Birthday Present For Husband
Is this enough of a birthday present for my husband?
I got him a pair of white linen pants (nice ones), and the game ‘Monopoly’; he’s always wanted it. And i got him a very expensive cake. But i feel like it’s so little. Is it insufficient?
I agree with bounce, its up to you to make it something special and the best gift u can give is your self! It sounds like u’r a wonderful caring wife so if u really are concerned about making his day then all u have to do is really show him. I like to personally make a gift for every one i buy when it comes to those i care that much for. If u’r not really the gift making type just make it simple and sweet! for example write him a little love note.
Lovely birthday Gift TO MY HUSBAND
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Fred & Friends Winestein Double-Walled Glass Mug $16.00 Fred & Friends a beer-lover’s wine glass, or a wine-lover’s beer glass?… |
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Bacon Flavored Toothpicks & Dispenser Novelty Gag Gift $2.45 No dinner party is complete without some postprandial picking! That’s why savvy hosts from all corners of the globe pass around this Bacon Toothpick Dispenser when their guests have finished eating. Each 3-3/8″ (8.6 cm) tall, plastic device is decorated with a crispy, fried bacon pattern and provides a tasty bacon-flavored toothpick with the press of a button! Eighty toothpicks included…. |
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Fred & Friends Citrus Saw Bottle Opener And Fruit Slicer $0.82 Cold beer & lime wedges go together like Joanie & Chachi. And that, my friend, is why the Citrusaw rules. It slices the citrus, it opens the bottle. It’s cutting edge hardware for your home bar or beach bag. Citrusaw is a jewel of a tool! One Citrusaw in a nifty clear gift box. |
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Closet Doubler Extra Over Rod Rack Clothes Storage Space Saver $14.99 Out of closet space? Give yourself a little breathing room with this convenient extra closet rod. This highly functional hanging rod gives you 34″ of adjustable vertical clearance, plus 28″ of width for extra closet space. Features heavy duty all steel construction with a chrome finish. Hangs over any existing closet rod. |
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Kikkerland EZ Fold Short Step Stool Plastic step stool, folds flat and holds up to 300 lbs. Great step up in the kitchen for children, RV’s and more…. |
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Electric Guitar Lamp RED with Red Trimmed Shade $37.99 Rock ‘N’ Roll Show your love for rock and roll music with this adorable table lamp. The base features a replica of a red and black electric guitar. The head of the guitar extends above the top of the lamp shade for an even more realistic effect! Brand NEW but with a vintage flair, this lamp is a wonderfully simple way to give your dresser or nightstand a completely new look! Great for a nursery, … |
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The Forty Beads Gift $39.95 The Forty Beads Gift has everything you’ll need to begin using The Forty Beads Method,* neatly packaged in a handsome gift box ready to be given for a birthday, your anniversary, Father’s Day or any time you’re ready to begin your Beading adventure…. |
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The Birthday Present $3.98 Ivor Tesham is a handsome, single, young member of Parliament whose political star is on the rise. When he meets a woman in a chance encounter-a beautiful, leggy, married woman named Hebe-the two become lovers obsessed with their trysts, spiced up by what the newspapers like to call "adventure sex." It’s the dress-up and role-play that inspire Ivor to create a surprise birthday present for his beloved that involves a curbside kidnapping. It’s all intended as mock-dangerous foreplay, but then things take a dark turn. After things go horribly wrong, Ivor begins to receive anonymous letters that reveal astonishingly specific details about the affair and its aftermath. Somehow he must keep his role from being uncovered-and his political future from being destroyed by scandal. Like a heretic on the inquisitor’s rack, Ivor is not to be spared the exquisitely slow and tortuous unfolding of events, as hints, nuances, and small revelations lay his darkest secrets hideously bare for all the world to see. "The Birthday Present" is a deft, insightful, and compulsively readable exploration of obsessive desire-and the dark twists of fate that can shake the lives of even those most insulated by privilege, sophistication, and power. "From the Hardcover edition." |
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Birthday Present $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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A Birthday Present $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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That Birthday Present $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Birthday Present Smile – American Greetings – Birthday Card $2.99 This cute birthday card, featuring a smiling cartoon climbing out of a present, is a sweet way to let the birthday recipient know you’re thinking of them. Add your own equally cute message inside and send to say Happy Birthday! 5″ x 7″ Folded Card |
