pan macmillan okt 2017 (68 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Over a year after her parents sent her away from Hawaii to live with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska, Makani Young is still adjusting to her new life. She's made a small group of close friends and even flirted with romance, but her past in Hawaii is still hard to forget.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -BASED ON THE AWARD-WINNING COMIC BOOKS AND BLOCKBUSTER TELEVISION SHOW.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Nightingale is a phenomenon that has enthralled a generation of readers.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In this extraordinary essay, Virginia Woolf examines the limitations of womanhood in the early twentieth century. With the startling prose and poetic licence of a novelist, she makes a bid for freedom, emphasizing that the lack of an independent income, and the titular 'room of one's own', prevents most women from reaching their full literary potential.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -An experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the world and ourselves, Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse is one of the most beautifully crafted of all novels written in the English language.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Sam Gilpin.To the Lighthouse, considered by many to be Virginia Woolf's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions, ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Oh! Oh! Oh! I thought with shuddering fascination of those dinner-parties.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England. Like much contemporary British spy fiction, The Riddle of the Sands reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early 20th century, and the intricacy of its conception and its lucid detail make it a classic of its genre. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features maps drawn from Childers' originals and an afterword by Ned Halley.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.Virginia Woolf's wildly imaginative, comic novel was inspired by the life of her lover, Vita Sackville West. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features original illustrations and with an introduction by the academic and novelist, Professor Susan Sellers.Orlando is a young Elizabethan nobleman whose wealth and status afford him an extravagant lifestyle. Appointed ambassador in Constantinople, he wakes one morning to find he is a woman. Unperturbed by such a dramatic transformation, and losing none of his flamboyance and ambition, the newly female Orlando charges through life and English history so that by the end of this extraordinary biography she is a modern, 1920s woman. 280 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Connie's unhappy marriage to Clifford Chatterley is one scarred by mutual frustration and alienation. Crippled from wartime action, Clifford is confined to a wheelchair, while Connie's solitary, sterile existence is contained within the narrow parameters of the Chatterley ancestral home, Wragby. She seizes her chance at happiness and freedom when she embarks on a passionate affair with the estate's gamekeeper, Mellors, discovering a world of sexual opportunity and pleasure she'd thought lost to her. The explosive passion of Connie and Mellors' relationship - and the searing candour with which it is described - marked a watershed in twentieth-century fiction, garnering Lady Chatterley's Lover a wide and enduring readership and lasting notoriety. The text is taken from the privately published Author's Unabridged Popular Edition of 1930, the last to be supervised in D. H. Lawrence's lifetime. It also includes his witty essay, My Skirmish with Jolly Roger, describing the pirating of this infamous novel. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover features an afterword by editor and publisher, Anna South.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. 432 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the Carnegie Medal-winning author of Marnie Wasn't There, Joan G. Robinson, comes the beloved children's character, Teddy Robinson, who has been enchanting readers since his first appearance in 1953. Illustrated with the author's original black line illustrations, Teddy Robinson meets Father Christmas and other stories is a heartwarming collection of tales that will appeal to fans old and new.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Davy David, an orphan, lives by his wits in the dead-end town of Brownvale. When a stray dog called George turns Davy's life upside down just days before Christmas, he sets in motion a chain of events which forces them to flee. A mischievous wind blows the two of them to a boarded-up museum on the outskirts of town where they meet the elderly recluse, Miss Flint. She has planned one last adventure before her time is up and hires the reluctant Davy and George to escort her.The Road to Ever After by Moira young is a magical adventure about an unlikely friendship and an unforgettable journey.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces his most mysterious case yet in the gripping crime novel Need You Dead, by award winning author Peter James.Lorna Belling, desperate to escape the marriage from hell, falls for the charms of a man who promises her the earth. But, as Lorna soon finds, life seldom follows the plans you've made.When the body of a woman is found, Grace is called to the scene. At first it looks an open-and-shut case with a clear prime suspect. That is, until Grace realizes there is a darker, far more terrifying alternative . . .Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Need You Dead is the thirteenth title in the bestselling series. Enjoy more of the Brighton detective's investigations with Dead If You Don't, and Dead at First Sight.Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -On a perfect June morning, Clarissa Dalloway - fashionable, worldly, wealthy, an accomplished hostess - sets off to buy flowers for the party she will host that evening. She is preoccupied with thoughts of the present and memories of the past, and from her interior monologue emerge the people who have touched her life. On the same day, Septimus Warren Smith, a shell-shocked survivor of the Great War, commits suicide, and casual mention of his death at the party provokes in Clarissa thoughts of her own isolation and loneliness. Bold and experimental, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway is a landmark in twentieth-century fiction and a book that gets better and better with every reading. This elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Virginia Woolf's modernist classic features an afterword by editor and publisher Anna South. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. 224 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver certainly are extraordinary. