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Published by Penguin Books UK, Puffin, Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0140366504ISBN 13: 9780140366501
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Haroun's father is the greatest of all storyletters. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun is determined to return the storyteller's gift to his father. So he flies off on the back of the Hoopie bird to the Sea of Stories - and a fantastic adventure begins. 224 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141339667ISBN 13: 9780141339665
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and a six-time Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award winner for Favorite Book. Jeff has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time's 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff lives with his wife and two sons in Massachusetts, where they own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141334789ISBN 13: 9780141334783
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Matched is the first book in an utterly compelling series by Ally Condie.On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her Match. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life.Except he's not.In Cassia's society, Officials decide who people love.How many children they have.Where they work.When they die.But, as Cassia finds herself falling in love with another boy, she is determined to make some choices of her own.And that's when her whole world begins to unravel . . .'Don't miss this gripping page turner' - She'A must read' - The Sun 366 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141042745ISBN 13: 9780141042749
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -New York Times bestseller Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok is a powerful story about a Chinese immigrant family in Brooklyn.Kimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. But all they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment. The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt.And neither one speaks one word of English.Yet there is hope. Eleven-year-old Kim goes to school. And though cut off by an alien language and culture and forced by poverty to work nights in a sweatshop - she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books and learning she'll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn to lost girl from Hong Kong into a happy American woman And should she Jean Kwok's powerful and moving tale of hardship and triumph, of heartbreak and love, speaks of all that gets lost in translation.'A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account.has the unmistakable ring of authenticity' Metro'A truly amazing story that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters' Easy Living'A classic and moving immigration story' RedJean Kwok emigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn as a child; her first novel Girl in Translation is based loosely on her own experience as a Chinese immigrant in America. With Girl in Translation Jean Kwok has won the American Library Association Alex Award, an Orange New Writers title and international critical acclaim. 293 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0241953197ISBN 13: 9780241953198
Seller: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -CULT AUTHOR NEAL STEPHENSON'S UNSTOPPABLE SCI-FI CLASSICThe future is small. The future is nano . . .And who could be smaller or more insignificant than poor Little Nell - an orphan girl alone and adrift in a world of Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and warring nanotechnology Well, not quite alone. Because Nell has a friend, of sorts. A guide, a teacher, an armed and unarmed combat instructor, a book and a computer: the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is all these and much much more. It is illicit, magical, dangerous.And it isn't Nell's. It was stolen. And now some very powerful people want to get their hands on this highly desirable object. Nell is about to discover that the world can feel very small indeed . . .'6.0 stars. Among the best books I have ever read' GoodReads Review'If Snow Crash was so good that cyberpunk went in to a coma, The Diamond Age effectively pulled the plug' GoodReads Review'This is Great Expectations with nanotechnology' GoodReads Review 500 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0241950724ISBN 13: 9780241950722
Seller: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Under South Africa's brutal apartheid regime, black activist Steve Biko has been working tirelessly for years to undermine the system when he meets white journalist Donald Woods. Initially suspicious of Biko and his motives, Woods finds himself united with Biko in common cause after Biko reveals to him the true extent of police atrocities in the black townships. And when tragedy strikes, the powerful bond that has been forged between them leads Woods to make a courageous stand on his friend's behalf, risking everything to expose the horrors of this murderous regime. 271 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141019468ISBN 13: 9780141019468
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A far-ranging, invigorating and irrepressible collection of essays on literature, cinema, art - and everything in between - from the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Feel Free and Swing Time'Alarmingly good' Metro'Striding with open hearted zest and eloquence between fiction (from EM Forster to David Foster Wallace) and travel, movies and comedy, family and community in a self-portrait that charts the evolution of a formidable talent' Independent'Supremely good. Smith writes with such infectious zeal and engaging accessibility that it makes you want to turn up at her house and demand tutoring' Dazed'Brilliant' Vogue 320 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141028548ISBN 13: 9780141028545
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James RobertsonAnd the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change. It is a moving, sweeping story of family, friendship, struggle and hope - epic in every sense.The winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010, And the Land Lay Still is a masterful insight into Scotland's history in the twentieth century and a moving, beautifully written novel of intertwined stories.'Toweringly ambitious, virtually flawlessly realized, a masterpiece and, without a doubt, my book of the year' Daily Mail'A jam-packed, dizzying piece of fiction' Scotland on Sunday'Gripping, vivid, beautifully realized' The Times'Engrossing' Daily Telegraph'Powerful and moving. A brilliant and multifaceted saga of Scottish life in the second half of the twentieth century' Sunday Times'Brilliant and thoughtful. Eminently readable, subtle and profound' Independent on Sunday'Bold, discursive and deep, Robertson's sweeping history of life and politics in 20th-century Scotland should not be ignored' Ian Rankin, Observer Books of the YearJames Robertson is the author of three previous novels: The Fanatic, Joseph Knight and The Testament of Gideon Mack, which is available in Penguin. Joseph Knight was awarded the two major Scottish literary awards in 2003/4 - the Saltire Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year - and The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, picked by Richard and Judy's Book Club, and shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award. 688 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0241956285ISBN 13: 9780241956281
