Short Too! (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback)

Short!: A Book of Very Short Stories (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback)

Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback)

Crossley-Holland--the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts--introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving poems printed in their entirety. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has

Gravity for Beginners (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

Kevin Crossley-Holland's name will be familiar to readers of all ages for his historical novels, his re-telling of the Norse myths and his many volumes of poetry. Previously published by the late Enitharmon Press, he is a very welcome newcomer to Arc with his twelfth collection - his first for six

Penguin Book of Norse Myths - Gods of the Vikings (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Pevná vazba)

Beowulf (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback)

For a long while Beowulf leaned on the blood-stained sword; his heart was pounding. A man with the strength of thirty! Slayer of Grendel and slayer of the sea-wolf! A hero without equal in this middle-world! The story of Beowulf was written down as an epic poem in Anglo-Saxon England. It recounts

Seeing Stone - Book 1 (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

Medieval life and Arthurian magic in a novel that transcends boundaries, with appeal for children of 9+ and older readers

Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburh (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback)

The finest literary work passed down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf celebrates the existence of heroism in a dark world of feuds, violence, and uncertainty. Set in the legendary Scandinavian past, Beowulf comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar by killing the terrifying monster Grendel

The Exeter Book Riddles (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Paperback)

The ninety-six Anglo-Saxon riddles in the eleventh-century Exeter Book are poems of great charm, zest, and subtlety. Ranging from natural phenomena (such as icebergs and storms at sea) to animal and bird life, from the Christian concept of the creation to prosaic domestic objects (such as a rake

Norse Myths - Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki (Crossley-Holland Kevin)(Pevná vazba)

An extraordinary and enthralling illustrated anthology of Norse Myths from a Carnegie-Medal winning author.The gods of the Vikings come to life as never before in this extraordinary illustrated anthology by Carnegie Medal-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland and artist Jeffrey Alan Love. These

Marty and Jonnie (Stewart Douglas)(Paperback)

Jonny and Marty are different; different enough to be picked on and bullied. Too tall and too short, they have never fitted in at school.They are also bright, determined and resourceful, with big plans. But is that enough for them to take charge of the future and turn difference into success? And

Nezemě: Zde jsou příšery! (gamebook) - Kevin Crossley, Jonathan Green

Při své první plavbě patnáctého dubna roku 1912 se zaoceánský parník Titanic srazil s ledovcem. Neštěstí nepřežilo 1503 cestujících a členů posádky, 706 lidem se však podařilo zachránit. Mezi nimi byla i Wendy Darling a její fenka Nana. Wendy se při evakuaci ztratila zbytku

The Crossley Id Guide: Raptors (Crossley Richard)(Paperback)

A revolutionary, comprehensive, and authoritative photographic guide to North America's raptorsPart of the revolutionary Crossley ID Guide series, this is the first raptor guide with lifelike scenes composed from multiple photographs--scenes that allow you to identify raptors just as the experts

Life's Too Short - the most hilarious and heartbreaking read of 2021 (Jimenez Abby)(Paperback / softback)

Alenčina noční můra v Říši divů - druhé vydání - Kevin Crossley, Jonathan Green

Nové vydání úspěšného gamebooku v provedení s pevnou vazbou.Mnoho let po událostech Alenčina dobrodružství v Říši divů a za zrcadlem se Alenka ocitá zpět v Říši divů. Je na ní, aby zachránila svět hracích karet a mluvících zvířat od stále více a více pomatené

The Crossley Id Guide: Britain and Ireland (Crossley Richard)(Paperback)

A groundbreaking and accessible field guide to the birds of Britain and IrelandThis guide is a celebration of the beauty of birds and the British and Irish countryside. Aimed at beginner and intermediate birders, yet suitable for all levels, this new volume in the groundbreaking Crossley ID Guide

Social Work: A Very Short Introduction (Holland Sally)(Paperback)

Social workers spend their time trying to ease social suffering. They encounter the extreme casualties of social inequality: the victims of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse; they work with abusers and offenders; and operate in the space between the state and the poor or marginalized. Social

Dark Lies the Island (Barry Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the Sunday Times short story prizeWinner of the Edge Hill short story prizeA kiss that just won't

Complexity: A Very Short Introduction (Holland John H.)(Paperback)

The importance of complexity is well-captured by Hawking's comment: 'Complexity is the science of the 21st century'. From the movement of flocks of birds to the Internet, environmental sustainability, and market regulation, the study and understanding of complex non-linear systems has become highly

Connecting sounds: The social life of music (Crossley Nick)(Paperback)

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads. Musical interactions are often also economic interactions, for example, and sometimes political interactions. They can be forms of identity work, for

Too Loud a Solitude (Hrabal Bohumil)(Paperback)

A short novel by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, called 'our very best writer today' by Milan Kundera, this eccentric romp celebrates the indestructability--against censorship and political oppression--of the written word. Too Loud a Solitude is a tender and funny story of Hanta--a man who has lived

The Animal Kingdom: A Very Short Introduction (Holland Peter)(Paperback)

The animal world is immensely diverse, and our understanding of it has been greatly enhanced by molecular biology and the study of evolution and development ('evo-devo'). Moreover, groundbreaking research on genes, and especially key families of genes such as the Homeobox genes which control the

Axiomatic: Short Stories of Science Fiction (Egan Greg)(Paperback)

'Wonderful, mind-expanding stuff, and well written too.'--The Guardian Axiomatic is a wonderful collection of eighteen short stories by Hugo Award-winning author Greg Egan. The stories in this collection have appeared in such science fiction magazines as Interzone and Asimov's between 1989 and