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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Nerina Rammairone finds fragile bliss in the details. Her first poetry collection, But Ice Cream Melts, speaks for the heartbroken-people who live in the space between sweet and sour. Here life is not always damaged but it is often delayed, and the struggle to get it rolling again is overwhelming. In Rammairone's verses sweet moments never last, but their essence lingers. And sometimes that's all you need.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Tarah was a daughter, a mother, sister and wife, a dancer, a scout and ultimately a statistic. Yet in the end she shares her memories with a lifeless machine. She tells this heartless thing all the lessons of love, lies and lust that she has learned and endured, in a series of flashbacks to her earliest memories. Her descriptions offer a macabre sampling of abuse, incest, nightmares, rape, terror, death and a taste of love. While coping with the circumstances of her young life, she learns the most important and tragic lesson of all.that promiscuity can kill. Bizarre twists of fate and fancy cause love, pain, affection, sadness and joy to become a blended confusion in her mind. She becomes a victim of her own innocence, ignorance and guilt. After enjoying a thoroughly engrossing read, you will be left with a memory that could haunt your thoughts for the rest of your life. However, don't expect it to read like a lecture.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The '82 Kenyan Military Coup is a summary of events that took place in Kenya from the eyes of a victim.It starts with the dreams of a young man aspiring to be a soldier. It talks about the challenges he underwent through in the recruitment process, and in military training. The author talks about how he participated in an attempted Military Coup, and narrowly escaping death.Whereas the book deals with personal experiences and survival in prison, it is a testament of inner strength and triumph over adversity relying on mental toughness.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Two WWII fighter pilots, raised on different continents and trained in different countries, fight life or death combat with the Luftwaffe over Europe. They flew P-51 Mustangs in the 4th Fighter Group and contributed to the Group score of a record 1000-plus enemy planes destroyed, the highest total of any Allied Group. They became Aces within a day of each other; then one was killed in combat on D-Day, while the other, having been shot down, trekked across northern Germany in a futile effort to evade capture.He is finally captured and as a POW, is forced to participate in a 'Death March.' After several unsuccessful attempts, he and a fellow POW finally escape. Leading a handful of French forced-laborers they capture 25 German soldiers, turn them over to Patton's advancing Third Army and eventually return to the U.S. by hospital ship.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The book spans a period beginning in 1929 and ending in 2001. Part I, The Early Years, is a young boy's experiences in Puerto Rico. Part II, The City, focuses on New York City during the great depression. Part III are the events during the World War II years. Part IV deals with happenings in the post-war years. Part V, The turbulent 1960's, relate to occurrences in that decade. Part VI, A New Beginning, describes the man's life with a new wife and son. Part VII, are the writer's reactions to what occurred on September 11, 2001.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The angst of the depression, personal tragedies of World War II, challenges of the post-war recovery and other events that transformed this nation during the 20th century are interwoven throughout this personal memoir. Chilton Street explores the life and feelings of a boy and then of a man who enlisted in the Navy, worked for an education, completed a fulfilling corporate career, and received joy and inspiration from his loving family and from his church. This story is about a bountiful yet ordinary life in extraordinary times.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Maritime fiction in the spirit of C.S. Forester and Patrick O Brian, Firehead s Malice is a rousing sea adventure that sweeps across the West Indies during the Seven Years War, where navies clash and pirates roam. A tale of passionate greed and ruthless betrayal in the age of sailing warships - the most powerful and awe-inspiring weapons of their time. Was Lady Crimhedden, noblewoman, respected Royal Navy widow, involved with pirates And was her lover really a spy for the French What happened to the brig with dispatches to warn the fleet Could they have fallen into pirates hands Even so, the most notorious pirates regress to deserved insignificance - overshadowed by the greater greed of nations in deadly contest to wrest West Indies resources to their own gains in what was, in fact, the very first world war.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Jenny and Georgia-Christians-sisters-best friends. Imagine, if you can, how you would feel if you watched your beloved sister suffering every day of her life.Where Angels Walked is the beautiful, poignant story of the perfect love between two sisters. Readers will admire the courage of the chronically ill girl and adore the sister who stays at her side. With God's grace, the Goolsby girls conquer earthly adversity and embrace spiritual joy. This is a book that you will treasure-and read again.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Scottie Farley: A sensitive, withdrawn child connected to painted sunsets and make-believe. He lives with too much fear and must work up the courage to change that. Sharon Farley: His mother overwhelmed by denial and dead dreams, she loves her children, but is blind to the one truth she needs. Steve Farley: Father, lover, husband . . . monster. Jessie Sandler: Hired by the District Attorney to uphold victims rights, she is both haunted and driven by a terrifying secret. She will do anything to banish her ghosts. Then she meets the Farleys and discovers the haunting has just begun. THEY WILL ALL COME TOGETHER in the maze of the court system and will finally comprehend Justice: . . . no gray or violet or yellow, or any shade in-between . . . just black or white . . . all or nothing . . . alive or dead . . . As A DARK SHADE OF JUSTICE marches uncompromisingly toward its provocative conclusion, Jo Mitchell delivers an insider s glimpse of one aspect of the Criminal Justice System. You will be drawn into the lives of the characters. You will feel their heartache, frustration, anticipation and dread. And, like them, you will not rest until you know.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Nat Fowler, a fifteen year old African-American boy raised on his family farm in a predominately white part of Missouri in the late 1800's, runs away from his family farm when he's accused of a murder and joins the United States Army. He ends up at Fort Missoula, Montana with the all-black 25th Infantry where a white officer organizes the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps. Nat goes on a historic trek by bicycle from Missoula, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri. During the journey he falls in love, discovers bigotry and hatred, finds friends and comrades but also grows up as he enters the 20th century.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This work is written from the perspective of a very concerned American. It can be described as a look at where America was, where she is now and where she is headed. In this book, the author considers the courage, values, and citizenship of past generations and applies them as resources to be used to help mend our great but critically ill nation. In the course of this work, numerous problems and challenges confronting America are identified. Throughout the book many common sense solutions are offered. Those solutions should go a long way to righting America's course if our citizens are willing to acknowledge the serious challenges we face, and are willing to make adjustments, commitments, and the necessary sacrifices to stop the slide into a cultural and moral abyss.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Finish the errands. Unplug the phone. Turn off the TV and most of the lights and prepare yourself for a science thriller that's two parts Crichton, one part King-and impossible to put down.John Berry taps into years of research as an amateur astronomer to spin a gripping tale of worldwide disaster created when a cloud of dark matter-a mysterious and powerful relic from the Big Bang-collides with modern day planet Earth.Growing up in rural Ohio, the author spent countless hours under dark skies studying the heavens. He is a prize-winning astrophotographer and an active member of The Planetary Society, an organization founded by the late Dr. Carl Sagan. His avid interest in the field of cosmology helped support the scientific basis for this chilling glimpse at doomsday.Imaginatively written, well-researched, and breathtaking in scope, Dark Arrival delivers the goods in what readers are calling 'a shockingly believable chain of events that could easily happen tomorrow.' Pray that they don't.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Mystery novel about travelling across time. Addison and Yvonne leave the security of their father's plantation and find themselves in the modern world haunted by the nagging urge to return. 228 pp. Englisch. …