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Alices Adventures in Wonderland

A collector's edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, with letters, poems and a biography of their creator, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Featuring over 100 black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Sir John Tenniel.

Bram Stoker Horror Stories

Dublin-born Bram Stoker lived in London, meeting other notable authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. Apart from the ground-breaking Dracula Stoker wrote supernatural horror short stories, many of which, including `The Judge's House' and `Dracula's Guest', are featured here with extracts from his longer works.

Usborne Princess Stories

Obsahuje: The Frog Prince The Princess and the Pea Cinderella The Twelve Dancing Princesses Sleeping Beauty

Usborne Shakespeare Collection

Obsahuje: Macbeth Twelfth Night Hamlet A Midsummer Night´s Dream Romeo and Juliet

Usborne Classic Stories

Obsahuje: Alice in Wonderland The Railway Children The Secret Garden Around the World in Eighty Days The Wind in the Willows

The Power and the Story

From Murdoch's media empire to Trump's 'fake news', John Lloyd explodes the myths and misinformation of the Post-Truth age, providing a panoramic overview of the state of journalism as it faces the biggest crisis of its history. Is journalism in jeopardy? How can the press respond to the threats of social media, fake news and an increasing hostility towards journalists? And are we really in the

The Border Triology

With an introduction by novelist Rachel KushnerIn the vanishing world of the Old West, two cowboys begin an epic adventure, and their own coming-of-age stories. In All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole's search for a future takes him across the Mexican border to a job as a ranch hand and an ill-fated romance. The Crossing is the story of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham, who sets off on a perilous

The Seven Sisters

The Seven Sisters is a sweeping epic tale of love and loss by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley. Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva - having been told that their beloved adoptive father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died. Each of them is handed a

Churchill And Orwell

A New York Times Book ReviewNotable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's--Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If

The Catcher in the Rye

In honour of the centennial of the birth of J.D. Salinger in 1919, Penguin reissues all four of his books in beautiful commemorative hardback editions - with artwork and text based on the very first Salinger editions published in the 1950s and 1960s. The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield...One of the greatest

100 Things To Know About: Food

Whether at home or at school, morning or night, we all eat food. This book provides a wonderful insight to every aspect of food from farming to cooking, nutrition to tasting. Find out what colour carrots used to be, what the last meal served on the Titanic was and which spice is more expensive than gold in this quirky, fact-packed information book.

100 Things To Know About: Space

Space is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, 'infographics' style, with snippets of information about all aspects of Space exploration and the science of the Universe.

100 Things To Know About: Science

Science is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, 'infographics' style, with snippets of information about all aspects of science from particle physics to genes and DNA.

100 Things To Know About: The Human Body

Find out who the tallest person is, how we wake up in the morning and what makes us blush in this superb introduction to the human body. A great book to answers the how's and why's of inquisitive young minds. With quirky illustrations and clear and comprehensible text, children can pore over the vast information provided all day or dip in and out of it as they please. A great way to broaden

100 Things To Know About: History

Did you know that mammoths and pharaohs walked the earth at the same time? Or that over 30 types of gladiators fought in ancient Rome? This fascinating book is filled with 100 historical facts, bright, infographic-style illustrations, a glossary and index. There are also links to specially selected websites with video clips and more information.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar´s: Christmas Library

A Map of Days

The first three novels in the series introduced Jacob Portman and the world of the peculiars--and saw that world threatened by, and spared from, destruction by a hostile splinter faction and their monstrous servants. Now, in a thrilling new story arc, Jacob's adventure continues as Ransom Riggs reveals even more secrets of the peculiar world, set against the rich landscapes of American history.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most

The Little Swedish Kitchen

From spring picnics on the archipelago and barbecues at the summer cabin, to cosy autumnal suppers and dark snowy winters filled with candlelight, gingerbread and gloegg. Complete with stunning location and food photography, Rachel's new cookbook lets you in on what the Swedish like to call Lagom . .. the art of not too little, not too much but just the right amount. Learn how to cook beautiful,

100 Contemporary Green Buildings

The most exciting new buildings todayare almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from theArchitecture Now!series in this handy Bibliotheca Universalisedition.Celebrated architects like Frank Gehryand Norman Fosterare presented alongside young up-and-coming creatorsfrom all over the world.