Itas vacation time again and all the English Roses have exciting plans. Nicole and Amy are off to attend a creative arts camp in Wales. And Charlotteas off to her familyas villa in the south of France. And Grace has invited Binah to come to Atlanta and visit her cousins. Binah is so excited for her first holiday overseas, and she canat wait to meet her friendas family. But her trip gets off to a bad start, with a terrible bout of motion sickness on the flight across, followed by jet lag and homesickness once sheas on the ground. Can Grace and her brothers save Binahas vacation?
ISBN: 978-0-14-241128-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Have you ever wondered why? Here we go on a journey over five continents to look at countries where English is used in daily life: from the top of Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains to the beaches of the Caribbean, from the plains of Kenya to the streets of New York, the shores of Australia, and beyond. Dossiers: Aboriginal Australians Real Pirates of the Caribbean
ISBN: 978885301-212-8
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Matthew Kneale`s "English Passengers" tells the story of an 1857 expedition to Tasmania, in search of the Garden of Eden, whose members - including a vicar and a sinister racial theorist - don`t realise they are actually aboard a manx smuggling ship. Told by a score of different characters and packed with drama, comedy and punch, "English Passengers" is a major work of the imagination.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103497-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
`Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun - one wondered what had become of it, on this side of the world - and the grey mildness, shading away into black at any pretext, appeared in itself a promise.` Henry James left America for England in 1876 and remained in his adopted country for the next three decades. Arriving in Liverpool, he made his way first to London, the `dreadful, delightful city`, which he would come to both love and hate. James revelled in the exoticism and immensity of all that was unknown to him and his writing spills over with youthful excitement, humour and vivid descriptions of the people, landscapes, towns and cities he encountered. In London, he marvelled at the...
ISBN: 978-1-84885-485-7
Издательство:
I.B.Tauris
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The English Roses are in a tizzy over the gift exchange at school, especially Charlotte. Certain she`ll get something fabulous, she can`t hide her dismay at ending up with a dumpy pot holder. And after receiving her Secret Santa, the nerdy Jeanette Jones runs off in tears - can the English Roses help Charlotte grasp the true meaning of Christmas?
ISBN: 978-0-14-241124-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
The international bestseller and winner of the 1992 Booker Prize The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire — a copy of The Histories by Herodotus, covered with hand-written notes describing a painful and ultimately tragic love affair.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-7259-6
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
Hampstead School is getting political! When school elections roll around, Nicole decides to run for class president, and Grace volunteers to be her campaign manager. The only problem is, Grace starts treating the election like one of her football matches, and instead of focusing on Nicole, Grace starts making the election all about beating opponents. Can the English Roses help draw Grace in before the final ballots are cast?
ISBN: 978-0-14-241127-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
