This work contains four new titles in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. Luxurious hardback editions foster pride in book ownership and enthusiasm for reading. Each of these four exciting new stories is a classic story or fable, retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey, a reading specialist. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8541-7
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Polly, Dennis, Angela, Adrian and the rest are bound to lose their spiritual innocence as well as their virginities on the journey between university in the 1950s and the marriages, families, careers and deaths that follow. On the one hand there`s Sex and then the Pill, on the other there is the traditional Catholic Church. In this razor-sharp novel, David Lodge exposes the pressures that assailed Catholics everywhere within a more permissive society, and voices their eternal question: how far can you go?
ISBN: 978-0-09-955414-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
How far could they go? On the one hand there was the traditional Catholic Church, on the other the siren call of the permissive society. And with the advent of COC (Catholics for an Open Church), the appearance of the pill and the disappearance of hell, it was difficult for Polly, Dennis, Angela, Adrian and the others not to rupture their spiritual virginity on their way from the fifties to the seventies. How far did they go? Find out in this razor-sharp novel ablaze with mordant insight and comic despair.
ISBN: 978-0-14-005746-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Leaving his home in a Welsh mining village for the last time, Huw Morgan remembers his childhood. The valley was green then, unspoilt by waste from the mine. The happiness of his family and friends had not yet been destroyed by cruel gossip and terrible pain. Since then, so much has changed.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-6123-1
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A special pocket-sized edition of the classic Christmas story from Dr. Seuss. With wacky rhymes and zany artwork, it tells the tale of the disgruntled Grinch and his fiendish attempts to steal Christmas from the citizens of Who-ville! Perfect for gifting or as a stocking-filler.
The ghastly Grinch refuses to be moved by the Christmas spirit in this must-have paperback version of Dr Seuss`s classic tale. When he spies the citizens of Who-ville enjoying their Christmas preparations, the Grinch comes down from his cave and makes a dastardly attempt to take all the joy out of the occasion by actually stealing Christmas. With hilarious rhymes and distinctive, original illustrations, this classic seasonal story has become a favourite for good reason and teaches readers the true meaning of Christmas.
The ghastly Grinch refuses to be moved by the Christmas spirit in this must-have paperback version of Dr Seuss`s classic tale, with an accompanying audio CD. When he spies the citizens of Who-ville enjoying their Christmas preparations, the Grinch comes down from his cave and makes a dastardly attempt to take all the joy out of the occasion by actually stealing Christmas. With hilarious rhymes and distinctive, original illustrations, this classic seasonal story has become a favourite for good reason and teaches readers the true meaning of Christmas. This title is the third classic Dr. Seuss paperback picture book and CD. Featuring specially composed music, wacky sound effects and the inimitable voice of Rik Mayall of The Young Ones fame,...
The Grinch, whose heart is two sizes too small, hates Who-ville`s holiday celebrations, and plans to steal all the presents to prevent Christmas from coming. To his amazement, Christmas comes anyway, and the Grinch discovers the true meaning of the holiday.
Jeremy Clarkson had a A world where the nonsensical made sense, the idiotic was abolished and the sheer bloody brilliant was embraced. In "How Hard Can It Be?" our hero embarks on a quest to set the world to rights. Again. En-route he discovers how rhubarb will become the new crack, that a comb over will end anyone`s quest for global domination and what unites a Filipino chambermaid in Abergavenny with Prince Andrew. For anyone who`s ever woken up and thought the time has come to stop the nonsense and celebrate the sensational, read on. Because seriously, how hard can it be?
ISBN: 978-0-14-104876-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Henry Morton Stanley`s greeting to the Scottish medical missionary David Livingstone - Dr Livingstone, I presume? - is to exploration what Holmes` Elementary, my dear Watson is to detective fiction. It took place in a remote African settlement when a travelling correspondent for the "New York Herald" successfully concluded an assignment to find the renowned explorer. But the meeting, and the events surrounding it, proved to be more than just a simple news story. Stanley`s accounts of his expedition not only helped transform Livingstone into one of the great Victorian heroes, but were also the springboard from which Stanley himself became the most accomplished of all African explorers. "How I Found Livingstone" was written in six weeks,...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-648-5
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student\`s ability. One icy winter\`s evening in Budapest, John Taylor is on his way home from the office when a man runs into him and knocks him over. The man turns to say sorry and John is amazed at what he sees: the man is John\`s double. The double rushes away but leaves no footprints in the snow. Over the next year it becomes clear to John that the meeting was no accident and that his double has a very important message to give him. Contains a paperback and 2 Audio CDs with complete text recordings from the book.
ISBN: 978-0-521-68620-4
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: январь 2011
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov shares the powerful secrets of strategy he has learned from dominating the world’s most intellectually challenging game for two decades – lessons about mastering the strategic and emotional skills to navigate life’s toughest challenges and maximise success no matter how tough the competition. Drawing on a wealth of revealing and instructive stories, not only from his finest games, but also from a wide-ranging and perceptive knowledge of current affairs, Kasparov reveals the strategic ways of thinking that always give a player – in life as in chess - the edge. With a raconteur’s engaging charm, a great chess strategist takes us inside a brilliant strategic mind. As Sun Tzu distilled the...
In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way, we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we`re from and even who we want to be.
ISBN: 978-0-14-101552-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
`In this book, chess is a teacher, and I aim to show it is a great one’. Garry Kasparov Here Grandmaster and World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov shares the powerful secrets of strategy he has learned from dominating the world’s most intellectually challenging game – lessons about mastering the strategic and emotional skills to navigate life’s toughest challenges and maximise success no matter how tough the competition. ‘Unfortunately, the number of ways to do something wrong always exceeds the number of ways to do it right’. Drawing on a wealth of revealing and instructive stories, not only from the most intense and decisive moments of his greatest games, but also from his wide-ranging and perceptive reading, Kasparov reveals...
ISBN: 978-0-09-948986-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Sammy`s had a bad week - his wallet`s gone, along with his new shoes, he`s been arrested then beaten up by the police and thrown out on the street - and he`s just gone blind. He remembers a row with his girlfriend, but she seems to have disappeared. Things aren`t looking too good for Sammy and his problems have hardly begun.
ISBN: 978-0-09-954627-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
Toast is a very excited little field mouse - in just a few sleeps it will be his birthday. Toast and Mummy fill their time with all sorts of preparations for the party while Daddy fills his time frantically trying to finish a special, secret present. Toast and Daddy want to know just how many sleeps are left - but for very different reasons!
Dissects what Proust had to say about friendship. This title looks at paying attention, taking your time, being alive and includes the author`s commentary.
ISBN: 978-0-330-35491-2
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: август 2011
