Maggie Brown & Others: Stories (Orner Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Maggie Brown & Others: Stories (Orner Peter)(Pevná vazba)

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist takes the form to new heights. In his orchestral and moving new book, Peter Orner, a writer who 'doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls' (New York Times Book

Maggie Brown & Others: Stories (Orner Peter)(Paperback)

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one 'a marvel of concision and compassion' (Washington Post), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and 'master of his form' (New York Times) takes the short story to new heights. Through forty-four compressed gems,

Start Your Engines 5-Minute Stories (Rey and Others)(Pevná vazba)

A lively collection of free-wheeling fun, this jam-packed treasury features ten stories about bikes, cars, trains, and machines that can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Whether they prefer semi trucks, tanker trucks, pickup trucks, or tow trucks, when on-the-go kids need a break from the

Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories (Kafka Franz)(Pevná vazba)

Long fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began illustrating his stories in 1988. Initially drawn to the master's dark humor, Kuper adapted the stories over the years to plumb their deeper truths. Kuper's style deliberately evokes Lynd Ward and Frans Masereel, contemporaries of

Faeries, Elves and Goblins - The Old Stories and fairy tales (Kerven Rosalind)(Pevná vazba)

Exquisitely illustrated with images by Arthur Rackham and others, 25 enchanting stories are accompanied by a well-researched and interesting notes and sources sectionWeaving mystical tales of changelings, mischief, treasure, and enchantment this collection presents 25 stories which keep folklore

Hamnet (O'Farrell Maggie)(Pevná vazba)

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 'Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare's life ... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you.' --The Boston Globe In 1580's England, during the Black Plague a young Latin tutor

Lord Emsworth And Others (Wodehouse P.G.)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of stories in which familiar characters and places are reintroduced in unfamiliar circumstances, reminding us - if we need reminding - of their author's limitless powers of comic

Where Snow Angels Go (O'Farrell Maggie)(Pevná vazba)

Christmas Stories (Brown George MacKay)(Pevná vazba)

George Mackay Brown was born in Stromness, Orkney, on 17 October 1921. He died there in 1996. His many awards include a Society of Authors Travel Award, 1968; SAC Literature Prize, 1969; Katherine Mansfield Menton Short Story Prize, 1971; Hon. LLD from Dundee University, 1977; OBE, 1974; James Tait

The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit R/I (Potter Beatrix)(Pevná vazba)

Newly reissued with the classic cover design, Beatrix Potter's four stories featuring Peter Rabbit are brought together in one volume, so that Peter's escapades can be read as a continuous saga. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and The Tale of Mr

An Ensuing Evil and Others: Fourteen Historical Mysteries (Tremayne Peter)(Paperback)

Peter Tremayne is one of the best loved writers of historical mysteries, his novels and stories published in over a dozen countries around the world. An Ensuing Evil collects for the first time fourteen of his historical mysteries ranging in time and place from 7th-century Ireland (featuring his

Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far from Home (Brown Taylor Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

From beloved writer and renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor comes a new collection of stories and sermons of faith, grace, and hope. Taylor, author of the best-selling books Holy Envy and An Altar in the World, among others, finds that when you are the invited guest speaking of faith to people

Hungry for Louisiana: An Omnivore's Journey (Richardson Maggie Heyn)(Pevná vazba)

Angel the Automobilist and Eighteen Others (Gorey Edward)(Pevná vazba)

Prague Stories(Pevná vazba)

Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System (Aderin-Pocock Maggie)(Pevná vazba)

This mind-blowing book invites readers to join renowned space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (MBE) on an epic journey through the Solar

The Curious Garden (Brown Peter)(Pevná vazba)

This New York Times bestselling modern classic explores the perennial topic of environmentalism in an urban world, from the creator of The Wild Robot and Mr. Tiger Goes Wild One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time. While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a

Fred Gets Dressed (Brown Peter)(Pevná vazba)

From a New York Times bestselling author and Caldecott-honor winning artist comes an exuberant illustrated story about playing dress up, having fun, and feeling free.The boy loves to be naked. He romps around his house naked and wild and free. Until he romps into his parents' closet and is inspired

Peter's Chair (Keats Ezra Jack)(Pevná vazba)

The award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends from the Caledcott Medal-winning author, Ezra Jack Keats. Peter has a new baby sister. First his father paints Peter's old cradle pink, then his crib. Then his parents want to paint Peter's chair 'Let's run away, Willie,'

Detective Stories (Washington Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A glorious collection of some of the best sleuths in the business. Including creators such as Poe and Conan Doyle to Hammet, Christie, Chandler, Rendell and Rankin. Perfect gift

Stories of Fatherhood(Pevná vazba)

Children Make Terrible Pets (Brown Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Check out this bestselling, rollicking, and humorous twist on the classic first pet story about a young bear and her favorite pet boy When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy in the woods, she's absolutely delighted. She brings him home and begs her mom to let her keep him, even though her mom

Peter Lindbergh. Untold Stories (Kramer Felix)(Pevná vazba)

The first-ever exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the Dusseldorf Kunstpalast served as a blank canvas for the photographer's unrestrained vision and creativity. Given total artistic freedom, Lindbergh curated an uncomprimising

Adventures of a Bystander (Peter F Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit)(Pevná vazba)

This is the author's autobiographical collection of stories and vignettes representing a social portrait of his life and times. He reflects and refracts the realities of interwar Europe, the New Deal years and America after the