A hilarious collection stuffed with jokes, funny poems, weird and wonderful Christmas facts*,crazy lists, Brussels sprouts**, doodles and other Christmas craziness. A perfect stocking filler to keep the whole family giggling.* Some facts may not be entirely true.** Like this one. There are no Brussels sprouts included with this book. Sorry.
The year is 1806. centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation`s past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country.Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell.So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to...
ISBN: 9780747579885
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: март 2023
"В ту ночь произошло именно это: умерщвлённый очередным небезопасным приключением, Митя открыл ненадолго глаза, увидел незнакомый серый потолок и, разумно полагая себя всё ещё спящим, принялся развлекаться гротескным развитием озвученных неким посторонним комментатором событий..." А вскоре, когда одного alter ego ему стало мало, он взялся за создание нового... Цепь таких превращений — бесконечна. Бесконечный...
ISBN: 978-5-98862-315-1
Издательство:
Грифон
Дата выхода: январь 2017
This is the book the Guild is based on. It details the path of the Occult Scientist. For those seeking greater understanding of your Inner Magical Being, this is the book for you. Written by Grand Master Robert Blanchard in an intellectual manner. Detailing mankind from pre-human origins to modern times. This is not the typical practical text the Guild is known for. This details the path of the Occult Scientist. The Outsider, the Trans-human. Who are you? Why are you on this path? Why do we seek a different way? This book explains all this. The Outsider-Trans-human is the Next Level of Being the Occult Sciences develops.
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all make their appearances, and are now familiar figures in writing, conversation and idiom. So too are Carroll`s delightful verses such as The Walrus and the Carpenter and the inspired jargon of that masterly Wordsworthian parody, The Jabberwocky.
ISBN: 9781840227802
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Ричард Бах - американец, чья родословная, по семейному преданию, восходит к великому немецкому композитору Иоганну Себастьяну Баху. Лётчик, философ и писатель, Бах всю свою жизнь посвятил полётам. Его притча Чайка по имени Джонатан Ливингстон увидела свет в 1970 году и сразу завоевала сердца читателей. Это история о чайке, которая не похожа на своих сородичей и видит смысл существования не в утолении голода,...
ISBN: 978-5-6040570-7-0
Издательство:
Антология
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
What`s at the bottom of the rabbit hole? Wonder! Adventure! Confusion! Cake! Join Alice as she tumbles into a strange world where curious things are normal, and normal things are . . . curiouser! Oxford Children`s Classics present not only the original and unabridged stories of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass in one beautiful new edition, but also help you to discover a whole world of new adventures with an amazing assortment of recommendations and activities.
A brand new young fiction series by TV broadcaster and intrepid explorer Ben Fogle, inspired by his real-life animal experiences…Co-written with best-selling children’s author Steve Cole and illustrated throughout with beautiful black and white illustrations by Nikolas Ilic.You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble…Mr Dog has travelled north for an island escapade. But when a local hedgehog problem seems set to threaten his new friend, Hog, he knows he’ll have to act quickly to save his prickly companion…
A brand new young fiction series by TV broadcaster and intrepid explorer Ben Fogle, inspired by his real-life animal experiences…Co-written with best-selling children’s author Steve Cole and illustrated throughout with beautiful black and white illustrations by Nikolas Ilic.You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble…Mr Dog is spending some time out at sea, riding the waves with the fishermen. But when a local seal goes missing, he has to spring into action – fast… Anchors aweigh!
The astounding new novel from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of Time Travelling with a Hamster, this is a story for everyone of ten and older who loves adventure, laughs and tears."One of my favourite middle-grade writers" Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and StarsWhen eleven-year-old Georgie befriends an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual-reality 3D version of the future.But then a deadly disease threatens the life of every dog in the country and Georgie`s beloved dog, Mr Mash, gets sick. And that`s only the start of her troubles.Soon, Georgie and Mr Mash must embark on a desperate quest: to save every dog on earth, and maybe even all of...
A brand new young fiction series by TV broadcaster and intrepid explorer Ben Fogle, inspired by his real-life animal experiences…Co-written with best-selling children’s author Steve Cole and illustrated throughout with beautiful black and white illustrations by Nikolas Ilic.You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble…When a mother rabbit is captured in a trap, he ends up playing bunnysitter…But someone wants rid of All the rabbits, not just this one, and time is running out for Mr Dog to save them…
Greg`s mom has a visioh of "family togetherhess" that really doesh+ souhd a whole lot of tuh. But theres` a brahd-hew additioh to the Heffley family to contehd with and it looks like Greg migh be outhumbered. It could be a real dog of a summer .
ISBN: 978-0-14-133197-3
Издательство:
Puffin
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Grandfather had been gone for two years but I never thought it would be an ordinary day he’d come back, like a Monday or a Tuesday… I always knew he’d return across the water, triumphing over a few monsters on the way, I just didn’t know when…When Azi’s grandfather leaves their small Mediterranean island, Azi waits every day for him to return. The arrival of a nesting turtle and a tall sandy dog convinces Azi that it must mean that Grandfather is on his way. As Azi digs deeper into the past, he begins to unravel hidden secrets and starts to find out just how alike he and his grandfather really are. And without him, Azi knows he will never feel complete…
