vintage publishing jul 2011 (12 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Eine Familiensage des 20. Jahrhunderts, in der die wechselhafte Geschichte des chilenischen Patriarchen Esteban Trueba und der Frauen seines Hauses erzählt wird. Der Erfolg dieses Buches ist dem hinreißenden Erzähltemperament Isabel Allendes zu verdanken: Souverän, mit Phantasie und Witz, mit Zärtlichkeit und Ironie malt die Autorin das große, bunte Tableau einer Familie über vier Generationen hinweg. 528 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Eine Familiensage des 20. Jahrhunderts, in der die wechselhafte Geschichte des chilenischen Patriarchen Esteban Trueba und der Frauen seines Hauses erzählt wird. Der Erfolg dieses Buches ist dem hinreißenden Erzähltemperament Isabel Allendes zu verdanken: Souverän, mit Phantasie und Witz, mit Zärtlichkeit und Ironie malt die Autorin das große, bunte Tableau einer Familie über vier Generationen hinweg. 528 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -IMAGINEyou are Luka, a twelve-year-old boy who has to save the life of the storyteller father you adore.IMAGINEyou have two loyal companions by your side: a bear called Dog who can sing and a dog called Bear who can dance. IMAGINEyou must now embark on a journey through the Magic World to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task.With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best. 224 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -IMAGINEyou are Luka, a twelve-year-old boy who has to save the life of the storyteller father you adore.IMAGINEyou have two loyal companions by your side: a bear called Dog who can sing and a dog called Bear who can dance. IMAGINEyou must now embark on a journey through the Magic World to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task.With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best. 224 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited £17million This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too embarrassed to leave. Pressured to sign the register, little does he realise what effect that signature will have upon his life.The extraordinary story that follows tells of one man's failed love, the temptations of unanticipated wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself. It is a romance for our times.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - One of Amos Oz's earliest and most famous novels, My Michael was a sensation upon its initial publication in 1968 and it has an enduring power to surprise and mesmerize.'His characters.ride the river of history' New Yorker 'A beautiful work of great depth and lingers in the mind as a lyric song to his country's people as much as a moving love story' Arthur Miller 1950s Jerusalem.Hannah Gonen has just married and is thrilled and pained by her young well-meaning husband, Michael. Haunted by her dreams of two boys who disappeared from Jerusalem after the establishment of the state of Israel, Hannah gradually withdraws from her husband into a private world of fantasy and suppressed desires.This 2015 edition includes an updated introduction from the author.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are What effect does it have on our relationships, minds and bodies What can the simple act of sitting still teach us about ourselves When Tim Parks fails to find a cause for his crippling chronic pain, he turns to meditation. This is, however, not your average self-help book or conversion story; instead, it is a refreshingly honest and profoundly moving introspection of one writer and his quest to overcome the inner battle between mind and body. A revelatory read with delightful cultural and literary references, Teach us to Sit Still by Booker-shortlisted author Tim Parks examines how the philosophy of 'sit still, relax and stop worrying' can be profoundly life-altering.'Teach us to Sit Still made me laugh; it made me cry; and it made me seriously think about taking up Vispassana meditation' The Times.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - IMAGINEyou are Luka, a twelve-year-old boy who has to save the life of the storyteller father you adore.IMAGINEyou have two loyal companions by your side: a bear called Dog who can sing and a dog called Bear who can dance. IMAGINEyou must now embark on a journey through the Magic World to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task.With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'This is fiction, but it has, for me, the clang of truth' John UpdikeWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY E. L. DOCTOROWJohn O'Hara is widely credited with inventing the New Yorker short story, and remains the most-published short story writer in the history of the magazine. Selected from his vast collection of short fiction written over forty years, these refreshingly frank, sparely written stories show him at his best. Exposing a world of bartenders and 'b-girls', car washers and criminals, O'Hara dissects the subtleties that bind humans together and the pressures that separate them.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Eine Familiensage des 20. Jahrhunderts, in der die wechselhafte Geschichte des chilenischen Patriarchen Esteban Trueba und der Frauen seines Hauses erzählt wird. Der Erfolg dieses Buches ist dem hinreißenden Erzähltemperament Isabel Allendes zu verdanken: Souverän, mit Phantasie und Witz, mit Zärtlichkeit und Ironie malt die Autorin das große, bunte Tableau einer Familie über vier Generationen hinweg.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst GolferWhen 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open - having never before played a round of golf in his life - he ran up a record-worst score of 121. The sport's ruling classes banned him for life. Maurice didn't take it lying down. In a hilarious game of cat-and-mouse with The Man, he entered tournaments again - and again, and again - using increasingly ludicrous pseudonyms such as Gene Pacecki, Arnold Palmtree and Count Manfred von Hoffmanstel (more often than not disguised by a fake moustache). In doing so, he sent the authorities into apoplexy, and won the hearts of fans from Muirfield to Michigan, becoming arguably the most popular - and certainly the bravest - sporting underdog the world has ever known.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - His first major book of fiction: lyrical, personal, mythical, hilarious and mesmeric stories that shed new light on both the US and the writer through whose eyes we access this compelling and resonant land.