Simon schuster jan 2015 (48 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A brand-new, heart-wrenching novel from the bestselling author of If I Stay, Gayle Forman Cody and Meg were inseparable - best friends for life. They knew everything about each other. Or Cody thought they did. But how well do you ever really know your best friend And what do you do whn they choose to leave you behind As Cody numbly searches for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey of self-discovery which takes her to a terrifying precipice, and forces her to question not only her relationship with the Meg she thought she knew, but her own understanding of life, love, death and forgiveness.Perfect for fans of 13 Reasons Why andThe Perks of Being a Wallflower 'A pitch-perfect blend of tragedy, mystery and romance' Stephen Chbosky, author ofThe Perks of Being a Wallflower 'Not only beautifully written and heartwrenching, but IMPORTANT. Wow. Just, wow' Sarah Dessen 'It's about to become your new favourite book' Sugarscape 'A potent rite-of-passage tale' Sunday Times 270 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Book Three of the After series-the internet sensation with millions of readers. 848 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Book Three of the After series-the internet sensation with millions of readers. 848 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The chess community's favorite pair of authors Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld bring players the world's greatest collection of stories, cartoons, and amusing anecdotes in this exciting read.The Fireside Book of Chess brings readers into the world of chess with a comprehensive and exciting collection of stories and illustrations regarding the game. Including curious and interesting chess games, Chernev and Reinfeld have put together the memories, anecdotes, puzzles, lists, and trivia that surrounds the world of chess. Perfect for those who have a deep abiding passion for chess and those who only dabble in the game, The Fireside Book of Chess shares fake histories, tongue-in-cheek stories, poignant memories and more. 416 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A warm, endearing story about friendshipfrom the bestselling author of the ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS series and the award-winning illustrator of THE LITTLEST YAK. Oliver is finding the big city a lonely and scary place but when he finds a little lost dog he makes his first friend in the city. The trouble is, he knows that somewhere out there someone is missing the little dog just as much as he is loving having him, So, with a heavy heart, Oliver sets about doing the right thing. 'Anyone, really, would enjoy this lovely friendship story.'The Bookbag 'Kate Hindley's absolutely gorgeous illustrations take kids on a whimsical adventure'Kids' Book Review A beautifully told story with a lovely, uplifting ending that will warm hearts everywhere.Praise for The Great Snortle Hunt: 'Kate Hindley is a newcomer in the picture book world but definitely one to watch. Her style is sleek and child-friendly, with plenty of detail throughout.'Armadillo 'This charmingly illustrated book is guaranteed to make reading time extra exciting.'Creative Steps 'Will delight young readers. The beautiful illustrations by Kate Hindley are modern and scenica real treat for word lovers of all ages.'We Love this Book 'Young readers will love the build-up of excitement. Freedman knows what children like and her words are well-matched by Hindley's spikey images'Books for KeepsPraise for Claire Freedman's Underpants series: 'Will make kids laugh'The Sun 'This fantastic rhyming story [.] is simply pantastic!' Galaxy British Book Awards 2008 'Daft and absurdly amusing book.'Prima Baby & Pregnancy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The chess community's favorite pair of authors Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld bring players the world's greatest collection of stories, cartoons, and amusing anecdotes in this exciting read.The Fireside Book of Chess brings readers into the world of chess with a comprehensive and exciting collection of stories and illustrations regarding the game. Including curious and interesting chess games, Chernev and Reinfeld have put together the memories, anecdotes, puzzles, lists, and trivia that surrounds the world of chess. Perfect for those who have a deep abiding passion for chess and those who only dabble in the game, The Fireside Book of Chess shares fake histories, tongue-in-cheek stories, poignant memories and more.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A brand-new, heart-wrenching novel from the bestselling author of If I Stay, Gayle Forman Cody and Meg were inseparable - best friends for life. They knew everything about each other. Or Cody thought they did. But how well do you ever really know your best friend And what do you do whn they choose to leave you behind As Cody numbly searches for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey of self-discovery which takes her to a terrifying precipice, and forces her to question not only her relationship with the Meg she thought she knew, but her own understanding of life, love, death and forgiveness.Perfect for fans of 13 Reasons Why andThe Perks of Being a Wallflower 'A pitch-perfect blend of tragedy, mystery and romance' Stephen Chbosky, author ofThe Perks of Being a Wallflower 'Not only beautifully written and heartwrenching, but IMPORTANT. Wow. Just, wow' Sarah Dessen 'It's about to become your new favourite book' Sugarscape 'A potent rite-of-passage tale' Sunday Times.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Book Three of the After series-the internet sensation with millions of readers.