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Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Birthday Present $3.48 Harold wants to give his mother the nicest birthday present ever. But what would she like? Harold uses his purple crayon to help him find a present, and the search takes him far away from home. On his trip, Harold creates a forest of trees so large that he has to fly over it with the help of a friendly bird. He looks for the perfect birthday present in some very surprising places. |
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The First Husband $6.48 A savvy, page-turning novel about a woman torn between her husband and the man she thought she’d marry. Annie Adams is days away from her thirty-second birthday and thinks she has finally found some happiness. She visits the world’s most interesting places for her syndicated travel column and she’s happily cohabiting with her movie director boyfriend Nick in Los Angeles. But when Nick comes home from a meeting with his therapist (aka "futures counselor") and announces that he’s taking a break from their relationship so he can pursue a woman from his past, the place Annie had come to call home is shattered. Reeling, Annie stumbles into her neighborhood bar and finds Griffin-a grounded, charming chef who seems to be everything Annie didn’t know she was looking for. Within three months, Griffin is Annie’s husband and Annie finds herself trying to restart her life in rural Massachusetts. A wry observer of modern love, Laura Dave "steers clear of easy answers to explore the romantic choices we make" ("USA Today"). Her third novel is packed with humor, empathy, and psychological insight about the power of love and home. |
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The Husband List $3.98 An Unexpected Husband Against her better judgment, Lady Gillian Marley needs to find herself a husband — and quickly. To claim her uncle’s unexpected bequest she must marry by her next birthday, which leaves only two months to find a malleable mate. Topping her list of eligible candidates is the honorable Earl of Shelbrooke, yet one look at the very handsome but enigmatic nobleman and Gillian knows that cajoling him into a marriage of convenience will be hardly convenient at all. A Marriage of Inconvenience Far from immune to Gillian’s entrancing charms, the last thing Richard Shelton is about to bind himself into is a chaste marriage. Though the inheritance is more than and tempting, Richard knows the lady herself is the real prize and isn’t about to allow Gillian to deny the burning fervor that sparks between them. Now he has only two months to convince her to be his wife in full … before his mysterious secret is revealed and their lives explode irrevocably into scandal. |
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Present Offering – American Greetings – Photo Birthday Card $2.99 This adorable photo birthday card says happy birthday with a cute touch. Add your own photo to the front and a personal birthday greeting inside to bring a smile to their face. 5″ x 7″ Folded Card |
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Birthday Present : A Novel $12.49 No Synopsis Available |
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Poggle and the Birthday Present $6.57 No Synopsis Available |
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Your Birthday Present $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Ben’s Birthday Present $4.99 For everything you do, there’s a song that hits the spot. MOG brings them all to you: a world of music on demand, unlimited mobile downloads and ways to discover music free from the limitations of Pandora. The music you love, with you everywhere you go. |
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Teacher Created Materials 10910 Grandpas Birthday Present $23.4 Find out what birthday gift a young boy decides to buy his grandfather after saving his allowance and exploring his options through calculating percentages. Grandpa s Birthday Present covers additional topics including budgets estimation and managing and saving money as well as specific strategies to help readers understand percent. Author: Dawn McMillan. Format: Paperback. Pages: 32. Publish Date: May 14 2009. Publisher: Teacher Created Materials. Language: English. Grade: 4 5. |
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An Ideal Husband $24.56 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IMPORTANCE Characters Lord Illingworth. Sir John Pontefract. Lord Alfred Rufford. Mr. Kelvil, M.P. The Yen. Archdeacon Daubeny, D.D. Gerald Arbuthnot. Farquhar (Butler). Francis (Footman). Lady Hunstanton. Lady Caroline Pontefract. Lady Stutfield. Mrs. Allonby. M1ss Hester Worsley. Alice (Maid). Mrs. Arbuthnot. The Scenes Of The Play Act I. The Terrace at Hunstanton Chase. Act II. The Drawing-room at Hunstanton Chase. Act III. The Hall at Hunstanton Chase. Act IV. Sitting-room in Mrs. Arbuthnot’s House at Wrockley. Time?The Present. Place?The Shires. The action of the play takes place within twenty-four hours. ACT I SCENE.?Lawn in front of the terrace at