Irving: 935 books

The Cuban Revolution of 1959 was a benchmark of triumph and a harbinger of tragedy to come. Rather than herald a new era of Cuba joining the world community of nations as a paragon of democracy as many fervently hoped and believed it would, it became instead a new stage in authoritarian rule in the...

First published in 2005, this timely volume challenges those who see faith schools as contributing positively to the well-being of society and responding to parent choice to think through the implications of September 11 for our multi-ethnic and multi-faith society without taking a position on the...

Im Jahre 1799 wird der New Yorker Polizist Ichabod Crane in das Städtchen Sleepy Hollow entsandt, wo innerhalb kürzester Zeit drei kopflose Leichen aufgefunden wurden. Im Ort munkelt man, dass hinter diesen Morden der Geist eines kopflosen Reiters steckt. Doch Crane, aufgeklärt und fortschrittlich,...

Eine okkulte Kurzgeschichte aus Irvings Werk "Bracebridge Hall".

Schläfrige Höhle ist bekannt für seine Geister und die eindringliche Atmosphäre, die die Phantasie seiner Bewohner und Besucher durchdringt. Einige Bewohner sagen, dass diese Stadt in den frühen Tagen der niederländischen Siedlung verzaubert war. Andere Bewohner sagen, dass ein alter...

Extrait du Livre d'esquisses (The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, 1819-1820)

Extrait du Livre d'esquisses (The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, 1819-1820)

Assister à de nouvelles scènes, observer des caractères et des mœurs inconnus, eut toujours beaucoup d’attrait pour moi. Je n’étais encore qu’un enfant que déjà je commençais à voyager, à faire de nombreuses excursions. J’allais à la découverte des parties non visitées, des régions...

Les voyageurs qui ont remonté le cours de l’Hudson doivent avoir gardé souvenir des montagnes de Kaatskill. Elles forment un rameau détaché de la grande chaîne des Appalaches et se voient dans le lointain, à l’ouest du fleuve, fières, élancées, dominant le pays. Chaque changement de saison,...

Extrait du Livre d'esquisses (The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, 1819-1820)

(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part, as well as in the vocal line.

Finding love in your life is wonderful unless you were not looking for it in the first place and a professional killer who needs to remain totally focused. Gaining a family to look after and keep safe can cause mistakes and give your enemies a way to get to you. Who can you trust? How many are out...

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Serendipity has a unique way of making lovers of strangers, and enemies of friends. The King has decreed that his niece, Eleanor, should marry his favorite knight, Matheus, to unite the houses of York and Lancaster, and prevent the looming cousins war. Can the young widower, adept in battle...