simon schuster aug 2009 (9 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A stunning collection that displays King's phenomenally broad readership (stories published in the New Yorker, Playboy and McSweeney's and including the 25,000 word story 'Gingerbread Girl' published in Esquire)-the first collection since King guest edited the bestselling Best American Short Stories 2007.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 539 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Kafka's literary masterpiece about Gregor Samsa, a young man who, transformed overnight into a 'monstrous verminous bug,' becomes an essentially alienated man.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Subtle, haunting, terrifying - this astonishing collection of short stories from No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King includes the short story 'N.' Stephen King - who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one New York Times bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies - delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything's Eventual six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling Best American Short Stories 2007 , King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of Just After Sunset . The stories in this collection have appeared in The New Yorker , Playboy , McSweeney's , The Paris Review , Esquire , and other publications. Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating - and then terrifying - journey. Set on a remote key in Florida,'The Gingerbread Girl' is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable - and resourceful - as Audrey Hepburn's character in Wait Until Dark . In 'Ayana,' a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, 'N.,' which broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient's irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside.or keep the world from falling victim to it. Just After Sunset - call it dusk, call it twilight, it's a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It's the perfect time for Stephen King.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Four dragonriders on a mission to save their world.Elian and his dawn dragon, Aurora, lead the search for the fourth and final orb. Pursued by night dragons and helped by a WWI airman, the four dragonriders are drawn into a huge aerial battle between all the dragon enclaves. The ultimate fate of dragonkind hangs by a thread. To restore order, a terrible price must be paid .

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back stronger than they were before. And Jonah wants to be stronger--needs to be stronger--because everything around him is falling apart. Breaking, and then healing, is Jonah's only way to cope with the stresses of home, girls, and the world on his shoulders.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The moms have invited Becca Chadwick and her mother to join the club--and their daughters are devastated. Meanwhile, Jess finds out that her family may lose Half Moon Farm.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - David Roberts is the author of seventeen books on mountaineering, adventure, and the history of the American Southwest. His essays and articles have appeared in 'National Geographic,' 'National Geographic Adventure,' and 'The Atlantic Monthly,' among other publications. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - U.S. Marshal Michael Venturi of the Witness Protection Program is used to helping others create new identities. Now Venturi must call upon his former training as he becomes the one hunted by police, prosecutors, ruthless killers, and his own former federal colleagues.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.