simon schuster okt 2013 (36 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A tween's foreign exchange experience lands her in London luxuryand some hot water as well!Twelve-year-old Jordan isn't unhappy, but she's definitely bored. So when she gets the chance to take part in a London exchange program, she's thrilled to ditch her small town in Delaware and see the world across the pond. Unfortunately, Jordan's host sister in London, Caroline, isn't exactly enthusiastic about entertaining an American girl. Despite the chilly welcome, Jordan finds herself loving the city and Caroline's group of friends, who are much nicer than Caroline herself. And then a major misstep leaves Jordan and Caroline trapped together overnightinside Daphne's, the world's largest department store. Given they have complete access to all the fancy shoes, designer dresses, and coolest makeup around, there are worse places to be stuck. But when the girls' fun has not-so-fun consequences, Jordan's wish for excitement abroad turns into a lot more than she ever bargained for.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 214 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Terrifying secrets, torn loyalties, love versus duty, the gripping story of a young actress caught up in highly dangerous events in 1930s Berlin.Berlin, 1933. Warning bells ring across Europe as Hitler comes to power. Clara Vine, an attractive young Anglo-German actress, arrives in Berlin to find work at the famous Ufa studios. Through a chance meeting, she is unwillingly drawn into a circle of Nazi wives, among them Magda Goebbels, Anneliese von Ribbentrop and Goering's girlfriend Emmy Sonnemann. As part of his plan to create a new pure German race, Hitler wants to make sweeping changes to the lives of women, starting with the formation of a Reich Fashion Bureau, instructing women on what to wear and how to behave. Clara is invited to model the dowdy, unflattering clothes.Then she meets Leo Quinn who is working for British intelligence and who sees in Clara the perfect recruit to spy on her new elite friends, using her acting skills to win their confidence. But when Magda Goebbels reveals to Clara a dramatic secret and entrusts her with an extraordinary mission, Clara feels threatened, compromised, desperately caught between her duty towards - and growing affection for - Leo, and the impossibly dangerous task Magda has forced upon her.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the #1New York Timesbestselling author of It Ends With Uscomes the beginning of Sky and Dean's passionate love story where well-kept secrets threaten to open wounds of a dark past.Would you rather know a truth that makes you feel hopeless, or keep believing the lies Beloved and bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with the spellbinding story of two young people with devastating pasts who embark on a passionate, intriguing journey to discover the lessons of life, love, trust and above all, the healing power that only truth can bring.Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter, he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she's tried so hard to bury. Though Sky is determined to stay far away from him, his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile break down her defenses and the intensity of the bond between them grows. But the mysterious Holder has been keeping secrets of his own, and once they are revealed, Sky is changed forever and her ability to trust may be a casualty of the truth.Only by courageously facing the stark revelations can Sky and Holder hope to heal their emotional scars and find a way to live and love without boundaries.Hopelessis a novel that will leave you breathless, entranced, and remembering your own first love.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 408 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The truth about Mara Dyer's dangerous and mysterious abilities continues to unravel in the New York Times bestselling sequel to the thrilling The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer.Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past. She can't. She used to think her problems were all in her head. They aren't. She couldn't imagine that after everything she's been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets. She's wrong. In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 527 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Each edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play - Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play - Scene-by-scene plot summaries - A key to famous lines and phrases - An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language - An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play - Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this seductive follow-up to Poison Princess, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole takes us deeper into the dark world of the Arcana Chronicles.Shocking secrets Evie has fully come into her powers as the Tarot Empress, and Jack was there to see it all. She now knows that the teens who've been reincarnated as the Tarot are in the throes of an epic battle. It's kill or be killed, and the future of mankind hangs in the balance. Unexpected allies With threats lurking around every corner, Evie is forced to trust her newfound alliance. Together they must fight not only other Arcana, but also Bagmen zombies, post-apocalyptic storms, and cannibals. Gut-wrenching treachery When Evie meets Death, things get even more complicated. Though falling for Jack, she's drawn to the dangerous Endless Knight as well. Somehow the Empress and Death share a history, one that Evie can't rememberbut Death can't forgetLibri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 336 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Although they're only pawns in a deadly game, Noah and Harley are slowly discovering the potential of their own minds. Separated by the dark forces that wish to control them, they're both vulnerable to treachery and lies. But if they find each other again, their combined strength could unleash the chaos of the Extreme Zone -- and the world will never be the same.