This ambitious and fascinating book traces the history of fashion in every part of the world, from Greco-Roman woven-cloth clothing and the silk court dress of the Chinese Tang dynasty to contemporary sportswear designers and Japanese street culture. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution ...
The New York Times bestselling series returns! Your favourite royal family are back for another thrilling instalment of gossip, drama and romance...Beatrice Washington now rules America as its first ever queen, but her family are more concerned about rushing through her arranged marriage to a man she ...
Galaxy ''Alex'' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale''s freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world''s most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch. Alex has been tasked with ...
James Patterson''s blockbuster Alex Cross series has sold over 100 million copies, and now he''s bringing those thrills to a new generation! Alex''s son Ali is eager to follow in his father''s footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve the ...
This fun book is a perfect introduction to addition and helps little children to develop pen control. Count animals at the zoo, create pairs at a picnic, write number sequences and lots more. Durable.
An utterly addictive and twisty thriller, full of dark family secrets and deadly stakes. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. She came from nothing.Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire ...
FROM THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS''Wonderfully refreshing...A must read'' Thomas Piketty In this revolutionary book, prize-winning economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of ...
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MEMORY POLICE ''A conspicuously gifted writer.To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt. She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance'' GuardianMurderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent ...
Agatha Christie is the most popular mystery writer of all time. With over two billion copies of her books in print, her genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime. Linnet Ridgeway has almost everything: youth, beauty, style, and wealth. What she doesn''''t ...
The fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Witcher series that inspired the hit Netflix show finds Ciri trapped in a distant world and separated from Geralt and her destiny. After walking through a portal in the Tower of the Swallow, thus narrowly escaping death, the Witcher girl, Ciri, finds ...
Kniha - 352 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey ...
Join Bee and friends for lots of drawing fun in this bright and friendly first drawing book. Draw stripes on Zebra, add wheels to cars, give Jellyfish long twisty tentacles and discover lots of other fun ways to draw lines, circles, spirals, squiggles and more, all of which are perfect for developing ...
Autor : Elizabeth Gilbert, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : City of Girls, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 470.
"Newland felt more and more embarrassed. The men were all staring into the box where May was sitting between her mother and her aunt, he didn’t recognise the lady in the strange dress, and he didn’t know why everyone was so shocked to see her.”.Newland Archer, heir to one of New York City’s best families, ...
THE GROUNDBREAKING GRAPHIC NOVEL A story about ordinary people navigating a strange land, in even stranger times. On the eve of the US elections, a Syrian family leave their world behind for a chance at the American dream. But as the first day of their new life dawns, they are greeted by the news of ...
''This propulsive, visceral, tech-rich tale is both all head and all heart'' Caroline Kepnes, author Netflix smash hit You The blockbuster thriller from New York Times bestseller David Yoon. Sometimes you have to break the world in order to fix it. Max is fortunate enough to be employed by Wren, the ...
A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis - an event that proves maddening, ...
You come to Soul Shrink to be healed. You don''t expect to die.Two years ago, Fran''s sister Jenna disappeared on a wellness retreat in Gozo that went terribly wrong.Tom Wade, the now infamous man behind Soul Shrink Retreats, has just been released from prison after serving his sentence for the deaths ...
The definitive text of Jane Austen''s penetrating and sparkling satire, "Emma", this "Penguin Classics Edition" includes an introduction by Fiona Stafford. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, rich - and fiercely independent - is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. ...
It is their first day at Drama Arts, and the circle of huddled, nervous students are told in no uncertain terms that here, unlike at any other drama school, they will be taught to Act. To Be. To exist in their own world on the stage. But outside is the real world - a pitiless, alluring place in which ...
