Minnow on the Say - Philippa Pearceová
An exciting riverside mystery from the author of Tom''s Midnight Garden.David makes an amazing discovery: At the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can''t help wishing he…
Look forward to bedtime with this richly illustrated treasury of 50 bedtime stories from around the world, each the perfect length to read aloud. There’s always time for a bedtime story, so snuggle up and get ready to drift off to the land of nod with this collection of magical tales that includes both well-known classics and lesser-known treasures from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, North America, the Middle East and Latin America. These folktales and legends, accompanied by enchanting and dream-like illustrations, are each the perfect length for a bedtime story, and will transport children around the world as well as into fantasy lands. The Emperor’s New Clothes – DenmarkThe Bag of Winds – GreeceHow Cheetah Got His Speed – South AfricaThe Moon Maiden – JapanThe Star Hunt – New ZealandThe Crow and the Daylight – North AmericaAladdin – SyriaThe Three Dreams – Guatemala Collected and retold by award-winning author Angela McAllister and beautifully illustrated by Anna Shepeta, this anthology will be treasured by story lovers both young and old.The World Full of… series is a collection of beautiful hardback story treasuries. Discover folktales from all around the world or be introduced to some of the world’s best-loved writers with these stunning gift books, the perfection addition to any child’s library.Also available from the series: A Year Full of Stories, A World Full of Animal Stories, A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories, A World Full of Dickens Stories, A World Full of Spooky Stories, A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals, A World Full of Journeys and A World Full of Nature Stories.
An exciting riverside mystery from the author of Tom''s Midnight Garden.David makes an amazing discovery: At the bottom of the garden, bobbing on the river, is a canoe. The Minnow. David can''t help wishing he…
ONE OF THE BBC''S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE''MAGNIFICENT.'' Guardian ''A MASTERPIECE.'' New York Times ''MARVELLOUS.'' Sara Collins ''EXTRAORDINARY.'' Madeleine Thien ''HYPNOTIC.'' Daily Telegraph ''SEARING.'' Sefi Atta ''A MAVERICK VOICE.'' A…
Milí spoludospělí, pokud si myslíte, že vaše malé děti jsou jen hloupí křiklounci, kteří nic nechápou a ničemu nerozumějí, šeredně se pletete. Mají nás na háku. A vědí všechno, co jsme v jejich věku věděli…
Risk analyst James Axton lives in Athens and works across Greece and the Middle East, part of a community of American ex-pats that includes his estranged wife and child. Their peripatetic existence is interrupted when…
Patrick Kenzie a Angela Gennarová, soukromí detektivové se specializací na hledání zmizelých osob, vystupují kromě Černé nenávisti ještě v dalších pěti samostatných knihách. Jejich příběhy se odehrávají v Bostonu a oba vyšetřovatelé mají více přátel na odvrácené straně zákona…
What has gone wrong with the left—and what leftists must do if they want to change politics, ethics, and minds.Leftists have long taught that people in the West must take responsibility for centuries of classism,…
Snídaně o půlnoci je román-noir, v němž se poetický jazyk snoubí s napínavým a rafinovaně vystavěným vyprávěním; prozaická cesta do hlubin deštivé noci, v níž jako by bez ustání zněly tóny Joy Division a funébrmarše;…
The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations.