Lulu press jan 2011 (88 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Champion is a one-act play about Anthony Campione Jr. who was the first-born grandchild on both sides of Italian-American families. Loved and cherished by his entire family, especially his parents Anthony Sr. and Carol, no one ever questioned his darker skin but it was often 'logically' explained away. In his early thirties, after years of personal struggle and living as a 'dark-Italian', Anthony unearths the truth about where he comes from and takes a drive to complete his journey of self-discovery. Champion is a compelling true story about courage, the persistence to find truth and unconditional love. Based on the real-life story of David Paladino as heard on NPR's 'This American Life' with Ira Glass & Cris Beam.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rabindranath Tagore is undoubtedly one of the most prominent cultural figures to emerge from Bengal and was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Arthur Banerjee's refreshing translation of a selection of his poems superbly captures the essence of his verse, enabling the work of this literary genius to be enjoyed by English speakers around the world.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The most up to date and authoritative book on the complexities of structuring annuities. The author takes an unbiased point of view and articulates the complexities of all the major aspects of variable annuities and riders to allow them to become more understood by financial advisors and annuity owners alike. He clearly notes the benefits of variable annuities as well as the pitfalls which to look out for! Showing you the strategies that experts utilize within these investments while also detailing significant failures of cases where they were misunderstood and not structured properly. Can be used as a perfect reference guide on specific aspects of variable annuities as well as providing insight into the business of how variable annuities are sold. This is a bold and concise approach that allows the truth to be seen without reservations.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What do Batman, Doctor Who, quantum physics, Oscar Wilde, liberalism, the second law of thermodynamics, Harry Potter fanfic, postmodernism, and Superman have in common If your answer to that was 'Nothing' then. well, you're probably right. But in this book Andrew Hickey will try to convince you otherwise. In doing so he'll take you through: How to escape from a black hole and when you might not want to The scientist who thinks he's proved the existence of heaven and what that has to do with Batman What to do if you discover you're a comic-book character Whether killing your own grandfather is really a bad idea And how to escape from The Life Trap! An examination of the comics of Grant Morrison, Alan Moore and Jack Kirby, Doctor Who spin-off media, and how we tell stories to each other, Sci-Ence! Justice Leak! tells you to look around you and say: 'This is an imaginary universe. Aren't they all '.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Ouija Board, claiming to be the archangel, Gabriel, takes control of a dysfunctional family. Gabriel sets the family on the strange and perilous road to Kabul, Afghanistan to build an international church. This road takes them through Berkeley, California; Corinth, Mississippi and finally to Kabul. At its heart, this is a story about coming of age amid angels, devils and mental illness. It is about four children who get caught in the middle. This is a true memoir set against the backdrop of the crazy sixties. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A book of Short Stories about nine rodeo contestants and their chase of the rodeo dream. Rodeo Dayz also includes a short biography of each author and a short history of rodeo in the state of NY.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A step-and-ex chronicle about growing up in Los Angeles, California, during the tumultuous transition from the placid fifties to the raucous sixties, with the omnipresence of Disneyland and Hollywood making personal memories feel like remembering a ride or a movie. Popular songs from the radio, show tunes and ballads create an inadvertent soundtrack to a sometimes troubling and often quirky coming-of-age story. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - American geologist Mark Malloy enjoys using geology to explain Biblical stories, but when he and Israeli geologist Gilda Baer discover ancient scrolls near the Dead Sea, he must pursue the greatest Biblical story never told: what happened during the eighteen years of Jesus' life missing from the Bible. Their quest, having the potential to change the Bible, leads the two geologists and an Israeli archeologist to locations along the Silk Road, including Turkey, war-torn Iraq, and China, the eastern terminus of the ancient trade route. Opposing this discovery and fearing its impact on the Christian community is an influential and corrupt financial official with a fundamentalist megachurch in the United States who uses his ties in the Holy Land to assure that the scrolls will never be released. Two mysteries are entwined. Follow the adventures of this scientific trio as they encounter intrigue and obstacles at every turn while discovering what happened two thousand years ago.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Jacques, a flamboyant scientist, is in a tragic a traffic accident. His wife Francine cannot accept that he is dead until they find his body. As the police find nothing, she decides to do her own investigation. Whilst rooting through Jacques' papers at the university, she discovers that her husband was in the middle of inventing an innovative way of containing nuclear fusion. Is the idea harebrained or brilliant Whatever the answer, it soon becomes clear that a sinister company sees Jacques' ideas as a threat. These people are ruthless enough to stop anyone continuing his work. Jacques' closest colleagues and friends band together to help Francine get to the truth. As the story unfolds, they are drawn deeper into a scientific puzzle that increases their determination to stop the malignant organisation in its tracks.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When worldly, no-nonsense travel agent Pius Bird attends a reenactment of the 1622 massacres near Williamsburg, Virginia, he gets an event far more realistic than he expects. The actors pull the observers into the assault, and as far as Pius can tell, it's not an act. The violence forces him and a woman he saves into the woods where they stay hidden through the night. When they return the next morning they expect to find police cars and ambulances. Instead, they come upon a new, pristine world, the year 1622, where all signs of the 21st century have disappeared. They come to believe that they have gone back in time and would have to find a way back to their old world. What follows is an adventure of escape, of staying out of Indian wars, of avoiding battles between vengeful Englishmen and Powhatans. Eventually Pius Bird learns that not all things are as they appear.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Libro/ricettario contenente molte ricette,con le dosi i procedimenti e storia di molti cocktail famosi e non solo.Potra essere utile per implementare le vostre dink list oppure come supporto per le vostre serate tra amici , dove potrete servire ottimi cocktail.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A child's wish melds the soul of a kind-hearted simpleton to a toy BEAR. Secret for three generations the GUARDIAN wakes in time of need. Surviving the sinking of the TITANIC the BEAR passes into the hands of the JEWISH community. Aboard the rescue ship CARPATHIA it travels on. to the gas chambers of AUSCHWITZ. The BEAR brings with it. A HISTORY OF FEAR.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is a translation of haiku written by Tatsu Kushibuchi in letters she wrote to her son, Tadashi, in the last four years of her life.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Ryan and Dawnna shared several hobbies, and their favorite was following women's professional basketball. Little did they realize that an unknown force from another dimension would bring them face-to-face with the tiniest professional basketball players imaginable. On a parallel Earth where human biology and culture are radically different from our own, Ryan and Dawnna meet the Denavah Di-Di's, a team of eight babies with athletic skills to rival any other team in the Baby Ballers Basketball Association. Ryan and Dawnna must find their way in an unknown yet familiar world while following the Di-Di's on their quest for the current season's championship. And all while, the unknown forces that brought them there are waiting for the right moment to reveal themselves. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - MIMSY is the story of Mimsy McCorckle: a well-meaning but self-satisfied young man who is not remarkable in any way, but who is nonetheless convinced that true greatness awaits him. In a journey that moves from youthful idleness to a stint in an office, from the glittering world of the wealthy to the reception of a mysterious manuscript, Mimsy gets caught up in a world of eccentrics who all blur the line between the true and the false, the real and the fantastic. It's an odyssey that's both funny and moving, comedic and tragic--the tale of someone being pulled along a path to discover just how important or unimportant he really is. Cover illustration by Wesley Allsbrook.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Five BFFs come to the aid of one of the group. In an all night story-telling session, long held secrets are revealed as well as the sharing of stories that are about life, loves, and BEST of all, not only have they survived but they have thrived.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The story of one man's struggle with post traumatic stress long after his military days ended.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A story about the families which live under the safe protection of an immigrant built house. From heartache to triumps, this story has twists and turns to enlighten any spirit.