Layton`s wildly exuberant illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to the four legged narrator`s refreshing brand of humour - The Guardian. This is a completely topsy-turvey view of a world seen from a dog`s eye point of view - a very funny story which turns to real drama when the little girl gets lost on the beach and the search is on to find her.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-4689-4
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: июль 2012
For the first time in A-format paperback, J.R.R. Tolkien`s novella about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him, his father, J. R. R. Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, went through several drafts over the years. Now, more than 70 years on, the adventures of Rover -- or, for reasons that become clear in the story, "Roverandom"-- are published in A...
ISBN: 0-00-714911-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Helps you find out about the gruesome guillotine in the French Revolution, meet the legendary leaders like Leon Trotsky, and discover how to plan your own rowdy revolution. This title includes information on: Which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum? Why one revolution made ugly people very scared? And what Count Dracula was really like?
Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Robinson Crusoe", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Roxana is a story of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. As a narrator, she tells the story of her own "wicked" life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. Beautiful and proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a courtesan.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08182-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Sheherezade tells the King stories for one thousand and one nights. This book contains three of them: Aladdin and the Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and the Genie and the Fisherman.
ISBN: 978846681-153-8
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Joseph is excited about beginning to work for Mr. Felberg. But there is a problem with Sydney, Mr. Felberg`s assistant. Why doesn`t Sydney like Joseph? Joseph watches Sydney. Does Sydney have a secret? Joseph is not the only one watching Sydney. Something or someone is watching Sydney all the time and Sydney doesn`t like it.
ISBN: 978846681-554-3
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The city of Rosca is preparing for a presidential visit when the body of a young man is found near the American consulate. He is very well dressed, but there is something missing. Why isn`t he wearing any shoes? It is Rymer`s job to discover the man`s identity. His investigation leads him to a theatre group with a very surprising final act.
ISBN: 978846681-277-1
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
