Gyo Fujikawa`s adorable animals and children are available for the first time in a four-book, mini boxed set. Little babies like to look at other little babies - and this multicultural group of adorable infants is simply irresistible. Gyo Fujikawa captures them playing with toys and each other, sweetly napping, and above all GROWING! Four tiny little board books perfect for tiny hands feature a treasure-trove of art and text compiled from five of Fujikawa`s best-loved classics - all packaged in a handsome gift-giving slipcase.
Terry Brooks won instant acclaim with his phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Sword of Shannara. Its sequels earned Brooks legendary status. Then his darkly enthralling The Word and the Void trilogy revealed new depths and vistas to his mastery of epic fantasy. Armageddon’s Children and The Elves of Cintra took Brooks’s remarkable mythos to a breathtaking new level by delving deep into the history of Shannara. And now, The Gypsy Morph rounds out–with an adventure of unforgettably imaginative scope–the first phase of a new chapter in this classic series. Eighty years into the future, the United States is a no-man’s-land: its landscape blighted by chemical warfare, pollution, and plague; its government collapsed; its...
Princess Christianna, happier in jeans and a sweatshirt than in the formal life of European royalty, leaves university to travel to East Africa as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Determined to make a difference, she plunges into the dusty, bustling life of an international relief camp, and is anxious to keep her identity a secret from her fellow aid workers. Dr Parker Williams, who works alongside Christianna and shares her dedication to healing, has no idea who she is - but as violence approaches and invades the camp, and the pressures of her royal life beckon her home, her struggle for freedom takes an extraordinary turn. Формат: 10,5 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-552-15182-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Princess Christianna is a young woman of her times: born in Europe, educated in America, responsible beyond her years. Her father, the Reigning Prince of a European nation that takes its royalty seriously, has ironclad plans for his only daughter`s life, a burden that for Christianna is almost unbearable. After four years at Berkeley, life in her father`s palace cannot distract Christianna from what she sees outside the kingdom-the suffering of children, the ravages of terrorism and disease. Determined to make a difference in the world, she persuades her father to let her volunteer for the Red Cross in East Africa, and a journey of discovery, change, and awakening begins. Christianna plunges into the dusty, bustling life of an...
ISBN: 978-0-440-24204-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Profoundly sad and hopeful at the same Hachiko Waits shows us the very best in life; loyalty, devotion, our ability to love-all taught by a beloved, intelligent, and heroic dog. I love it. Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Award-winning author of Sarah Plain and Tall The loyalty and devotion of a dog has no bounds What a good dog you are. What a fine dog you are. Hachi, you are the best dog in all of Japan. Professor Ueno speaks these words to his faithful dog before boarding the train to work every morning. And every afternoon just before three o`clock, Hachi is at the train station to greet his beloved master. One day, the train arrives at the station without the professor. Hachi waits. For ten years Hachi waits for his master to return....
Created by Hal Foster in 1934 and gradually taken over by John Cullen Murphy in the 1970s, Prince Valiant remains an icon of graphic storytelling, noted for the dramatic action and superb detail of its artwork as well as its stories of love, friendship, and swashbuckling adventure set in the days of King Arthur. Written by Mark Schultz and drawn by Gary Gianni since 2004, the strip continues in this great tradition. In this collection of 182 full-page, vividly colored episodes, Val and his son Nathan run afoul of Pictish warriors, while Nathan`s young heart is captured by a young shaman girl. Then Val, captured by the Viking Skyrmir, finds himself in Africa, seeking King Solomon`s treasure.
A devastatingly moving and often very funny novel from a masterful voice. In Half a Life we are introduced to the compelling figure of Willie Chandran. Springing from the unhappy union of a low-caste mother and a father constantly at odds with life, Willie is naively eager to find something that will place him both in and apart from the world. Drawn to England, and to the immigrant and bohemian communities of post-war London, it is only in his first experience of love that he finally senses the possibility of fulfilment. In its humorous and sensitive vision of the half-lives quietly lived out at the centre of our world, Naipaul’s graceful novel brings its own unique illumination to essential aspects of our shared history.
ISBN: 978-0-330-48517-3
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. There are worse things than the death They call them halfheads: convicted criminals, surgically mutilated and lobotomized by the State, then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals, no reprieves, and no one ever comes back. Until now. Dr Fiona Westfield, one of the most prolific serial killers Glasgow has ever seen, is waking up. Surrounded by blood and death and darkness. William Hunter has risen through the ranks since putting Westfield away; now he`s Assistant Network Director, in charge of police actions. But a routine...
ISBN: 978-0-00-734926-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father - the guy responsible for ruining her mother`s life. But when she`s captured by Bones, a bounty hunter and a vampire, she finds herself forced into an unholy partnership. In exchange for his help in finding her father, and still astonished she hasn`t ended up as his dinner, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. But that`s not all Bones has to show her - Cat`s starting to believe maybe vampires aren`t all evil after all, especially ones as cute as Bones. She`s half-convinced that being half-dead doesn`t have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her...
ISBN: 978-0-575-09377-5
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
From the emergence of Bill Haley and his Comets to the meteoric rise of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Halfway to Paradise is an extraordinary photographic tribute to the forces that invented rock. From the 1950s until the early 1960s, photographer Harry Hammond`s camera captured rock `n` roll`s most famous names - The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Animals, Dusty Springfield, and many other icons. Now, from the legendary Harry Hammond Archive comes this exciting collection of 250 previously unpublished photographs of British and American musicians. Alwyn W. Turner captures the energy of this explosive period in music history as he tells the story of Britain`s embrace - and sometime domination...
ISBN: 978-1-85177-553-8
Издательство:
V&A Publishing
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Boo! Get ready for Halloween with this collection of three, 12-page spooky board books. Inside Ha-Ha-Ha!, Booo! and Meow!, there are pictures of a ghost and a spider, a frog and a skull and other creepy Halloween creatures. With fun shaped front covers, this chunky book pack is the perfect gift for a spine-tingling Halloween.
This is an inside-out celebration of Halloween for kids! Trick or treat! Open up the front cover, shaped like a jack-o`-lantern to reveal creepy crawlies, frogs and toads, pumpkins with lights and ghosts of the night. Read it together with your child - the lively and engaging words are perfect for reading aloud to young children.
ISBN: 978-1-4053-4191-2
Издательство:
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
"A fast-moving, fairytale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the persecution of witches in the Dark Ages, and the gargoyles of Notre Dame, they catch up with the elusive Pipkin in the catacombs of Mexico, where each boy gives one year from the end of his life to save Pipkin`s. Enhanced by...
Роман о расследовании отставным бельгийским полицейским Эркюлем Пуаро еще одного преступления. В роли его помощника выступает писательница Ариадна Оливер, которая в отличие от привычного для читателей Гастингса, обладает очень богатым воображением, да и сама пишет детективные романы. Издание на английском языке.
ISBN: 9785949621042
Издательство:
Антология
Дата выхода: январь 2008
