With a little help from the Cat in the Hat, Sally and Dick observe a small miracle in their own backyard - the metamorphosis of an egg into a caterpillar into a chrysalis into a bright new butterfly Along the way, beginning readers will find out how butterflies see thousands of images at once, drink nectar from flowers, avoid predators, and can be identified by size, shape, and color. Readers will also follow the amazing migration of millions of monarchs.
ISBN: 978-0-375-82882-9
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by William Collins & Sons on ...
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is the first part of a "Mysteries and Adventures" series, containing author`s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07150-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
With an Introduction by Alex Dolby Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world and provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his `extraordinary voyages` was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction. In "The Mysterious Island" a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the men apply their scientific knowledge and technical skill to exploit the island`s bountiful resources, eventually constructing a...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-624-9
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Classic / British English There are three men, a boy and a dog in a balloon over the Pacific, but only two men and the boy arrive on a strange island. Mysterious things happen to them there. Are there other people on the island? Where is the other man and his dog? Will they see their homes again?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-4289-1
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it a light trick that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparition? Is it fate that invited him to a New Year`s Eve murder? And what forces are at work when his car breaks down outside Royston Hall, an isolated estate with a deadly history?
ISBN: 978-0-312-98160-0
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory.Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder. Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who has grown bored of retirement ...The first Hercule Poirot mystery, now published with a previously deleted chapter and introduced by Agatha Christie expert Dr John Curran.
An ingenious, intriguing and breathtakingly good novel from the world`s number one psychological thriller writer In a glamorous area of Los Angeles, the Beverley Fauborg hotel is about to close for good. Psychologist Alex Delaware and
Who could have tried to murder Mademoiselle Stangerson, beautiful daughter of a famous radium scientist? And how could they have entered and escaped from a completely locked and watched room? With the Surete`s top sleuth vying against him, Rouletabille is determined to prove only he can solve the case.
ISBN: 978-1-84022-647-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Three men, a boy, and a dog are trapped in a hot air balloon flying over the Pacific. One of the men and the dog fall out, and the rest crash on a strange island.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7811-6
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2011
Intended for children whose reading ability is beginning to grow, this title helps build confidence and ability. It is part of the Usborne Young Reading Series Two.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8025-2
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: август 2011
Read about the strangest things in the universe other worlds, strange objects and peculiar happenings. How much do you believe? Encounter the evidence and make up your own mind!
ISBN: 978-1-4058-5212-8
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The famous case that launched the career of Hercule Poirot. When a wealthy heiress is murdered, Poirot steps out of retirement to find the killer. As the master detective makes his way through the list of suspects, he finds the solution in an elaborately planned scheme almost impossible to believe.
ISBN: 9780486296951
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: июль 1997
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay-demons that urge him to do horrific Jimmy`s daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into serious conflict with Jimmy. And then there is Dave, who came home covered in someone else`s blood the night Jimmy`s daughter died. While Sean attempts to use the law to return peace and...
ISBN: 978-0-380-73185-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Told with all of Susan Howatch`s drama, intelligence, and emotional depth, Mystical Paths is a breathtaking novel about the powerful, often painful, but finally indestructible ties between parent and child. And like its four highly praised predecessors in the Church of England series, this novel celebrates the redeeming power of self-knowledge and faith.
There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected. When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened - something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean Devine is a homicide detective. Jimmy Marcus is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave Boyle is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay - demons that urge him to do horrific things. When Jimmy Marcus` daughter is found murdered, Sean Devine is assigned to the case. His personal life unravelling, he must go back into a world he...
ISBN: 978-0-553-81824-6
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
