Random house sep 1998 (52 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'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 - 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). …

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 - 'Little Mouse. Big Lion. Big, big trouble. Who will save the mouse Who will save the lion ' This simple retelling of the classic Aesop fable will be a treat for kids and their parents as an adventurous mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds--like rescuing the King of the Jungle. With big, bold illustrations by Lisa McCue and large type, this Early Step into Reading book is perfect for kids just beginning to learn how to read. McCue, Lisa (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 '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 - 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 - In this unforgettable, dramatic account of one man's experience as an EMT, Peter Canning relives the nerve-racking seconds that can mean the difference between a patient's death and survival, as Canning struggles to make the right call, dispense the right medication, or keep a patient's heart beating long enough to reach the hospital. As Canning tells his graphic, gripping war stories--of the lives he saved and lost; of the fear, the nightmares, and the constant adrenaline-pumping thrill of action--we come away with an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a hero.…

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 - 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 - Richard Storm is passionate, hot-blooded, and running out of time.Sophia Endering is cool, beautiful, and haunted by a centuries-old mystery.Now the Hollywood filmmaker and the troubled young woman have come together in a race against the unbelievable, the unthinkable, and. . . The Uncanny.Richard Storm reached the top of his profession producing horror films based on classic English ghost stories.Now, with his life beginning to unravel, Richard is searching for something to believe in.Fleeing Hollywood for London, he embarks on a desperate quest: to find evidence that the great old stories bear some truth, that the human spirit lives on after death.What he finds is Sophia, a woman caught in a nightmare more chilling than any of his film horrors.Propelled by a furious love, haunted by a terror he can barely confess to himself, Storm pursues Sophia through the labyrinth of her family's madness and their involvement in Nazi art thefts, down a trail formed by the classic ghost stories themselves--into the very heart of the uncanny.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this uproariously funny counting book, illustrated by popular artist Kevin Hawkes, a ravenous little sister eats everything from one hare to ten peas. This is the perfect book for any kid who loves to giggle (and who doesn't ) and parents who love to hear them. Hawkes, Kevin (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - She expected sunshine and balmy breezes. What she saw was everyone's worst nightmare.Bess Grady has heard the unmistakable sound before. She knows what it means. But not even the eerie lament of the howling dogs can prepare her for what has taken place in the small village. The seasoned photojournalist had been sent there on an easy assignment, and now she has stumbled upon something she was never meant to see. Amid chaos and fear, she joins forces with an intimidating stranger, a man whose alliances are unclear but whose methods have a way of leaving bodies in his wake. For what she has witnessed is only the first stage in a plan of terror that may kill us all. And she has no choice but to stop it or die trying.…

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 - In a new and major novel, the creator of fantastic universes o vampires and witches takes us now into the world of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the destruction of Solomon's Temple, to tell the story of Azriel, Servant of the Bones.He is ghost, genii, demon, angel--pure spirit made visible. He pours his heart out to us as he journeys from an ancient Babylon of royal plottings and religious upheavals to Europe of the Black Death and on to the modern world. There he finds himself, amidst the towers of Manhattan, in confrontation with his own human origins and the dark forces that have sought to condemn him to a life of evil and destruction. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dark forces are at work within the realms of earth and sky, and a savage new dance of life and death is about to begin.the internationally acclaimed saga of the First Americans continues in this long-awaited novel from bestseller William Sarabande.As the Ice Age draws to a close, the men and women living on the northeast coast of the North American continent struggle to adapt to their rapidly changing environment. Ancient cultures clash as warriors battle for vital hunting territories. When a mammoth is seen in a forest, the shaman, who is also brother to the headman, conjures wondrous and terrifying visions for his imperiled band as he goads them to hunt a beast that may be the last of its kind. Although an ancient legend promises death for the People on the day that the last mammoth dies, the shaman counters with a legendary promise of his own--that those who dare hunt, kill, and consume the flesh of the mammoth will be made invincible in battle. The hunt is successful but the headman is killed--and the shaman comes to power and takes possession of his brother's woman and daughter. Although he has no suspicion of his uncle's treachery, the eldest son of the former headman must live with the fear of the charging mammoth that caused him to feign injury rather than risk his own life to save his father's. Now, as the last mammoth walks the land, a young warrior who has lost nearly everything to his enemies must learn new ways, or die in a world where men, women, and even children dare not be less than heroes.…

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 - The Amazing Antioxidant Everyone Is Talking About! Are you looking for an effective way to fight the effects of aging and free radical damage Would you like to reach and maintain your body's optimal health There may be no stronger way than with antioxidants-and there may be no stronger antioxidant than alpha lipoic acid. This remarkable coenzyme, which occurs naturally in younger bodies but gradually diminishes with age, may very well be one of our best defenses against disease and aging. In this balanced and informative book, Burt Berkson, M.D., shows you how supplementing your diet with alpha lipoic acid might help: Protect against heart disease Prevent or treat complications of diabetes Prevent the progression of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease Protect against cancer and strokes Fight chronic liver disease Combat the aging process And much more!Revealing the science behind this amazing antioxidant, Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough provides a plan of action for improving your health starting now.…

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 - 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 - 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 this roomy, bawdy, exuberantly comic novel, Brad Leithauser takes us to an imaginary island-country, Freeland, during a crucial election year.Freeland occupies its own place in the North Atlantic, somewhere between Iceland and Greenland. A geological miracle, it is desolate ('What green is to Ireland, gray is to Freeland') -- and inspiring.The 'friends' of the title are Hannibal, an expansive, lovable, unruly giant of a man who has been President of Freeland for twenty years, and Eggert, his shrewd, often prickly, always devious sidekick and adviser, who is Poet Laureate of Freeland and the book's narrator.As the book opens, Freeland -- long happily isolated and stubbornly independent -- is in trouble. The sins of the rest of the world have begun to wash up on its shores in the form of drugs, restless youth, and a polluted, fished-out ocean. And, to add to the complications, when Hannibal, who has promised to step down as president, decides to run again, the opposition imports three 'electoral consultants' from the United States.As the story unfolds, the histories of the friends are revealed. While Hannibal is Fate's adored, Eggert travels perpetually under a cloud. Orphaned early, he must make his way by his wits. We follow him from his youth as he adventures Down Below (any place south of Freeland), collecting women, lovers, children, restlessly churning out fifty books in his search for love and admiration, returning home at last to raise a family and to serve his friend in his political hour of need.This huge, stunning, magical book brims with pleasures: delicious satire as the independent-minded natives meet the U.S.-trained 'spin doctors'; a vibrant comic-strip vitality; and an edgy poignancy.Best of all, Leithauser has created a whole world, at once uncannily like and unlike our own. Readers who journey to Freeland will find it both a land of wonders and an ideal place from which to view the world they've left behind. …

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 - 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. …