Smith of Lambeth: And Other Tales: A Memoir, Paperback - David Jones

DescriptionDavid Jones has lived a rich and varied life, the highlights of which are beautifully presented in this wry and irresistibly intelligent...

Reducere. DescriptionNow a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, The Old Man and the Gun is here joined by two other riveting true-c...

Reducere. "Whatever dreams he was having, Jason knew they had nothing to do with his physical body. His eyes were firmly shut and his consciousness withdrawn...

Now a major film starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek and Casey Affleck, The Old Man and the Gun is joined by two other riveting true-crime tales ...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 2 collect...

Reducere. Young readers will delight in these three charming puppy stories from Holly Webb. Features The Lost Puppy, The Secret Puppy, and Leo All Alone.

The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland, the country of his birth. 'Ty...

Level 5: Taste and Other Tales - Roald Dahl

'To open a book by David Jones is to walk in the ley lines of his dreaming, a dreaming offered to believer and non-believer alike.

Reducere. Remember that line from "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"? "There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, ...

The finest of all Conrad's tales, 'Heart of Darkness' is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the ...

Hoffmann is among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics. This selection, while stressing the variety of his work, puts in the foreg...

This selection of twenty of Hawthorne's tales is the first in paperback to present his most important short works with full annotation in one volume

Jones's visionary collection of poems and fragments published in the months before his death, reissued in paperback with a cover based on the artis...

As the child of peasants, Karen grew up with a pair of simple red shoes. Then, when her parents died, Karen was adopted by a rich old woman who gav...

Reducere. Violets and Other Tales (1895) is a collection of stories and poems by Alice Dunbar Nelson. While working as a teacher in New Orleans, Dunbar Nelso...

Savage tales of Conan the Barbarian by blockbuster creators First, visionary artist Esad Ribic writes and illustrates the never-before-told story o...

John Polidori's classic tale of the vampyre was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Set in Ita...

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. The Happy Prince stars the statue of the Prince, who persuades a swall...

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Reducere. "Wilde's first authentic work...marked the beginning of his true creativity...Wilde's stories are splendid." -Jeanette Winterson "...partly for chi...

The effects of Absolute Carnage are felt across the Marvel Universe The late Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross was once the Red Hulk - and briefly bonded...

Reducere. Dad's stories and tales of balderdash is a descriptive collection of diverse stories that are fun and entertaining. Each story is capable of holdin...

Reducere. Warm, imaginative, and cleverly-crafted, these stories, with characters I could visualize and relate to, were a page-turning breath of fresh air." ...

Level 5. Taste and Other Tales Book and MP3 Pack - Roald Dahl

DescriptionA classical work of philosophy that has inspired readers around the world for generations. Upon its initial publication in 1923, Kahlil ...

The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland. They vividly present Conrad's...

Three spooky tales from three peerless storytellers, perfect for telling around the fire on a dark, windy night. Read of Flynn, who battled with th...

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In this collection of Roald Dahl's finest stories we meet some quite ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways. There is a man who is sure h...

Some of the best-loved stories in the world, originating in Persia, India and Arabia, retold especially for children.

Reducere. In The Great Plains, Katie Schmidt thinks she is ordinary but is far from it. To change her fortunes she decides to get false fingernails, brighter...

Reducere. This volume includes eight tales in new translations by David Magarshack: The Singers, Bezhin Meadow, Mumu, Assya, First Love, Knock...Knock...Knoc...

After forty-something countries on five continents, John Rydzewski thought he saw it all...that is, until he went to China. There, he found the Chi...

DescriptionTHIS IS A SERIES OF TALES, MOSTLY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, ABOUT THE SHORT RHODESIAN COLONIAL PERIOD UP TO 1980, AFTER WHICH TIME THE COU...

Reducere. Step back into ancient India as Marcia Williams brings her inviting comic-book style to eight animal folktales that continue to enchant children to...

A ?Boomer Generation? Indian, raised on the reservation in the past, writing of the evolution of Indians today. Ancestors and traditions color toda...

An anthology of bestselling children's author Funke's favourite fairytales from her native Germany and beyond, also including choices from Russia, ...

Publisher: SPCK PublishingAuthor(s): Amy Scott RobinsonNumber of pages: 128Collection: Adventuring GirlsPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x 196...

In this collection of imaginative short stories that depict poignant moments in the life of a woman on a journey of self-discovery, the heroine, Gr...

"Locus Award winner Lee (Phoenix Extravagant) takes on the folktale form in a collection of 25 gorgeous, magical stories, tiny jewels of worldbuild...

Publisher: PS PublishingAuthor(s): Albert E. CowdreyPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 220 x 42Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lectur...

Reducere. The third book of our well-received Speculative Japan series, this volume brings more outstanding authors from the Japanese archipelago to English,...

Reducere. The Perfect Turn promises us tales of skiing and skiers-but what gripping tales these are: ski history meets ski adventure. The story of great ski ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn autobiography usually recounts the life of a person who has achieved wide acclaim in one field. But this extraordinary book describes...

Includes a new workbook"Thursday morning. One hundred pounds overweight, no man in sight, and rounding the bend to 57 years old--a full-blown catas...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Lisa CouturierNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 139 x 214 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softbac...