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Miffy is very sad, she's lost her favourite teddy bear. She searches everywhere and even asks all her family Will she be able to find it again Award-winning UK poet, Tony Mitton, has worked closely with Dick Bruna's Dutch publisher to create new translations for the classic Miffy stories that are true to the books' original voice, and yet have a contemporary feel to the language that makes them appealing to the modern young audience. The translations beautifully convey the warmth and friendliness of the original Dutch whilst maintaining a style that is inimitably Miffy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this collection of rare, hard-to-find, and often too-short short 'stories', Guy J. Jackson wields his not particularly helpful but still relatively charming (at least compared to being chased) worldview in order to pretty much study and correct all of humanity's foibles, or at least the ones that need correcting by the end of this year. Also, if you read these 'stories' at the rate of one per day, you'll feel Zen for however many days that there are 'stories', or so claimed Roundfire Books' late editorial assistant, Nils Samuels Chastain, even though it wasn't his place to decide that.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The game must go on! If you haven't yet discovered Sudoku, you'll be playing like a pro in no time. If you -- like millions of other Americans -- are already hooked on the game, this second book in the SUDOKU MANIA series will provide further hours of challenging, mind-boggling fun -- with four skill levels: Painless ? Tricky ? Nasty ? Migraine.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The eldest of ten children on a dirt-poor farm, Becky trudges through life as a full-time babysitter, trying to avoid her father's periodic violent rages. When the family's barn burns down, her father lays the blame on Becky, and her own mother tells her to run for it. Run she does, hopping into an empty freight car. There, in a duffel bag, Becky finds an abandoned baby girl, only hours old. After years of tending to her siblings, sixteen-year-old Becky knows just what a baby needs. This baby needs a mother. With no mother around, Becky decides, at least temporarily, this baby needs her. When Becky hops off the train in a small Georgia town, it's with baby 'Georgia' in her arms. When she meets Rosie, an eccentric thrift-shop owner, who comes to value and love Becky as no one ever has, Becky rashly claims the baby as her own. Not everyone in town is as welcoming as Rosie, though. Many suspect Becky and her baby are not what they seem. Among the doubters is a beautiful, reclusive woman with her own terrible loss and a long history with Rosie. As Becky's life becomes entangled with the lives of the people in town, including a handsome boy who suspects Becky is hiding something from her past, she finds her secrets more difficult to keep. Becky should grab the baby and run, but her newfound home and job with Rosie have given Becky the family she's never known. Despite her guilt over leaving her mother alone, she is happy for the first time. But it's a happiness not meant to last. When the truth comes out, Becky has the biggest decision of her life to make. Should she run away again Should she stay--and fight Or lie What does the future hold for Becky and Georgia With a greatness of heart and a stubborn insistence on hope found in few novels of any genre, Providence proves that home is where you find it, love is an active verb, and family is more than just a word.'When 16-year-old Becky Miller rescues an abandoned newborn, a nontraditional family is born, attracting other warm-hearted women into its folds. Reading Providence is like cozying up with longtime friends in front of a homey fire.' --Sherry Shahan, author of Skin and Bones (Albert Whitman & Co.)'A beautifully written tale about trying to make the right choice when there might not be one.' --Wendy Mass, author of A Mango-Shaped Space (Little Brown Books for Young Readers).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Based on cutting-edge research with more than 1,000 married couples, this ?revolutionary book? (Harville Hendrix, PhD, coauthor of Making Marriage Simple) shows you how to bolster your resolve by strengthening your relationship, offering a fresh approach to weight loss that will turn your spouse from diet saboteur into your most loyal health ally.First comes love, then comes marriage.then comes a larger pant size Many couples find themselves gaining weight as they settle into a relationship, but some couples manage to buck this trend. They exercise (together or separately), they support each other's healthy eating habits, and their relationships are stronger as a result. What are their secrets It turns out that many of us are ignoring the most powerful tool we have to help us get healthier and stay healthier?our spouse or significant other. For more than twenty years, Drs. Thomas Bradbury and Benjamin Karney, codirectors of the Relationship Institute at UCLA, have been studying how couples communicate around these issues, witnessing firsthand how partners can help (and hinder) one another's progress toward better health. In Love Me Slender, they identify the specific principles that successful couples use in their quest to improve their health. Love Me Slender offers new solutions based on a remarkable insight: The powerful connection we share with our mate can influence what we eat, how much we exercise, how well we age, and ultimately how long we live. Strengthening this connection, and using it to influence our daily habits, holds the key to better health. Featuring self-assessments and case studies from real couples working to stay healthy together, Love Me Slender is an eye-opening, uplifting guide to changing the dynamic of your relationship and improving your health?and the health of those you love most.