`Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts ...` Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions?
ISBN: 978-0-241-95571-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Roald Dahl was always full of fun and mischief and loved all kinds of jokes - the sillier the better! Here is a marvellous collection of Roald Dahl`s favourites, based on his much-loved children`s novels.
ISBN: 978-0-14-134055-5
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The Enormous Crocodile is planning what to have for his lunch. This foul fiend - the greediest croc in the whole river - wants to eat something juicy and delicious. His teeth sparkle like knives in the sun and he`s getting hungrier and hungrier. But what can the greedy grumptious brute guzzle up?Beware - he`s looking for someone . . . someone who looks a lot like YOU!Listen to THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits.
ISBN: 9780141365510
Издательство:
Puffin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Roald Dahl`s irreverent and hilarious collection, Revolting Rhymes.This book is filled with revolting rhymes.(Be warned: It`s no ordinary Once upon a time).There`s poor Cindy whose heart was torn to shreds, because her Prince, he chops off heads!Snow White`s dwarfs although awfully nice, are guilty of one shocking vice . . .And what becomes of Goldilocks, that nasty thieving little louse, when she goes sneaking around the three bear`s house . . .Listen to REVOLTING RHYMES and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!
ISBN: 9780141369327
Издательство:
Puffin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2016
The New Longman Literature series is a selection of pre and post 1914 works chosen especially for 14 to 18 year olds, covering fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction. These nine short stories by Roald Dahl all have a final, unexpected twist.
ISBN: 978-0-582-43449-3
Издательство:
Pearson Education Ltd.
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. The Witches by Roald Dahl is the story of a detestable breed of Witches. Beware. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of you disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters, and then what...? good?
ISBN: 978-0-14-136547-3
Издательство:
Puffin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2016
FREE Wondercrump DOOR HANGER Inside!A brand new phizz-whizzing edition of Roald Dahl`s George`s Marvellous Medicine. George Kranky`s Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman.One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine. So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do. A magic medicine* it will be. One that will either cure her completely . . . or blow off the top of her head.*WARNING: Do not try to make George`s Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It could be dangerous.`A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero` - David Walliams
"I have a Magic Finger. When I get angry . . . things begin to happen!" What will happenwhen the finger is pointed at the Gregg family?Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language.Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills.The eight levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE)...
Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction.Beautifully illustrated and carefully written by language learning experts, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills.The eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR) and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests.Visit the Ladybird Readers website for more information. The...
"Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts..." Who better to hand-pick the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, a writer whose own stories have enthralled and teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favorite ghost stories-including The Corner Shop, In The Tube, The Telephone and The Upper Berth-each so tantalizingly terrifying that you might not have the guts to read them at all...
ISBN: 0-14-007178-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
A sweltering summer is always bad news for the private detective business. Thieves, fraudsters and philanderers take the month off and the only swingers in town are the ones on the 19th hole of the Royal Hoo Golf Course. The civilized reputation of the "Hoo" is in trouble, however. Shocking allegations have been directed at one of its leading members, Chris Porphyry. When Chris turns to Joe Sixsmith, PI, he`s more than willing to help (well, he hasn`t got any other clients). Before long, though, Joe`s on the trail of a conspiracy that starts with missing balls, and ends with Формат: 13 см х 19,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-00-725274-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This novel follows three women in Toronto whose lives are badly affected by the mischief of their former university friend. When she dies they assume that their troubles are over, but then she reappears, apparently more malevolent than ever. Other works by the author include The Handmaid`s Tale.
Robert Mapplethorpe`s black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the 1970s are brought together in this exquisite Volume for the first time. Critically praised for his classically composed photographs, Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously popular. Revealing the themes that would inspire him throughout his career, this book brings together almost three hundred images, many never published, from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation`s archive and private collections, to provide a critical view of Mapplethorpe`s formative years as an artist. Included is a selection of his color Polaroids and objects incorporating his early "instant" photographs. Some images convey a disarming tenderness and vulnerability, while others have...
ISBN: 978-3-7913-3835-4
Издательство:
Prestel
Дата выхода: август 2011