Zoekresultaten
Resultaat 341 - 360 (van 6136)
Mo Hayder Wolf - Jack Caffery 7
The sensational new Jack Caffery thriller from Mo Hayder, bestselling author of Gone and Poppet. Who's afraid?I believe, from what I can hear, that either my daughter or my wife has just been attacked. I don't know the outcome. The house is silent. Fourteen years ago two teenage lovers were brutally murdered in a patch of remote woodland. The prime suspect confessed to the crimes and was imprisoned.Now, one family is still trying to put the memory of the killings behind them. But at their isolated...
Engels | 544 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2014
E-book
Gene Brewer K-Pax omnibus
"When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. However, this patient is unlike anyone psychiatrist Dr. Gene Brewer has met before. Clever, inscrutable and utterly charismatic, Robert Porter calls himself `prot' and has no traceable background - but he claims that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, a perfect world without wars, government or religion, and where every being co-exists in harmony. It's not...
Engels | 800 pagina's (2,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
E-book
Negotiate successfully
"You negotiate every day in all types of situations and in many ways.This book will help build confidence and get better results withpractical advice on the basic principles of negotiation, how toprepare, how to keep cool under pressure and how to understand and usebody language to your advantage.The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses,step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind forthe future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summariesof key...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
E-book
Deal with stress
"While it's said that a little stress is good for you, too much can damage your health, your performance at work, and your relationships.With a self-assessment quiz, step-by-step action points, top tips, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of handy resources, the now fully revised and updated Deal with stress will help you understand the causes, recognise the symptoms, and find the right answers to put you back in control. You will find practical solutions...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
E-book
Mohamed ElBaradei The age of deception
"Playing fast and loose with the facts. The Age of Deception is a story of human imperfection, of modern society struggling to come to grips with the multiple dimensions of human insecurity."
Engels | 352 pagina's (18 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Mark Buchanan$aut$331344246 Forecast
"In this thoroughly researched and piercingly intelligent book, physicist Mark Buchanan shows how a simple feedback loop can lead to major consequences, the kind predictable by mathematical models but hard for most people to anticipate. From his unique perspective, Buchanan argues that our basic assumptions about economic markets - that they are for the most part stable, with occasional interruptions - are simply wrong. Markets really act more like weather: a brief heat wave can become a massive...
Engels | 2,5 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Rebecca Stott Darwin's ghosts
"Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like swarms, some expressing praise, most outrage and accusations of heresy. But the letter from the Reverend Powell was different. It accused Darwin of failing to acknowledge his predecessors, of having taken credit for a theory that had already been discovered by others, Baden Powell himself and Darwin's...
Engels | 400 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Andrew Wilson Harold Robbins
the man who invented sex
"Drugs, corruption, greed and, just sometimes, redemption. The world's first playboy writer, Robbins reportedly frittered away $50 million on fast cars, loose women and high living. But, obsessed with fame and fortune, Robbins was a deeply complex and often controversial man, and even his closest friends and lovers could only guess at the past of the man behind the perma-tanned mask and gigantic mirrored sunglasses. This is the fascinating story of his extraordinary life."
Engels | 320 pagina's (2,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
E-book
Alex Scarrow TimeRiders
The Infinity Cage - book 9
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history . . .The end is approaching for the TimeRiders. In a final effort to prevent time travel destroying history, Liam and Maddy jump forward to 2070 to confront the enigmatic Waldstein and prove once and for all if...
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub3, 3,2 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2014
E-book
Kim Newman Nightmare movies
"Now over twenty years old, the original edition of Nightmare Movies has retained its place as a true classic of cult film criticism. In this new edition, Kim Newman brings his seminal work completely up-to-date, both reassessing his earlier evaluations and adding a second part that assess the last two decades of horror films with all the wit, intelligence and insight for which he is known. Since the publication of the first edition, horror has been on a gradual upswing, and taken a new and stronger...
