p>Descoperi?i al patrulea volum dintr-o serie de c?r?i pentru copii a c?ror popularitate a dep??it orice a?tept?ri! ?Pisicile r?zboinice” s-au v?ndut ?n mai mult de 14 milioane de volume ?n peste 20 de ??ri ?i au ap?rut pe lista New York Times a celor mai v?ndute titluri. De genera?ii ?ntregi, patru clanuri de pisici s?lbatice convie?uiesc ?n p?dure, departe de oameni. Au un cod al onoarei ?i pre?uiesc loialitatea. Se antreneaz? ca r?zboinici pentru a-?i proteja Clanurile. Se vindec? de boli cu remedii naturiste. Respect? legile statornicite de ?nainta?i. Sunt ghida?i ?n ac?iunile lor de spiritele str?mo?ilor r?zboinici, reuni?i ?n Clanul Stelelor. Ro?covanul este un fost pisoi de cas? care s-a dovedit a fi tare puternic ?i descurc?re? ?n s?lb?ticie. Mai ?nt?i a fost acceptat ca ucenic ?n Clanul Tunetului, apoi a devenit r?zboinic sub numele Inim? de Foc, iar ?n cele din urm? vitejia l-a adus p?n? la pozi?ia de secund ?n clan. Dar Inim? de Foc nu poate sta prea mult lini?tit c?t? vreme Ghear? de Tigru, fostul secund, poate ataca oric?nd. ?i conduc?toarea Stea Albastr? ?i-a pierdut ?ncrederea ?n r?zboinicii clanului dup? ce Ghear? de Tigru s-a dovedit a fi un tr?d?tor. De aceea, Stea Albastr? ?i Inim? de Foc pornesc spre Pietrele ?nalte pentru a se sf?tui cu ?n?elep?ii din Clanul Stelelor. Dar drumul trece pe teritoriul Clanului V?ntului, o patrul? de r?zboinici condus? de Ghear? de N?mol le iese amenin??tor ?n cale ?i sunt nevoi?i s? se ?ntoarc? ?n tab?ra lor. Vara sose?te cu noi provoc?ri pentru Inim? de Foc. Ucenicul lui, Lab? de Nor, face un gest necugetat merg?nd la oameni dup? m?ncare ?i este r?pit pe loc. Dar pericolul abia acum urmeaz?. Canicula devine din ce ?n ce mai puternic? ?i un incendiu devastator cuprinde p?durea, distrug?nd tab?ra Clanului Tunetului. Volumul cuprinde h?r?i ?i simboluri din via?a pisicilor r?zboinice. ?Un episod palpitant din aventurile pisicilor r?zoinice, care va fi cu siguran?? pe placul cititorilor.“ - ALA Booklist ?Povestea este mereu surprinz?toare; personajele sunt ?nzestrate cu tabieturi ?i comportamente feline autentice.” - VOYA ?O carte plin? de suspans, pentru to?i cei care se ?ntreab? ce visuri de grandoare nutre?te mot?nelul de pe pre?ul de la u??.“ - Publishers Weekly ?Dup? ce cite?ti Pisicile r?zboinice, nu mai ai ?ncredere nici m?car ?n Motanul ?nc?l?at.“ - Kirkus Reviews Din aceea?i serie: PISICILE R?ZBOINICE. CARTEA I - ?N INIMA P?DURII PISICILE R?ZBOINICE. CARTEA A II-A - FOC ?I GHEA?? PISICILE R?ZBOINICE. CARTEA A III-A - P?DUREA SECRETELOR PISICILE R?ZBOINICE. CARTEA A V-A - O CALE PRIMEJDIOAS?

