Random house sep 1998 (49 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLER A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this hilarious board book edited by Dr. Seuss. This easy-to-read, must-have classic is a perfect read-along all year round!When a mother bird's egg starts to jump, she hurries off to make sure she has something for her little one to eat. But as soon as she's gone, out pops the baby bird. He immediately sets off to find his mother, but not knowing what she looks like makes it a challenge. The little hatchling is determined to find his mother, even after meeting a kitten, a hen, a dog, and a Snort. The timeless message of the bond between mother and child makes this abridged, super-simple edition of P. D. Eastman's Are You My Mother a must for beginning readers. Bright and Early Board Books are super sturdy, simplified board book editions of classic Beginner Books. First launched in 1996, they have introduced millions of toddlers to beloved books from Dr. Seuss, P. D. Eastman, and other author-illustrators, in a format just right for young readers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sigurd, the Viking from the tenth century, is still stuck in the twentieth century. He lives with his friends the Ellis family in a seaside hotel and constantly causes chaos. When Tim and Zoe Ellis take him to school with them a series of seriously funny disasters results.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everyone knows that Louis is a loudmouth, he never stops talking and drives everyone crazy. No one believes him when he announces that he's going to do a sponsored silence to raise money for the new school library. But Louis is determined, just for once, to keep his mouth shut. To his surprise he finds that he actually enjoys listening, that lessons are much better when he's really involved in them - and that it's very satisfying to raise money for the school.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn makes his triumphant return to the Star Wars(r) universe in this first of an epic new two-volume series in which the New Republic must face its most dangerous enemy yet--a dead Imperial warlord.The Empire stands at the brink of total collapse. But they have saved their most heinous plan for last. First a plot is hatched that could destroy the New Republic in a bloodbath of genocide and civil war. Then comes the shocking news that Grand Admiral Thrawn--the most cunning and ruthless warlord in history--has apparently returned from the dead to lead the Empire to a long-prophesied victory. Facing incredible odds, Han and Leia begin a desperate race against time to prevent the New Republic from unraveling in the face of two inexplicable threats--one from within and one from without. Meanwhile, Luke teams up with Mara Jade, using the Force to track down a mysterious pirate ship with a crew of clones. Yet, perhaps most dangerous of all, are those who lurk in the shadows, orchestrating a dark plan that will turn the New Republic and the Empire into their playthings.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dr. Seuss's youngest concept book is now available in a sturdy board book for his youngest fans! All of the stunning illustrations and imaginative type designs of Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher are here, as are the intriguing die-cut squares in the cover. A brighter, more playful cover design makes this board book edition all the more appropriate as a color concept book to use with babies or a feelings and moods book to discuss with toddlers. Johnson, Steve; Fancher, Lou (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team.Though only a pawn in an international plot, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life.The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team, while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love and sex by Maria, a beautiful young German woman.It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening; a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed.'The plot crackles like thin ice with dread and suspense' Sunday Times.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the course of their lives entirely.Forty years on, their son-in-law is trying to uncover the cause of their estrangement and is led back to this moment on honeymoon and an experience of such darkness it was to wrench the couple apart.'Brilliant. A meditation on the intoxications of violence and the redemptive power of love' New Yorker'Superbly evocative. The novel's of vision of Europe is acute and alive, vivid in its moral complexities' New York Times'Powerful. Unforgettable' Sunday Telegraph'Thoughtful and compassionate' London Review of Books.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. 'A seminal book. The Washington PostOne of The Atlantic s Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsPatrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront. A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing. An important book. Katherine Dunn, bestselling author of Geek Love.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin and what made its start possible Does time always flow forward Is the universe unending or are there boundaries Are there other dimensions in space What will happen when it all ends Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and arrows of time, of the big bang and a bigger God where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Harry's in love, and his best friend, Doug, is disgusted -- Harry won't even throw snowballs at girls anymore. Will Harry ever go back to being his horrible self 'Kline captures perfectly the crowd scenes and private moments in the classroom.'