Fourteen Tiles: Real Stories of Unusual Characters - 8 Angebote vergleichen

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Book Depository International [58762574], London, United Kingdom.
Language: English. Brand new Book. It seems to me that real life often beats any fiction. This mosaic of fourteen tales introduces you to many fascinating people; some plain crazy but many of them unassuming, ordinary people who accomplished amazing things. For example: -A young man hitch-hikes with a small sailboat as if it was hand luggage.-An American soldier wakes up in a bamboo cage hanging above a cesspool of a Vietnamese camp, but miraculously escapes.-A lifelong saga of two cellos with music tracks on the book website.-A scientist invents steering for soviet submarines, but practices yoga long before it became popular; he also discovers that Hitler's engineers used computers before Americans.-Risking his life in Communist Prague, a dedicated Scout leader raises twenty successful young men.-Good Germans help a great unknown artist on his escape from a Nazi labour camp.-In California, a former Navy Seal builds an unusual wine cellar under his house.-One sentence to a Dutch employer ruins the mathematician's life.-A German soldier who is a pacifist never fires his rifle yet almost loses his leg on Juno Beach.-A Canadian programmer tries to use a dead skunk to deter beavers from destroying valuable trees.-When one of the engines fails, the Chief Engineer's bold decision saves an aircraft carrier from capsizing in a typhoon.-Two scientists overcome a devil's temptation after receiving a gift of eight pounds of gold.-The author investigates whether carboard models of Cheops Pyramid can sharpen razor blades.-A cello teacher performs in circus to supplement his poor income.-Three Cold-War veterans meet on a cruise transiting Panama Canal: a former pilot of the bomber loaded with nukes, officer from the control center that would issue the order to deploy them, and the mechanic who maintained these planes. This book recounts how the author met these people and what he learned from them: details of their lives and passions, what drove them to be strong and inventive, and how they survived wars and oppressive political systems without losing their spirits and sense of humour. Jiri's first novel "On Moving Mountains" (Amazon 2016, Eric Hoffer Award, positive Kirkus review) is about two programmers who are in love and, for them, life is beautiful even when the entire world is collapsing around them. Books.

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It seems to me that real life often beats any fiction. This mosaic of fourteen tales introduces you to many fascinating people; some plain crazy but many of them unassuming, ordinary people who accomplished amazing things. For example:-A young man hitch-hikes with a small sailboat as if it was hand luggage.-An American soldier wakes up in a bamboo cage hanging above a cesspool of a Vietnamese camp, but miraculously escapes.-A lifelong saga of two cellos with music tracks on the book website.-A scientist invents steering for soviet submarines, but practices yoga long before it became popular; he also discovers that Hitler's engineers used computers before Americans.-Risking his life in Communist Prague, a dedicated Scout leader raises twenty successful young men.-Good Germans help a great unknown artist on his escape from a Nazi labour camp.-In California, a former Navy Seal builds an unusual wine cellar under his house.-One sentence to a Dutch employer ruins the mathematician's life.-A German soldier who is a pacifist never fires his rifle yet almost loses his leg on Juno Beach.-A Canadian programmer tries to use a dead skunk to deter beavers from destroying valuable trees.-When one of the engines fails, the Chief Engineer's bold decision saves an aircraft carrier from capsizing in a typhoon.-Two scientists overcome a devil's temptation after receiving a gift of eight pounds of gold.-The author investigates whether carboard models of Cheops Pyramid can sharpen razor blades.-A cello teacher performs in circus to supplement his poor income.-Three Cold-War veterans meet on a cruise transiting Panama Canal: a former pilot of the bomber loaded with nukes, officer from the control center that would issue the order to deploy them, and the mechanic who maintained these planes. This book recounts how the author met these people and what he learned from them: details of their lives and passions, what drove them to be strong and inventive, and how they survived wars and oppressive political systems without losing their spirits and sense of humour. Jiri's first novel On Moving Mountains (Amazon 2016, Eric Hoffer Award, positive Kirkus review) is about two programmers who are in love and, for them, life is beautiful even when the entire world is collapsing around them.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Books2Anywhere [190245], Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Book Deals [60506629], Lewiston, NY, U.S.A.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, More Books, FL, MIAMI, [RE:3].
100% Brand New! Paperback.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, More Books, FL, MIAMI, [RE:3].
100% Brand New! Paperback.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Alibris, NV, Sparks, [RE:5].
Trade paperback.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Paperbackshop International, GLOS, Fairford, [RE:5].
Softcover.