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.'Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is blackmailing him. A broken, weary old man, Sternwood just wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. However, with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out. And that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.The Big Sleep is Raymond Chandler's first novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony BurgessDiscover the newest addition to the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and Elektronisches Buch from Hogarth. 250 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141442255ISBN 13: 9780141442259
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'A gripping work, and a gripping translation' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianNiccolò Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. The Prince, his tough-minded, pragmatic handbook on how power really works, made his name notorious and has remained controversial ever since. How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers When is it necessary to break the rules Is it better to be feared than loved Examining regimes and their rulers the world over and throughout history, from Roman Emperors to renaissance Popes, from Hannibal to Cesare di Borgia, Machievalli answers all these questions in a work of realpolitik that still has shrewd political lessons for today. Tim Parks's acclaimed contemporary translation renders Machiavelli's no-nonsense original as alarming and enlightening as when it was first written. His introduction discusses Machiavelli's life and reputation, and explores the historical background to the work.'Tim Parks's swift and supple new translation brings out all its chilling modernity' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 176 pp. Englisch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0241958687ISBN 13: 9780241958681
Seller: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations.Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future.What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, Jared Diamond's Collapse also shows how - unlike our ancestors - we can benefit from our knowledge of the past and learn to be survivors.'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' - Daily Mail'Riveting, superb, terrifying' - Observer'Gripping . the book fulfils its huge ambition, and Diamond is the only man who could have written it' - Economis'This book shines like all Diamond's work' - Sunday Times 589 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141194235ISBN 13: 9780141194233
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty, while kindly George lies bedridden upstairs. The mismatched quintet keep their spirits alive by bickering and waiting for grandchildren to visit at Christmas. But the festive season does not herald goodwill to all at Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage. Disaster and chaos, it seems, are just around the corner .Told with Amis's piercing wit and humanity, Ending Up (1974) is a wickedly funny black comedy of the indignities of old age. 128 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141194243ISBN 13: 9780141194240
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Kingsley Amis's (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories. 240 pp. Englisch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141194316ISBN 13: 9780141194318
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Introduction by Martin Amis. 272 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0140455655ISBN 13: 9780140455656
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A gripping retelling of the timeless epic of romance, enchantment and adventure, Peter Ackroyd's The Death of King Arthur recasts Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur in clear, compelling modern English prose, published in Penguin Classics.'In the old wild days of the world there was a King of England known as Uther Pendragon; he was a dragon in wrath as well as in power .'Born with the help of Merlin's magic, blessed with the sword of Excalibur, Arthur becomes King of a troubled England, beginning a golden age of chivalry at the court of Camelot. But his reign is soon to be torn apart by violence, revenge and tragedy .Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur made the legend of King Arthur immortal. Now Peter Ackroyd's retelling brings his timeless story of love, heroism and betrayal to new life for our times.Sir Thomas Malory (c.1405-1471) was a knight and estate owner in the mid 15th century, who spent many years in prison for political crimes as well as robbery. He wrote Le Morte d'Arthur, the first great English prose epic, while imprisoned in Newgate. Peter Ackroyd (b. 1949) is an award-winning writer and historian. Formerly literary editor of The Spectator and chief book reviewer for the The Times, he is the author of novels such as Hawksmoor (1985) and The House of Doctor Dee (1993), as well as non-fiction including Dickens: Public Life and Private Passion (2002), London: The Biography (2000), and Thames: Sacred River (2007). If you enjoyed The Death of King Arthur, you might like Ackroyd's The Canterbury Tales, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'I admire this version enormously . This story has to move with both swiftness and dignity, and yoking those two qualities together is not an easy task; but Ackroyd does it with ease'Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy 'Ackroyd's lightly trimmed and streamlined Le Morte d'Arthur makes it eminently readable' Sunday Times 336 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0670920851ISBN 13: 9780670920853
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware 352 pp. Englisch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141041773ISBN 13: 9780141041773
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - From the young Pakistani immigrant who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to the Irish woman reluctantly returning to Dublin and discovering a city that refuses to acknowledge her long absence. 224 pp. Deutsch.
