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Ned Halley

    Ned Halley is de auteur van een aantal kinderboeken. Hij heeft bijgedragen aan bestsellers als How To Do Just About Anything en How Is It Done? Als voormalig directeur van de Amerikaanse uitgeverij Rodale Press schrijft Ned nu vanuit zijn huis in Somerset, Engeland.

    Tales of the Jazz Age
    Don Quixote
    King Richard III
    The Wine Label Collector's Album
    Anna Karenina
    Farm
    • Classic dog stories

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      From the grit of a frontier man’s dog, from pampered lapdog to wayward mongrel, from faithful guard dog to strong willed pet they’re all here in Classic Dog Stories - the perfect gift for dog lovers everywhere. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. In this beautiful collection, dogs of all kinds are brought to life on the page. Working dogs, dogs who are not treated well by humans, dogs who save lives in many different ways and the funny side of these treasured animals leap and bound on the page from writers such as Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf and Jerome K. Jerome.

      Classic dog stories2020
      3,3
    • Best Short Stories

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      Reading the stories of Somerset Maugham is rather like curling up and up listening to the delicious, risque tales of an old, dear and rather wicked friend. You turn the pages and enter a magical world of fabulous characters, are transported to the very place, the villa, the street, the bar, of which he writes. This Macmillan Collector's Library selection features ten of his finest and most vivid stories: 'The Letter', 'The Verger', 'The Vessel of Wrath', 'The Book-Bag', 'The Facts of Life', 'Lord Mountdrago', 'The Colonel's Lady', 'The Treasure', 'Rain' and 'P&O;'.This elegant edition of W. Somerset Maugham's Best Short Stories features an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

      Best Short Stories2017
    • King Richard III

      Fremdsprachentexte Reclam XL – Text und Kontext. Niveau C1 (GER)

      • 220bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      Englische Literatur in der Reihe »Fremdsprachentexte Reclam XL – Text und Kontext«: Das ist der englische Originaltext, ungekürzt und unbearbeitet, mit überwiegend einsprachigen Worterläuterungen sowie Zusatzmaterial auf Englisch im Anhang. »Now is the winter of our discontent ...« William Shakespeares Tragödie, die um 1593 entstand, beschreibt einen kaltblütigen Kampf um den englischen Königsthron aus der Zeit der sogenannten Rosenkriege im 15. Jahrhundert. Richard intrigiert nicht nur gegen seinen älteren Bruder, den regierenden König, sondern lässt nach dessen Tod auch dessen minderjährige Söhne ermorden, um selbst herrschen zu können. Ein mörderisches Drama, mit dem Shakespeare sich auch in den politischen Debatten seiner Zeit positionierte. Englische Lektüre: Niveau C1 (GER) Die Ausgabe im XL-Format (11,4 x 17 cm) verfügt über ein größeres Schriftbild und bietet mehr Platz für Randnotizen.

      King Richard III2016
      3,9
    • The Beautiful and Damned

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure and scandalous revelry. When the money dries up their marriage founders. In this wistful novel Fitzgerald portrays the decline of youthful promise with devastating clarity.

      The Beautiful and Damned2016
      3,8
    • Tales of the Jazz Age

      • 288bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald's name, Tales of the Jazz Age combines period pieces - the most notable of which is the novella-length 'May Day' - with more fanciful creations, such as the fantastical 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', recently made into a Hollywood film.

      Tales of the Jazz Age2016
      3,9
    • The Good Soldier

      Die allertraurigste Geschichte, englische Ausgabe, Complete & Unabridged

      • 280bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Set just before World War I the story chronicles the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham, the soldier to whom the title refers, and his own seemingly perfect marriage and that of two American friends. The novel is told using a series of flashbacks in non-chronological order, a literary technique that formed part of the author's pioneering view of literary impressionism. Ford employs the device of the unreliable narrator to great effect as the main character gradually reveals a version of events that is quite different from what the introduction leads the reader to believe.

      The Good Soldier2013
      3,7
    • The Merchant of Venice

      • 128bladzijden
      • 5 uur lezen

      The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.

      The Merchant of Venice2011
      3,8
    • Een vrouw verlaat haar gezin en gaat in vrije liefde met haar minnaar leven, doch blijkt uiteindelijk niet tegen de spanningen van dit onzekere bestaan opgewassen. "Anna Karenina". 1873-'76

      Anna Karenina2010
      4,0
    • De avonturen van David Balfour

      • 285bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Dutch translation of two books in one volume: Kidnapped (1886) Catriona (1893)

      De avonturen van David Balfour2009
      3,6
    • Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant have found its way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction, the 'books of chivalry', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature.

      Don Quixote2006
      3,9
    • Das große Buch der Katastrophen

      • 63bladzijden
      • 3 uur lezen

      Krakatau, Vesuv, Erdbeben von Tokio, Tsunami, Eissturm, Tornado, Buschfeuer, Pandemie, Heuschreckenplage, Gefahrenzonen. SELBSTGEMACHTE Hungersnot, Tschernobyl, Brücke in Brand, Crash auf der Startbahn, Titanic, Ölpest, Smog, Erdrutsch, Börsenkrach. KÜNFTIGE Erderwärmung, Land unter, Krankheiten, Überbevölkerung, Erdbeben in San Francisco, Meteorit.

      Das große Buch der Katastrophen2000
    • The Ultimate Cocktail Book

      • 304bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      This book contains more cocktails than any other - 1,500 of them, ranging from classic Martinis to unblushing modern concoctions such as Sex on the Beach. Recipes are user friendly, assembled on a 'unit' basis that clearly shows the proportions needed to make the perfect cocktail - without fuss. Ingredients and equipment are easy to acquire, techniques straightforward. Bewildering measures - 'jigger', 'half-gill' 3/4 fl oz - are avoided. There is much entertainment to be found in these pages too, with revealing anecdotes about many of the cocktails, and generous sprinklings of apposite quotations, risque jokes and little curiosities. The Ultimate Cocktail Book is more than a reference guide, it's a concocter's companion and a source of enlightenment. A volume tailor-made, in short, for good mixers.

      The Ultimate Cocktail Book1998
      3,3
    • Farm

      • 64bladzijden
      • 3 uur lezen

      This guide allows readers the opportunity to discover the story of farming including the rhythm of the seasons, the rearing of livestock and the work of ploughing, sowing and harvesting. On each spread a photograph of actual objects shows close-up detail.

      Farm1997
      3,7
    • Landwirtschaft

      • 64bladzijden
      • 3 uur lezen

      Kaum etwas hat die Geschichte der Menschheit nachhaltiger beeinflußt als die Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft: Aus Jägern und Sammlern wurden seßhafte Bauern. Jahrtausendelang waren Ackerbau und Viehzucht ein hartes Brot. Maschinen gibt es noch nicht lange. Doch sie haben das bäuerliche Leben völlig verändert. Dieser Band zeigt die Erfindungen, die die Landwirtschaft geprägt haben, ebenso wie Feldfrüchte und Nutztiere von einst und heute.

      Landwirtschaft1996
    • The Wine Label Collector's Album

      • 160bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      This volume has been designed to accommodate a collection of more than 200 wine labels from all over the a special reinforced binding allows the album to expand as the collection grows. The album begins with a concise guide to collecting labels - and thus collecting wine - with background about the history and function of labels of some of the world's collections. There is practical advice on the processes by which even stubborn labels can be removed from their bottles.

      The Wine Label Collector's Album1992
      1,0
    • Sandeman

      Two Hundred Years of Port and Sherry - Bicentenary 1790-1990

      • 160bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen
      Sandeman1990