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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Discover a nineteenth-century Philadelphia surgeon s lost codex and his macabre quest to prove a controversial hypothesis by any means necessary in this dark fantasy book.Part stunning coffee table art book, part fictional biography, this gaslamp bestiary features grotesquely detailed anatomical illustrations and a chilling horror novella. Disturbingly lovely . . . a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a chilling fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black s magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray s Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations. 192 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Discover a nineteenth-century Philadelphia surgeon s lost codex and his macabre quest to prove a controversial hypothesis by any means necessary in this dark fantasy book.Part stunning coffee table art book, part fictional biography, this gaslamp bestiary features grotesquely detailed anatomical illustrations and a chilling horror novella. Disturbingly lovely . . . a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a chilling fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black s magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray s Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations. 192 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Discover a nineteenth-century Philadelphia surgeon's lost codex and his macabre quest to prove a controversial hypothesis by any means necessary in this dark fantasy book.Part stunning coffee table art book, part fictional biography, this gaslamp bestiary features grotesquely detailed anatomical illustrations and a chilling horror novella."Disturbingly lovely . . . a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature."Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a chilling fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black's magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray's Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the BAFTA-winning writer behind the TV series PRIME SUSPECT and author of WIDOWS, now a major motion picture. As Vera Reynolds, drag queen and night club star, sways onstage singing 'Falling in Love Again', a sixteen-year-old rent boy lies in the older man's apartment, engulfed in flames. Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through Scotland Yard's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, this high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked for. For when Tennison's investigation reveals an influential public figure as her prime suspect, a man with connections to politicians, judges, and Scotland Yard, she's given a very clear message about the direction some very important people would like her investigation to take. Suddenly, in a case defined by murky details, one fact becomes indisputably clear - that for Tennison, going after the truth will mean risking her happiness, her career . . . and even her life.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A young girl, a winged horse, and an Olympian war make for an adventurous start to an exciting trilogy.When Pegasus crashes onto a Manhattan roof during a terrible storm, thirteen-year-old Emily's life changes forever. Suddenly allied with a winged horse she'd always thought was mythical, Emily is thrust into the center of a fierce battle between the Roman gods and a terrifying race of multiarmed stone warriors called the Nirads. Emily must team up with a thief named Paelen, the goddess Diana, and a mortal boy named Joel in order to return Pegasus to Olympus and rescue the gods from a certain death. Along the way, Emily and her companions will fight monsters, run from a government agency that is prepared to dissect Pegasus, and even fly above the Manhattan skylineall as part of a quest to save Olympus before the Olympic flame burns out.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Pagan Portals - God-Speaking offers a new concept in Earth ecology incorporating mysticism and folk religion. The author is both a trance seer and a biologist, bringing a unique balance to an examination of nature philosophy. Storytelling examples from Irish folklore, NeoPagan theology, and scientific observations all contribute to a carefully reasoned theory about the future of the Earth and ourselves.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Nu-Earth, a battle-ravaged world forever scarred by an ongoing war between the Nort and Souther armies. The poison atmosphere makes it hostile to all who fight there, with the exception of one person - the Rogue Trooper.A biologically-engineered war machine, Rogue Trooper is searching for the traitor General responsible for the deaths of his clone brothers. Together with his three 'dead' bio-chipped comrades, Gunner, Bagman and Helm, he won't stop until he has succeeded in his personal mission of revenge. Dave Gibbons (illustratore). …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Grace children turn to Great-Aunt Lucinda for help in this repackage of the third book in the #1 'New York Times'-bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the series, this edition of features a larger trim size and an original jacketed cover with all-new art from DiTerlizzi. Illustrations. DiTerlizzi, Tony (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An utterly authentic story of first (and second and third) love, told in accessible free verse and featuring a new cover and larger trim size.It's not that I'm boy crazy.It's just that even thoughI'm almost fifteenI've been having sort of a hard timetrying to figure out the differencebetween love and lust. It's likemy mindand my bodyand my heartjust don't seem to be able to agreeon anything. Get to know Sophie, a freshman in high school who's struggling through the daily grind and all the crushes that come with it, as she shares her innermost thoughts and feelings in this remarkably relatable novel in verse from Sonya Sones.