This extraordinary, magical first novel is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, a librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people ...
A luxurious anthology of plays written by one of the greatest dramatists of all time, William Shakespeare. With stories of love, loss, joy and heartbreak, this collection will captivate young children with every page. The perfect book for children studying The Bard, or those who simply enjoy reading ...
AutorChristie Golden.VydavateľstvoPocket Star.VäzbaBrožovaná.EAN9781439157602.Strán416 strán.Rozmery 171 x 106 mm.Frostmourne.It was caught in a hovering, jagged chunk of ice, the runes that ran the length of its blade glowing a cool blue. Below it was a dais of some sort, standing on a large gently ...
''This propulsive, visceral, tech-rich tale is both all head and all heart'' Caroline Kepnes, author Netflix smash hit You The blockbuster thriller from New York Times bestseller David Yoon. Sometimes you have to break the world in order to fix it. Max is fortunate enough to be employed by Wren, the ...
The definitive text of Jane Austen''s penetrating and sparkling satire, "Emma", this "Penguin Classics Edition" includes an introduction by Fiona Stafford. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, rich - and fiercely independent - is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. ...
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids ''Magical'' GUARDIAN ''A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith''s signature poetic flair'' VOGUE ''Extraordinary. A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream'' Sunday Times''A ...
The rock memoir of the decade'' Daily Mail''The rock star''s gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the reader'' Sunday TimesIn his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the smash-hit film ...
Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : The Fall of Gondolin, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 304.
Hello. I''m called Ella Brook and I live in a town called Cherrywood. My best friends at school are Tom and Lenka. My worst enemy is Zoe. And then there is my mummy. She looks normal, like any other mummy... but she''s not. Because she can turn into a fairy. She just has to shut her eyes tight, say ''Marshmallow''... ...
The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the ...
On Monday 20 March 1995 the Japanese Aum cult released a deadly cloud of Sarin nerve gas into the Tokyo underground. 12 people were killed and an estimated 3,800 suffered serious after-effects. Haruki Murakami, one of Japan's leading novelists (considered by many to be one of the most important writers ...