Bloomsbury Bowie's Books. The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life O`Connell John

April, 1943: a sardine fisherman spots the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and sets off a train of events that would change the course of the Second World War • Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted, and certainly the strangest. It hoodwinked the Nazi espionage chiefs, sent German troops hurtling in the wrong direction, and saved thousands of lives by deploying a secret agent who was different, in one crucial respect, from any spy before or since: he was dead. His mission: to convince the Germans that instead of attacking Sicily, the Allied armies planned to invade Greece • The brainchild of an eccentric RAF officer and a brilliant Jewish barrister, the great hoax involved an extraordinary cast of characters including a famous forensic pathologist, a gold-prospector, an inventor, a beautiful secret service secretary, a submarine captain, three novelists, an irascible admiral who loved fly-fishing, and a dead Welsh tramp

A fun-packed space adventure - with lots of funny details for little readers to spot, and a BIG fold-out rocket ending! • Buckle up and blast into space with Ivy the inventor, and her trusty canine sidekick, Eddie • But when Ivy meets some very messy aliens, can she help them clean up their planet? • And, of course, help them fix their super-duper hundred decker rocket?! • A brilliantly inventive story with a subtle message about keeping our planet clean. From the creator of The Hundred Decker Bus

"Маленькая старушка, которая нарушила все правила" - это невероятно причудливая, юмористическая и сердечная история от Катарины Ингельман-Сандберг о том, как позорно стареть - и попутно нарушать все правила! • 79-летняя Марта Андерссон мечтает сбежать из своего дома престарелых и ограбить банк • Она не намерена провести остаток своих дней в кресле и полна решимости проложить себе путь к гораздо более увлекательному образу жизни. Вместе со своими четырьмя старейшими подругами, иначе известными как Лига пенсионеров, Марта решает восстать против всех навязанных им правил. Вместе они вызывают переполох своими выходками, протестуя против раннего отхода ко сну и вкусной еды • Книга на английском языке • The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is an incredibly quirky, humorous and warm-hearted story about growing old disgracefully - and breaking all the rules along the way! • 79-year-old Martha Andersson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank

A fun-packed story about a very unusual bus - with lots of funny details for little readers to spot, and a BIG fold-out ending! • Every day, the bus driver finishes his cup of tea, puts on his jacket and sets off on his route. Every day, the man with the big red tie gets on at the roundabout, the lady with the pram gets on at the library and the noisy children get on at Clover Drive • But what if one day the driver turned down a new and exciting road, and picked up new and exciting people? So many people that the bus simply wouldn't be big enough? Well, there would only be one solution • Join the exciting bus journey as it travels anywhere and everywhere, growing taller and taller with every adventure!

One of the most extraordinary mother and daughter stories of all time - Anne Boleyn, the most famous of Henry VIII's wives and her daughter Elizabeth, the 'Virgin Queen' • Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives, she has inspired books, documentaries and films, and is the subject of intense debate even today, almost 500 years after her violent death. For the most part, she is considered in the context of her relationship with Tudor England's much-married monarch. Dramatic though this story is, of even greater interest - and significance - is the relationship between Anne and her daughter, the future Elizabeth I • Elizabeth was less than three years old when her mother was executed. Given that she could have held precious few memories of Anne, it is often assumed that her mother exerted little influence over her

A hundred and one dalmatians and more! This bumper Modern Classic edition includes the original Hundred and One Dalmatians and Dodie Smith's sequel, Starlight Barking. Cruella de Vil is enough to frighten the spots off a Dalmatian puppy. So when she steals a whole family of them, the puppies parents, Pongo and Missus, lose no time in mounting a daring rescue mission. Will they be in time to thwart Cruella's evil scheme, or have they bitten off more than they can chew? Perfect for fans of the classic Disney film

Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple and he was all of these things. Steve Jobs has been described as a showman, artist, tyrant, genius, jerk. Through his life he was loved, hated, admired and dismissed, yet he was a living legend; the genius who founded Apple in his parent's garage when he was just 20 years old, revolutionising the music world. He single-handedly introduced the first computer that could sit on your desk and founded and nurtured a company called Pixar bringing to life Oscar wining animations Toy Story and Finding Nemo. So how did the man, who was neither engineer nor computer geek change the world we live in, making us want every product he touched? On graduation day in 2005, a fifty-year-old Steve Jobs said: 'Today I want to tell you three stories from my life, That's it

Наша история начинается в 1860 году, в горах Восточной Африки, где слоненок с трудом встает на ноги и делает свои первые неуверенные шаги … • Книга Александры Стюарт "Джамбо. Самый знаменитый слон" - трогательная история о слоне, который покорил воображение всего мира. Проследите за удивительным путешествием Джамбо из его отдаленного дома в скалистых горах Восточной Африки, за временем, которое он провел, радуя посетителей прогулками на слонах и комедийными номерами в Лондонском зоопарке. Узнайте, как замечательная жизнь и наследие Джамбо открыли для нас мир слонов, этих великолепных созданий • Книга на английском языке • Roll up! Roll up! And meet the incredible, the colossal, the world-famous … Jumbo! • Our story begins in 1860, in the mountains of East Africa, where a baby elephant struggles to his feet and takes his first shaky steps … • This is the deeply touching story of an elephant who captured the world's imagination, brought beautifully to life with enchanting storytelling and gorgeous artwork

'Once, and once only, there was a boy whose name was Fizzlebert.' Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. But although he gets to hang around with acrobats, play the fool with clowns, and put his head in a lion's mouth every night, he's the only kid there – and he's bored. But then Fizz decides to join a library, and life suddenly gets a lot more exciting when he is kidnapped by a pair of crazed pensioners! Will he ever see the circus again? • A story of a boy, a book, some very bad people, some very brave deeds, and the importance of rubber teeth for lions

Cursed! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other boys steal an old lady's cane. But when the plan backfires, he is the one whom she 'curses'. Now David can't seem to do anything right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are weirdos. He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! And when he finally gets his nerve up to ask out a cute girl, his trousers fall down midway! But is this the curse at work or is David turning into a total loser? • Another witty and very clever tale by the master storyteller Louis Sachar

What happens when Alice goes through the looking glass? And who is the jabberwocky? Find out with this magical activity book, packed full of amazing stickers. Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!

"Джек и джунгли" • - увлекательная история, идеально подходящая для обучения детей чтению • Когда Джек перебрасывает свой мяч через садовую ограду, он встречает Эбби, свою таинственную соседку, которая дает ему возможность взглянуть на целые джунгли по соседству. Эбби должна встретиться лицом к лицу со всеми обитателями джунглей, чтобы вернуть Джеку его мяч. Но когда появляются тигры и великан, Джек тоже должен отправиться в дикую природу • Эта захватывающая сказка от отмеченного наградами автора Мэлаки Дойла идеально подходит для детей, которые учатся читать самостоятельно • Книга на английском языке • An imaginative story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school • When Jack kicks his ball over the garden wall, he meets Abbie, his mysterious neighbour, who gives him a glimpse of a whole jungle next door