Autoarea trece ?n revist? principalele direc?ii din teoria critic? a ultimelor dou? decenii, a c?ror surs? empiric? este literatura publicat? la grani?a dintre secole. Din studiul paralel, al limbajelor teoretice ?i al lumilor fic?ionale, se poate observa omogenitatea epistemic? ?i retoric? a operelor literare apar?in?nd unei faze din istoria literaturii, for?a modelatoare a unui spirit al timpului care se manifest? dincolo de grani?e geo-politice. Totodat?, printr-o lectur? comparatist?, se poate demonstra capacitatea impresionant? a unei literaturi na?ionale de a reface, ?ntr-un timp foarte scurt, leg?turile cu marile centre de cultur? ?i de a ?negocia“ cu succes forme ?i idei literare ale unei epoci comparabile, prin ambi?iile enciclopediste ?i de sinteza, cu Rena?terea. Abordarea are caracter interdisciplinar, la grani?a dintre studiul filologic ?i modelele epistemologice furnizate, ?n epoca numit? a ?complexit??ii“, de ?tiin?a dominant?: fizica cuantic?.

Cinci femei din genera?ii diferite, care provin din lumi diferite, au un singur punct comun: nu vor s? mai aud? de dragoste ?i b?rba?i ?i au inventat un alt mod de a tr?i. B?rba?ii sunt prezen?i doar prin absen??, apar în amintirile, în nostalgiile, în visele ?i în dorin?ele lor ascunse. Singura prezen?? masculin? acceptat? este motanul casei! O nou? locatar? vine într-o zi s? le bulverseze via?a. Juliette afl? cu uimire regulile casei ?i e impresionat? de complicitatea, de curajul ?i de nebunia acestor femei. Îns? ea nu a renun?at înc? la dragoste. Va zgudui ea oare convingerile vecinelor sale? Un imobil ?i cinci femei. Un refugiu împotriva deziluziei iubirii sau a iubirii fantasmatice. Pove?ti intersectate, tandre?e feminin?, apropiere subtil?, din „vecin?tatea papucilor“. Apoi, o intrus? în c?utarea dragostei, care d? totul peste cap. – Doina Ioanid Amintind de filmul Amélie prin atmosfera cartierului descris de Karine Lambert, Femeile care au renun?at la b?rba?i vorbe?te ?i despre un aspect foarte actual, acela al dialogului dintre genera?ii. – L'Avenir „— E frumoas? dragostea, adev?rata dragoste. — Am renun?at la speran?a nebuneasc? de a o tr?i. — În montagnes russes. — La poligamie. — La a vrea s? apropii Polul Nord de Polul Sud. — La peticeala zilnic?, la a lipi de o mie de ori ce-i f?cut buc??ele. — La a-?i pierde min?ile când descoperi c? cel?lalt nu-i ceea ce p?rea a fi. — La a te dilua, a te contorsiona, a-?i toci aripile pentru a pl?cea. — La a te l?sa dus? cu z?h?relul pentru o mângâiere, un cuvânt blând. — La a deveni patetic?. — La a-?i pierde neuronii ?i a r?mâne dependent? de o rela?ie toxic?. — Nu te po?i proteja în dragoste. — Singura protec?ie este abstinen?a! SUNT NEBUNE!“

De la autoarea bestsellerului Mincino?ii Frankie Landau-Banks la 14 aniClubul De Dezbateri?Iepura?ul“ lui tataO feti?can? cam tocilar? Frankie Landau-Banks la 15 aniO tip? tr?snetO limb? ascu?it?O dispozi?ie ar??goas?…?i un nou iubit Frankie Landau-BanksNu mai e genul de fat? care s? accepte un ?nu“ ca r?spunsMai ales c?nd ?nu“ ?nseamn? s? nu fie primit? ?n societatea secret? a iubitului ei, destinat? exclusiv sexului masculin?i c?nd sunt de f?cut at?tea ?i at?tea farse Frankie Landau-Banks la 16 aniO posibil? infractoare de geniu Aceasta e povestea parcursului ei! Lockhart a dep??it genul chick-lit cu aceast? analiz? inteligent? a eternei dileme adolescentine: s? te adaptezi ?i s? fii acceptat sau s? ie?i ?n eviden??, risc?nd s? fii respins. Un amuzant manifest feminist care va ?nc?nta ga?ca fetelor. -- Kirkus Reviews Odat? cu Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart creeaz? un personaj de neuitat. Adolescen?ii vor fi ?nc?nta?i de comportamentul ei rebel ?i de ?ntreb?rile ei p?tima?e despre gen ?i putere, indivizi ?i institu?ii ?i cum s? te ?ndr?goste?ti f?r? s? te pierzi pe tine ?nsu?i. -- Booklist ??l pl?cea. Era masiv. Aducea mai mult a b?rbat dec?t al?i b?ie?i de v?rsta lui. ?i pl?cea camera lui dezordonat?, ?n?esat? cu teancuri de c?r?i. ?i pl?cea s?-l vad? pe terenul de lacrosse, unde era vedet?. Nu-i venea a crede c? o place pe ea, fiindc? ?n perioada aceea ?nc? aducea mult a pu??toaic? deloc ?n largul ei, sfrijit?, cu picioare prea lungi, cu maxilarele proeminente ?i p?rul zburlit, dar Porter zicea c? lui i se p?rea c?-i amuzant? ?i c? are ochi frumo?i.“

