For brave hunters and bear-lovers, the classic chant-aloud by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury in a large board book edition.We`re Going on a Bear Hunt. We`re going to catch a big one. Will you come too? For a quarter of a century, readers have been swishy-swashying and splash-sploshing through this award-winning favourite. Follow and join in the family`s excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of a bear. What a surprise awaits them in the cave on the other side of the dark forest!
The wolf has always been a creature of legend and romance, while kings, sorcerers and outlaws have been proud to be called by the name of the wolf, it’s no wonder, then, that tales of transformation between man and wolf are so powerful and persistent. This original collection offers some of the greatest, rarest and most unusual werewolf stories ever. From the forests of Transylvania to the ordered lawns of an English country estate, here are all the classic aspects of the tale. You will encounter shadows that lope under the moon, chilling howls, family curses, crimson feasts, the desperate chase and the deathly duel. But you will also find the werewolf in less expected guises – as an adversary for Sherlock Holmes, as a myth of the...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-087-2
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The second collection of short stories from the highly acclaimed author of the novels ‘The Mysteries of Pittsburgh’ and ‘Wonder Boys’. There are the two boys of the title story, locked in their own world of fantasy and make-believe, reaching out to each other to survive the terrible prospect of fatherlessness. ‘House Hunting’ shows us the grim spectacle of a couple whose marriage is in its death throes, and whose search for a happy home is doomed; in another story a couple struggle to overcome the effects of a brutal rape. Elsewhere, a family therapist comes face to face with the dark secret of his childhood, and an American football star down on his luck makes his peace with his father. The collection culminates in a daring...
"Wessex Tales" was the first collection of Hardy`s short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. These seven tales, in which characters and scenes are imbued with a haunting realism, show considerable diversity of content, form and style, and range from fantasy to realism and from tragedy to comedy.
ISBN: 978-1-85326-269-2
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In Wessex Tales, his first collection of short stories, Hardy recorded the legends, superstitions, local customs, and lore of a Wessex that was rapidly passing out of memory. But these Tales also portray the social and economic stresses of Dorset in the 1880`s, and reveal Hardy`s growing scepticism about the possibility of achieving personal and sexual satisfaction in the modern world. By turns humorous, ironic, macabre, and elegiac, these seven stories show the range of Hardy`s story-telling gifts. The critically established text, the first to be based on detailed study of all revised texts, presents manuscript readings which have never before appeared in print.
ISBN: 978-0-199-53852-2
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! West Ham station is an interchange station located on the corner of Manor Road and Memorial Avenue in the West Ham neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham in east London, England. The station is served by London Underground, National Rail and Docklands Light Railway services. On the London Underground it is a stop on the District, Hammersmith & City and Jubilee lines; and on the National Rail network it is served by c2c services. The station was opened on 1 February 1901 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on the line from Fenchurch Street to Barking that was opened in 1858. It was known as West Ham (Manor Road) from 11 February 1924 to 1 January 1969. The station was rebuilt and...
ISBN: 978-5-8112-5146-9
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2014
This touch-and-feel book invites babies and toddlers to pet and play with the most imaginative pets of all. Based on Dr. Seuss’s celebrated classic, this book of pettable pets has fur, feathers, flaps, slide tabs, and cardboard rings to ring Dr. Seuss’s adorable antlered Gack! From the Zed with just one hair on its head and the Wink that likes to drink pink ink, to the bluehaired pet that is fun to brush–the whole family will love bringing these.
ISBN: 978-0-375-83386-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Follow the family`s excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of the bear. What a surprise awaits in the cave on the other side of the dark forest.
ISBN: 978-0-7445-2323-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
This is a delightful CD and paperback picture book edition of a much-loved classic! We`re going on a bear hunt! Through the long wavy grass, the thick oozy mud and the swirling, whirling snowstorm - will we find a bear today? This is a perfect bedtime adventure for all aspiring explorers. It includes a CD of the story read by Doctor Who actress Sophie Aldred to listen to with the paperback picture book. We`re Going on a Bear Hunt was the Winner of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize and was Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. It sold over three and a half million copies worldwide!
ISBN: 978-1-4063-1094-8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Now the very youngest readers can join in the fun with this Classic Board Book (TM) edition of We`re Going on a Bear Hunt. Full of delightful comedy and high drama, this tale of a brave family`s joyous romp through sweeping landscapes is sure to win new fans.
The child of parents who divorce, remarry and then embark on adulterous affairs, Maisie Farange survives by her intelligence and spirit. For all its sombre theme of childhood innocence exposed to a corrupted adult world, this novel is one of James’s comic masterpieces. The outrageous behaviour of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class is conveyed with wit and relish. The dual perspective of a sophisticated narrator richly appreciative of the absurdities of the adult sexual merry-go-round and the candid vision of Maisie, `rebounding` from one parent to another like a `shuttlecock`, together create an `associational magic`. Strangely, unexpectedly, from so much that is tawdry, comes a tale of moral energy and...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-412-2
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Oink! said the With all the MOOing and HISSing and BAAAing and CLUCKing, the farmyard is full of noise. But when Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len hatch a plot to steal the fine prize cow, it`s the quietest animal of all who saves the day! Spot the glittery ladybird on every page of this wonderful rhyming tale.
ISBN: 978-0-230-75737-0
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: май 2012
Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at them, and the world around us. Are smart people overrated? What can pit bulls teach us about crime? Why are problems like homelessness easier to solve than to manage? How do we hire when we can`t tell who`s right for the job? Gladwell explores the minor geniuses, the underdogs and the overlooked, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an intriguing story. "What the Dog Saw" is Gladwell at his very best -...
ISBN: 978-0-316-08465-9
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: август 2011
A kind and well-loved woman was brutally and inexplicably murdered - the pregnant wife of a respected police inspector - and her death has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Perhaps most horrifying of all, the trigger of the weapon that killed her was apparently pulled by a twelve-year-old boy. The anatomy of a murder, the story of a family in crisis. What Came Before He Shot Her is a powerful, emotional novel full of deep psychological insights, a novel that only the incomparable Elizabeth George could write.
ISBN: 978-0-06-054563-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In society it is customary to enthuse over people`s talents and to discuss the achievements of the gifted. But what are spiritual gifts, and how many of these gifts can a person possess? Why strive for spiritual gifts, and which gift is the most important? In these talks by Priest Daniel Sysoev you will learn about the Giver of gifts and the perfection to which God summons a person.
ISBN: 9785427900669
Издательство:
Миссионерский центр им. иерея Даниила Сысоева
While in Vegas, down-and-out actress Georgie York runs into her detestable former costar, dreamboat-from-hell Bramwell Shepard. Before she knows it, Georgie has a fake marriage, a fake husband, and maybe (or not) a fake sex life, in this "New York Times" bestseller.
