The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Adolph Gysbert Malan was born in Wellington, South Africa. A natural leader and driven individual with a totally positive outlook, aged fourteen Ma...

She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon - Cristina Mazzoni

Reducere. In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides's In the Kingdom of Ice, a "gripping adventure tale" (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explor...

It's a fascinating story that [Palin] brings full-bloodedly to life.' Guardian 'This is an incredible book . Carefully researched and well-crafted,...

Reducere. "I wanted freedom, open air, and adventure. I found it on the sea." Alain Gerbault The Untold Tales of a Sailor at Sea invites you to look behind c...

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) From one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers of the twentieth century-two novels, six short stories, and ...

Writers young and old know it's hard to create a story of one's own, here's a simple, elegant picture book that might help them find the key. Hint:...

Reducere. Jack Jones is an exceptionally intelligent fourteen year old who suffers from boredom and isolation at his public school. After a letter of accepta...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Sarah RuhlNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 222 x 31Cover type: HardbackRedescope...

Reducere. We can be sure of this: It's a circle without end. It' 's pumpkin seeds to pumpkins To pumpkin seeds againThis treat of a picture book comes cloake...

Reducere. Justice, the bald eagle, shares his development from tiny eaglet through fledging and leaving the nest. Incredible photography, engaging story and ...

Reducere. From one of India's best-known writers and the author of the National Book Award-longlisted One Part Woman comes a charming and surprising tale of ...

Reducere. The extraordinary story of one woman's ten-year medical and metaphysical odyssey that brought her physical, creative, emotional, and spiritual heal...

Publisher: Cinder HouseAuthor(s): Bronwyn AdcockPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farmecu...

A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinati...

Reducere. A rhino is put in a zoo in the middle of a grey city, where all he can do is pace back and forth. He misses his home, his mother, the smell of eart...

Reducere. With great talent and vision and his winning smile, Thomas Muller has emerged as one of the world's most accomplished soccer players of our time. B...

Barry was a small gray furry ball, only two weeks old, when he was tossed into the swirling river. It would have been the end of the pup if young J...

Reducere. Now available in paperback for the first time, with a new introduction, the poignant and insightful memoir from Yossi Klein Halevi, the award-winni...

Reducere. In 1858, twelve-year-old Sallie Fox and her family leave Iowa in a wagon train, dreaming of California. They follow the Santa Fe Trail to New Mexic...

DescriptionAn excellent dog story of a wolfhound puppy mothered by an old she-wolf on the western plains, and finally caught and tamed by some cowb...

The books in this series use cartoon style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science and geography both accessible and ...

This, along with The Tale of Miss Moppet, was intended for very young children. It is a simple tale of what befalls a rude little rabbit that doesn...

In exquisitely detailed illustrations and engaging words, Stephen Conlin and Peter Harbison bring alive the story of Dublin - its architecture and ...

DescriptionA 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner It's been five years since the Sweep disappeared. Orphaned and alone, Nan Sparrow had no other ch...

Reducere. In the final memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, the author of A Wrinkle in Time paints an intimate portrait of her forty-year marriage.A long-term ...

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 ...

Publisher: ReadZone Books LimitedAuthor(s): Dee PhillipsNumber of pages: 48Collection: Yesterday's VoicePublication date: 2014Dimensions: 185 x 145...

At the foot of a chalk hill a stream rises in a silent copse, and is soon lost under the car parks and streets of the town its waters once gave lif...

Orphaned at the age of nine, Mikey Cuddihy left the US to board at the experimental Summerhill School. Like Hideous Kinky, this memoir describes co...

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. Where Is My Daddy? Is a fun children's book about about the job of a lineman. In this story the father who is a lineman is talking to his children ...

The intoxicating history of an extraordinary city and her people--from the medieval kings surrounding Berlin's founding to the world wars, tumult, ...

Englishwoman Mary McAuley first arrived in Leningrad in the early 1960s, eager to study labor relations for her thesis. Staying at a hostel, she me...

Reducere. On 1 June 1921, at the height of Ireland's War of Independence, a cycling patrol of members of the RIC was ambushed by members of the IRA at Ballym...

Reducere. "Yes" and "No". Two of the simplest, shortest, but most powerful words. One has the power to lift a person up; to motivate them to achieve their dr...

Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, The Story of a Nobody bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov's genius, and perfec...

Reducere. German jurist and legal theorist Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) significantly influenced Western political and legal thinking in the last century, yet hi...

Dixie Kiefer's reputation for durability began at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he broke an ankle and shattered a kneecap while playing football. A...

Publisher: Eglantyne BooksAuthor(s): Ernst JohannsenTranslator: Melanie FlorenceNumber of pages: 76Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 217 x 21...

Reducere. Keith Morris is a true punk icon. Over the course of his forty-year career with Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, and OFF , he's battled diabetes, drug...

Reducere. This is the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the Holocaust. Dry Tears is a dramatic tale of how a...