An Alphabet of Stories Jeffers Oliver HarperCollins Publishers

Алфавит великолепно воплощен в жизнь создателем международного бестселлера с картинками Оливером Джефферсом. Прекрасное издание в мягкой обложке "Азбука историй" основано на книге "Однажды в азбуке", которая получила премию CBI "Книга года". От астронавта, боящегося высоты, до динамичных детективов Совы и Осьминога, а также нескольких ржавеющих роботов - в этой книге вы найдете короткую историю, вдохновленную каждой буквой алфавита. Веселые, грустные, озорные и удивительные, эти занимательные мини-сказки сопровождаются остроумными и привлекательными иллюстрациями Джефферса • Книга на английском языке • The alphabet is gloriously brought to life by international best-selling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers. This beautiful paperback edition is based on Once Upon an Alphabet which won the CBI Book of the Year Award

An exquisite new book, featuring a boy and his moose, from internationally bestselling, multi-prize-winning picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers • “Wilfred owned a moose. He hadn’t always owned a moose. The moose came to him a while ago and he knew, just KNEW, that it was meant to be his. He thought he would call him Marcel.” • Most of the time Marcel is very obedient, abiding by the many rules on How to Be a Good Pet. But one dark day, while deep in the woods, someone else claims the moose as their own… • Is Marcel really Wilfred’s pet after all? • An beautifully-illustrated, witty and thought-provoking story, exploring the concept of ownership

An inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much, he decided to catch one of his very own. The beautifully illustrated, original debut picture book from shining talent Oliver Jeffers • There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own. Every night he watched the stars in the sky from his bedroom window and dreamed of how he could be their friend and how they could play hide-and-go-seek together • So, one day, he decided to set about catching a star of his very own…

Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck up a tree in this laugh-out-loud new picture book from award-winning, internationally best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers! • Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck, along with… a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan and a whale, amongst other things! • Will Floyd ever get his kite back? • A hilarious book with a wonderful surprise ending

A comic visual exploration of opposites, from prize-winning, internationally best-selling picture book maker, Oliver Jeffers • In this 4th title in the series, the Hueys explore the concept of opposites in their characteristically quirky way. Starting out with some easy ones like ‘up’ and ‘down’, they move on to ever more wildy imaginative examples, guaranteed to raise a smile! Packed full of visual humour, this book will be enjoyed by children and adults alike

In this much-anticipated sequel to the internationally best-selling picture book Lost and Found, we re-visit the boy and the penguin after their trip to the South Pole… • The boy and the penguin still enjoy spending all their time together… That is, until the penguin starts to dream of flying, ignoring the boy’s advice that it is impossible • Running away, the penguin visits place after place, searching for a chance to get his feet off the ground. But will flying be everything he had hoped? And is the boy missing him as much as he is missing the boy? • A heart-warming story about friendship, love and reaching for your dreams, from highly-regarded, multi-award-winning author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers

New cover reissue of this magical story from award-winning international bestselling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers • There once was a boy… and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him. But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole • But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn’t what the penguin was looking for after all…

"Интерпретация голландской культуры золотого века" - книга, которая создала репутацию Саймону Шаме, когда была впервые опубликована в 1987 году. Исторический шедевр, это эпическое повествование о голландской культуре Золотого века Рембрандта и ван Димена • В этой блестящей работе, которая выходит далеко за рамки социальной или культурной истории, Саймон Шама исследует удивительный случай самопроизвольного изобретения народа • Он показывает, как в 17 веке скромные фермерские, рыболовецкие и судоходные общины, не имевшие общего языка, религии или правительства, превратились в грозную мировую империю - Голландскую республику • Книга на английском языке • This is the book that made Simon Schama’s reputation when first published in 1987. A historical masterpiece, it is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen

Третья в серии "Современная классика и бестселлеры", посвященной путешествиям по книгам, которая прославляет все лучшее в жизни: книги, приключения, дружбу - и торт • Происходят странные вещи. Мужчина заходит в Pages & Co в поисках книги... и вдруг не может ее вспомнить. Тилли и ее семья чувствуют, что мир меняется, но не могут точно сказать, почему • Тем временем Андервуды расширяют свой контроль над буквоедством – и они по-прежнему нацелены на Тилли. Покинув безопасный книжный магазин, Тилли отправляется в Америку, чтобы найти легендарных архивариусов и спасти книготорговлю… • или, по крайней мере, таков план. Блуждая по слоям истории, Тилли и ее друг Оскар сталкиваются с опасностями, которых они никак не могли ожидать, объединяются с неожиданно знакомым лицом и в конечном счете обнаруживают, что сталкиваются с самой большой угрозой для историй, которая когда–либо существовала, - и только их мужество и изобретательность могут им помочь

From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal • A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of them – an aficionado of mermen and Ethiopian culture, an art collector, historian and expert on water-music – returns home from witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident, apparently the victim of a grisly and curious murder. The other – a ruffian, vagabond and braggart, chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan – ends up as the national poet of Portugal • The stories of Damiao de Gois and Luis de Camoes capture the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans on their arrival in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions these posed about the nature of history and of human life