The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien\`s epic tale of war. After the The Lord of the Rings was at last achieved, J R R Tolkien turned his attention once again to \`the Matter of the Elder Days\`. The text of the Annals of Aman, the \`Blessed Land\` in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, ecame of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda....
ISBN: 978-0-261-10300-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
`Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or cattle. Here, the most important thing is to be important.`Alchemists have always thought that they can change reality, shape it to their own purpose. Imagine then the damage that could be wrought on the Discworld if they get their hands on the ultimate alchemy: the invention of motion pictures, the greatest making of illusions. It may be a triumph of universe-shaking proportions. It`s either that or they`re about to unlock the dark secret of the Holy Wood hills - by mistake...
ISBN: 9780552166676
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
`Holy Wood is a different sort of place . . . Here, the most important thing is to be important.`A new phenomenon is taking over the Discworld: Moving Pictures. Created by the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork, the growing `clicks` industry moves to the sandy land of Holy Wood, attracted by the light of the sun and some strange calling no one can quite put their finger on...Also drawn to Holy Wood are aspiring young stars Victor Tugelbend, a wizarding student dropout, and Theda `Ginger` Withel, a small-town girl with big dreams.But behind the glitz and glamour of the clicks, a sinister presence lurks. Because belief is powerful in the Discworld, and sometimes downright dangerous...The magic of movies might just unravel reality itself.The...
The bestselling children`s books series for over 50 years!The spring in his step has got Mr. Bounce down. Can a pair of heavy boots help lift his spirits?The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
ISBN: 9781405289481
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
The bestselling children`s books series for over 50 years!Mr Brave is not as strong as Mr Strong. And he is not as tall as Mr Tall. But, as you will soon see, that does not stop him being brave.The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
ISBN: 9781405289498
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
The bestselling children`s books series for over 50 years!Mr Greedy liked to eat! In fact Mr Greedy loved to eat! But when he eats the dinner of a real live giant, his greediness might have taken him too far.The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
ISBN: 9781405289597
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Welcome to the Mr. Men Pocket Library - the perfect first introduction for young children to these fun and zany characters! The slipcase, which is packaged in shrink-wrap, features six board book stories about Mr Happy, Mr Messy, Mr Silly, Mr Bump, Mr Strong and Mr Tickle.The storybooks are made of robust board, and their small size and sturdy pages makes them perfect for young children to hold and play with, so they can explore the brightly-coloured images and turn the pages themselves.The pocket size of the slipcase makes it perfect to be enjoyed by young children when you`re out and about - it`s easy to pop into a bag for entertainment on the go. There`s also a second fun feature to the set - the back of the books can be positioned to...
ISBN: 9781405292511
Издательство:
Farshore
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Monk is horrified when he learns there s going to be a blue flu in San Francisco, until Capt. Stottlemeyer explains that it just means the police plan to call in "sick" until they get a better contract. Monk soon has his badge back and must catch an astrologer s killer and, most importantly, clean up his squad s desks. Original.
ISBN: 9780451220134
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: январь 2007
The bestselling children`s books series for over 50 years!On a perfect summer`s day, Mr Perfect was looking more perfect than usual. His house was looking even more perfect than usual. That`s because it was Mr Perfect`s birthday and he was having a party.The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
ISBN: 9781405289689
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
The bestselling children`s books series for over 50 years!Mr Quiet liked the quiet life. He lived, quietly, in a small cottage in the middle of a wood. The trouble was the wood was in the middle of a country called Loudland!The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
ISBN: 9781405289863
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
The bestselling children`s books series for over 50 years!Mr Small was very small. Probably the smallest person you`ve ever seen in your whole life. Or perhaps the smallest person you`ve never seen in your whole life, becaue he was so small you probably wouldn`t see him anyway.The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
ISBN: 9781405289696
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
The bestselling children`s books series for over 50 years!Mr Silly lived in Nonsenseland, which is a very funny place to live. You see, in Nonsenseland, everything is as silly as it can be. This year Mr Silly is determined to win the Nonsense Cup for having the silliest idea.The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
ISBN: 9781405289443
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Join the fun on the farm!A brand new Mudpuddle Farm book from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, hilariously illustrated throughout by Shoo Rayner, and perfect for readers of 5 and up.Two charming stories for younger readers, featuring a loveable family of all sorts of animals, living behind the tumble-down barn on Mudpuddle Farm - where everything is about to change… in the most unexpected and hilarious ways!Nowt to Worry About:There`s a storm in the air, and all the animals are worried. But old Farmer Rafferty doesn`t realise anything is wrong. Can the animals warn him in time?Tickety-Boo:A funny new creature has arrived at Mudpuddle Farm - and the animals soon make friends. Problem is, the latest addition to the farm doesn`t...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language practise activities, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. The eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book.Mulan and Other Tales of Heroes, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is...
