Esta es la herstory del Reino Unido. En Reinas Unidas encontrarás 78 biografías de mujeres británicas que han dejado huella en el mundo y que se han convertido en dignas portadoras de coronas por sus logros en ámbitos que van desde el mismísimo campo de batalla hasta las ciencias, la política, el deporte, la literatura, las artes escénicas, la música o...
Esta guía digital es todo lo que necesitas para descubrir Londres, la ciudad más majestuosa y cosmopolita del mundo. Contiene cien planes, indispensables y alternativos, con recomendaciones, información práctica y curiosidades; ilustraciones de monumentos, museos, tiendas y pubs con detalle y a todo color; y mapa del metro y de cada distrito de la ciudad...
¿Quién no ha bailado alguna vez con Let’s Dance de David Bowie o tarareado Wonderwall de Oasis? Lo que seguramente nunca habías imaginado es que podrías aprender tanto inglés gracias a estos clásicos. All You Need is Love English incluye todos los puntos claves de la gramática inglesa explicados a través de canciones de bandas y artistas británicos,...
Diviértete aprendiendo inglés con este libro ilustrado que es The Lemony Pear! Nuestro primer libro recopila las mejores traducciones literales desde el inicio de la marca. Además contiene muchas curiosidades sobre el lenguaje callejero británico y ejercicios para que practiques lo que vas aprendiendo. Incluye test de inglés y certificado desplegable...
Este libro hace una parada en cada estación de tu vida; tú eres quien lo conduce. Coge el volante y completa tu viaje sin prisas. Eso sí, con dos condiciones, que lo que escribas sea una verdad como un templo y, si eres capaz, en inglés.
Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses. But what will his re-education mean? A dystopian horror, a black comedy, an exploration of choice, A Clockwork Orange is also a work of exuberant invention which...
For fans of all ages, legendary British writer Rudyard Kipling’s complete collection of enchanting fables set in India—the basis of the beloved animated Disney film and a modern cinematic retelling from director Jon Favreau—now available in a deluxe four-color illustrated collectible edition. The Jungle Book features stunning artwork and nine 3-D...
J. M. Barrie’s classic children's story is reimagined in this delightful full-color deluxe edition filled with all-new illustrations and ten removable features specially designed by MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter films. For more than a century, the adventures of Peter Pan—the boy who can fly and never...
Building on the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from...
Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite...
I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her...
A parish child - the orphan of a workhouse - the humble, half-starved drudge - to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by none. Dark, mysterious and mordantly funny, Oliver Twist features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the...
The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. Passionate, poetic and revolutionary, Jane Eyre is a novel of naked emotional power. Its story of a defiant, fiercely intelligent woman who refuses to accept her appointed place in society - and instead finds love on her own terms - has become famous as one...
In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong. Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events...
Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness. A twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead...
Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant. A savage and hilarious satire, Gulliver's Travels sees Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled...
May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion...
Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body: this classic horror story pits detective against dog, rationalism against the supernatural, good against evil. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound...
Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been their lasting effect. Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her...
Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window. A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, Dracula also illuminated dark corners of Victorian sexuality. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to advise Count Dracula on a London home, he makes a horrifying discovery. Soon afterwards, a number...
I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me... Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day - mock me horribly! A story of evil, debauchery and scandal, Oscar Wilde's only novel tells of Dorian Gray, a beautiful yet corrupt man. When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear...
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. 'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ... without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical...
Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! Described by Dickens as 'the best story I have written', A Tale of Two Cities interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the...
But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea. Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the...
The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much! Jane Austen's novel tells the story of Marianne Dashwood, who wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive...
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on. A popular soldier and newly married man, Othello seems to be in an enviable position. And yet, when his supposed friend Iago sows doubts in his mind about his wife Desdemona's fidelity, and his friend Cassio's true intentions, he is gradually consumed by...
By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, and spurred on by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan to ensure his ambitions come true. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him. A story of...
'What's in a name? That which we call a rose,By any other name would smell as sweet' The city of Verona, torn apart by the violent feud between the families of Montague and Capulet, is a powder keg waiting to explode; the Prince of Verona, seeking to restore order, has declared any breach of the peace punishable by death. But for the young Montague...
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and...
Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Their days interweave and their lives converge as the party reaches its glittering climax. Here, Virginia Woolf...
The Lighthouse was then a silvery, misty-looking tower with a yellow eye that opened suddenly and softly in the evening. To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionistic depiction of a family holiday, and a meditation on marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny and bitterness. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their...
All children, except one, grow up. It was Friday night. Mr and Mrs Darling were dining out. Nana had been tied up in the backyard. The poor dog was barking, for she could smell danger. And she was right - this was the night that Peter Pan would take the Darling children on the most breath-taking adventure of their lives, to a place called Neverland, a...
All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man'...
Six people meet once a month in California's Central Valley to discuss Jane Austen's novels. They are ordinary people, neither happy nor unhappy, but each of them is wounded in different ways, they are all mixed up about their lives and relationships. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become...
Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him...
A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation. For Mary Marston has received several large pearls - one a year for the last six years - and now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman. If she would seek justice she is to meet her unknown...
A new Penguin English Library edition of Jane Austen's tantalizing final work. Written in the last months of Austen's life, Sanditon features a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators in a newly established seaside resort, and shows the author contemplating a changing society with scepticism and amusement. It tells the story of Charlotte Heywood,...
Dickens's epic, exuberant novel is one of the greatest coming-of-age stories in literature. It chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life, as he encounters villains, saviours, eccentrics and grotesques, including the wicked Mr Murdstone, stout-hearted Peggotty, formidable Betsey Trotwood, impecunious Micawber and odious Uriah Heep....
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to...
Color in Elizabeth and Darcy, Anne and Captain Wentworth, Emma and Mr. Knightly, and all your favorite scenes and moments from the world of Jane Austen’s classic novels. From Pride and Prejudice to Sense and Sensibility to Northanger Abbey, artist Jacqui Oakley provides page after page of iconic scenes, delicious hand-drawn Austen quotes, and sumptuous...
Every idiot who goes around with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding.Charles Dickens's tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has had, along with Dickens's other Christmas writings, a lasting and significant influence upon our ideas about the season as a time for...
Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries. Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this collection of Poe's brilliant tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling murder of a mother and daughter in Paris in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', the creeping insanity of 'The Tell-Tale Heart', the Gothic...
The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws, like an enormous shears, sliding further aft, bit the craft completely in twain... Moby-Dick is one of the most expansive feats of imagination in the whole of literature: the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg,...
The cult classic TV show is now a charming picture book for the youngest fans in the Buffyverse! In this new picture-book story brought to life with cute and colorful illustrations, young readers see what the world's strongest vampire slayer was like back when she was a kid! Join not-so-brave little Buffy, Willow, and Xander as they investigate strange...
An irresistible new edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone created with ultra-talented designers MinaLima, the design magicians behind the gorgeous visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. J.K. Rowling’s complete and unabridged text is accompanied by MinaLima’s handsome colour illustrations on nearly every page,...
An irresistible new edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets created with ultra-talented designers MinaLima, the design magicians behind the gorgeous visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. J.K. Rowling’s complete and unabridged text is accompanied by MinaLima’s handsome colour illustrations on nearly every page,...
Los cotilleos de lady Whistledown no fallan nunca: una vez más, Anthony Bridgerton es el soltero más codiciado de la temporada en la alta sociedad victoriana. Pero este año, el atractivo vizconde, amante de la diversión y enemigo del compromiso, sorprende a todos y decide buscar esposa y sentar cabeza. La joya más preciada, la joven y hermosa Edwina...
Dividida entre salvar a su marido de los peligros que se avecinan, o por el contrario contribuir a provocar el estallido de la violencia entre la Corona inglesa y las trece colonias norteamericanas, Claire vive otra vez el dilema de quien, aun conociendo los acontecimientos del futuro, tiene que adaptarse a su vida del presente. Nacida en 1918 en...
Junio de 1778. El orden del mundo parece haber sido profundamente trastocado. El ejército inglés se retira de Filadelfia perseguido por George Washington, y por primera vez desde el inicio de la contienda da la impresión de que los rebeldes pueden ganar. En ese entorno tumultuoso, Claire y su familia deben afrontar múltiples trastornos y dificultades. El...
A romance-filled page-turner for any Austen fanatic who’s ever dreamt of spending a weekend with Mr Darcy. Katherine Roberts is fed up with men. As a lecturer specialising in the works of Jane Austen, she knows that the ideal man only exists within the pages of Pride & Prejudice and that in real life there is no such thing. Determined to go it alone, she...
Roald Dahl books have been delighting children for generations. With striking new artwork to celebrate the Roald Dahl 100 celebrations and a keepsake slipcase featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations, this 16-book collection brings together all the classic children's novels from the one and only Roald Dahl.
Jane Austen's masterworks in a single beautiful Penguin English Library volume. Few novelists have observed their society with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. This volume brings together her seven great novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Lady Susan. Ironic, comic and wise, these...
Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick's even found the courage to come out to his mum.But coming out isn't just something that happens once - there's Nick's older brother, and a school trip to Paris, not to mention all the other friends and family - and life can be hard, even with someone who loves...
London Underground By Design is the beautifully illustrated new book from Mark Ovenden, the acclaimed author of Great Railway Maps of the World, published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Tube in 2013. Since its establishment 150 years ago as the world's first urban subway, the London Underground has continuously set a benchmark for design...
