Anne Garland lives with her widowed mother in a mill, owned by Miller Loveday. She is wooed by three men: the stupid, coarse Festus Derriman; John Loveday, the quiet, thoughtful trumpet-major; and Bob, John`s brother. Anne has to overcome many obstacles before she marries the man of her choice.
ISBN: 0-14-062211-X
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
`Oh, please let me cross`, said the middle-sized goat, but the troll only snapped, `What`s your hurry? With some herbs and some spices and served up with rice, you would make a delicious goat curry!` The story of three little goats and a troll, retold in irreverent, playful rhyme that`s perfect for reading aloud. With flaps and pop-up surprises on every spread, this sturdy book is ideal for young children. It is now in a new enlarged format including a free audio CD with two tracks. Listen to the story alone, or follow along with the book by turning the pages when you hear the chime.
ISBN: 978-0-330-50620-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
School life has never been so splendid as in these brand-new editions of the classic Blyton series, St Clare`s. Full of dilemmas and school pranks, this best-selling series is guaranteed to keep young readers looking forward to each and every term at St Clare`s. The holidays are over and twins Pat and Isabel O`Sullivan are dying to get back to school. The big question on everybody`s lips is who will be head girl? There are plenty of candidates to choose A terrible accident shows the true leaders and reveals the cheats and cowards too.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-1982-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld`s first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist`s life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes. Формат: 10,5 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 0-552-14768-0
Издательство:
Corgi Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Braverman Shaw - Bravo to his friends - always knew his father had secrets. But not until Dexter Shaw dies does Bravo discover that his father belonged to a hidden sect that has guarded a lost Testament that could shake Christianity to its foundations.
ISBN: 978-0-7653-5343-6
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
It`s spring 1868, and the population of Boston is being terrorised by technological attacks: first a magnetic storm causes ships in the harbour to collide in flames, then in another bizarre catastrophe every piece of glass in the financial district spontaneously melts - clocks, windows, eyeglasses. Nothing in nature can do this: these are man-made disasters. Someone has unleashed the destructive potential of science on an innocent population. The city`s fate relies on four young students of the recently founded Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Marcus Mansfield, a Civil War veteran determined to repay MIT`s founder for taking a chance on him, brash Bob Richards, meticulous Edwin Hoyt and the eccentric but brilliant Ellen Swallow,...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951276-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2013
The Time Machine is a science fiction novel (1895) about time travel by way of using a vehicle that allowed its operator to travel forwards or backwards in time. The novel has since been adapted into three feature films, two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00161-3
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: январь 2017
On a brisk autumn day, a thirteen-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: His father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America - and into another realm. One of the most influential and heralded works of fantasy ever written, The Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyalty, awakening, terror, and mystery. Jack Sawyer, on a desperate quest to save his mother`s life, must search for a prize across an epic landscape of innocents and monsters, of incredible dangers and even more...
ISBN: 0345444884
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2002
It`s been 110 years since Frederick Warne published Beatrix Potter`s very first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and in celebration, we are delighted to be publishing special editions of her entire body of work. Unlike the traditional little white books, t
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6793-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
When Helen Huntingdon decides to leave her brutish, drunkard husband, she is not only flouting convention but also going against the laws of the land. Fleeing with her small son, she determines to lead an independent existence and takes on thetenancy of Wildfell Hall. Self-possessed, surrounded by secrecy, it is not long before Helen finds herself the victim of local slander. Set in Regency times and written during the 1840s, `The Tenant of Wildfell Hall` is a novel of startling modernity in its bold treatment of the issue of women`s equality and is unforgettable in its intensity, burning sincerity and psychological truth.
ISBN: 0-14-062043-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
Комедия Уильяма Шекспира «Укрощение строптивой» на английском языке, входит в серию книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале». Эта коллекция собрана из бессмертных произведений великих мастеров пера, написанных ими на их родном языке. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углублённо изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных...
ISBN: 978-5-519-49816-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2016
Unlike other cygnets, Louis, the trumpeter swan, cannot utter a sound. But with the encouragement of his father, Louis sets out to overcome his problem. One way of doing this Louis decides, is to learn to read and write and so he sets off to Montana to find his friend Sam Beaver. Louis goes to school with him and learns to read and write, but when he returns to the lakes and falls in love with the beautiful Serena, he is upset that Serena can`t read his sign, which says `I love you`. Once again his parents are determined to help him find a new way of expressing himself and it is his father who dreams up the brilliant solution that will put Louis firmly on the path to success and fulfilment.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132297-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
"Clippety, clop! Clippety clop!" The Three Billy Goats Gruff are going across the bridge. But there is an ugly troll under the bridge. He wants to eat them! What will happen?
ISBN: 9781845581602
Издательство:
Express Publishing
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
The new governess is in sole charge of two orphan children. Although they are both remarkably well-behaved, intelligent and affectionate, she becomes increasingly uneasy. Especially after she sees a stranger seemingly in search of something - or someone; a man whom she discovers is dead, like her predecessor. She then must fight a frightening battle for her pupils and against the forces of evil, a battle in which her victory will be even more terrible. "The Turn of the Screw" is a subtle and unconventional ghost story that concentrates on the psychological rather than the actual. It is open to widely different interpretations. Are the ghosts a real danger to the children or merely imagined by a lonely and susceptible woman? But what is...
ISBN: 978-0-14-062386-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
What is the Third Secret? It is rumoured to be a prediction so shocking that it has been locked away for over eighty years. Could this be what is drawing Pope Clement XV to the Vatican archive, night after sleepless night? When Father Colin Michener is sent on a secret mission to the highlands of Romania, he is pitched into a vortex of suspicion, deceit, murder and forbidden passion. Suddenly, he is forced to face the very thing that has so distressed the Pope - and to unravel a mystery that will shake the world.
ISBN: 978-0-340-89926-7
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Having uncovered the dark secret of her enigmatic classmate, Edward Cullen, Bella Swan embraces her feelings for him, trusting Edward to keep her safe despite the risks. When a rival clan of vampires makes its way into Forks, though, the danger to Bella has never been more real. Will she make the ultimate sacrifice to protect the people dearest to her?
ISBN: 978-1-907411-53-3
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Young Jack Sawyer is searching for the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape. About the Author Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than thirty books of which the most recent are THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS and his non-fiction book ON WRITING. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine.
ISBN: 0-340-67445-8
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
This charming retelling of Jemima Puddle-duck story is brought to life with the innovative noisy technology. A musical sound button is integrated within each spread. Children are encouraged to press the button as part of the storytelling - giving them the classic bunnies story with an interactive dimension. This title also includes a musical sound on the cover. The sounds include Jemima pat-paddling, clucking, crackle of the newspaper, creak of the door, dog barking, and ducklings tweeting.
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6447-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
It`s been 110 years since Frederick Warne published Beatrix Potter`s very first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and in celebration, we are delighted to be publishing special editions of her entire body of work. Unlike the traditional little white books, t
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6792-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
As advanced an enterprise as had ever set forth, Sir John Franklin`s 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph. But for almost two years his ships Terror and Erebus have been trapped in the Arctic ice. Coal and provisions are running low. Yet the real threat isn`t from the constantly shifting landscape, the flesh-numbing temperatures or the vessels being slowly crushed by the unyielding, frozen ocean. No, the real threat is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness, stalking the ships, snatching men - mutilating, devouring. A nameless thing, at once nowhere and everywhere, this terror has become the expedition`s nemesis. When Franklin meets a terrible death,...
ISBN: 978-0-553-81820-8
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: август 2010