The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse (Jamie Kathleen)(Pevná vazba)

The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse (Jamie Kathleen)(Pevná vazba)

The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse is a timeless collection of Scottish poetry. It contains over three hundred poems ranging from the early medieval period to the twenty-first century, and paints a full-colour portrait of Scotland's poetic heritage and culture. Edited and introduced by

The Art of the Blues: A Visual Treasury of Black Music's Golden Age (Dahl Bill)(Pevná vazba)

Overhaul (Jamie Kathleen)(Paperback / softback)

The Overhaul is Kathleen Jamie's first collection since the award-winning The Tree House. Winner of the Costa Poetry Award

Killer Verse - Poems of Murder and Mayhem(Pevná vazba)

In forms as various as the melodramas of old Scottish ballads and the hard-boiled poems of twentieth-century noir, here are assembled the most colourful villains and victims ever to be immortalized in verse, from Cain and Abel and Bluebeard to Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden and Mafia

Sightlines (Jamie Kathleen)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a fresh look at the authors native Scottish landscapes, before sailing north into iceberg-strewn seas. Her gaze swoops vertiginously too; from a countryside of cells beneath a hospital microscope, to killer whales rounding a headland, to the constellations of satellites that belie our sense

Three Hundred Tang Poems (Harris Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A new translation of a beloved anthology of poems from the golden age of Chinese culture--a treasury of wit, beauty, and wisdom from many of China's greatest poets. These roughly three hundred poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-907)--an age in which poetry and the arts flourished--were gathered in

Mystery of the Golden Pyramid (Norean Adela)(Pevná vazba)

A talking dog. A jewelled casket. A quest for stolen treasure . . . Join Sophie on a magical Egyptian adventure. Lift the flaps and peep through the die-cuts to help her save King Nebra and solve the mystery of the golden

An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales (Breslin Theresa)(Pevná vazba)

Slithering stoorworms, mischievious brownies, fierce kelpies and magical selkies -- these are the creatures of Scottish folklore. Award-winning children's author Theresa Breslin has collected the best-loved tales from all over Scotland. Retelling each in its own individual style, she presents funny

Return of the Naked Chef (Oliver Jamie)(Pevná vazba)

Treasure Island (Stevenson Robert Louis)(Pevná vazba)

Stevenson's great adventure story, set in the 18th century, was conceived in the Scottish Highlands, where the author and his 12-year-old stepson amused themselves by making a map that showed the location of buried treasure on an island. The illustrations first appeared in

An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends (Breslin Theresa)(Pevná vazba)

Dark dragons, ghostly bagpipers, rude goblins and sly wizards - discover the legends that dwell within the ancient castles of Scotland. This highly anticipated book is the latest volume of much-loved Scottish tale treasuries by Carnegie-award-winning children's author Theresa Breslin and Kate

Scotland to the World - Treasures from the National Museum of Scotland(Pevná vazba)

Showcases over a hundred treasures from the collections of the National Museum of

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Torrey R. A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is comprehensive, user-friendly and versatile, providing the reader with an essential study tool for private devotions, teaching or preaching. Complete with over 500,000 Scripture references and parallel passages, this reference work contains the most exhaustive

Deadly Editions: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery (Shelton Paige)(Pevná vazba)

A treasure hunt through Edinburgh gives way to a search for a villain terrorizing the city in Deadly Editions, the sixth Scottish Bookshop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Paige Shelton. It's a quiet, snowy morning at The Cracked Spine bookshop, when bookseller Delaney Nichols

Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb (Hawass Zahi)(Pevná vazba)

The tomb of Tutankhamun, with its breathtaking treasures, remains the most sensational archaeological find of all time. This brilliantly illustrated volume takes the reader through Tutankhamun's tomb room-by-room in the order that it was discovered and excavated by Howard Carter, illuminating the

King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb (Hawass Zahi)(Pevná vazba)

The fabulous treasures of Tutankhamun have fascinated the public since their discovery by Howard Carter in 1922. Many books have been written about the boy king and his tomb, but this volume by world-renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass provides the reader with a unique perspective on this

Treasures of Botanical Art (Sherwood Shirley)(Pevná vazba)

Drawing from the Kew and Shirley Sherwood collections, Treasures of Botanical Art reveals the history of botanical painting, a genre devoted to beauty and science in equal measure. With its origins in fifteenth-century illustrations used to explain the medicinal and culinary uses of plants,

Palgrave's Golden Treasury (Palgrave Francis Turner)(Paperback)

Palgrave's Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language is probably the most famous poetry anthology ever compiled. Originally published in 1861, it quickly established itself as the most popular selection of English poems. Today it stands as a testament to the

Art of Coorie - How to Live Happy the Scottish Way (Bennett Gabriella)(Pevná vazba)

The Art of Coorie showcases Scottish style, traditions, interiors and the outdoors - examining a unique heritage of hospitality, creativity and

Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World (Moore Kathleen Dean)(Pevná vazba)

Post Romantic: Poems (Flenniken Kathleen)(Pevná vazba)

In her wide-ranging third book, poet Kathleen Flenniken undertakes the difficult task of re-seeing what is before us. Post Romantic fuses personal memory with national and ecological upheaval, interweaving narratives of family, nuclear history, love of country, and a dangerous age moving too fast

Treasury of Aesop's Fables(Pevná vazba)

Treasures of World History: The Story of Civilization in 50 Documents (Snow Peter)(Pevná vazba)

An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Mythical Creatures (Breslin Theresa)(Pevná vazba)

Mysterious selkies, bad-tempered giants, devious fairies and even Loch Ness's most famous resident -- these are the mythical beasts of Scottish folklore. In the highly anticipated companion volume to the much-loved An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales, award-winning children's