Hunstanton. (‘SiR John and Lady Caroline Pontefract, Miss Worsley, on chairs under large yew tree.) Lady Caroline. I believe this is the first English country house you have stayed at, Miss Worsley? Hester. Yes, Lady Caroline. Lady Caroline. You have no country houses, I am told, in America? Hester. We have not many. Lady Caroline. Have you any country? What we should call country? Hester (smiling). We have the largest country in the world, Lady Caroline. They used to tell us at school that some of our states are as big as France and England put .together. Lady Caroline. Ah you must find it very draughty, I should fancy. (To Sir John.) John, you should have your muffler. What is the use of my always knitting mufflers for you if you won’t wear them? Sir John. I am quite warm, Caroline, I assure you. Lady Caroline. I think not, John. Well, you couldn’t come to a more charming place than this, Miss Worsley, though the house is excessively damp, quite unpardonably damp, and dear Lady Hunstanton js sometimes a little lax about.the people she asks down here. (To Sir JoHNj Jane mixes to… |
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Black Birthday 20-Happy Birthday Design – Special present – Geburtstag Shirt Bags $25.9 Special fashion design for your special day. Happy birthday – 20 Years For all ages from 1 to 80  Fresh style for individual,,people. Choose PranaBoy if you really want personal clothes.,,,Bags , black.
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Black Birthday 20-Happy Birthday Design – Special present – Geburtstag Shirt Women $41.67 Special fashion design for your special day. Happy birthday – 20 Years For all ages from 1 to 80 Fresh style for individual,,people. Choose PranaBoy if you really want personal clothes.,,,Women, black.
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Birthday $10 Birthday |
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Her Best Friend’s Husband $5.08 Arriving in Seattle to attend the birthday party of her best friend Mandy Roberts (Bess Armstrong), the recently widowed Jane Thornton (Cheryl Ladd) is shocked to learn that Mandy plans to divorce her husband Will (William R. Moses). Having recently lost a loved one herself, Jane feels the Roberts’ pain, and endeavors to bring Jane and Will back together again. But things don’t go quite as planned when, while helping Will alleviate his new-found loneliness, Jane realizes that she is attracted to the man. Although the premise smacks of contrivance, the development and the outcome are touchingly realistic — and all too human. Filmed in Toronto, the made-for-cable Her Best Friend’s Husband premiered March 11, 2002 on the Lifetime Network. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi |
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Chocolate Birthday – february 13 creative – Birthday Card $2.99 Extinguish those candles and cut the cake. Present this birthday card, with optional photos, to that special someone to wish them a happy birthday. 5″ x 7″ Folded Card |
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Birthday Countdown $3.98 Presenting a Picture Board Book perfect for babies and toddlers An excellent platform for early learning, this sturdy, oversized board book features larger-than life illustrations in vibrant colors with large, easy-to-read text. In Birthday Countdown Toast’s birthday will be hear soon, and he can hardly stand the wait Daddy experiences a different kind of birthday countdown. Will he be able to finish making Toast’s special present in time? Our Picture Board Book series features over 12 amazing titles that children will love to read over and over again The oversized, sturdy format is perfect for little ones to play and learn with. Check out the other titles in this wonderful series |
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Lionel’s Birthday $3.98 It’s a time of questions, wishes, and a search for hidden presents as Lionel prepares to celebrate his birthday. He wonders what it will be like to be older, if there’s any way to be sure a birthday wish will come true, and which is more important-getting the right present, or being surprised? New and returning fans will smile and recognize a little of themselves on every page of this latest episode of Stephen Krensky and Susanna Natti’s wisely funny, true-to-life series. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. |
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Humphrey’s Birthday $5.48 Happy Birthday, Humphrey """"It was a very special day." "It was Humphrey’s birthday "" Getting ready for his very own party is lots of fun for Humphrey, especially when he is wearing his favorite birthday present-a real superhero suit Humphrey can’t wait for the guests to arrive, or for the games and presents and lovely things to eat. When everyone does come, Humphrey feels a little shy, and even though it is his special day and he is such a big boy now, sometimes he still gets upset. But Mommy and Daddy and Lottie all help Humphrey to feel better, and his birthday party ends just the way it should-with cake and singing |