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reminders of Him, It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us, and All Your Perfects comes the beginning of Sky and Dean's passionate love storywhere well-kept secrets threaten to opens wounds of a dark past.Would you rather know a truth that makes you feel hopeless, or keep believing the lies Beloved and bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with the spellbinding story of two young people with devastating pasts who embark on a passionate, intriguing journey to discover the lessons of life, love, trustand above all, the healing power that only truth can bring. Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter, he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she's tried so hard to bury. Though Sky is determined to stay far away from him, his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile break down her defenses and the intensity of the bond between them grows. But the mysterious Holder has been keeping secrets of his own, and once they are revealed, Sky is changed forever and her ability to trust may be a casualty of the truth. Only by courageously facing the stark revelations can Sky and Holder hope to heal their emotional scars and find a way to live and love without boundaries. Hopeless is a novel that will leave you breathless, entranced, and remembering your own first love.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Some people dismiss mass protest. The People v. Tony Blair shows the huge demonstrations against the Iraq War in 2003 nearly brought down Blair and almost forced Britain out of the war. Based on interviews and insider accounts, it describes panic in Downing Street and despair in Whitehall. A controversial intervention into the debates about power, media and popular protest, The People v. Tony Blair argues that even a hostile media can be neutralized when a mass movement becomes powerful enough.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A light look at the Star Sign Virgo: orderly, analytical.and perfectionist. Does this describe the Virgo in your life Do you know why perfection is so important for them Do you also know how to soothe their nerves when they get anxious This insider information will gently guide you through the process of easily making a chart using free online resources. With this understanding you can reduce conflict and ensure peaceful relations with the 6th sign of the Zodiac. Drawing on her extensive client files, Mary English guides you in learning How to Soothe a Virgo.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When Rory realizes fairy tales are the real deal at Ever After School, she embarks on a classic quest to fulfill her destiny in this "fast-paced combination of middle school realism and fairy-tale fantasy" (Kirkus Reviews).Rory Landon has spent her whole life being known as the daughter of a famous movie star mom and director dad. So when she begins a new after-school program and no one knows who her family is, Rory realizes something is different. After she ends up fighting a fire-breathing dragon on her first day, she realizes the situation is more unusual than she could have imagined. It turns out the only fame that matters at Ever After School is the kind of fame earned from stories Rory thought were fictional. But as Rory soon learns, fairy tales are very realand she is destined to star in one of her own. This first installment of The Ever Afters series reimagines classic fairy tale characters in a modern context, merging familiar fantasy with the everyday realities of middle-grade existence.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In When the Tea Party Came to Town, Robert Draper delivers the definitive account of what may turn out to be the worst congressional term in United States history. As he did in writing about President George W. Bush in Dead Certain, Draper burrows deep inside his subject, gaining cooperation from the major players, and provides an insider's book like no one else cana colorful, unsparingly detailed, but evenhanded narrative of how the House of Representatives became a house of ill repute. Because of the bitterly divided political atmosphere in which we live, this literary window on the backstage machinations of the House of Representatives is both captivating and timelyrevealing the House in full, from the process of how laws are made (and in this case, not made) to the most eye-popping cast of lawmakers Washington has ever seen.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The final book?a memoir on which he was working at the time of his death?from Reynolds Price, ?one of the most important voices in modern Southern fiction? (The New York Times).In her foreword, Anne Tyler calls Reynolds Price ?an exclamation point in a landscape of mostly declarative sentences.? When Price died in 2011, he left behind a final manuscript?two hundred candid, heartrending, and marvelously written pages about a critical period in his young adulthood. Approaching thirty, Price writes, is to face the notion that ?This is it. I'm now the person I'm likely to be.? Midstream details the final youthful adventures of a man on the cusp of artistic acclaim. Here, Price chases a doomed love to England, only to meet heartbreak. Determined to pursue other pleasures, Price journeys to Rome with poet Stephen Spender, sharing an afternoon with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Price finds company in New York with a group of artists as he awaits the publication of his first novel, and, back in North Carolina, he begins his illustrious career at Duke, which would span a half century. Midstream is a fitting bookend for Price's remarkable career, and it reinforces his place in the pantheon of American literature.