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"Тайна индейца" - роман Линн Рейд Бэнкс • Кто бы поверил, что пластмассовый игрушечный американский индеец и пластмассовый игрушечный ковбой могут ожить? Когда друг Омри Патрик отправляется в прошлое, на Дикий Запад, сохранить тайну Омри становится еще труднее… • Книга на английском языке • Who would believe that a plastic toy American Indian and a plastic toy cowboy can come to life? When Omri’s friend Patrick goes back in time to the Wild West, keeping the secret safe becomes even more difficult for Omri…

"Ключ к индейскому" - пятая книга в захватывающей серии Линн Рейд Бэнкс об Омри и его пластиковом североамериканском индейце – Маленьком быке, который оживает, когда Омри кладет его в шкаф • Омри и его отец путешествуют назад во времени, чтобы найти Маленького Бычка и его народ в глубокой беде, разрывающихся между тем, чтобы остаться на Западе и столкнуться с вымиранием или начать долгий путь к новой жизни в Канаде. Окончательное расставание Омри с Маленьким Бычком невероятно трогательно, но в то же время книга очень забавная • Книга на английском языке • The fifth title in this gripping series about Omri and his plastic North American Indian – Little Bull – who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard • Omri and his father travel back in time to find Little Bull and his people in deep trouble, torn between staying in the West and facing extinction or starting a long trek to a new life in Canada

What will Omri find inside the eaves of his new home? Will there be more little figures that come to life? • After Omri reads his great-great-great-aunt’s account, he longs to try the key. And when his friend Patrick comes to stay, nothing can stop him…

The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring • Третья часть известного фэнтезийного романа на английском языке

"Большое приключение Ядовитой сороконожки Гарри" - еще одна восхитительно запутанная история о Гарри Ядовитой сороконожке, со всем присущим Линн Рид Бэнкс обаянием и юмором • Когда лучший друг Гарри, Джордж, пропадает, Гарри отправляется на его поиски. Но за пределами его гнезда-туннеля скрываются опасные существа, такие как летающие свуперы, ползающие на животе, мохнатые кусачи и – самое страшное из всех – Ху-Мин! • Книга на английском языке • Another deliciously squirmy story about Harry the Poisonous Centipede, with all of Lynne Reid Banks’s usual charm and humour. Tony Ross’s wonderful illustrations perfectly capture the small world of Harry • ‘Suddenly the most awful thing happened. Something tightened around Harry’s middle! He almost jumped into the air with fright…’ • When Harry the poisonous centipede’s best friend, George, goes missing, Harry goes to find him

The action-packed second novel in the No. 1 bestselling Conqueror series, bringing to the epic story of Genghis Khan brilliantly to life • The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming but finally, triumphantly, Temujin of the Wolves, Genghis Khan, is given the full accolade of the overall leader and their oaths • Now he can begin to meld all the previously warring people into one army, one nation. But the task Genghis has set himself and them is formidable. He is determined to travel to the land of the long-time enemy, the Chin and attack them there. The distances and terrain-the wide deserts, the impenetrable mountains-make it a difficult venture even for the legendary Mongolian speed of movement, but the greatest problem is that of the complex fortifications, a way of fighting wars of a settled urban population which the nomadic Mongolians had never come across

The first book in the bestselling Conqueror series featuring Genghis Khan and his descendants • 'I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.' • Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush.His family were thrown out of the tribe and left alone, without food or shelter, to starve to death on the harsh Mongolian plains • It was a rough introduction to his life, to a sudden adult world, but Temujin survived, learning to combat natural and human threats. A man, a small family, without a tribe was always at risk but he gathered other outsiders to him, creating a new tribal identity. It was during some of his worst times that the image of uniting the warring tribes and bringing the silver people together came to him

The quest for the Vampaneze Lord continues for the hunters of the dusk. Darren gets an unwelcome taste of reality when he is forced to go back to school and his past catches up with him • Maturing at one fifth the rate of a normal human, Darren has the looks of a fifteen year old, even though he is very much older. Vampire Prince and vampaneze killer he may be, but someone has shopped him to the authorities and it's time for Darren to go back to school • But school is not the only thing Darren has to come to terms with: faces from the past, the death of a clan member, a clash with a vampire hunter and blood-thirsty vampaneze mean Darren's past is catching up with him - fast. It's time for the allies of the night to join forces. The hunt is on

The third novel in the No. 1 bestselling Conqueror series, following the life and adventures of the mighty Genghis Khan and his descendants • Genghis Khan has fulfilled his dream of uniting the many warring tribes of his lands into one great nation. He has taken his armies against the mighty cities of their oldest enemies. Now he finds trouble rising west of the Mongolian plains. His emissaries are being mutilated or killed and his trading gestures rebuffed. He decides to divide his armies to conquer, using his sons as generals and sending them out simultaneously in many directions • As well as discovering new territories and laying waste the cities which resist, Genghis knows that the actions of his generals will help him decide who, from his rival sons and heirs, should succeed him as khan

The partner to 'Cats of the National Trust', this beautiful gift book tells the stories of the dogs associated with NT places • Many incredible dogs have lived at National Trust places – and still do • This book tells their stories, from faithful Gelert immortalised in stone at Beddgelert and the celebrated Spaniels bred at Clumber Park, to the tiny Pekingese inhabiting Ightham Mote’s enormous stone-built kennel – originally built to house Dido the St Bernard • Discover the digs at the side of some of Britain’s greatest figures, such as Churchill’s Poodle Rufus, Agatha Christie’s beloved ‘dog in a thousand’ Peter and Thomas Hardy’s tyrannical Terrier Wessex, who delighted his master but terrorised guests • Meet also the canine colleagues who live and work at National Trust properties today

The simple fact of the matter is that Iris loves life. Maybe she’s forgotten that. Sometimes that happens, doesn’t it? To the best of us? All I have to do is remind her of that one simple fact • Monday morning starts like any other – until Terry discovers her best friend Iris has gone missing. Finding her takes Terry, Iris and Terry’s confused father Eugene, into an extraordinary journey – one that will change all of their lives. And, along the way, what should be the worst six days of Terry’s life turn into the best • Because friendship teaches us all to be brave. And, sometimes, the rules are made to be broken

A stunning gift collection of animal poems from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, celebrating with heart and humour the creatures with whom we share our planet • Collaborating once more with iconic artist, Michael Foreman, Morpurgo's poems are inspired by The Carnival of the Animals – a humorous musical by the French composer Camille Saint-Saens. Building on this classic framework, Michael has added many more animals – they speak in their own voices, full of humour and brio, to tell of their lives and the impact of humanity on their habitats • With full colour illustrations throughout, this celebrated partnership has created a gift book with a strong ecological message that will also ignite a love of poetry in young readers and will appeal to fans of The Lost Words