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Danny Boyle was hoping for a fresh start in Canada. With the help of his uncle Martin, he'd soon found a job and a regular gig with a bar band. And when his sweetheart, Deirdre, joined him, Danny seemed set for life.But Fate wasn't done with Danny, and when his uncle was stricken with AIDS, Deirdre did the only thing she could think of to save him from the darkness she got pregnant. Rising to the occasion, Danny became a father with enthusiasm.With the arrival of their second child, though, mortgages, day-care, and the press of the day took their toll on the young couple. Battling the voice in his head that told him he wasn't suited for this role, Danny found an ally in the bottle. Soon, drinking became the only thing that made sense to him.Deirdre, however, refused to give up without a fight. If she could only get Danny to join her, they might even win.The sequel to Born & Bred, Wandering in Exile is the second novel in the Life & Times Trilogy, a cycle of novels that charts the course of one star-crossed life. Filled with poetic prose and brimming with poignant observation, it is a work of uncommon depth and resonance.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A completely fresh look at the culture clash between Britain and Germany that all but destroyed Europe.Half a century before 1914, most Britons saw the Germans as poor and rather comical cousins - and most Germans looked up to the British as their natural mentors. Over the next five decades, each came to think that the other simply had to be confronted - in Europe, in Africa, in the Pacific and at last in the deadly race to cover the North Sea with dreadnoughts.But why Why did so many Britons come to see in Germany everything that was fearful and abhorrent Why did so many Germans come to see any German who called dobbel fohltwhile playing Das Lawn Tennisas the dupe of a global conspiracy Packed with long-forgotten stories such as the murder of Queen Victoria's cook in Bohn, the disaster to Germany's ironclads under the White Cliffs, bizarre early colonial clashes and the precise, dark moment when Anglophobia begat modern anti-Semitism, this is the fifty-year saga of the tragic, and often tragicomic, delusions and miscalculations that led to the defining cataclysm of our times - the breaking of empires and the womb of horrors, the Great War. Richly illustrated with the words and pictures that formed our ancestors' disastrous opinions, it will forever change the telling of this fateful tale.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover the power of coconut oil!Deemed a miracle solution by health experts around the world, coconut oil is praised for its ability to optimize body weight, enhance one's appearance, and dramatically reduce the risk of disease. Coconut Oil for Health shows you how to use the all-natural product in your daily health and beauty routine--from speeding weight-loss to taming flyaways to smoothing fine lines and wrinkles. Featuring step-by-step instructions and plenty of helpful tips, this book provides 100 coconut oil solutions that help: Boost metabolism and support weight lossStrengthen the immune system and fight off diseaseTreat unsightly blemishes, repel insects, and soothe sunburnsPromote healthy skin, hair, and nails There's really nothing coconut oil can't handle--from whitening teeth to improving digestion to alleviating arthritis pain--and all without the need for dangerous chemicals or costly procedures. With Coconut Oil for Health, you will discover all the benefits that a simple jar of coconut oil can bring.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Little Book. Big Help. Think you know how to lose weight, but can't seem to shed those extra pounds The truth is, most diets don't workor, at least, they don't last. When we diet, we're so consumed by what we can't eat that we don't focus on how we eat, and how eating makes us feel. That's where The Little Book of Diet Help comes in. With this book you'll learn: How to recognize your bad eating habits and how to create new, improved ones Why certain foods affect your body and your mood The power of EFT and how easy techniques like tapping and hypnosis can combat cravings and boost your energy How to distinguish between physical and emotional hunger Why finding ways to manage stress will naturally help you eat betterand stay slimmer! You'll see that small adjustments to your daily routine can add up to big changes in how you look and feel. You don't need complicated meal plans, you don't need to spend hours in the gym, and you definitely don't need to be miserable. You just need a little help.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hundreds of highly entertaining facts, quotes, and more!Weed. Pot. Mary Jane. Grass.No matter what you call marijuana, it's still dope.Bursting with mind-blowing marijuana facts, this all-inclusive look at cannabis offers hundreds of reasons to celebrate your favorite herb. Each page highlights weed's best features with unbelievable stories and trivia, cool ways to inhale, and quotations from legendary stoners. With details on everything from infusing alcohol with THC to get a better high to the history behind the world's oldest weed stash, this book keeps you entertained long after your buzz wears off.Dope: Because getting high doesn't mean you can't learn something awesome.