The extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl in Holland during World War II, who hides from the Nazis in the homes of an underground network of foster families, one of them the author''s grandparents Bart van Es left Holland for England many years ago, but one story from his Dutch childhood never ...
''Like A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD written by Tina Fey'' Sam Baker, RED MAGAZINEShortlisted for the 2013 Women''s Prize for FictionA NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerCOMING SOON: The film adaptation, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup Bernadette Fox is notorious. ...
You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except... here''s how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say... BLORK. Or BLUURF. And even if the words include things like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and MY HEAD IS MADE ...
A half-android, half-human girl is accused of murder in Jess Rothenberg''s tautly-paced YA thriller, The Kingdom, perfect for fans of Westworld and The Lunar Chronicles. "Wildly addictive and beautifully terrifying. Readers will leave this glittering theme park forgetting what is real."?Dhonielle Clayton, ...
A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author.Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more ...
New in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Stephen Hawking, the genius physicist and author. When Stephen Hawking was a little boy, he used to stare up at the stars and wonder about the universe. Although he was never top of the class, his curiosity took him to the best universities ...
Kniha - 528 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná.The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a manmade plague - has ...
This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Tess of the D''Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy. "I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I could only be near you, and get glimpses of you, and think of you as mine.I long for only one thing in heaven ...
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor, sits in the waiting room of the city\''s preeminent psychiatrist as he anxiously ponders the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis. When the enigmatic, intensely beautiful Hettie Bull walks in, Lysander is immediately ...
When we first published this little book by Kamila Skopová in 2004, we had no idea what a tradition we would be starting, for ever since then the original Czech version of this little book has been republished almost every year in a larger print run. What is there about it that attracts readers' ...
WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT is an incredibly exciting debut from an extraordinary new voice in fiction. Spanning four decades, from 1968 onwards, this is the story of a fabulous but flawed family and the slew of ordinary and extraordinary incidents that sh ape their everyday lives. It is a story about childhood ...
When a merchant steals a rose from the garden of a terrifying beast, his daughter, Beauty, agrees to go to the beast''s palace to save her father''s life. The classic tale of Beauty and the Beast is retold here in a magnificent ''pop-in'' format. Each page has three layers of paper, cut to give the impression ...
Les enfants de deux villages voisins s?affrontent depuis toujours dans une terrible guerre.Quand ils sont faits prisonniers, on leur vole tous leurs boutons et ils rentrent quelquefois chez eux sans leurs vetements. Pour cela ils sont souvent punis par leur ma�tre d?�cole et leurs parents. Qui va ...
Druh sortimentu : Kniha, PB3 et le recyclage (PB3 recykluje + CD), Autoři : Jane Cadwallader, Rok vydania : 2016,.
Crack the hidden codes, capture the king on the run and rescue the rooks under attack in this zany but clever activity book. This book gives a whole new dimension to the game of chess, allowing children to hone their problem solving ability. Bursting with interesting activities and brilliant hints and ...
Kids can build their own customizable model with this thrilling hardcover book and 3D wood model set from IncrediBuilds. This "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find The"m themed book and wood model set brings the world of the upcoming film to life. Filled with incredible illustrations and unit photography, ...
