Just in time for the holiday season, four classic Edward Eager Tales of Magic in one affordable package.Ever since Half Magic first hit bookshelves in 1954, Edward Eager's Tales of Magic have been favorites with readers of all ages. Now his four most popular stories—Half Magic, Knight's Castle, Magic by the Lake, and The Time Garden—are available in one handsome package. Perfect for gift-giving or for introducing eager new readers to a whole world of wit ...

Book one in the series called "truly magic in a reader's hands" by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt.It all begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sidewalk. Jane finds the coin, and because she and her siblings are having the worst, most dreadfully boring summer ever, she idly wishes something exciting would happen.And something does: Her wish is granted. Or not quite. Only half of her wish comes true. It turns out the coin grant...

Book two in the series called "truly magic in a reader's hands" by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt.If the old toy soldier hadn’t come to life, Roger would never have discovered the magic.And that would never have happened if he and his sister, Ann, hadn’t been sent to stay with their bossy cousins for the summer. And that wouldn’t have happened at all if their father hadn’t gotten sick and gone into the hospital. But all of that did happen, and now...

Book five in the series called "truly magic in a reader's hands" by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt.When is magic not magic?Laura is a girl who goes out of her way to find adventure. So when her family moves to a house with a well in the yard—a wishing well, according to Lydia, Laura’s opinionated new neighbor—Laura is all too willing to make a wish and see what happens. Plenty happens. Thanks to the well, Laura and her new friends help save Miss I...

The wishing well is all used up, its magic drained, its enchantment gone dry. Or has it? In a reckless moment, Gordy threatens the old well, telling it to get going with its magic or else! and suddenly he and his friends are plunged into just the sort of adventures they’d longed for. But is it really the well’s magic that transforms troublemaker Dicky LeBaron from ne’er-do-well to hero? Or keeps Appledore’s orchard in bloom? Or sends James on a daring rescue of a damsel in distress? Does i...

Nach Adam Smith (1728-1790), dem weltbekannten englischen Nationalökonomen, spiegelt sich der Erfolg einer Wirtschaft im Freiraum des Einzelnen wider. 100 Jahre später erklärte der englische Philosoph Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) wiederum, dass in einem obrigkeitlichen und militanten Staat keine leistungsfähige Wirtschaft entstehen könne. Während der Kaiserzeit gehörte Preußen-Deutschland weltweit zu den erfolgreichsten Volkswirtschaften. Ebenso war es in Bildung und Wissenschaft die führen...

The seventh and concluding volume in the series called "truly magic in a reader's hands" by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt.All books are magic, but some are more magical than others.When Susan opens a strange library book, she discovers it is about her and her friends, leading up to the moment when she opened the book. Beyond that, the pages are blank . . . waiting for the children to wish the book full of adventures....

Book four in the series called "truly magic in a reader's hands" by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt.Time and again, the children from Knight’s Castle have longed for another magic adventure.But you can’t find magic just anywhere. It doesn’t grow like grass. It requires the right place and the right time . . . Or thyme, as the case may be. At Mrs. Whiton’s house, magic grows as wild as the banks of thyme in the garden. Growing there...

Wenn wir unseren Lebensstandard und Lebensraum erhalten wollen, müssen wir radikal umdenken und unsere Wirtschaft neu gestalten. Gefragt ist eine zirkuläre, umwelt-zentrierte Wirtschaft. Nur wenn es gelingt, bei unserem Handeln auf den Gesamtkomplex Leben Rücksicht zu nehmen, werden wir unseren Planeten erhalten können – und damit unseren Wohlstand und unsere Lebensqualität langfristig sichern.Das Buch beschreibt sehr anschaulich, was Circular Economy für Unternehmen und die gesamt...

Eine kleine Ode an den Herbst, der uns immer wieder mit seiner Schönheit und seinen bunten Farben fasziniert. Ich glaube, dass er das auch verdient hat.

Die zweite Ode an die Jahreszeiten ist der Winter. Die Faszination "Natur" und deren unsichtbaren Helfer, haben mich dazu bewogen, diese Gedichtreihe zu verfassen.