Kawaii is a recognizable art form practiced by artists all over the world and covers the visual gamut from commercial art (stickers, clothing, calendars, pens, pencils, erasers, and video games) to high-brow contemporary art ( Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara). Presented primarily through full page images, Charuca (a Kawaii artist herself) has curated an international collection of the most popular, adorable, hilarious, and sometimes dark Kawaii art being made today. Charuca begins each chapter with a small description of the artist and her feelings towards his or her work, creating an artistic dialogue spoken mainly through the loud, brightly full-colored images that flood each page.
This sturdy picture book is used for teaching samples in The Teacher`s Gude to the Four Blocks-Grade 1. Perfect for emerging readers, this title uses pictures and simple text to portray the thoughts of one, young cat lover.
New cover relaunch of this hugely popular title in the irresistible series about Lily and her friend, Blue Kangaroo. From the highly-regarded creator of Melrose and Croc and beautifully read by Joanna Lumley who already loves to read all of the Blue Kangaroo stories to her grandchildren. Every night Blue Kagnaroo falls fast asleep cuddled in Lily`s arms. He is her very own kangaroo. But things change when the new toy animals arrive. There just doesn`t seem to be enough room for Blue Kangaroo
ISBN: 978-0-00-730981-8
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Married a Communist" is the story of the rise and fall of Ira Ringold, a big American roughneck who begins life as a teenage ditch digger in 1930s Newark, becomes a big-time 1940s radio star, and is destroyed, both as a performer and a man, in the McCarthy witch-hunt of the 1950s. In his heyday as a star - and as a zealous, bullying supporter of "progressive" political causes - Ira marries Hollywood`s beloved silent-film star, Eve Frame. Their glamorous honeymoon in her Manhattan townhouse is short-lived, however, and it is the publication of Eve`s scandalous bestselling expose that identifies him as "an American taking his orders from Moscow". In this story of cruelty, betrayal, and revenge spilling over into the public arena from...
ISBN: 978-0-09-928783-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Detective Michael Bennett arrests infamous South American crime lord Manuel Perrine in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett`s lifelong friend Hughie McDonough dead. From jail, the prisoner vows to rain terror down upon New York City - and to get revenge on Michael Bennett. Perrine`s men create chaos: police officers are shot, judges murdered. As Bennett is engulfed in the struggle against this widening organised violence, he realises that not only is he being targeted, the lives of everyone he loves are under threat.
Guiding us through the highlands and the islands, the lowlands and the borders, bestselling author Christopher Winn unearths the adventures, firsts, birthplaces, legends and inventions that lie hidden in Scotland`s romantic landscape. There is something here for everyone - a real treasure trove of love stories and ghost stories, tragedies and triumphs, villains and victors, as well as a wealth of compelling facts. Packed with information that will surprise and delight even the expert, this beautifully illustrated book is glinting with hidden gems about this rich and majestic country.
In this charming book bestselling author Christopher Winn turns his attention to the Irish people, taking us on a enthralling journey around their homeland, discovering en route the intriguing and surprising ways the places and their history contribute to the Irish character. As he travels across the Emerald Isle, he unearths the traditions, triumphs and disasters, foibles, quirks and customs that come together to make up the Irish people. From County Leitrim, the most sparsely populated county in the Republic of Ireland to County Louth, Ireland`s smallest county, discover the site of the first play performed in the Irish language, sail the longest navigable inland waterway in Europe and watch the horse racing at Ireland`s first...
ISBN: 978-0-09-192674-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This is the ultimate journey around England. Christopher Winn takes us to each county, to see where history happened, where people and ideas were born, where dreams took flight and where men and women now rest from their labours. To tread in their footsteps, to touch and experience some of what inspired and moved them is to capture some of the flavour of their lives and make their stories alive and real. Crammed with facts and information, I NEVER KNEW THAT ABOUT ENGLAND celebrates the places and people that make the country unique and includes history, legends, firsts, supremes, unusuals, inventions, birthplaces and gossip. You`ll be able to visit the bridge where Pooh and Piglet played Poohsticks and see where Alfred burnt the cakes....
In this captivating book, bestselling author Christopher Winn turns his attention to the Scottish people, taking us on an eye-opening journey around their homeland, discovering en route the intriguing and surprising ways the places and their history contribute to the Scottish character. As he travels through the Highlands and cities he unearths the traditions, triumphs and disasters, foibles, quirks and customs that come together to make up the Scottish people. From the capital Edinburgh, birthplace of Henry Brougham who made the longest ever speech in the House of Commons, lasting over six hours, to Callander, birthplace of Helen Duncan, the last person in Britain to be imprisoned for witchcraft after correctly diving the sinking of HMS...
