A special new edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\''s Stone, with a stunning new cover illustration by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick. The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary ...
Pollyanna comes to live with her Aunt Polly. Pollyanna always looks for the good in life and she helps her new friends to be happy again, but not her aunt! Will Aunt Polly learn to be happy?Pollyanna is eleven when she comes to live with her Aunt Polly, after her father dies. Life isn’t easy for Pollyanna. ...
A beautiful new edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald''''s classic novel The Great Gatsby to coincide with the release of Baz Luhrmann''''s film. ''''There was music from my neighbour''''s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the ...
''Astonishing... Genius... A masterpiece'' EMMA WATSON Christopher Reese has been through a lot by the age of seven. He will go through much more before he turns eight. All his mother Kate Reese ever wanted to do is protect him. She will have to do that more than she ever imagined. Their new home, the ...
Romeo Montague was in love with Juliet Capulet. He went over to her. ‘I don’t know who you are’ he said. ‘But I know that I love you.’ ‘You’re very handsome,’ she replied. ‘I think I love you too.’ Romeo kissed Juliet and then they kissed again. They were in love.The story of Romeo and Juliet is probably ...
The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and ...
Fall in love, break the curse. Break the curse, save the kingdom. Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall, is cursed. Forced to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he can only be freed by love. But at the end of each autumn he is transformed into a beast hell-bent on destruction, and after ...
Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller, and most critics liked it. One reviewer wrote: ‘It is one of the most powerful domestic romances which have been published for many years.’ In this Reader you will find: A short biography of Charlotte Brontë | Glossary | Comprehension activities | PET-style activities ...
With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn\''t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won\''t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her ...
This box set presents 8 books of a series about a young boy in middle school facing the troubles and joys of school and writing them down in his diary.1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid.The debut book, it introduces Greg Heffley who discovers that middle school is a battle-field of a sort, what with half the kids ...
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 truths, as he comes to learn what it means to be human from a child who is not. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry\''s ...
They were the new icons of rock and roll, fated to burn bright and not fade away. But on 12 July 1979, it all came crashing down. There was Daisy, rock and roll force of nature, brilliant songwriter and unapologetic drug addict, the half-feral child who rose to superstardom. There was Camila, the frontman’s ...
The unforgettable and moving international number 1 bestseller ''This is a novel of international significance. Courageous, provocative, haunting, it will open our eyes'' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz In the midst of war, he found love. In the midst of darkness, he found courage. ...
The first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus. Love Her Wild is a collection of new and beloved poems from Atticus, the young writer who has captured the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of avid followers on his Instagram account @atticuspoetry, including superstars like Karlie ...
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018 WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the ...
Zbierka The Tales of Beedle the Bard je prvá kniha J. K. Rowling, ktorá vychádza od vydania poslednej časti úspešnej série o malom čarodejníkovi Harry Potter a dary smrti. Predaj knihy sa začne 4. decembra 2008 a zisky pôjdu na konto nadácie Children\''s High Level Group. Príbehy rozprávača Beedla sa ...
Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay''s dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new edition of J.K. Rowling''s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters – including Dobby and Gilderoy Lockhart – await inside this fully illustrated ...
Five decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac''s seminal Beat novel On the Road finally finds its way to the big screen, in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) starring Sam Riley (Control, Brighton Rock), Garret Hedlund (Friday Night Lights), Kristen ...
This sumptuous gift set includes a replica of the very rare first edition of The Hobbit, the only edition where one can now read the original version of the story before Tolkien re-edited it to become the one enjoyed by readers since 1951. The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937, with a print run ...
Randall Munroe is. ''Nerd royalty'' Ben Goldacre ''Totally brilliant'' Tim Harford ''Laugh-out-loud funny'' Bill Gates ''Wonderful'' Neil Gaiman AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The world''s most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic ...