Book of Nonsense. The 2011 anniversary ed, Paperback - Mervyn Peake

Publisher: Peter Owen PublishersAuthor(s): Mervyn PeakeNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 215 x 139 x 8Cover type: Paperback / s...

In Titus Awakes the 77th Earl of Groan leaves the crumbling castle of Gormenghast and finds the larger world even stranger than his birthplace. Usi...

Reducere. "A gloriously impossible realization of Mervyn Peake's soaring flight of fancy."--GuardianIn a world bound by iron laws and dead rituals, two young...

As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that sta...

In this final part of the trilogy, we follow Titus, now almost twenty, as he escapes from the Castle, flees its oppressive Ritual, and becomes lost...

Edward Lear, the 20th child of a London stockbroker, entered the household of Lord Stanley as little more than a servant, but his sense of humour s...

Wonderful collection of nonsense verse, from Chesterton to Dahl, Lear to Carroll. With beautitul, original illustrations, both full colour and blac...

Lively and hilarious limericks and illustrations celebrating the nonsensical, first published in 1846 under the pseudonym 'Old Derry down Derry'.

Reducere. Ever eaten Poodle Strudel? Slain a Jabberwock? Bathed in Irish Stew? Quentin Blake is one of the best loved of children’s illustrators. In this bri...

Reducere. Something is wrong with our banking system. We all sense that, but Mervyn King knows it firsthand; his ten years at the helm of the Bank of England...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: George DowningPublished in 1972 and continuously in print since then, The Massage Book introduced Swedish massage to Americ...

A fascinating tour of Newcastle-under-Lyme's thriving pub scene, charting the city's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to ...

Reducere. Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limer...

Publisher: Book Law PublicationsAuthor(s): J. M. BentleyNumber of pages: 136Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 210 x 275 x 10Cover type: Paperback /...

Reducere. DescriptionA special 50th anniversary edition of the magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning classic from N. Scott Momaday, with a new preface by the au...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "Poet Alicia Ostriker is also a highly original scholar/teacher of midrash, the commentary and exegesis of scripture (the same root as madrasa, pla...

Reducere. After being involved in a tragic house fire rescue 30 years ago. Terry received a bravery award in recognition of his actions, because of the trage...

Analyses the state of the world economy, a year and half after the Covid-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The ...

This beautifully presented and fully illustrated new collection presents many English-language favourites, some old and some newly made, to try twi...

Following on from Arthur's first novel, Far, Far the Mountain Peak, this next novel follows John Denby into adolescence. As he begins to explore hi...

Reducere. A common-sense approach to achieving success in one's life. Offers workable, step-by-step methods and positive visualization techniques to help rea...

This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of language created credible and consistent storie...

Publisher: Hal Leonard Europe LimitedAuthor(s): Richard O'BrienNumber of pages: 95Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 302 x 230 x 8Cover type: BookRe...

Publisher: Countryside BooksAuthor(s): Charles WildgooseIllustration(s): Sketch maps and photographsNumber of pages: 96Collection: Pub WalksPublica...

Publisher: MX PublishingAuthor(s): Richard Shepherd-BarronIllustration(s): colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 92Publication date: 2012Dimensions:...

Gathering one hundred poems by writers and performers who have drawn new audiences to the artform, it highlights poetry as a space for fresh powerf...

Reducere. This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing no...

Reducere. This Book of Slides is a comprehensive "atlas" of the vast terrain covered by Dr. David R. Hawkins in his public lectures, 2002-2011. It contains t...

Reducere. Tom Clancy analizeaza constant situatia politica internationala, reusind sa descopere posibilele conflicte si pericole, in jurul carora brodeaza po...

Publisher: Book Publishing CompanyAuthor(s): Glen MerzerIllustration(s): full colourNumber of pages: 196Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 203 x 227...

Reducere. The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious for...

Publisher: Hodder EducationAuthor(s): Barbara MervynIllustration(s): b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Collection: SHP Advanced History Core Tex...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Tom CooperIllustration(s): 119 colour photos, 27 colour profiles, 4 maps, 1 diagram, 4 tablesNumber of pages:...