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Convenient Marriage, Inconvenient Husband $3.98 Marry before her 30th birthday or forfeit her inheritance. A sticky choice for heiress Amira Forsythe was a golden opportunity for her ex-fiance, Brent Colby–for payback. Of course, Brent assumed she was a spoiled socialite. And he would never believe what she really needed the money for…. Brent intended to make the most of this. Eight years ago, Amira humiliated him in front of hundreds of wedding guests. Now he had the chance to do the same…seduce her, make love to her–and then leave |
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Little Miss Birthday $5.66 Little Miss Birthday loves giving birthday presents. She prides herself on always picking the perfect present. But this time, it looks like one of the Mr. Men may just stump her |
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The Birthday Book $33.95 Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Roman scholar Censorinus bestowed upon his best friend a charming birthday present: "The Birthday Book," which appears here in its long-awaited first English translation. Laying out everything he knew about birthdays, the book starts simply, but by the conclusion of this brief yet brilliant gem, Censorinus has sketched a glorious vision of a universe ruled by harmony and order, where the microcosm of the child in the womb corresponds to the macrocosm of the planets. Alternately serious and playful, Censorinus touches on music, history, astronomy, astrology, and every aspect of time as it was understood in third-century Rome. He also provides ancient answers to perennial questions: Why does the day begin at midnight? Where did Leap Year come from? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Embodying the proverbial gift that keeps on giving, "The Birthday Book" has long been treasured by scientists, poets, and scholars, and Holt Parker’s graceful and lively new translation–accompanied by an illuminating introduction and detailed notes–is itself a present for Latinists, historians of science, and anyone looking for an unusual birthday gift. |
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The Birthday Ball $22.33 Bored, bored, bored. It’s all Princess Patricia Priscilla can think as her sixteenth birthday approaches. It’s less than a week before the Birthday Ball, where she will choose her husband from a group of unappealing suitors. Boring. But things around the kingdom get pretty interesting when Princess Patricia Priscilla disguises herself as a peasant and starts attending the village school. She may not be spending her days in the comfort of the castle, clothed in silk, but at least life in the village is fun. It doesn’t hurt that the new schoolmaster is young and handsome. In this tale of mistaken identity, creamed pigeons, and young love, the two-time Newbery Medal winner Lois Lowry compares princesses to peasants and finds them to be exactly the same in all the important ways. |
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101 Ways to Torture Your Husband $3.98 "He forgot your birthday. He always leaves his socks on the floor. Heas glued to the tube all weekend for every game." Letas face it: Even the best of husbands are a real pain in the ass sometimes. And when all the atalks, a counseling sessions and self-help books fail, thereas only one viable recourse: torture. In this hilarious collection of clever tricks and tactics, you will learn how to put your husband in his place when you: Bury the remote in the backyardHave lunch with an exPick a fight during the game Book a male masseuse for your next massageDelete his DVR recordingsAnd many more Risk factors rank damage done as well as how long itall take him to get over it. With the creatively wicked methods outlined in this manual, heall never misbehave again |
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Present $10 Present |
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Same Birthday $11.59 Three girls who share the same birthday grow up in the heart of the Midwest. Their unique family dynamics lead them down different paths upon graduating from high school. Molly leaves Terre Haute to become a model in Chicago; Janine attends college at Indiana University; and Mary Anne leaves her Illinois farm to marry her high school sweetheart. As women, they face the challenges of being wives and mothers. Will they prove stong enough to endure the loss of their dreams? AboutAuthor: Carol Galusha graduated from Illinois State University and has worked as an educator for the past twenty years. She currently teaches in Springfield, Illinois where she is a teacher of the deaf and also works as a sign language interpreter. Carol lives in the quiet village of Williamsville, Illinois with her husband and two children. Her hobbies include reading, taking long walks, and traveling with her family. |
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Present Danger $3.98 In "Present Danger", USA Today bestselling author Susan Andersen delivers the sizzling, spine-tingling story of a woman who fears she is being stalked by her insanely obsessed ex-husband. Aunie Franklin can still remember the murderous gleam in her ex-husband Wesley’s dark eyes when he promised her: "You’ll pay for leaving me, Aunie". Fleeing Atlanta for the Pacific Northwest, Aunie prayed that he’d never find her. But just when she thought the nightmare was over, the threatening phone calls began. He’d found her. Now, the dreams have returned, dreams of his hands tightening around her throat. And somehow, Aunie will have to find a way to escape Wesley’s iron grasp — before it’s too late. |
