Another laugh-out-loud adventure from the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. ... Ready or not... here comes Hare! Bear and Hare are back in their third adventure, Where's Bear? and this time they're playing hide-and-seek. Hare is very good at closing his eyes and counting to ten. The problem is, Bear is not very good at hiding. Not very good at all. When you're as big as Bear squeezing yourself behind a lamp stand is not easy, and trying to disappear behind a glass fish tank is simply not going to work. But all of a sudden Bear is...gone! Wherever could he be? Lovingly written and illustrated by award-winning ... |
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"The English Neighbour" is a resourceful, vivid, and tirelessly funny story about the clash and fusion of cultures in today{{~}}s age of globalization. Bulgaria. Middle of Nowhere. The fictional village of Plodorodno (meaning "fertile") is in dire straits. As Bulgaria is gradually opening to the outside world, many of its residents have emigrated in pursuit of a different life, while others cast their hopes on winning the lottery instead of on working the fertile land nearby. One fine day, a true Englishman named John buys a hose in the village and settles there. He is retired chemical engineer ... |
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To find the truth sometimes you have to go deep. But how hard can it be? He's Googled front crawl and he's found his dad’s old pair of trunks. He's totally ready. What he's not ready for is the accident at the pool or how it leads his mum to a sudden breakdown. Now, with the help of friends old and new, Cymbeline must solve the mystery of why his mum never took him near water and it will turn his whole life upside down."A wonderful story, moving and funny." Ross Welford ... |
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An Explosively Funny Tale illustrated by Tony Ross. Meet the Meeks! Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn't enough. She wants more, more, more! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there's only one problem... What is a Fing? Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest creatures can be found. But will they ever find a Fing? An explosively funny, totally surreal Tall ... |
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Learn all about feelings with Mr Panda in this charmingly funny board book. Lemur is happy and Swan is scared. But how is Mr Panda is feeling? Find out and help your little bears express their emotions with this simple board book story. ... |
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The multi-million worldwide bestseller. "You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more."Markus Zusak, bestselling author of "The book thief". ... Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, "The Fault in Our Stars" is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and ... |
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From the genius of New York Times bestselling author David Levithan, author of Every Day, Marly's Ghost and co-author of Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, comes a collection of short stories (tracks) celebrating love in all of its wonderful, life-affirming and at times heart-breaking forms. It's the perfect collection for Valentine's Day. A resentful member of a high school Quiz Bowl team with an unrequited crush. An extraordinary "snow day" that changes two lives forever. A Valentine's Day in the life of Every Day's protagonist "A". 19 Love Songs was born from Levithan' ... |
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Editor: Roxane Gay, author of "Difficult women". ... "I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed", writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to "The Best American Short Stories 2018", "but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world." The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a ... |
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An enchanting anthology full of calming, touching and funny tales to help you relax and drift off to sleep. Welcome to a world of happy endings, gentle humour and good choices. Each story from classic authors including Oscar Wilde, Kate Chopin, Guy de Maupassant and H. G. Wells will help banish anxiety and lead you gently to the land of nod. ... |
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The true story behind "The theory of everything". Now a major motion picture. ... Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age and the author of the scientific bestseller "A Brief History of Time", which has sold more than 25 million copies. In this compelling memoir, his first wife, Jane Hawking, relates the inside story of their extraordinary marriage. As Stephen's academic renown soared, his body was collapsing under the assaults of a motor neuron disease. Jane's candid account of trying to balance his 24-hour care with the needs of their ... |
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A matter of life, death... and fish. ... "What's it like, Dad - being a fish?" Grief takes many forms, and manifests itself in strange ways. Sometimes very strange indeed. When, on an ordinary morning, Dak's father suddenly dies of a heart attack, Dak's mother falls apart. Desperate to escape the atmosphere at home, Dak finds himself going to his dad's favourite place - the local aquarium. And there, to his amazement, is Dad, who it seems is alive and well as a clownfish! With his mum so ill, Dak decides that, for now, this will have to be his secret, and his alone. But he visits the clownfish ... |
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Изяснете посланието си и клиентите ще се влюбят в марката ви. Книгата, която прави маркетинга лесен. Станете маркетинг нинджа, направете маркетинга забавен и получете сериозни резултати! Основна предпоставка за успеха на всяка компания е да предаде на клиентите и партньорите си ясна и точна информация за мисията, продуктите и услугите си, за конкурентните си предимства. Често мениджърите и собствениците на бизнеси харчат луди пари за рекламни кампании и красиви уебсайтове, но фактите сочат, че те не продават продуктите им. Продават ги думите. Независимо колко средства изразходвате за рекламни материали, никой няма да ви ... |
