Leave Moominvalley? Is it possible? Yes, even the Moomin family need a change of scenery sometimes, so they`re off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island. Here they find space to grow, and to do things they couldn`t in their comfortable, cluttered valley home. As they discover their new home, the family also discover surprising, and wonderfully funny, new things about themselves.
Now that autumn is turning into winter, a group of unlikely friends--including the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, and Toft--are waiting in Moominvalley to see the Moomins, for winter doesnt seem right without them. But the Moomins are not at home. So all the visitors settle down to await their return, and oddly enough find themselves warming up to their new life together. For Moominvalley is Moominvalley still, even without the Moomins in it.
The Moomins sleep through the winter, but this year, Moomintroll wakes up early. Now he`s wondering why this season he`s never seen has made everything so different.
Enthralling sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.It is the Eve of Gomrath – the night of the year when the Old Magic is aroused. Had Colin and Susan known this, they would never have lighted a fire on the Beacon, thereby releasing the uncontrollable ferocity of the Wild Hunt. Soon they are inextricably caught up in the struggle between their friend, the Wizard Cadellin, and the evil Morrigan.The strength of their courage will determine whether or not they survive the awaiting ordeal…
ISBN: 9780007127870
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06628-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
Luna is an open penal colony and the regime is a harsh one. Not surprisingly, revolution against the hated authority is planned. But the key figures in the revolt are an unlikely crew: Manuel Garcia OKelly, an engaging jack of all trades, the beautiful Wyoming Knott - and Mike, a lonely computer who likes to make up
ISBN: 978-0-575-08241-0
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Mercy Thompson`s life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she`s fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But then, Mercy isn`t exactly normal herself.
ISBN: 978-0-441-01381-4
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany`s power, Steinbeck`s fable "The Moon Is Down" explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit community. As he delves into the motivations and emotions of the enemy, Steinbeck uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature.
ISBN: 0-14-118553-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2002
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "Moon-Face and Other Stories" is a collection that contains such wonderful stories as "Local Colour", "Amateur Night" and "The Leopard Man`s Story" — a short mystery story about the ingenious murder of "King Wallace", a fearless lion-tamer. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08105-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