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WordWorld: Happy Birthday, WordFriends! $8.49 This series from PBS Kids helps little learners understand the connections between words and what they signify. Boasting bright colors and loveable characters, WORD WORLD provides both fun and education for the youngest minds. This set contains three birthday-themed episodes: Pig’s Present, Bit by Bit, and Happy Birthday, Dog! |
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Endureth The Queen $12.25 Caeden arrived in Everem after being banished from her own country on accusations of murder. King Rently of Rosetta buys her as a birthday present for his son, the crowned prince, Asher. She is not at the palace for more than a day when Prince Asher falls in love with her. They are forced to marry immediately following King Rently’s death, and after only a few short months of marriage, Asher, now the king, must leave his bride to fight an army from the mountains. The Pennecapians take the young king as a prisoner of war, and Caeden begins a journey to find her husband before it’s too late for both him, and the great city that they rule.Hannah Culbertson began writing at the ripe old age of four. It was a poem about her middle name. She found comfort in writing at the age of twelve when she began her first novel, and her freshman year of high school she began to write The Queen while sitting in her geometry class. She spent five wonderful years working on the first book in the series, and has successfully been able to put off turning into a grown up. She was born November 1, 1988 in the town of Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has lived there her entire life. She now resides with her wonderful husband, Jordan, and they have begun a hopeful life there. She wants nothing more than to write, and live happily ever after until the end of her days. Because fairy tales have always been her weakness. |
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Forgivable Sins $13.15 Used – Quinn McDonald, Ph.D., has the family that we’d all love to have: a solid, loving husband, two teen-agers who still like to hang out with their parents, eccentric and adorable in-laws who come for Friday night poker each week, and a sister whose family is an extension of her own.She knows she’s lucky, and yet, as she comes up to her forty-fourth birthday, she’s drawn to daydreaming about a Quinn she left behind, somewhere between graduate school and middle age.”For her present is not a re |
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Forgivable Sins $13.15 New – Quinn McDonald, Ph.D., has the family that we’d all love to have: a solid, loving husband, two teen-agers who still like to hang out with their parents, eccentric and adorable in-laws who come for Friday night poker each week, and a sister whose family is an extension of her own.She knows she’s lucky, and yet, as she comes up to her forty-fourth birthday, she’s drawn to daydreaming about a Quinn she left behind, somewhere between graduate school and middle age.”For her present is not a ref |
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G Nter Grass $23.6 Kapitel: Hundejahre, Die Blechtrommel, Die Plebejer Proben Den Aufstand, Der Butt, Im Krebsgang, Die Rättin, Das Treffen in Telgte, Es Steht Zur Wahl, Katz Und Maus, Kopfgeburten Oder Die Deutschen Sterben Aus, Beim Häuten Der Zwiebel, Ein Weites Feld, Günter-Grass-Stiftung, Mein Jahrhundert, Die Vogelscheuchen, Alfred-Döblin-Preis, Günter-Grass-Haus, Otto-Pankok-Stiftung, (11496) Grass, Danziger Trilogie. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The Tin Drum (German: ) is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass. The novel is the first book of Grass’s (Danzig Trilogy). The story revolves around the life of Oskar Matzerath, as narrated by himself when confined in a mental hospital during the years 1952-1954. Born in 1924 in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland), with an adult’s capacity for thought and perception, he decides never to grow up when he hears his father declare that he would become a grocer. Gifted with a piercing shriek that can shatter glass or be used as a weapon, Oskar declares himself to be one of those “auditory clairvoyant babies”, whose “spiritual development is complete at birth and only needs to affirm itself”. He retains the stature of a child while living through the beginning of World War II, several love affairs, and the world of postwar Europe. Through all this a tin drum that he receives as a present on his third birthday remains his treasured possession, and he is willing to kill to retain it. Oskar considers himself to have two “presumptive fathers” – his mother’s husband Alfred, a member of the Nazi Party, and her secret lover Jan, a Danzig Pole, who is executed for defending the Polish Post Office in Danzig during the German invasion of Poland. Oskar’s mother having died, Alfred marries Maria, a woman who is secretly Oskar’s first mistress. After marrying Alfred, Maria gives birth to Oskar’s possible son, Kurt. But Oskar is disappointed to find that the baby persists in growing up, and will not |
