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Вы когда-нибудь хотели стать профессионалом в области головоломок или светилом логики? Что ж, не смотрите дальше! • Идеальный способ оживить свой день - The Ultimate Mathematical Challenge содержит более 365 головоломок, которые проверят вашу сообразительность и взбудоражат ваш разум. От головоломок для начинающих до запутанных олимпиадных задач, призванных напрячь даже самых сильных математиков, эта книга - идеальный форум для того, чтобы включить ваш мозг и накормить его задачами, которых он жаждет • Большинство из этих задач, специально отобранных из каталога головоломок Британского математического фонда, можно решить, используя лишь небольшие знания в области чисел, логическое мышление и природную смекалку. В этой книге есть все необходимое для решения увлекательных задач круглый год, включая головоломки с перекрестными числами и челночные задачи, пространство для вашей тренировки и удобный глоссарий малоизвестных математических терминов

Perfect for ages seven and up, and the best introduction to map-reading, navigation and the great outdoors • Want to become an expert map-reader? • Want to explore the great outdoors armed with hints and tips from the map creators themselves? • Want to test your new-found skills with a host of challenging map puzzles? • Then this is the book for you. Created by Ordnance Survey, who make all the iconic maps for the whole of Great Britain, this book will teach you how to read a map like an expert, and confidently and safely explore the incredible outdoors • You'll also have the chance to test your skills with map-reading puzzles that'll keep you entertained for hours • So strap on your boots, pack up your walking essentials, and start your map-reading adventure!

Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of fiendish and hugely entertaining puzzles and enigmas. Featuring the original Sherlock Holmes illustrations by Sidney Paget and George Hutchinson, it contains a great mix of conundrums to keep the most ardent puzzle and Sherlock fan entertained and challenged

Edgehill, 1642: Surveying the disastrous scene in the aftermath of the first battle of the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell realizes that war can no longer be made in the old, feudal way: there has to be system and discipline, and therefore - eventually - a standing professional army • From the 'New Model Army' of Cromwell's distant vision, former soldier Allan Mallinson shows us the people and events that have shaped the army we know today. How Marlborough's momentous victory at Blenheim is linked to Wellington's at Waterloo; how the desperate fight at Rorke's Drift in 1879 underpinned the heroism of the airborne forces at Arnhem in 1944; and why Montgomery's momentous victory at El Alamein mattered long after the Second World War was over

"With trembling hands, I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand corner... widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in... at first I could see nothing... presently... details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold-everywhere the glint of gold." • Howard Carter • Lost to antiquity, the tomb of King Tutankhamun was rediscovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Its hidden location had protected it from plundering and inside lay a world of treasures • Accompany Howard Carter as he explores the tombs of ancient Egypt and enter this mysterious world of artefacts, hieroglyphs, ancient gods and pharaohs, solving puzzles befitting a king as you go. With strange and cryptic hieroglyphs to decode, ancient mysteries to crack, and riddles worthy of the sphinx itself you'll soon be lost in the sands of time

The brilliant, inspirational next book by the author of the incredible No. 1 bestseller FIRST MAN IN • Without fear, there’s no challenge. Without challenge, there’s no growth. Without growth, there’s no life • Ant Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he confronted fear on a daily basis, never knowing what lay behind the next corner, or the next closed door. In prison, he was thrust into the unknown, cut off from friends and family, isolated with thoughts of failure and dread for his future. And at the top of Everest, in desperate, life-threatening conditions, he was forced to face up to his greatest fear, of leaving his wife and children without a husband and father • But fear is not his enemy. It is the energy that propels him

'The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I've had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see' • The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its writers, subjects and tones, from the story's origins with Defoe, Swift and Fielding, to the 'golden age' of the fin de siecle and Edwardian period, ending with the First World War. Including the most famous authors as well as some magnificent, little-known stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and periodicals, these stories are by turns topical and playful, ghostly and theatrical, rumbustious and sublime • Edited with an introduction by Philip Hensher

The fifth and penultimate book in the bestselling bookwandering series for readers aged eight to twelve. As Tilly and Milo hurtle towards their final showdown with the Alchemist, the stakes are higher than ever – though there is always time for hot chocolate! • Milo Bolt is ready to be the hero of his own story. With Uncle Horatio trapped in an enchanted sleep by the power-hungry Alchemist, he sets off with his new friend Alessia to find a cure and save them all • Their journey leads them to the magical treehouse – home of the Botanist, the Alchemist’s sworn enemy. Against the clock, they hunt for the cure: foraging in the Secret Garden, challenging Robin Hood and confronting the mighty Jabberwock • But the Alchemist will stop at nothing to unlock the powerful secrets of The Book of Books, and Tilly, Pages & Co

The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family’s fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia and to Britain • It was only by accident that Peter as a child discovered that his father, Fred Bradley, was in fact born Fritz Brandes. And it was only after his father’s death in 2004 that Peter was able to begin to piece together the family’s story and set out on the journey – literally and figuratively – that forms the basis of his book • Peter’s family were German Jews. In 1938, his father was imprisoned in Buchenwald in the aftermath of Kristallnacht. He was released the following spring when he was granted a visa to settle temporarily in the UK. He arrived in London in May 1939, aged 24, penniless and alone

Готовьте карандаши и фломастеры, потому что единственный и неповторимый Кот в шляпе приглашает на свой 60-тый день рождения! Специально к этой знаменательной дате издательство HarperCollins подготовило эту прекрасную книжку-активити с наклейками, играми и картинками для раскрашивания • Книжка-активити «The Cat in the Hat. Sticker Activity Book» от одного из самых популярных детских авторов, Доктора Сьюза, станет замечательным подарком для детей • Книга на английском языке • Celebrate the Cat in the Hat's 60th birthday with sticker and activity fun! • It's the Cat in the Hat's 60th birthday - and you're invited to the party! • Come and celebrate with splendid stickers, amazing activities, and lots of crazy characters to colour! All packed into one fantastically fun book

This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and energy of its writers, subjects and tones. The most famous authors are here, and many others, including some magnificent stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and periodicals. The Penguin Book of the British Short Story has a permanent authority, and will be reached for year in and year out. This volume takes the story from the 1920s to the present day

She is an iconic member of the British Royal Family, beloved for her beauty and charitable works, resented by her former husband and his mother, the Queen of England. When a bomb explodes aboard her holiday yacht, British intelligence turns to one man to track down her killer: legendary spy and assassin Gabriel Allon • Gabriel’s target is Eamon Quinn, a master bomb maker and mercenary of death who sells his services to the highest bidder. Fortunately Gabriel does not pursue him alone; at his side is Christopher Keller, a British commando turned professional assassin who knows Quinn’s murderous handiwork all too well • And though Gabriel does not realize it, he is stalking an old enemy—a cabal of evil that wants nothing more than to see him dead