Illustrated by Mike Lacey and Martin Sanders. ... "The sword moved again, and the light from the sun flashed on the bright metal. Soon, all that Bathsheba could see was a bright light flashing around her. Troy had never practised better than this. "Your hair is a little untidy, Miss Everdene," he said. "I'll make it tidy for you." The sword went past her ear with a whispering sound. A small piece of her hair fell to the ground. She watched him pick up the lock of hair and put it in his pocket. "I'll keep this forever," he said. He came closer to her. "I must leave you now.& ... |
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They say that the eyes feed first, then the body follows."The idea behind this book started in the land of smiles - Thailand. The specific aroma of Asian cuisine embraces everyone who sets foot in this land. This fragrance lingers in the mind, enriching the memories associated with the exotic. One of the festivals celebrated there, which is deeply connected to the story of this book, is the festival of the floating lanterns. Its preparation begins with the crafting of small boats made out of banana leaves in the shape of lotus flowers, lavishly adorned with petals and candles, before being set afloat in flowing water ... |
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Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls around Maw Rocks and the wreck of the battleship Leviathan, where even now some swear they have seen the unctuous malamander creep... Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, knows that returning lost things to their rightful owners is not easy - especially when the lost thing is not a thing at all, but a girl. No one knows what happened to Violet Parma’s parents twelve years ago, and when she engages Herbie to help her find them, the pair discover that their disappearance might have something to do with ... |
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In an age Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the west stand in sharp contrast to events in the east, where ties are being streighthend and mutural cooperation established."No reader will leave "The New Silk Roads" with her sense of the world unchanged." Times Literary Supplement "Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita." Sunday Times "Frankopan has the gift to perspective - the capacity to see the wood for the trees - which he combines with a Talstoyan knack for weaving little details into the broader sweep of human affairs." Daily ... |
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This book is based on a PhD thesis entitled "Philosophy of Translation: Between the Literal and the Interpretation". The present text differs from the latter not merely in form - both due to the year - long maturation of the initial ideas, as well as to the different target audience. The research aims at elucidating the position and interrelation of interpretation and literalness, as well as the factors underlining their interaction in the process of translation. What ultimately ensues is a new perspective on questions regarding the essence and boundaries of translation. ... |
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Based on the story of Lewis Carroll . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... "I wish I could get through into looking-glass house," - Alice said. 'Let's pretend that the glass has gone soft and... Why, I do believe it has! It's turning into a kind of cloud!" By the book A moment later Alice is inside the looking-glass world. There she finds herself part of a great game of chess, travelling through forests and jumping across brooks. The chess pieces talk and argue with her, give orders and repeat poems... It is the strangest dream that anyone ever had... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros and Chloe Schwarz, as well as the charming original black and white illustrations by Saint-Exupery himself. After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little ... |
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A gorgeously atmospheric contemporary fantasy of two Long Island teens and fledgling mediums investigating a murder in their small town by the New York Times bestselling author of The Devouring Gray. Mina Zanetti is a fledgling medium, desperate to share in her mother's world and speak with the dead. But Sand Dollar Cove is a grieving town, still recovering from the unsolved murders of three teenagers six years ago, found with sand dollars on their eyes. And Evelyn Mackenzie has felt every day of it, as the town blames her father for the deaths. When Mina and Evelyn conduct a ritual to speak to the dead they ... |
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You don't have to use your imagination to feel the power of alchemy and magic - they are potently available in the elements that surround you! Our ancestors harnessed the powers of earth, air, fire and water and north, south, east and west; these have been key parts of pagan and witchcraft traditions for millennia, and now it's your turn! Modern science has revealed active energies such as electricity, gravity, magnetism, atoms and even the mysterious dark matter, all of which can be utilised spiritually in alchemic magic within this oracle. All energies from the smallest atom to the greatest solar power, from ... |
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Four siblings. A country in ruin. One quest to save them all. Vira is desperate to get out of her mother's shadow and establish her legacy as a revered queen of Ashoka. But with the country's only quarry running out of magic - a precious resource that has kept Ashoka safe from conflict - she can barely protect her citizens from the looming threat of war. And if her enemies discover this, they'll stop at nothing to seize the last of the magic. Vira's only hope is to find a mysterious object of legend: the Ivory Key, rumoured to unlock a new source of magic. But in order to infiltrate enemy territory and ... |
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The complete stories with original illustrations from the Strand Magazine. ... It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes , made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serializing Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr Watson. The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock ... |
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Death comes first... ... You wait, desperately, for news of your daughter. At last, the door opens. But it is not the negotiators, or the FBI. It is her kidnapper. And he has a gun... Two days ago, life was normal. How did it end like this? Every crime scene begins at the end. To know what happened, you must work backwards, piecing together the events that came before. The ultimate thriller writer, Jeffery Deaver puts your brain - and your nerves - to the ultimate test with "The October list", in a masterful mystery that unfolds from the end back to the beginning with many a breath-taking twist along the way. ... |
