Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norris Mary)(Paperback)

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norris Mary)(Paperback)

Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way,

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norris Mary)(Pevná vazba)

In her New York Times bestseller Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils and punctuation in The New Yorker's celebrated copy department. In Greek to Me, she delivers another wise and funny paean to the art of self-expression, this time filtered through

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Norris Mary)(Paperback)

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker's renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experience with grammar and usage, her good cheer and irreverence, and her finely sharpened pencils to help

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Norris Mary)(Pevná vazba)

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical

Queen Mary (Pope-Hennessy James)(Paperback)

The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers. When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a Queen Consort. Queen Mary's life,

The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Lefkowitz Mary)(Paperback)

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world's most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most

Rival Queens - The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots (Williams Kate)(Paperback / softback)

Mary Stuart (Schiller Friedrich)(Paperback)

Schiller's play of 1800 pits Mary Queen of Scots against her rival Elizabeth of England. The meeting never happened, but Goethe claimed 'It will be good to see those whores alongside each other.'Schiller's Mary redeems her youthful crimes through an ordeal that lifts her into the realms of

Mary Queen of Scots (Douglas Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

As well as illustrations, this new edition includes photographs of Mary Queen of Scots-related objects from the collections of National Museums Scotland. It also has a photocopiable 8-page activity section with games, puzzles and drawings for colouring in - suitable for home or classroom

Mary Tudor (Loades David)(Paperback)

Mary Tudor was the first female English sovereign - a ruling queen who was not simply the consort of the king. Yet little is known about this complex woman, whose reputation for ruthlessness belied her emotional fragility and who, like her half-sister Elizabeth, had to survive from childhood in the

Tales of the Greek Heroes (Green Roger Lancelyn)(Paperback)

The mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, to Odysseus and the Trojan wars. Introduced with wit and humour by Rick Riordan, creator of the highly successful Percy

Mary, Queen of Scots Book of Days (Times Tudor)(Pevná vazba)

Hugely informative and stunningly produced, the Mary, Queen of Scots Book of Days pairs a practical perpetual diary with a wealth of material on the life and times of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587). The first woman to be crowned as a queen regnant in the British Isles, the tumultuous life and

Shadow of the Minotaur (Gibbons Alan)(Paperback)

'Real life' or the death defying adventures of the Greek myths, with their heroes and monsters, daring deeds and narrow escapes - which would you choose? For Phoenix it's easy. He hates his new home and the new school where he is bullied. He's embarrassed by his computer geek dad. But when he logs

Recipe for Life: The Autobiography (Berry Mary)(Paperback)

From Queen of Tarts to the nation's heart, Mary Berry shares her Recipe for Life. From the moment she came into the world--two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray--Mary has gracefully but firmly done things her own way. Born in 1935, in the city of Bath, Mary's childhood was a

Mary I: England's Catholic Queen (Edwards John)(Paperback)

A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign The lifestory of Mary I--daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon--is often distilled to a few dramatic episodes: her

Mary Poppins (Travers P. L.)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures! The original and classic story available now in all-new luxurious livery in time for the release of the 2018

Confronting the Classics - Traditions, Adventures and Innovations (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of history, such as Alexander the Great, and Nero. The author invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria

Single for the Summer (Baggot Mandy)(Paperback)

A fun, feel-good romantic comedy to read on the beach this summer, from Queen of Greek romance Mandy Baggot. Tess Parks has made up her mind: love isn't for her. When it comes to dating she has one rule: after six weeks with a guy, she ends it. So when her heartbroken best friend invites her for a

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', but that ain't no matter. So begins, in characteristic fashion, one of the greatest American novels. Narrated by a poor, illiterate white boy living in America's deep South before the Civil War,

Scotland - a New History (Lynch Michael)(Paperback / softback)

From Bannockburn and Robert the Bruce to the union of the crowns and Mary, Queen of Scots; from the Reformation and John Knox, to the Enlightenment and the Highland Clearances, and right up to devolution, this book tells the history of a country that has experienced centuries of dramatic

Mary Poppins Comes Back (Travers P. L.)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures! The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery in time for the release of the 2018

Khartoum - The Ultimate Imperial Adventure (Asher Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was murdered in Khartoum by an army of dervishes led by the Mahdi. This work presents an account that sheds light on this tale of honour, courage,

You Don't Own Me (Clark Mary Higgins)(Pevná vazba)

'Queen of Suspense' Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are back with their fifth enthralling mystery in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series; You Don't Own Me finds television producer Laurie Moran stopping at nothing to solve the murder of a celebrity doctor--even as she finds

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry (Clark Mary Higgins)(Paperback / softback)

The electrifying and timely new thriller from 'Queen of Suspense' Mary Higgins Clark which shines a light on the #MeToo movement and its