Aceste Stampe din Germania se datoresc unui poet român de o ascu?it? sensibilitate. Este, de fapt, un jurnal personal, în parte – dar numai în parte – echivalent cu ceea ce în veacul al XIX-lea s-au dovedit a fi Confesiunile unui copil al secolului . Totul, îns?, se cere a fi privit mutatis mutandis, ?inând seama de spiritul diametral opus al veacului nostru. Dumitru Stancu este un sensibil, dar nu un sentimental în genul lui Musset . În rest, ni se înf??i?eaz? ca un intens f?uritor de atmosfer?, îndeosebi dramatic?. ?i aici iar??i trebuie s? accentu?m o anumit? distinc?ie fa?? de trecut. Ceea ce era atmosfer? liric?, în veacul al XIX-lea, cap?t? intensitatea tensionat? de atmosfer? dramatic? în veacul nostru cutreierat de cataclisme istorice f?r? precedent.

In between her fairy-tale wedding and her premature death, there lived the most beloved royal presence of our century, surely as multifaceted as any celebrity of our time. The radical twists and turns in her brief life drew the fascination of millions. Yet the most photographed woman in the world was also the least quoted--her actual words were seldom heard, and never gathered, until now. This unique book is the result of a scrupulous worldwide search for every one of Diana's significant quotes. Upon reading this collection, one will find that behind her shy veneer dwelled a woman of extraordinary resourcefulness, stamina, and, perhaps above all, vulnerability. In fact, her open frankness about the events and people around her is both disarming and startling. The reader will discover the sharp clarity, endless warmth, and ready wit that she brought to her legendary life in this intimate self-portrait. This is the closest we will ever get to an autobiography from the People's Princess.

Reengineering has captured the imagination of managers and shareholders alike, sending corporations on journeys of radical business redesign that have already begun to transfigure global industry. Yet aside from earning them improvements in their business performance, the shift into more-process-centered organizations is causing fundamental changes in the corporate world, changes that business leaders are only now beginning to understand. What will the revolutions final legacy beBeyond Reengineering addresses this question, exploring reengineering's effects on such areas as: Jobs: What does process-centering do to the nature of jobsWhat does a process-centered workplace feel likeManagers: What is the new role of the manager in a process-centered companyEducation: What skills are vital in the process-centered working world, and how can young or inexperienced workers prepareSociety: What are the implications of process-centering for employment and the economy as a wholeInvestment: What are the characteristics of a successful 21st-century corporationAn informed look at one of the most profound changes to ever sweep the corporate world, Beyond Reengineering is the business manual for the 21st century.