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ISBN 10: 0141046341ISBN 13: 9780141046341
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The hilarious no. 1 bestseller by comedian and author of According to Yes and Oh Dear SylviaEveryone hates the perfect family.So you'll love the Battles.Meet Mo Battle, about to turn 50 and mum to two helpless, hormonal teenagers. There's 17-year-old daughter Dora who blames Mo for, like, EVERYTHING and Peter who believes he's quite simply as darling and marvellous as his hero Oscar Wilde. Somewhere, keeping quiet, is Dad . . . who's just, well . . . Dad.However, Mo is having a crisis. She's about to do something unusually wild and selfish, which will leave the entire family teetering on the edge of a precipice. Will the family fall Or will they, when it really matters, be there for each other A Tiny Bit Marvellous is the number one bestselling novel from one of Britain's favourite comic writers. Praise for A Tiny Bit Marvellous:'Funny, really enjoyable, highly recommended. A wonderful writer - witty, wise, poignant' Wendy Holden'A fantastic slam-dunk pageturner. Funny, enriching . . . page after page I laughed out loud' Mail on Sunday'Beautifully observed. Makes you laugh on every page' The Times'A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life' Woman and Home 448 pp. Deutsch.
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ISBN 10: 014119426XISBN 13: 9780141194264
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Brimming with gluttony, booze and lust, Roger Micheldene is loose in America. Supposedly visiting Budweiser University to make deals for his publishing firm in England, Roger instead sets out to offend all he meets and to seduce every woman he encounters. But his American hosts seem made of sterner stuff. Who will be Roger's undoing Irving Macher, the young author of an annoyingly brilliant first novel Father Colgate, the priest who suggests that Roger's soul is in torment Or will it be his married ex-lover Helene One thing is certain - Roger is heading for a terrible fall.Outrageously funny and irreverent, One Fat Englishman (1963) is a devastating satire on Anglo-American relations. 176 pp. Englisch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141196904ISBN 13: 9780141196909
Seller: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Coralie Bickford-Smith (illustrator). Neuware -Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. 544 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0241951720ISBN 13: 9780241951729
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series.Niccolò Polo, father of Marco, will finally reveal the story he has kept secret all his life - the story of Altaïr, one of the brotherhood's most extraordinary Assassins. Altaïr embarks on a formidable mission - one that takes him throughout the Holy Land and shows him the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed. To demonstrate his commitment, Altaïr must defeat nine deadly enemies, including Templar leader, Robert de Sable. Altaïr's life story is told here for the first time: a journey that will change the course of history; his ongoing battle with the Templar conspiracy; a family life that is as tragic as it is shocking; and the ultimate betrayal of an old friend.Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series. Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist. 464 pp. Deutsch.
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ISBN 10: 0141029943ISBN 13: 9780141029948
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What does it mean to call yourself British in the 21st Century If Obama was raised by his white mother, why is he the first black president Why do Muslims feel more at home in America, which invaded Iraq, than in France, which opposed the invasion Who are we, and why does it matter This title addresses these questions. 256 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141045922ISBN 13: 9780141045924
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The Spy is the third of Clive Cussler's brilliant historical thrillers. 1908, and American engineering geniuses are being killed off one by one . . .When a brilliant battleship gun engineer commits suicide, his disbelieving family turn to legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency. Quickly on the case, Isaac Bell establishes that the clues point not to suicide, but murder.So when further deaths connected to a top-secret project follow, Bell realizes that this is sabotage. With the world plunging towards war, it's clearly a spy at large. But which of the many foreign agents he has encountered is responsible Or is there a more sinister explanation In a blistering story featuring dreadnaught battleships and railroards, criminal gangs and beautiful women, The Spy is a breathtaking thriller that just happens to have at stake the fate of the world. Bestseller Clive Cussler - author of the Dirk Pitt novels Arctic Drift and Crescent Dawn - and co-author Justin Scott place hero Isaac Bell at the centre of a mysterious espionage conspiracy in the third novel of historical thriller series The Isaac Bell Adventures, The Spy. Praise for Clive Cussler:'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail'The guy I read' Tom Clancy 480 pp. Deutsch.
