Berger: 852 books

Sam Lyttle learns that sometimes the truth can hurt just as much as a lie in this follow-up to the humorous and cheeky illustrated middle grade novel The Pudding Problem which Kirkus Reviews calls perfect for “fans of Timmy Failure and Big Nate.” School’s out, and a long, hot summer of...

The year is 3011 and the people of The Towers are living the dream—wild parties, no responsibilities, and all the food you can eat.There’s just one catch.On your 18th birthday you are sacrificed before a cheering, screaming audience in eternal debt to the gods.But young seventeen-year-old...

BEWARE OF CRANKENSTEIN! Who is Crankenstein? HE IS A MONSTER OF GRUMPINESS THAT NO ONE CAN DESTROY! MEHHRRRR!!! HE'S ALIVE! He may look like any ordinary boy, but when faced with a rainy day, a melting popsicle, or an early bedtime, one little boy transforms into a mumbling, grumbling...

This book, written in an accessible style and illustrated with drawings by the author and with many other images, discusses the basic principles of discourse theory and applies them to various aspects of popular culture, media and everyday life. Among the topics it analyzes are speed dating, advertising, jokes, language use, myths, fairy tales and material culture.

The Victorian era is rightly associated with the industrial revolution in Britain and the ascendancy of a materialist, commercially-oriented middle class. The threat to spiritual values was felt strongly in the realm of religion but also in the secular realm of the arts and literature. This volume...

A heart-warming story about a little boy coming to terms with his brother's autism. My son Daniel flaps and spins and shouts. He makes unpredictable movements with strange and disarming noises. But once you know him his strangeness is not so apparent. He is sweet and gentle and he loves to laugh....

When her joy over the birth of her daughter is overshadowed by complications of depression and autoimmune diseases and she fears she can't balance the demands of motherhood against those of her own parents and husband, Maya decides to investigate alternative methods. In Pursuit of Change is the result—offering...

Instant Poetry (Just Add Words!) is a collection of forty-eight of Lawrence Bergers instant poems. He has performed some of the poetry on stages along the West Coast and in upstate New York. But what is instant poetry? Some of these intriguing works were created by the author based upon people calling...

In 1946, William Bullitt, the first U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, U.S. Ambassador to France at the outbreak of the Second World War, and onetime close advisor to FDR, wrote the first book-length, comprehensive analysis of the emerging Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union....

Attracted to the wrong men and don’t understand why? Afraid of being alone, getting older and losing your sex appeal? A little sex crazed (or a lot)? And still dreaming of a man who can save you from your life? Chick Lit meets Self-Help in this high-spirited tale of a newly divorced, 40-something woman...

Ein Kaleidoskop schillernder Farben, unglaublicher Begebenheiten, die alle eines gemeinsam haben: Nichts - gar nichts - ist, wie es scheint. Besuchen Sie ein faszinierendes, farbiges, überraschendes Potpourri aus Krimis, Lebenschroniken, Fantasy, Science Fiction und manchem mehr, dessen Fäden sich...

Meerjungfrauen sind wunderschön. Meerjungfrauen sind bezaubernd. Meeerjungfrauen sind leidenschaftlich. Meerjungfrauen sind tödlich. Nicht alle Meerjungfrauen sind so duldsam, naiv und tragisch wie die von Andersen. Lernen Sie die Meerjungfrau von einer ganz anderen Seite kennen! Auch sonst wird...

Was ist Heimat? Diese Frage stellten sich sechzehn Oldenburger Autorinnen und Autoren und brachten ihre Gedanken in literarischer Form zu Papier. Dabei wurden Gedichte, Erzählungen und Erörterungen geschaffen, die den Begriff „Heimat“ in all seinen Facetten beleuchten. Was genau ist Heimat,...

Wer Wien für gemütlich hält, der irrt... Der erste Fall für Gerichtsmediziner Heinz Martin und Ermittler Helmut Wagner! Ein Serienmörder in Wien? Heinz Martin, Gerichtsmediziner, ist fest davon überzeugt. Bereits zwei Frauen hat er obduziert, beide gefoltert, grausam verstümmelt und danach...