In this invaluable book, Mike McGetrick, one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teaching Professionals in America and 1999 National PGA Teacher of the Year, shows how to make the best shot possible and shave strokes off your game. Sharing the same methods he uses when coaching some of the best players in the world, McGetrick outlines 12 basic shots you can incorporate into your game without overhauling your technique."Shotmaking is much more than simply curving the ball or hitting it low and high," explains Mike McGetrick, personal instructor to top golf professionals such as Juli Inkster, Brandt Jobe, and Meg Mallon. "It's understanding how the lie, the wind, the contour of the target and the hazards of the course will affect your decision making process." To reach full scoring potential on a course, you have to be a scrambler at heart, a master who can read a course's shifting challenges-from weather and terrain to pin positions-and adapt accordingly.Following the clear advice in The Scrambler's Dozen, you will learn to be a great scrambler-to trust your decisions and your ability to execute shots to get the greatest rewards from the game. Like the pros, you too can learn when and how to chip or pitch or putt from off the green, and know how to practice so you're rarely in unfamiliar situations on the golf course. The Scramblers Dozen is the secret for squeezing every ounce out of your game and reaching your full scoring potential.

As America is finding out, soy is the most complete and versatile protein in existence. It has no cholesterol or saturated fat but plenty of vitamins and fiber and offers amazing health benefits for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. Based on the simple idea that food is your best medicine, The Soy Zone shows you how to maintain peak mental alertness, increase your energy, and reduce the likelihood of chronic disease -- all while losing excess body fat. Dr. Barry Sears brings all the life-enhancing benefits of the Zone to a mouthwatering collection of delicious soy-based Zone meals, featuring:Soy Zone-perfect breakfasts, lunches, appetizers, dinners, and snacksAppetizing new recipes from top chefs, such as Red Bean Chill, Hong Kong Burger, and Soy Zone-friendly Vegetarian Pad ThaiThe ultimate healthful food plan, with quick and easy fat-burning alternatives to dangerous high-carb dietsAn exercise and longevity plan for men and womenHelpful recommendations for Soy Zoning your kitchenA scientifically proven plan for achieving perfect hormonal balance while losing weight

In “Educational Disobedience,” educationist, Dr. Annise Mabry, offers a compelling, unique and refreshing insight into how she helps her children overcome the limitations of what she terms “a broken education system,” in the State of Georgia. Her decision to homeschool them were borne largely due to the fact that they were not receiving the best of education, and more because protection from the unending problem of bullying in public schools was lacking. She soon realized that only a crucial intervention could save her family from falling apart, and it was a decision that proved timely because not only did she achieve her objectives, but she also ended up saving her community! She has helped many parents to transform their children from struggling students to homeschool high school graduates!This isn't the guide for how to homescool--it's the story of survival because of homeschool.

The authors of Christmas Miracles deliver true stories that show just how enduring a mother's remarkable love can be.

Last holiday season, Christmas Miracles touched the hearts of thousands with its inspiring true stories of real people and their miraculous encounters. With The Magic of Christmas Miracles we have a second collection of amazing true stories of people whose lives were forever changed by small, yet wondrous, Yuletide events. Among them are:The Red Cap: Santa leaves behind a calling card to convince a doubting child.Epiphany: A walk in the woods with an angel gives a lonely woman new hope.Lost at Sea: Two racing yachtsmen put aside rivalry in a dramatic Christmas Day rescue in the Indian Ocean.Fly Away Home: A private plane carrying an unconscious pilot lands safely in an empty field.. . . and many more to brighten the spirit. The Magic of Christmas Miracles will uplift readers' hearts for this and many future holiday seasons.

Ivan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backfiring good intentions in a world of propaganda and paranoia. At age nineteen, an innocent prank cuts the young Croatian's budding medical career short and lands him in a notorious labor camp. Released on the eve of civil war, Ivan is drafted into the wrong army, becoming a pawn in an absurd conflict in which the rules and loyalties shift abruptly and without warning. But even in a world gone mad, one course of action remains eminently sane: survival.Told with bitingly dark humor and a deep tenderness, April Fool's Day is both a devastating political satire and a razor-sharp parody of war.

