What is that makes urban myths so persistent but many everyday truths so eminently forgettable? How do newspapers set about ensuring that their headlines make you want to read on? And why do we remember complicated stories but not complicated facts? In the course of over ten years of study, Chip and Dan Heath have established what it is that determines whether particular ideas or stories stick in our minds or not, and Made to Stick is the fascinating outcome of their painstaking full of case histories and thought-provoking anecdotes, it shows, among other things, how one Australian scientist convinced the world he`d discovered the cause of stomach ulcers by drinking a glass filled with bacteria, how a gifted sports reporter got people to...
ISBN: 978-0-09-950569-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Madeline is one of the best-loved characters in children`s literature. Set in picturesque Paris, this tale of a brave little girl`s trip to the hospital was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1940 and has as much appeal today as it did then. The combination of a spirited heroine, timelessly appealing art, cheerful humor, and rhythmic text makes Madeline a perennial favorite with children of all ages. No one has ever written more delightful stories than the Madeline books, whose text and pictures are cherished by parents as well as by youngsters, and which have brightened the evening shadows at many a bedtime.
Puffin continues to update the Puffin Storytapesa audio program and convert the cassette tapes to compact discs. This season, weare adding two more titles to our list of Puffin Storytimea packages. Madelineas Christmas, Ludwig Bemelmansa classic tale of a little French girl named Madeline as she celebrates Christmas, is perfect for this holiday Puffin picture books will be accompanied by a compact disc that features a professional reading of the unabridged story. Perfect for road trips or quiet bedtime reading, as well as story time, preschool, and home school, Puffin Storytime: Madelineas Christmas is sure to please children and parents alike.
ISBN: 978-0-14-240897-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
Madeline`s fun-loving spirit and bold personality get her into the greatest adventures. In these five books she turns a trip to the hospital into a grand adventure, tumbles into the river Seine only to be rescued by a fearless dog, runs off to join the circus - and that`s just the beginning! Thanks to humorous, lyrical text, breathtaking artwork, and a spunky redhead named Madeline, these books have timeless appeal and perennial popularity.
Famous for the "bias cut", Madeleine Vionnet`s sophisticated approach to couture remains a pervasive influence today. Eschewing artificial and restrictive padding and stiffening, she liberated the female form with designs that integrated movement and comfort into women`s fashion. She also championed unusual fabrics that were luxurious and sensual yet simple and modernchiffon, silk, crepe de chine, gabardine, and satin. Her most revolutionary creationsthe handkerchief dress, cowl neck, and halter topcling to and seamlessly move with the wearer. Vionnet`s principles of elegance, movement, architectural form, and timeless style continue to inform contemporary fashion. This lavishly illustrated book showcases Vionnet`s daringly original...
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3278-1
Издательство:
Знак
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Puffin is updating the Puffin Storytapesa audio program and converting the cassette tapes to compact discs our list begins with three perennial classicsa Corduroy, Madeline, and Froggy Gets Dressed aas well as one modern classic new to Puffin audioa Skippyjon Jones. each Puffin picture book will be accompanied by compact disc that features a professional reading of each unabridged story and, in some cases, music. perfect for road trips or quiet bedtime reading, as well as story time, preschool, and home schools, Puffin Storytimea is sure to please children and parents alike.
ISBN: 978-0-14-240871-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Эрнст Теодор Гофман - знаменитый немецкий писатель-романист, в произведениях которого искусно переплетены мистика, детектив и необычные приключения. "Мадемуазель де Скюдери" - одно из самых известных произведений автора. В напуганный Париж приходит беда: таинственный вор драгоценностей исчезает перед самым носом стражи, оставляя за собой лишь вереницу трупов. Полиция вводит комендантский час, чем...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05491-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Take the combined fortunes of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods and Roman Abramovich. Now imagine someone stealing that much money - and being hailed as a financial genius. That man is Bernard Madoff. Backed by governments and global banks, Madoff defrauded $65 billion from charities and individual investors including Stephen Spielberg. Finally turned in by his own sons, Madoff opened his door in his dressing gown to be arrested by the FBI. Eleven charges and eleven guilty verdicts later he swapped his penthouse for a prison cell. Only $1 billion was left. "Madoff" is the first definitive account of the rise and fall of the biggest fraudster ever. It`s a story of greed, betrayal and lies, of remorseless risk-taking, family tragedy and financial...
ISBN: 978-0-14-104546-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The internationally bestselling biography, fully updated in time for Madonna`s fiftieth birthday. Whereas other books about Madonna have been based on previously published material, this biography is the result of fifteen years of exclusive interviews with people who are speaking publicly for the first time, including close friends, business associates and even family members. Acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli has also interviewed the star herself on numerous occasions and he draws on these first-hand experiences to bring Madonna to life as not merely a tabloid delight, but as a flesh-and-blood woman with human foibles and weaknesses, as well as great strengths and ambitions. Newly updated and published to celebrate Madonna`s...