-- Booklist. Remkiewicz, Frank (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 'dreamlike and compelling tour de force (Chicago Tribune) an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan s forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II.Now with a new introduction by the author. In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife s missing cat and then for his wife as well in a netherworld beneath the city s placid surface. As these searches intersect, he encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists. Gripping, prophetic, and suffused with comedy and menace, this is one of Haruki Murakami s most acclaimed and beloved novels.; Toru Okada, ein unzufriedener Mann von 30 Jahren, gerade ohne Arbeit, von seiner tüchtigen Frau zur Selbsterforschung ermutigt, ist Held des Romans, eines Romans über die verschüttete Seele des globalisierten Menschen, der zwar fliegen kann, aber nur wie ein Spielzeugvogel, den irgend jemand aufgezogen hat.; Nominiert: IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1999.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everyone's favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka's wacky brand of humor. Smith, Lane (illustrator).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everyone's favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka's wacky brand of humor. Smith, Lane (illustrator).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A person with the gift of clairvoyance can see your seven energy vortexes radiating like multicolored suns along the axis of your spine. These whorls of spinning energy are known as chakras, the Sanskrit word for wheel. Today the ancient knowledge of chakras is recognized as a legitimate model for understanding health and illness. The POCKET GUIDE TO THE CHAKRAS answers such questions as:- What are the chakras - Where are they - How do they function - What causes them to open or close - How can their energy be changed.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Whether you are simply curious about the different types of stones and crystals or want to explore their uses, the POCKET GUIDE TO CRYSTALS AND GEMSTONES will answer your questions: What are they What are their energy fields Where can they be found How should they be chosen How are they cleaned, charged, and used.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel's acclaimed Wind River mysteries "shouldn't be missed by anyone interested in either new trends in mystery writing or contemporary American Indian culture. She's a master at both."Tony HillermanWith promises of new jobs and millions in revenue, the Wind River Reservation agrees to use their land for a nuclear storage site. But Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden is not willing to let this happen. And with help from Father John O'Malley, she sets out to protect the land and her people.But someone involved wants to keep Vickyand anyone else who stands in the wayquiet. When a man is murdered and two attempts are made on Vicky's life, she knows the stakes have been raised. Now Vicky and Father John must search through false promises and misguided dreams to find the truth of this harrowing crimeand restore the true spirit and dreams of the Arapaho.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The extraordinary beginning of an epic series brimming with the unbridled action, adventure, and imagination that have made the name R. A. Salvatore synonymous with the best in fantasy!Jeff 'Del' DelGuidice was proud of his assignment to the research submarine The Unicorn. But his mission had barely begun when the vessel was sucked into a mysterious underseas void where time stood still, before propelling it forward, through the centuries. The crew surfaced in a strange, magical world changed forever by nuclear holocaust. Here a race of angelic beings had taken pity on the remnants of humankind, offering a chosen few a precious second chance.Thus the Isle of Hope was raised from the poisoned seas and set like a jewel in Earth's ravaged crown. But the jewel had a flaw, a dark vein of evil. For a sinister expert of the mystical arts had embraced the forbidden third magic, the most deadly sorcery of all. Only Del could defeat it--a hero sworn to peace and fated to wield the dazzling power of the fourth magic. . .…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Set in the near-future, Into the Forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their Northern California forest home.Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and several miles away from their nearest neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive as society begins to decay and collapse around them. No single event precedes society's fall. There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found. The sisters consume the resources left in the house, waiting for the power to return. Their arrival into adulthood, however, forces them to reexamine their place in the world and their relationship to the land and each other.Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Into the Forest is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking novel of hope and despair set in a frighteningly plausible near-future America.Praise for Into the Forest"[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel."San Francisco Chronicle"A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism,Into the Forestis both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love."Riane Eisler, author ofThe Chalice and the Blade"From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the . . . narrator pull the reader in. . . . A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's1984."Publishers Weekly(starred review)"Beautifully written."Kirkus Reviews"This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one's own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together."Carol Saline, co-author ofSisters"Jean Hegland's sense of character is firm, warm, and wise. . . . [A] fine first novel."John Keeble, author ofYellowfish.