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. This beautiful colouring book contains all the fan favourite characters and scenes such as Nick and Charlie's first kiss and their trip to Paris, plus guest appearances from Nellie, Tao and Ellie, Tara and Darcy and many more! Featuring some empty speech bubbles to fill in with your own creative...
It is the people who make London what it is. The men and women living within its walls, with all their successes and failures, their loves and lies, their dramas and indulgences.Taking us from the sixteenth century to the present day, London author David Long introduces us to fifty of the most eccentric, revolutionary, bloodthirsty and memorable...
A Tale of Two Cities, a story of revolution, revenge and sacrifice, is one of Charles Dickens' most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past.Dr Manette, wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years, is finally released and reunited with his...
Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies.Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions are realized. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him. A...
Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy.A young man and woman meet by chance and instantly fall in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Undoubtedly the greatest...
All legends begin somewhere, and the two novels here are where one of the world's best-loved legends began. In A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson first meet and investigate a seemingly impossible mystery that begins with a corpse in a deserted house. In The Sign of the Four the detective faces an even greater challenge: solving both the...
Supernatural hounds, a family curse, a mysterious cipher and the return of a deadly enemy . . . Sherlock Holmes will have to utilize every skill he has to solve the two classic mysteries collected here. The Hound of the Baskervilles sees Holmes and Dr Watson travel to the misty wilds of Dartmoor to confront a devilish apparition, while in The Valley of...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the greatest collection of detective stories ever written. From his residence at 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes solves a series of baffling and bizarre cases, including those of a man terrified by the arrival of an envelope containing orange pips, and a woman whose fiancé disappeared on his way to their...
Persuasion follows the story of Anne Elliott, who as a teenager was engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning...
Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners.Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find...
Jane Austen's best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason, and above all the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions.A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr Darcy must have their pride...
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan is a thrilling adventure for all ages - the story of the boy who refuses to grow up is a tale that never gets old. It follows the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael, who befriend the magical Peter and are whisked away to Neverland, where the villainous Captain Hook and the brave Lost Boys await.With illustrations by F. D....
Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram Stoker's Dracula remains the seminal work of Gothic fiction, and in this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition, which includes an illuminating afterword by Jonty Claypole, readers can experience the horror and excitement as never before.When Jonathan Harker is summoned to Transylvania to finalize a property deal...
It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years.Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious...
Animal Farm is George Orwell’s brilliant political satire and allegorical fable about the corrupting effects of power. Published in 1945 it is, to this day, one of the most famous and influential works of fiction ever written.When the old Major, a highly respected white boar, gathers his fellow farm animals to preach about freedom, rebellion and the evils...
Regarded as a modern fairy tale, L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz is one of America’s most cherished and enchanting children’s stories.Follow Dorothy, and her loyal dog Toto, as they are carried away from Kansas by a cyclone to the wonderful world of Oz. Wandering down the yellow brick road Dorothy meets her three famous companions – a Scarecrow longing...
On a perfect June morning, Clarissa Dalloway – fashionable, worldly, wealthy, an accomplished hostess – sets off to buy flowers for the party she will host that evening. She is preoccupied with thoughts of the present and memories of the past, and from her interior monologue emerge the people who have touched her life. On the same day, Septimus Warren...
In this extraordinary essay, Virginia Woolf examines the limitations of womanhood in the early twentieth century. With the startling prose and poetic licence of a novelist, she makes a bid for freedom, emphasizing that the lack of an independent income, and the titular ‘room of one’s own’, prevents most women from reaching their full literary potential.As...
Why has the mild mannered Dr Jekyll suddenly begun to associate with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? And why are they never seen together? When Jekyll’s old friend Utterson tries to solve these mysteries he uncovers a horrific story of suffering and brutality that eventually leads to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde’s true identity.Accompanied here by...
A celebration of the transformative power of love, Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved children's classic is a brilliantly warm and funny portrait of a girl who has a second chance at childhood.When red-headed orphan Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables, she feels sure she's found the home she has always longed for. Her new adoptive parents, the Cuthberts, are...
Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his charms forever and finds his desire granted. He abandons himself to a life of hedonism, vice and murder, yet his face remains unmarked by his evil. But, hidden...
The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891.From the comic tales of The Canterville Ghost and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime to the marvelous fairy stories and fantasies of The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and The Star Child, we are treated to the...
One of the great novels of the nineteenth century, Emily Brontë's haunting tale of passion and greed remains unsurpassed in its depiction of destructive love.One wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the...
The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the stage is set for one of literature's most enduring...
Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark parable of science misused.Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh. Horrified at what he has done, he abandons his creation. The hideous creature learns language and becomes civilized but society rejects him. Spurned, he seeks vengeance on his...
On the Origin of Species outlines Charles Darwin's world-changing theory that life on Earth had not been brought into being by a creator, but had arisen from a single common ancestor and had evolved over time through the process of natural selection.Received with both enthusiasm and hostility on its publication, it triggered a seismic shift in our...
This mesmerising, macabre collection contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, including 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee' and 'Lenore', and a selection of his very best stories, along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems explore the familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession and love, but...
When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success. A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption, and a critique on Victorian society, Charles Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'.It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the...
In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist.Dickens' early scenes are particularly masterful, depicting the world as seen from the perspective of a fatherless small boy, whose...
To the Lighthouse, considered by many to be Virginia Woolf's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions, ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a...
One of the best-loved children’s stories of all time, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island is a thrilling tale of swashbuckling heroes and dastardly villains that continues to enchant readers young and old.When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor’s sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt – and a very dangerous...
Meet the human boy Mowgli, the sleek panther Bagheera, the 'sleepy brown bear' Baloo, and the conniving tiger Shere Khan in one of the world's best-loved books.A collection of short stories and poems centred on the charming cast, The Jungle Book not only follows Mowgli's journey to learn the Law of the Jungle from his animal companions but also introduces...
Virginia Woolf’s wildly imaginative, comic novel was inspired by the life of her lover, Vita Sackville West.Orlando is a young Elizabethan nobleman whose wealth and status afford him an extravagant lifestyle. Appointed ambassador in Constantinople, he wakes one morning to find he is a woman. Unperturbed by such a dramatic transformation, and losing none...
Sanditon, Lady Susan & The History of England: The Juvenilia and Shorter Works of Jane Austen is a rare collection and a must for all Jane-ites.Representing what Richard Church regarded as Jane Austen's literary work-basket, this collection contains not only her hilarious History of England, illustrated by her favourite sister Cassandra, but the...
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's final twelve stories about his great fictional detective. Featuring crypts at midnight, strange bones in a furnace and a blood-sucking vampire, these tales explore the darker side of human nature and involve betrayal, violence and the terrible consequences of infidelity.Part of the...
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is broadly comedic and brilliantly postmodern in its lampooning of a genre.Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Morland, a naive young woman whose perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted. When she moves to Bath she sees mystery and intrigue...
With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split loyalties in Mansfield Park.Aged ten, Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthier relations, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. However, life there is not as she imagined. Treated with disdain by three of her cousins, she finds...
The misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver certainly are extraordinary. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and...
Oliver Twist is one of Charles Dickens's most popular novels, with many famous film, television and musical adaptations. It tells the story of the orphaned Oliver who is brought up in a harsh workhouse, then initiated into the criminal world of Fagin and his gang, before being eventually rescued by a loving family. This is a classic story of good against...
Shooting stars tear across the night sky, then a gigantic artificial cylinder descends from Mars to land near London. Inquisitive locals gather round, only to be struck down by a murderous Heat-Ray. Giant destructive machines disgorge from the cylinder, destroying everything in their path on a merciless march towards the capital. Can humanity survive this...
One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and respectability. Over the course of the tale, in which Pip encounters such famous characters as Miss Havisham,...
With the proceeds from his latest invention, Crackpot Whistling Sweets, Commander Caractacus Pott buys his family their first car. It looks like a wreck, but once restored it turns out to be no ordinary vehicle; Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a magical car which can fly, swim and even think. Chitty and the eccentric, plucky Pott family set off on a succession...
A hilarious picture book story, featuring the royal family, plus favourite British landmarks. What does the Queen do when a sneaky swan snatches her handbag? Gives chase, of course. By car, motorbike, plane and more! Hold on to your hats (and handbags) for a whirlwind trip around the British Isles.Featuring favourite British landmarks, including Windsor...
Shakespeare’s combination of violence, introspection, dark humour and rich language in Hamlet is intoxicating. It remains the world's most widely studied and performed play, and is a cornerstone of world literature.A young prince meets with his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a...
Shipwrecked off the coast of Trinidad, Robinson Crusoe – a young man with a thirst for adventure – finds himself washed up on a remote tropical island with nothing but a few tools and animals for company. Cast away for thirty years, he must battle cannibals, mutineers and the elements in a tale so convincing that many readers at the time believed it to be...
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage...
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow - and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling - and how their lives would play out from that point on.For Harry, this...
Return to Hogwarts in this stunning edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in the Harry Potter series, illustrated in brilliant colour by the iconic design house MinaLima and featuring interactive paper-engineered elements, including the Marauder's Map. J.K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by full-colour...
The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with...
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other.The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being...