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Happy Birthday Baby $1.99 Sometimes the best birthday gift is the one least expected . . . The Birthday GiftWhat does a man give the woman of his dreams for her birthday? Her fantasy, of course. When Amanda admits to her husband that she’d like to be part of a ménage a trios, Jake isn’t sure if he could ever share his wife with another man.Then his cousin Patrick comes for a visit…It’s In The CardsCatherine Ryan has to find the perfect birthday card for her sister. Instead, she finds a card with the exact image of her fantasy man. She never expected to find a picture of the man of her daydreams…and the man of her erotic nighttime dreams. And she especially never expected that man to come to life!One Thing To GiveLindsay Cunningham’s 30th birthday is far from happy for her. Tired of always being meek, she picks up a man in a bar for a wild night of uninhibited sex.The night was much more than simply sex for Sam McKeifer. He wants a future with Lindsay. Now he has to convince her the only thing he wants her to give him is her heart.UnexpectedFinding a spaceship with a little purple alien inside wasn’t on Linc Carter’s birthday wish list. Holding that alien in his arms is the best present he ever received.Chandra knows nothing about this strange world, its language or customs. She knows how she feels when she’s in Linc’s arms and she doesn’t want that to change. Maybe crashing on this planet hadn’t been a mistake after all… |
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Night Visitor $1.99 A chilling exploration of jealousy.Rose’s early life was full of tragedy. Her father disappeared one night, presumed drowned, and her twin brother had died on his bicycle, a cherished tenth birthday present. Now, her husband, Michael provides her with the love and stability she so desper-ately needs. All she asks of him is complete fidelity, and when she has cause to doubt him, she devises a terrible revenge. Michael has planned an anniversary trip to Venice for the two of them. But as they ride in gondolas, dine on delicious food and wander the sights of this most romantic of cities, Rose, racked with secret jealousy, is making plans. By the time they return, Michael will be seriously ill – though not so ill that he cannot recognize the fact that something truly dreadful has happened to him. |
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Novels By G Nter Grass $8.78 Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Tin Drum, Crabwalk, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years, Danzig Trilogy, My Century. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Tin Drum (German: ) is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass. The novel is the first book of Grass’s (Danzig Trilogy). The story revolves around the life of Oskar Matzerath, as narrated by himself when confined in a mental hospital during the years 1952-1954. Born in 1924 in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland), with an adult’s capacity for thought and perception, he decides never to grow up when he hears his father declare that he would become a grocer. Gifted with a piercing shriek that can shatter glass or be used as a weapon, Oskar declares himself to be one of those “auditory clairvoyant babies”, whose “spiritual development is complete at birth and only needs to affirm itself”. He retains the stature of a child while living through the beginning of World War II, several love affairs, and the world of postwar Europe. Through all this a tin drum that he receives as a present on his third birthday remains his treasured possession, and he is willing to kill to retain it. Oskar considers himself to have two “presumptive fathers” – his mother’s husband Alfred, a member of the Nazi Party, and her secret lover Jan, a Danzig Pole, who is executed for defending the Polish Post Office in Danzig during the Nazi invasion of Poland. Oskar’s mother having died, Alfred marries Maria, a woman who is secretly Oskar’s first mistress. After marrying Alfred, Maria gives birth to Oskar’s possible son, Kurt. But Oskar is disappointed to find that the baby persists in growing up, and will not join him in ceasing to grow at the age of three. During the war, Oskar joins a troupe of performing dwarfs who entertain the German troops at the front line. But |
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Pure Cute $9.99 C”mon get happy! Scientists, psychologists, and cutologists around the world agree–cuteness not only lowers your blood pressure, improves your health, and increases your longevity, it just plain makes you feel better!Now, in Pure Cute, husband-and-wife writing team Bev West and Jason Bergund harness the therapeutic power of cute, and bring together nearly 100 pages of toothachingly cute faces, tails, paws, pink noses, and warm and fuzzy revelations that will be life transforming for all. From kissably cute kittens to snuggly puppies, irresistible ducklings, and bunnies, and even a huggable bear cub or two, these daily doses of Pure Cute are guaranteed to put a smile on anybody’’s face. Pure Cute is the cure for the common gift, and makes the perfect birthday, get well, BFF, secret Santa, or just-thinking-about-you present for anybody who could use a hug. |
