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Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099513943ISBN 13: 9780099513940
Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -_______________________________A Jeeves and Wooster novelJeeves is on holiday in Herne Bay, and while he's away the world caves in on Bertie Wooster. For a start, he's astonished to read in The Times of his engagement to the mercurial Bobbie Wickham. Then at Brinkley Court, his Aunt Dahlia's establishment, he finds his awful former head master in attendance ready to award the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School. And finally the Brinkley butler turns out for reasons of his own to be Bertie's nemesis in disguise, the brain surgeon Sir Roderick Glossop.With all occasions informing against him, Bertie has to hightail it to Herne Bay to liberate Jeeves from his shrimping net. And after that, the fun really starts.'I picked up Jeeves in the Offing recently, having not read PG Wodehouse for years. Half an hour later I was still reading and laughing. He can develop a comic idea and deliver the payoff over a chapter, a paragraph, or a single sentence.' Sadie Jones (in the Guardian) 208 pp. Englisch.
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Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 009951513XISBN 13: 9780099515135
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - ''I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petro muttered.'Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed one of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law, citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn, Petro and Falco put the evil Balbinus aboard a ship. But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggests a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate. 384 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099514028ISBN 13: 9780099514022
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Blandings novelUnwelcome guests are descending on Blandings Castle - particularly the overbearing Duke of Dunstable, who settles in the Garden Suite with no intention of leaving, and Lady Constance, Lord Emsworth's sister and a lady of firm disposition, who arrives unexpectedly from New York. Skulduggery is also afoot involving the sale of a modern nude painting (mistaken by Lord Emsworth for a pig). It's enough to take the noble earl on the short journey to the end of his wits.Luckily Clarence's brother Galahad Threepwood, cheery survivor of the raffish Pelican Club, is on hand to set things right, restore sundered lovers and even solve all the mysteries. 256 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099513927ISBN 13: 9780099513926
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Jeeves novelCaptain Biggar, big-game hunter and all round tough guy, should make short work of the two bookies who have absconded with his winnings after a freak double made him a fortune. But on this occasion Honest Patch Perkins and his clerk are not as they seem. In fact they're not bookies at all, but the impoverished Bill Belfry, Ninth Earl of Rowcester and his temporary butler, Jeeves.Bertie Wooster has gone away to a special school teaching the aristocracy to fend for itself 'in case the social revolution sets in with even greater severity'. But Jeeves will prove just as resourceful without his young master, and brilliant brainwork may yet square the impossible circle for all concerned. 256 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099514087ISBN 13: 9780099514084
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Continuing Arrow's major reissuing of P.G. Wodehouse's classic comic novels, these 15 all have new, fresh, eye-catching jackets to bring him to a new audience. More will follow in October. 320 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099514060ISBN 13: 9780099514060
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Mulliner collectionIn the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold his audience of drinkers (referred to only as Pints of Stout and Whiskies-and-Splash) in the palm of his expressive hand. 240 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099513978ISBN 13: 9780099513971
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Jeeves and Wooster novelBertie Wooster has been overdoing metropolitan life a bit, and the doctor orders fresh air in the depths of the country. But after moving with Jeeves to his cottage at Maiden Eggesford, Bertie soon finds himself surrounded by aunts - not only his redoubtable Aunt Dahlia but an aunt of Jeeves's too. Add a hyper-sensitive racehorse, a very important cat and a decidedly bossy fiancée - and all the ingredients are present for a plot in which aunts can exert their terrible authority. But Jeeves, of course, can cope with everything - even aunts, and even the country. The final Jeeves and Wooster novel shows P.G. Wodehouse still able to delight, well into his nineties. 192 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099513986ISBN 13: 9780099513988
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Blandings novelCan the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of Matchingham, the new sow of Sir Gregory Parsloe Bart. Galahad knows this pretender to the crown must be pignapped. But can the Empress in turn avoid a similar fate In this classic Blandings novel, pigs rise above their bulk to vanish and reappear in the most unlikely places, while young lovers are crossed and recrossed in every room in Blandings Castle. 272 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099514079ISBN 13: 9780099514077
