Il romanzo ufficiale di uno dei più grandi fenomeni di tutti i tempi.È estate nella piccola cittadina di Astoria. I Goonies – un gruppo di giovani ragazzi del quartiere Goon Docks – devono dare addio alle case dove sono nati e cresciuti: i signorini del club del golf hanno dato lo sfratto alle loro famiglie per radere al suolo il quartiere e costruire nuovi, esclusivi campi da gioco. Poco prima di andarsene, però, uno di loro scopre in soffitta un’antica mappa del t...

It was a dark time for the rebel alliance...Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, had been delivered into the hands of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian launched a hazardous mission against Jabba's Tatooine stronghold.The Rebel commanders gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada. And Darth Vader and the Emperor, who had ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerful D...

Los Goonies buscan un tesoro oculto y lo que encuentran es ¡un montón de problemas!Es verano en el pequeño puerto marítimo de Astoria. Los Goonies están inquietos: una gran constructora amenaza con apropiarse del pueblo. Pero tras encontrar un viejo mapa pirata, el grupo sale a buscar el tesoro que puede salvar a todo el barrio.No cuentan con los esqueletos armados, los pasadizos subterráneos llenos de trampas y un asesino en busca y captura. Y todos ellos desean acabar con los Goonies.Jur...

Episode VI - Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter: der Roman zum dritten Film und chronologisch der Schluss der größten Saga aller Zeiten.

It's summer in the small seaport town of Astoria and The Goonies are restless. Big developers threaten to take over the town. Then Mikey finds an old pirate map and the kids take off to find the loot that can save their neighborhood. But they never counted on skeletons with swords, a booby-trapped underground passage and the murderous ex-con, all of whom want the Goonies' head. Take the oath. Join the adventure.

In the U.S. Civil War, by 1862 the Union had blockaded all Confederate ports. Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, Matamoros was the only harbor where the South could ship its cotton to Europe, and smuggle in arms for the rebellion. So it was a haven for Yankee and Rebel spies and diplomats, gunrunners and cotton smugglers, runaway slaves, bandits, Texas Rangers, and rogues of every stripe.But Matamoros was also full of French Foreign Legionnaires – because that same...

Nehéz idők járnak a Lázadó Szövetségre…A karbonittömbbe fagyott Han Solo a rettegett csempészfejedelem és gengszter, Jabba, a hutt kezére jut. Luke Skywalker és Leia hercegnő egy kockázatos küldetés keretében beszivárognak a kegyetlen bűnöző tatuini sivatagi palotájába, hogy bármi áron megmentsék.Ezzel egy időben Darth Vader és Palpatine császár egy új és még erősebb Halálcsillag építésén dolgozik, hogy egyszer s mindenkorra elpusztítsák a Lázadó Szövetséget. A Birodalom a f...

”Kauan sitten, kaukaisessa galaksissa…”Luke Skywalkerin saaga jatkuu alkuperäisen Tähtien sota -kulttiklassikkotrilogian kolmannessa osassa.Eeppisessä hyvän ja pahan välisessä taistelussa koetaan yhä hurjempia käänteitä ja keskeisistä hahmoista paljastuu uusia, hätkähdyttäviä yllätyksiä. Jediritari Luke Skywalker tasapainoilee vaarallisen kysymyksen edessä: voiko syvimmän pimeyden ja pahuuden keskeltä löytyä edes rahtunen hyvyyttä? Vuonna 1983 ensi-iltansa saaneen ...

Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though the influence of Justice William Brennan. In addition, President Reagan described Scalia’s nomination as part of a project to remake the role of the Court, promote an interpretive approach of o...

News of a merger or acquisition is a big event in the life of a company, which stirs uncertainty, anxiety and fear. The changes, redundancies and so on, that often follow this news, are a further source of turmoil for the employees of both companies involved. There is no magic formula to avoid these effects completely. However, good planning, communication and human resource practice can mitigate the worst of them; keep everyone that matters on board; and ensure that the new organization m...

Louis I. Kahn is widely known as an architect of powerful buildings. But although much has been said about his buildings, almost nothing has been written about Kahn as an unconventional teacher and philosopher whose influence on his students was far-reaching. Teaching was vitally important for Kahn, and through his Master’s Class at the University of Pennsylvania, he exerted a significant effect on the future course of architectural practice and education.This book is a critical, i...

When released in 2003, The Room, an obscure, self-financed relationship drama by an eccentric self-taught filmmaker named Tommy Wiseau, should have been completely forgotten. Yet nearly two decades later, "the worst movie ever made"—as many a critic would have it—has become the most popular cult film since The Rocky Horror Picture Show.In You Are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!, contributors explore this priceless cultural artifact, offering fans and film buffs c...