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Pure Poetry $0.99 Meet Lila Moscowitz, a smart-mouthed, Jewish American beauty with a voracious appetite for sex, a remarkable talent for outrageous lies, and an unerring knack for screwing up her life. An accomplished poet, renowned for writing “smut and filth in terza rima,” she goes about her life in Pure Poetry with enough attitude and verve to win your heart forever. But since fleeing the all-consuming passion of her marriage to Max, the sexy German, she can no longer compose so much as a couplet; ghosts have taken over her Greenwich Village apartment, and the contrast between her feelings for her present lover and her former husband is breaking her heart. And neither her best friend, Carmen, nor her cross-dressing analyst, Leon, is able to soothe her angst over her impending thirty eighth birthday, an occasion fraught with a thirty-seven year tradition of emotional devastation. But time waits for no woman, and the dreaded birthday does bring insight: Love can be undone by the same desires that nurture it. Lila knows that she has got to take action, and in doing so she comes to realize some startling truths about herself, her capacity for love, and the nature of true freedom. Binnie Kirshenbaum’s voice has been acclaimed by critics and readers alike. Already a bestselling author in Germany, Kirshenbaum demonstrates a brilliant maturity in Pure Poetry. Not since Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying has a novel so captured a woman’s heart and desires. Readers will cheer Pure Poetry for its heady mix of humor and sadness, and for its slyly unsettling visions of modern life. |
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Rhythm Of Echoes $28.48 The late 1950s. When time took a deep breath in preparation for the next decade to sweep away the old and change everything for ever.This is a love story of two people who are at the opposite sides of the old life and ready to come together and play a part in the new. John Mason, a man determined to step up and away from his one man business and Flora Ballardine, the fiery laird’s daughter.They meet in London. John to sell a car to the wealthy Freddie Thompson-Smythe. Flora to spend her 21st birthday with her aunt and to find a surprise birthday present waiting for her. An evening out with an escort, the very unpleasant Freddie.The evening ends with John being the butt of Flora’s temper because of her disastrous time with Freddie. Though drawn to each other they separate not expecting to meet again, and so commences a love story that weaves its way in and out of the beautiful wilds of Scotland and the multicultural industry of Birmingham. Others who play a part in John and Flora’s story are-Mungo Ballardine, the laird of Clairgowan, Flora’s father. He inherited a vast estate and lost it all apart from Clairgowan House.Elizabeth Montgomery, who left Scotland because of her infatuation with Mungo, her sister’s husband.Reg Purvis, who met John during their National Service.Freddie Thompson-Smythe, who became involved in the drug scene of the times and lost everything because of it.Robert Brown, who Mungo intended Flora would marry to save Clairgowan House.And ‘Simple’ Jeannie…Cars play a important part in John and Flora’s story and some of them are-a Javelin-Jupiter, SS-Jaguar SS100, Minx theMagnificent, Alvis Speed Twenty, and a few more… |
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Rhythm Of Echoes $17.29 The late 1950s. When time took a deep breath in preparation for the next decade to sweep away the old and change everything for ever.This is a love story of two people who are at the opposite sides of the old life and ready to come together and play a part in the new. John Mason, a man determined to step up and away from his one man business and Flora Ballardine, the fiery laird’s daughter.They meet in London. John to sell a car to the wealthy Freddie Thompson-Smythe. Flora to spend her 21st birthday with her aunt and to find a surprise birthday present waiting for her. An evening out with an escort, the very unpleasant Freddie.The evening ends with John being the butt of Flora’s temper because of her disastrous time with Freddie. Though drawn to each other they separate not expecting to meet again, and so commences a love story that weaves its way in and out of the beautiful wilds of Scotland and the multicultural industry of Birmingham. Others who play a part in John and Flora’s story are-Mungo Ballardine, the laird of Clairgowan, Flora’s father. He inherited a vast estate and lost it all apart from Clairgowan House.Elizabeth Montgomery, who left Scotland because of her infatuation with Mungo, her sister’s husband.Reg Purvis, who met John during their National Service.Freddie Thompson-Smythe, who became involved in the drug scene of the times and lost everything because of it.Robert Brown, who Mungo intended Flora would marry to save Clairgowan House.And ‘Simple’ Jeannie…Cars play a important part in John and Flora’s story and some of them are-a Javelin-Jupiter, SS-Jaguar SS100, Minx theMagnificent, Alvis Speed Twenty, and a few more… |
