6163 Ergebnisse - Zeige 5981 von 6000.

Is it generally safe to walk by dragon weyrs on sunny days? Do dragons really lay golden eggs? Do dragon teeth have any medicinal value? And what about unicorns: Do some rare ones have two horns, and when aren't unicorns white? What is a unicorn "sneeze call, " and what exactly is the best way to capture a unicorn, anyway? Find the answers to these and other questions in this charming and carefully researched book that presents the first sci...

In her original novel about mothers, daughters, and love, Judy Budnitz gives the traditional folktale an electrifying twist as she follows four generations of women from an Eastern European village to the tenements of an American city.

Josephine Bonaparte's life story was as turbulent as the age--an era of revolution and social upheaval, of the guillotine and of frenzied hedonism. With telling psychological depth and compelling literary grace, Erickson brings the complex, charming, ever resilient Josephine to life in this memorable portrait. 8-page color photo insert.

The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy. Widmer vividly brings to life the chaos and contention that plagued Van Buren's presidency and ultimately offered an early lesson in the power of democracy.

It was in tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to ring again. An apt symbol of the man who shaped both court and country, whose life "reads like an early history of the United States", as the "Wall Street Journal" noted, adding: Jean Edward Smith "does an excellent job of recounting the details of Marshall's life without missing the dramatic sweep of the history it encompassed". 32-page ...

Richard Matheson, the "New York Times" Bestselling author of "What Dreams May Come" and "I Am Legend, "achieved early fame by penning this unforgettable novel, which became the basis for the Hugo Award-winning 1957 film, "The Incredible Shrinking Man." His compelling vision of one ordinary man's gradual descent into a microscopic world remains one of the acknowledged classics of horror and science fiction.

This completely updated edition reflects the vital changes that have swept through the film industry since the book was first published in 1983. All aspects of the filmmaking process, from financing through preproduction, distribution, and marketing are explained in depth and brought up to date with detailed analyses of each step.

In 1916, a young boy, Nathan Longfort, is on the funeral train bearing the body of his grandfather, the Senator, from Washington, D.C., to Knoxville, Tennessee. The memory of this journey will haunt him for the rest of his life. On this trip, he meets the enigmatic Cousin Aubrey, a man of "irregular kinship, " the black sheep of the Longfort clan. As the years pass, and Aubrey disappears into the world, Nathan begins to compulsively collect ru...

The highly acclaimed novel of a family whose love and courage enable them to survive in the silent world of the deaf.

After losing her faith in people, Natalie Baxter returns to her hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and takes a job at a local horse ranch. Caring for a fiery black mare, she slowly begins to find courage to return to the world.

An enchanting, warm, and wise novel about a close-knit family's immigration from Sicily to America in the early 1900s, "In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu" is rich and vibrant--a tale of the stories families tell each other, stores that make up a deeply personal and common history.

November, 1949: In the aftermath of his brother James's death, Richard MacEwan's life is suddenly rocked by secrets involving his wife Sarah and daughter Anna. Among his bachelor brother's papers, Richard discovers a letter from Sarah that hints at an infidelity. Then there is Anna's affair with a married man, Charles Norden, which threatens to change her life forever. The story of Richard, Sarah, Anna, and Charles--along with the troubling le...

Robinson's astonishing Mars sequence--"Red Mars, Green Mars", and "Blue Mars"--won the Nebula Award for the first volume and Hugos for the second and third. Clarke), "Icehenge" is the Robinson's first novel set on Mars.

It's New Year's Eve in New York City. Your best friend died in September, you've been robbed twice, your girlfriend is leaving you, you've lost your job...and the only one left to talk to is the gay burglar you've got tied up in the kitchen... P.S. your cat is dead. An instant classic upon its initial publication, "P.S. Your Cat is Dead" received widespread critical acclaim and near fanatical reader devotion. The stage version of the novel wa...

This authoritative guide provides readers with the keys to unlocking the doctor within themselves to maximize the body's power to heal itself. Topics include discovering the deeper meaning of an ailment, taking an intuitive X-ray or body scan, and hearing the healing messages of dreams.

My Sisters' Voices" is a passionate and poignant collection of writings from teenage girls of African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and biracial backgrounds. With candor and grace, they speak out on topics that are relevant not only to themselves and their peers but to anyone who is raising, teaching, or nurturing young women of color.

The harp was a gift from Jacky Lantern's fey kin, as was the music Angharad pulled from its strings. "Into the Green" is an unusual tale set in an entirely fantasy world, now returned to print in a trade paperback edition.

The anxiety of rejection is an inevitable part of any writer's development. In this book, Ralph Keyes turns his attention from the difficulty of putting pen to paper--the subject of his acclaimed "The Courage to Write"--to the frustration of getting the product to the public.

Katherine Anne Porter called courage "the first essential" for a writer. "I have to talk myself into bravery with every sentence, " agreed Cynthia Ozick, "sometimes every syllable." E. B. White said he admired anyone who "has the guts to write anything at all."An author who has taught writing for more than thirty years, Ralph Keyes assures readers that anxiety is felt by writers at every level and can be harnessed to produce honest and discipl...

The process of foreign adoption can seem complex, frustrating, and endless. This step-by-step guide provides the necessary hard facts and information adoptive parents need, as well as support through the experiences of others who have adopted foreign children.