ISBN: 978-0-09-192672-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Travel on a fascinating journey around Ireland to discover the tales buried deep in the country`s history. Visit each county of the four provinces of Ireland - Connacht, Leinster, Munster and -Ulster - and find out where dreams were inspired, where ideas were born, and where the unforgettable heroes of Ireland`s past now slumber. A treasure trove of fascinating stories, I Never Knew That About Ireland is packed full of legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures, and personalities both distinguished and dastardly. This irresistible book gives a captivating insight into the heritage, memories and monuments that have shaped the character of each county of Ireland, searching out their secrets and unearthing their hidden gems.
Bestselling author and quiz master Christopher Winn is here to test your knowledge of Britain with 501 questions to perplex and puzzle about our glorious islands. Covering a myriad of subjects including history, cathedrals, sports, records, modern Britain, royalty, people, places, deeds, discoveries and disasters, there is something to test everyone from Britain`s brainiest boffins to the quiz beginner. Featuring a range of questions from multiple choice teasers and odd ones out to picture quizzes illustrated with charming line drawings to test your knowledge of the famous faces and facades of Britain. Alongside these sit cryptic and puzzle quizzes plus special features spotlighting different regions so you can see just how well you know...
ISBN: 978-0-09-193304-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey around London to discover the unknown tales of our capital`s history. Travelling through the villages and districts that make up the world`s most dynamic metropolis "I Never Knew That About London" unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures and birthplaces that shape the city`s compelling, and at times, turbulent past. See the Brentford river views that inspired Turner to become an artist and find out where London`s first nude statue is. Explore the oldest and largest tidal mill in Britain and unearth the original Big Brother house in Bromley. Spy out the village that gave its name to a car and the Russian word for railway station. Discover...
This wonderful book takes an affectionate, entertaining and perceptive look at the English people. Here are their traditions, foibles, quirks, customs, humour and achievements, triumphs and failures, peccadilloes and passions. Travel through England from coast to coast and learn how every county contributes in unique and different ways to the distinct English personality. Marvel at crooked black and white halls in Cheshire and soft golden stone cottages in Midland villages. Go cheese rolling in Gloucestershire, discover the origins of cricket in Hampshire, savour a hot pot in Lancashire and a pudding in Yorkshire. Gasp at the glories of stately homes and the families that create them, upstairs and down, enjoy a pint. Listen to the...
ISBN: 978-0-09-192673-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Questo libro unisce la chiarezza e la sistematicita della grammatica con l`utilita pratica dell`eserciziario. Contiene piu di cento esercizi, giochi, attivita e decine di schede per spiegare in modo semplice ed essenziale l`uso dei pronomi nella lingua italiana. Tutti gli argomenti, dai piu semplici ai piu complessi (pronomi diretti e indiretti, riflessivi, combinati, uso di ci e ne, imperativo con pronomi, verbi pronominali, pronomi personali soggetto, forme toniche e atone, dislocazioni pronominali), sono trattati con tabelle ed esempi chiari che presentano i casi piu utili e frequenti; lo studio di ogni argomento e accompagnato da una grande varieta di esercizi, giochi, test e attivita che permettono allo studente di fare pratica con...
ISBN: 978-88-8644-021-9
Издательство:
Alma Italy
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the classic laws govering their behavior. In I, Robot Asimov chronicles the development of the robot from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-sodistant future - a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
ISBN: 0-553-29438-5
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
I Shall Wear Midnight is a Nebula Award-winning comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld. It is the fourth novel within the Discworld series to be based around the character of Tiffany Aching. It centres on Tiffany Aching, who is now fifteen years old and getting on with the hard work of being a witch. The title is taken from a quotation in A Hat Full of Sky: "When I`m old I shall wear midnight, she`d decided. But for now she`d had enough of darkness".
ISBN: 978-0-552-55559-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his It`s not easy being a witch, and it`s certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching - teen witch - is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still, this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular. He`s hunting for Tiffany. And he`s found A fabulous Discworld title filled with witches and magic and told in the inimitable Terry Pratchett style, I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth Discworld title to feature Tiffany and her tiny, fightin`, boozin` pictsie friends, the Nac Mac Feegle (aka The Wee...
ISBN: 978-0-552-16605-8
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Young children will enjoy bright, bold pictures of cookies, candies, toys, and snow as they play a search-and-find game created especially for them! Photographs from the best-selling I SPY CHRISTMAS are teamed up with new, simple riddles for this fifth board book in the series.
In this fourth book in the I Spy Little Book series, simple rhymes and bright picture clues introduce toddlers to the concept of numbers. This is an engaging, age-appropriate learning tool, based on "I Spy School Days, " specially designed for the board book format.