Every event is magical when it's inspired by the imaginative Wizarding World of the Harry Potter films! Bursting with gorgeous photography and sprinkled with fascinating behind-the-scenes film facts, Harry Potter: Festivities & Feasts offers step-by-step instructions on how to create, craft, and cater six unique Harry Potter-themed events. Packed with...
Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favourite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through the week.
Sheila Heti Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship...
¿Respondes el mítico fine, thank you cuando te preguntan cómo estás? ¿Confundes palabras que suenan igual y escribes igual palabras que son diferentes? ¿Hay expresiones típicas que nunca sabes cómo decir o que se te quedan on the tip of your tongue? Sea cual sea tu nivel, este libro es para ti. Dale vidilla a tu inglés, convierte a los false friends en...
¿Te falta vocabulary? Descubrirás nuevas palabras con crosswords y sopas de letras. ¿No hay forma de pillar las informal contractions? Lo conseguirás con música. ¿Quieres camelarte a los false friends? Se convertirán en tus besties con juegos ilustrados. Un cuaderno con actividades, pasatiempos, juegos, quizz y muchos truquitos para aprender inglés...
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Now it's time to meet Mr Topsy-Turvy!
Mr Snooty was one of the rudest people in the world, if not the rudest. He was rude to anybody and everybody. So of course in Bigtown, which was where he lived, he had no friends at all. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and...
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Now it's time to meet Mr Mean!
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Now it's time to meet Mr Fussy!
A fun and exciting tale from the land of Mr Men. It's time to meet Mr Muddle! The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
A fun and exciting tale from the land of Mr Men. It's time to meet Mr Dizzy! The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
A fun and exciting tale from the land of Mr Men. It's time to meet Mr Impossible! The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
A fun and exciting tale from the land of Mr Men. It's time to meet Mr Clumsy. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
A fun and exciting tale from the land of Mr Men. It's time to meet Mr Quiet. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
Mr Rush was the fastest thing on two legs. He used to rush hither and thither, and thither and hither, and back again, all the time. And because he was always in such a rush, he never finished anything properly. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny...
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Now it's time to meet Mr Nonsense!
A fun and exciting tale from the land of Mr Men. It's time to meet Mr Wrong! The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Now it's time to meet Mr Skinny!
Mr Happy and Mr Greedy are fed up with Mr Mischief playing tricks on them. But when Mr Mischief tries to trick the wizard he may have finally gone too far. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time...
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Now it's time to meet Mr. Clever!
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. This time it's all about Mr Grumble!
Mr Rude is rude. He is very rude. He is extraordinarily rude. Can Mr Happy help change his ways? The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
From Mr Tickle's extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Princess's sparkly crown, the Mr Men and Little Misses have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Now it's time to meet Mr Nobody!
Little Miss Neat keeps her home as tidy as can be—until Mr. Muddle comes to visit! The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840, twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there...
The morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, eighty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found murdered in his room, with a rope around his neck.When the police begin to suspect her loyal servants, Her Majesty knows they are looking in the wrong place.For the Queen has been living an extraordinary...
Queen Elizabeth II is having a royal nightmare. A referendum divides the nation, a tumultuous election grips the United States and the body of a staff member is found dead beside Buckingham Palace swimming pool. Is it a tragic accident, as the police think? Or is something more sinister going on? As Her Majesty looks for answers, her trusted...
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Alan Turing, the genius code cracker and father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.Alan grew up in England, where his best friends were numbers and a little boy called Christopher. When his young friend...
In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch of modern times.Little Elizabeth loved dogs and horses and dreamt of living on a farm. But, one day, she heard chants on the streets. Her uncle Edward had renounced the crown, which meant her father would be...
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the inspiring true story of Yoko Ono, the artist.When Yoko was little, she had everything she could dream of in Japan, except time with her busy parents. She used to write wishes and tie them to the branches of the trees in the local temple...
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Charles Dickens, the influential author. When Charles was a boy he made up his own adventures. But after a Dickensian twist of fate saw his father go to prison for debt, Charles ended up working in a factory with other...
New in the critically acclaimed Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the incredible life of Mary Shelley, the English novelist and creator of Frankenstein.When Mary Shelley was a little girl, she used to write stories beneath the trees in her garden. As an adult, Mary was inspired by this same imagination to create a ghost story, which became the...
From the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of King Charles. Little Charles always knew that, one day, he would have a big job to do. As the son of Queen Elizabeth II, he was a prince, and in the future, he was to inherit the throne of the United Kingdom.As a young man, he developed a...
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Rosalind Franklin, the scientist who was crucial to the discovery of the double helix in DNA.Little Rosalind was born in London to a Jewish family who valued education and public service, and as she grew up her huge intellectual...
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Dolly Parton, the singer–songwriter and businesswoman.Little Dolly grew up in Tennessee in a family 'as poor as dirt'. She started performing at an early age, singing on local radio and television. After graduating high school,...
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Stephen Hawking, the genius physicist and author.When Stephen Hawking was a little boy, he used to stare up at the stars and wonder about the universe. Although he was never top of the class, his curiosity took him to the best...
In this momentous 50th book in the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Elton John, the piano wizard who rocketed to stardom with his music.As a child, Elton started playing his grandmother's piano in Harrow, London. He could pick tunes out by ear and was soon attending lessons at the...
Discover the remarkable life of Jane Austen, the great British novelist, in this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, Big Dreams series.Little Jane was born into a large family with seven brothers and sisters. She grew up reading and writing stories in the English countryside. As an adult, she wrote witty commentaries about landed gentry in a...
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the true story of Marilyn Monroe, the iconic movie star.Little Norma Jeane grew up between foster homes, an orphanage, and a family friend’s house—where she was forbidden to watch movies. Through her difficult childhood and teen years, she...
Pride and Prejudice: An Epistolary Edition Containing Nineteen Handwritten Letters is a collection of the letters exchanged between Jane Austen's characters in Pride and Prejudice.Glassine pockets placed throughout the book contain removable replicas of all 19 letters in the story.From Lydia's announcement of her elopement, to Mr. Darcy's honest,...
A severed hand is found washed up on a beach next to the Queen's estate at Sandringham. Elizabeth has become quite accustomed to solving even the most complex of murders. And though she quickly identifies the 70-year-old victim, Edward St Cyr, from his signet ring, the search for his killer is not so straightforward. St Cyr led an unconventional, often...
From the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Princess Diana, the world’s most loved princess. Known for her kind-hearted nature from a young age, Diana touched the hearts of many. She was working as a primary school teacher when she met Prince Charles and they married in front of...
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince,...
The classic monster tale reanimated in a dynamic new format for today’s reader. Bold and brooding graphic novel–style illustrations and dramatic 3-D scenes rise from the pages as the brilliant Dr. Frankenstein brings the dead back to life. With multiple interactive elements, including pop-ups and fold-outs on every page, readers will appreciate the...
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from...
Charlotte Brontë's first published novel, Jane Eyre was immediately recognised as a work of genius when it appeared in 1847. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. How she takes up the post of governess at Thornfield...
A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had...
Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years, and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work: wit, acute insight into human folly, and a preoccupation with manners, morals and money. But they are also a product of the eighteenth century she grew up in - dark, grotesque, often surprisingly bawdy, and a far cry from the...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited;...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Pip doesn't expect much from life...His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote...
Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through...
Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Warren Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Smith's day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends, their lives converging as the party reaches its glittering climax. Virginia...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty....
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - four "little women" enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England...
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, Mr Jones, and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere...As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson...
Daniel Defoe's great masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel...
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves,...
The Hound of the Baskervilles gripped readers when it was first serialised and remains one of Sherlock Holmes's greatest and most popular adventures.Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically...
Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human...
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the...
Kipling's best-loved work, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectable editions are bound in high-quality, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.The story of Mowgli, the man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest...
All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man'...
Lights, camera, activities! Head behind the scenes in tinseltown and search for Wally at the movies. Starring games, searches, puzzles and over 100 sensational stickers. Wow! Join Wally behind the scenes at the movies! Visit the sound stage to watch a song and dance rehearsal, plan out your own film plots in the writers' room, choose a star-studded cast,...
A new colouring book in the fantastic Where’s Wally? activity book range. Get ready to transform black-and-white scenes into dazzling kaleidoscopic destinations – the days out of your dreams! Printed on high-quality art paper, with extra search challenges and over 100 incredible colouring-in stickers. Wow! This fantastically fun colouring book invites...
A new title in the fantastic Where’s Wally? activity book range. Wally is on an incredible adventure through the pages of a magical story book. Grab your pencils, get creative and bring every scene alive with colour. Includes extra things to find and over 100 incredible stickers. Wow! Join Wally as he steps into the pages of a magical story book. Grab...
A new title in the fantastic Where’s Wally? activity book range. Wally and his friends have invited you to a sensational shindig full of fun puzzles and things to find, plus over 100 incredible stickers. Wow!It’s time to party with Wally and his friends at a brilliant bash filled with balloons, presents, clowns, cakes and games galore.This ace activity...
Peppa, George and friends are going on lots of amazing adventures in this fantastic story treasury. With six tales in one book, there’s so much fun to be had! This slipcase edition would make the perfect gift for any Peppa Pig fan.
It's the most magical time of the year and Peppa has made a wish to have an adventure with an elf from Santa's workshop!When mysterious things start happening all around her, Peppa thinks it's the work of a naughty elf! What is really going on?
