Harpercollins Why Mummy Doesn't Give a ****! Симс Джилл

Погода вот-вот испортится, а осенние запасы еще не собраны! • Все обитатели Ежевичной поляны берутся за работу, чтобы успеть собрать урожай до начала дождя. Дочь лорда Мышвуда Виола очень хотела помочь, но замечталась и заблудилась в кукурузном поле! Солнце зашло, поднялся ветер и пошел дождь. Перепуганная Виола осталась одна-одинешенька в кромешной темноте…Сможет ли она найти дорогу домой? • «Осенняя история» – это книга Джилл Барклем из цикла «Ежевичная поляна», которая станет прекрасным подарком для ребенка. По мотивам цикла был снят мультфильм • Книга на английском языке • Step into the exquisite miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge in this beautiful new edition of the classic picture book • Bad weather is on the way and the autumn stores are still not gathered in! • Quickly, all the mice of Brambly Hedge set to work to finish the harvesting before the rain begins

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along is part-memoir, part-polemic about the state of public discourse in Britain and the world today • In an increasingly divided society, Iain examines why we’ve all become so disrespectful and intolerant. Using experiences from his career in politics and the media, he says it doesn’t have to be this way, and suggests how we can all emerge from tribalism and division and become more respectful to each other and those who govern us. It is a book that is optimistic about the fundamental decencies embedded in human nature and uses deeply personal anecdotes to explain why we can look forward in a positive way to a better life both in personal and material terms

Бобби Джонс ужасно играет в гольф. Когда его мяч улетает с обрыва, он слышит чей-то крик. Мяч потерялся, а на скалах внизу лежит умирающий человек. Перед самой смертью он успевает открыть глаза и произнести всего одну фразу: «Почему же они не попросили Эванса?» • Вместе со своей подругой Фрэнки Бобби решается разгадать тайну последних слов умершего. Это навлекает на них смертельную опасность… • «Почему не Эванс?» – это детективный роман Агаты Кристи. По его мотивам было снято несколько сериалов • Книга на английском языке • While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. The man opens his eyes and, with his last breath, says, 'Why didn't they ask Evans?' • Haunted by those words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will plunge them into mortal danger

It's time for a w(h)ine • 'Oh, for f*ck's sake' muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her. They regarded any form of fish not encased in breadcrumbs as toxic, and were resistant enough to the delicious homemade fishfingers Claire had made for them, insisting they much preferred Captain Birdseye's version. White wine was starting to look like quite an appealing dinner actually. Maybe just a small glass • 'Are you having wine, Mum? You know you're not supposed to have wine every night. We did about alcohol units at school. That's quite a big glass of wine, how many units do you think are in it?' • 'Bet the bastards didn't tell you that wine is remarkably good at cancelling out whining though, did they?' muttered Claire

Когда мужчина срывается со скалы, два предприимчивых молодых друга решают найти его убийцу… • Во время беспорядочной игры в гольф Бобби Джонс перебрасывает свой мяч через край обрыва. Его мяч потерян, но на камнях внизу он находит скрюченное тело умирающего человека. С последним вздохом мужчина открывает глаза и говорит: "Почему они не спросили Эванса?" • Преследуемые этими словами, Бобби и его жизнерадостный спутник Фрэнки отправляются разгадывать тайну, которая подвергнет их смертельной опасности… • Книга на английском языке • When a man plunges down a cliff, two adventurous young friends decide to find his killer… • While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man

Failure is the small print in life's terms and conditions • Covering everything from examination dreams to fourth-placed Olympians, If You Should Fail is about how modern life, in a world of self-advertised success, makes us feel like failures, frauds and imposters. Widely acclaimed observer of daily life Joe Moran is here not to tell you that everything will be all right in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an occupational hazard of being human • As Moran shows, even the supremely gifted Leonardo da Vinci could be seen as a failure. Most artists, writers, sports stars and business people face failure. We all will, and can learn how to live with it. To echo Virginia Woolf, beauty "is only got by the failure to get it . . . by facing what must be humiliation - the things one can't do

In this fascinating and provocative book, David Willetts shows how the baby boomer generation has amassed unprecedented wealth and power at the expense of its children. Today’s young people will pay heavier taxes, work longer hours for less money and live in a vastly degraded environment in order to pay for their parents’ quality of life • Worried about the world they are passing on to their children, baby boomers are taking note. But are they willing to make the sacrifices necessary for a more equal distribution of wealth and assets? The Pinch is an insightful look at one of the most pressing issues facing Britain today; this fully revised and updated edition is essential reading for parents and policymakers alike

Mummy Time – это очаровательная сказка от единственной и неповторимой Джудит Керр, подарившей миру «Тигра, который пришел выпить чаю» и «Мяули» • Трогательная и забавная история от обладательницы Ордена Британской империи. Mummy Time, написанная и проиллюстрированная в духе лучших произведений Керр, обязательно станет ее следующим бестселлером. Новая книга для детей от любимой детской писательницы полна тепла, причуд и юмора – и особой магии момента, проведенного с мамочкой • Mummy Time станет идеальным подарком для малышей и их мам • Книга на английском языке • Mummy time is magic time in this unexpected and enchanting tale from the one and only Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat • From Judith Kerr OBE comes a future classic to touch the heart and tickle the funny bone

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER was banned on its publication in 1928, creating a storm of controversy. Lawrence tells the story of Constance Chatterley's marriage to Sir Clifford, an aristocratic and an intellectual who is paralyzed from the waist down after the First World War. Desperate for an heir and embarrassed by his inability to satisfy his wife, Clifford suggests that she have an affair. Constance, troubled by her husband's words, finds herself involved in a passionate relationship with their gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. Lawrence's vitriolic denunciations of industrialism and class division come together in his vivid depiction of the profound emotional and physical connection between a couple otherwise divided by station and society

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '!for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.' Married to Charles, a provincial doctor, Emma Bovary yearns for a more glamorous life. Disenchanted with her husband and seeking an escape from their dull marriage she is soon tempted into a brief romantic liaison with another man. Although short-lived, she remains desirous of passion and the finer things in life and embarks on another affair, destroying her reputation. Considered scandalous at the time, Emma Bovary's superficial and immoral behaviour shocked readers and caused moral outcry. Flaubert holds up to ridicule not only Madame Bovary herself, but the society that dares to judge her

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.' Autobiographical in tone, Joyce's tale of Stephen Dedalus' journey into adulthood explores the intellectual and moral development of an artist as he struggles to overcome the ingrained Catholic consciousness of his childhood - a family life governed by Irish history, religion and politics. Realistic and innovative in its approach, the style of writing proved controversial upon publication in 1916 and the character of Stephen on a quest for his identity did not appeal to readers.However, Joyce expertly encapsulates the development of individual consciousness and the role of the artist in society in what is considered one of his greatest works