In 1985 Jeanette Winterson\''s first novel, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", was published. It was Jeanette\''s version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story, a painful past written over and repainted. It was a ...
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 ...
Emerence is a domestic servant - strong, fierce, eccentric, and with a reputation for being a first-rate housekeeper. When Magda, a young Hungarian writer, takes her on she never imagines how important this woman will become to her. It takes twenty years for a complex trust between them to be slowly, ...
When 13-year-old Lily''s inventor father vanishes after a Zeppelin crash, Lily''s determined to hunt down the truth behind his disappearance, helped by Robert, the local clockmaker''s son, and her wily mechanical fox Malkin. But shadowy figures are closing in and treachery lurks among the smoky spires ...
Don''t you know a sand-fairy when you see one?'' I dare say you have often thought about what you would do if you were granted three wishes. The five children - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother - had often talked about it but when they are faced with the grumpy sand-fairy they find ...
Fenomén Sovětského svazu nás nepřestává fascinovat ani dlouhá léta po jeho rozpadu, kdy se známá rudá vlajka se srpem a kladivem roztrhala na několik drobných samostatných částí. Trochu možná proto, že impérium zla vlastně nikdy úplně nezaniklo, i když jeho nejvýraznějším dědictvím jsou dodnes citelné ...
It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk - but Stella really, really didn''t want that to happen, just the same.Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands ...
Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He''s also the most accident-prone. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help him with his toughest test: capturing a princess? A wonderfully funny new story from the creators of The Gruffalo ...
The smallest fish can tell the tallest tales. "Sorry I''m late, Miss. I set off really early but on the way to school I was captured by a squid. I wriggled and I struggled till a turtle came and rescued me." "Oh, no, he didn''t." "OH, YES, HE DID." Tiddler is a little fish with a BIG imagination! What ...
Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could ...
Build the biggest, toughest, most awesome monster trucks on the planet in this high-octane sticker book. Children will have hours of fun adding wheels, bodywork and cool accessories to monster trucks including Lightning Strike, Red Menace and Cobra''s Curse using the exciting stickers provided.
Audiokniha Robinson Crusoe ve formátu mp3 okamžitě ke stažení. Zdaleka nejúspěšnějším dílem Daniela Defoe je Robinson Crusoe, vydaný poprvé v roce 1719 pod titulem Robinson Crusoe, námořník z Yorku, jeho život a neobyčejná dobrodružství. Předpokládá se, že předobrazem Robinsona byl skotský námořník Alexandr ...
Love is Blindis William Boyd''s sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life. When Brodie is offered a job in Paris, he seizes the chance to flee Edinburgh and his ...
Autor : Lucinda Riley, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : The Moon Sister, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 400.
Ravaged by environmental disaster, greed and oppression, our planet is in crisis. The future of humanity hangs in the balance - and one woman can tip it over. Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on Earth, Valerie Black is spearheading the first all-female mission to a planet in the ...