The lives of brothers Charlie and Owen Bender are changed forever on the night their father walks into the Vermont woods with a death wish and a shotgun. The second shock comes when his suicide note bequeaths the family's restaurant to Charlie alone, while leaving Owen with instructions to follow his own path, wherever it may take him.Years later, the restaurant is a success. The void in Charlie's life, created by his beloved brother's absence, is finally filled when a passionate affair becomes a deeply satisfying marriage. And now prodigal son Owen is returning home, to be welcomed back into the family fold. But the cruel legacy that tore a brotherhood apart created wounds not easily healed . . . and there must be reckoning.

Ala?s, the spirited and indomitable princess of France, returns for another thrilling adventure in this historically rich, mesmerizing sequel to The Canterbury PapersWhen I settled back among the velvet cushions, the scenes from the cathedral replayed themselves before my unwilling eyes: the odd chalice, the way Constance looked at it, the interruption of Mass by the armed knights, the strange response of Chastellain to the king's inquiry.A whisper within me matched the clap-clap of the horses' hooves on the stones of the Paris road: There is more here; there is more here.Paris, October 1207. There is nothing that Princess Ala?s of France wants more than to settle down with her lover, William of Caen, and to reveal to his ward, Francis, that she is his mother. But intrigue is afoot in the palace: two monks have arrived from Rome on a mission to compel her brother, Philippe, the king, to help them battle a dangerous breakaway Christian sect in the south known as the Cathars. At the same time, Ala?s's aunt, the dowager countess Constance of Toulouse, is causing trouble in court, and Etienne Chastellain, the king's chief official, appears to be up to something more sinister than usual.Tensions are pushed to the brink when the St. John Cup, a relic much prized by the Cathars, is stolen, and then young Francis goes missing. Frantic for his safety, Ala?s will risk life and limb to find the boy. Donning a disguise, the royal princess must outwit cunning enemies and make her way into unfamiliar territory to save her son, and perhaps even prevent her beloved France from a bloody holy war.From the opulent halls of Paris to austere monasteries in the south of France, The Rebel Princess combines history and suspense in an unforgettabletale involving one of the most enigmatic and intriguing female figures in medieval history.

In this inspirational autobiography, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger, the airline pilot whose emergency landing on the Hudson River earned the world's admiration, tells his life story and talks about the essential qualities that he believes have been so vital to his success. In January 2009, the world witnessed one of the most remarkable emergency landings in history when Captain Sullenberger brought a crippled US Airways flight onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all of the passengers and crew aboard. The successful outcome was the result of effective teamwork, Sully's dedication to airline safety, his belief that a pilot's judgment must go hand-in-hand with and can never be replaced by technology, and forty years of careful practice and training. From his earliest memories of learning to fly as a teenager in a crop duster's single-engine plane in the skies above rural Texas to his years in the United States Air Force at the controls of a powerful F-4 Phantom, Sully describes the experiences that have helped make him a better leader, particularly the importance of taking responsibility for everyone in his care. And he talks about what he believes is at the heart of America's "can do" spirit: the very human drive to prepare for the unexpected and to meet it with optimism and courage. His wife, Lorrie, has been a pillar of support through all the highs and lows that life has offered, from the challenges of commercial flying to the birth of their two daughters, from financial struggles to the event of January 15, 2009. Though the world may remember Sully as the hero of Flight 1549, the legacy he desires even more is that of a loving husband and father. Highest Duty is the intimate story of a man who has grown up to embrace what we think of as quintessential American values leadership, responsibility, commitment to hard work, and service to others. And it is a narrative that reminds us that cultivating seemingly ordinary virtues can prepare us to perform extraordinary acts.

At her friend Ivy's behest, Emily reluctantly agrees to attend a party at the sprawling English country estate of Lord Fortescue, a man she finds as odious as he is powerful. But if Emily is expecting Lord Fortescue to be the greatest of her problems, she is wrong. Her host has also invited Kristiana von Lange, an Austrian countess who was once linked romantically with Emily's fiancé, the debonair Colin Hargreaves. What Emily believes will be a tedious evening turns deadly when Fortescue is found murdered, and his protégé, Robert Brandon—Ivy's husband—is arrested for the crime. Determined to right this terrible wrong and clear Robert's name, Emily begins to dig for answers, a quest that will lead her from London's glittering ballrooms to Vienna's sordid backstreets. Not until she engages a notorious anarchist in a game of wits does the shocking truth begin to emerge: the price of exonerating Robert can be paid only by placing Colin in deadly peril. To save her fiancé, Emily must do the unthinkable: bargain with her nemesis, the Countess von Lange.

