A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience regularly inspires such an outpouring of poetry, prose and philosophy as love. From passionate declarations to clinical analysis, writers of every age have been fascinated, tormented and inspired by love. This beautifully produced collection of short stories will combine the best of contemporary and classic fiction on the theme of love, from Catullus to Alice Munro. Edited and introduced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of `Middlesex`, this wonderfully heterodox look at love will include, amongst others, `A Rose for Emily` by William Faulkner,...
My naughty little sister is always doing silly things. She`s curious about what`s in a chimney and sticks a feather duster up and then tries to hide all the soot! But when she has measles she`s itchy and sad and grumpy and has to stay in bed and can`t be naughty at all! How long before she`s bad again?
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3343-9
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2011
Daniel tells me that he`s always loved me. That I feel the same. That I always have. Not just in this life, but in my last life, and all my lives before. But I don`t remember him. He says he is always searching for me. Always hoping that one day I will remember. But it is only he that carries the memory of our love. I know that finding true love is never easy. Perhaps you have fought for it. Perhaps, like Daniel, you have endured the pain of it being unrequited. But I hope your quest ends happily. I hope you never have to face the heartbreak that inevitably awaits us. This is our extraordinary, unforgettable story.
ISBN: 978-0-340-95351-8
Издательство:
Hodder Education
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Even the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror? With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps the clue lies somewhere in the half-finished Orhan Pamuk is Turkey`s leading contemporary novelist and in "My Name is Red", he has fashioned an...
My naughty little sister is stubborn and greedy and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat`s tail and eats all the trifle at Harry`s party! How much bother can one little sister be?
ISBN: 978-1-4052-5334-5
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2011
It`s double trouble My naughty little sister`s best friend, Bad Harry, is just as naughty as she is! They make secret friends with a mouse and feed it bacon and cheese, and they pretend to eat their bread crusts but hide them instead. Together they cause terrible mischief.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3344-6
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2011
An enchanting collection of stories about the most famous little sister in the world, with the beautiful and iconic illustrations by Shirley Hughes.My Naughty Little Sister is stubborn and greedy and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat’s tail and eats all the trifle at Harry’s party! How much bother can one little sister be?This treasure trove of sibling naughtiness contains all five books in the series: My Naughty Little Sister, More Naughty Little Sister Stories, My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry, When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good and My Naughty Little Sister’s Friends.My Naughty Little Sister has charmed generations of adults and children alike thanks to Dorothy Edwards’ playful stories and Shirley...
ISBN: 9781405294027
Издательство:
Farshore
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Vividly imagined accounts of queens and princesses from the past. In 1914, Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of the Tsar, leads a privileged life in the grand palaces of Russia. The First World War and the Bolshevik revolution are just about to erupt. With the royal family arrested and exiled to Siberia, the life Anastasia knows is swept away forever. Spanning the last four years of Anastasia`s life, My Royal Story offers a fascinating insight into a childhood spent in one of Russian history`s darkest hours.
Young Marie Antoinette has a recurring nightmare, in which the broken head of her porcelain doll is her own. Marie Antoinette doesn`t know her fate, but she knows her destiny to one day be the Queen of France. But all the preparation in the world cannot equip her for the adventure she is about to embark upon.
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1618-1
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
In this wonderfully written memoir of Jacqueline Wilson’s life as a teenager, stories about family problems, first love, school life and friends build up a fascinating picture of a real teenager and her inner life. She uses extracts from her real diary to cover issues as diverse as how she created beehive hairdos to her troubled school life.
ISBN: 978-0-552-56156-3
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Can a parent love too much? Or is too much never enough? Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and role she has never challenged ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the...
ISBN: 978-1-4165-4917-8
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Then the test results come back time and again to show that no one in their family is a match for Kate. If they are to find a donor for the crucial bone marrow transplant she needs, there is only one option: creating another baby, specifically designed to save her sister. For Sara, it seems the ideal solution. Not only does Kate live, but she gets a beautiful new daughter, Anna, too. Until the moment Anna hands Sara the papers that will rock her whole world. Because, aged thirteen, Anna has decided that she doesn't want to help Kate live any more. She is suing her parents for the rights to her own body.
ISBN: 978-0-340-91862-3
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Pearl and Jodie are sisters. Pearl is the quiet, cautious, studious one. Jodie is bold and brash and bad - but Pearl adores her anyway. When their parents get new jobs as the cook and caretaker at a fusty old boarding school, the girls have to move there and spend their summer holidays in the school with just a few children and staff for company. And when they arrive, things start to change. Jodie has always been the leader - but now it`s Pearl who`s making new friends, like the amazingly tall, badger-watching Harley and Mrs Wilberforce, the wife of the Head who`s confined to a wheelchair but introduces Pearl to wonderful new books. Jodie just seems to be getting into more and more trouble - arguing with Mum, scaring the little children,...
ISBN: 978-0-552-55443-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Little Daisy is new at the dance school, and very nervous! But she soon discovers that there is a place for everyone who tries hard, no matter how little they are!
ISBN: 978-1-84646-928-2
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