ISBN: 978-0-330-45446-9
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Madonna Ciccone is the highest-earning female singer of all time, one of our greatest living pop icons and possibly the most famous woman in the world. She has reinvented herself time and time again and continues to top the charts. In 2008, unbelievably, she is hitting her 50th birthday. Complete with detailed analysis of Madonna`s music, revealing interviews with her intimate inner circle - her dancers, backing musicians and producers - Lucy O`Brien follows Madonna from her difficult childhood, to those frenetic early years in New York, through the shocks and scandals of the 1990s Sex era, to her twenty-first-century incarnation as English Lady of the Manor, and the controversial Malawian adoption saga. Providing fascinating insight...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15361-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
In February 2011, in scenes that evoked the chilliest moments of the Cold War, journalist Luke Harding was expelled from Moscow. His offence? To have reported on aspects of contemporary Russia that the authorities would have preferred to remain hidden from view. Moscow Ghosts is a clear-eyed and unflinching chronicle of Luke`s often terrifying experiences in Russia in the months leading up to his expulsion. It describes his encounters with Russia`s sinister FSB security service, the leather-jacketed agents who tailed him, and his summons to Lefortovo, formerly the KGB`s notorious Moscow prison. It also details the secret psychological war the FSB waged against the journalist and his family. Emails were intercepted. Break-ins at his flat...
ISBN: 978-0-85265-248-0
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
This is a stunning international thriller of psychology and conspiracy, espionage and prophecy, history and suspense. After someone he has under surveillance is slaughtered - literally - CIA agent Jack Dunphy is ordered to leave London immediately and return to the US, where he is dumped into a tedious desk job that seems calculated to make him quit. Determined to learn why, Dunphy uses all his CIA tradecraft on the agency that has turned against him - and discovers the fragments of a story that seems too wild to be true, providing him with evidence of a conspiracy that goes back to the time of Christ, a conspiracy so vast and deep and old that the CIA itself is but a cover for it. Embroiled in a plot far more elaborate than he ever...
ISBN: 978-0-09-949847-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
It only takes a couple of visits to convince Dr Elizabeth Bancroft that Adam Hunter is not just having bad dreams. He`s a child possessed. His father is desperate: adamant that his son`s affliction is the result of a curse he incurred in the depths of the Amazon, where a badly misguided military operation ended in a terrifying and macabre encounter. There he met two women - one more bad than good, who placed the curse - and the other more good than bad, with whom any hope of saving his son resides. Mark Hunter leaves the Scottish Highlands to beg help from the mysterious woman, leaving his son in the care of Elizabeth - who is about to discover there are equally dark secrets on their own doorstep. And in her
Maggie is an astonishing novel of social realism, which parallels many of today`s ills. Set in the urban squalor of New York in the 1890s, it follows the careers of the innocent Maggie and her brother Jimmie, children of brutal and drunken parents. It is a tour-de-force equal to The Red Badge of Courage. Also included in this volume are seven of Stephen Crane`s short stories. The Monster is a novelette which provides a bitter commentary on man`s inhumanity to man; The Blue Hotel, a tale of murder in a small Nebraska town; His New Mittens, which concerns the reflections of a runaway boy, is followed by four stories of sensation and excitement.
ISBN: 978-1-85326-559-4
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A horse that can fly? A creature that`s half-lion, half-eagle? If you think they sound amazing, wait until you see the other incredible animals roaming these pages. This book comes with a CD that brings the stories to life through lively music, dramatic sound effects and superbly characterized readings. A listenalong version is followed by a readalong version with prompts for page turns. Retold by Carol Watson.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8106-8
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Hold on to your lucky charms and delve into this bewitching collection of 30 fairy tales and magic stories, retold by the world`s best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up!Watch out for cats in boots, three bears who live in the woods and strange unicorns in this magical collection of short stories by Enid Blyton. From lost slippers and fairy curses to imps without names and a dragon called Mr Wumble, there`s fairy magic brewing. Who will live happily ever after?These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.Enid Blyton remains one of Britain`s favourite...
Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania The brother-and-sister team quickly head off in the magic tree house on another magical and historical adventure. Their mission: discover one of the four secrets of happiness. Their journey to a land of fierce samurai and great beauty, the capital city of Edo (now the city of Tokyo), in ancient Japan in the 1600s. Their tools: a research book to guide them and a magic wand with three special rules. In Dragon of the Red Dawn, Mary Pope Osborne transports readers back to the splendor, rich culture, and magic of traditional Japan.
ISBN: 978-0-375-83728-9
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
A final collection of original short fantasy stories assembles previously uncollected tales, stories about the two-centimeter demon Azael, several fairy tales, and a humorous adventure about Batman`s old age from the grandmaster of science fiction. Isaac Asimov and science fiction are one and the same to millions of readers. He was the field`s transcendent genius, its reigning prophet, its genial patriarch, and its most prolific author. But Asimov also wrote fantasy, and invariably of an enduring quality. Magic is his final original collection, containing all of his uncollected fantasy stories that have never before appeared in book form. Wry and witty, they carry his unique, personal stamp of rationalism and logic. These stories are...
