random house publishing group sep 2008 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the Oprah s Book Club pickOlive, Again Fiction lovers, remember this name:Olive Kitteridge. . . . You ll never forget her. USA TodayNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKOF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post Book World USA Today San Francisco Chronicle Chicago Tribune Seattle Post-Intelligencer People Entertainment Weekly The Christian Science Monitor The Plain Dealer The Atlantic Rocky Mountain News Library JournalAt times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty.Olive Kitteridgeoffers profound insights into the human condition its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.The inspiration for the Emmy Award winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray 336 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the Oprah s Book Club pickOlive, Again Fiction lovers, remember this name:Olive Kitteridge. . . . You ll never forget her. USA TodayNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKOF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post Book World USA Today San Francisco Chronicle Chicago Tribune Seattle Post-Intelligencer People Entertainment Weekly The Christian Science Monitor The Plain Dealer The Atlantic Rocky Mountain News Library JournalAt times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty.Olive Kitteridgeoffers profound insights into the human condition its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.The inspiration for the Emmy Award winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction, Sara Donati's epic novel sweeps us into another time and place . . . and into a breathtaking story of love and survival in a land of savage beauty.It is December of 1792. Elizabeth Middleton leaves her comfortable English estate to join her family in a remote New York mountain village. It is a place unlike any she has ever experienced. And she meets a man unlike any she has ever encountered-a white man dressed like a Native American: Nathaniel Bonner, known to the Mohawk people as Between-Two-Lives. Determined to provide schooling for all the children of the village, Elizabeth soon finds herself locked in conflict with the local slave owners as well as with her own family. Interweaving the fate of the Mohawk Nation with the destiny of two lovers, Sara Donati's compelling novel creates a complex, profound, passionate portait of an emerging America. Praise for Into the Wilderness'My favorite kind of book is the sort you live in, rather than read. Into the Wilderness is one of those rare stories that let you breathe the air of another time, and leave your footprints on the snow of a wild, strange place. I can think of no better adventure than to explore the wilderness in the company of such engaging and independent lovers as Elizabeth and her Nathaniel.'-Diana Gabaldon'Each time you open a book you hope to discover a story that will make your spirit of adventure and romance sing. This book delivers on that promise.'-Amanda Quick'A beautiful tale of both romance and survival?Here is the beauty as well as the savagery of the wilderness and, at the core of it all, the compelling story of the love of a man and a woman, both for the untamed land and for one another.'-Allan W. Eckert'Lushly written . . . Exemplary historical fiction.'-Kirkus Reviews'Epic in scope, emotionally intense.'-BookPage.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meet the Deans'The fact is, the whole of Australia despises my father more than any other man, just as they adore my uncle more than any other man. I might as well set the story straight about both of them . . ."Heroes or Criminals Crackpots or Visionaries Families or Enemies '. . . Anyway, you know how it is. Every family has a story like this one."Most of his life, Jasper Dean couldn't decide whether to pity, hate, love, or murder his certifiably paranoid father, Martin, a man who overanalyzed anything and everything and imparted his self-garnered wisdom to his only son. But now that Martin is dead, Jasper can fully reflect on the crackpot who raised him in intellectual captivity, and what he realizes is that, for all its lunacy, theirs was a grand adventure.As he recollects the events that led to his father's demise, Jasper recounts a boyhood of outrageous schemes and shocking discoveries about his infamous outlaw uncle Terry, his mysteriously absent European mother, and Martin's constant losing battle to make a lasting mark on the world he so disdains. It's a story that takes them from the Australian bush to the cafes of bohemian Paris, from the Thai jungle to strip clubs, asylums, labyrinths, and criminal lairs, and from the highs of first love to the lows of failed ambition. The result is a rollicking rollercoaster ride from obscurity to infamy, and the moving, memorable story of a father and son whose spiritual symmetry transcends all their many shortcomings.A Fraction of the Whole is an uproarious indictment of the modern world and its mores and the epic debut of the blisteringly funny and talented Steve Toltz.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls the single biggest problem in business today : unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent. The silver lining is that who problems are easily preventable. Based on more than 1,300 hours of interviews with more than 20 billionaires and 300 CEOs, Who presents Smart and Street s A Method for Hiring. Refined through the largest research study of its kind ever undertaken, the A Method stresses fundamental elements that anyone can implement and it has a 90 percent success rate.Whether you re a member of a board of directors looking for a new CEO, the owner of a small business searching for the right people to make your company grow, or a parent in need of a new babysitter, it s all about Who. Inside you ll learn how to avoid common voodoo hiring methods define the outcomes you seek generate a flow of A Players to your team by implementing the #1 tactic used by successful businesspeople ask the right interview questions to dramatically improve your ability to quickly distinguish an A Player from a B or C candidate attract the person you want to hire, by emphasizing the points the candidate cares about mostIn business, you are who you hire. In Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street offer simple, easy-to-follow steps that will put the right people in place for optimal success.