Wünschst du dir, Gott würde hörbar zu dir sprechen? Mit seiner liebevollen Vaterstimme, ganz persönlich zu dir? Er tut das – auf jeder einzelnen Seite der Bibel. Lass dir seine Worte zusprechen, direkt zu deinem Herzen, jeden Tag aufs Neue. Mach dich auf eine einzigartige Entdeckungsreise durch das Buch der Bücher und zu unserem persönlichen Gott. Gott spricht zu dir – kannst du ihn hören?
A specially produced paperback edition -- with flaps -- of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than six million copies in hardcover Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret. Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever. One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife -- and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.
[Penguin Readers Level 1]William Tell is a good man, but his country is a dangerous place. The Swiss people don’t like the Austrian emperor or his governor in Switzerland. Can William Tell help them in their fight with the Austrians? Or is he a man of peace?
Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. the novel is modeled after the day's popular romances and Gothic thrillers, which it then proceeds to ridicule. The heroine is Catherine Morland, who encounters upper-crust society at Bath, falls in love, and becomes targeted by misinformed fortune-seekers. After moving to Northanger Abbey, her imagination goes to work and dreams up mysteries that lead to various social disasters.
O. Henry's stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems. But how is a story going to finish? You never know. Readers always remember his stories -- page 4 of cover
Original / American English Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls' number 23, is very famous. And he can fly! Maybe he is the best basketball player of all time. But where did he come from? How did he start in basketball? Read about his life and about his love of basketball.
Kolonialwarenhändler erschließen den Dschungel von Belgisch-Kongo im Dienste der Mächte Europas. Der berüchtigte Mr Kurtz, erfolgreichster aller Elfenbein-Lieferanten, beutet gnadenlos die Ureinwohner aus und lässt sich als Gott verehren. Zunehmend wird er Opfer seiner eigenen Allmachtsphantasien ... Der Horror lauert überall, wo der vermeintlich zivilisierte Westen glaubt, Heil bringen zu müssen.
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This beautiful edition, featuring an afterword by John Grant, is the perfect way to experience this unforgettable tale. An emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is rightfully considered to be one of the finest novels ever written. Rejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. But after Quasimodo saves the beautiful Romani girl Esmeralda from the gallows and brings her to sanctuary in the cathedral, he and Frollo's mutual desire for her puts them increasingly at odds, before compassion and cruelty clash with tragic results.
Contemporary / American English This is the second exciting Mummy movie. Ten years after their last battle with Imhotep, Evelyn and Rick O'Connell are back in Egypt. It is the Year of the Scorpion and people in Egypt are afraid. Somebody has to kill the Scorpion King, or the world will end.
In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland and who was transformed by the war into a man with a mission, a compassionate angel of mercy.
Trumble is a minimum security federal prison, home to drug dealers, bank robbers, swindlers, embezzlers, tax evaders, and three former judges who call themselves The Brethren. They meet each day in the law library where they spend hours writing letters. They are fine-tuning a mail scam, and it's starting to pay big. The money is pouring in. But then their little scam goes awry. It ensnares the wrong victim, a powerful man on the outside, a man with dangerous friends, and The Brethren's days of quietly marking time are over.
"The young Robinson Crusoe ignores his father's advice and decides to become a sailor. But Crusoe is soon caught up in violent storms and finds himself shipwrecked on a remote island. He will have to live on this island for the next twenty-eight years"--Back cover note
"L.A. is a city where it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad. At Central Police Station, Christmas 1951, cops beat up six suspects. This will change the careers of the three LAPD detectives involved"--http://trove.nla.gov.au
Surviving a murder attempt on her life, probation officer Ann Carlisle wonders if the unknown assailant could be the young drug dealer in her charge, an accused rapist facing trial, or her own husband. Reprint.
Building Skills for the TOEFL "RM" Test teaches the skills and examination techniques needed for students to score well on the TOEFL "RM" Test (paper and pencil). TOEFL "RM" tactics pages throughout the book provide useful hints on developing language skills, using the practice materials, and test-taking strategies. The course -- Clear, systematic, step-by-step preparation.-- Short, timed TOEFL "RM" practice exercises.-- Two complete TOEFL "RM" practice tests, including the Test of Written English, to thoroughly prepare students for the exam.