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and meeting a race of talking horses who rule over bestial humans. One of the finest satires in the English language, Gulliver's Travels delights in the mockery of everything from government to religion and - despite the passing of nearly three centuries - remains just as funny and relevant today. This gorgeous Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels features the beautiful artwork of the celebrated English illustrator Arthur Rackham, and an afterword by author and critic, Henry Hitchings. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. 408 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Wrong Place is the second gripping crime novel in the DC Maggie Neville series from Michelle Davies, following her critically acclaimed debut Gone Astray.Two women lie hospital beds, both subjects of police investigations. One, a vulnerable old lady, has been assaulted in her own home. Suspected to be the fifth victim of a young couple targeting pensioners, her injuries indicate an escalation in violence from the perpetrators. The second, a wife, has been attacked by her own husband, who subsequently fails in his own attempt to kill himself. Whilst there are no obvious parallels between the victims, DC Maggie Neville, the Family Liaison Officer involved in both cases, begins to question what happened. Is it simply a case of both being in the wrong place at the wrong time or is something far more sinister at play.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how we deal with the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one listens to him.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - At dawn on a lonely stretch of road, a body is found hanging from an ancient gallows left behindafter a country show. Hours earlier, DCI Kate Daniels had seen the victim alive. With her leave period imminent, she's forced to step aside when DCI James Atkins is called in to investigate. There's bad blood between them. When Kate discovers that Atkins' daughter was an eyewitness to a fight involving the victim, the two detectives lock horns and Atkins is bumped off the case. It's the trigger for a vicious attack on Kate, exposing a secret she's kept hidden for years and unearthing an even darker one. Shaken but undeterred, Kate sets out to solve a case that has shocked a close-knit village community. As suspects emerge, she uncovers a curious historical connection with a hangman, a culture of systematic bullying, a web of deceit and a deep-seated psychosis, any one of which could be motive for murder.Praise for Mari Hannah'DCI Kate Daniels: a Northerner to join the roster of top literary detectives' The Times'Taut storytelling and razor-sharp dialogue . . . a novel not to be missed' Daily Mail'They're just great reads' Stephen Fry.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From God ('Best Size for a Bang ') via Dickens ('Things Urchins Say'), Henry VIII ('Breaking bad news to women from Cleeves') and Karl Marx ('Cheating at Monopoly'), to Pablo Picasso ('Covering up the fact you can't draw hands + 'modern art') here are the greatest moments from history as revealed through their internet search histories.Last Minute Rooms in Bethlehem is a hilarious trip through the ages, with the biggest events in history told in an entirely new way. This is the perfect gift for history buffs in search of a chuckle.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - FOR ONE APPRENTICE ASSASSIN, THE CLOCK IS TICKINGPyrre Lakatur doesn't like the description skullsworn. It doesn't capture the beauty of her devotion to Ananshael, God of Death. And she's not an assassin, but a priestess. Or will be, if she passes her final trial. The problem isn't killing - Pyrre has spent her life training for this. The problem is love. She'll have fourteen days to kill seven people in an ancient song, including her one true love. However, Pyrre has never been in love, and if she fails she'll be given to her god.So before the trial, she returns to the violent city of her birth, where she once offered an abusive father to Ananshael. Here Pyrre hopes to find love - and end it with the edge of her knife.'Brilliant'V. E. Schwab'Visceral action scenes and memorable characters bring this tale to life'Publishers Weekly'An outstanding novel on every level'Bibliosanctum.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Being adored was something she had come to mistrust. She felt adoration to be a small and lovely-looking bomb that could blow up in your face at any time.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history and produced horrors undreamed of by the young men who cheerfully volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas. Whether in the patriotic enthusiasm of Rupert Brooke, the disillusionment of Charles Hamilton Sorley, or the bitter denunciations of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, the war produced an astonishing outpouring of powerful poetry. Edited by author and editor Marcus Clapham, the major poets are all represented in this beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library anthology, Poetry of the First World War, alongside many others whose voices are less well known, and their verse is accompanied by contemporary motifs.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dogs! Big or small, pedigree or mutt, Neil, Emily and Sarah Parker love them all! And there are dogs of every kind at their home, the busy King Street Kennels - the perfect venue for doggy adventures and misadventures of all kinds.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Will it be a merry Christmas at the cat café Molly and her kittens live at their very own cat café in the Cotswolds. For owner Debbie and her feline residents, life is purrfect. Or so they thought. When Debbie's sister Linda turns up unexpectedly, down on her luck, Debbie insists she stay at the café. What Debbie doesn't realize is that Linda has arrived with a visitor . . . the last thing a cat café needs: a dog!The cats are causing havoc at the café, fearful that the home they love is under threat. Debbie is trying to hold everything together, looking after her daughter and finding time for her boyfriend . . .As Christmas draws in, Debbie fears for the café's future. The fairy lights emanate a cheery glow, but everyone indoors seems to be growing apart. Can Christmas bring everyone back together.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A sugar-free cookbook for those still dreaming of a world filled with chocolate. Sarah Wilson shares how to make delicious treats for any occasion, from special breakfasts to show-stopping sugar-free cakes and bakes.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator' Observer.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Fairytale is an enchanting rendering of a much-loved classic by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Sunlight is starlight.On Venus, a day is longer than a year.The North Star won't always be the North Star.Shadows are darker on the moon.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Volumes have been written by and about Patrick Leigh Fermor, but his wife Joan is almost entirely absent from their pages. Now Simon Fenwick, the first archivist to see the Leigh Fermor papers, reveals a woman hitherto only fleetingly glimpsed.