I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth. In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a...
Roland, Helen, Nicholas and David, four Manchester children, are led into Elidor, a twilight world almost destroyed by fear and darkness. On a gloomy day in Manchester, Roland, Helen, Nicholas and David are lured into...
Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in match-making those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on...
The 4th novel in the bestselling Conqueror series, continuing the life and adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty. Genghis Khan is dead, but his legend and his legacy live on. His son Ogedai has built a white city on a...
A brilliant, intricate and magical novel from the Godmother of British fantasy. When Andrew Hope`s magician grandfather dies, he leaves his house and field-of-care to his grandson who spent much of his childhood at...
This is the rebranded version of the first edition of the bestselling Collins English-Japanese Gem Dictionary , which covers all the words and phrases learners will need to know. This dictionary provides the best...
`Short, original fables with fresh, unexpected morals poke subtle fun at human foibles through the antics of The droll illustrations, with tones blended to luminescent shading, are complete and humorous themselves.`...
1901 was the year of Queen Victoria`s death. The two graves stood next to each other, both beautifully decorated. The two families visiting the cemetery to view their respective neighbouring graves were divided more...
Farewell Summer, Bradbury, Ray
Издание полностью на английском языке.In Green Town Illinois, Douglas Spaulding is in the midst of a small civil war with the old pitted against the young in this, the second book in Bradbury`s semi-fictionalised...
This is the reissue of the second novel in the Wideacre Trilogy; a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a...
Leonard Cohen boldly traces the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, only son of a Jewish Montreal family. For Breavman, ife is a quest for beauty and truth, a kaleidoscope of colours and sensations fed...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the ne plus ultra of Hunter S. Thompson and the whole gonzo clan he spawned. Written in the lurid afterglow of the 1960s, Fear and Loathing is a loosely connected series of mad dashes...
Brilliant novel by the much-acclaimed Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay".
The photograph above Polly`s bed sparks memories that don`t seem to exist any more. Nine years ago she met Thomas Lynn for the first time. But what has happened in the years between? Why has Tom been erased from...
The second of six titles, set in a thrilling world of wild cat clans. Firepaw, the warrior brave, is now Fireheart, warrior cat. Fireheart finds new danger lurking in the woods as the chill of winter sets in. This new...
Written when Mary Shelley was only nineteen-years old, this chilling tale of a young scientist`s desire to create life still resonates today. Victor Frankenstein`s monster is stitched together from the stolen limbs of...
