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New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell delivers her most enthralling novel yet with the story of an innocent beauty and an unjustly accused laird who discover a rapturous passion as they embark upon a wondrous journey across the rugged Scottish highlands. . . Swept overboard and stranded on the rocky shores of Scotland, Moira Robertson is left with only the tattered clothes on her back–and the mysterious stranger who came to her aid on the ship. Although their close surroundings...
| Автор | Hannah Howell |
Guilt Kept Them Apart It's been five years since Lady Jennette Selby's fiancé died. Each courting season since has been filled with suitors eager to win her affection. But Jennette's guilt has prompted her to swear off marriage. For her secrets are as dark as she is beautiful, and the accidental death of her fiancé was tainted by a forbidden attraction. . . Passion Brought Them Together Matthew Harris, the new earl of Blackburn, has been scorned by the ton for unintentionally...
| Автор | Christie Kelley |
From New York Times bestseller Hannah Howell, a classic love story of a Scottish hero too wild to be tamed and the woman he's destined to set free. . .Pleasance Dunstan is used to silently bearing the cruelties put upon her by her thoughtless family. But nothing can prepare her for the greatest indignity of all: being sold into servitude to a man as wild as Tearlach O'Duine. His untamed ways are whispered of throughout town, and he has set his sights on Pleasance to be more than his...
| Автор | Hannah Howell |
New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell returns to the fateful realms of the Scottish Highlands, where a man's destiny lies in the heart of the woman who once betrayed him. . . Beaten and left for dead, Sir Lucas Murray is a man wounded in body and soul. He has brought himself back to becoming the warrior he once was–except for his ruined leg and the grief he feels over the death of the woman he once loved. . .the same woman who led him into his enemies' hands. Dressed as a...
| Автор | Hannah Howell |
Isa von der Lütt – Ein Anstandsbüchlein – Broschur mit 44 Seiten, Reprint (neu gesetzt)
| Автор | Isa von der Lütt |
Die politische Verantwortung des Konzernherrn der GHH in Oberhausen: Paul Reusch in der Zeit von 1908-1942
| Автор | Peter Langer |
Autor: Ernst Köhler, Festeinband mit 86 Seiten und 30 Abbildungen, darunter 10 Farbfotos, 19 s/w Fotos und eine farbige Karte.
| Автор | Ernst Köhler |
Zmierzch kultury samurajów i narodziny nowoczesnej Japonii. Życie, nauka i wojna – w literackim majstersztyku Jacka Dukaja inspirowanym “Lalką” Bolesława Prusa. Pod koniec XIX wieku do cesarza Mutsuhito trafia Stanisław Wokulski, emisariusz Kraju, Którego Nie Ma, aby zawrzeć sojusz oparty na odkryciu doktora Geista: technologii metalu lżejszego od powietrza. W górskich stoczniach Hokkaidō zbudowanych przez Juliana Ochockiego, pod osłoną chmur, powstaje ażurowa flota Cesarskiej Marynarki Nieba. A...
| Автор | Jacek Dukaj |
The fightback against corporate rule has again come into National focus following the economic collapse of 2008, the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, the Occupy movement, the Longshoreman's strike in California and the increasing disparity between rich and poor. People are beginning to realize that the way to affect meaningful change is through struggle that interrupts the flow of production. The lessons that can be gained from the Woolworth strike are invaluable in a country...
| Автор | Dana Frank |
Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite. Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage. However, her life takes an unexpected twist when a nasty bit of gossip instigates her long descent down the social ladder. With her reputation plummeting, Lily escapes the city by joining an acquaintance on a European cruise. But this, too, causes irreparable damage...
| Автор | Edith Wharton |
The nation was at war. It was a time when there was no television, no radio and of course no social media. Telephones were a rarity and photography was in its infancy. News only came from the printed word which was censored, or spread by word of mouth. On the western front millions of men endured terrrible conditions. It was the time of trench warfare, massed coils of razor wire with death and destruction on an industrial scale. Poison gas was used as a weapon and tanks made their first...
| Автор | Andrew Summers |
Autor: Dr. Horst Gundlach, 258 Seiten Festeinband mit 160 Fotos und Abbildungen.
