From the Incredible Hulk to the invincible Iron Man to the amazing Spiderman, all 200 characters who have made up The Avengers, the world's mightiest Super Hero team are included in this ultimate character encyclopedia. You can discover all about the Avengers' action packed history since 1963. You can find out about each member of the Avengers with detailed facts, stats, character histories, their allies and their enemies. Created in full collaboration with Marvel Comics and packed full with original comic book art, this encyclopedia is essential reading for all super hero fans!
ISBN: 978-1-4053-5694-7
Издательство:
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Дата выхода: март 2012
The story is brief and funny. The Words are few and easy, and have a happy, catchy rhythm. The Pictures are clear and colorful clues to the text. An offspring of the world-famous Beginner Books, this Bright and Early Book is designed for an even lower age group. No matter how young your children are, Bright and Early Books will encourage their interest and delight in reading. After a little help from you, they`ll soon be saying, "I can read it all by myself!"
From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. This classic series tells the story of the world`s most beloved nanny, who brings enchantment and excitement with her everywhere she goes. Featuring the charming original cover art by Mary Shepard, these new editions are sure to delight readers of all ages. Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary` s care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons. Surprises are sure to pop up when Mary...
Mary Poppins returns to Cherry Tree Lane and adventures are sure to follow! The second book in the original Mary Poppins series. On sailed the curious figure, its feet neatly clearing the tops of the trees. They could see the face now, and the well-known features - coal-black hair, bright blue eyes and nose turned upwards like the nose of a Dutch doll. The figure drifted down between the lime trees and alighted primly down upon the grass. "Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins!" they cried, and flung themselves upon her.
Вниманию читателей предлагается полный, неадаптированный текст известной детской повести-сказки П.Трэверс "Мэри Поппинс". Издание рассчитано на школьников, изучающих английский язык и нуждающихся в качественных и доступных текстах для его освоения.
ISBN: 978-5-9542-0096-6
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: январь 2009
introduced Mary Poppins to the world in 1934. Ever since, the no-nonsense English nanny has been beloved by children and adults everywhere. Originally published in 1962 and long unavailable, Mary Poppins from A to Z offers a unique glimpse of the famous Poppins cast. Twenty-six vignettes - one for each letter of the alphabet - weave unexpected tales of Mary Poppins, the Banks children, and other characters from Travers`s timeless novels. As an added twist, each vignette is filled with fun and unusual words that start with the featured letter. In full color for the first time, this enchanting new edition will delight both old and new fans of the inimitable Mary Poppins.
Mary Queen of Scots is dead famous for: having terrible taste in husbands, rotting away in Liz 1`s prison and, totally losing her head - on the chopping block. But have you heard that Mary: was a six-foot stunner who had a charmed childhood, got kidnapped by a murderous lord - and married him, managed to give her executioner a fright or two? Even though she`s dead, Mary`s still full of surprises. Now you can get the inside story with Mary`s secret diary, read all about it in "The Scottish Herald", and discover some Prickly Thistle Facts about the Scottish Queen and her hopeless husbands.
From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. This classic series tells the story of the world`s most beloved nanny, who brings enchantment and excitement with her everywhere she goes. Featuring the charming original cover art by Mary Shepard, these new editions are sure to delight readers of all ages. Mary Poppins reappears just in time According to her tape measure, Jane and Michael have grown Worse and Worse since she went away. But the children won`t have time to be naughty with all that Mary has planned for them. A visit to Mr. Twigley`s music box-filled attic, an encounter with the Marble Boy, and a ride on Miss Calico`s enchanted candy canes are all...
Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a `great and infamous whore`. She was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII`s second wife. She may secretly have borne Henry a child and it was because of his adultery with Mary that his marriage to Anne was annulled. It is not hard to see how this tangled web of relationships has given rise to rumours and misconceptions that have been embroidered over the centuries. In this, the first full-scale biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject and uncovers the facts about one of the most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age. Her extensive, forensic research has facilitated...
ISBN: 978-0-09-954648-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary’s care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons.
"Frankenstein, for that is your name, isn`t it? Or should I call you Father?" "Call me what you like." "Why did you bring me into this world of hate, Frankenstein?" I was surprised by how well he spoke. "It is not a world of hate. It is a world of love ..." "Love? What is love? You have shown me no love. The world has shown me nothing but hate ..."
ISBN: 978-1-84-216376-4
Издательство:
Express Publishing
Дата выхода: январь 2008
At just 11 years old, the young princess Mary is sent from her native Scotland to live in the court of her future father-in-law, King Henry-II of France. She spends her time attending balls, hunting and hawking, learning Latin and fractions and music, and playing with her future husband, Francis. But all the while Mary is quite
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1622-8
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
In the summer of 1553, against all odds, Mary Tudor was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England. Anna Whitelock`s absorbing debut tells the remarkable story of a woman who was a princess one moment, and a disinherited bastard the next. It tells of her Spanish heritage and the unbreakable bond between Mary and her mother, Katherine of Aragon; of her childhood, adolescence, rivalry with her sister Elizabeth and finally her womanhood. Throughout her life Mary was a fighter, battling to preserve her integrity and her right to hear the Catholic mass. Finally, she fought for the throne. The Mary that emerges from this groundbreaking biography is not the weak-willed failure of traditional narratives, but a complex figure of immense...
ISBN: 978-1-4088-0078-2
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011