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Tales of Toy World $7.89 Tales of Toy World is a collection of short stories set in a land of make-believe. Journey through these pages with the jolly toy maker, Mr. Brown, and the loveable toys he has cre¬¬ated. Read about their adventures in this entertaining selection of stories. Is there going to be a monster coming to live in Toy World? Will Bozo’s friends come to his birthday party? Is Strawbelle truly the most beautiful toy in Toy World, or is she just a vain, ill-mannered doll? Lalitha Shetty fills these pages with their stories, while Lakshmi Shetty gives form to the adorable toys. Together, they present a delightful world. So whether you read to yourself or read aloud with loved ones…let your imagination soar… Lalitha Shetty lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Ashok, and her daughters, Shalika and Sanjana. An elementary school teacher, she enjoys creating stories that will not only entertain children, but also foster a life-long love of reading. Lalitha has written and edited books for children in India. Lakshmi Shetty, a graphic designer and illustrator, lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband Sanjay and her twins, Veer and Tara. Since graduating from the University of Michigan School of Art in 1994, she has worked on various design projects.Publisher’s website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TalesOfToyWorld.html |
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The Missing Person’s Guide To Love $8.99 A haunting tale of a woman revisiting her past, with shattering consequencesIsabel, Owen, and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were 15, Julia disappeared without a trace–an event that had a devastating impact on the others. Years later, Isabel returns to her hometown in the north of England for Owen’’s funeral. She hadn”t seen him since they recklessly burned down the local supermarket together; he was sent to prison and she, just shy of her 18th birthday, to a young offenders” center. Isabel suspects that Owen was responsible for Julia’’s murder, and she’’s hoping finally to find some kind of resolution. Feeling cut off from her husband and child in Turkey, and awash with unexpected memories, Isabel ventures further into the murky depths of her past. But nothing is as it seems–either past or present–and as Isabel’’s world unravels we finally realize the stunning, shattering truth. |
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The Missing Person’s Guide to Love $1.99 A haunting tale of a woman revisiting her past, with shattering consequences Isabel, Owen, and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were 15, Julia disappeared without a trace—an event that had a devastating impact on the others. Years later, Isabel returns to her hometown in the north of England for Owen’s funeral. She hadn’t seen him since they recklessly burned down the local supermarket together; he was sent to prison and she, just shy of her 18th birthday, to a young offenders’ center. Isabel suspects that Owen was responsible for Julia’s murder, and she’s hoping finally to find some kind of resolution. Feeling cut off from her husband and child in Turkey, and awash with unexpected memories, Isabel ventures further into the murky depths of her past. But nothing is as it seems—either past or present—and as Isabel’s world unravels we finally realize the stunning, shattering truth. |
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The Missing Person’s Guide to Love $1.99 A haunting tale of a woman revisiting her past, with shattering consequences Isabel, Owen, and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were 15, Julia disappeared without a trace—an event that had a devastating impact on the others. Years later, Isabel returns to her hometown in the north of England for Owen’s funeral. She hadn’t seen him since they recklessly burned down the local supermarket together; he was sent to prison and she, just shy of her 18th birthday, to a young offenders’ center. Isabel suspects that Owen was responsible for Julia’s murder, and she’s hoping finally to find some kind of resolution. Feeling cut off from her husband and child in Turkey, and awash with unexpected memories, Isabel ventures further into the murky depths of her past. But nothing is as it seems—either past or present—and as Isabel’s world unravels we finally realize the stunning, shattering truth. |
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The Summer of Stanley $116.58 New – In this picture book set in 1945, Molly gets a rather unusual present for her ninth birthday–a goat named Stanley. Molly doesn’t want a goat, and Molly’s mother, who is worried about her husband who is fighting in World War II, doesn’t want to be bothered with Stanley either. It is only Molly’s younger brother, Tyler, who loves Stanley and sticks up for him when he gets in trouble (mostly for eating anything he can find–including his mother’s garden and a neighbor’s new dress). Will Moll |
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