The Fart Heard Round the World: And Other Gross Tales of Noises and Smells, Paperback

This is the remarkable memoir of the first gay marriage in the US, a stirring and unique love story about social change and the will to live an equ...

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Ted Hughes wrote a series of stories for children from the early 1960s through until 1995 about how the world, and the creatures in it, came into b...

Join in the fun as your all-time favourite children's nursery rhymes are brought to life by Wendy Straw's charming illustrations.Publisher: Sweet C...

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Doctor Proctor, Nilly and Lisa are back in their third adventure from Jo Nesbo, the bestselling Norwegian author of all time!

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

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DescriptionA young readers edition of the New York Times bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the...

An essential collection of chivalric romance, swordplay, wizardry and brutal feats of courage Malory's 15th century Morte d'Arthuris one of the wor...

The legends of King Arthur are among the richest and most mysterious in British folklore, retold with dramatic illustrations.Illustrations: illustr...

Join humanity on the brink of destruction in 13 doom-laden visions from the 1890s to the 1960s, featuring rare tales from the Library's vaults.

Descartes' The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his la...

A collection of short stories set in the past in Berlin.

Reducere. The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. In olden times, it was the custom of minstrels and story-tellers to travel through t...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Origins of the Fairy Tale from around the World' contains seven different versions of the 'Snow White' story. It ...

From the talented brother-sister duo of Stephen and Anita Mangan comes this exciting fully illustrated adventure.Publisher: ScholasticAuthor(s): St...

Legends say that, in ancient times, a boy called Arthur pulled a sword from a stone and became the new king of Britain. With the help of the magici...

This seven-volume illustrated collection, published in 1821, contains the journals of Captain James Cook (1728-79) from his three voyages to the Pa...

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Reducere. First published as part of "The Book of Romance" in 1902, "King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table" is a compilation of classic Arthurian legend by...

Reducere. From bestselling author Dave Gross comes a fantastical tale of mystery, monsters, and mayhem in PATHFINDER TALES: LORD OF RUNES, set in the award-w...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Margery Hargest JonesIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 162Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 234 x ...

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Reducere. Arthur Machen produced some of the most evocative weird fiction in all literary history. Written with impeccably mellifluous prose, infused with a ...

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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...

This book, "A voyage round the world, . in his britannic majesty's sloop, resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, a...

A collection of four fantastic stories from the bestselling partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, together on one CD.Publisher: Pan Macmi...

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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.

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Six of Shakespeare's most famous plays are beautifully retold and illustrated for children - the intricate comedies of A Midsummer's Night Dream an...

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

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