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Born in 1929, Chaim Potok grew up and was educated in New York. After being ordained as a rabbi, he took a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked as a chaplain with the US Forces in Korea from 1955-57. His novels The Chosen, The Promise, In the Beginning, The Book of Lights, My Name is Asher Lev, The Gift of Asher Lev and I am The Clay, have all been published by Penguin. He is also the author of Wanderings, a histor...

Britain's best known classicist speaks her mind on the ancient, and modern, worlds.

Thomas Aquinas, one of the most famous and highly thought of Christian thinkers, was a controversial figure who was exposed and engaged in conflict. This Very Short Introduction looks at Aquinas in a historical context, and explores the Church and culture into which Aquinas was born. It also ask why Aquinas matters now.

When a storm takes them by surprise, Yakari, his best friend Rainbow and his pony Little Thunder take cover in a cave. They discover when they come out of their refuge that the hill they are on is surrounded by rising water. On this new island, they befriend a wounded moose threatened by a merciless predator.

Charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from naive, carefree country girl before the war to old age in 2020, following her experiences of marriage, motherhood and life.

Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His father was a saw-mill worker and his mother was a waitress and clerk. He married early and for years writing had to come second to earning a living for his young family. Despite, small-press publication, it was not until Will You Please Be Quiet Please? appeared in 1976 that his work began to reach a wider audience. This was the year in which he gave up alcohol, which had contributed ...

Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first short stories appeared in Esquire during Gordon Lish's tenure as fiction editor in the 1970s. Carver's work began to reach a wider audience with the 1976 publication of Will You Please be Quiet, Please, but it was not until the 1981 publication of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love under Gordon Lish, then at Knopf, that he began to achieve real literary fame. This collec...

Schick explores the meticulously composed and richly detailed photographs that Rockwell used to create his famous artworks. The author delves into the archive of nearly 20, 000 photographs housed at the Norman Rockwell Museum to create an intriguing work of photography, art, and Americana.

The third edition of this comprehensive handbook emphasizes the relationship between the assembly methods, the materials, and the plastics manufacturing processes, thus enabling the reader to identify the best design/assembly method for a given application. The book has been completely updated and a new chapter on laser welding of plastics was added. All principal fastening and joining methods used to assemble plastic parts today are describ...

New edition of the classic works, with notes and an introduction. Part of a new series of Beckett's work, with new cover design.

Molloy is Samuel Beckett's best-known novel, and his first published work to be written in French, ushering in a period of concentrated creativity in the late 1940s which included the companion novels Malone Dies and The Unnamable.

Buddha's Brain" joins the forces of modern science with ancient teachings to show readers how to have greater emotional balance in turbulent times, as well as healthier relationships, more effective actions, and a deeper religious or spiritual practice.

König Alphons verwaltet die Ersparnisse seiner Untertanen. Aber statt das Geld in die Kasse zu legen, investiert er es in sehr wichtige Dinge wie Playstations, Kinobillette, Inlineskates und Snowboards. Für so unwichtige Dinge wie Seife, Zahnbürste oder Gemüse gibt er nichts aus. Gar nichts. Es kommt, wie es kommen muss. Eines schönen Tages - König Alphons sitzt gerade mit seiner Königin Ornella beim Mittagstisch - stürmt der Hofschatzmeister ...

First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Virago Press, this paperback edition published in 2009 by Virago Press, reprinted 2010"--T.p. verso.

The new race-against-time bestseller from the British Harlan Coben. When writer Rob Fallon gets drunk one night and ends up joining his best-friend's girlfriend, Jenny, in her apartment, he's feeling guilty before anything's even happened. But guilt turns to shock when two men break in, abduct Jenny, and try to kill Rob. When Rob reports the abduction to the police no one believes him. Rob can't let things lie, but when he starts asking questi...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. This beautiful new edition contains a new foreword by Ruth Rendell

Despite financial turmoil, Goldman Sachs remain the leading investment bank in their field. They are notorious for their unique management culture, unorthodox recruiting techniques - and for their secrecy. With unparalleled access to the leadership of this famously close-knit firm, Ellis investigates the brilliant individuals who turned a marginal family business into a global powerhouse, weathering recession, scandal and disaster on the way.

State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945 looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective.

Oliver Stones Epos ALEXANDER basiert auf der wahren Geschichte einer der strahlendsten und einflussreichsten Leitfiguren der Geschichte. Der Film zeichnet den Lebensweg Alexander des Großen.

Borderline-Verhalten ist für die Betroffenen aufreibend und oft zerstörerisch, aber auch für Angehörige, Partner und Freunde, die häufig von den prekären Verhaltensweisen der Erkrankten dominiert werden. Wie also verhält man sich als Angehöriger »richtig«? Auf diese Frage geben die Autoren Antwort, indem sie die täglichen Verhaltens- und Beziehungsfallen aufzeigen, die sich im Leben mit Borderlinern auftun. Sie geben wertvolle Anregungen und T...