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ISBN 10: 0670919292ISBN 13: 9780670919291
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Matthew Parris's Parting Shots is a treasure trove of wit, venom and serious analysis.Up till 2006 a British Ambassador leaving his post was encouraged to write what was known as a valedictory despatch, to be circulated to a small number of influential people in government. This was the parting shot, an opportunity to offer a personal and frank view of the host country, the manners and morals of its people, their institutions, the state of their cooking and their drains. But it was also a chance to let rip at the Foreign Office itself and to look back on a career spent in the service of a sometimes ungrateful nation.Combining gems from the archives with more recent despatches obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Parting Shots sheds light on Britain's place in the world, revealing the curious cocktail of privilege and privation that makes up the life of an ambassador.'Wonderful . a glimpse of that lost world of private eloquence and erudite candour' Matthew d'Ancona, Evening Standard'Unbuttoned, indiscreet and very funny' Yorkshire PostMatthew Parris had a short career in the Foreign Office where one of his tasks was to distribute incoming valedictory despatches. He was a Conservative MP from 1979 to 1986, since when he has worked as a journalist. He is the author of A Castle in Spain, Parting Shots, and A Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase. He divides his time between Derbyshire (where his old constituency was situated) and east London. 400 pp. Deutsch.
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ISBN 10: 0670920606ISBN 13: 9780670920600
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. Every day new solutions, revolutionary cures, and artistic breakthroughs are conceived and squandered by smart people. Along with the gift of creativity come the obstacles to making ideas happen: lack of organisation, lack of accountability and a lack of community support.Scott Belsky has interviewsed hundreds of the most productive creative people and teams in the world, revealing one common trait: a carefully trained capacity for executing ideas. Implementing your ideas is a skill that can be taught, and Belsky distills the core principles in this book.While many of us obsess about discovering great new ideas, Belsky shows why it is better to develop the capacity to make ideas happen - using old-fashioned passion and perspiration. Making Ideas Happen reveals the practical yet counterintuitive techniques of 'serial creatives' - those few who make their visions a reality. 256 pp. Deutsch.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141196882ISBN 13: 9780141196886
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Neuware -Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the designWhen Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival. In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. 454 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0141196890ISBN 13: 9780141196893
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Neuware -Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career; and the religious hypocrite Bulstrode, hiding scandalous crimes from his past. As their stories interweave, George Eliot creates a richly nuanced and moving drama, hailed by Virginia Woolf as 'one of the few English novels written for adult people'. 852 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd Jun 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0143106279ISBN 13: 9780143106272
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Haugomat, Tom (illustrator). Neuware - A graphic deluxe edition to mark the 150th anniversary of Dickens's most well-loved novel.A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor-these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip's life forever, as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his great expectations. Published nine years before Dickens's death, it remains one of his most celebrated works.
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ISBN 10: 014139966XISBN 13: 9780141399669
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Christy O'Connor has covered GAA as a journalist nationally for thirteen years. For twenty years he has kept goal for the St Joseph's Doora-Barefield senior hurling side, and he is also vice-chairman of the club. He is the author of the acclaimed Last Man Standing: Hurling Goalkeepers, which was shortlisted for the 2005 Boylesports Irish Sports Book of the Year Award.
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ISBN 10: 0141021756ISBN 13: 9780141021751
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Hancox is the Tudor hall house in rural Sussex where Charlotte Moore grew up, and where she lives today. It's been in the family since her ancestor Milicent Ludlow, young, single and an orphan, took it on in 1891 and began to enlarge the house and manage the farm. Hancox tells the story of the house and the family over the following thirty years, in the long run-up to the First World War.In one sense it's a rural idyll: the arrival of the car disturbs this peaceful agrarian world, but apart from that the rhythms of the countryside go on as they had for centuries before. But all was not quite as it seemed: Milicent made a distinguished marriage but her husband harboured a secret. Milicent herself gradually succumbed to religious fanaticism. And the death of the youngest boy at Ypres devastated the family, bringing the idyll to a painful end.Using extraordinary archive material held at Hancox today, Charlotte Moore weaves an Edwardian tale of madness and jealousy, love and loss, heroism and tragedy.