Squirrel Nutkin`s friends bring Mr. Brown gifts in exchange for being allowed to collect nuts on his property. Nutkin loves to ask Mr. Brown riddles, however, and these constant rhymes eventually get him into trouble.
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6770-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
The Two Admirals is an 1842 nautical fiction novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The novel was written after the Leatherstocking Tales novel The Deerslayer. Set during the 18th century and exploring the British Royal Navy, Cooper wrote the novel out of encouragement of his English publisher, who recommended writing another sea novel. Cooper had originally intended to write a novel where ships were the main characters, though eventually decided not to.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06651-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
The amazing manga retelling of Darren Shan's international best-selling vampire saga, with illustrations by Japanese artist Takahiro Arai. Compelled by his loyalty to Mr Crepsley, Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series of trials. Each Trial is set by the Vampire Princes to test agility, cunning and intelligence. Failure means death. While their attention is focused on Darren, the vampire clan fail to notice that the vampaneze have infiltrated their mountain stronghold. Who is the traitor helping the vampaneze, and will Darren survive the trials to oust the vampire's greatest foes? The stunning illustrations and manga format give a new dimension to...
ISBN: 978-0-00-711440-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Эта книга входит в серию иллюстрированных учебных пособий "Читаем вместе", адресованных детям, которые начинают знакомиться с английским языком. Русская народная сказка пересказана на английском языке специально для российских детей, с использованием простейшей грамматики и наиболее употребительных английских слов. Читая эту книгу, ребенок узнает около 100 новых английских слов, научится употреблять...
ISBN: 978-5-8112-5604-4
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: февраль 2015
Jack London 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 Turtles of Tasman" is a collection of beautiful short stories among which there are "The Hobo and the Fairy", "The Eternity of Forms" and "Told in the Drooling Ward" — a first-person narrative as told by a feebleminded inmate of a mental institution. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08123-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Lucy Silchester keeps receiving this strange appointment card and sweeping its gold embossed envelope under the rug. Literally. She busies herself with a job she doesn`t like, helping out friends, fixing her car, feeding her cat, and devoting her time to her family`s dramas. But Lucy is about to find out that this is one appointment she can`t miss, when Life shows up at her door, in the form of a sloppy but determined man. Life follows her everywhere - from the office, to the bar, and to her bedroom - and Lucy learns that some of the choices she has made and the stories she has told aren`t what they seem. Now her half-truths are about to be revealed, unless Lucy tells the truth about what really matters to her. The Time of My Life is...
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Tenants of Malory" is the sensation novel about two feuding families, Verney and Fanshawe, and their ambiguous relationship. Arthur, Lord Verney\'s nephew, cannot choose between his feelings to Margaret Fanshawe and for his benefit. Through this novel, the author asks a question — how many moral principles is a person willing to sacrifice for a brief sense of superiority?
ISBN: 978-5-521-07452-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: май 2018
The pigs set off, and in a field They saw a heap of straw. `I`ll build my house of that`, said one. `Straw`s nice and quick, I`m sure`. The classic story of three little pigs and a wicked wolf, retold in glorious rhyme that`s perfect for reading aloud. With flaps and surprises on every spread, this sturdy book is ideal for young children. 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: 978-0-230-73613-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
For use in schools and libraries only. Whether sorting out shoe sizes with Big Bird, putting on one too many colorful layers to play in the snow, saving a single treat from Cookie Monster`s clutches, or learning the ups and downs of flying from Abby, Elmo sure get the concept!
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6769-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
School life has never been so splendid as in these editions of the classic series, St. Clare`s. Full of dilemmas and school pranks, this best-selling series keeps young readers looking forward to each and every term at St. Clare`s.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-1977-8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Imagine a Middle-Eastern country that was once a friend of the West becoming an enemy, its people starving and savagely repressed by a tyrant known as Great Uncle. As a celebrated writer and war hero, the man who here relates his story has a better life than most, until he is made an offer he can’t refuse. He must write a great novel, telling of the suffering of his people under the enemy’s cruel economic sanctions and portraying Great Uncle as their saviour. This masterpiece must be completed in time for its international debut in three months - or else. If the writer cannot - or will not - meet the tyrant’s deadline, he and anyone he cares for will pay the ultimate price. Stark, terrifying and utterly compelling, The Tyrant’s...
ISBN: 978-0-340-82526-6
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Like the sayings of the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu in the Tao Te Ching, Warren Buffett`s worldly wisdom is deceptively simple and enormously powerful in application. In The Tao of Warren Buffett, Mary Buffett joins noted Buffetologist and international lecturer David Clark to bring you Warren Buffett`s smartest, funniest and most memorable sayings, with an eye towards revealing the life philosophies and the investment strategies that have made him the world`s most successful investor - and the world`s richest man. From serious investors to chronic over-spenders, this book can teach everyone some secrets of success.
ISBN: 978-1-84739-052-3
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
"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: 9781845581619
Издательство:
Express Publishing
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
(Helen) Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, born in Kensington, London best known for her children`s books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Educated at home by a succession of governesses, she had little opportunity to mix with other children. Potter had frogs and newts, and even a pet bat. The basis of her many projects and stories were the small animals that she smuggled into the house or observed during family holidays in Scotland and the Lake District. She was encouraged to publish her story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), but she struggled to find a publisher until it was accepted when she was 36, by Frederick Warne & Co. The small book and her...
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6776-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
