Compiled by Rosemary Gray. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "London: An Illustrated Literary Companion", captures the varying moods of the great city over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honour. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists, including Gustave Doré, George Cruikshank, James McNeill Whistler and Hugh Thomson, and contains contemporary prints and photographs. ... |
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Edited by Becky Brown. ... A beautiful gift anthology of classic poetry which captures the excitement and joy of a new arrival in the family. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. There are poems which celebrate the anticipation of the happy event and the outburst of joy and hope which it brings. There are gorgeous lullabies and rhymes to read aloud as well as wise words of encouragement and advice. Poems for New Parents also looks forward to a child's own discoveries and ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Aristocratic detective Albert Campion is called upon by the British government to establish ownership of the tiny, oil-rich principality of Averna on the Adriatic Coast. The titled but impoverished Fitton family lay claim to it, but the deeds are nowhere to be found. With the help of his loyal chums and sidekick, retired cat burglar Magersfontein Lugg, Campion must pit his wits against a criminal financier and his heavies in order to unearth the truth. A quintessential Golden Age detective story and utterly gripping thriller, "Sweet Danger" ... |
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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. Selections from "Protagoras", "Republic", "Phaedrus" and "Gorgias". ... Plato is outstanding among philosophers, more or less inventing philosophy as we know it in the West. In the "Republic" he begins with the question "What is justice?", but this question soon broadens into an investigation of what is real and how we can know it, so defining the three main areas of philosophy – ethics, metaphysics and epistemology - for the next 2000 years and more. But Plato is remarkable also for the beauty of his writing. The allegory ... |
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Read from the beginning with this deluxe hardback collector’s edition of the first novel in the worldwide-bestselling "Shadow and Bone" Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo ! This edition features: brand-new artwork; intricate foil iconography from the world of the book; beautiful endpapers; sprayed edges. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold-a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will ... |
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Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. This edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros and Chloe Schwarz, as well as the charming original illustrations by Saint-Exupery himself, coloured by Barbara Frith. After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator ... |
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Ïîñâåòåíà íà 140 ãîäèøíèíàòà îò ðîæäåíèåòî íà Ï. Ê. ßâîðîâ . ... Íàïðàâåíîòî äî äíåñ íå å ìàëêî, íî àðõèâèòå è áèáëèîòåêèòå âñå îùå êðèÿò ñâîèòå òàéíè çà ßâîðîâ, ìíîãî îò êîèòî ñìå ñå ïîñòàðàëè äà ïîêàæåì â òîâà çà ïúðâè ïúò èçëèçàùî, íàé-ïúëíî èçäàíèå íà äîêóìåíòàëíèòå ñâèäåòåëñòâà çà òðèòå ßâîðîâè ðîìàíà. Èìàìå àìáèöèÿòà äà ðàçêðèåì íàé-òî÷íî èíòèìíèÿ æèâîò íà òîçè íàé-áåëåæèò îò íà÷àëîòî íà ÕÕ âåê áúëãàðñêè òâîðåö è ðåâîëþöèîíåð, èìàë çà ïðèìåð â æèâîòà ñè âåëèêèÿ Õðèñòî Áîòåâ.  òîçè çíà÷èòåëåí ïî îáåìà ñè òîì ñìå âêëþ÷èëè îñâåí öÿëàòà ïóáëèêóâàíà êîðåñïîíäåíöèÿ ìåæäó ßâîðîâ è òðèòå ìó ìóçè - Äîðà, Ìèíà è Ëîðà, òàêà ... |
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Complete and unabridged. Three Men in a Boat remains one of the best-loved and most entertaining comic novels. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, unabridged, 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 illustrations by A. Frederics and an afterword by David Stuart Davies. Join our young heroes J., George and Harris (not forgetting Montmorency, the mischievous, irascible fox terrier) as they take a boating holiday along the Thames. Their aim is to escape the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump; the leopard his spots; the elephant his trunk; how the alphabet was made; and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon. Rightfully considered one of the enduring classics of children's literature, "Just So Stories" is an enchanting collection that still delights and illuminates over a century after it was first published. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Kipling himself, this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition also ... |
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Êèðèëî-Ìåòîäèåâñêàòà åíöèêëîïåäèÿ áåøå çàìèñëåíà ïðåäè ïîâå÷å îò äâàäåñåò ãîäèíè êàòî òðèòîìíî èçäàíèå. Ñëåä èçëèçàíåòî íà ïúðâèòå äâà òîìà — â 1985 è 1995 ã., ìíîãîáðîéíèòå îòçèâè íà ñëàâèñòè è ìåäèåâèñòè â Áúëãàðèÿ è â ÷óæáèíà ïîêàçàõà, ÷å òÿ ñå ïîñðåùà ñ èíòåðåñ è ñå ïðåâðúùà â íåîáõîäèì ñïðàâî÷íèê. Åòî çàùî ïðè ïîäãîòîâêàòà íà òðåòèÿ òîì ðåäàêòîðèòå ñè ïîñòàâèõà çà öåë äà îáîãàòÿò ìàêñèìàëíî, äîêîëêîòî å ïðèåìëèâî çà ñïðàâî÷íî èçäàíèå, ñúäúðæàíèåòî íà ñòàòèèòå è îñîáåíî áèáëèîãðàôèÿòà êúì òÿõ. Òàçè ïî ñúùåñòâî íîâà òåíäåíöèÿ îòãîâàðÿ íà ñòðåìåæà íå ñàìî äà áúäå ïðåäîñòàâåíà íà ÷èòàòåëèòå íà÷àëíà è îñíîâíà èíôîðìàöèÿ ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Sonnets" of William Shakespeare , a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. Filled with ideas about love, beauty and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language that we have come to know from Shakespeare's plays. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the "Fair Youth", while others are directed at a "Rival Poet", and a "Dark Lady". This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition contains all of the poems, which explore ... |
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The moving story of a little dog with a huge heart and of the unbreakable bond between an animal and his owner. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by Mary Paulson-Ellis. When Auld Jock, a shepherd, loses his job, he moves to Edinburgh in search of work. But the city isn’t kind to him and he falls into a life of poverty. Lonely, old and ill, his only companion is a plucky little Skye terrier named ... |
