HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. \''"For," said he, "there never was nor is there one chaste woman upon the face of earth." \'' A collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian tales dating from the 9th century, Sir Richard Burton\''s most well-known translation ...
Why does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science. In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepren eurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil.' After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although ...
"Matched" is the first book in an utterly compelling series by Ally Condie. On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her Match. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life. Except he''''s not. In Cassia''''s society, Officials decide who people love. How many children they have. Where they work. ...
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters is the second exciting adventure in Rick Riordan''s bestselling Percy Jackson series - now with a brand new cover look. Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. You can''t tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It''s not easy being a half-blood these ...
Kniha – autor Charles Goodger, 120 stran, česky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Výuka angličtiny prostřednictvím "akčních písniček" rozvíjí znalost jazyka cestou hudby, jednoduchých pohybových cvičení a napodobování. Texty písniček obsahují základní slovní zásobu, melodie jsou svěží, originální a chytlavé. ...
''''you are to understand, Mr. Pip, that the name of the person who is your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret.'''' Young Pip lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith, with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London. Pip ...
Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin''''s superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter ...
Filled with illustrations and an abundance of interesting facts, this is an atlas with a pictorial difference. Children can learn where countries are located, identify what they look like while discovering more about the world they live in. Explore this busy and exciting picture atlas to discover fascinating ...
This book is set in Miami, 1981. When Detective Max Mingus and his partner Joe are called to the scene of a death at Miami''s Primate Park, it looks like another routine - if slightly bizarre - investigation. Until two things turn up: the victim''s family, slaughtered; and a partly digested tarot card ...
Please, sir, can I have some more?’ asks Oliver. Tags Friendship and hate Social Issues In this Reader you will find: - Focus on… - Comprehension activities - Glossary of difficult words - Test yourself Oliver Twist is a poor orphan boy. He hasn’t got a mum or dad and he lives in a terrible place called ...
This is a best-selling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers. Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, "Tai-Pan" is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company ...