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, remains young at heart. So it is for him the act of a moment to lean out of the Drones Club window with a catapult and ping the silk top-hat off his grumpy in-law, the distinguished barrister Sir Raymond Bastable. Unfortunately, things don't end there. 256 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099513994ISBN 13: 9780099513995
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Blandings novelAs a peer of the realm, Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth, has an occasional duty to leave the Empress of Blandings, surely the most considerable pig in the whole world, and travel to London for the opening of parliament. It comes hard to him, for he has a proper sense of the priorities in life, which rate pigs and flowerbeds higher than politicians.But no sooner has he returned to Blandings than his real problems begin: the dastardly Duke of Dunstable is out to steal the Empress. His sister Lady Constance has inflicted on him a particularly nasty new secretary. And the Church Lads' Brigade are camped all over his lawns.Thank God for the Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, whose own particularly devious brand of sweetness and light aims to banish blackmailers and pig-stealers and restore true love all over the castle grounds. 240 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099509598ISBN 13: 9780099509592
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. Giving is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations-and by individuals-to solve problems and save lives both 'down the street and around the world'. Then it urges us to seek out what each of us, 'regardless of income, available time, age, and skills', can do to help, to give people a chance to live out their dreams.Bill Clinton shares his own experiences and those of other givers, representing a global flood tide of nongovernmental, nonprofit activity. These remarkable stories demonstrate that gifts of time, skills, things, and ideas are as important and effective as contributions of money. From Bill and Melinda Gates to a six-year-old California girl named McKenzie Steiner, who organized and supervised drives to clean up the beach in her community, Clinton introduces us to both well-known and unknown heroes of giving. Clinton writes about men and women who traded in their corporate careers, and the fulfillment they now experience through giving. He writes about energy-efficient practices, about progressive companies going green, about promoting fair wages and decent working conditions around the world. He shows us how one of the most important ways of giving can be an effort to change, improve, or protect a government policy. He outlines what we as individuals can do, the steps we can take, how much we should consider giving, and why our giving is so important.Bill Clinton's own actions in his post-presidential years have had an enormous impact on the lives of millions. Through his foundation and his work in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, he has become an international spokesperson and model for the power of giving. 256 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099514052ISBN 13: 9780099514053
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Mulliner collectionA private detective who can make the guilty confess simply by smiling at them. An artist so intimidated by his morally impeccable cat that he feels compelled to wear formal attire at dinner. A devotee of Proust whose life is turned upside down when he inadvertently subscribes to a correspondence course on How to Acquire Complete Self-Confidence and an Iron Will. These are just a few of the many members of the eccentric Mulliner clan whose lives and exploits are laid before the regulars of the Angler's Rest by that doyen of raconteurs, Mr Mulliner, in a series of hilarious and beautifully turned short stories where lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme. 256 pp. Englisch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099514095ISBN 13: 9780099514091
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Wodehouse novelSeize this wonderful chance to embark on a Wodehousian voyage on the luxurious liner S.S. Also aboard are a movie mogul, the centre-forward for the All-England ladies hockey team and the two Tennyson brothers (one of whom has been mistaken for the late poet laureate and given a fat movie contract.). 368 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099509555ISBN 13: 9780099509554
Da: Smartbuy, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The reluctant actor who was nominated for two Oscars and who immortalised Lieutenant Columbo around the world shares his hilarious and often touching stories - in his own inimitable voice. JUST ONE MORE THING is pure Peter Falk, and reads as if he's sitting next to you, chuckling as he recalls his remarkable past. 336 pp. Deutsch.
Editore: Cornerstone Aug 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099492121ISBN 13: 9780099492122
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The second of three related novels starring Jedi Jax Pavan, droid I-5YQ, and journalist Den Dhur during the time directly after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.