Čo ak by ste nikdy nemuseli spať? Snažím sa žiť normálny život, verte mi. Cez deň mi to ide. Rozdávam úsmevy, podpisy a zmluvy na nové knihy. Keď ale večer všetci odídu do sveta, v ktorom pre mňa nie je miesto, musím si nájsť nejakú zábavu. 25 rokov bez spánku. Viete si to predstaviť? Čo by ste robili ...
Napsal ho sedmadvacetiletý „rozhněvaný mužâ€ś, kterého vedla potřeba kritizovat a literárně zobrazit dĹŻsledky změny chudinského zákona v roce 1834. Tento zákon zrušil chudobince při jednotlivých farnostech a zavedl centralizovaný systém, který vedl ke korupci a rozkrádání prostředkĹŻ pro chudé a k ...
Imagine you could go anywhere, meet anyone and do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would you play? Go on... you choose! With the help of Nick Sharratt\''s wonderfully detailed illustrations, Pippa Goodhart explores a whole range of scenarios ...
Little ones will love bringing the farmyard to life with this adorable sound book. Press the pages and hear hens clucking, cows mooing and much more, and pore over colourful scenes include a sheepdog rounding up sheep, a piglet playing in the mud and ducks splashing in the pond. With simple text, holes ...
After the fall, Humpty Dumpty is a broken egg. Life is tough: he\''s so afraid of heights, he can\''t even bear to climb onto his bed, or reach his favourite cereal on the top shelf at the supermarket. But one day, fuelled by his passion for bird-watching, he decides to conquer his fears and something ...
Dripping Thighs, Sticky Chicken Fingers, Vanilla Chicken, Chicken with a Lardon, Bacon-Bound Wings, Spatchcock Chicken, Learning-to-Truss-You Chicken, Holy Hell Wings, Mustard-Spanked Chicken, and more, more, more!&,nbsp,Fifty chicken recipes, each more seductive than the last, in a book that makes ...
You''ve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you''re destined for - what do you do? In Murakami''s world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of desire, whether it takes the form of ...
Sweep your brush over a spritely tiger and its cubs, a slithering snake, a playful elephant and more exuberant animals to see this vibrant jungle burst into colour - as if by magic.
Jam-packed with the silliest of animals, this bestselling rhyming story will have the youngest of readers in fits of laughter. Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gofers sit on sofas, but Frog does not want to sit on a log! Jam-packed with animals and silliness, this original ...
Anyone who has spent time in the developing world will know that one of Bombay''s claims to fame is the enormous film industry that churns out hundreds of musical fantasies each year. The other, of course, is native son Salman Rushdieless prolific, perhaps than Bollywood, but in his own way just as fantastical. ...
Previously adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola starring Kirsten Dunst, this is the story of the five Lisbon sisters - beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the entire neighbourhood. The boys that once loved them from afar are now grown men, determined to understand a ...
Explore the beauty of the changing seasons in this timeless peek-through book with beautiful artwork from Britta Teckentrup and accompanying rhyming text. Following the life-cycle of a tree through spring, summer, autumn and winter, children will easily learn to recognise the signs of the seasons with ...
These adult editions of J.K. Rowling''s Harry Potter novels have been stylishly redesigned to showcase beautiful jackets by renowned woodcut artist Andrew Davidson. This spectacular box set includes all seven novels and is perfect for Harry Potter novices and collectors alike. Contains (in reading order): ...
The new Lean In, from the multi-award-winning Founder and CEO of national non-profit Girls Who Code and New York Times bestselling author Reshma Saujani. ''We are raising our boys to be brave, but our girls to be perfect. And this is holding us back.'' Imagine if you lived without the fear of failure, ...
When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he holes up in the mountain home of a famous artist. The days drift by, spent painting, listening to music and drinking whiskey in the evenings. But then he discovers a strange painting in the attic and unintentionally begins a strange ...
The #1 bestselling Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard comes to a stunning conclusion in this fourth and final book. VICTORY COMES AT A PRICE. Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal''s betrayal nearly destroyed her. Now determined to protect her heart-and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods ...