| Автор | Dr. Horst Gundlach |
Unheimliche Dinge gehen vor sich und Mädchen verschwinden auf geheimnisvolle Weise. Kann der gut aussehende Paul Neumann, Professor der Archäologie, Licht in die Sache bringen? Dunkle Mächte greifen nach seiner großen Liebe Susann. Wird es ihm gelingen sie aus den Fängen des Ordens zu befreien und am Schluss den Schatz der Templer zu finden?
| Автор | Karin Bachmann |
Eine fantastische Zeitreise: Eine junge Wetterhexe aus dem Mittelalter wird aus Versehen in unsere Zeit gehext. Sie versucht, sich wieder zurückzuhexen. Leider sind ihre Hexenkünste durcheinandergeraten und sie hext Gisela, Cynthia, Clemens und Jurek zurück in die alte Zeit ohne Handy und Strom, dafür mit Pest, Raubrittern und ständiger Lebensgefahr …
| Автор | Astrid Seehaus |
Autorin: Isa von der Lütt, 78 Seiten, Wortgetreue Transkription
| Автор | Isa von der Lütt |
Brides from Bridewell is the story of the female felons from England and France who were sent to Colonial America to serve their prison sentences.It sets forth the harsh, often inhuman, penal conditions then prevailing in those lands, and the fact that these thousands of feminine felons constituted one of the primary marital elements in the mothering of early America. Many women whose offenses were minor were deported. Others were confessed criminals. The facts constitute one of the neglected...
| Автор | Walter Hart Blumenthal |
"The old life described in this book disappeared long ago, but something of its heritage has, in Hawaii, become the heritage of all who live there today." With these words from the introduction to The Hawaiians: An Island People, Helen Gay Pratt invites her readers to become acquainted with Hawaii's original inhabitants and their fascinating way of life.Beginning with a view of geographical setting and an account of arrival of the original Polynesian settlers, the author goes on to a...
| Автор | Helen Pratt |
This delightful book presents seven pieces from the rich heritage of Lafcadio Hearn—one of the first and most preeminent scholars to travel to and write about Japan. They are a natural outgrowth of Hearn's peerless philosophy: «If you have any feeling—no matter what—strongly latent in the mind (even only a haunting sadness or a mysterious joy), you may be sure that it is expressible.»Hearn's language, his incomparable prose, ripened and mellowed...
| Автор | Lafcadio Hearn |
SparrowsPlaying hide-and-seekAmong the tea blossoms.—Kobayashi IssaHaiku, the traditional Japanese verse form composed of seventeen syllables, can express a dramatic scene or philosophical idea in a single line of verse. In this collection, haiku poet Yuzuru Miura has selected and translated poems by past masters such as Basho and Buson, as well as haiku by contemporary poets. Fireflies, pheasants, a summer shower, winter snow, camellias—all the favorite haiku subjects are...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Autor: Wilhelm Heinrichs, Herausgegeben von Sven Haas. Festeinband mit 428 Seiten, 241 Fotos (davon 7 in Farbe), 64 Dokumente sowie 3 Landkarten.
| Автор | Wilhelm Heinrichs |
154 Seiten, Paperback. Heinrich Kruspe Sagenbuch der Stadt Erfurt. Das Buch gehört zum Thüringer Sagenschatz – Gesamtausgabe – Nach dem Kruspe-Original von 1877 in zwei Bänden
| Автор | Heinrich Kruspe |
Autor: Frank Baranowski, Festeinband 24 x 17 cm, 596Seiten, 273 Abbildungen, darunter 260 Fotos.
| Автор | Frank Baranowski |
von Friedrich Freudenthal, 138 Seiten. Das Buch wurde nach dem Original von 1895 abgeschrieben und neu gesetzt. Die 1. Auflage 1893 erschien anonym. Die 2. Auflage 1895 hatte den Originaltitel: «Von Lüneburg bis Langensalza. Erinnerungen eines hannoverschen Infanteristen».3. Reprintauflage 2013 im Verlag Rockstuhl – Wortgetreue Transkription des Originaltextes.
| Автор | Friedrich Freudenthal |
This classic of Japanese studies is an important contribution to the understanding of Japanese art and culture.The author, Okakura wrote Ideals of the East at the turn of the 20th century. The book quickly became a museum of Asiatic civilization, and yet more than a museum, because the singular genius of the Japanese people leads them to dwell on all phases of the ideals of the past, which welcomes the new without losing the old. He wrote of that broad expanse of love for the Ultimate and...
| Автор | Kazuko Okakura |