Classic tales by Laura Ingalls Wilder about life on the frontier and America`s best-loved pioneer family.When a blizzard cuts the town of De Smet off from the railroad, the community is left for weeks without food or fuel deliveries and the Ingalls family are forced to eke out the last of their supplies.As the terrible winter drags on, things begin to look desperate, until Almanzo Wilder and his friend brave the icy storms in search of help from another settlement.The timeless stories that inspired a TV series can now be read by a new generation of children. Readers who loved Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and Heidi will be swept up by this timeless rural coming of age saga. Perfect escapism for readers aged 8+. Beautifully...
ISBN: 9781405280150
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Antoine de Saint-Exupery`s tender and magical classic fable, adapted for picture book readers for the very first time!Please – draw me a sheep.I blinked.The voice belonged to a charming little prince.The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupery`s classic tale have captured the hearts of generations of readers. Meet the pilot stranded in the desert. Meet The Little Prince who tends his beautiful rose on a planet of his own. Follow him as he embarks on a strange and wonderful journey to puzzling new planets and finally to Earth, where he discovers the nature of love.Adapted by award-winning poet Louise Greig, author of the Greenaway-medal-nominated Sweep and The Night Box, with enchanting new artwork from the critically acclaimed...
ISBN: 9781405288125
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
Derace Kingsley`s wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he`s denying nothing on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe`s on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake.
`Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.`Rincewind, inept wizard and reluctant hero, has found himself magically stranded on the Discworld`s last continent.It`s hot. It`s dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in any more. Practically everything that`s not poisonous is venomous. But it`s the best bloody place in the world, all right?And in a few days, it will die. The only thing standing between The Last Continent and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, and he can`t even spell wizard. Still . . . no worries, eh?The Last Continent is the sixth book in the...
The Lord of the Rings cannot be described in a few words. J. R. R. Tolkien\'s great work has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic of science fic- tion. It is, however, impossible to convey to the new reader all of the book\'s qualities, and the range of its creation. By turns comic, homely, epic, monstrous and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scenes and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a new mythology in an invented world which has proved tuneless in its appeal. This one volume paperback edition includes the complete unabridged text of the three books, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two \'Towers and The Return of the King, that together make...
ISBN: 0-00-714924-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2003
The Department has faded since the war, effectively mothballed, without agents or resources. But now, with intelligence of a possible missile threat, it again has a mission. This is a chance to prove its influence to those at the Circus, like George Smiley, who think the Department`s time has passed. Формат: 11 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-340-99436-8
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien\'s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit. Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. This is the first part of a three-book...
ISBN: 0-00-714921-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: март 1999
The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man`s search for safety of a man torn beween the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. Born in the and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. Making himself useful in the household of the famed Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and exiled Bolshevik leader Lev Trotsky, young Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution. A violent upheaval sends him north to a nation newly caught up in World War II. In the mountain city of Asheville, North Carolina he remakes himself in America`s hopeful image. But political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that...
The science fiction stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stand alongside those of Jules Verne and H.G.Wells. The protagonist, the `cave-man in a lounge suit`, is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. Thestories range from The Lost World, a sort of `Jurassic Park`, high above the Amazon rain-forest, to the ecologically significant When the World Screamed. Other fine examples of Doyle`s imagination at its best are The Land of Mist andThe Disintegration Machine. This collection is a must for all readers who love science fiction and for those who are interested in the early development of the genre.
ISBN: 1-85326-245-5
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 1999
The Every Friday night a lilac-colored minibus leaves Dublin for the Irish country town of Rathdoon with seven weekend commuters on board. All of them, from the joking bank porter to the rich doctor`s daughter, have their reasons for making the journey. The Rathdoon is the kind of Irish village where family histories are shared and scandals don`t stay secret for long. And this weekend, when the bus pulls in, the riders find the unexpected waiting for as each of their private lives unfolds to reveal a sharp betrayal of the heart, a young man`s crime, and a chance for new dreams among the eight intriguing men and women Plus a special bonus in this Maeve Binchy`s DUBLIN 4 tales - a truly unforgettable collection of stories about today`s...
ISBN: 978-0-440-21302-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, remain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", has been translated into 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have been coloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. Now published with the original cover, as designed by Pauline Baynes. "It`s a magic wardrobe. There`s a wood inside it, and it`s snowing! Come and see," begged Lucy. Lucy has stumbled upon a marvellous land of fauns and centaurs, nymphs and talking animals. But soon she discovers that it is ruled by the cruel White Witch, and can only be freed by Aslan, the great Lion and four children... This is the second adventure in the exciting Chronicles of Narnia....
In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery. So it`s a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they also point to Jennifer, and say something is coming. Big
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0721-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The Lard of the Rings cannot be described in a few words. J.R.R. Tolkien\'s great work has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic of science fiction. It is, however, impossible to convey to the new reader all of the book\'s qualities, and the range of its creation. By turns comic, homely, epic, monstrous and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scenes and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a new mythology in an invented world which has proved tuneless in its appeal. This one volume paperback edition includes the complete unabridged text of the three books. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, that together make up...
ISBN: 0-261-10325-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: март 2003
Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. The plot of "The Little Lady of the Big House" revolves around a love triangle that includes rich Californian landowner Dick Forrest, his wife Paola, and their friend Evan Graham. Full of intricacies and love intrigues, the novel is devoted to the relationship of strong-for-life personalities and shows the power and depth of feelings that can generate love in the hearts of such people.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07484-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel "Dracula," the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. "The Lair of the White Worm" is a horror novel based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. The story of the book revolves around Adam Salton, who goes to Derbyshire to meet his great-uncle Richard Salton for the family reunion. Adam travels to his house and soon finds himself at the center of dark and mysterious events in which a local woman Arabella March is involved.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07522-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
THE OFFICIAL SOUVENIR GUIDE TO THE MOVIE TRILOGY OF THE DECADE Designed as a celebration of the films. The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide is a lavishly illustrated behind-the-scenes guide which includes full-color photos of the cast, locations, sets, monsters and costumes, together with exclusive interviews with Peter Jackson and all the principal cast. It also features an entertaining overview of the conception, design and filming of the trilogy over the last five years that will give the reader a privileged insight into the making of the most important movie trilogy of the decade. "The Lord of the Rings remains one of the greatest books ever written. All I am offering is an interpretation, but hopefully one that will take...
ISBN: 0-00-711908-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июнь 2001
A Discworld novel fully illustrated in lavish colour throughout its 160 pages, this is an essential part of any Discworld collection. It stars the legendary Cohen. He`s been a legend in his own lifetime. He can remember when a hero didn`t have to worry about fences and lawyers and civilisation, and when people didn`t tell you off for killing dragons. But he can`t always remember, these days, where he put his teeth ...So now, with his ancient sword and his new walking stick and his old friends -- and they`re very old friends -- Cohen the Barbarian is going on one final quest. He`s going to climb the highest mountain in the Discworld and meet his gods. The last hero in the world is going to return what the first hero stole. With a...
ISBN: 0-575-07377-2
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004