The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the ‘decivilisation’ of Buck as he answers ‘the call of the wild’, an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds. In contrast, White Fang relates the tale of a wolf born and bred in the wild which is civilised by the master he comes to trust and love....

ISBN: 978-1-85326-026-1
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

«The Wild Unknown Tarot. Дикое Неизвестное Таро» Ким Кранс — современная колода № 1, уже успевшая стать классикой в мире Таро, — впервые в России!   Подарочный набор «The Wild Unknown Tarot. Дикое Неизвестное Таро» включает: • 78 цветных карт Таро • 200-страничное иллюстрированное руководство к колоде, включающее толкование всех 78 карт • практические советы, как тасовать, снимать карты, гадать и создавать свои...

ISBN: 9785040935611
Издательство: Эксмо
Дата выхода: февраль 2019

Take your first steps Into the Wilderness with Rusty the house cat as he leaves his home to go and live in the wild. A thrillling new feline fantasy series that draws you into a vivid animal world.When `kittypet` Rusty strays into the forest beyond his owner`s garden and is ambushed by a wild cat, life as he knows it is over.After a brave fight, he is invited to leave the `twoleg` world and join ThunderClan, one of four cat tribes, to train as a warrior.Rusty becomes Firepaw and learns laws of the wild - hunting and fighting to protect the clan`s survival.When the fearsome ShadowClan threaten ThunderClan`s territory his warrior skills are put to the test. But how can he protect the clan when he suspects their own deputy of treachery?

ISBN: 9780007217878
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

Read and discover all about wild cats... What do wild cats eat? What does a wild cat`s tail do?These motivating non-fiction readers are rich in content and beautifully illustrated. Fascinating information in carefully graded language appeals to a broad range of students and supports English across the curriculum, making the series perfect for CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning).Stunning colour photos, maps, diagrams and charts support understanding, while activities and projects develop language and critical thinking skills.Wide range of cross-curricular topics in graded EnglishAttractive photos, charts and diagrams help understandingIn every book: activities and projects for language and learning skillsFlexible design allows...

ISBN: 9780194646352
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit — новый потрясающий инструмент для самопознания от Ким Кранс, автора знаменитого "Дикого Неизвестного Таро"! Это колода-оракул, источником вдохновения для которой стали как реальные животные, населяющие леса, поля, пустыни, реки, моря и небеса, так и мифические существа за пределами нашего мира. Кто из них — ваше тотемное животное? Какой обитатель животного царства направляет вас по жизни...

ISBN: 9785041095833
Издательство: Эксмо
Дата выхода: февраль 2021

A hilarious adventure for readers aged 9+ from the author of Escape from Camp Boring. When Things Went Wild is also a timely call to protect our environment.When Kit’s family move to a crumbling house in the Scottish Highlands, he’s got a lot to deal with – terrible Wi-Fi, a new school in the middle of nowhere, and, as always, his annoying little brother, Jack. But it’s not until the brothers find a strange object on the moors that Kit’s problems really begin.A policewoman comes knocking, and the boys learn that they have found a tracker that has been removed from the leg of a golden eagle. The illegal killing of these majestic birds is all too common, and now a pair of nesting eagles are under threat. Kit and Jack start to...

ISBN: 9780008403539
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language.In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, strong sled dogs are in high demand. Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. Will he survive life in the wild?Penguin Readers is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The...

ISBN: 9780241375259
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2023

Californian family dog Buck is happy spending his days eating and sleeping. That is until he is kidnapped, and is forced to work in the frozen north of Alaska as a sledge dog. Passed from owner to owner, Buck sets out on a remarkable journey to ensure his own survival. Will he make it? And, when tested, how hard will he struggle against returning to the wild?Packed with tension and excitement, Jack London`s atmospheric story of adventure and endurance is sure to grip readers of all ages.

ISBN: 9781788282550
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2023

Discover all kinds of wild weather, from terrifying tornadoes to deadly droughts, in this fascinating information book with over 50 flaps to lift. See a storm raging out at sea, find out how wildfires happen and discover how climate change is affecting weather and what we can do to help our planet.Includes Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites for videos and weather activities to try at home.

ISBN: 9781474968874
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023

Книга полностью на английском языке.A collection of Oscar Wildess many varied works. These include the tender fairy stories he wrote for his children, his novels, many of which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, plays which were enormously successful and continue to be so, and poems and essays.

ISBN: 9781853263972
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 1998

Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1891 года (издательство "[United States : s.n.]").

ISBN: 978-5-8837-3013-8
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: январь 2009

В книге представлены произведения Джека Лондона «Зов дикой природы» и «Белый клык». Оба произведения даны на языке оригинала.Знакомство с оригиналами творений классиков зарубежной литературы, науки, искусства поможет сегодняшним студентам составить более точное представление о неповторимой стилистике каждого автора, а также расширит словарный запас, знания об истории языка, фразеологии.

ISBN: 9785534055719
Издательство: Юрайт
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2017

Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. This book is a collection of classic short stories like "The Last Asset", "The Pretext", "The Verdict" and "The Pot-Boiler".

ISBN: 978-5-521-08050-2
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

Эрнест Сетон-Томпсон вошёл в литературу как писатель-анималист: идеи для художественных произведений ему дарил мир живой природы. Герои трёх его рассказов: лисье семейство, волчья стая, мустанг - дикие животные, но их жизнь и судьба описаны так, что диким выглядит, скорее, отношение к ним людей. Сами же животные изображены не только с симпатией, но и с истинно человеческой теплотой: они наделены именами, их...

ISBN: 978-5-6045575-2-5
Издательство: Антология
Дата выхода: январь 2021