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A New York Times best selling, multi-arc, character-driven story with great battles and strong-willed females that will appeal to males and females alike.In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live among them in disguise, humanity's only hope is a new breed of warrior known as Claymores. Half human, half monster, these silver-eyed slayers possess supernatural strength but are condemned to fight their savage impulses or lose their humanity completely.Rebel Claymores, the Organization that created them, and a host of reanimated top-level warriors clash with savage intensity. The Claymores' demonic impulses are provoked, threatening to destroy their human consciousnesses. Meanwhile, Hysteria, animated by blind vengeance, grows stronger with each attack against her. Is it possible that the rebels will be defeated by their long-dead comrades.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Love between two people is both beautiful to behold and something to celebrate. Whether it is the love between newlyweds or two hearts that have been woven together for years, it is a treasure that should be honored and admired. The book you hold does just that. It is a hug of appreciation, respect, and honor for the lives of couples who love each other deeply and devotedly. Ron and Lyn Rose, authors of the books Loving Him and Loving Her, share stirring stories that reflect the caring commitment loving couples express every day. This touching and sensitive book also contains inspirational messages, uplifting quotes, personalized scriptures by best-selling author LeAnn Weiss. This book is dedicated to the love that will warm the heart of every loving couple that reads it.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Something wonderful happens when a hug is shared. You express love, forgiveness, acceptance, and encouragement that flows from your heart. Hugs generate warmth and affection, and nurture lasting bonds of friendship. Within the pages of this very special book, you'll find a hug after hug filled with inspiration and refreshment for yourself and the ones you love. Warm stories by the beloved storyteller John William Smith, personalized Scriptures by LeAnn Weiss, uplifting quotes by various well-known people, and inspirational messages by an 'anonymous disciple' come together to form enduring hugs that warm the heart. Make something wonderful happen. Share a hug today. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - First she lost her heart. Then she lost her mind. And now she's on a road trip to win back her ex. This debut novel's packed with drama and romance!Rosie's always been impulsive. She didn't intend to set her cheating ex-boyfriend's car on fire. And she never thought her attempts to make amends could be considered stalking. So when she's served with a temporary restraining order on the first day of summer vacation, she's heartbrokenand furious. To put distance between Rosie and her ex, Rosie's parents send her on a cross-country road trip with responsible, reliable neighbor Matty and his two friends. Forget freedom of the road, Rosie wants to hitchhike home and win back her ex. But her determination starts to dwindle with each passing mile. Because Rosie's spark of anger It may have just ignited a romance with someone new.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There are two kinds of people in this world. One seeks wisdom; the other, seeks gratification. One is angered by injustice; the other is unconcerned. One is loyal to all living brothers and sisters; the other is loyal to a nation. One rejects dogma and thinks independently; the other blindly bows to authority, ridiculing free thinkers. One stands up to oppression; the other does nothing Which one are you We, in modern Europe, have strayed from our Natural Path. Our rich ancestral wisdoms are in danger of being lost, plunging us into chaos and despair as we tear ourselves away from the energy that created and sustains us. Using the Lakota Tribe as both an example and a beacon, Calling to the White Tribe exposes Organized Religion, false Democracies, Superstition and modern-man lifestyle models for the destructive forces they really are in order that generations to come will be free and know the value and purpose of humanity s place on Mother Earth.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Former boxing legend Muhammad Ali, one of the best-known and best-loved celebrities and an international goodwill ambassador, offers inspiration and hope as he describes the spiritual philosophy that sustains him."During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing. You saw only a part of me. After I retired from boxing my true work began. I have embarked on a journey of love." So Muhammad Ali begins this spiritual memoir, his description of the values that have shaped and sustained him and that continue to guide his life. In The Soul of a Butterfly the great champion takes readers on a spiritual journey through the seasons of life, from childhood to the present, and shares the beliefs that have served him well. Ali reflects on his faith in God and the strength it gave him during his greatest challenges. He describes how his study of true Islam has helped him accept the changes in his life and has brought him to a greater awareness of life's true purpose. As a United Nations Messenger of Peace, he has traveled widely, and he describes his 2002 mission to Afghanistan to heighten public awareness of that country's desperate situation, as well as his more recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. Ali's reflections on topics ranging from moral courage to belief in God to respect for those who differ from us will inspire and enlighten all who read them. Written with the assistance of his daughter Hana, The Soul of a Butterfly is a compassionate and heartfelt book that will provide comfort for our troubled times.