Children are always asking questions and their bodies are an endless source of fascination to them. This quirkily illustrated book has lots of answers and will engross curious children. You can find the answers to intriguing questions such as How do I smell things? What makes me burp? Why do I need to ...
What legacy would you choose to leave behind for your children? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give \''a last lecture\'' lecture, he didn\''t have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. But the ...
"Rowling''s wizardry as a writer is on fulsome display" (USA Today) in this #1 New York Times bestseller from the international bestselling author Robert Galbraith. When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike''s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he ...
The international bestseller and modern classic - over 20 million copies sold worldwide ''Shadow is the real deal, a novel full of cheesy splendour and creaking trapdoors, a novel where even the subplots have subplots. One gorgeous read'' STEPHEN KING ''An instant classic'' DAILY TELEGRAPH The Shadow ...
"Book of Longing" is Leonard Cohen''''s astonishing new collection of poems, the first since "Book of Mercy" was published nearly three decades ago. Leonard Cohen made his name as a poet before he came to worldwide attention as a singer and songwriter. "Book of Longing", his new collection of poetry, ...
This deluxe, illustrated edition celebrates the New York Times-bestselling series, The Kingkiller Chronicle—a masterful epic fantasy saga that has inspired readers worldwide. One: The Name of the Wind. My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town ...
"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart." After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life''s universal ...
For fans of Hilary Mantel, Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, Elizabeth Fremantle''''s first novel, Queen''''s Gambit, is a riveting account of Katherine Parr, the Tudor queen who married four men and outlived three of them - including Henry VIII. Queen''''s Gambit: "Gripping". (Woman & Home). "Sumptuous". ...
Zatmenie, tretí diel Twilight ságy, by mal vyjsť najneskôr v apríli 2009. Na začiatok septembra 2009 je naplánované vydanie slovenskej verzie štvrtého dielu Twilight ságy, ktorý sa v angličtine nazýva Breaking Dawn a v slovenčine sa bude volať Úsvit. Približne v rovnakom čase by mal vyjsť aj ďalší román ...
In this action-packed collection, runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face untold dangers on their way to Camp Half-Blood. Percy Jackson and Annabeth must rescue stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn''t take kindly to intruders. And Leo, Piper, and Jason have to dodge a band of party-loving ...
Misery succeeds on so many different levels. The characters are so very well developed. In trying to figure out how to deal with Hurricane Annie, Paul also learns much about himself while he is trying to survive. Misery is filled with lots of symbolism-especially in the writing of his new book, Misery ...
