Oscar Wilde, Isaac Asimov, James Thurber, Fredric Brown
A Collection of Very Short Stories and Modern Fables Mind the Characters is a journey into the world of English language fiction through the analysis of short stories and modern fables . The authors of the texts include Oscar Wilde, Isaac Asimov, James Thurber and Fredric Brown. Each of the ten units looks at the relationships between the characters and their worlds - both real and imaginary. The characters include Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf, a little girl and a talking snail, a little boy and a star, a man and a computer and a pair of vampires and an alien. INTERACT WITH LITERATURE offers a wide range of original literary texts from intermediate level upwards (unabridged short stories or extracts from novels, as well as...
ISBN: 978885300-654-7
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A New York Times Bestseller. Her telekinetic gift has forced Dahlia to spend her life isolated from others. And just when she thinks she`s found peace, her world comes crashing She has become the target of deadly assassins and she must rely on Nicholas, a dangerous warrior sent to protect her.
ISBN: 978-0-515-13809-2
Издательство:
Rem Distributors
Дата выхода: август 2011
Xuma is from the north. He comes to live in Malay Camp, a township near Johannesburg, so that he can work in the mine. The job is very hard but Xuma is strong and learns quickly. Xuma is lonely in Malay Camp. He desperately wants Eliza`s love but she wants the comforts of a white man`s life. Xuma cannot give her these things, for he is black. Maisy is a simple, happy girl. She loves Xuma very much. Will Xuma overcome his desire for Eliza and accept Maisy`s love? Retold by Rod Nesbitt.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7326-4
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The only official sticker book created in collaboration with Mojang!Take your first steps into the Overworld, and learn all about the perils that await with this official Mojang activity book, filled with survival tips, secret tricks and hundreds of stickers.Discover which hostile mobs are best avoided, learn how to build an epic base, and find out where to locate the best blocks and items by completing the exciting activities inside. With so much to do, there’s enough to keep young Minecrafters busy for hours!
ISBN: 9781405288552
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Becky Brandon thinks that having a daughter is a dream come true: a shopping friend for life! But two-year-old Minnie proves to be a challenge. She creates havoc everywhere she goes, and her favorite word is "Mine!" On top of everything else, suddenly there`s a huge nationwide financial crisis. With people having to cut back, Becky decides to throw surprise party for Luke to cheer everyone up. But when costs start to spiral out of control, she must decide whether to accept help from an unexpected source-and thereby run the risk of hurting the person she loves. Will Becky be able to pull off the celebration of the year? Will Minnie ever learn to behave? And ... most will Becky`s secret wishes ever come true?
Winnie the Witch is ready for anything life throws at her! In `Winnie`s Awful Auntie` Winnie and Wilbur have to deal with an unbearably fussy relative on an unexpected visit; in `Winnie Gets Cleaning` Winnie offers her janitorial services to the local school with hilarious results; in `Winnie and the Ghost in the Post` Winnie and Wilbur find themselves the surprise winners of a television poetry competition and in `Mini Winnie` there`s an unusual solution to a laundry problem. Four crazily funny stories featuring everyone`s favourite witch, her big black cat, Wilbur, and a zany supporting cast of new characters. Korky Paul`s exuberant black line illustrations complement the humour, slapstick, and moments of real drama that run through...
ISBN: 978-0-19-272577-6
Издательство:
OXED
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) thought motherhood would be a breeze and that having a daughter was a dream come true - a shopping friend for life! But it`s trickier than she thought - two-year-old Minnie has a quite different approach to shopping. She can create havoc everywhere from Harrods to Harvey Nicks to her own christening. She hires taxis at random, her favourite word is `Mine`, and she`s even started bidding for designer bags on ebay. On top of everything else, there`s a big financial crisis. People are having to Cut Back - including all of Becky`s personal shopping clients - and she and Luke are still living with Becky`s Mum and Dad. To cheer everyone up, Becky decides to throw a surprise birthday party - on a budget - but then...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77439-0
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to forget the nightmare of the blitz - and the aching guilt of having mercifully murdered his sick wife. He was surviving alone, aside from the war, until he happened to guess both the true and the false weight of the cake. From that moment, he finds himself ruthlessly hunted, the quarry of malign and shadowy forces, from which he endeavors to escape with a mind that remains obstinately out of focus.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928618-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Department of Precrime has cut major crime by almost 100%. How? Simple: it is possible to look into the future, and then arrest potential criminals, sentence them and punish them, before they actually commit the crime. Nobody doubts the efficiency and fairness of the system, until Precrime Commissioner John Anderton finds himself accused. According to the department, at some point in the next seven days he will commit murder. In most cases, the precrime verdict is unanimous. This time there was a difference of opinion. If Anderton is to save himself, he must find the minority report. And if he is to remain free, he must go on the run, as a convicted murderer. Philip K. Dick`s brilliantly original vision of the future is now the basis...
ISBN: 978-0-575-07520-7
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Kerstin Kvist enters crumbling Lydstep Old Hall to live with the Cosways and to act as nurse to John, a grown man fed drugs by his family to control his lunatic episodes. But John`s strangeness is grotesquely mirrored in that of his four sisters who roam the dark, mazy Essex country house under the strict gaze of eighty-year-old Mrs Cosway. Despite being treated as an outsider, Kerstin is nevertheless determined to help John. But she soon discovers that there are others in the family who are equally determined that John remains isolated, for sinister reasons of their own ...
ISBN: 978-0-14-104260-2
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2012
This title is a new addition to "Young Reading Series One", part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme, based on the Greek myth, aimed at children just beginning to read to help build confidence and ability. Theseus is determined to slay the monster that lives at the heart of the Labyrinth. But even if he succeeds, will he make it back home to Athens in one piece? This title is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is a senior lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University. It features beautifully produced hardback with ribbon marker to encourage pride in book ownership.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-9696-3
Издательство:
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Did you hear the news about a boy who disappeared? No one knows what happened to except me. Young Karl leaves behind his unhappy life as an unwanted foster child to escape to Farawayland. There, he learns that his true name is Mio, and that he is the son of the king. But the kingdom is under threat. The evil Sir Kato terrorizes the land, and it has been foretold that Mio is the only one who can defeat Originally published in Swedish in 1954, Astrid Lindgren`s tale of Mio became a worldwide children`s classic. It is celebrated in this heritage edition, complete with a new and faithful English translation.
They were looking for a miracle Sara Lowell and Michael Silverman. The ideal celebrity couple, darlings of the media. She`s TV`s most popular journalist. He`s New York`s hottest basketball star. Their lives would soon
It is New Year`s Eve when the storm of the century hits northern California. In a quiet neighborhood in San Francisco, amid the chaos of fallen trees and damaged homes, the lives of three strangers are about to collide in Steel`s latest №1 bestseller.
ISBN: 0-440-24077-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: февраль 2007
It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the letter-writer Mma Ramotswe has a further set of problems to solve, both professional and personal. There is an adopted child`s poignant search for her true family, and Mr J. L. B. Matekoni`s pursuit of an expensive miracle for their own foster daughter Motholeli. With these latest developments on Tlokweng Road, Alexander McCall Smith reveals with all his brilliant storytelling skill that there are very few troubles that cannot be...
ISBN: 978-0-349-11995-3
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
