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. This volume includes a collection of entertaining short stories like "The Green Flag", "The Crime of the Brigadier", "The Lord of Chateau Noir", "A Shadow Before" and others. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08070-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
A classic collection of stories by one of the best-known and most esteemed retellers of the last fifty years. Enter a world of cunning, trickery, and Encounter bold warriors, courageous women, strength in battle and bravery against the odds. These are the stories of the Viking gods. Drama and action abound as legendary heroes struggle against mighty giants, loathsome beasts, and sinister dwarves - even as they fight amongst themselves. First published over forty years ago, this edition has sold continuously since. The subject of myths and legends ties in with the National Curriculum, as does the subject of vikings. The author is significant, one of the best-known retellers.
`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
This collection of Poe`s best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as `The Pit and the Pendulum`, `The Fall of the House of Usher`, `The Premature Burial` and `The Tell-Tale Heart`, all of Poe`s Auguste Dupin stories are included. These are the first modern detective stories, and include `The Murders in the Rue Morgue`, `The Mystery of Marie Roget` and `The Purloined Letter`.
ISBN: 1-85326-013-4
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
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.
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
In these tales of ordinary madness, Charles Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture, from prostitutes and the philosophy of Kant to despair and classical music, to create his modern dystopia. Inspired by DH Lawrence, John Fante and Hemingway, Bukowski`s writing is passionate, extreme and relentlessly realistic. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of America. Формат: 13 см x 19,5 cм.
ISBN: 978-0-7535-1387-3
Издательство:
Virgin Publishing
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
`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
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
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
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Tales of Medical Life" includes amazing stories about a subject that the author, being a physician himself, had a unique perspective on - the medical profession and people involved in it.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07160-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
The fourth in the Fantasy Masterworks series, the Dying Earth saga inspired writers like Michael Moorcock and Gene Wolfe, who freely acknowledges his debt to Vance in his own Book of the New Sun. Here, in one volume, is Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Jack Vance`s classic Dying Earth saga comprising The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel`s Saga and Rhialto the Marvellous. Travel to a far distant future, when the sun bleeds red in a dark sky, where magic and science is one, and the Earth has but a few short decades to
ISBN: 978-1-85798-994-6
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
This classic collection of short stories includes some of Clarke`s finest work: vivid glimpses into the future, a year, a decade, a century, a millennium from now. Retold by Helen Reid-Thomas.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7282-3
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