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa, and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens and, in the same stroke, providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not only continue, but expand, allowing the unwinding of prisoners and the impoverished. Cam is a teen who does not exist. He is made entirely out of the parts of other unwinds. Cam, a 21st century Frankenstein, struggles with a search for identity and meaning, as well as the concept of his own soul, if indeed a rewound being can have one. When a sadistic bounty hunter who takes 'trophies' from the unwinds he captures starts to pursue Connor, Risa and Lev, Cam finds his fate inextricably bound with theirs'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Three women find themselves brought together by their powerful attachment to a charming drifter with a passion for freedom this debut novel by Annie Greene.In the shabby and terrible town of Hooks Crossing, Maryland, three women are connected through the existence of thirty-year old man who is a child a heart. Lilly, Ellen, and Jessie, all for different reasons and at different times have been affected by the drifter known as Darcy, who happens to be Lilly's son. Blinded by the intoxicating energy and humor Darcy emits, each woman is drawn to his irresistible charm and positivity as they ease the pain of losses and mistakes in their own lives. But as there is only so much one man can do, Darcy is inevitably not the savior that the women expect him to be. As his desire for freedom drives him out of town and out of their reach, each woman is left to handle her problems on her own.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Myers, Matt (illustrator). Neuware - Alex, whose birthday it is, hijacks a story about Birthday Bunny on his special day and turns it into a battle between a supervillain and his enemies in the forest--who, in the original story, are simply planning a surprise party.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your life is shaped by the memories of people you've loved in the past. But Scott and his friends Kenyon, Harley, and Dee will soon learn that trusting your mrmory is the worst mistake you can make in the Extreme Zone.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This coming-of-age novel by young author James Kirkwood tells the tragic and charming story of Peter Kilburn: a young man facing accusations of murdering the headmaster of his New England prep schoolthe same man with a sexual fixation on Peter.When his lawyer is caught in another case and asks Peter Kilburn to write down his experiences at Gilford Academy and his interactions with the now-dead headmaster, Mr. Hoyt, Peter begins to pen the letter that makes up the pages of Good Times/Bad Times. From Peter's elaborate involvement on campus and meeting the closest friend he's ever had to the unwelcome sexual advances he received from Mr. Hoyt, this letter tells of the ups and downs of Peter's time at school. As the good times give way to bad and a series of compelling incidents steadily heighten the tension of his time as a student at Gilford Academy, readers fall under the spell of the magnificent storyteller Peter exposes himself to be. Good Times/Bad Times pulses with warmth and laughter of the young and still honest, complete with strong and memorable characters.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -\* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times \* \* WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award \* Books for a Better Life Award \* The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year \* This masterpiece by the National Book Awardwinning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing so"a brave, beautiful book that will expand your humanity" (People).Solomon's startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human conditionthat difference is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities; with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, the experience of difference within families is universal, and Solomon documents triumphs of love over prejudice in every chapter. All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent should parents accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves. Drawing on ten years of research and interviews with more than three hundred families, Solomon mines the eloquence of ordinary people facing extreme challenges. Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, Far from the Tree explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each othera theme in every family's life.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 962 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Following the eight-hundred-mile trek of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, this journey into a lost Japan explores the possibilities of an older, simpler way of life that still exists over three hundred years later.In 1689, acclaimed Japanese poet Matsuo Basho set out on his last and longest journey to explore the remote northern provinces of his country. In a famous work of Japanese literature, Basho shares an account of his experience that is rich in strange, surreal, and comic encounters along the road. Three hundred years later, inspired by Basho's writing and his appreciation of Japan, Lesley Downer sets off on the same journey the famous poet took before her. As she walks, Downer encounters hitchhiking hermit priests, meets people who had never seen a Westerner, and dines on flowers and sauteed grasshoppers, leading her to discover a piece of Japanese culture that many believed had vanished centuries ago.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mirror Lake brilliantly explores life, death, love, and loss against the backdrop of rural Vermont and the drama of its seasons. Nathan Carter, a man in his twenties, moves from Boston to Eden, Vermont, following the death of his father and the end of yet another failed romance. When Carter's Jeep goes off the road in a snowstorm, seventy-nine-year-old Wallace Fiske nurses him back to health and the two become unlikely friends. Wallace begins to tell Nathan his story, a love story he was prepared to take to the grave with him. It is a tale of passion, of obsession, and ultimately, of tragedy. Along the way, Nathan, suspecting that Wallace is not telling him the whole truth, sets out to discover for himself what happened here at the edge of this small mountain lake fifty years before. In the process, Nathan not only discovers Wallace's dark secret, but also finds himself transformed by the experience, leading to an unforgettable conclusion. The novel unfolds between each man's present and past, and reveals the loves and passions that have defined their lives. Mirror Lake is a brilliant and suspenseful first novel about love, marriage, friendship, and betrayal.