Expanding on a landmark cover story in "Fortune" magazine, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance. Colvin offers evidence that top performers in any field are not determined by inborn talents but from practice and perseverance honed over decades.
Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he`s willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is is the first novel to feature Patricia Highsmith`s anti-hero, Tom Ripley.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928287-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors, and the law, when an unexpected acquaintance offers him a free trip to Europe and a chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success and the good life and he`s willing to kill for it. When his new-found happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. The psychopathic Ripley has been portrayed on screen by actors as diverse as John Malkovich, Alain Delon and Dennis Hopper. But in the recent stylish film adaptation of "The Talented Mr Ripley", Matt Damon took the title role, alongside Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow.
ISBN: 978-0-09-955227-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
`Bear is writing letters. One, two, three. Bear goes out to post them. Who lives in this tree?` Bear is writing letters to his friends. Lift the flaps and join Frog, Squirrel and Mole for Bear`s special surprise! Collect all four books in The Acorn Wood series: Fox`s Socks, Hide-and-Seek Pig, and Rabbit`s Nap.
ISBN: 978-0-230-75312-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The beautiful Scheherazade`s royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares her life to hear the ending on the morrow. This is the background to the `Arabian Nights`. In this selection made by that master of folklore and fairy-tale Andrew Lang, the reader meets Aladdin with his wonderful lamp, the Enchanted Horse, the Princess Badoura, Sindbad the Sailor, and the great Caliph of Bagdad, Haroun-al-Raschid. The stories are beautifully illustrated by H.J.Ford.
ISBN: 1-85326-114-9
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2002
In Ferryport Landing everyone gets a day in court--even the Big Bad Wolf, a.k.a. Mr. Canis. When Canis is put on trial for past crimes, Mayor Heart s kangaroo court is determined to find him guilty. Its up to the Grimms to uncover evidence to save their friend. Illustrations.
Everyone is friends in Acorn Wood!Tales from Acorn Wood is a bestselling preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of the modern classic, The Gruffalo.Friends is a delightful introduction to the world of Acorn Wood. Fox and Mouse play dress up, Squirrel`s friends help with chores, Pig plays hide and seek with Hen, Bear`s friends say "Happy Birthday", and Rabbit`s friends sing her to sleep.A first book about friendship based on the bestselling lift-the-flap toddler books: Postman Bear, Fox`s Socks, Rabbit`s Nap and Hide-and-Seek Pig.
Brand new edition of this collection of classic fairy tales from the wizarding world - an irresistible read for all Harry Potter fans. J.K. Rowling`s original text, with gorgeous jacket art by Jonny Duddle and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. Published in aid of Lumos (wearelumos.org), an international children`s charity founded by J.K. Rowling.The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century. There are five tales in all: `The Tale of the Three Brothers` Harry Potter...
ISBN: 9781408883099
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: апрель 2017
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Tales of Terror" is the collection of six gripping horror stories, such as "The Horror of the Heights", "The New Catacomb" and "The Case of Lady Sannox".
ISBN: 978-5-521-08062-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Five stories engagingly reveal Poe’s virtuoso gifts for both crime detection and the macabre. Two of his most famous tales, "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter" introduce C. Auguste Dupin, the first fictional detective. "William Wilson" is a chilling tale of crime and evil. Also included: two tales of terror: "MS. Found in a Bottle" and "The Oblong Box."
ISBN: 0-486-28744-0
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: январь 2004
`Poor old fox has lost his socks. He looks in a chest and finds a vest.` Can you help fox find his socks? Are they in the kitchen or under the stairs? Are they inside the clock or hidden in a chest? Lift the flaps and find out! Collect all four books in The Acorn Wood series: Postman Bear, Rabbit`s Nap, and Hide-and-Seek Pig.
ISBN: 978-0-230-75309-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories known as the One Thousand and One Nights, including the classic favourites Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Sindbad the Sailor. Travel through the streets of old Baghdad, around luxurious palaces and fragrant gardens in India, to desert islands in the China seas… all in the company of kings, sultans, princesses, merchants, enchanted horses, sailors and thieves.
ISBN: 9788853005175
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book serves as the collection of six gripping horror stories, such as "The Horror of the Heights," "The New Catacomb" and "The Case of Lady Sannox."
ISBN: 978-5-521-07156-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Classic / British English Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and these are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends - and an emperor with some very strange new clothes. These stories teach us lessons for life. This Pack contains a Book and MP3
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7818-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lesson in the sorcerer`s art - a dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.
These simplified and shortened retellings make great literary classics accessible. Each remains faithful to the original text in the treatment of the story. This title is perfect for enthusiastic young readers, who will be mesmerised by these stories and encouraged to pursue an interest in literature. A new title to the series, "Huckleberry Finn" tells of the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and his companion Jim, as they travel down the Mississippi river before the American Civil War. Nine of Edgar Allan Poe`s chilling tales of terror are retold in this new edition of "Tales of Mystery and Imagination".
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8491-5
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Стильно оформленное подарочное издание в суперобложке, с трехсторонним золотым обрезом и шелковым ляссе. This collection of Poe`s work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines Poe`s writing. They are peopled with neurotics and social outcasts, obsessed with nameless terrors or preoccupied with seemingly insoluble mysteries. The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher are key works in the horror canon, while in The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Mystery of Marie Roget we find the...
ISBN: 1904633137
Издательство:
Collector's Library
Дата выхода: декабрь 2005
