Carries EU Toy Safety Directive `CE` logo. This small library, perfect for little baby hands, features not only the selfish crocodile but a whole host of his friends, as familiar themes for pre-school readers are explored. Children will relish learning about numbers, colours, animals, sounds, food and first words in these bright and brilliant board books.
ISBN: 978-1-4088-1448-2
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: июнь 2011
Max Frei, and the LABYRINTHS OF ECHO series, is a multi-million copy selling Russian literary sensation appearing in English for the first time. Intriguing, original, remarkable and THE LABYRINTHS OF ECHO is a piece of absolute enchantment. Splash a bit of enchantment into my there is no better phrase to describe the state that a reader may find themselves in when exposed to this strong, absolutely legal, literary narcotic which goes by the name of Max Frei. Stolichniye Novosti If it weren`t for bad luck, Max Frei wouldn`t have any luck at all. A self-described twenty-something classic loser, an insomniac, hardened smoker, a glutton and a loafer, there`s nothing much going for Max at least not until he arrives in the magical city of...
ISBN: 978-0-575-08980-8
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Jack London (1876-1916) 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. This volume includes wonderful stories like "In a Far Country", "The Men of Forty Mile", "An Odyssey of the North", "The Priestly Prerogative" and "The Son of the Wolf itself".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07494-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Lara Cameron is America`s Princess, the power behind the tallest building on earth, a self-made billionaire who towers over a traditionally male domain, an icon of glamour and accomplishment to men and women everywhere. Beautiful but insecure, ruthless yet vulnerable, Lara has struggled brutally to achieve it all—yet she still wants more. And in a dazzling global setting from London to New York, from Reno to Rome, she will find everything she has ever desired and won—her fortune, her fame, the man she loves-swiftly and shockingly imperiled.
ISBN: 0-446-36476-2
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Peace may finally be at hand in the Middle East—as Deputy Director of the CIA Jack Ryan lays the groundwork for a peace plan that could end centuries of conflict. But ruthless terrorists have a final, desperate card to play: they have their hands on a nuclear weapon and have placed it on American soil in the midst of an escalation in tension with the Soviet Union. The terrorists hope to rekindle cold war animosity and prevent reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. With one terrible act, distrust mounts, forces collide, and the floundering U.S. president seems unable to cope with the crisis. With the world on the verge of nuclear disaster, Ryan must frantically seek a solution—before the chiefs of state lose control of...
ISBN: 0-425-18422-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
A sturdy steamship sinks like a stone in calm waters. A terrified magician performs a desperate disappearing act on a London stage. Investigating two mysteries. Sally Lockhart discovers a deadly web of clues that lead to a high-society murderer, and to the terrifying secret of the Shadow in the
Одна из "вечных" книг от самого индийского из английских писателей - Редъярда Киплинга, покоряющая сердца читателей во всём мире. Вновь окунитесь в удивительный и неповторимый мир Индии вместе с легендарной «Второй книгой джунглей», повествующей об увлекательных и поучительных приключениях мальчика Маугли и его замечательных друзей-животных: медведя Балу, чёрной пантеры Багиры, мудрого змея Каа и...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05332-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2017
The main character of this story, Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London`s Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things go disastrously wrong, and what appears to be "a simple tale" proves to involve politicians, policemen, foreign diplomats and London`s fashionable society in the darkest and most surprising interrelations.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06451-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
George wished he wasn't the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it's time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he's the smartest giant in town...until he bumps into some animals who desperately need his help - and his clothes! All children will love The Smartest Giant in Town, a funny and big-hearted tale from the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson and Scheffler fans! ...
Best mates Sandie, Emily and Grazia thought they`d be friends forever, but they reckoned without the dividing effects of men and Shopping guru Sandie is on a roll, with a baby on the way and Toby, her posh totty partner, proposing every five minutes. But when she realises the legendary Garnett`s Department Store is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, she knows she`s the only one to save it, even though Toby`s mother seems determined to scupper the rescue bid. For Emily, Sandie`s apparently perfect life is a bitter pill to swallow, especially as Emily`s been banned from having a second child by her boyfriend, Will, who is more interested in saving the planet than her. As the rifts grow, will she learn to stand on her own two feet, or...