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The fourth entry in this "compelling, passionate, and gritty" (Daily Mail, UK) series by internationally acclaimed bestselling author Colleen McCullough sends Carmine Delmonico on a heart-pounding ride through the world of toxic substances and brilliant biochemists to pursue a mysterious killer on the loose.JEALOUSY. INTRIGUE. THEFT. MURDER. CARMINE DELMONICO IS BACK ON THE CASE. HOLLOMAN, CONNECTICUT, 1969. A lethal toxin, extracted from the blowfish, is stolen from a laboratory at Chubb University. It kills within minutes and leaves no trace behind. Captain Carmine Delmonico is therefore quick off the mark when the bodies start to mount up. A sudden death at a dinner party followed by another at a gala black-tie event seem at first to be linked only by the poison and the presence of Dr. Jim Hunter. A black man married to a white woman, Dr. Hunter has faced scandal and prejudice for most of his life, so what would cause him to risk it all now Or is he being framed for murderand if so, by whom Carmine and his detectives must follow the trail through the university town's crowd of eccentrics, no matter how close to home it may lead.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Unable to escape the ancestral ghosts that haunt her, Lucy returns home to the Australian rainforest and the loving, eccentric aunt that raised her in order to confront the hauntings of her past.Raised an orphan in the rainforest of North Queensland, Lucy McTavish grew up as a wild child. Independent, intelligent, and bored with her one-teacher school, Lucy would do anything to satisfy her desire for adventure. When she escapes the rainforest and the ghosts that haunt her within it, Lucy continues on with her rebellious life of experimenting as she engages in communal counterculture living, casual sex, time as a gangster's mistress, and sudden success as a tightrope artist in the circus leading her to fame, parties, and world travel. But even as her world grows beyond her imaginations, Lucy is unable to escape the ancestral ghost of her past. Returning to the enchanted forest where she was raised, Lucy abandons the elaborate parties and her fame to spend her days in long therapy sessions with the ghosts of ancestors, finding herself on a journey for peace as she reconnects with the people of her past.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A true crowd-pleaser, Paula Deen & Friends is a comprehensive and delicious collection of recipes that will bring family and friends together for all kinds of occasions.Paula Deen and her friends share their stories, ideas for entertaining Southern style, and more than 150 prized recipes. A delicious meal is everyone's favorite way to bring together friends and loved ones, whether you're planning an intimate family supper, hosting a cocktail party, or feeding a hungry crowd for lunch. In Paula Deen & Friends, beloved author, restaurateur, and television star Paula Deen features delicious down-home meals for every occasion that are guaranteed to please. Entertaining Southern style is about spending time with the people you care about. Paula and her friends are experts at creating mouthwatering menus that are easy to prepare, so you too can relax and enjoy the fun with your guests. Each chapter is filled with helpful tips and time-saving techniques, as well as the memorable cooking stories that inspired Paula and her friends to create each dish. You'll be inspired to share memorable meals with your family and friendsand to live it up, Southern style.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Weber, Jill (illustrator). Neuware - From the creators of the Penny Whistle party books comes a delightful collection of great party ideas for any time at all. Complete with recipes, activities, and specific instructions, The Penny Whistle Any Day is a Party Book gives you reason to celebrate 365 days of the year. Line drawings throughout.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the internationally bestselling author of The Twentieth Wife, a novel based on the tumultuous history of a legendary 186-carat diamondoriginating in Indiaand the men and women who possessed it.As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the "Mountain of Light"the Kohinoor diamondand its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest, and betrayal. Its origins are the stuff of myth, but for centuries this spectacular gem changes hands from one ruler to another in India, Persia, and Afghanistan. In 1850, the ancient stone is sent halfway around the world where it will play a pivotal role in the intertwined destinies of a boy-king of India and a young queen of Englanda queen who claims the Mountain of Light and India itself for her own burgeoning empire, the most brilliant jewels in her imperial crown. The Mountain of Light is a magnificent story of loss and recovery, sweeping change and enduring truth, wrapped around the glowing heart of one of the world's most famous diamonds.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Now with a new introduction describing the fallout of America's consumer credit boom, 1994's wildly acclaimed bestseller A Piece of the Action tells the story of how millions of middle class Americans went from being savers to borrowers and investors through the invention of credit cards, mutual funds, and IRAsresulting in profound societal change."America began to change on a mid-September day in 1958, when the Bank of America dropped its first 60,000 credit cards on the unassuming city of Fresno, California." So begins Joe Nocera's riveting account of one of the most astonishing revolutions in modern American lifewhat Nocera labels "the money revolution." In the decades since, the middle class has gained access to credit cards, to mutual funds, to retirement accountsand to hundreds of other financial vehicles that have allowed everyone to get "a piece of the action." In this lively, engaging book, some of the great financial characters of modern timesfrom Charles Merrill to Charles Schwab to Peter Lynchstrut across the stage as the course of this great financial shift is charted. In an all-new introduction, Nocera takes a look back at the consequences of the money revolution. Were members of the middle class as prepared as the innovators claimed to take control of their financial lives Or did events like the dot-com and the housing bubbles suggest something else: that far too many of us lacked the wherewithal to make sound investment decisions.