Four little words can ruin a life.When Jess meets five-year-old Daisy and her mum, Morag, in a local London park, they seem a perfectly happy and loving pair. Until Daisy whispers four little words that send ice seeping down Jess’s spine…She’s not my mum.Determined to save Daisy, Jess becomes obsessed with unearthing Morag’s secrets. As she digs ever deeper, her friends and family start to question her own increasingly paranoid behaviour…Four little words can end a life.But Jess knows what she heard and she’s certain the fear in Daisy’s eyes was real. Of course she isn’t imagining things… Or is she?Mummy’s Little Secret is a nerve-shredding new psychological thriller from the author of The Missing Children Case Files...
An informative sticker book that helps young children learn about the fundamentals of geography, including a range of different habitats and the animals that live there, the weather system and how it works, and the basic geography of continents, land and water.
ISBN: 9781409597582
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She is best known for her novel "Uncle Tom`s Cabin", which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. "My Wife and I" is lesser-known Stowe`s novel, where she emphasized the importance of the marriage decision for men as well as women. The main character is Harry Henderson, the youngest son of a New England minister, who recounts his experiences through childhood, college, and his early career as a journalist.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08305-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2019
Enthralling children`s fiction for everyone who loves Robin Steven`s Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries and Frances Hardinge`s The Lie Tree.Twelve mysteries.Twelve authors.One challenge: can YOU solve the crimes before the heroes of the stories?These are twelve brand-new short stories from twelve of the best children`s crime writers writing today.These creepy, hilarious, brain-boggling, heart-pounding mysteries feature daring, brilliant young detectives, and this anthology is a must for fans of crime fiction and detection, especially the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, The Roman Mysteries and The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow.The Crime Club are twelve UK-based authors who are mad about crime fiction. Clementine Beauvais, Elen...
ISBN: 9781405282642
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is the first part of a "Mysteries and Adventures" series, containing author`s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07151-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This book is the first part of a "Mysteries and Adventures" series, containing author`s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08053-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This book is the second part of a "Mysteries and Adventures" series, containing author`s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural. . .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08054-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Nada the Lily is the thrilling story of the brave Zulu warrior Umslopogaas and his love for the most beautiful of Zulu women, Nada the Lily. Young Umslopogaas, son of the bloodthirsty Zulu king Chaka, is forced to flee when Chaka orders his death. In the adventures that ensue, Umslopogaas is carried away by a lion and then rescued by Galazi, king of an army of ghost-wolves.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07735-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Widely thought of as the best book Terry Pratchett ever wrote, this is a story of a Nation, a story of a friendship, a story of growing up and the truths we must learn. It is epic in every sense . . .Prepare for the world to be turned upside down . . .For Mau, halfway between boy and man, it happens when a great wave destroys his entire village. For Daphne, it’s when the same wave crashes her ship into the island that was once Mau’s home. Everything they once had is now so far away, lost to distance and time.But when Daphne stops trying to shoot Mau (she did apologise for it), and instead uses a salvaged invitation card to invite him to tea, they discover a new home can be theirs.And then people start arriving on the island – some...
