Thistle Sands, Paperback - Mike Nicholson

A braw Scots story for bairns! Welcome to Thistle Sands, a beautiful Scottish beach where you'll meet children playing and fun Scots words.Publishe...

Winner of the Kelpies Prize. When Fergus and Murdo set out to test their detective skills, a funny adventure ensues. Set in Edinburgh.

A braw Scots story for bairns! Welcome to Thistle Sands, a beautiful Scottish beach where you'll meet children playing and fun Scots words.

Some people think that museums are boring places full of glass cases, dust and stuff no one cares about: wrong! In a hidden headquarters below the ...

Strange lights, eerie sounds -- there's something spooky happening with a Roman helmet. Join the Museum Mystery Squad as they investigate ancient t...

The 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster falls on 15th April 2014, with a fresh inquest also due to start shortly in the light of last yea...

DescriptionSome people think that museums are boring places full of glass cases, dust and stuff no one cares about: wrong In a hidden headquarters ...

Reducere. Cartea lui Nicholson este o excelenta introducere academica in originile sufismului, o traditie mistica din cadrul islamului ce cuprinde o gama lar...

DescriptionThis book is a touching children's story, illustrating the good that can come from dying to one's self.

A long-overdue assessment of this innovative artist's works and life

The West Country provides the main source of inspiration for Arthur Gordon's poems, and he conveys his love for the West Country in a way that is b...

Reducere. Whether child or adult, wrestling with our place in life that is marked by so much loss can be a lonely endeavor. There are many voices all speakin...

May Nicholson was a notorious drunkard in Ferguslie Park, Paisley until she met the Lord at the age of 34. Since that point she has worked tireless...

You Don't Know Viv Despite more than five decades passed, Viv Nicholson winning the pools and her immortal catchphrase, "I'm going to Spend, Spend ...

Basmul nu s-a transformat intr-o poveste cu "au trait fericiti pana la adanci batraneti"... decat atunci cand sotul ei a murit subit. Se purtase or...

Cauta cu disperare un sot... Suzette nu este ca toate celelalte mostenitoare: isi doreste un sot sarac, un gentleman, care-i va fi atat de recunosc...

15 writers who have lived or have deep roots in the Middle East take a fresh look at the region today, tomorrow and in the past.

Reducere. Colorful tales of the Thistle Inn paint a vivid portrait of a Maine fishing village during the 1960s and '70s. When shrimp boats filled the harbor,...

The truth can be dangerous in the wrong hands...Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Kerry BarrettNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 20...

Reducere. Maimed and traumatized by a childhood incident too frightening to remember, a solitary cat named Newt struggles to survive, haunted by nightmares o...

Reducere. This "stay positive in difficult times" story is about a man with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) and his wife who writes about their insp...

The sequel to }The Pirates Next Door{ sets out with non-pirate Matilda accompanying the Jolley-Rogers on holiday to pirate destination Scurvy Sands...

Publisher: The Francis Frith CollectionAuthor(s): Robert SwainIllustration(s): Historical photographsNumber of pages: 96Collection: Photographic Me...

Reducere. Hated and adored, trusted and feared, respected and scorned - public opinion has never been indifferent to Sir Oswald Mosley. A brilliant politicia...

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. Baronul Otto von Wachter, avocat austriac, sot, tata, inalt oficial nazist, ofiter superior in SS, fost guvernator al Galitiei in timpul razboiului...

Reducere. Andie Miller may have made a terrible mistake in moving back to Lobster Bay.Andie always wanted something more than small-town beach life. That's w...

Reducere. Primul volum al seriei Hotii din umbra • NPR Best Book of the Year, Amazon Best Book of the Month Ce faci cand ti s-a spus toata viata sa stai depa...

The drunk man lies on a moonlit hillside looking at a thistle, jaggy and beautiful, which epitomises Scotland's divided self. The man reflects on t...

One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. The story bui...

Reducere. ``One of the supreme writers of gothic romance, a compelling storyteller whose gripping novels have thrilled millions.``-RT Book Reviews Her sister...

Ralph Bagnold was among a group of eccentric British explorers who in the 1930's explored the deserts of North Africa using Model T Fords. This boo...

On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger has been found dead. Teased by some enigmatic ...

Description"National Velvet with monsters and a big helping of palace intrigue, Race the Sands is monstrous (literally), heartwarming, and empoweri...

Reducere. AN HEIR ON THE RUN In one month, Aoife Cascade will turn twenty and take her seat on the Council of Cregah, an honor she's been preparing for her w...

BORN in Dublin in 1822, Lieutenant-General John Nicholson was raised and educated in Ireland. He joined the East India Company's Bengal Army as 16-...

Reducere. Hidden In Shadow tells the story of Janna Barber, a grown up preacher's daughter, who stumbled into the art of lament.By the time Janna graduated h...

Vox is a novel that remaps the territory of sex – sex solitary and telephonic, lyrical and profane, comfortable and dangerous. It is an erotic clas...

Percy Jackson meets Dan Brown in this fast-paced conspiracy mystery set in 17th century London. Ages: 10+.

Reducere. Bestselling author Josephine Tey's classic final mystery featuring her best-loved character, Inspector Alan Grant, filled with "all the Tey magic a...

Reducere. Ginny Johnson, her husband Martin, and their two kids, Alistair and Ruby, spend a week at Happy Sands Resort every summer. And it's always perfect....

DescriptionIn this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronic...

Publisher: Polaris Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): Peter BurnsIllustration(s): Plates, black and white; Plates, colorNumber of pages: 400Collection: B...

Kestrel can't stand the structure and rules of Aramanth. In defiance, she climbs the wooden tower known as the wind singer and brings the wrath of ...

Reducere. For Athene Howard, the only child of renowned cultural anthropologist Charles Howard, life is an unexciting, disillusioned academic project. When s...