The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales, Paperback - Arthur Ransome

Reducere. Choice collection of nine classic tales -- gathered by British author on his journeys to Russia in the early twentieth century -- tells of magical ...

Russian folk culture is filled with magical stories for children; tales of witches and wizardry, perilous journeys, wise animals, frightful giants,...

Illustrated by Dmitri Mitrokhin. Famous British author Arthur Ransome's unique and wonderful collection of fairy tales from the steppes and forests...

Reducere. Illustrated by Dmitri Mitrokhin. Famous British author Arthur Ransome's unique and wonderful collection of fairy tales from the steppes and forests...

Reducere. Famous British author Arthur Ransome's unique and wonderful collection of fairy tales from the steppes and forests of Russia, first published in 19...

Reducere. DescriptionCONTENTS Vasilisa the Beautiful Tsarevich Ivan and Grey Wolf The two Ivans Fenist the Falcon Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka Che...

The famous stage-designer Ivan Bilibin was a self-taught artist who was lucky enough to be offered the commission of a lifetime at the very start o...

Reducere. When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and...

Reducere. DescriptionDo you want to learn Russian with real Russian stories? It's easy with Russian and interlinear English. 140+ pages with every word trans...

Reducere. For this collection of seven traditional tales, Gillian Avery has provided a retelling of the texts which complements Bilibin's illustrations, whic...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level June Crebbin tells this traditional magical tale. When Prince Ivan meet...

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

Publisher: James Clarke & Co LtdAuthor(s): Alan KennedyPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 157 x 233 x 13Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera ...

Publisher: Princeton University PressIllustration(s): 12 b/w illus. 2 tables.Number of pages: 240Collection: Oddly Modern Fairy TalesPublication da...

Reducere. The Little Mermaid is one of the most haunting stories ever written. Its author, Hans Christian Andersen, made the literary fairy tale so much his ...

Reducere. Andrei Kozyrev was foreign minister of Russia under President Boris Yeltsin from August 1991 to January 1996. During the August 1991 coup attempt a...

Arthur Ransome's timeless tale, now in a beautiful }Vintage Classics{ edition. Ransome has been described as the 1930s equivalent of JK Rowling, wi...

Is it because of his hair?' Titty asked. 'Because of his heart' said Peter DuckThe Swallows and Amazons, as well as Captain Flint and the ancient a...

Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles.

The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed to the harbourmaster's friendly warning as they set off for China. They are on a round-...

'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn't'When the Walker family's holiday plans are ruine...

Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea - 'the D's' - plan a race to find the North Pole. Can...

Reducere. Step into a magical world of enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches... A breathtaking collection of six brand-new fairytales by awar...

Reducere. Join Rachel, Kirsty and the Magical Animal Fairies for lots of magical fun and adventure!

Vintage are publishing a new range of children's classics in beautiful, affordable editions for adults to revisit their childhood and for introduci...

Reducere. For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons series stands alone. Originally published in the UK over ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jason AntoonJason Antoon's modern fables are like the classic ones except funnier and nobody ever learns anything. Ten weir...

Description-Little-known stories and illustrations by 19th century artist Elena Polenova, supported by Polenovo Estate near Moscow -Companion to Wh...

Reducere. The haunting title story of this volume was considered by Lovecraft to be the second greatest horror tale ever written. One of the stories, 'The An...

This anthology not only features the beloved tale, but 100 enchanting stories chosen from The Blue Fain/Book and other collections by Andrew Lang: ...

Balakirev: Mazurka No. 7 in E flat minor /Liadov: To pieces for piano, Op. 9 /Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) /Rachmaninov: L...

Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better...BACKSTORY: Discover the real Swallowdale, swot up on seafaring...

John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known ...

Reducere. The Swallows, Amazons, and friends search for gold in the Lake District Hills--camping out, evading dangers, and staying in touch via homing pigeon...

Reducere. Some of the finest horror stories ever written. Arthur Machen had a profound impact upon H.P. Lovecraft and the group of stories that would later b...

A. J. Albany's recollection of life with her father, the great jazz pianist Joe Albany, is the story of one girl's unsentimental education. Joe pla...

Reducere. Showcasing the genius of Russian art, literature, music, and dance over a century of turmoil, Jeffrey Brooks uses the emblematic characters of the ...

DescriptionINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Thank you to Sheila Nevins for putting all this down for posterity. Women need this kind of honest exc...

Reducere. A collection of magical Italian folk and fairy tales--most in English for the first time The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales pres...

Reducere. Description'Beauty and the Beast - Origins of the Fairy Tales from around the World' contains seven different versions of the 'Beauty and the Beast...

Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their ship...

Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even o...

The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale o...

He wants to take the credit for it. Not only do the Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts of the case but they also have to dodge the savage...

Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hil...

Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas an...

It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. O...

John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the bigg...

Reducere. 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. Something wretched crawls beneath the skin of this world... Peel back that rotting skin and behold the improbable creatures, nightmarish places, an...