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A remarkable novel" (The New York Times) about America's first female soldier, Deborah Sampson Gannett, who ran away from home in 1782, successfully disguised herself as a man, and fought valiantly in the Revolutionary War.At a time when rigid societal norms seemed absolute, Deborah Sampson risked everything in search of something better. Revolutionary, Alex Myers's richly imagined and carefully researched debut novel, tells the story of a fierce-tempered young woman turned celebrated solider and the remarkable courage, hope, fear, and heartbreak that shaped her odyssey during the birth of a nation. After years of indentured servitude in a sleepy Massachusetts town, Deborah chafes under the oppression of colonial society and cannot always hide her discontent. When a sudden crisis forces her hand, she decides to escape the only way she can, rejecting her place in the community in favor of the perilous unknown. Cutting her hair, binding her chest, and donning men's clothes stolen from a neighbor, Deborah sheds her name and her home, beginning her identity-shaking transformation into the imaginary "Robert Shurtliff"a desperate and dangerous masquerade that grows more serious when "Robert" joins the Continental Army. What follows is a journey through America's War of Independence like no otheran unlikely march through cold winters across bloody battlefields, the nightmare of combat and the cruelty of betrayal, the elation of true love and the tragedy of heartbreak. As The Boston Globe raves, "Revolutionary succeeds on a number of levels, as a great historical-military adventure story, as an exploration of gender identity, and as a page-turning description of the fascinating life of the revolutionary Deborah Sampson.".…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - They met at the worst possible moment.or maybe it was just in time. David McClain was about to go to war and Lindsey Wood was there at his going-away party, capturing his heart when falling for a woman was the last thing on his mind. While David was serving his country, he stayed in close contact with Lindsey. But war changes a person, and when he came home very little had the same meaning that it had before including the romance that had sustained him. Was love truly unconquerable, or would it prove to be just another battlefield casualty Gooseberry Island is the most nuanced, dramatic, and romantic novel yet from a writer whose ability to plumb the depths of human emotion knows few peers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Are germs gross, or great Sick Simon learns how to be health-conscious during cold and flu season in this clever picture book from the author-illustrator of The Great Lollipop Caper.Simon is going to have the best week ever. Who cares if he has a cold He goes to school anyway, and sneezes everywhere, and coughs on everyone, and touches everything. Germs call him a hero! Everyone else calls himSick Simon. When will it end How far will he go Will the germs take over, or can Sick Simon learn to change his ways. Krall, Dan (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Distinctive humor from a well-known artist: Bruce Eric Kaplan is one of the most popular cartoonists at The New Yorker . Known for his observational sense of humor and distinctive design, Kaplan's work plays on modern foibles, juxtaposing droll, slice-of-life dialogue with slightly surreal situations. . Just in time for Valentine's Day: This latest collection from Kaplan employs his trademark incisive wit on the volatile passions and comic banalities that plague relationships of all kinds. As Kaplan notes in the Introduction, "everything we do, we do for one of three reasons: because we love someone, because we hate someone, or because we're hungry." No one can argue with that, or anything else in this wickedly funny new collection.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tai, Nevada, and Candacewho cherish their sisterly bond of exotic vacations, ladies' nights, and unbreakable camaraderiereunite in this dramatic sequel to The Next Phase of Life.A savvy entrepreneur and happily married woman, Tai Wilson's life couldn't be more complete. But just when she's getting comfortable in her new lifestyle, she starts to suspect that someone is stalking her, attempting to make her world miserable. Or is her mind playing tricks on her When things go awry, Tai's intuitive sidekick, Nevada, a successful Washington, DC-based detective who took down a pair of bank robbers, offers to assist. But even the seasoned sleuth is in for a shock when she discovers who the culprit is. Meanwhile, fashionista Candace has been enjoying her boyfriend and patiently waiting for that permanent diamond on her finger. Once the ultimate pursuer of adventurous men, she was swept away by Don, a pilot who took her all over the world. But despite these pleasurable heights, she becomes disenchanted. Something is amiss and she can't figure out what's keeping him single. So, like with Tai, Nevada's efforts lead to the ultimate truth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A compelling tale of cultural displacement and yearning" (The Boston Globe), from award-winning author Lara Vapnyar: a "sly and seductive" (The New York Times Book Review) new novel about sexual awakening and the relentless search for love.Though only thirty-eight, Lena finds herself in the grips of a midlife crisis. She feels lost in her adoptive country, her career is at a dead end, and her marriage has spiraled into apathy and distrustit seems impossible she will ever find happiness again. But then she strikes up a precarious friendship with Ben, a failed artist turned reluctant academic, who is just as lost as she is. They soon surprise themselves by embarking on an impulsive weekend adventure, uncharacteristically leaving their responsibilities behind. On the way to Ben's remote cabin in Maine, Lena begins to talk, for the first time in her life, about the tumultuous summer she spent as a counselor in a Soviet children's camp twenty years earlier, when she was just discovering romance and her own sexuality. As Lena opens up to Ben about secrets she has long kept hidden, they begin to discover together not only the striking truths buried in her puzzling past, but also more immediate, passionate ones about the urgency of this short, stolen time they have together. "Enchantingvivid and rich" (The New York Times), filled with Lara Vapnyar's characteristic empathy, deadpan humor, and striking honesty, The Scent of Pine weaves themes of ambition, loneliness, longing, and the fickle nature of desire into a "book of elegant writing and propulsive storytelling" (Chicago Tribune).