管麟Peter: 17025 books

The possibilities that online platforms and new media technologies provide, in terms of human connection and the dissemination of information, are seemingly endless. With Web 2.0 there is an exchange of messages, visions, facts, fictions, contemplations, and declarations buzzing around a network of...

In 1975, Peter Weidhaas was elected as the Director of The Frankfurt Book Fair. It was a surprise choice. Little did he know that he would preside over revolutionary changes in one of the most important cultural expositions in the world. But first he had to answer the question of his own identity....

The Stevens Family are not at all pleased when they discover the bus on Neat Street is polluting the air!A funny adventure begins when the family decides to find a solution to the problem of the dirty bus.Meet peculiar characters such as Veronica the Witch, Farmer Redford and Mr Pedia.The Family Land...

In this “exceptional” British mystery by a Gold Dagger winner, an aging aristocrat and her longtime lover explore the dark events of their shared past (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Lady Lucy Vereker Seddon is dying of a terminal illness when something she hears on the radio reminds...

Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerizing interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories. Long fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began illustrating his stories in 1988. Initially drawn to the master’s dark humor, Kuper adapted the stories...

Still reeling from the horrors of World War II, Chris Stavros—an American soldier—has one goal: getting home safely to care for his son after learning his wife has died. But in the midst of battle and trying to stay alive, he finds the stakes raised, as heavenly warriors emerge from the skies—and...

It was Christmas Eve when Kate saw the young boy, struggling to hold the groceries in the supermarket. When she offers to give him a lift, it isn't long before his sadness hints at a deeper tragedy. What happened that Christmas at the Hogarth place? And can Kate make this Christmas better for him...

13Teen Black Rainbows is a collection of early poetry by Peter Ivey, author of One for the Road and The Lost Tribe.  It features such poems as Lovely Ghosts, Little Sister, Modern Mantra, and the poet's tribute to the news at the time, Tender Mercies.

In "Rhymes or Porcupines", a homeowner battles his possessed house and a shipwrecked crew tries desperately to survive. A couple has extreme anxiety at an Italian restaurant. A newlywed contemplates life before his child’s birth. A monkey terrorizes a family member and aliens hide behind...

Quem não gostaria de largar tudo e recomeçar a vida num dos lugares mais charmosos do mundo? Peter Mayle e sua mulher fizeram o que, para a maioria de nós, continua sendo apenas um sonho quando resolveram morar numa casa rural no sul da França. Em seu primeiro ano na Provence, Peter, um ex-publicitário...

During the summer of 1940, as Britain was fighting alone for its survival, the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, instructed the newly formed and clandestine Special Operations Executive to “set Europe ablaze.” From that moment on the S.O.E. took its own war to Nazi-occupied Europe by...

These two titles have content based upon and supplementing the lessons about God’s creation that are found on the Nature of God DVD collection by Peter Schriemer. These titles, with facts and photos of Hawaii and the Great Lakes habitats and creatures will enrich the lessons taught by Schriemer...

For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work. OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark...

Influential scholar Peter L. Berger reveals five signs that point to the supernatural and its place in a modern secular society Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger examines religion in twentieth-century Western society, exploring the social nature of knowledge and its effect on...