Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Parkes Clara)(Pevná vazba)

Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Parkes Clara)(Pevná vazba)

A fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and

Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Parkes Clara)(Paperback)

A fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and

Latin American Adventures in Literary Journalism (Calvi Pablo)(Pevná vazba)

Latin American Adventures in Literary Journalism explores the central role of narrative journalism in the formation of national identities in Latin America, and the concomitant role the genre had in the consolidation of the idea of Latin America as a supra-national entity. This work discusses the

The Vanishing Race (Dixon Joseph K.)(Pevná vazba)

A century ago, a Philadelphia philanthropist sponsored a series of journeys to the American West to document Native American cultures and traditions. The Wanamaker Expeditions, conducted between 1908 and 1913, visited Crow Agency, Montana, near the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn. In words and

Adventures of Sally (Wodehouse P.G.)(Pevná vazba)

The Adventures of Sally is a transatlantic comedy set in worlds Wodehouse knew well: American theatres, English country houses, and the theatrical boarding-houses where young men and women dream of finding fame and

Run in the Park (Park David)(Pevná vazba)

City of Pearl (Clare Alys)(Pevná vazba)

'Clare produces another winner ... this magical adventure story, full of joy, danger, and sadness, will draw both Clare's crime-fiction fans as well as fantasy readers' Booklist Apprentice healer Lassair uncovers the secrets of the mysterious City of Pearl in the compelling new Aelf Fen medieval

Hoakes Island - A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure (Friel Helen)(Pevná vazba)

Henry Hoakes has gone missing and Hoakes Island Amusement Park is in grave

Adventures in Philosophy (O'Donoghue Brendan)(Pevná vazba)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Mark Twain's great American masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the designMark Twain's tale of a boy's

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll Lewis)(Pevná vazba)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll Lewis)(Pevná vazba)

American Pickers Guide to Picking (Callaway Libby)(Pevná vazba)

A true adventure story and the go-to guide for picking American treasures from anyone's backyard, straight from the stars of History's American Pickers In these pages, professional treasure hunters Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz chronicle their road trips across the American countryside in search of

National Park Roads: A Legacy in the American Landscape (Davis Timothy)(Pevná vazba)

From Acadia and Great Smoky Mountains to Zion and Mount Rainier, millions of visitors tour America's national parks. While park roads determine what most visitors see and how they see it, however, few pause to consider when, why, or how the roads they travel on were built. In this extensively

Lady Midnight, 1 (Clare Cassandra)(Pevná vazba)

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare's newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It's been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought

The Indigo Ghosts (Clare Alys)(Pevná vazba)

'Excellent.... Clare matches well-drawn characters, in particular the charismatic lead, with a head-scratching puzzle and creepy atmospherics. Imogen Robertson fans will be pleased' - Publishers Weekly Starred Review In this gripping forensic mystery set in Stuart England, Gabriel Taverner

The Indigo Ghosts (Clare Alys)(Pevná vazba)

'Excellent.... Clare matches well-drawn characters, in particular the charismatic lead, with a head-scratching puzzle and creepy atmospherics. Imogen Robertson fans will be pleased' - Publishers Weekly Starred Review In this gripping forensic mystery set in Stuart England, Gabriel Taverner

John Clare (Clare John)(Pevná vazba)

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the

Adventures In The Lea Valley (Campany David)(Pevná vazba)

Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure (Golia Maria)(Pevná vazba)

Ornette Coleman's career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great Depression, the African-American composer and musician was zeitgeist incarnate. Steeped in the Texas blues tradition, he and jazz grew up together, as

Addicted to Americana: Celebrating Classic & Kitschy American Life & Style (Phoenix Charles)(Pevná vazba)

An adventure through the classic, the vintage, the kitsch, the nostalgic, and the fun of Americana culture guided by showman Charles Phoenix.'Addicted to Americana...unfurls the most colorful, most creative, and most interesting facets of mid-twentieth century American culture in a joyful,

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (Carroll Lewis)(Pevná vazba)

Chris Riddell's brilliant full-color illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in a sumptuous hardback and jacketed edition. A perfect gift for families, children and all fans of this much-loved favorite classic. First published by Macmillan more than 150 years ago, Lewis Carroll's iconic

Murder at Keyhaven Castle (McKenna Clara)(Pevná vazba)

With her wedding to Viscount 'Lyndy' Lyndhurst just days away, strong-willed American ex-pat Stella Kendrick is the talk of Edwardian society--and the focus of a deadly mystery--in Clara McKenna's third historical mystery set in England's New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century. Between

Alicia in Terra Mirabili: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Latin (Carroll Lewis)(Pevná vazba)