The grandeur of Imperial Russia is captured in this spectacular book featuring the dress and uniforms of Emperors and officials of the Russian court. Starting in the 1730s with lavishly embroidered coats and...
In Lake s first trade novel, he has envisioned a clockwork solar system. There a young clockmaker s apprentice is visited by the Archangel Gabriel, who tells him that he must take the Key Perilous and rewind the...
Mairi Mackinnon: Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow
From the famous English legend. Robin Hood and his outlaws rob the Sheriff once too often, and the Sheriff sets a trap: an archery contest with a splendid prize. On the day of the contest, there`s no sign of Robin...
Mairi Mackinnon: The Wizard of Oz. Level 3
The scarecrow would like brains, the tin man wants a heart and the lion wants to be brave, while Dorothy just wants to go home. Who can help them? The wonderful Wizard of Oz, of course!Includes a word list, 5 pages of...
Mairi Mackinnon: Romeo and Juliet
From one of Shakespeare`s best-loved plays. Romeo`s family and Juliet`s are enemies. The young people meet without realizing each other`s identities, and fall in love. At first, it seems that their secret marriage may...
Mairi Mackinnon: Wooden Horse, the
Odysseus and the Greek army have fought theTrojans for ten long years. Will the war ever end?Finally, Odysseus thinks of a clever trick.
Mairi Mackinnon: Sleeping Beauty
From the classic fairy tale. When the Queen`s longed-for baby is born, the King invites seven fairies to the party in celebration. However, he fails to invite one malevolent fairy, and when the princess is sixteen...
Mairi Mackinnon: The Emperor and the Nightingale
The nightingale`s song is beautiful. Every day, she sings for the Emperor - but she`s just an ordinary brown bird. Can the Emperor have a better, prettier nightingale?Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and...
Original / British English Maisie King lives in the Bahamas. Her mother and father work at an Animal Hospital. Maisie has a new friend. His name is Ben and he`s a dolphin. Ben is very ill. Maisie helps him. Then...
Maiwa’s Revenge = Месть Майвы: на англ.яз
Maiwa`s Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand is a short novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard about the hunter Allan Quartermain. The story involves Quartermain going on a hunting expedition, then taking part in...
Major Ernest Pettigrew (Ret`d) is not interested in the frivolity of the modern world. Since his wife Nancy`s death, he has tried to avoid the constant bother of nosy village women, his grasping, ambitious son, and...
"One of the merriest picture-books . . . told in very few words with a gravity that underscores the delightful comedy of the pictures--fine large pictures, strongly drawn, with a wealth of detail."--"The New York...
