Random house dez 2000 (10 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - During one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott KingVirginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.When the Watson familyten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byronsets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham, Alabama, they don't realize that they're heading toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. The Watsons' journey reminds us that even in the hardest times, laughter and family can help us get through anything.'A modern classic.' NPR"Marvelous . . . both comic and deeply moving." The New York Times'One of the best novels EVER.' Jacqueline Woodson, Newbery Honor and National Book Awardwinning author of Brown Girl DreamingBonus Content New foreword and afterword from the author Map of the Watsons' journey Original manuscript pages and letter from the Newbery committee Personal essays celebrating the book's legacy by award-winning authors: Elizabeth Acevedo, Chris Crutcher, Kate DiCamillo, Varian Johnson, David Barclay Moore, Jason Reynolds, Jerry Spinelli, Vince Vawter, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Jacqueline Woodson.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An easy-to-read, page-turning account of Harriet Tubman's life--from her childhood in slavery to her years as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to her later work as a suffragette and as a spy in the Civil War. This remarkable true story brings to life one of America's greatest female role models. Flavin, Teresa (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools, and to face violence, arrest, and even death for the cause of freedom.'Thrilling.Nothing short of wonderful.'-The New York TimesAwards:( A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year( A Booklist Editors' Choice.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical and motivating gameplan that shows us how to battle complacency and fight for the causes we support. Tavis Smiley is the host of 'Black Entertainment Television Tonight with Tavis Smiley,' a one-hour nightly talk show that reaches fifty-five million households, and his political and social commentary is heard daily on 'The Tom Joyner Morning Show,' a national radio program with a listenership of seven million. 'The Smiley Report,' his monthly newsletter, has a circulation of three to four million readers. Smiley's career was inspired by his lifelong determination to make a difference. Through the media, he has helped to galvanize public opinion and initiate national grassroots campaigns on everything from corporate responsibility to voter turnout. In Doing What's Right, Smiley urges everyone to become involved.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, loving heroine once gave Driffield enough material to last a lifetime, but now her memory casts an embarrissing shadow over his career and respectable image.Wise, witty, deeply satisfying, Cakes and Ale is Maugham at his best.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In his life and in his music, Cole Porter was the topthe pinnacle of wit and sophistication. From the 1910s through the '50s, from Yale pep rallies through the Broadway triumphs of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate, he delighted audiences with a glittering torrent of song: "I Get a Kick Out of You." "Night and Day," "Love for Sale," and "Just One of Those Things." The bright surface of these gemstheir catchy melodies and ingenious lyricsmade them instant pop hits. Their more subtle qualities and their musical and emotional depth have made them lasting standards, among the greatest glories of the American songbook. In Cole Porter, William McBrien has thoroughly captured the creator of these songs, whose life was one not only of wealth and privilege but also of tragedy, secrecy, and courage. A prodigal young man, Porter found his aesthetic and emotional anchor in a long, loving, if sexless marriage, while continuing to maintain many discreet affairs with men. In 1937, at the height of his success, he suffered a near-fatal riding accident; his last eighteen years were marked by pain, drugs, and repeated operations on his legs, years of physical agony but unstinting artistic achievement. Here is the book that Porter's fans have long hoped fora life that informs the great music and lyrics though illuminating glimpses of the hidden, complicated, private man.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Eleven stunning stories that explore the most intimate and transforming moments of existence, from Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro, one of the foremost practitioners of the short story (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers more like showing the way to new questions. The Philadelphia Inquirer A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes to the shaken mother the fragility between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his hapless younger brother. A man brings his lover on a visit to his ex-wife, only to feel unexpectedly closer to his estranged partner.In these and other stories, Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For Christmas, Charley Mason's father granted him a trip to Paris, all expenses paid. It should have been a lark, but on his first night Charley meets a woman whose story will forever change his life. For Lydia has seen tragedy. The Russian Revolution displaced her family, left her homeless, fatherless. And for reasons that elude Charley, Lydia pines for a man half a world away--a dope dealer and murderer whose sins Lydia seeks to absolve through her own self- destruction. Haunting, erotic, deeply effecting, Christmas Holiday explores two souls capsized by compassion--and the confusion that engulfed a generation in the days between the Great Wars.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Matilda 'Matt' Black possesses the unique ability to speak with inanimate objects and witness the dreams of other people. Alone, yet never lonely, she's now found a kindred spirit in Edmund Reynolds-a wandering witch of a spiritual quest to help those in need. Together, these two special people who live outside normal reality will embark on an odyssey of the imagination. They will look into the darkest depths of the past. And they will encounter things both wonderful and terrifying. 'A Red Heart of Memories is full of beautiful, impossible magic. Hoffman has a unique talkent for manking prose soar.'-SF Site '?Hoffman's best and most complete novel to date.'-Locus. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Black Beauty's story, as told by himself, is the fascinating tale of the life of a horse a hundred years ago, when horses were a part of daily life. Although his early colthood is happy, Black Beauty later tastes the bitterness of cruel handlers and indifferent masters as he passes from hand to hand, progressing from the country to London and back again.This, the most famous horse story ever written, is a must on everyone's reading list. 242 pp. Englisch.…