Portable and durable, this new edition of the Little Oxford English Dictionary is an excellent general all-purpose dictionary, with particular emphasis on spelling, grammar, and usage. It is further enriched by a new language-help supplement.
ISBN: 0-19-860452-1
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
The author of the bestselling Amelia Peabody novels returns with the long-awaited final installment in her beloved series featuring art historian Vicky Bliss back in print for the first time in more than a decade. Now available in a tall Premium Edition.
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, his third novel, was published in 1839. The narrative follows Nicholas as he escapes from the influence of his villainous uncle and the wicked schoolmaster Wackford Squeers. Then he stumbles into a theatrical career, and pursues his fortune through numerous adventures. Upon its original publication, the set was hailed as "one of the most glorious publishing achievements of our time."
ISBN: 978-5-521-07923-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of the book's brevity. Written and published first by Antoine de St-Exupery in 1943, only a year before his plane disappeared on a reconnaissance flight, it is one of the world's most widely translated books, enjoyed by adults and children alike. In the meeting of the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara desert, and the little prince, who has dropped there through time and space from his tiny asteroid, comes an intersection of two worlds, the one governed by the laws of nature, and the other determined only by the limits of imagination. The world of the imagination wins hands down, with the concerns...
ISBN: 9781840227604
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2018
LANG wall calendars are the most popular brand among consumers year after year. Premiun quality, attention to detail and exquisite artwork set LANG calendars apart. Features 12 full color images, linen embossed paper stock and 2 free matching bookmarks. Size: 14" wide x 13-3/8"h (13-1/4"w x 24"h opened). Artist Margoelein Bastin paints with extraordinary detail and color. Each month features an intimate look at nature through the eyes of this world renown artist.
A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world’s most famous storytellers.‘It is not possible even at great length to "pot" The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two. It was begun in 1936, and every part has been written many times… the labour has been colossal; and it must stand or fall, practically as it is.’J.R.R. Tolkien was one of the most prolific letter writers of this century. Over the years he wrote to his publishers, his family, to friends (including C.S. Lewis, W.H. Auden and Naomi Mitchison) and to fans of his books. The letters present a fascinating and highly detailed portrait of the man in many of his aspects: as storyteller, scholar, Catholic, parent and observer of...
ISBN: 9780261102651
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023