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Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241954355ISBN 13 : 9780241954355
Vendeur : Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room'Cynical Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery. Now he's out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's search for Velma turns up plenty of gangsters with a nasty habit of shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death . . .Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony BurgessDiscover the newest addition to the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and Elektronisches Buch from Hogarth. 320 pp. Englisch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241954355ISBN 13 : 9780241954355
Vendeur : BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room'Cynical Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery. Now he's out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's search for Velma turns up plenty of gangsters with a nasty habit of shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death . . .Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony BurgessDiscover the newest addition to the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and Elektronisches Buch from Hogarth. 320 pp. Englisch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241954363ISBN 13 : 9780241954362
Vendeur : BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -A classic novel by Raymond Chandler, the master of hard-boiled crime, The Long Good-Bye is the sixth novel featuring laconic PI Philip MarloweDown-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator.He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover.Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth 'Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgess 464 pp. Englisch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241954363ISBN 13 : 9780241954362
Vendeur : Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Allemagne
Livre
Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -A classic novel by Raymond Chandler, the master of hard-boiled crime, The Long Good-Bye is the sixth novel featuring laconic PI Philip MarloweDown-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator.He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover.Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth 'Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgess 464 pp. Englisch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0141049413ISBN 13 : 9780141049410
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Colin Murray Parkes is Consultant Psychiatrist Emeritus at St Christopher's Hospice and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist to the Royal London Hospital and the Tavistock Clinic, London. He is Life President of Cruse Bereavement Care and in 1996 was awarded an OBE for services to bereaved people. 368 pp. Deutsch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0141036435ISBN 13 : 9780141036434
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars is the second delightful collection of stories and poems from Gervase Phinn.Following on from the terrific success of A Wayne in a Manger, Gervase Phinn has collected together from his bestselling Dales books his favourite stories about children, and included some poems from his popular Puffin poetry books. In this humorously illustrated book, the stories have one thing in common - the wonderfully funny (and usually innocent) things that children say. What makes Naomi's granny wobble What's the secret ingredient in Richard's jam tarts What is Billy's unconventional method for making babies Whether they are stories about children who cannot read very well but know the names of many breeds of sheep or children who are more privileged (coming to school in a Wolls-Woyce), they are simply delightful. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars is a heart-warming book will enchant you, as Gervase Phinn helps you look at life through a child's eyes - and that's quite a special thing.'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily TelegraphGervase Phinn is an author and educator from Rotherham who, after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools, moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector. He has written autobiographies, novels, plays, collections of poetry and stories, as well as a number of books about education. He holds five fellowships, honorary doctorates from Hull, Leicester and Sheffield Hallam universities, and is a patron of a number of children's charities and organizations. He is married with four adult children. His books include The Other Side of the Dale, Over Hill and Dale, Head Over Heels in the Dales, The Heart of the Dales, Up and Down in the Dales and Trouble at the Little Village School. 112 pp. Deutsch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241954363ISBN 13 : 9780241954362
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
Livre
Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A classic novel by Raymond Chandler, the master of hard-boiled crime, The Long Good-Bye is the sixth novel featuring laconic PI Philip MarloweDown-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator.He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover.Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth 'Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgess 464 pp. Englisch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241954320ISBN 13 : 9780241954324
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'So you need help. What's your name and trouble 'Private Investigator Philip Marlowe's latest client is Orfamay Quest. She's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or at least that's what she tells Marlowe, offering him just twenty dollars for his trouble. Feeling charitable, Marlowe accepts - though it's not long before he wishes he hadn't. Soon the trail leads to a succession of Hollywood starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed into their necks . . .The Little Sister is Raymond Chandler's fifth novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.'Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye' Los Angeles Times'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony BurgessDiscover the newest addition to the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and Elektronisches Buch from Hogarth. 304 pp. Deutsch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0141047089ISBN 13 : 9780141047089
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Thought to bring bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her, Adeline Yen Mah was discriminated against by her family all her life. Falling Leaves is both the moving story of how she survived that rejection and an enthralling saga of a Chinese family, from the time of the foreign concessions to the rise of Communist China and the commercial boom of Hong Kong. 288 pp. Deutsch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241951062ISBN 13 : 9780241951064
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The Puppy that Came for Christmas and Stayed Forever is Megan Rix's bestselling memoir.When Megan and Ian got married, they wanted to start a family. But their desire to be parents ended up bringing one furry bundle of fun after another into their lives.At the same time as embarking on difficult and traumatic fertility treatment, Megan and Ian became involved with a charity which provides helper dogs to people with disabilities. And into their home one day came Emma, a soft, sweet-natured puppy with whom they fell instantly in love. However, after six months Emma had completed her training and was given to someone in need. To get over their broken hearts, Megan and Ian took in another pup: Freddy. And fell in love all over again . . . only for Freddy to move on too.Megan and Ian didn't know if they could keep taking in these adorable puppies and giving them away later. It was getting too hard, too painful.But then, one Christmas, little Traffy came along . . .If you liked Marley and Me then The Puppy that Came for Christmas but Stayed Forever is for you. Megan Rix's heart-warming seasonal story will have everyone yearning for a bit of puppy love in their lives.Megan Rix lives in England with her husband, and their adorable dogs, Traffy and Bella. She is a Sunday Times best-selling author, and her other books include The Great Escape, and a host of children's books written under the pen-name Ruth Symes. 256 pp. Deutsch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0241954355ISBN 13 : 9780241954355
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
Livre
Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room'Cynical Los Angeles Private Investigator Philip Marlowe always falls for a sob story. Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until Malloy was framed for armed robbery. Now he's out and he wants Velma back. Marlowe meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help. Dragged from one smoky bar to another, Marlowe's search for Velma turns up plenty of gangsters with a nasty habit of shooting first and talking later. And soon what started as a search for a missing person becomes a matter of life and death . . .Farewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe.'Chandler grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony BurgessDiscover the newest addition to the inimitable Philip Marlowe series - Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne - out 6 September 2018 in hardback and Elektronisches Buch from Hogarth. 320 pp. Englisch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0141030984ISBN 13 : 9780141030982
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - When not engaged in research, Albert Jack lives somewhere between Guildford and Cape Town, where he divides his time between fast living and slow horses, neat vodka and untidy pubs. 320 pp. Deutsch.
Edité par Penguin Books Ltd Okt 2010, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0141038888ISBN 13 : 9780141038889
Vendeur : Smartbuy, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 1907: train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's new express line .The desperate railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency, who send their best man, Isaac Bell. He quickly discovers that a saboteur calling himself the WRECKER is attacking the Southern Pacific with accomplices recruited from down-and-outs - who are killed afterward. The WRECKER strikes wherever he pleases, causing untold damage and loss of human life.If the WRECKER isn't stopped in time, more than a railroad is at risk - the future of the entire country is on the line . 528 pp. Deutsch.