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - If we could take the most intense and penetrating look into our psyche and strip away the layers, what would we find at our very core Could we find the key to psychic heath that unlocks our full creativity and potential Working with hundreds of people around the world, therapist and author Shai Tubali came to realize that it was power that drove the human psyche: the primal urge for power, the loss of power, and the entangled and confused desires to regain power in our lives. Tubali created 'psycho-transformative processes' to enable the men and women he worked with to uncover these hardest, hidden and most denied parts of the self, and then guided them to transform these parts into a source of true, revitalizing inner power. The Journey to Inner Power sets the reader on this challenging new path to self-knowledge and self-liberation.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - David Winters has quickly become a leading voice in the new landscape of online literary criticism. His widely-published work maps the furthest frontiers of contemporary fiction and theory. The essays in this book range from the American satirist Sam Lipsyte to the reclusive Australian genius Gerald Murnane; from the 'distant reading' of Franco Moretti to the legacy of Gordon Lish. Meditations on style, form and fictional worlds sit side-by-side with overviews of the cult status of Oulipo, the aftermath of modernism, and the history of continental philosophy. Infinite Fictions is indispensable reading for anyone interested in the forefront of literary thought.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Q: How do you breed contempt A: Have a baby. Hey. It's me. Your baby. Let me say, first off, that I love you. I do. You're a great parent. You do a lot of things right. I know how devoted you are to me and how invested you are in hitting this whole parenting thing out of the playground. Okay. Now that I've given you the validation I know you need, let's get a few things clear . . . I'm not as innocent as you think I am. You don't realize it because you're blinded by my sweet good looks, but I am aware of way more than I can convey. I feel more than I can express. I have more going on in my soft, little baby brain than you could possibly imagine. Until now. The book you're holding finally reveals the complexities and nuances of my life so far. From my point of view. Unapologetic. Unplugged. Unswaddled. Be warned . . . it's not always adorable.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WE'RE KNEE DEEP ARE YOU SHOVEL READY Politicians who say anything and do nothing . . . People lamenting Constitutional rights they don't have . . . Protesters equating everyone to Hitler . . . Teeth-gritting partisans! Tax-evading congressmen! Fact-evading Americans! If you're incredibly disenchanted, if you feel that this great country of ours is suffering from chronic bullsh\*t at the federal, state, and local levels, good news: Not only are you in good company, but here's a book to make you feel a little bit better THE B. S. OF A.! Whether you voted for "hope" in 2008, or "change" in 2010, odds are you're feeling a tad despondent. Here at last is a straight-talking, partisan-busting look at politics from humorist Brian Sack, who mercilessly pokes fun at The B.S. of A. with a double helping of objectivity and wit, pulling no punches and giving partisans, politicians, and their politics a well-deserved shellacking. The B.S. of A. takes full advantage of our poorly understood First Amendment to fearlessly cut through the bull on both sides of the aisle and ask serious questions: Why does this enormous country have only two real parties How does a bad idea become a terrible law with a misleading name How can you identify the Seven Habits of Highly Partisan People What's the deal with this Constitution thing people keep citing Can we stop comparing people we don't like to Hitler You'll find a handy glossary to thoroughly expand your political vocabulary. And, perhaps most important, you're guaranteed to finish this book with a complete understanding of how to solve America's biggest issuesincluding gun control and abortion!\* The B.S. of A.: You're in it, so get to know it. \*Actually, these issues can't be solved. Their complexity was misunderestimated.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How far would you go to save your life and your world After a nasty divorce, single mother Joanne Lessing finally has her life together, and she's made a name for herself as a photographer. Then, while on assignment, she witnesses a hit and run. Property damage only. No big deal, she thinks. So she does the right thingcalls the cops. Joanne is dismayed when FBI agents arrive with the local detective. They admit the hit and run driver was a mob killer fleeing the scene of his latest hit. Joanne is relieved to find she can't really identify the hit man. But when she sees the killer again while on another assignment, she takes his picture and finds her new life and her son's future threatened. Caught between the Mob and the FBI, she's on her own.…