Turtleback books mai 2016 (3 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and 'Machine Gun' Kelly. 'Where Is Alcatraz ' also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!'. Groff Edi, David (illustrator).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this 'Where Is. ' title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. 'Where Is the Amazon ' reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet.'. Colon, Daniel; Groff Edi, David (illustrator).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is splendidly tense rip-roaring ('Publishers Weekly') a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe. In 'Wizard and Glass,' Stephen King is at his most ebullient sweeping readers up in swells of passion ('Publishers Weekly') as Roland the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old 'tet'-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson, the harrier who with a little help from a seeing sphere called Maerlyn s Grapefruit ignited Mid-World s final war. Filled with blazing action ('Booklist'), the fourth installment in the Dark Tower Series whets the appetite for more ('Bangor Daily News'). 'Wizard and Glass' is a thrilling read from the reigning King of American popular literature ('Los Angeles Daily News').'.…