Beletria, alebo aj prozaické umelecké dielo, prináša do našich životov nové príbehy, vzrušenie i zážitok, ktorý pre nás napísal autor a pred našimi očami ho nakreslila naša vlastná fantázia. Klasická anglická literatúra prináša nezabudnuteľné príbehy Williama Shakespaera či Jane Austenovej. Knihy po anglicky a príbehy ukryté na ich stránkach nám nielenže rozjasňujú dni a vytŕhajú nás z každodennej nudnej rutiny, ale rovnako nás nútia aktívne premýšľať nad vetnými konštrukciami a pomáhajú nám v zdokonaľovaní sa v cudzom jazyku.
História puzzle siaha do osemnásteho storočia a za jeho zrodom stojí anglický rytec a kartograf John Spilsbury. Prvé puzzle okolo roku 1760 vytvoril tak, že na mapu pripevnil tenké tvrdé drevo a jemnou ostrou pílkou na vytváranie intarzie z neho vyrezal hranice krajín. Takto vytvorený produkt deťom v ...
Winnie Foster is in the woods, thinking of running away from home, when she sees a boy drinking from a spring. Winnie wants a drink too, but before she can take a sip, she is kidnapped by the boy, Jesse Tuck, and his family. She learns that the Tuck family are blessed with - or doomed to - eternal life ...
Perhaps Scaredy Sam is braver than he thinks? Scaredy Sam is scared of absolutely everything, from wearing his favourite flowery dungarees in public to the ghost he thinks lives under his bed. Sam makes an appointment with the Magic Tree to become less cowardly, but first he must travel through the woods, ...
Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Blast off! Having survived some of the scariest destinations on Earth in The Daredevil’s Guide to Dangerous Places, Eddie and Junko are off on another epic adventure—this time to outer space. Join our intergalactic explorers as they travel across our Solar System and beyond. ...
The crown of Dihya had been stripped from me, my face changed, my body broken. But I was not a slave and I was not a spare. I was my mother''s daughter, and I would survive and endure.I would find my way back home. **************** The instant Sunday Times bestseller! ''Prepare yourself for a story that''s ...
Does anything happen for no reason at all?. Can you donate your brain and survive?
The last major interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, conducted by New York Times bestselling author David Sheff, featuring a new introduction that reflects o….
''A promising debut.'' New ScientistIcy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious - comets and asteroids are among the Solar System''s very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these ...
Celebrate the holiday season with this book featuring real lights that glow with every turn of the page. Set in a winter wonderland, follow one child on his journey home through a snowy landscape. Lights are revealed by diecuts throughout, becoming lit-up shop windows, carol singers'' candles, stars ...
Go on a journey to the centre of the earth and back with this brand new title in the ground-breaking See Inside series. This subject is perfect for the lift-the-flap treatment and the book uses embedded flaps to great effect to explain the world under our
Just in time for spring, this is the second book in the Carter pop-up book series about the seasons. Each spread has a very brief verse and shows a seasonal spread depicting flora and fauna commonly found during spring. All things pictured are labeled (robbins, water lily, ripples, cherry tree, etc.). ...
Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a Web-design drone and serendipity coupled with sheer curiosity has landed him a new job working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. And it doesn't take long for Clay to realize that the quiet, dusty book emporium is even more curious ...
Plant eaters can be so cruel! What''s a carnivore to do? The Lion, Great White Shark and Timber Wolf start a club to find a way to make friends with the herbivores. But it''s hard to keep friends when they''re all so tasty!
