A family secret leads to murder in a house without locks; someone is prepared to kill to procure a valuable set of pearls and a parrot fluent in Chinese knows too much; a Scotland Yard Inspector is about to close his final case, but someone is prepared to kill to keep the mystery unsolved. Three very different crimes, with one thing in common. He`s Honolulu`s greatest detective - prepare to savour the wisdom of Charlie Chan. From Hawaii to San Francisco, no crime is too baffling, no clue too insignificant for Charlie. Long out of print, "Charlie Chan`s" first three cases, The House Without a Key, The Chinese Parrot, and Behind That Curtain, have been collected in one volume for your entertainment and bafflement. Формат: 12,5 см x...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-092-6
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This is a Charlie and Lola sticker book, all about dancing, from Lauren Child. Lola really wants to learn to dance, but all the different kinds of dancing that she tries are too difficult or too floaty or too tappy. Will Lotta and Charlie be able to cheer her up? A favourite Charlie and Lola sticker book, now reissued with an especially new cover. Based on the award-winning books by Lauren Child, Charlie and Lola is now a top-rated BBC children`s television show and a huge international hit.
ISBN: 9780141335032
Издательство:
Puffin
Дата выхода: январь 2019
3 Days Mustsees Charleston, Savannah and the South Carolina Coast Day 1: Explore Charleston by taking a carriage ride through the Historic District. Then tour the Nathaniel Russell House, take a walk along The Battery and end up back at the Old City Market for some shopping. Day 2: Use the new shuttle service (see p 51) to visit Drayton Hall, Middleton Place and Magnolia Plantation. Day 3: Take the family to Hunting Island State Park, stopping at Beaufort en route to the eat and shop.
ISBN: 978-1-906261-66-5
Издательство:
Michelin
Дата выхода: январь 2010
With small, teeming cartoon scenes so boisterous they frequently burst their borders, Williams catapults readers headlong through five of Dickens`s best-known melodramas. Kirkus Reviews OLIVER TWIST, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, DAVID COPPERFIELD, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL are distilled into six-to ten-page stories that include the bare rudiments of each plot and droll illustrations featuring dialogue taken directly from the original works, spilling out of the frames into the margins with additional witty commentary. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL A fresh retelling that makes a good story as well as an introduction to classroom reading assignments or school dramatizations.
Architect Charles R. Stinson conceives each project as a balance of space and light, where horizontal and natural light bring the outside in. The result is a living space that is both transcendent and grounding; a place that lifts the spirit and connects those who live there. Whether he is envisioning a family home or creating an entire community, Stinson views the compositional process as the art of `putting families and friendships` together. Architect and client collaborate to define an architectural vision that seamlessly joins beauty with function and interior with exterior. The book explores Charles Stinson`s most significant work, offering readers an opportunity to see the spaces that live and breathe light in his homes,...
ISBN: 978-1-86470-299-6
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: август 2011
Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there`s something for everyone in Charlie`s amazing book! Entertaining and original – another winner from the best picture book team in the world.
Authors in Context examines the work of major authors in relation to their own times and to the present day. Combining history with lively literary discussion, each volume provides comprehensive insight into texts in their context. Charles Dickens was both a representative Victorian and an artist who is quintessentially a `Post-Romantic`. He was the most popular author of his age and the one who most vividly reflected the contradictory impulses of Victorian society, its energy and invention as much as its social and political anomalies. This book explores Dickens`s interest in the urban phenomenon which so marks nineteenth-century culture, and it looks at the vital interconnection between his life and his art. Like his character, David...
ISBN: 978-0-19-955609-0
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