The Witches is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations.This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches.Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to...
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius...
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie's gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family and himself.This is the second volume of Heartstopper, which is now an acclaimed live-action...
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick's even found the courage to come out to his mum.But coming out isn't just something that happens once - there's Nick's older brother, and a school trip to Paris, not to mention all the other friends and...
A joyful abc celebration of LGBTQ+ vocabulary for kids of all ages!This alphabet book features bright illustrations and an inclusive message about the beauty of embracing one's truest self.A playdate extravaganza transforms into a celebration of friendship, love, and identity as 4 friends sashay out of all the closets, dress up in a wardrobe fit for kings...
From international film phenomenon, Richard Curtis, and awardwinnning illustrator, Rebecca Cobb, comes a heartwarming tale of a magical, unconventional Christmas.Christmas is the same every year, isn't it? Same food, same routine, same visiting the neighbours and going for a walk. Except for the year of That Christmas.Find out what happens when traditions...
Colour-in your very own version of Eric Carle's much-loved classic story in this black and white edition.Children will have hours of fun colouring in their very own edition of The Very Hungry Caterpillar to create a truly unique copy of this wonderful story.In this refreshed edition, discover additional pages at the end to create your own Very Hungry...
Roar and oink your animal sounds with Roald Dahl!From monkeys to lions, this board book is a great way to teach our littlest readers the silly sounds that animals make. With art by Quentin Blake from Roald Dahl's classic books, this book is perfect for libraries, the youngest classrooms, and baby shower gifts to start a child's bookshelf.
This title presents seven classic Shakespeare plays in an accessible comic strip format. Take your place in the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare's day to see seven of his best-loved plays in performance. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest are all brought vividly to life in Marcia...
Does every country have a Tooth Fairy? Well, in Spain and other Spanish- speaking countries, it happens to be a Tooth Mouse, and this is his story! Long ago, throughout the Spanish-speaking world, the Tooth Mouse brought children their permanent teeth, strong and straight as a mouse’s. Tracing the Tooth Mouse’s beginnings through to his descendants, this...
Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory is opening at last, and only five lucky children will be allowed inside! Follow Charlie Bucket and Grandpa George around the chocolate factory as you search for fun finds like toffee apple trees, Veruca Salt, the five golden tickets, rainbow drops, and more. Where’s Wonka: A Search-and-Find Book is filled with scrumptious...
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is both a witty comedy and a moving exploration of bigotry and stigmatisation, and this Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by W. Moelwyn Merchant with an introduction by Peter Holland. Bassanio, a noble but impoverished Venetian, asks his friend the merchant Antonio for a loan to impress an heiress. Antonio...
The first modern tale of alien invasion, H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential science fiction novels ever published.The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naïve locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag -...
Fly into a fiery and fantastical future in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world. It is 2120 and London is in ruins. The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace - but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into...
With the same wit and perception that distinguished his charming books on Paris, New York, and San Francisco, M Sasek presents stylish, elegant London in This is London, first published in 1959 and now updated for the 21st century. Here this beloved illustrator shares his impressions of London with its beautiful buildings, historic monuments, bridges,...
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met... until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance.But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in...
The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a party at their country estate, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances—characters beloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an even broader array of enemies. As tempers flare and secrets are revealed, it’s...
The second book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out... and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's...
The final book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has...
Hand in Hand with Love is a celebration of queer voices throughout the ages, featuring an electrifying range of poems from Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, Christina Rossetti, Wilfred Owen and many more.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers....
These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the...
This charming gift set includes That's not my fairy... and an adorable fairy soft toy. There are five fairies to meet in the book, with shiny dresses, sparkly wands and fluffy wings, and children can cuddle the plush fairy as they listen to the book being read.
The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde. Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of...
When Peppa and her friends visit Mr Potato's theatre show, Madam Gazelle decides it's time they put on a pantomime of their own! The invitations are sent, rehearsals are complete and the costumes are ready, but who is the special suprise guest coming to see Peppa perform?The story includes six envelopes containing story props like tickets, invitations, a...
This new and improved The Very Hungry Caterpillar gift set contains a mini-hardback edition of Eric Carle's classic and bestselling picture book, with a cute and cuddly caterpillar toy.
Five hilarious and moving novels from bestselling, critically acclaimed author, David Walliams. This boxset contains The Boy in the Dress, Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy, Gangsta Granny and Ratburguer.
Having firmly established the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was retained by The Strand Magazine to contribute a series of twelve short stories, which began with A Scandal in Bohemia in 1891 and were published monthly for the next year. The stories, in which...
Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's first and only published novel, written between October 1845 and June 1846, and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell; Brontë died the following year, aged 30. The decision to publish came after the success of her sister Charlotte's novel, Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of...
Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly...
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all make their appearances, and are now familiar figures in writing, conversation and idiom. So too are Carroll's delightful verses such as The Walrus and the Carpenter and the inspired jargon of that masterly Wordsworthian parody, The Jabberwocky. Wordsworth...
Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a...
Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the...
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which...
Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify existence. Society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts and sensations on that one day, and the interior monologues of others whose lives...
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would 'curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.' The tale is a superb blend of science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad...
Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously...
A perfect introduction to the story for younger children, who will be enthralled by the magical story of Alice’s adventures down the rabbit hole. A treat to share as a bedtime story or for children to read for themselves, this abridged edition is carefully retold and beautifully illustrated by Fran Parreno.
A bold and stylish introduction to the iconic landmarks and sights of London by leading textile design Jane Foster. With cheerful, retro-inspired artwork, this will make the perfect gift for a new baby or first birthday.
The fifth of Henry's queens. Her story. History tell us she died too soon. This mesmerising novel brings her to life.
Take a trip to London! Lift the giant flaps to reveal what's underneath, including lots of interesting textures! Feel the shiny London taxi, the soldier's furry hat and stroke the policeman's horse! With something to spot or count on every spread too, this colorful book will provide lots of fun for older babies and toddlers. Marion Billet's bright and...
The history and unique modernist architecture of London Underground stations. Charles Holden's designs for the London Underground from the mid-1920s to the outbreak of World War II represent a high point of transport architecture and modernist design in Britain. His collaboration with Frank Pick, the chief executive of London Transport, brought about a...
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Charlie's beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you.Nick's been feeling the same, but he's got a lot on his mind - not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might...
The second of Henry's Queens. Her story. History tells us why she died. This powerful novel shows her as she lived.
The third of Henry's Queens. Her story. History tells us how she died. This spellbinding novel explores the life she lived.
Which Haruki Murakami novel shares its title with a Beatles song? In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie's surname? What is heavy-drinking Rachel Watson known as in the title of a 21st-century bestseller? And what do you get if you add the number of Bennet sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to the number of Karamazov...
A dentist lies murdered at his Harley Street practice… The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a...
A quiet English village. A shocking murder. An unlikely detective. Nobody liked Colonel Protheroe. So when he’s found dead in the vicarage study, there’s no absence of suspects in the seemingly peaceful village of St Mary Mead.In fact, Jane Marple can think of at least seven. As gossip abounds in the parlours and kitchens of the parish, everyone becomes...
Two trains. Side by side for a brief moment. In that moment, a murder. Elspeth McGillicuddy is positive she witnessed a man strangling a woman to death. But it was only the merest glimpse through a carriage window as the trains drew parallel. She is the only witness, there are no suspects, and, most importantly, there is no corpse.Who, apart from her...
When it comes to horror movies, the rules are clear: Avoid abandoned buildings, warehouses, and cabins at all times, stay together: don’t split up, not even just to “check something out" and if there’s a murderer on the loose, do not make out with anyone.New girl Rachel Chavez turns to horror movies for comfort, preferring stabby serial killers and...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.And so begins Jane Austen's ever-popular Pride and Prejudice and it is this wonderfully sardonic wit and skill for gentle mocking observation that has rendered her writings popular for more than 200 years.So, take a trip to Georgian England...
Gorgeous, strange and magical, A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best-loved of Shakespeare's plays.A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing love...
The first of Henry's Queens. Her story. History tells us how she died. This captivating shows us how she lived.
The fourth of Henry's Queens. Her story. History tells us she was never crowned. But Her tale does not end there.
Henry's final queen. Her story. History tells us she survived. This enthralling novel reveals how boldly she lived.
Gulliver's Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at...
William Shakespeare's Henry VIII is a compelling history play, recreating a crucial moment in the Tudor dynasty, and the events that marked the beginning of the English Reformation. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by A.R. Humphreys, with an introduction by C.M.S. Alexander. 'O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!'...
Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors whom he fears but,...
Como hija de un rey destronado y descendiente de druidas ancestrales, Gruoch está llamada a ocupar su lugar en la historia. Cuando era una niña, su abuela vaticinó que algún día sería reina de Escocia. Y años despues, cuando se compromete con Duncan, heredero al trono, la profecía parece estar a un paso de convertirse en realidad. Así, abandona su hogar,...
The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, Wolves, Mermaids and Pirates. The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a crocodile, who, as Captain Hook...
Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792.Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of...
This keepsake book includes more than 1000 stickers and showcases unique art inspired by the Harry Potter films.Create magical decorations and designs with the more than 1000 stickers in this collectible book that features Harry Potter film-inspired art! Along with stickers of house crests and banners, Patronus guardians, fantastic beasts, Quidditch...