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Nobel Prize winner's lyrical and disturbing portrait of love and the dark recesses of the human psyche A Penguin Classic A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway's northernmost wilds. Living out of a rude hut at the edge of a vast forest, Glahn pursues his solitary existence, hunting and fishing, until the strange girl Edvarda comes into his life.>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - June, 1941. Determined that the United States will be prepared for war, Franklin D. Roosevelt and 'Wild Bill' Donovan orchestrate the most complex espionage organization in history, the Office of Strategic Services. Young and daring, the OSS assemble under a thin camouflage of diplomacy and then disperse throughout the world to conduct their operations. And no operation is more critical than the one being conducted by hotshot pilot Richard Canidy and his half-German friend Eric Fulmar: to secure the rare ore that will power a top-secret weapon coveted on both sides of the Atlantic--the atomic bomb.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In his classic book Be Here Now, Ram Dass introduced the world to a young guru named Bhagavan Das. Continuing his own story in It's Here Now (Are You ), Bhagavan Das shares the profound and surreal moments of his spiritual awakening in the East, his fall from grace in the West, and his peaceful reconciliation with the sacred center.For many years in the early '70s Bhagavan Das moved through India and Nepal, embracing the austere life of a holy man, exploring Hinduism, Buddhism, transcendental meditation, tantra, worshipping the divine mother, and living under the loving blanket of his guru, Neem Karoli Baba. Only twenty-five years old when he returned home to the States as a celebrity, he found himself traveling on the 'guru circuit' with Ram Dass, Allen Ginsberg, Jerry Garcia, and Timothy Leary--living more like a rock star than the saint he was proclaimed to be.In compelling detail, Bhagavan Das explores the tortuous journey that led him from his quest for the sacred to his spiritual death and eventual rebirth. A vivid memoir like no other, It's Here Now (Are You ) is an odyssey that will inspire seekers of any age on their own road to fulfillment.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ranks with Vonnegut s best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction. The Atlanta Journal and ConstitutionBroad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story and Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man s careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves.Praise for Bluebeard Vonnegut is at his edifying best. The Philadelphia Inquirer The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talents satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions. The Cincinnati Post [Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric. San Francisco Chronicle It has the qualities of classic Bosch andSlaughterhouseVonnegut. . . .Bluebeardis uncommonly feisty. USA Today Is Bluebeard good Yes! . . . This is vintage Vonnegut good wine from his best grapes. The Detroit News A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives. Kansas City Star.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Die Akte, die die Stasi über den jungen britischen Politologen Timothy Garton Ash während seines Aufenthalts in Berlin angelegt hat, trägt den Titel 'Romeo'. Ash hat nun diese umfangreichen Papiere gelesen und sie mit seinen zur selben Zeit aufgezeichneten Tagebuchnotizen verglichen. Diese spannende Reportage ist viel mehr als die bloße Rekonstruktion einer beliebigen Stasi-Akte. Sie ist die politische Erzählung eines Schriftstellers, dem es geglückt ist, Sensibilität für die Atmosphäre, sprachliche Kunst und politisch-geschichtliche Intelligenz zu verbinden.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In a small town among the citrus groves in the Santa Bernita Valley, so the locals claim, nothing ever goes according to plan. 'It's a great place to live, they say, if you like surprises: it's just like life, only different.' Certainly a number of Rito's inhabitants--fewer than a hundred in all--are surprised to be living here. Red Ray, for instance, a wildly alcoholic lawyer who bought a dilapidated Victorian mansion in an attempt to rehabilitate his marriage and regain the affections of his wife and young son. After destroying those hopes with a spectacular final binge, Red established a drunk farm, Round Rock, on the ruins. There, one day at a time, he follows his new, unexpected calling.Many months after her husband decamped (almost immediately) for Los Angeles, Libby Daw still lives alone in their trailer, and finds herself even more rooted to the valley she dreams of escaping.And there's Lewis Fletcher, a sometime graduate student whose keen intelligence is sorely tested by his erratic behavior and current predicament. Without exactly knowing why, and entirely against his wishes--or by default and sheer good luck--he finds himself placed in Ray's care at Round Rock.As these people seek out or maintain their various niches in the valley, the peculiar history of the place asserts itself. An heiress descended from the original settlers, Billie Fitzgerald still acts as though she owns it all; devoted to her father and son, she obscures her mercurial emotions from even her closest friends. The past also returns with David Ibañez, whose family had harvested the groves for generations--and whose talents and secrets (and thus, he discovers, his future) are inextricably bound to the complex, close-knit town he thought he had left behind.With insight matched with artistry, Michelle Huneven traces the emerging destinies of these characters as each of them struggles for peace and equilibrium, even happiness and love, against hapless, all-too-human frailty and circumstance. A vivid evocation of landscape and community, Round Rock derives great power from psychological subtlety, and from affection for and profound understanding of lives strained or broken but on the mend. Fresh, remarkably mature, and constantly surprising, this astonishing debut wins both your trust and your heart.