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Melville, Herman
Moby Dick
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Penguin popular classics )
London [u.a.] : Penguin Books , 1994 - 536 S. ISBN 978-0-14-062062-7
It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one ...
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Englisch Roman Mel
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Englisch Roman Dick
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Høeg, Peter
Smilla's sense of snow
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Dell Book )
New York, NY : Dell Publ. , 1994 - 499 S. : 6,53 EUR ISBN 978-0-440-21853-1
Smilla's Sense of Snow presents one of the toughest heroines in modern fiction. Smilla Qaavigaaq Jaspersen is part Eskimo but she lives in Copenhagen and keeps to herself. When her six-year old nei...
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Englisch Roman Hoe
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Le Carré, John
The night manager
a novel
New York : Knopf , 1993 - 1. ed - 429 p : 24,00 EUR ISBN 978-0-679-42513-7
The night manager is Jonathan, a veteran of clandestine operations. In flight from a failed marriage and his own past, he has taken refuge in the luxury hotel trade. Yet he finds no escape from his...
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Atwood, Margaret
The Robber Bride
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Seal Books )
Toronto : McClelland-Bantam , 1993 - Seal ed - VIII, 528 S : 6,07 EUR ISBN 978-0-7704-2616-3
By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace Zenia is beautiful, smart and greedy, by turns manipulative and vulnerable, needy and ruthless; a man's dream and a woman''s nightmare. She i...
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Englisch Roman Atw
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Englisch Roman Sul
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Ishiguro, Kazuo
A pale view of hills
London [u.a.] : Faber and Faber , 1991 - Paperb. ed. 1. publ. - 183 S : 9,05 EUR ISBN 978-0-571-16283-3
In this debut novel from acclaimed Booker Prize-winning Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go), post-war Japan serves as the haunting backdrop to a subtle story of memory, suicide...
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Englisch Roman Ish
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King, Stephen
Different seasons
London [u.a.] : Futura , 1989 - 560 S : 6,59 EUR ISBN 978-0-451-16753-8
Read the original stories which became the celebrated films STAND BY ME, APT PUPIL and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, voted the world's most popular movie. In this classic collection of four novellas...
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Allende, Isabel
Eva Luna
New York [u.a.] : Bantam , 1989 - Bantam export ed., 1. pr. - 307 S. : 10,36 EUR ISBN 978-0-553-17330-7
Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener – born poor, orphaned at an early age and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller...
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Englisch Roman All
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Rosen, Michael
We're going on a bear hunt
London : Walker Books , 1989 : 8,90 EUR ISBN 978-0-7445-2323-2
We're going on a bear hunt. / We're going to catch a big one. / What a beautiful day! / We're not scared." So begins Michael Rosen's award-winning read-aloud romp We're Going on a Bear Hunt. In thi...
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Englisch 4.4 Ros
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Irving, John
The world according to Garp
London : Zsolnay , 1989 - Repr - 569 p : 7,06 EUR ISBN 978-0-552-11190-4
This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields--a feminist leader ahead of her times. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is ...
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Nolan, Christopher
Under the eye of the clock
The life story of Christopher Nolan
London u.a. : Pan Books , 1988 - 207 S : 7,43 EUR ISBN 978-0-330-30316-3
A powerful and moving autobiography from a gifted writer who has been compared to Joyce and Yeats. This is the story of Joseph Meehan, born cruelly handicapped and known to the world as 'the cri...
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Adams, Richard
Watership Down
Harmondsworth u.a. : Penguin Books , 1986 - (Publ. 1974. Repr.) - 478 S : 8,50 EUR ISBN 978-0-14-003958-0
One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival. Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happ...
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Shakespeare, William
Romeo and Juliet
Stuttgart u.a. : Klett , 1985 - 2. ed - 272 S : 7,41 EUR ISBN 978-3-12-576110-0
When the feud between the Montagues and Capulets spills into the streets of Verona, a great love must be kept secret—that of Romeo, son of Montague, and Juliet, daughter of the sworn enemy. But onl...
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Crane, Milton
50 great short stories
New York : Bantam Books , 1983 - 571 Seiten ISBN 978-0-553-27745-6
"50 Great Short Stories" is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous H...
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Jugend ab 13
Englisch 5.4 Cra
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Pym, Barbara
Quartet in autumn
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A Panther Book )
London u.a. : Granada , 1981 - 175 S : 8,99 EUR ISBN 978-0-586-05033-0
With an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning....
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Keyes, Daniel
Flowers for Algernon
New York : Bantam Books , 1978 - 216 S ISBN 978-0-553-27450-9
Geschrieben ist es aus der Ich-Perspektive des Protagonisten Charlie. Er ist ein Kandidat für ein wissenschaftliches Experiment, durch welches die Intelligenz deutlich gesteigert werden soll. Gete...
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Blyton, Enid
Secret Seven
2.
Secret Seven adventure
2
Leicester : Knight Books , 1975 - 14. impr. - 125 S. ISBN 978-0-340-04157-4
Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! These timeless stories are perfect for young fans of mystery, adventure or detective series. Also available in audiobo...
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Jugend ab 13
Englisch 5.4 Bly