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Hernandez, Leeza (illustrator). Neuware - An outdoor concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Payne, C. F. (illustrator). Neuware - A mouse stowaway on NASA's first human mission to Mars becomes a hero when one of the landing craft's engines fails. Includes facts about Mars.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lindsay Brennan is a Portland architect whose devotion to her work takes the place of other things in her life. Sondra Pinchot, an interior designer, has always depended on the comfort of alcohol. And Samantha, Sondra's dutiful daughter, is trapped in an affair that's become nothing but a habit. Now fate brings the three women together and their private addictions give way to deeper passions. But sometimes love can be an addiction too.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The youngest of his family and pressured by sibling loyalty, Charles Daley agrees to help his conservative brother take on a Senate race against their liberal uncle currently holding the seat in this political family drama by John Buckley.Working as a rock music critic and political reporter for a popular magazine in Manhattan, Charles Daley has worked hard to get himself out of his family's political history and into his dream job. But as Charles puts it, "it's a problem when you want to be a reporter and your family's the news." Realizing he can't run from his familial ties forever Charles gives into the pressures of sibling loyalty and agrees to help his brother in his campaign for Senate. The only issue is his brother is a strict conservative who happens to be running against their liberal uncle and foe currently holding the seat. As the campaign progresses, Charles is taken on a roller coaster ride as he balances keeping his job and handling the numerous threats towards his brother's campaign, including family skeletons, attempted and actual murders, and angry cousins who aren't scared to express their frustrations. "A wise, witty, wild, romp. A first-class piece of entertainment." Howard Blum, author of I Pledge Allegiance.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A presidential speechwriter faces a series of events that threaten his career and the administration he works for in this political thriller by John Buckley.As presidential speechwriter Tom O'Malley prepares for a visit with the administration to South America, his former roommate, who's now a bigshot drug dealer, begins blackmailing Tom into bringing cocaine back with him. As Tom's use of pot in the 1970s begins to haunt him through his roommate's threats, he finds himself in an unfortunate series of events that seriously threaten his career and the new Democratic president he is working for. With his CIA operative father and a dimwitted Senator complicating his position, Tom must figure out how to put an end to the blackmail without anyone else finding out. "John Buckley has apprehended the fundamental Washington paradoxa trifling, petty-minded, Goody Two-Shoes government trying to run a sprawling, filthy, dirty country." P. J. O'Rourke, author of Holidays in Hell.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A member of the world renowned Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School introduces the powerful next-generation approach to negotiation.For many years, two approaches to negotiation have prevailed: the "win-win" method exemplified in Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton; and the hard-bargaining style of Herb Cohen's You Can Negotiate Anything. Now award-winning Harvard Business School professor Michael Wheeler provides a dynamic alternative to one-size-fits-all strategies that don't match real world realities. The Art of Negotiation shows how master negotiators thrive in the face of chaos and uncertainty. They don't trap themselves with rigid plans. Instead they understand negotiation as a process of exploration that demands ongoing learning, adapting, and influencing. Their agility enables them to reach agreement when others would be stalemated. Michael Wheeler illuminates the improvisational nature of negotiation, drawing on his own research and his work with Program on Negotiation colleagues. He explains how the best practices of diplomats such as George J. Mitchell, dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein, and Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub apply to everyday transactions like selling a house, buying a car, or landing a new contract. Wheeler also draws lessons on agility and creativity from fields like jazz, sports, theater, and even military science.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This 'comprehensive, judicious, and finely detailed' (Roderick MacFarquhar, The New York Review of Books) biography of Mao Zedong traces how he created a totalitarian government even more destructive and extreme than Stalin's, while transforming China from an impoverished nation to a leading world power. Mao Zedong was one of the most important figures of the twentieth century, the most important in the history of modern China. A complex figure, he was both a champion of the poor and a brutal tyrant, a poet and a despot. In this major new biography, the authors draw upon extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to reveal surprising details about Mao's rise to power, his leadership in China, and the true nature of his relationship with Stalin. Mao brought his country from poverty and economic backwardness into the modern age and onto the world stage. But he was also responsible for an unprecedented loss of life during the disastrous Great Leap Forward and the bloody Cultural Revolution. He lived and behaved as China's last emperor. Mao is the full story of Mao's life and rule told as never before.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Adapted by master pop-up artist Robert Sabuda, this timeless, classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen comes to life. With magical, intricate pop-ups, readers dive under the sea into the three-dimensional fantastical kingdom where the drama unfolds. From the sea to the ship to the castle, we follow this tale of true love, adventure and sacrifice. As the little mermaid opens her heart, she will captivate reader's, making this a sure favourite in every family's library.