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The USA TODAY bestseller that introduced Sienna Jensen and Lucas Wolfe and launched new adult romance novelist Emily Snow.Sienna's dreams lie in California, but when she discovers her grandmother's Nashville home has been foreclosed, she has no other choice than to move back to Music City, where she comes face-to-face with the flawed, gorgeous man she never thought she'd see againand who now holds the deed to her grandma's estate.Millionaire rock star Lucas Wolfe is just as surprised to find the outspoken redhead glaring at him from across a courtroom. He still can't get the night Sienna spent with him out of his mind, and the chemistry between them is as undeniable as ever. Now, Lucas is determined to do whatever it takes to lure Sienna into his bed, so he makes a deal with her: if she spends ten days with him, playing by his rules, he'll hand over the deed to her grandmother's home.Though she agrees to the arrangement for her family's sake, Sienna struggles with the promises she's made to herself and a past that still haunts her. As Lucas's game of seduction continues and Sienna is introduced to his dark, erotic world, she realizes that at any moment, she could be devoured.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Four stepsiblings from two opposite sides of the world are sharing a summer together in one strange city: Los Angeles. NYC fashionista girl Annabel is determined to hate LA, where her dad and his family have relocated. But just when Annabel thinks her summer is beyond ruined, she gets a surprise from Down Under . . . and let's just say he's a good kisser. Lucy misses her home country, Australia, but thinks LA isn't so bad after all. If she could only get her stepsister Annabel on board to loving LA too -- and get that weird Wheaties boy to stop staring at her! Wheaties, boy-genius, doesn't mind where he's spending the summer, so long as lovable Lucy is nearby. He's trying not to worry about how his dad and stepmother's marriage problems will affect his living situation. And he'd really like to know the secret of that Ben dude's swoony appeal to the girls. Ben, the Aussie athlete god, would rather be spending his school break playing footy with his mates back in Melbourne. He'd also really rather not have his dad's loud girlfriend sharing their American vacation. And he'd definitely like to know how he got interested in the pretty Annabel girl all over again. Told from the alternating points of view of Annabel, Lucy, Wheaties, and Ben, Two Steps Forward is funny and genuine -- and shows how love can create all kinds of families.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Bring Back the Magic! Tired of doing the same old thing when it comes to your date night Would you like to be inspired to get out of your rut and try something new Then Fun & Creative Dates for Married Couples -- 52 Ways to Enjoy Life Together is the book for you! Inside you will find ideas for dates that will add a little fun and romance to your marriage. From bungee jumping or taking a romantic carriage ride to backyard camping or volunteering for a worthy cause, you'll find dates for all occasions and all budgets. Who says dates have to be boring Add some spice to them with these fun and creative dates.just for you.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar had to be not only generals but statesmen. And yet each was a battlefield commander, a strategist, a leader of men-in short, a warrior. Tactics change, weapons change, but the ultimate purpose of war remains much the same through the centuries, and a great warrior must know how to measure success. Publishers Weeklysaid: 'No one presents the military history of the ancient world with greater insight and panache than Barry Strauss,' and in Masters of Commandhe shows what these three great commanders can teach us today about ambition, leadership, branding, and more.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Our relationships are unsatisfactory.They are conditioned by cultural, social and historical factors, which lead us to an inner emptiness. Through centuries of patriarchal leadership and feminine dependence we have arrived at the present situation.one of deep unsatisfaction. The neediness of so many women and the present day situation of lack of true encounter between men and women, has led the author to question, to observe and to suggest new solutions to our present challenges. We need to learn to relate to each other without hurting ourselves, to love each other without attaching one to another, to be accomplices respectful of our identities and freedom, to experience unity in diversity.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Discover a nineteenth-century Philadelphia surgeon s lost codex and his macabre quest to prove a controversial hypothesis by any means necessary in this dark fantasy book.Part stunning coffee table art book, part fictional biography, this gaslamp bestiary features grotesquely detailed anatomical illustrations and a chilling horror novella. Disturbingly lovely . . . a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a chilling fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black s magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray s Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reminders of Him, It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us, and All Your Perfects comes the beginning of Sky and Dean's passionate love storywhere well-kept secrets threaten to opens wounds of a dark past.Would you rather know a truth that makes you feel hopeless, or keep believing the lies Beloved and bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with the spellbinding story of two young people with devastating pasts who embark on a passionate, intriguing journey to discover the lessons of life, love, trustand above all, the healing power that only truth can bring. Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter, he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she's tried so hard to bury. Though Sky is determined to stay far away from him, his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile break down her defenses and the intensity of the bond between them grows. But the mysterious Holder has been keeping secrets of his own, and once they are revealed, Sky is changed forever and her ability to trust may be a casualty of the truth. Only by courageously facing the stark revelations can Sky and Holder hope to heal their emotional scars and find a way to live and love without boundaries. Hopeless is a novel that will leave you breathless, entranced, and remembering your own first love. 408 pp. Englisch.…