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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Illustrated by John Dillow and Peter Harper. ... "I knew that I was hundreds of miles from the places merchant ships went. I was sure that I was going to die on this lonely island, completely alone. When I thought about this the tears ran down my face. I felt sorry that I had been born." From the Book The young Robinson Crusoe ignores his father's advice and decides to become a sailor. But Crusoe is soon caught up in violent storms and finds himself shipwrecked on a remote island. He will have to live on this island for the next twenty-eight years. This book is in British English. Here you can find: ... |
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The international №1 bestseller. From the author of "The Notebook". ... There are times when destiny and love collide. This story is one of them. Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. After six years with her boyfriend, she is no longer sure what she wants, and when her father becomes ill she heads to her family's cottage at Sunset Beach in North Carolina to make some difficult decisions. Tru Walls has been summoned across an ocean from where he was born and raised in Zimbabwe by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. In journeying to Sunset Beach, Tru hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding his ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10.5 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next - in gipsy caravans and stolen cars, to prison and back to the Wild Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains a timeless tale more than 100 years after its publication. This edition contains all of the sixteen colour illustrations that Arthur Rackham produced for this book; most editions contain only twelve. In addition to this, Rackham's beautiful pen-and- ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features some of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went ... |
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Hi! My name is Amanda Greenberg, and you're holding a book about me. I modestly can say that... well, THIS BOOK ROCKS! After all, i went through a lot these past few months: went to a new school kissed a guy in front of his girlfriend from the wrestling team got a new pet put my new found friends in A LOT of trouble started acting went to a wedding on a Wednesday and interacted with the school's most attractive guy Oh, and got an A in World History But, well, all you really need to know is that you'll read a lot about this wonderful, amazing person a.k.a. Amanda Greenberg (me), and all the insane things that ... |
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Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 - 1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and engineering combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces that changed art history forever. Famed biographer Giorgio Vasari considered him the pinnacle of Renaissance achievement. His peers called him simply Il Divino (the divine one). This book provides the essential introduction to Michelangelo with all the awe-inspiring masterpieces and none of the queues and crowds. With vivid illustration ... |
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Системата по английски език "New Headway - Beginner (A1)" предлага балансирана учебна програма със силен граматичен фокус и онлайн ресурси, които осъвременяват подходите за успешното усвояване на материала. Teacher's resource CD-ROM Към книгата за учителя е включен Teacher's resource CD-ROM, който предоставя дигитални ресурси и упражнения към уроците от учебника и учебната тетрадка. Той съдържа тестове в "PDF" и "Microsoft Word" формат, диалозите от учебника и списък с думи. Минимални системни изисквания: PC: Windows XP, Vista, 7 или Linux; Pentium II, 400 MHz Processor; ... |
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#1 New York Times bestselling author. ... Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Clash of Kings" and "A Storm of Swords". As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. "A game of ... |
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Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look? There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille have been taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption have grown up with this lesson all her lives. But when Jam meets Pet she begins to question what she's been told. Pet has come to hunt the evil lurking in Redemption's house... But how do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit the exist? "Heart-stirring... riveting.... important." SLJ "Terrific... a tale that defies categorization... forcing readors to deeply rethink assumptions about ... |
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With an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence", is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by award-winning novelist, Rachel Cusk. As the scion of ... |
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The brand new read-in-one-sitting mystery from the author of unforgettable bestseller "The Goldfish Boy". Maxwell is always in trouble. He's a total menace to his teachers and big sister, but has a soft side, too: he rescued his dog, Monster, from being run over and checks on his elderly neighbour after school. One day, while looking through a mysterious cabinet of curiosities, Maxwell finds himself erased from his life: it's as if he's never been born. At first, being able to walk around without being yelled at is great, but Maxwell starts to miss his old life. And, if he'd never existed, then ... |
