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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Driven by a secret he cannot bear to examine, thirteen-year-old Benjamin Sorowen leaves his clothes and a suicide note, grabs a large stone and steps into a California reservoir. He releases the stone and strokes away into darkness-not to die but to stop being who he is. After retrieving supplies and clothes prepared in advance, he changes his name, hitches to New Mexico, and begins a new life in a cave near Albuquerque. However, he soon finds running from a place is easier than running from a past. Painful though it is, he finally realizes he must face the truth about what he tried to drown in the reservoir before he will have a chance at the better life he longs for.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As World War I began, a young man went to London to learn the actor's craft. After World War II a promising career turns to that of bit player in the Frank Capra Film It's a Wonderful Life. Barrett Whitefall loses faith in his life and career. The best place for him is Echo Park's lake where he will end his life. A gentle man, Fernando Osonegro, discovers him at the lake's edge. Is he an angel, like the film's angel Clarence He's much more. Fernando has a mission for Barrett; when the mission is fulfilled, everyone involved has a second chance to life and success. The story is a memory of Barrett's career as he lived it from 1918 to 1946. He works with D. W. Griffith, Noel Coward, Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton, Lon Chaney, and Mae West. His career languishes in 1946; he finds himself playing a 'wolf' in Capra's film with a line or two. This is no place for a man who has devoted his life to an acting career. Through the magic of memory Fernando brings new hope to the actor who lost his lover, his wife, his career.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Driven by a secret he cannot bear to examine, thirteen-year-old Benjamin Sorowen leaves his clothes and a suicide note, grabs a large stone and steps into a California reservoir. He releases the stone and strokes away into darkness-not to die but to stop being who he is. After retrieving supplies and clothes prepared in advance, he changes his name, hitches to New Mexico, and begins a new life in a cave near Albuquerque. However, he soon finds running from a place is easier than running from a past. Painful though it is, he finally realizes he must face the truth about what he tried to drown in the reservoir before he will have a chance at the better life he longs for.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rewa Marie Fyles creates poetry that speaks to the heart, because it is written from the heart. Feeling Poetic embodies poetry that expresses honesty in the triumphs of love and the disappointments of its losses. Innermost thoughts and deepest desires are revealed in this refreshing collection.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Louis Williamson is not like most other teenagers: he's an eccentric Christian optimist. However, that's not what makes him special. What makes him special is that on a world full of magic, heroes, and evil, Louis is a prophesized hero called the 'Linkara' and is destined to defeat a great Darkness, fight off an army of Dark Knights, and end a 300-year war by using an armor that was imbued by angels. How does Louis react to the news Only one word sums it up: groovy.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Romanian For Sale is a bullet through the heart of society. It explores the contradictions of the modern world and the problems of the individual.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Martina Ramsey hasn't had an easy life. She's already lived through her worst nightmare, and if she doesn't find someone to help her now, she is doomed to relive it. Finding someone she could trust is virtually impossible, but when she turns to Cameron Masters, a private investigator who has been through hell himself, she feels he will understand the betrayal she has suffered, the mistrust she feels, the guilt she carries. He should. He's suffered them all himself. She knows from her own experience that the scars he hides underneath his shirt are not the only ones he has. As Cameron fights to protect his beautiful client he discovers he is losing his battle to protect himself from her. Martina is a fascinating, feisty spitfire who has a thing or two to teach him about life, about inner strength--and about love.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What types of holidays do Japanese people celebrate What is the educational system like in Japan What are Japanese festivals like What are some of the customs and traditions of the Japanese people Professor Todd Jay Leonard, writing from the perspective of living and working in Japan, provides in this fascinating book the answers to these and many other questions. Letters Home: Musings of an American Expatriate Living in Japan delivers a firsthand account of daily Japanese life through the eyes and personal experiences of Professor Leonard who has enjoyed an ongoing relationship with Japan and the Japanese people for nearly twenty-five years. This anecdotal book of essays, written in the style of personal letters, offers commentary on a wide range of topics and issues including culture, history, education, language, society, and religion of modern Japan from the point-of-view of an American expatriate who has made Japan his home. The author's friendly, down-to-earth, yet authoritative, style of writing will transport you to modern Japan, where you will learn about the customs and traditions of this most fascinating country. This book can be enjoyed by anyone who has an interest in learning about Japan and its people.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - ICICLEMAN lurks in the world of online chat rooms, luring eager young women into dates that end in rape and murder. He thrives on those moments of power, on the thrill of a young woman's lithe throat in his hands.Steve Harrison, a San Francisco psychiatrist sidelined after a head injury that causes frequent blackouts, marks time by surfing through the chat rooms, offering free advice or merely observing human behavior. His wife, Jana, a San Francisco trial attorney, loathes his new hobby with its emphasis on sex and vulgarity but recognizes his need for passive--and safe--recreation. Steve has similar dislike for the antics of Jana's selfish movie-star clients and her pretentious senior partner.When Steve stumbles across one of ICICLEMAN's dialogues, he becomes suspicious that the man may be the predator responsible for several unidentified victims found in the bay. Viewed by the police as a space case, Steve is forced to unravel the facts without help, leading both Jana and himself into danger.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Fourth grader Victor James Wong writes this story about a boy and a vampire.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Greed. Control. Brainwashing. Murder. After Sheldon McAllister is charged with poisoning her wealthy husband, she seeks out Lexi Hartt, a bright young attorney who has just escaped her father's law firm in favor of solo practice. Against her better judgment, Lexi accepts the case and matches wits with the prosecutor and the detective in charge of the investigation. When another client dies in the same manner as Sheldon's husband, Lexi finds herself drawn into a web of deceit that stretches from a powerful businessman to a celebrated psychiatrist; from her own father to an enigmatic cult leader who calls himself Reverend Joy. In her race to prove Sheldon's innocence, Lexi becomes the next victim. But who is determined to keep her from learning the truth 'Donaldson manages to weave an intricate pattern of multiple characters, action and dialog into a mesmerizing story of deceit and murder.'--Wendy Fallon, Ocotillo News, Chandler, Arizona.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This trip to old Atlantis is a funny, read aloudbook. Not quite satire, and no evilspooks or spells, we find many similarities between our times and theirs. This discovery adventure follows a younggirl of the brown race finding her way into a career of battling reptileinvasions of their cities. We learnculture and values of those times under the warm embrace of fiction, and canmake our own conclusions about the matters of theology, ceremony, conflict andthe power of friendship that Jena encounters. This is a fun way to get there without paragraph long sentences orsuggestive themes, although there is some violence here and there. But that's what you get with reptoid invasions. And she finds that even those can havealternate endings.…

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