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Rocket Boys
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
167 kr
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Previously published in paperback as October Sky.Three years in the life of Homer ‘Sonny’ Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket.In 1957, Coalwood, West Virginia, was a town the post-war boom never quite …
Carrying Albert Home
The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife and Her Alligator
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2015
102 kr
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From the bestselling author of Rocket Boys–the basis of the movie October Sky–comes a long-awaited prequel. Big Fish meets The Notebook in this novel about a man, a woman, and their alligator.Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that …
Carrying Albert Home
The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife and Her Alligator
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2016
190 kr
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‘Must-read… A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife’s car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.’ Marie ClaireA journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger.This is a tale where everything is true,except the …
Carrying Albert Home
The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife and her Alligator
Av Homer Hickam
Ljudbok, 2015
222 kr
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‘Must-read… A funny yet tragic tale of a husband and wife’s car journey across the US with Albert the alligator in tow. Yes, really.’ Marie ClaireA journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger.This is a tale where everything is true,except the …
Carrying Albert Home
The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2016
177 kr
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Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys —the basis of the movie October Sky. Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the …
Carrying Albert Home
The Somewhat True Story of a Woman, a Husband, and her Alligator
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2015
101 kr
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A moving tribute to love—and alligators—from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Rocket Boys, the basis of the movie October Sky.Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression …
Coalwood Way
A Memoir
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2007
128 kr
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It''s fall, 1959, and Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, launching handbuilt rockets that soar thousands of feet into the West Virginia sky. But in a season traditionally marked by celebrations of the spirit, Coalwood finds itself at a …
Rocket Boys
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 1999
160 kr
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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir--a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother''s love and a father''s fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into …
Back to the Moon
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 1999
110 kr
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The shuttle is hijacked. Now the countdown to adventure begins.... In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, October Sky , real-life NASA engineer Homer Hickam captured the excitement of America''s first space ventures. Now, in this no-holds-barred joyride of a thriller, he straps us into the …
Sky of Stone
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2002
128 kr
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Homer Hickam won the praise of critics and the devotion of readers with his first two memoirs set in the hardscrabble mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. The New York Times crowned his first book, the #1 national bestseller October Sky , “an eloquent evocation ... a thoroughly charming memoir.” …
Cielo de octubre (Rocket Boys)
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2017
106 kr
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Las memorias best seller que inspiraron la película Cielo de Octubre , Rocket Boys es una autobiografía poderosa y una historia luminosa de la vida en la década de 1960, del amor de una madre y del temor de un padre, de un grupo de jóvenes que soñaban con lanzar cohetes al espacio… y de hacer …
Albert vuelve a casa: The Somewhat True Story of a Woman, a Husband, and her Alligator
The Somewhat True Story of a Woman, a Husband, and her Alligator
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2016
230 kr
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Una historia emocionalmente evocadora acerca de un hombre, una mujer y un caimán es un emotivo tributo al amor, del autor best seller del New York Times de las galardonadas memorias Rocket Boys: la base de la película Cielo de Octubre.Elsie Lavender y Homer Hickam (el padre del autor) eran …
Back to the Moon
Av Homer Hickam
Ljudbok, 1999
312 kr
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A renegade rocket man haunted by his past. A beautiful daredevil who thinks she can do it all -- until she finds herself on the adventure of her life. A death-defying mission so risky, so audacious, that no one would try it...unless the fate of the world depended on its success. Thirty years after …
Rocket Boys
A Memoir
Av Homer Hickam
Ljudbok, 1998
273 kr
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Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn''t know my hometown was at war with itself over its children, and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives....And I didn''t know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could …
Crater
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2012
102 kr
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A sixteen-year-old must battle his way across a thousand miles of deadly lunar terrain and face genetically altered super warriors in his quest to recover an astonishing object that will alter the lives of everyone on the moon . . . and beyond. It’s the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine …
Crater
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2012
191 kr
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A sixteen-year-old must battle his way across a thousand miles of deadly lunar terrain and face genetically altered super warriors in his quest to recover an astonishing object that will alter the lives of everyone on the moon . . . and beyond.It’s the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine …
Crescent
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2013
91 kr
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She was born to kill, born to die. Crescent is a crowhopper—a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfare. When she’s taken prisoner by Crater Trueblood instead of being killed in battle, she thinks it’s a disaster. Crater is weary of war. He’s a miner, not a soldier. He’d rather …
Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2014
91 kr
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“Hickam has a wild imagination and a keen eye for the science behind the fiction.” —JAVIER GRILLO-MARXUACH, writer & producer on Lost and Helix , creator of The Middleman Crater Trueblood has to rescue his ex-girlfriend . . . and the entire human race. Maria Medaris is the 21-year-old matriarch of …
Red Helmet
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2008
102 kr
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Can their love survive the difference in their circumstances? Song Hawkins is a beautiful, tough, but lonely New York City businesswoman who thinks she''s met the man of her dreams in Cable Jordan, the superintendent of a West Virginia coal mine. But soon after they impulsively marry, Song realizes …
Red Helmet
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2008
161 kr
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Can their love survive the difference in their circumstances?Song Hawkins is a beautiful, tough, but lonely New York City businesswoman who thinks she's met the man of her dreams in Cable Jordan, the superintendent of a West Virginia coal mine. But soon after they impulsively marry, Song realizes …
Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2014
148 kr
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“Hickam has a wild imagination and a keen eye for the science behind the fiction.” —JAVIER GRILLO-MARXUACH, writer & producer on Lost and Helix, creator of The MiddlemanCrater Trueblood has to rescue his ex-girlfriend . . . and the entire human race.Maria Medaris is the 21-year-old matriarch of the …
Crescent
Av Homer Hickam
Häftad, 2013
148 kr
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She was born to kill, born to die.Crescent is a crowhopper—a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfare. When she’s taken prisoner by Crater Trueblood instead of being killed in battle, she thinks it’s a disaster.Crater is weary of war. He’s a miner, not a soldier. He’d rather …
Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2021
111 kr
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Homer Hickam's memoir Rocket Boys and the movie adaptation October Sky have become one of the most popular stories in the world, inspiring millions to pursue a better life. But what happened to Homer after he was a West Virginia rocket boy? In his latest memoir, Homer recounts his life in college …
Albert vuelve a casa
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2016
68 kr
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Big Fish y El diario de Noa se dan cita en esta evocadora historia acerca de un hombre, una mujer y su caimán. Un conmovedor tributo al amor, de la mano del autor de Rocket Boys, la aclamada novela autobiográfica que inspiró la película Cielo de octubre.Elsie Lavender y Homer Hickam (padre del …
Albert regressa a casa
Av Homer Hickam
E-bok, 2016
113 kr
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A grande depressão converteu o sonho americano numa tragédia amarga e é aqui que começa a épica aventura de Elsie e Homer… Uma viagem de quase dois mil quilómetros com um caimão no banco de trás e com John Steinbeck como passageiro.Nos Estados Unidos de 1930, a Grande Depressão encurtou os …