Brimming with character profiles, fun facts, story quotes and puzzles galore, this is the jam-packed sticker book that no Roald Dahl fan should be without. With appearances from Matilda, Willy Wonka, Mr Fox and all your other favourites, it's the perfect companion to Roald Dahl's wonderful world of incredible stories.
A comic-strip re-telling of some of Britains best-loved Arthurian stories and legends. Aided by the magician Merlin, Arthur draws the sword from the stone to become King of Britain, and Lord of the Knights of the Round Table. Read of their valiant deeds as King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad and other heroic knights rescue maidens, defend Excalibur and...
This is the definitive survey of the English language in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives a brief history of English. The book has been fully revised and there is a fascinating new chapter on 'The effect of technology' on the English language.
London. A city apart. Inimitable. Or so it once seemed.Spiralling from the outer limits of the Overground to the pinnacle of the Shard, Iain Sinclair encounters a metropolis stretched beyond recognition. The vestiges of secret tunnels, the ghosts of saints and lost poets lie buried by developments, the cycling revolution and Brexit. An electrifying final...
One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century - amazingly he was an almost unknown, and certainly unqualified, speech therapist called Lionel Logue. Logue wasn't a British aristocrat or even an Englishman - he was a commoner and an Australian to boot. Nevertheless it was the outgoing, amiable Logue who single-handedly...
Seven classic Shakespeare plays are presented in an accessible comic strip format. The Globe Theatre is delighted to announce a new season of Mr. William Shakespeare's plays! Prithee take your place once more for a performance of seven of the Bard's finest tales. See As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard III, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The...
This sturdy board book is the perfect introduction to the world of Roald Dahl and is just right for little hands.
From triangles to circle, this board book is a great way to teach our littlest readers shapes. With art by Quentin Blake from Roald Dahl's classic books, this book is perfect for libraries, the youngest classrooms, and baby shower gifts to start a child's bookshelf.
The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear unstoppable, but the Trojans - a side of amateurs who are on a winning streak of their own - may be about to silence the Gunners. Moments into the second half the whistle blows, but not for a goal or penalty. One of the Trojans has collapsed on the pitch....
The London Pocket Bible offers entertaining advice for the visiting tourist or life-long Londoner, as well as essential travel tips for the first time visitor; from not getting caught in the rush hour to understanding London's famous tube map, a handy reference guide; dip into as you visit sites such as the London Eye or Big Ben and a guide to fun days...
Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favourite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through the week.
The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle.
Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high...
Literary Witches reimagines visionary writers as witches: both are figures of formidable creativity, empowerment, and general badassery. Through a series of thirty lyrical portraits, Taisia Kitaiskaia and Katy Horan honor the witchy qualities of well-known and obscure authors alike, including Virginia Woolf, Mira Bai, Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson,...
Behind the velvet curtains of horsedrawn carriages and amid the soft glow of the gaslights are the detectives and bobbies sniffing out the safecrackers and petty purloiners who plague everything from the soot-covered side streets of London to the opulent manors of the countryside. With his latest title in the Big Book series, Otto Penzler is cracking...
Catherine and Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey are not entirely pleased to be sending their eligible young daughter Juliet out into the world again: the last house party she attended, at the home of the Knightleys, involved a murder, which Juliet helped solve. Particularly concerning is that she intends to visit her new friend Marianne Brandon, who’s...
A comprehensive dictionary with over a thousand colour illustrations, over 10,000 entries and 25,000 straightforward definitions. Fully revised and updated with new words added and redundant words removed, it includes example sentences and pronunciation guides for tricky words, as well as information about the conventions of written English and a brief...
What does persuasion mean, a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no...
Cats, be they much loved pets or inscrutable creatures, lend themselves to stories and literary invention.Classic Cat Stories is a beautiful anthology that includes fairy tales and fables from the likes of Rudyard Kipling and Charles Perrault as well as comic tales from Saki and E. F. Benson. Cats of course have always had a dark and mysterious side which...
In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance. I’m no Hercule Poirot.I’m her husband’s mistress. Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world.Agatha Christie’s world is one of glamorous society parties, country house...
An outstanding historical crime thriller based on real-life events: the framing of Timothy Evans for murders committed by notorious serial killer John Christie.It is winter, 1950 in a dingy part of London. John Davies confesses to strangling his wife and baby daughter, and for DI Ted Stratton of West End Central, it promises to be a straightforward case....
Entertain like a queen with these forty recipes for Bridgerton-style food and drink in the first official cookbook from this hugely popular Shondaland series on Netflix. Whether it’s a sumptuous lawn party, a high tea, or a boozy late-night salon, this gorgeous cookbook delivers recipes for finger food, cocktails, and entertaining ideas that help you...
A car speeds down a road between miles of marshes and estuary flats, its passenger a young woman named Agnes - hands bloodied, numbed with fear, her world turned upside down. Meanwhile, the news of a girl found dead on the marsh is spreading round the local area. A masterpiece of suspense, Mary Kellys 1964 novel follows Agnes as she casts her mind back...
There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the...
No one has done more to shape our view of what makes us human than Charles Darwin, whose seismic theory of evolution turned the Victorian world upside down, utterly rewrote our notions of life on earth and is still attacked by religious creationists today.
When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse—one of Jane Austen's immortal creations—flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress next busies herself with finding a suitable husband...
Where are the 5 best places to find street food? Which are the 5 best restaurants to grab your lunch at in Soho? Which pubs have the most amazing interiors? Where are the best places to discover vintage vinyl? Which are the most innovative theater companies? Where will you find the most unusual museums? The best places for an outdoor swim? The 500 Hidden...
Sherlock Holmes fans can sink their teeth into this brand new original tale, which uniquely portrays the inner workings of the greatest detective’s mind as he works to solve the case.A visually stunning treat, every thought and clue that flows through Sherlock’s mind is thoroughly explored and displayed in the art for readers to latch onto. Put on your...
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes first introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective to the readers of The Strand Magazine. The runaway success of this series prompted a second set of stories, The Memoirs.In these twenty three tales, collected here in one volume, you...
The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author's own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle's 'Baker Street Dozen', creating a unique...
The perfect dictionary reference with 200,000 words and phrases for daily use. Language usage notes help you choose the right word and the easy-to-use layout allows you to find what you're looking for quickly and easily. Specially tailored to meet your needs at home, school, and in the office, offering comprehensive definitions and word tips to provide...
Focussing on the most common errors in English, this book is the easiest way to improve your everyday language skills. Using simple explanations and corpus examples, it uses a thematic approach to steer learners away from the most common pitfalls in English. This invaluable guide is suitable for learners of English wishing to improve their accuracy and...
There is no better hiding place for clues—or red herrings—than inside the pages of a book. But in this world of resentful ghost writers, indiscreet playwrights, and unscrupulous book collectors, literary prowess is often a prologue to disaster. Readers should be warned that the most riveting tales often conceal the deadliest of secrets.Featuring...
Let time traveler Dr. Matthew Green be your guide to six extraordinary periods in London's history—the ages of Shakespeare, medieval city life, plague, coffee houses, the reign of Victoria and the Blitz. We'll turn back the clock to the time of Shakespeare and visit a savage bull and bear baiting arena on the Bankside. In medieval London, we'll circle...
From Big Ben going bong to red buses trundling past and pigeons cooing in Trafalgar Square, all the iconic sounds of London come to life when you press the buttons in this exciting book. There are ten sounds to hear as you find out about the most famous places in one of the world's great cities.
My name is Peter Grant, and I used to be a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth.My story really begins when I tried to take a witness statement from a man who was already dead.Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a...
From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remote isles in cold seas, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland have long inspired writers of the very best Golden Age mysteries. Beginning with the adventures of Sherlock Holmes from Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle, this new collection includes the ingenious scientific mysteries of...
Lonely Planet's London is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the treasures of the British Museum, binge on art at Tate Modern and the National Gallery, and find your new favourite pub for a pint or a leisurely lunch; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to...
When Winnie-the-Pooh ventures to London he's most surprised to encounter a blustery bus, a wobbly bridge and huge lions But the greatest excitement of all is when he stands in front of the gates at Buckingham Palace and a very important lady comes out to meet the crowd. Featuring the Shard, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and many other famous London...
Welcome to the great city of London! Are you ready for your tour? Open this inviting, large-format book and follow the river Thames as it winds through the heart of the celebrated capital. Peer inside Buckingham Palace, spin the London Eye, whisper in Saint Paul’s Cathedral gallery, and raise the historic Tower Bridge. Lift the flaps, and you’ll find...
In 1666, London's citizens woke to see the skyline above their city's cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city's history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator,...
Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over fifty years. Now four of the best-loved classic London picture books are brought together in one volume. Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station....
A fabulous picture book packed with fascinating details about London's most famous sights, from Buckingham Palace and The Tower of London to Trafalgar Square and the museums in Kensington. There are pages on London's parks, transport and sporting events, and two stunning fold-out pages show all the bridges and landmarks along the River Thames.
An unmissable new thriller from the master of the genre. An unsolved historical mystery. A brutal bomb attack. Only one man can track down the killers that link them both. It’s 2005, Ben Hope, recently retired from the military, is living in Ireland and using his SAS skills to find and rescue missing children. But when asked to take on the case of two...
As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen’s health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings chilling news of a death at his former school, Winchester College, not even her debilitating ailment can keep Jane from seeking out the truth.Arthur Prendergast, a senior pupil at the...
Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches.She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript, about a baronet's daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain, cannot alleviate.Her apothecary recommends a trial of...
Claire Beauchamp Randall’s incredible journey from postwar Britain to eighteenth-century Scotland and France is a feast for all five senses, and taste is no exception. From Claire’s first lonely bowl of porridge at Castle Leoch to the decadent roast beef served after her hasty wedding to Highland warrior Jamie Fraser, from gypsy stew and jam tarts to...
With the discovery of a New World comes an explosion of culinary possibilities. The later novels in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series and the Lord John Grey series have Jamie, Claire, Lord John, and friends embark on their revolutionary adventures across the Atlantic and back again—and with their voyages come hundreds of new mouthwatering flavors to...
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby, she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from...
Emma Woodhouse believes herself to be an excellent matchmaker, though she herself does not plan on marrying. But as she meddles in the relationships of others, she causes confusion and misunderstandings throughout the village, and she just may be overlooking a true love of her own. This edition continues the wildly successful Puffin in Bloom line of...
Though her sisters are keen on finding men to marry, Elizabeth Bennet would rather wait for someone she loves, certainly not someone like Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, whom she finds to be smug and judgmental, in contrast to the charming George Wickham. But soon Elizabeth learns that her first impressions may not have been correct, and the quiet, genteel Mr....
Originally published in 1903–1904, The Return of Sherlock Holmes is the thirteen-story collection of one of the greatest-ever fictional detectives. Three years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes and his archenemy Professor Moriarty in the torrent of Reichenbach Falls, Holmes makes a disguised reappearance to Baker Street and his good friend Dr...
Featuring the last 12 stories ever written about the infamous detective, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains some of Conan Doyle’s most villainous and unusual characters. The 1920s was a disenchanting era, and the darker mood of many of these stories reflects the environment at the time. Some even felt that the stories showed Conan Doyle exploring...
Ten years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Arthur Conan Doyle was to bow to popular pressure and breathe new life into his creation. To readers, Holmes reappears in Baker Street to embark on a new series of adventures.
Charles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colorful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance.Orphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes;...
Did you know the Queen loves pigeon racing? Did you know Elizabeth served with the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) as a mechanic during World War Two? And that she is the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe? If you're a fan of Queen Elizabeth II or just fascinated by the British monarchy then The Elizabeth II Pocket Bible contains everything...
Historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world. This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously...
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. The King of Denmark is dead. When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, meets the King’s ghost and discovers he was murdered, he swears vengeance against the killer: his father’s brother, Claudius, who has married Hamlet’s mother and taken the throne. Furious at this betrayal, Hamlet devises a complex plot to reveal the...
We that are true lovers run into strange capers. Banished from her ambitious uncle’s court, the lovesick Rosalind flees to the forest with her cousin, Celia. Disguised as the handsome shepherd Ganymede and simple shepherdess Aliena, the two soon meet the dashing Orlando – forced into hiding by a plot against his life, heartbroken at the separation from...
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Discover the world of Shakespeare with these brilliant retellings of sixteen of the Bard's best-loved plays! This colourful collection features more Shakespeare Stories than ever before, from the tragedy of Macbeth and the epic The Tempest, through to the humour of Much Ado About Nothing. Providing an excellent introduction to Shakespeare for younger...
The biggest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories ever assembled.Arguably no other character in history has been so enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes. Ever since his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet, readers have loved reading about him almost as much as writers have loved writing about him. Here, Otto Penzler...
The Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it. Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. At the centre is Heap House, a puzzle of houses, castles, homes and mysteries reclaimed from the city and built into a living maze of staircases and scurrying rats. The...
Inspired by the first season of the BAFTA award-winning ITV series, this is the official, unmissable Broadchurch novel. Incredibly moving and containing never-before-seen material, it takes you inside the minds and motivations of the unforgettable cast of characters. It's a hot July morning in the Dorset town of Broadchurch when Beth Latimer realises...
This is the novel Dickens regarded as his favourite child and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experiences from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the...
In Great Expectations Dickens tells the enthralling story of the orphaned Pip and introduces us to a gallery of unforgettable characters including Joe, the kindly blacksmith, the mysterious Magwitch, the reclusive Miss Havisham and the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. This book matches with this lined journal. They make a great gift when paired...
A curse has hung over the Baskerville family for generations and the latest victim is Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the legendary gigantic hound be responsible for his death – or is there a malevolent human hand behind the seemingly supernatural events? It’s up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to uncover the truth. This book matches with this lined...
The novel addresses the nature of time in personal experience through multiple stories, particularly that of Clarissa, as she prepares for and hosts a party, and that of the World War I veteran Septimus Warren Smith, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. The novel is widely considered to be a groundbreaking work of twentieth-century literary...
The tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is one of the most famous plays written by the English author, William Shakespeare. It is a story about two young people who fall in love, despite the animosity between their families that are consumed by hatred and rivalry. Their love seems impossible at first, but they get married secretly. During various conflicts...
The Secret Garden opens by introducing us to Mary Lennox, a sickly, foul-tempered, unsightly little girl who loves no one and whom no one loves. At the outset of the story, she is living in India with her parents. A dashing army captain and his frivolous, beautiful wife, but is rarely permitted to see them. They have placed her under the constant care of...
This spectacular limited edition collector’s item contains six stunning illustrated pop-up scenes that have been taken directly from the smash hit family movie and lovingly recreated for Paddington fans. Now you too can be transported, just like Paddington and Aunt Lucy, into a glorious paper-engineered world and visit iconic London sights including St....
Learn to count with all your favourite characters from Acorn Wood in Tales from Acorn Counting a first book of numbers based on the bestselling toddler series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo . One pig playing hide-and-seek. Two socks that Fox has lost. Three letters for Bear to deliver. And four mice keeping Rabbit awake....
Everyone is friends in Acorn Wood! Tales from Acorn Wood is a bestselling preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of the modern classic, The Gruffalo. Friends is a delightful introduction to the world of Acorn Wood. Fox and Mouse play dress up, Squirrel's friends help with chores, Pig plays hide and seek with Hen, Bear's friends...
Learn about opposites with the animals from Acorn Wood. Tales from Acorn Wood is a bestselling preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of the modern classic, The Gruffalo. Opposites is an early learning book featuring the animals from Acorn Wood. Who is big and who is small? Who is feeling sad and who is feeling happy? Who is...
Learn all about colours with your favourite characters from Acorn Wood in Tales from Acorn Wood: Colours, based on the bestselling toddler series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Can you see Fox's blue socks? What about Bear's red waistcoat, or the yellow flowers in Rabbit's garden? Join in the colourful fun in Acorn Wood!...
A picture book edition of a much-loved classic, with illustrations by award-winning artist, Robert Ingpen. An iconic classic, The Wizard of Oz is a must-read for adults and children alike. Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. Dorothy must...
Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the “roaring twenties”, and a devastating expose of the ‘Jazz Age’. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter...
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which...
Ulysses by James Joyce tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this richly allusive novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W. B....
Trapped in a marriage which has become sterile and joyless since her husband's return from the trenches of the First World War, partially paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, Connie seizes the chance of sexual fulfilment she had thought lost to her forever. First published privately in Florence in 1928, it only became a world-wide best-seller after...
Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature. First performed around 1600, this a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich in contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with introspection, its melancholy with humor, and its subtlety with spectacle. The Prince,...
One a Virgin Queen who ruled her kingdom alone, and the other a clandestine leader who used her children to shape the dynasties of Europe, much has been written about these iconic women. But nothing has been said of their complicated relationship: thirty years of friendship, competition and conflict that changed the face of Europe.This is a story of two...
Have you ever wanted to eat like the Peaky Blinders? With this first official cookbook, you can now take a unique culinary journey into the world of the Shelby's.Filled with 50 delicious and evocative recipes, the book takes inspiration from the iconic locations the infamous gang inhabits, from the bar at The Garrison, to the glamour of the Eden Club and...
Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures.The original and classic story available now in all-new luxurious livery.When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins into the home of the banks children, their lives go topsy-turvy and are changed forever.More than eighty years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is...
Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures.The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery. Just when Jane and Michael Banks thought she was gone forever, Mary Poppins floats back into their lives on the end of a kite string, bringing a whole host of wonderful adventures with her.More than eighty...
Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures.The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery. On a dark November night, Mary Poppins returns in a burst of fireworks to restore order – and a sprinkling of magic – to the residents of Cherry Tree Lane.More than eighty years since we first met Mary Poppins,...
Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures.The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery. Whether it’s a lion loose in the park or story-book characters coming to life, when Mary Poppins is in residence in Cherry Tree Lane, you can be sure that wonderful adventures will follow.More than eighty years...
Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures.The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery. Mary Poppins is in residence in Cherry Tree Lane. You can be sure that wonderful adventures will follow, from fantastical picnics to a trip to see the Man-in-the-Moon!More than eighty years since we first met...
From medieval monarchs to the newly-crowned King Charles III, join award-winning author-illustrator Marcia Williams on an entertaining guide to every king and queen of Britain. Discover the kings who fought off the Vikings, the queen who spent the longest time on the throne, the king who died from eating too much fish, and many more. Featuring famous...