ISBN: 978-1-4091-1860-2
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
"Таинственный сад" - любимая классика для читателей всех возрастов, жемчужина творчества Фрэнсис Ходжсон Бернетт, самый заветный детский роман о заново открытой радости жизни и магии силы. Мэри Леннокс, жестокое и испорченное дитя высшего света, потеряв родителей в Индии, возвращается в Англию, на воспитание к дяде-затворнику в его поместье. Однако дядя находится в постоянных отъездах, и Мэри начинает...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05506-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2017
The Caleighs have had a terrible They need time and space, while they await the news they dread. Gabe has brought his wife, Eve, and daughters, Loren and Cally, down to Devon, to the peaceful seaside village of Hollow Bay. He can work and Eve and the kids can have some peace and quiet and perhaps they can try, as a family, to come to terms with what’s happened to Crickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts of the village at the bottom of Devil`s Cleave, a massive tree-lined gorge - the stuff of local legend. A river flows past the front garden. It`s perfect for if a bit gloomy. And Chester, their dog, seems really spooked at being away from home. And old houses do make sounds. And it`s constantly cold. And even though...
ISBN: 978-0-330-41168-4
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Murder, revenge, deranged fantasies, and dark superstitions: better leave the lights on after reading these 24 chilling tales of horror and suspense, spun by master storyteller Edgar Allan Poe. This collection includes such unforgettable stories as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Berenice, The Premature Burial, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
ISBN: 978-1-4027-7325-9
Издательство:
Sterling USD
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official`s son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task - an ailing, world-weary "nobody" - seized with the purposelessness of life and a sense of his own impending death, gradually becomes disillusioned with his mission, and decides to embark on a new path which will lead him to tragedy. Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, "The Story of a Nobody" bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov`s genius, and perfectly captures the political and social tensions of its day.
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 Star Rover tells the story of a sentenced to death prisoner of San Quentin, Darrel Standing. For a long time, Darrel was in solitary confinement, experiencing tortures executed by prison workers. Trying to ease the anguish, Standing gets his mind into a state of trance, making his mind travel among the stars, experiencing lives of his past incarnations.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08154-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
This is the most comprehensive and inspirational volume ever published on the extraordinary world of shells. Shells have been put to an amazing array of uses – as decoration, tools, medicines and musical instruments. For nearly four millennia, millions of them were used acros the world as currency. Shells have been worn as amulets to bring fertility, good fortune or protection from the evil eye. Above all, the beauty of shells has fired the imaginations of artists and craftsmen, and their work forms the lavish heart of this book, from the simplest beads to designs in gold and precious stones, silverware, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture and fashion. Shells encrusted the garden grottos and pavilions of the 17th and 18th centuries,...
ISBN: 978-0-500-51357-6
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Golden Section, also known as the Divine Proportion or ф, can be observed in plant seed patterns as well as in the pyramids, in Gothic cathedrals and in the human body, to mention just a few phenomena from an infinite series. This book presents not only the multifaceted forms of the Golden Section in nature, art, architecture, music and science, but also variations, such as the Golden Spirals in the human inner ear. With more than 300 illustrations and graphs it explores the exciting issue of the laws of the universe and the concealed "divine plan" that is revealed within it. Формат: 19,5 см x 21,5 см.
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0711-0
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
`Then vision of an enormous town presented itself, of a monstrous town... a cruel devourer of the world`s light. There was room enough there to place any story, depth enough for tiny passion, variety enough there for any setting, darkness enough to bury five millions of lives.` Conrad`s `monstrous town` is London, and his story of espionage and counter-espionage, anarchists and embassies, is a detective story that becomes the story of Winnie Verloc`s tenacity in maintaining her devotion to her peculiar and simple-minded brother, Stevie, as they pursue their very ordinary lives above a rather dubious shop in the back streets of Soho. However, far from offering any sentimental picture, `The Secret Agent` is Conrad`s funniest novel. Its...
ISBN: 1-85326-065-7
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 1995