It is August of 1963, the year of the Taylor/Burton film epic Cleopatra, showcasing a passion too grand to be contained on the movie screen. The women of the Kalyna Beach cottage community gather for gin and gossip, trading the current racy bestsellers among themselves as they seek a brief escape from the predictable rhythms of children and chores. But dramatic change is coming this summer as innocence falters and the desire for change reaches a boiling point, threatening to disrupt the warm, sweet, heady days and the lives of parents and children, family and friends, forever.

Twenty contemporary writers commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe with chilling stories inspired by the master himself.Nearly two centuries after they were penned, Edgar Allan Poe's macabre tales are still working their eerie magic on readers of every stripe—thrill-seekers, filmmakers, even fellow writers of suspense. Collected here to honor and celebrate Poe's genius are original stories by some of the best mystery writers at work today.A son attempts to connect with his dying father in Thomas H. Cook's "Nevermore." John Lutz's "Poe, Poe, Poe" combines elements from several of Poe's stories in a twisted tale of madness and mayhem. "Poe, Jo, and I," by Don Winslow, examines the curious bond literature can form between the most unlikely of friends. And in Jon L. Breen's "William Allan Wilson," getting even has never felt so good.With contributions by Mary Higgins Clark, Jeremiah Healy, Peter Lovesey, P. J. Parrish, Daniel Stashower, and Angela Zeman, among others, On a Raven's Wing is a fitting tribute to the one and only Edgar Allan Poe. The Mystery Writers of America, founded in 1945, is the foremost organization for mystery writers and other professionals dedicated to the field of crime writing. Don't miss In the Shadow of the Master, a new collection of Poe's stories, edited by Michael Connelly and featuring essays from Stephen King, Sue Grafton, and others.

Hailed as the "Israeli Kite Runner" (The Bookseller), this international bestseller and publishing phenomenon is the bittersweet story of one family, one home, and the surprising arc of one woman's life, from the poverty of her youth to the glowing love and painful losses of her adult years.Braiding together past and present, Every House Needs a Balcony tells the story of a young Jewish girl—a child of Romanian immigrants—who lives with her family in the poverty-stricken heart of 1950s Haifa, Israel. Eight-year-old Rina, her older sister, and their parents inhabit a cramped apartment with a narrow balcony that becomes an intimate shared stage on which the joys and dramas of the building's daily life are played out. It is also a vantage point from which Rina witnesses the emergence of a strange new country, born from the ashes of World War II. Later, after years of living abroad with her wealthy Spanish husband in Barcelona, Rina, longing for the simple life she has missed, returns to the Haifa of her boisterous youth, a move that soothes her soul but ultimately endangers her marriage.Beautifully told, rich with questions of identity, love, and survival, Every House Needs a Balcony is an unforgettable social and historical portrait of a neighborhood and a nation. Steeped in the colors and smells, laughter and tears, of Rina Frank's own childhood memories, it is a heartbreaking tale about the deepest meanings of home.

Once Edith Lutz had a life, a husband, and a home. Why did she run?Edith doesn't want to be found, so she's taken on a new look, a new name, and an anonymous new life in New York City. Hoping to escape her past and start over, she's now working as a live-in housekeeper for wealthy, recently divorced publisher Adam. Edith is a breath of fresh air in her lonely employer's empty home, and she soon becomes more than just the woman who cleans the kitchen. But Adam knows nothing of the real woman he's falling in love with—or just how shaky the foundations of their blossoming relationship truly are. And Edith can never be sure that her dark history won't catch up to her. In fact, it's closer than she thinks.