Meet LONG JOHN McRON, SHIP`S COOK . . . and the most unusual babysitter you`ve ever seen.Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and - for two intrepid children - he`s about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It`s time to make some Pirate Stew. Marvellously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, donut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old. With a deliciously rhyming text from master storyteller Neil Gaiman, and spellbinding illustrations by the supremely talented Chris Riddell, three-times-winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, this is the picture book of the year! Joyful, quirky and action-packed,...
ISBN: 9781526614711
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2021
In "Neither Here nor There" Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one language, he retraces his travels as a student 20 years before. Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant, window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn or disputing his hotel bill in Copenhagen, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to...
ISBN: 978-0-552-99806-2
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Nelson Mandela`s life is the story of a country boy and his fight for the black people of South Africa. The extraordinary story of a great man, a freedom fighter and one of the world`s most important leaders.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-5209-8
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This workbook - offers extensive practice in grammar and vocabulary, starts at post-First Certificate level to build up students` confidence, includes units on vocabulary and phrasal verbs, can be used to supplement course work and as an aid to exam revision, and includes an answer key.
ISBN: 978-0-175-56888-8
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
- The remarkable story of Horatio Nelson, the greatest naval commander of all time, from boy sailor to beloved national hero. - Packed with colourful illustrations, diagrams, maps, battle plans, and a cutaway view of Nelson`s ship HMS Victory. - Internet links to recommended websites via the Usborne Quicklinks Website. - Part of the Usborne Reading Programme Young Reading Series 3 for fully confident readers.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-6817-5
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Nelson Mandela was born in an African village. He became the most famous African leader in history. This Macmillan Biography tells the story of Mandela`s journey from lawyer to ANC activist. It describes his release from prison after twenty-seven years, his fight to end apartheid, and his inauguration as the first black President of South Africa. Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises; Points for Understanding comprehension questions; Glossary of difficult vocabulary.
ISBN: 978-0-230-71659-9
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In `the stifling heat of equatorial Newark`, a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming, paralysis, life-long disability, even death. This is the startling and surprising theme of Roth`s wrenching new book: a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a closely-knit, family-oriented Newark community and its children. At the centre of Nemesis is a vigorous, dutiful, twenty-three-year old playground director, Bucky Cantor, a javelin thrower and a weightlifter, who is devoted to his charges and disappointed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. Focusing on Cantor`s dilemmas as polio begins to...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955533-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
In `the stifling heat of equatorial Newark`, a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming, paralysis, life-long disability, even death. This is the startling and surprising theme of Roth`s wrenching new book: a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a closely-knit, family-oriented Newark community and its children. At the centre of Nemesis is a vigorous, dutiful, twenty-three-year old playground director, Bucky Cantor, a javelin thrower and a weightlifter, who is devoted to his charges and disappointed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. Focusing on Cantor`s dilemmas as polio begins to...
A message from a dead acquaintance prompts a bus tour to an unknown crime! In utter disbelief Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel - an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. Recognising in Miss Marple a natural flair for justice, Mr Rafiel had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing.
ISBN: 978-0-00-712105-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: август 2011
Neoclassicism was the favourite style of Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson, and made Josiah Wedgwood’s fortune. The most pervasive style in the history of European art, it was deployed in the design of houses, churches, museums, banks, shops and items of daily use ranging from teapots to textiles. This book is the first to embrace all manifestations of the style, not only its broad territorial scope, but also its versatility in every branch of art.
ISBN: 071483369X
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
A man doesn`t publicly shoot himself in the head in broad daylight with no warning. But Art Mathews did. Pip Pankhurst found his shin bone sticing out of his leg, and his rides over for the season. Grant Oldfield needed help. The kind a psychiatrist gives. It was as though there was a hoodoo on the whole jockey tribe. Then Robb Finn started riding losers. Too many to be a coincidence. Thirteen out of fifteen too many. Finn needs to know just what the hell is going on. However no one is talking. But Finn soon realises he is alone in a world where the only pointers are violence, dope, and the malignant force of twisted
ISBN: 978-0-330-45040-9
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Does free information mean free people? At the start of the twenty-first century we were promised that the internet would liberate the world. We could come together as never before, and from Iran`s `twitter revolution` to Facebook `activism`, technological innovation would spread democracy to oppressed peoples everywhere. We couldn`t have been more wrong. In "The Net Delusion" Evgeny Morozov destroys this myth, arguing that `internet freedom` is an illusion, and that technology has failed to help protect people`s rights. Not only that - in many cases the internet is actually helping authoritarian regimes. From China to Russia to Iran, oppressive governments are using cyberspace to stifle dissent: planting clandestine propaganda,...
Tom`s life is not what it once was. His marriage to the beautiful Nora is on the rocks and he now sees his two young children only on her say so. His best friend - and best man - Neil has moved away to California to teach neurology. He has one successful book - on human psychology - but he now wiles away the time teaching bored grad students. But that all changes when Neil comes back into his life. For it seems that his best friend was no teacher - he was working for the US government, cracking the minds of suspected terrorists. But now it is Neil himself that has cracked and gone AWOL - what`s more he has left behind evidence that he has been employing his unique skills on civilians - obsessed with the idea that he can control the human...
ISBN: 978-0-7528-8279-6
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
From The Booker Prize-Winning Ruthor of The Remains of the Day comes a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss. As children Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were. Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special-and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Suspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric. Never Let Me Go administers its...
ISBN: 978-0-307-27647-6
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
