A cumulative ice-fishing mystery, featuring a grumpy penguin, a troupe of curious animals, and a surprise ending. An ice-fishing penguin grows increasingly aggravated as his line fails to attract fish.
This pack contains 12 cool vampire stickers from three cutting-edge artists: Nebojsa Matkovic is a freelance graphic designer from Novi Sad, Serbia; Citizen Panic is a skateboarding-inspired illustrator from Belgium; Iain Burke loves classic horror and is based in Brooklyn, New York City. These extra-large ...
Join Bee and friends for lots of drawing fun in this bright and friendly first drawing book. Draw stripes on Zebra, add wheels to cars, give Jellyfish long twisty tentacles and discover lots of other fun ways to draw lines, circles, spirals, squiggles and more, all of which are perfect for developing ...
Zábavné úkoly v anglickém jazyce při nichž procestujete celý svět, od Amazonie a Antarktidy až po Himalaye nebo Hollywood.
A spectacularly funny feast of all things Walliams for super-fans, new fans and anyone who likes laughing out loud a lot. In glorious colour throughout! Welcome to the World of David Walliams. This spectacularly funny book is bursting with Walliams wonderment! Insider sneak peeks, brilliant character ...
The first part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The Return of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of the creation ...
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 ...
We’re going to the land of the dead and we’re going to come back.” Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been – and a journey to a dark place ...
''''there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a boy.'''' When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales; the sailor''''s sudden death is the beginning of one of the most exciting ...
By Its Cover is the much anticipated twenty-third instalment in Donna Leon''s bestselling crime series, where Commissario Brunetti is better than ever as he addresses questions of worth and value alongside his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra. When several valuable antiquarian ...
Civil war rages as the Galactic Alliance–led by Cal Omas and the Jedi forces of Luke Skywalker–battles a confederation of breakaway planets that rally to the side of rebellious Corellia. Suspected of involvement in an assassination plot against Queen Mother Tenel Ka of the Hapes Consortium, Han and Leia ...
The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published as Kerouac originally composed it IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of On the Road—typed as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper, which he later taped together to form a 120-foot ...
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. ...
This book contains an introduction by Adam Thirlwell. Sparkling with comic genius and narrative exuberance, "I Served the King of England" is a story of how the unbelievable came true. Its remarkable hero, Ditie, is a hotel waiter who rises to become a millionaire and then loses it all again against ...
Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don´t get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara´s great aunt Sadie - in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl - has appeared to make one last ...
Charlotte Brontë leghíresebb regénye, a Jane Eyre rengeteget elárul szerzőjéről: életrajzi elemekből építi fel Jane gyermekkorának keserves éveit, és lelke legmélyéből veszi hősnőjének törhetetlen, makacs jellemét is. A regény romantikus cselekménye és érzelmessége révén már első megjelenésekor nagy ...
The inspiration behind ''''Life of Pi'''' director Ang Lee''''s ''''Brokeback Mountain'''' is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales. ''''Brokeback Mountain'''' is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. ...
The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien''s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the ...
All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume - plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ''My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.'' The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious ...