Bookbot

Robert C. O. Brien

    11 januari 1918 – 5 maart 1973

    Deze auteur onderzoekt de ingewikkelde relaties tussen de mensheid en de natuur, waarbij hij zich vaak richt op thema's van overleving en aanpassing in onbekende omgevingen. Zijn schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door nauwgezet gecreëerde werelden en diepe reflecties op de menselijke aard. Hoewel zijn werken zich kunnen verdiepen in spannende situaties, dragen ze consequent een onderliggende stroom van hoop en innerlijke kracht met zich mee.

    Marriott
    Global Political Economy
    Z for Zachariah
    The Silver Crown
    York Notes: Z for Zachariah
    Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
    • Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.

      Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
      4,3
    • In this gripping and memorable middle grade fantasy from Newbery Medal–winning author Robert C. O’Brien, good and evil are locked in battle and the balance between the two can only be restored by one young girl’s determination to set things right. “It lay beside her on the pillow, shinier than silver, glowing softly, with twinkling blue stones set all around....It did not occur to her to wonder from whom it had come; she was merely aware that it was hers by right.” Ellen awakens one morning with a mysterious silver crown on the pillow beside her. What magic powers it possesses she has not yet discovered, but the sudden changes in her life are unmistakable: her house is burned down, her family has disappeared, and a man in a dark uniform is stalking her. Can Ellen ever find her family? Can she use the power of the silver crown to thwart the powers of darkness? What diabolical force hides inside the mysterious castle in the woods?

      The Silver Crown
      3,9
    • Z for Zachariah

      • 192bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      A gripping, thought-provoking story about life after a nuclear holocaust, by a Newbery Medalist.

      Z for Zachariah
      3,9
    • Global Political Economy

      • 496bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      This is the new third edition of this popular and successful text on the contemporary global political economy and its historical evolution has been systematically revised and updated throughout. The impact of the banking and broader crisis is fully covered and new chapters have been added on security and on theories and methods.

      Global Political Economy
      3,8
    • Das Geheimnis der silbernen Krone

      • 222bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      Das Geheimnis der silbernen Krone - bk1142; Verlag Jungbrunnen; Robert C. O´Brian; pocket_book; 1984

      Das Geheimnis der silbernen Krone