random house llc us okt 1997 (8 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Ein Mann von fünfzig Jahren könnte er sein, schon leicht gebeugt, ein Mann mit freundlichem Gesicht und traurigen Augen. Er lebt verhältnismäßig angenehm in einem friedlichen Land. Er umgibt sich gern mit Büchern. Er bewundert die 'Äneis'. In ihr fand er zum erstenmal literarisch ausgedrückt, was ihn quälte: die Scham, am Leben geblieben zu sein, während seine Verwandten und fast alle anderen im Feuer umgekommen waren.' Der 1933 in Polen geborene Louis Begley erzählt die Geschichte eines jüdischen Jungen. Maciek wächst in einer begüterten polnischen Arztfamilie auf. Der Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs bedeutet für ihn Angst, Flucht, Verfolgung und schließlich den Verlust der Identität. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Ein Mann von fünfzig Jahren könnte er sein, schon leicht gebeugt, ein Mann mit freundlichem Gesicht und traurigen Augen. Er lebt verhältnismäßig angenehm in einem friedlichen Land. Er umgibt sich gern mit Büchern. Er bewundert die 'Äneis'. In ihr fand er zum erstenmal literarisch ausgedrückt, was ihn quälte: die Scham, am Leben geblieben zu sein, während seine Verwandten und fast alle anderen im Feuer umgekommen waren.' Der 1933 in Polen geborene Louis Begley erzählt die Geschichte eines jüdischen Jungen. Maciek wächst in einer begüterten polnischen Arztfamilie auf. Der Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs bedeutet für ihn Angst, Flucht, Verfolgung und schließlich den Verlust der Identität. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Extraordinary.Rich in irony and regret.[the] people and settings are vividly realized and his prose [is] compelling in its simplicity.'THE WALL STREET JOURNALAs the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, young Maciek's once closetted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, Maciek escapes with his aunt Tania. Together they endure the war, running, hiding, changing their names, forging documents to secure their temporary lives as the insistent drum of the Nazi march moves ever closer to them and to their secret wartime lies.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Anne of Windy Poplars Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside-and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty-and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs. Anne's House of Dreams Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor. A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart-and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light. Anne of Ingleside Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting-and wearing out her welcome-Anne's life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead-the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up . . . she's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again! Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Anne of Windy Poplars Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside-and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty-and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs. Anne's House of Dreams Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor. A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart-and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light. Anne of Ingleside Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting-and wearing out her welcome-Anne's life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead-the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up . . . she's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again! Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Anne of Windy Poplars Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside-and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty-and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs. Anne's House of Dreams Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor. A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart-and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light. Anne of Ingleside Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting-and wearing out her welcome-Anne's life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead-the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up . . . she's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again!.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Ein Mann von fünfzig Jahren könnte er sein, schon leicht gebeugt, ein Mann mit freundlichem Gesicht und traurigen Augen. Er lebt verhältnismäßig angenehm in einem friedlichen Land. Er umgibt sich gern mit Büchern. Er bewundert die 'Äneis'. In ihr fand er zum erstenmal literarisch ausgedrückt, was ihn quälte: die Scham, am Leben geblieben zu sein, während seine Verwandten und fast alle anderen im Feuer umgekommen waren.' Der 1933 in Polen geborene Louis Begley erzählt die Geschichte eines jüdischen Jungen. Maciek wächst in einer begüterten polnischen Arztfamilie auf. Der Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs bedeutet für ihn Angst, Flucht, Verfolgung und schließlich den Verlust der Identität.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Anne of Windy Poplars Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables. Now she faces a new challenge: the Pringles. They're known as the royal family of Summerside-and they quickly let Anne know she is not the person they had wanted as principal of Summerside High School. But as she settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars, Anne finds she has great allies in the widows Aunt Kate and Aunt Chatty-and in their irrepressible housekeeper, Rebecca Dew. As Anne learns Summerside's strangest secrets, winning the support of the prickly Pringles becomes only the first of her triumphs. Anne's House of Dreams Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor. A new life means fresh problems to solve, fresh surprises. Anne and Gilbert will make new friends and meet their neighbors: Captain Jim, the lighthouse attendant, with his sad stories of the sea; Miss Cornelia Bryant, the lady who speaks from the heart-and speaks her mind; and the tragically beautiful Leslie Moore, into whose dark life Anne shines a brilliant light. Anne of Ingleside Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary Maria visiting-and wearing out her welcome-Anne's life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead-the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up . . . she's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again!.