Love stories are not always about hearts and flowers. In this deliciously different celebration of love, romance is all about having a good row (and not always having to say you`re sorry). From trivial everyday quarrels, such as a dispute over a bride`s new hat in Dorothy Parker`s `Here We Are` and an argument about whether to close the screen door in Lydia Davis`s `Disagreement`, to more serious arguments where the truth is in doubt, such in Raymond Carver`s `Intimacy`, relationships of every kind - devoted, comfortable, passionate, intimate, bad-tempered - are here.
ISBN: 978-0-14-119022-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Youngsters can discover the inner-workings of a castle in this fun novelty book. Readers are encouraged to peek behind doors, windows and walls, and open foldouts of four detailed scenes that reveal castle life. Illustrations.
Let`s Explore a Pirate Ship! Come discover the complex inner-workings of a pirate ship from the roaring raids on a Spanish galleon to the salvage mission of a sunken vessel. From the outer decks to the crew`s quarters this book reveals every part of pirate life. Beautiful and intricate illustrations show the smallest details and will even cause some laughs as you notice funny scenes hidden inside the ship. Featuring naval battle scenes, a sunken ship panorama, and even funny scenes like pirates dropping cannon balls. Peek behind decks, windows and hulls to unfold panoramic foldouts of four unbelievably detailed scenes. Then, on the next page you`ll find a breakdown of each scene, with clear explanations, interesting facts and even more...
When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued uninterrupted every week until early 2004, kept the world in touch with what was happening in Cooke`s wry, liberal and humane style. This selection, made largely by Cooke himself and supplemented by his literary executor, gives us the very best of these legendary broadcasts. Over half have never appeared in print before. It is a remarkable portrait of a continent - and a man.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103534-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
This new ebook version of Tolkien`s timeless classic presents readers with a plethora of full colour images of the original letters alongside the transcribed text, offering a truly engrossing reading experience. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for `s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas`s house into the dining-room; how he broke the Moon into four...
ISBN: 978-0-00-728049-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This revised edition of Tolkiens famous illustrated letters from Father Christmas includes extracts and pictures not included in the original publication 25 years ago. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmass hse into the dining-room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back...
ISBN: 978-0-261-10386-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
This revised edition of Tolkien`s famous illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his children includes a number of pictures and letters that have not been seen in print before. The perfect Christmas gift for Tolkien lovers of all ages.This classic festive book of Tolkien`s amazing Father Christmas letters written to his children between the 1920s and the 1940s has been reworked into a new and attractive edition. It contains brand new high-quality digital reproductions of his amazing letters and pictures, including a number them that have never been printed before.`My dear children, I am more shaky than usual this year. The North Polar Bear`s fault. It was the biggest bang in the world, and the most monstrous firework there has ever...
Die Protagonisten in Arthur Schnitzlers frühen Erzählungen Stimmungsbildern, Phantasien und Studien bewegen sich zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit, Ahnen und Wissen, Betrug und Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod, Mitleid und Angst. Selbstlose Verhaltensweisen und egoistische Reaktionen werden analysierend erfaßt, Schicksale entdeckt, aber kein Urteil gefällt. Das Streben des einzelnen nach Glück, nach anhaltender Lebenskraft, seine Suche nach dem sichersten Weg führt zumeist über nervöse Gereiztheit, Resignation und Überschwang zu plötzlichem Ende oder langsamem Sterben. Dabei geht dem äußeren Tod nicht selten ein allmähliches Absterben der inneren Kräfte und Bindungen voraus....
A perfect treat for all fans of Thomas Harris. Sqweegel and Steve Dark are set to become the Hannibal and Clarice Starling of the 21st century in Zuiker`s first book of the Level 26 series.
ISBN: 978-0-451-23172-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
The year is 1914 and Europe, armed with futuristic machines and biotechnology, is on the precipice of war. Prince Aleksandar is fleeing for his life, having discovered that his parents have been assassinated and that he is now a target for the Clanker Powers, a group determined to take over the globe with their mechanical machinery. They will stop at nothing to get what they want, so Alek knows his only choice is to keep on running. When he meets Deryn Sharpe, an orphan girl who has disguised herself as a boy so she can to join the British Air Service, they form an uneasy, but necessary, alliance. But the pair will soon discover that their emerging friendship will dramatically change their lives and the entire course of the Great World
ISBN: 978-1-84738-674-8
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
On the eve of World War I, the machine-loving Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their big steam-powered Clankers. Inspired by Darwin, the British have fabricated animals into warships.
Six days ago, a man blew himself up by the side of a road in northern The explosion that detonates the narrative of Paul Auster`s remarkable novel also ends the life of its hero, Benjamin Sachs, and brings two FBI agents to the home of one of Sachs` oldest friends, the writer Peter Aaron. What follows is Aaron`s story, an intricate, subtle and gripping investigation of another man`s life in all its richness and complexity.
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet. Aleksandar Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battle-torn Stormwalker and a loyal crew of men. Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She`s a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered. With the Great War brewing, Alek`s and...
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.
With fantastic characters and enchanting, rhythmic and sometimes nonsense language, Lewis Carroll created magical wonderlands. In his world, many things appear upside down and inside out, the rules of logic just don`t apply, and everything pompous gets cut down to size. No surprise then that children love to visit this world sliding down the rabbit hole with Alice, battling the dreaded Jabberwock, or hunting for the mythical Snark. Carroll`s classic works have never lost their fascination and this selection of 26, with Eric Copeland`s savagely funny paintings that bring his fantastic realms to life, will become favourites with young readers: Father William; Humpty Dumpty`s Song; Tweedledum and Tweedledee; Mock Turtle`s song (early and...