A colonel receives five seeds in the mail–and dies within weeks. A young bride disappears immediately after her wedding. An old hat and a Christmas goose are the only clues to a stolen jewel. A son is accused of his father’s murder. These mysteries–and many more–are brought to the house on Baker Street where detective Sherlock Holmes resides. No case...
Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there, and tracks her growing understanding of the world about her....
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is now available for the first time in a new, oversized board book format, perfect for storytime or for playtime. Plus, as an added bonus, it includes a CD of Eric Carle reading his classic story. This fine audio production makes a great listen, and is a fantastic new way to encounter this famous, famished...
Give lots of love to Grandpa with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this colorful book featuring Eric Carle's delightful illustrations.The Very Hungry Caterpillar knows how special grandpas are, and this celebratory keepsake is the perfect way to honor them. Give the gift of love and show Grandpa how much you care with sweet sentiments and Eric Carle's...
Celebrate siblings with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this loving book featuring Eric Carle's delightful illustrations.Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he honors sisters everywhere! With cheerful illustrations and sweet sentiments, this heartfelt keepsake will show your sister just how much you care.
A simple search-and-find in the great outdoors with The Very Hungry Caterpillar!In this engaging search-and-find board book, young readers will be challenged to find various animals on a nature walk with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Count the creatures hidden on each spread and discover all there is to see in nature. Lace up those hiking boots, grab some...
This phonics box introduces beginning phonics lessons to early readers, perfect for young fans of Eric Carle.The World of Eric Carle meets phonics in this 12-book boxed set just right for young readers. With the recognizable and timeless illustrations Eric Carle is known for, this set is sure to appeal to readers ready to begin learning phonics.World of...
Con su amable ironía, sus diálogos chispeantes, su desenlace romántico y sus enérgicas heroínas, Orgullo y prejuicio es la novela más popular de Jane Austen. La historia de amor de Elizabeth Bennet y Fitzwilliam Darcy, que primero se rechazan, luego se desafían y finalmente se cautivan el uno al otro, es también una novela sobre la búsqueda de la...
Historia del amor imposible entre Catherine y Heathcliff ambientada en Yorkshire. Cumbres Borrascosas constituye una asombrosa visión del destino, la pasión y la venganza. Emily Brontë rompió con los cánones del decoro de su tiempo tanto en cuanto al tema como a la descripción de los personajes, pero la originalidad de su estructura narrativa y la...
Texto señero del feminismo del siglo XX basado en dos conferencias impartidas por Virginia Woolf en Cambridge. Una habitación propia indaga con singular ironía y talento narrativo en los graves efectos que tuvo la discriminación de género en la creatividad de las mujeres a lo largo de la historia, al tiempo que propone un camino liberador a través de la...
With Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig unwell and stuck in bed, Peppa and George decide to take Christmas into their own hands with a little help from Granny and Grandpa Pig! The Christmas cards are sent, yummy treats are made and decorations are put up, but are they ready for the extra special surprise for everyone on Christmas morning?The story includes six...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.With a quote for every day of the year, this beautiful book gathers the finest lines from the lesser-known corners of Shakespeare's plays and poems. While you may not be familiar with these 400-year-old phrases, you will be surprised by the immediate, easy resonance they have with modern day-to-day life...
Afternoon eighteen years as a prisoner in the Bastille, Dr Manettee settles in London with his long-lost daughter Lucie. But their tranquil existence is shattered when the family is drawn back to Paris, a city in the grip of the Terror. In Dicken’s great historical novel, the action switches between London and Revolutionary Paris in a compelling drama...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare book store that has persisted and resisted change for a hundred years, run by men and guided by the general manager's unbreakable fifty-one rules. But in 1950, the world is changing, especially the world of books and publishing, and at Bloomsbury Books, the girls in the shop have plans:Vivien Lowry: Single...
A beautiful new hardback special edition of an iconic and timeless classic, celebrating 90 years of the world’s favourite Nanny. When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins into the home of the Banks children, their lives go topsy-turvy and are changed forever. Ninety years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is still charming...
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Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
This box of fun contains five brilliant colouring and sticker activity books:Peppa Pig: Dinosaurs Sticker Activity Book, Peppa Pig: Peppa Get's Messy Sticker Activity Book, Peppa Pig: Play-Date Fun Sticker Activity Book, Peppa Pig: Magical Creatures Colouring Book and Peppa Pig: Fantastic Friends Colouring Book.
From the sinister imagination of Edgar Allan Poe to the supernatural suspense of H. G. Wells, this collection of stories explores a range of eerie experiences. There are hauntings, monsters and plenty of often inexplicable and always terrifying dramas.The classic masters of the genre are here; in Algernon Blackwood’s deeply unnerving ‘The Occupant in the...
Dive into the world of Jane Austen, her work and their multi-media adaptations through this sumptuous, beautifully illustrated coffee table hardback with over 200 illustrations, photographs and film posters.From the original six novels to the many big and small screen adaptions, discover her life, inspirations, correspondence and the incredible influence...
Featuring over 200 spectacular shots from all four series, plus an in-depth look at the characters and real-life inspiration for the show, this book tells the fascinating story of the program’s main character: the Yorkshire Dales.The official All Creatures Great & Small companion offers a glimpse behind the scenes of the award-winning show, with beautiful...
To young James Herriot, fresh out of veterinary college, Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges: from his new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to herds of semi-feral cattle and gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents....
This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of the second volume in James Herriot's memoirs. It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet features an afterword by actress Carol Drinkwater, who starred as Helen Herriot in the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small.It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet sees recently qualified vet James Herriot firmly ensconced in the sleepy...
A fantastic sticker book based on the hilarious family movie, Paddington in Peru. Packed with fun puzzles, colouring and marmalade-splatted activities based on the third Paddington movie in which Paddington and the Browns fly to Lima to visit Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears. There, they find a mystery awaiting them that sends them on an epic...
In Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies has selected the cases of the great detective that best reflect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's deep interest in the supernatural. The first is the terrifying novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, followed by nine Gothic adventures: 'The Sussex Vampire', 'The Creeping Man',...
Why is Matilda worried about being on the naughty list? What happens when years after the creation of his original marvellous medicine George’s granddaughter Gigi decides to make her own potion? And how does Charlie plan to celebrate Christmas at the chocolate factory? A magical and hilarious short-story collection from 13 bestselling, much-loved...
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye, but after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they...
Sometimes even Londoners need a change of scenery, the fresh sea air and the sand between our toes, the bright lights of a new city to discover, the relaxing charm of a small town, or rolling hills with no other people in sight.Your guides, Sara and Andrea, have scoured the UK for their favourite places to visit for those precious escapes, all a short...
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to London- and discover twice the city in half the time! Discover London's most popular experiences, must-see attractions, and unexpected surprises, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, with our handy-sized Pocket travel guide. From sipping a pint in one of the...
Dress out of this world every day.Taking inspiration from Bowie's most memorable looks and personas, sprinkle a little stardust on your wardrobe and learn how to bring the show-stopping style of this global icon into your outfits every day.With ten simple principles, you can embody the androgynous energy of Aladdin Sane, stun with the shapes and colour of...
It’s a national icon, a British institution, the finest grocer of them all. Fortnum & Mason is a store that has fuelled the tide of British history, fed the appetites of kings and queens, maharajahs and czars, emperors, dukes and divas alike. Fortnum & Mason is a constantly evolving, hugely successful modern enterprise, one that respects its magnificent...
Curious about the connections between Matilda and Miss Agatha Trunchbull? Discover more in this reader featuring a mini story perfect for Dahl fans.Matilda Wormwood had always been an extraordinary girl: smart, kind, courageous, and ready to take on new challenges despite the shortcomings of her parents. When she enters school for the first time,...
A dazzling pocket-sized special anniversary edition bound in real cloth with foiling, sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Part of a collectable series inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.Jane Austen's most mature and wickedly satirical final novel, Persuasion follows the story of Anne Elliott,...
A dazzling pocket-sized special anniversary edition bound in real cloth with foiling, sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Part of a collectable series inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Morland, a naive young woman whose perceptions of the world...
A dazzling pocket-sized special anniversary edition bound in real cloth with foiling, sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Part of a collectable series inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen’s Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners. Austen follows the...
A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split...
A dazzling pocket-sized special anniversary edition bound in real cloth with foiling, sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Part of a collectable series inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.Jane Austen’s best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power...
A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen’s Sense and...
Young hams, drama queens, and lovers of old-time language, rejoice! Four hundred years after its publication, Shakespeare’s First Folio has found a brand-new crop of enthusiasts. This gorgeous collection comprises all the plays in the original volume, fourteen comedies, ten histories, and twelve tragedies. Lovingly abridged by Dr. Anjna Chouhan, a...
This love letter to London’s most cherished shops celebrates the city’s past and present, as well as its diversity and vivaciousness.Illustrator Joel Holland created his first book, NYC Storefronts, because he was missing all the places he couldn’t visit in his own hometown during Covid lockdown. Now he’s set his sights on London, a city that feels at...
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to...
If it's queer, it's here: culturally and historically, London is one of the premier cities in the world for LGBTQ+ life. With so much on offer, it can be hard to know where to go. This is where we come in. Featuring everything from riotous club nights and funky cabaret to drag brunches, film festivals, and art and cultural tours exploring the rich...
Red buses, black cabs and Buckingham Palace, there's so much to see in London! Visit the Beefeaters at the Tower, soar high on the London Eye and travel down the Thames in this gorgeous first book of London from Ingela P. Arrhenius. With striking illustrations of everything from iconic landmarks to the traditional full English breakfast, this is a...
