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 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...
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
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
"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
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
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.
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
The fourth title in this popular series about Lily and her loveable toy, Blue Kangaroo Lily and Blue Kangaroo are the best of friends and when Lily doesn`t know what to do next she often asks, `What shall we do, Blue Kangaroo?` But Blue Kangaroo doesn`t always know, so he says nothing. But one day, in a crisis, Blue Kangaroo has to work out what to do all by himself!
ISBN: 978-0-00-731290-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
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.
What Katy Did at School and What Katy Did Next continue the story of the high-spirited and rebellious American girl, Katy Carr, and her family, who first appeared in What Katy Did. What Katy Did at School is a compelling tale of the intrigues of life at the New England girls boarding school which Katy attends. Her trials and adventures are all interwoven with a sense of fun and gently ironic good humour. What Katy Did Next describes a tour by Katy of Europe as she evolves from the child of earlier books into a spirited young woman, and brings to a satisfying close this delightful trilogy.
ISBN: 978-1-84022-437-5
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and crueller by the year: Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands for telling it like it isn`t; Henry`s turning hospitals into car parks; Roddy`s selling art in return for sex; down on the farm Dorothy`s squeezing every last pound from her livestock; Thomas is making a killing on the stock exchange; and Mark is selling arms to dictators. But once their hapless biographer Michael Owen starts investigating the family`s trail of greed, corruption and immoral doings, the time grows ripe for the Winshaws to receive their comeuppance ...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103329-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A collection of the finest and funniest words from the finest funniest writer the past century ever knew. Published for the millennium and to mark the 25th anniversary of his death, this is the first major selection of the whole of Wodehouse`s work to have been published for a generation, and it includes a generous selection of previously unpublished work. We all know Jeeves and Wooster, but what is the best Jeeves story? What is your favourite story to feature Lord Emsworth and his unique pig, the Empress Blandings? And how many readers of Wodehouse know the best of Ukridge, the Oldest Member, the Hollwood stories? This bumper anthology of stories, novel-extracts, working drafts, articles, letters and poems gives a fresh angle on the...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955128-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A very special, spooky story from Dr. Seuss - with glow in the dark cover! Then I was deep within the woodsWhen, suddenly, I spied them. I saw a pair of pale green pants Wth nobody inside them! Turn out the lights and say hello to Dr. Seuss`s spookiest character... the pair of empty trousers, with nobody inside them! First published as part of The Sneetches and Other Stories collection, this all time favourite story of Dr. Seuss`s is now published on its own in this very special edition with a glow in the dark cover! Make sure you hold the glow in the dark under a light source to charge up the cover, then enjoy a spooky surprise in the darkness! A perfect present for boys and girls from ages three and up.
In What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness, the second volume of Jon Ronson’s collected Guardian journalism, he hilariously demonstrates how our everyday lives are determined by the craziest thoughts and obsessions; how we spend our time believing in and getting worked up by complete nonsense. But also, as he chillingly demonstrates, there are clever people working in the highest echelons of business who are employed to spot, nurture and exploit the irrationalities of those among us who can barely cope as it is. In part one, read about the time Jon inadvertently made a lewd gesture to a passing fourteen-year-old girl late at night in the lobby of a country-house hotel. And about his burgeoning obsession with a new neighbour...
ISBN: 978-0-330-45373-8
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: август 2011