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this uniquely fascinating book, internationally renowned psychic Sylvia Browne recounts her captivating life as a clairvoyant, telling of her earliest 'readings' as a young child in Kansas City, and of her first contact with 'Francine,' her spirit guide.In engrossing detail, Sylvia tells how her 'gift' has assisted police departments in their seach for missing children and dangerous criminals - and how her predictions of deaths, plane crashes, and momentous world events were sometimes heeded - or tragically ignored.But more than anything else, this is the remarkable story of one woman's psychic odyssey, for it offers illuminating insight into how we can better understand ourselves and our own psychic abilities.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Following A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy. Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story of a man who has outlived most of his friends. Having reached the six-month anniversary of his lover's death, he embarks on a journey of remembrance that will recount his struggle to become a writer and his discovery of what it means to be a gay man. His witty, conversational narrative transports us from the 1960s to the near present, from starkly erotic scenes in the back rooms of New York clubs to episodes of rarefied hilarity in the salons of Paris to moments of family truth in the American Midwest. Along the way, a breathtaking variety of personal connections--and near misses--slowly builds an awareness of the transformative power of genuine friendship, of love and loss, culminating in an indelible experience with a dying man. And as the flow of memory carries us across time, space and society, one man's magnificently realized story grows to encompass an entire generation.Sublimely funny yet elegiac, full of unsparingly trenchant social observation yet infused with wisdom and a deeply felt compassion, The Farewell Symphony is a triumph of reflection and expressive elegance. It is also a stunning and wholly original panorama of gay life over the past thirty years--the crowning achievement of one of our finest writers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Twenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some form of diagnosable depression, and their ranks are growing. Psychologist Michael D. Yapko explains that in order to find relief, more than the current episode of depression must be examined. In Breaking the Patterns of Depression, he presents skills that enable readers to understand and ultimately avert depression's recurring cycles. Focusing on future prevention as well as initial treatment, the book includes over one hundred structured activities to help sufferers learn the skills necessary to become and remain depression-free.Breaking the Patterns of Depression begins by translating the clinical literature on psychotherapy and antidepressant medication into language that can be used to enhance an understanding of depression, and to personalize individual cures. Yapko uses a conversational, anecdotal tone that encourages readers to take an active approach to helping themselves. Special sections entitled 'Learn by Doing' and 'Shifting Perspectives' help develop the skills necessary to manage difficult experiences. Readers learn how to solve problems effectively, anticipate the likely consequences of their actions, think and act in a direct, goal-oriented fashion, balance different areas of their lives, and use self-knowledge to stay out of harmful situations.More realistic and helpful than other depression-management books on the market, Breaking the Patterns of Depression defines what causes depression and, best of all, clarifies what can be done about it. With this knowledge in hand, readers can control their depression, rather than having depression control them.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A bold account of the development of human consciousness and spirituality over the ages and an examination of the dynamic global transformation of attitudes about healing.For more than fifteen years, Caroline Myss has studied why some people heal, while others do not. In her previous book, Anatomy of the Spirit, Dr. Myss illuminated the hidden interactions of belief and body, soul and cell to show how, as she inimitably puts it, 'your biography becomes your biology.' In Why People Don't Heal and How They Can, she builds on her earlier teachings of the seven different energy centers of the body to provide a vital self-healing program for physical and spiritual disorders. With her characteristic no-nonsense style and high-voltage storytelling, she exposes and explodes the five myths about healing, explains the cultural and individual contexts in which people become physically and spiritually ill and invested in 'woundology,' and teaches new methods of working with the challenges that the seven energy centers embody. To help you get and stay on the path to wellness, Dr. Myss provides rituals and prayers for gaining a symbolic perspective on your life issues; for bolstering your personal power; and for connecting with a universal divine energy. Dr. Myss's breakthrough views on energy medicine and her active approach to healing life issues and physical illness will help you overcome the mental blocks that keep you from becoming well.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride! The New York Times Cat s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat s Cradle is one of the twentieth century s most important works and Vonnegut at his very best. [Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist. Harper s Magazine Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense. Atlantic Monthly. …