Is London the rainiest city in Europe? Where are the Crown Jewels kept? And where is TV soap opera EastEnders set? From royal homes to Sherlock Holmes, this book is packed with over 250 quick-fire questions for the whole family to enjoy. Includes multiple choice, true or false and odd-one-out questions, and all the answers at the back of the boo
Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years and is now a major movie star!Paddington unveils his adopted home as only Paddington can. From the station itself (the start of it all) and on through all the major London destinations (with some surprising detours en route) this is a guide certain to entertain and enlighten the whole family.With plenty of anecdotes and stops for refreshments along the way, Paddington`s London will guide visitors and London dwellers alike, young and old, families, couples, friends and solitary explorers to a London that is rich, exciting, fascinating and fun.
Join the Mr Men and the Little Miss as they travel by Tube, bus and boat on a very busy tour of London!The Mr Men are in London and everyone is very excited! Mr Busy is taking them on a tour of the sights, including Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London. But will they get into a tangle on the tube and what will Mr Snooty make of it all?Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrations introduce children to all the exciting occasions that people celebrate including birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, sporting events ... and even a trip to the moon.
ISBN: 9781405296618
Издательство:
Farshore
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. Four of Paddington’s hilarious London adventures are brought together in this volume.Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same… for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is around.This fun-filled treasury brings together four of Paddington hilarious London-based picture book adventures for the first time.Paddington at the ZooPaddington at the PalacePaddington and the Marmalade MazePaddington and the Grand Tour
ISBN: 9780007423705
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don`t have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England. Now I`m a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty...
ISBN: 978-0-575-09758-2
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
За рубежом индивидуальный бассейн, расположенный на участке около загородного дома, в доме или отдельном павильоне, - весьма распространенная тенденция. В странах с теплым климатом наиболее распространены открытые бассейны, вокруг которых всегда создается особая атмосфера, которая уже сама по себе располагает к отдыху и релаксации. Бассейн на современной даче - это еще и свидетельство здорового образа...
ISBN: 978-5-88503-611-5
Издательство:
Диля
Дата выхода: июль 2008
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. "The Kempton-Wace Letters" is an epistolary novel written by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It consists of philosophical thoughts on love and relationships, written as a series of letters between two men, young scientist Herbert Wace, and a poet Dane Kempton. Jack London plays the role of Wace, and while Anna is responsible for Kempton`s letters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07475-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
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 story of the novel Before Adam is told through the eyes of a man of the early twentieth century who suffers from a split personality syndrome: every night he sees bright dreams, in which he is a distant ancestor of a man who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago. The Faith of Men is a short story collection containing eight of Jack London`s amazing adventure tales. All of them set in London`s favorite place, the Yukon Territory.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08164-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
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 Faith of Men" is a short story collection containing eight of Jack London`s amazing adventure tales. All of them are set in London`s favorite place, the Yukon Territory.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08110-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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 Human Drift includes amazing short stories and sketches like "Small-Boat Sailing," "Four Horses and a Sailor," and "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" - a nautical ghost story of London`s youth. Brown Wolf and Other Stories is a collection of adventure short stories that includes many amazing tales such as "That Spot," "Trust," "All Gold Canyon," and "The Story Of Keesh."
ISBN: 978-5-521-08172-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
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. This is a collection of marvelous stories including "The God of His Fathers", "The Great Interrogation" and many other wonderful tales. With remarkable insight and unflinching realism, London describes the punishing adversity that awaited men in the brutal, frozen expanses of the Yukon. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08114-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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 Kempton-Wace Letters" is an epistolary novel written by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It consists of philosophical thoughts on love and relationships, written as a series of letters between two men, young scientist Herbert Wace, and a poet Dane Kempton. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08106-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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. "Dutch Courage" is a collection of unique short stories like "Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan", "The Lost Poacher", "An Adventure in the Upper Sea" and even "Preface" written by his wife Charmian London. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08126-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