Take a whistle-stop colouring tour of the capital city with this brilliant London-themed coloring book.From Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge to Piccadilly Circus and Portobello Road and beyond, children will love putting their own colorful stamp on one of the world's most vibrant cities.Packed with 42 exciting illustrations of London's famous sights,...
Get set for the ultimate fun-filled tour of London with this awesome activity book.From making your own Buckingham Palace guard and coloring the Crown Jewels to a Kew Gardens spot-the-difference and a Great Fire of London board game, this book is packed with 45 fun games, puzzle challenges, doodling and coloring-in activities designed to keep kids...
London: Through a Fashion Eye is the new travel title from globally renowned illustrator Megan Hess, following on from the bestselling titles on New York and Paris. Let Megan Hess take you on a fashion-lover's adventure through London, showing you the hottest places to eat, sleep and play, all illustrated in her inimitable, elegant style. Featuring...
All the Colours of London is an illustrated exploration of the iconic objects that define the city, through the colors that weave through its streets and define its landmarks. Explore London in a brand-new way, its objects cataloged into color groupings, individually observe the components of city life and watch how they create a vibrant kaleidoscope of...
Color your way around the world as this travel-journal-meets-coloring-book guides you through the streets of London, featuring 30 expertly curated sites to learn about, color, and record whether you’re already there, planning a trip, or dreaming about your next adventure.Grab your colored pencils—and get ready to travel the world! Whether your flights are...
See the city of London like never before in a stunning gift book from the award-winning Laura Carlin.Explore the rich history and culture of London through the eyes of an award-winning illustrator. Laura Carlin's gorgeous art is paired with a collection of poems, quotes and historical accounts to tell an idiosyncratic story of the...
A completely revised edition of the award-winning, bestselling London Mapguide by Michael Middleditch, the best streetmap on the market.Michael Middleditch has revised and updated his hugely successful London Mapguide, first published in 1983 and now in its eighth edition. Streets and sights are mapped and named, and there is a full index so that it can...
London. Nine million people. Two hundred and seventy tube stations. Every day, thousands of chance encounters, first dates, goodbyes and happy ever afters.And for twenty years it's been where one man and one woman can never get their timing right.Jennifer and Nick meet as teenagers and over the next two decades, they fall in and out of love with each...
Pip's playing happily with his scooter in the park when Posy comes along and decides that she wants to have a turn. But she doesn't know how to ride a scooter, and Pip has to come to the rescue.
Pip comes to Posy's house to play, and they have a lovely time. But Pip is having so much fun that he forgets that he needs to pee.
When Pip comes to Posy's house wearing a scary monster mask, he gives Posy a bit of a fright! Oh, dear! But when she works out it's only Pip, she feels much better, and they share the biscuits she's made. Hooray!
Pip is very proud of his big red balloon. But when he lets the balloon go and it pops, he is inconsolable. Luckily, Posy has a very clever idea to cheer up her friend and soon they are having fun again!
Pip and Posy can't wait to go out and play in the snow. They have fun, until they decide to build a snowman and things start to go pear-shaped. Pip wants to build a snowRABBIT but Posy wants a snowMOUSE! Oh dear! Happily they resolve their differences over a cosy craft session indoors.
When Posy goes to stay at Pip's house they have lots of fun together before bedtime. But just as they switch out the light, disaster strikes: Posy realises that she has forgotten her favourite frog toy. Keen to help his distraught friend, Pip offers Posy a range of different toys to substitute for her frog, including his own favourite frog money box....
Pip and Posy are having a lovely day at the seaside, collecting shells and digging the sand. But when Posy has a nap, Pip makes friends with a boy called Zac. Zac is very cool: he has lots of fun toys and beach gear, AND he's really good at handstands. So, to her dismay, when Posy wakes up, she finds that Pip is more interested in playing with Zac...
Pip and Posy are best friends - they love to play, and make things, and have fun. But just occasionally they get cross or sad, and sometimes things go wrong that are beyond their control. And that's when kindness and understanding - and a cuddle - make everything better. Pip and Posy are spending a lovely afternoon outside, but while Pip wants to do...
Press the eight sound buttons to make Julia Donaldson's classic tale of The Gruffalo come alive!Listen to Snake hiss and Owl hoot! Hear Mouse squeak and the Gruffalo growl in this magical, interactive story sound book. The ideal gift for all Gruffalo fans, The Gruffalo: A Noisy Storybook is also the perfect introduction to this family favourite.A mouse...
A special student edition of Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, with an introduction and study notes.Winston Smith lives in a world that controls every action and thought of its citizens through the all-seeing eye of Big Brother. Outwardly he seems to be an obedient citizen, yet inwardly he rebels against the system. In his longing for truth and liberty,...
A special student edition of Orwell's timeless fable, with an introduction and study notes.When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them starts to take control, and the...
Lady Evangeline Raine prefers animals to people and has no interest in marriage--much to the dismay of her flirty younger sister, Viola. Because their father has one rule: Viola may be courted, only if Effie has a suitor as well.Saddled with debt, Gage Croft, Duke of Vale, is determined to rebuild his estates. When the owner of his vowels offers him a...
An exquisite time capsule of literary London which takes you on a captivating journey through the city. London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honour. It is beautifully...
It is impossible to fully appreciate Jane Austen without experiencing the landscapes which inspired her. Jane Austen's England, the first book of its kind, takes the reader on a series of walking tours into the very heart of her world. These fifteen picturesque walks describe the country houses, churches, great estates and elegant cities that were the...
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced...
If you love the brilliant and witty novels of Jane Austen, you'll love the quizzes and puzzles in this charming little book. Have fun testing your knowledge of the novels of Jane Austen with the crosswords, name games and wordsearches in this book. Every answer can be found in the six novels, no fragments or juvenilia have been used. Use your ingenuity...
Immerse yourself in Jane Austen’s world with more than 50 themed word search puzzles based on famous scenes from the novels.Revisit your favorite passages from Jane Austen’s novels with more than 100 puzzles that include words drawn directly from the text. Whether it’s a conversation between favorite characters or a description of an iconic setting,...
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Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Join much-loved author Marcia Williams on a comic strip journey through Tudor history. Travel back to Tudor times with Arthur Inkblott, Queen Elizabeth I's favorite scribe, and his pet ferret, Smudge, who lives (and offers commentary) in the margins of the book. Meet the handsome and headstrong Henry VIII and his six wives, as well as the clever and...
Peppa has been invited to Mr Bull and Mrs Cow's wedding. She has even been asked to be a bridesmaid!Join Peppa as she learns all about weddings, especially when things start to go wrong...Peppa loves weddings. EVERYONE loves weddings!
Join Peppa in this SUPER bumper colouring book. Enjoy colourful tea parties, blasting off into space, and singing along with Peppa and George. With 64 easy-to-colour pages, Peppa fans will be entertained for hours.
Peppa and George have a very special surprise present for Daddy Pig. They want to thank him for being the best Daddy ever! What could the surprise present be? Lift the flaps to find out!Join Peppa and George in this lift-the-flap story and surprise Daddy Pig with a present.Peppa and George love Daddy Pig. EVERYONE loves Daddy Pig.
She was just a girl, standing in front of a boy... wishing he looked more like Hugh Grant.Scarlett loves the movies. But does she love sensible fiancé David just as much? With a big white wedding on the horizon, Scarlett really should have decided by now.When she has the chance to house-sit in Notting Hill - the setting of one of her favourite movies -...
Peppa, George and Daddy Pig are going on a very special trip - to visit Mr Bull at his miniature golf course construction site!There are lots of fun machines to see like the wrecking ball, the cement mixer and something even more exciting... a great big digger! But when there's a problem with the miniature golf course, can Geroge save the day with his...
Peppa and her friends are dreaming BIG and Peppa's dream is to be a star!Peppa is going to be in a film! She practises her part all day, but she is worried she'll get the words wrong. Will Peppa believe in herself and be ready for the film?Dream BIG Peppa, you can be anything you want to be!
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Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
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Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
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Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves.Long before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a devoted reader of Jane Austen. She loved that Austen’s books...
In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the perfect murder involving class, sex and poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything from boys weeklies to naughty seaside postcards. Throughout history, some books...
Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all?1840, twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles.She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a...
What will you choose to feed the hungry tortoises? Who will you invite to a party on a fantastic peach? Choose your magnets to let the mischief begin!With five different scenes and twelve marvellous magnets this interactive activity book is perfect for chiddlers aged three years and up. Packed with anarchy and limitless storytelling opportunities this...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Este libro se trata de un ejemplar de segunda mano y podría contener anotaciones o dedicatorias. Estas notas llevan consigo un valor sentimental o histórico que añaden un significado especial, creando así una conexión personal única con la historia del libro y sus anteriores dueños. La descripción, características y el estado del mismo pueden observarse...
Get ready to learn everything you need to know about the sport at the heart of Hogwarts. Quidditch Through the Ages is the essential companion to the Harry Potter series, a funny, fact-packed fantasy history of the seriously competitive wizarding sport. Bursting with glorious illustrations, magical memorabilia and two super-sized fold-outs, this...
Short Stories in English for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly, enjoyment! Mapped to B1-approaching B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a...
Short Stories in English for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly,enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when...