended up naming the newly discovered continent of Antarctica, collecting what would become the basis of the Smithsonian Institution. Combining spellbinding human drama and meticulous research, Philbrick reconstructs the dark saga of the voyage to show why, instead of being celebrated and revered as that of Lewis and Clark, it hasuntil nowbeen relegated to a footnote in the national memory.Winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The expert guide to girl talk.How to Say It(r) to Girlsprovides a wellspring of practical advice for parents on how to broach uncomfortable subjects with girls of all ages, or how to simply open the lines of communication. This book offers concrete words, phrases, and sample dialogues to help parents figure out what to say and how best to say it. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this humorous collection of celebrity wit, acclaimed broadcaster and humorist Charles Osgood offers witticisms penned by luminaries ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Andy Rooney. Known for his clever commentary and witty radio-show rhymes, Charles Osgood here selects and introduces a collection of hilarious correspondence from some of our best-loved politicians, authors, and stars of the stage and screen. Funny Letters from Famous People delivers rib-tickling communications from the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Flannery O'Connor, S. J. Perelman, Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, John Cheever and dozens more.Providing an entertaining look at celebrated lives, Osgood lets us glimpse Mark Twain squabbling with the gas company, Dwight D. Eisenhower kvetching to Mamie about Patton, and radio personality Fred Allen desperately seeking logic from his insurance carrier in one of comedy's most amusing epistles.Sprinkled throughout with Osgood's own humorous quips, Funny Letters from Famous People is a delightful compendium of clever letter writing at its side-splitting best.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The gripping history of electricity and how the fateful collision of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse left the world utterly transformed.In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America s Gilded Age Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires. At the heart of the story are Thomas Alva Edison, the nation s most famous and folksy inventor, creator of the incandescent light bulb and mastermind of the world s first direct current electrical light networks; the Serbian wizard of invention Nikola Tesla, elegant, highly eccentric, a dreamer who revolutionized the generation and delivery of electricity; and the charismatic George Westinghouse, Pittsburgh inventor and tough corporate entrepreneur, an industrial idealist who in the era of gaslight imagined a world powered by cheap and plentiful electricity and worked heart and soul to create it. Edison struggled to introduce his radical new direct current (DC) technology into the hurly-burly of New York City as Tesla and Westinghouse challenged his dominance with their alternating current (AC), thus setting the stage for one of the eeriest feuds in American corporate history, the War of the Electric Currents. The battlegrounds: Wall Street, the 1893 Chicago World s Fair, Niagara Falls, and, finally, the death chamber Jonnes takes us on the tense walk down a prison hallway and into the sunlit room where William Kemmler, convicted ax murderer, became the first man to die in the electric chair.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Australian award-winning journalist Mark Mordue invites you on his world trip that ranges from a Rolling Stones concert in Istanbul to talking with mullahs and junkies in Tehran, and from a cricket match in Calcutta to an S&M bar in New York, in addition to many points in between. Mordue chronicles his year-long global journey with his girlfriend, Lisa Nicol, exploring countries most Americans never see as well as issues of world citizenship in the 21st century. Written in the tradition of literary journalism, Dastgah will take you to all kinds of places, across the world . . . and inside yourself.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American' Ian McEwan, Sunday Times bestselling author of LessonsInto the intrigue and violence of 1950s Saigon comes CIA agent Alden Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'.As Pyle's naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as Fowler intervenes he wonders why: for the greater good, or something altogether more complicated WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH\*\*One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World\*\*.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the brilliantly funny Hugh Laurie, British comedian and star of The Night Manager comes a debut novel that will have his existing fans - and anyone who loves the dark humour of Stephen Fry and Ben Elton's books - laughing out loud. 'A ripping spoof of the spy genre' Vanity Fair'Clever and hilarious' Time OutWhen Thomas Lang, a hired gunman with a soft heart, is contracted to assassinate an American industrialist, he opts instead to warn the intended victim - a good deed that doesn't go unpunished.Within hours Lang is butting heads with a Buddha statue, matching wits with evil billionaires, and putting his life (among other things) in the hands of a bevy of femmes fatales, whilst trying to save a beautiful lady . and prevent an international bloodbath to boot.A page-turning story with a cast of unforgettable characters, The Gun Seller is the fantastically funny smash hit first novel by comedian and acclaimed actor Hugh Laurie. ---------PRAISE FOR THE GUN SELLER:'I wish I could give this book 6 stars!' 5-star reader review 'I love Hugh Laurie. I love his dry, sarcastic wit' 5-star reader review'A first-rate wordsmith and an excellent storyteller' 5-star reader review'Laugh-out-loud witty, brilliantly outrageous, and a five-star read' 5-star reader review'One helluva spy tale' 5-star reader review'A spy novel through the lens of Wodehouse: delightful, hysterical, and compelling' 5-star reader review'Really fast-paced, intelligent, funny, and violent as hell' 5-star reader review.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. Since 1982, J. M. Coetzee has been dazzling the literary world. After eight novels that have won, among other awards, two Booker Prizes, and most recently, the Nobel Prize, Coetzee has once again crafted an unusual and deeply affecting tale. Told through an ingenious series of formal addresses, Elizabeth Costello is, on the surface, the story of a woman's life as mother, sister, lover, and writer. Yet it is also a profound and haunting meditation on the nature of storytelling.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A bracing meditation on the nature of evil and a moving evocation of the human heart, Siegfried is one of Harry Mulisch's most powerful novels. After a reading of his work, renowned Dutch author Rudolf Herter, who had recently commented in a television interview that it may be only through fiction that the uniquely evil figure of Adolf Hitler can be truly comprehended, is approached by an elderly couple. The pair reveal that as domestic servants in Hitler's Bavarian retreat in the waning years of the war, they were witness to the jealously guarded birth of Siegfried--the son of Hitler and Eva Braun. For more than fifty years they have kept silent about the child they once raised as their own. Only now and only to Herter are they willing to reveal their astonishing story.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Roddy Doyle's acclaimed novel about an intrepid Irishman's years of reckless heroism and adventure - 'An extraordinarily entertaining epic.' (The Washington Post) Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern Ireland, and in this extraordinary novel he brilliantly tells his story. From his own birth and childhood on the streets of Dublin to his role as soldier (and lover) in the Irish Rebellion, Henry recounts his early years of reckless heroism and adventure. At once an epic, a love story, and a portrait of Irish history, A Star Called Henry is a grand picaresque novel brimming with both poignant moments and comic ones, and told in a voice that is both quintessentially Irish and inimitably Roddy Doyle's.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -One of the most controversial YA novels of all time, The Chocolate War is a modern masterpiece that speaks to fans of S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders and John Knowles's A Separate Peace. After suffering rejection from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut in 1974, and quickly became a bestselling-and provocative-classic for young adults. This chilling portrait of an all-boys prep school casts an unflinching eye on the pitfalls of conformity and corruption in our most elite cultural institutions. 'Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.'-The New York Times Book Review 'The characterizations of all the boys are superb.'-School Library Journal, starred review 'Compellingly immediate. . . . Readers will respect the uncompromising ending.'-Kirkus Reviews, starred review An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice A New York Times Outstanding Book of the YearPetersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 272 pp. Englisch.…