From the photographer of the bestselling I Spy books and creator of the Can You See What I See? series is a new rhyming, search-and-find reader series - especially for the newest reader! Readers can use the picture clues to search for dozens of hidden trinkets and toys! This book builds confidence in new readers and provides hours of fun as well!
Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets: Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur. Sammy the goldfish in my parents` kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt. Secrets from her boyfriend: I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks. I`ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. From her colleagues: When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.) It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times. Secrets...
ISBN: 9780552150828
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2005
Cool robots, far-out cityscapes, and lots of search-and-find surprises - now with a new foil cover! This search-and-find adventure is full of fun and surprises. The story begins in a child`s bedroom where Seymour, a tiny bead man, uses a yo-yo string to slide down from the top of a night table to the floor, where he finds himself a smart sports car. Seymour takes off beyond the blocks and into a magical world of flying cars, robots, and a time machine! Children are invited to find hidden objects in the twelve photographs that tell the story of Seymour`s magical nighttime exploration.
ISBN: 978-0-439-39950-0
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Five lavishly illustrated spreads, big, recessed flaps and a host of farm animals to spot, name and mimic combine in this delightful little board book for the very young.
Photographic search-and-find fun - especially for preschoolers! From bestselling author/photographer Walter Wick. From the photographer of the bestselling I Spy books, Can You See What I See? Once Upon a Time is a rhyming, search-and-find picture book - especially for preschoolers! Twelve fascinating compositions depict favorite fairy tales, folk tales, and classic stories where readers can use the picture clues to search for dozens of intriguing hidden objects in a far, faraway land filled with toys!
Secrets from her mother: 1. I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom to Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben Hur. ...From her boyfriend: 2. I`m a size twelve. Not a size eight, like Connor thinks. 3. I`ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. ...From her colleagues: 4. When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day). 5. It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times. ...Secrets she wouldn`t share with anyone in the world: 6. My G string is hurting me. 7. I faked my Maths GCSE grade on my CV. 8. I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is… …until she spills them all to a stranger on a plane. At least, she...
ISBN: 0-552-15082-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Adapting the classic folk tale In a Dark, Dark Wood, bestselling author and photographer Wick has created a search-and-find book that features frightfully fun illustrations of a haunted mansion, as well as dozens of miniature houses, to depict a scary town. Full color.
From the photographer of the bestselling I Spy books and creator of the Can You See What I See? series is a new rhyming, search-and-find reader series - especially for the newest reader! Readers can use the picture clues to search for dozens of hidden trinkets and toys! This book builds confidence in new readers and provides hours of fun, as well!
Solzhenitsyn's celebrated novel describes the lives of people in the Soviet Union under Stalin who were condemned on health grounds to "internment" or death. It also give a psychological insight into the intensified experience of people under varying degrees of pressure and deprivation.
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that `all is for the best`. But when his love for the Baron`s rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero`s optimism.
ISBN: 0140623035
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2002
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that "all is for the best". But when his love for the Baron`s rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero`s optimism.
ISBN: 978-0-14-062442-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Джордж Бернард Шоу - ирландский прозаик и критик XX века и самый прославленный - после Шекспира - драматург, писавший на английском и языке. "Кандида" - это остроумная лирическая комедия о вечных и вечно новых отношениях мужчин и женщин. Пьеса расскажет читателю о непонятном и загадочном, не поддающемся рациональному объяснению, и о том, за что женщина может любить мужчину... Читайте зарубежную литературу в...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05737-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
Floss`s parents split up when she was younger and she now divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her mum`s new boyfriend and her new baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But then their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss`s mum decides to move to Australia for six months. Floss has to choose whether to go with her or stay with her dad. She picks her dad and they muddle along happily together, surviving on chip butties and enjoying visits to the local funfair. But then disaster strikes, Dad`s money troubles catch up with him and they have to move out of the cafe. They`re homeless - but can their new fairground friends help out? This is...
ISBN: 978-0-440-86645-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Candyfloss is the perfect introduction to jacqueline Wilson. When Floss`s mother and stepfather announce they are moving to Australia for six months, Floss has to decide whether to go with them or stay home with Dad - inept, but loving and always lots of fun. And how will her choice affect her friendship with her popular but not-so-loyal best friend, Rhiannon? About girls everywhere, for girls everywhere, Candyfloss speaks in universals: it`s about friendship, family, and growing up in a complicated world. Like all Wilson`s novels, it has an honesty and cheerful integrity that offers a real alternative to the materialistic values of so much fiction aimed at girls.
Benjamin Thorpe is married, a father, a successful Los Angeles architect - and a man obsessed. Alone in New York City on business, he spends the empty hours of the night in a compulsive search for female companionship. His dizzying descent leads to an early morning confrontation in a mid-town brothel, and a subsequent searing self-revelation. Cathy Frese - aka Heidi the `teenage` hooker - finishes up for the night and walks back to her studio apartment. But she never arrives. Her strangled, used and mutilated body is found in an alleyway the next morning. These two lost souls had crossed briefly in the night, and as the foggy events of the night before come into sharper focus, Benjamin Thorpe becomes an ever more possible
The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get married, and we discover the secret life of beautiful Lady Alroy.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8951-8
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Canterbury Tales is a major part of England`s literary heritage. From the exuberant Wife of Bath`s Arthurian legend to the Miller`s worldly, ribald farce, these tales can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Incorporating every style of medieval narrative - bawdy anecdote, allegorical fable and courtly romance - the tales encompass a blend of universal human themes. Ackroyd`s retelling is a highly readable, prose version in modern English, using expletive and avoiding euphemism, making the Tales much more accessible to a new generation of readers. The edition also includes an introduction by Ackroyd, detailing some of the historical background to Chaucer and the Tales, and why he has been inspired to translate them for...
The Canterbury Tales tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London, and journey together to the shrine of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell stories to one another. This new transcription and edition is taken from British Library MS Harley 7334, a beautifully-decorated, volume produced within ten years of Chaucer’s death. The aim of the present edition, with its ‘on-page’ notes and glosses, is to enable readers with little or no previous experience of Medieval English to read and enjoy this landmark in English Literature.
ISBN: 978-1-84022-536-5
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
`We’ll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree`. The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7892-0
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Classic / British English The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get married, and we discover the secret life of beautiful Lady Alroy.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6512-8
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011