Engels | 640 pagina's (5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Lonely Planet Florida
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Florida is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Dance to Caribbean beats in Miami, fulfill your inner child at Walt Disney World, or kayak the Everglades' shallow waterways; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Florida and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Florida Travel Guide: Color maps and images throughout...
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 147 MB) | Lonely Planet Publications, [Nederland] | 2014
E-book
Lonely Planet Paris
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Paris is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Grab a cafe creme at a Parisian sidewalk cafe, explore the grand Champs-Elysees, shop for haute couture in the city's vintage flea markets or take in the riches of one of the great art repositories of the world; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Paris and begin your journey now!...
Engels | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 157 MB) | Lonely Planet Publications, [Nederland] | 2014
E-book
Steven Carter I was Howard Hughes
"Howard Hughes embodied the American dream: envied by powerful men, desired by beautiful women, Hughes lived his life larger than all who surrounded him and yet died an emaciated recluse.This makes him the perfect subject for red-hot biographer Alton Reece. Riding high on the wave of previous astonishing success, Reece sees Hughes as more than simply a name worth the seven-figure advance he's demanding from his publisher. He finds in Hughes a kindred spirit of greatness, a man misunderstood and beaten...
Engels | 240 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Michael Kimball Big Ray
Nadat een man van zijn zus heeft gehoord dat hun extreem corpulente vader is overleden, overdenkt hij hun moeizame relatie die werd gekenmerkt door geestelijke, lichamelijke en emotionele mishandeling.
Fictie
Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub, 2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Tom Standage Writing on the wall
"Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through social networks, with far-reaching social and political effects. Writing on the Wall reveals how an elaborate network of letter exchanges forewarned of power shifts in Ciceros Rome, while the torrent of tracts circulating in sixteenth-century Germany triggered the Reformation. Standage traces the story of the rise, fall and...
Engels | 288 pagina's (3,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Susannah Clapp A Card from Angela Carter
"Angela Carter was one of the most vivid voices of the twentieth century: much studied, copied and adored. When she died at the age of fifty-one, she had published fifteen books of fiction and essays; outrage at her omission from the shortlists of any Booker Prize led to the foundation of the Orange Prize. February 2012 will be the twentieth anniversary of her death but no biographical work has yet appeared.Susannah Clapp and Angela Carter were friends for years. The postcards that Carter sent to...
Engels | 112 pagina's (1,6 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Rosie Boycott Spotted pigs and green tomatoes
"Small farm in Somerset proves a daunting task, but Rosie and her new husband Charlie are determined, and their immersion in rural living, hilarious and profoundly moving, reaps rewards they never expected. Pigs, ducks and geese are fattened for the butcher; vegetables and cut flowers are grown for a reluctant marketplace; and Rosie and Charlie discover much about the hard graft of running a smallholding. They learn too about weightier issues that affect the local community of Ilminster - particularly...
Engels | 320 pagina's (3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Nick Rennison Bloomsbury good reading guide
"Deciding what to read next when you've just finished an unputdownable novel can be a daunting task. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide features hundreds of authors and thousands of titles, with navigation features to lead you on a rich journey through some the best literature to grace our shelves. This greatly expanded edition includes the latest contemporary authors and landmark novels, an expanded non-fiction section, a timeline setting historical events against literary milestones, prize-winner...
Engels | 544 pagina's (0,9 MB) | A&C Black Academic and Professional, [London] | 2014
E-book
Damian Barr Maggie & me
"It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Margaret Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive. Damian, his sister and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling...
Engels | 288 pagina's (0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
E-book
Franzeska G. Ewart Bryony Bell's star turn
"Christmas is coming and the Bell household is busier than ever. Fresh from recent success on Broadway, they now star in their own reality TV show, plus there's rehearsals for the school Nativity Play to perform and Bryony's got a secret plan to ensure that the festive season is full of surprises..."
Engels | 112 pagina's (3,9 MB) | A&C Black Childrens & Educational, [London] | 2014
E-book
2014