penguin paperbacks (51 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Analyzes the American expatriate experience in Nazi-occupied Paris, drawing on the personal writings and correspondences of individuals to reveal the challenges they faced and the risks many took to support the Resistance. Former library book. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reveals the inside story of how U.S. special forces and intelligence agencies led the largest manhunt in history to capture and contain Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most powerful outlaws. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. In the first volume of a series chronicling the birth of the state of Israel, the lives of a diverse array of characters collide and intertwine as the British prepare to withdraw from Jerusalem in 1948. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. A practical jobseeker's guide combines helpful advice and simpletofollow techniques for mastering the interview process and landing the perfect job, explaining how to make a good impression on potential employers, give the right answers to an interviewer's questions, avoid common pitfalls, and negotiate the best salary and benefits package possible. Original. Solid binding. Boards are moderately bowed, but not severely. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's opposition to Nasser's policies led to persecutions that would throw their lives into turmoil and set their youngest child on a journey across cultures. Through university in England and teaching jobs in Abu Dhabi and America, Leila Ahmed sought to define herself - and to understand how the world defined her - as a woman, a Muslim, an Egyptian, and an Arab. Her search touched on questions of language and nationalism, on differences between men's and women's ways of knowing, and on vastly different interpretations of Islam. She arrived in the end as an ardent but critical feminist with an insider's understanding of multiculturalism and religious pluralism. In language that vividly evokes the lush summers of her Cairo youth and the harsh barrenness of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed has given us a story that can help us all to understand the passages between cultures that so affect our global society. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Reveals the inside story of how U.S. special forces and intelligence agencies led the largest manhunt in history to capture and contain Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most powerful outlaws. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. A novel set in Israel during the War for Independence follows a group of Jewish soldiers as they battle for control of Jerusalem, in the sequel to Jerusalem Vigil. Reprint. Former library book. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. An account of the first one hundred days of FDR's presidency traces the transformation that took place throughout the federal government in the wake of unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and poverty levels. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Investigating the murder of two local fishermen on the small island of Pellestrina, Commissario Brunetti is shunned by the small community and forced to search for clues at the home of Signorina Elettra, where he struggles with a growing attraction to his boss's secretary. By the Silver Dagger-winning author of Acqua Alta. Original. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Offers advice for every aspect of contemporary living, including dating, dressing, and entertaining. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. When Maria Testa, better known to Brunetti as the nun who once had cared for his mother, turns up at the Commissario's door, after leaving her convent following the suspicious deaths of five patients, Brunetti launches a personal investigation into the situation to determine whether or not she has stumbled into a sinister scenario that could threaten her life. Original. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Based in part on material written for "A Prairie Home Companion", How to Talk Minnesotan will help visitors to Minnesota keep from sticking out like sore thumbs when they don't know the difference between "not too bad a deal" and "a heckuva deal". Illustrated with line drawings. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. In 1937, on the Dominican side of the Haiti border, Amabelle, an orphaned maid to an army colonel's wife, falls in love with Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, but their relationship is threatened by the violent persecution of the Haitians. Reprint. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Trade Paperback Edition. EPOCHAL: AS-NEW virtually NEW: IMPECCABLE: PRESENTATION QUALITY: First Trade Paperback "Plume-Penguin USA" Edition (Orig. August 1999) of the 35th Anniversary Edition (Orig. hardcover March 1992) of Ayn Rand's celebrated best-selling classic (Orig. 1957) w/ no. line showing Thirty-First Printing (c. 2016), NEW handsomely-designed durable heavy laminated card-stock color cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners displaying celebrated image of a golden "Atlas", IMMACULATE unblemished smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on SUPERB unblemished silk-finish paper * 6.00" x 9.00" x 2.00", 1.42 kg, xvi+1168 (1184) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: "To all the readers who discovered "The Fountainhead" & asked me many questions about the wider application of his ideas, I want to say that I am answering you in the present novel, & that "The Fountainhead" was only an overture to "Atlas Shrugged". I trust that no on will tell me that men such as I write about don't exist. That this book has been written (& published) is proof that they do." -Ayn Rand * Ayn Rand's epochal best-selling novel, first published in 1957, is an intellectual landmark. It is the story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies but against those who needed him most, & his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world's motor, & the motive power of every man? These are the questions behind the baffling events that play havoc w/ the lives of the characters in this story. Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life, from the productive genius who became a worthless playboy . . . to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction . . . to the philosopher who becomes a pirate . . . to the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumph . . . to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad . . . to the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels. This is a riveting mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder --(& rebirth)-- of man's spirit. It is a philosophical revolution in the form of an action thriller of violent events, w/ a ruthlessly brilliant plot & irresistible suspense. Peopled by larger-tan-life heroes & villains, male & female, charged w/ awesome questions of good & evil, "Atlas Shrugged" is a giant novel, the supreme triumph & ultimate testament of one of the towering geniuses of our time. This special 35th Anniversary Edition of Ayn Rand's masterwork features an illuminating introduction by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's longtime associate & legal heir. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: AYN RAND'S first novel, "We the Living", was published in 1936. "The Fountainhead" (1943) achieved spectacular & enduring success. Rand's unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience. The fundamentals of her philosophy are set forth in her brilliant novels, "The Fountainhead" & "Atlas Shrugged", & in such nonfiction works as "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology", "For the New Intellectual", "The Virtue of Selfishness", & "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal". A magnificent statement of her artistic credo is available in "The Romantic Manifesto". * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via Mandatory USPS PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. There is wear around the edges and corners; there is light corner tearing on the spine.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Stiff unmarked book in crisp covers. ; 8.0 X 5.5 X 0.2 inches; 1 pages.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Farbtonänderung; Riss größer als 1 cm. Haroun's father is the greatest of all storyletters. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun is determined to return the storyteller's gift to his father. So he flies off on the back of the Hoopie bird to the Sea of Stories - and a fantastic adventure begins.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A respected international economic advisor and the director of The Earth Institute shares a wide-spectrum theory about how to enable economic success throughout the world, identifying the different categories into which various nations fall in today's economy while posing solutions to top political, environmental, and social problems that contribute to poverty. [The author] sets the stage by drawing a . conceptual map of the world economy and the different categories into which countries fall. Then . he explains why, over the past two hundred years, wealth has diverged across the planet in the manner that it has and why the poorest nations have been so markedly unable to escape the cruel vortex of poverty. The groundwork laid, he explains his methods for arriving . at a holistic diagnosis of a country's situation and the options it faces. Rather than deliver a worldview to readers from on high, [the author] leads them along the learning path he himself followed, telling the . stories of his own work in Bolivia, Poland, Russia, India, China, and Africa as a way to bring readers to a broad-based understanding of the array of issues countries can face and the way the issues interrelate. He concludes by drawing on everything he has learned to offer an integrated set of solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that most frequently hold societies back. In the end, he leaves readers with an understanding, not of how daunting the world's problems are, but how solvable they are - and why making the effort is a matter both of moral obligation and strategic self-interest. Cover foxed. 416 pages.

Zustand: Good. Paperback, illustrated with photographs in colour, 8vo.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Rillen / Abschürfungen / Risse / Knicke; Gebrochener Buchrücken; Farbtonänderung. "First published in Great Britain under the title The death of faith"--T.p. verso.

Zustand: very_good. Crisp, clean copies of books. There is mostly likely no slipcase.

Zustand: very_good. Crisp, clean copies of books. There is mostly likely no slipcase.

Paperback. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good.