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Welcome to the Museum of Dead Things! • Your expert guides are here to introduce you to the exhibits, from FIERCE DINOSAURS to EXPLODING DEAD STARS • The Big Book of Dead Things is a funny, stylishly-illustrated non-fiction guide to all things dead and gone • Meet Ancient Egyptian mummies and learn their secrets; romp through prehistoric worlds with dinosaurs, and learn all about the death of stars as you travel through the Museum of Dead Things! • Longlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 'Best Book with Facts' 2020

For kids itching to know their Jurassic from your Triassic, and their Diplodocus from your Dilophosaurus, look no further! How many teeth did the T. Rex have? What's the oldest dinosaur fossil ever discovered? Did birds evolve from dinosaurs? Find the answers to these and hundreds of other dinosaur puzzlers inside this fantastic, fact-packed book. Perfect for curious and dino-crazy kids aged 8 and up

This brilliant wordsearch book, packed full of over 250 puzzles and solutions, is designed to give your brain and fun and stimulating workout. This super collection will satisfy even the most ardent puzzle fan!

"Большая книга Великобритании. Факты, фольклор и достопримечательности со всего Соединенного Королевства" знакомит читателей с обычаями и культурой Соединенного Королевства • В этой большой книге вы можете • - Узнайте о таком виде спорта, как "двайл-флонкинг" • - Узнайте, откуда берутся черные бриллианты • - Познакомьтесь со сверхъестественным животным, которое обитает в Шотландском нагорье • - Откройте для себя британские сладости, которые помогли Хиллари и Тенцингу взобраться на Эверест • Наполненная фактами о дикой природе, еде, спорте, географии, языке и некоторыми очень глупыми названиями мест, эта книга поможет вам раскрыть национальные секреты и раскопать местные легенды Англии, Уэльса, Шотландии и Северной Ирландии • Книга на английском языке

Всемирно признанный дизайнер интерьеров Майлз Редд (Miles Redd) утверждает, что качественного гламура много не бывает и каждый раз доказывает это своими работами. Его уникальное виденье эстетики характеризуется изобилием всего: цвета, деталей, отделки и ф

The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players • Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from • Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player

"The Ladybird Book of London" is a gem from the Ladybird vintage archive. First published in 1961, this is a classic Ladybird hardback book, packed with information about Britain's capital. This new edition is exactly the same as the original, with a dust jacket and beautifully reproduced images. The story of London, her sights and history, is illustrated with twenty-four beautiful full-page pictures. Starting from Trafalgar Square this book takes you through famous streets to see historic buildings, to learn something of the story of Britain's famous capital. Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral, the Tower, Guildhall and the City, Hampton Court and Kew Gardens, the Zoo and Madame Tussaud's - they are all here

From Cinderella to Pocahontas, Ariel to Tiana, The Amazing Book of Disney Princess lets fans discover more about their favourite fairytale princesses. With stunning pictures, fun facts and an exciting quiz, be transported to their kingdoms and discover their magical world.Young fans will love discovering more about all their favourite characters in The Amazing Book of Disney Princess, an early years reference book with fun fold-out pages and an exclusive giant Disney Princess poster. Large pictures and short, simple sentences bring the characters to life for children aged 5 plus.Channel your inner princess and see what the likes of Merida and Rapunzel love and hate, what magic they get up to, and what its really like to be part of a fairy tale

This eclectic, moving and richly enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature • Journeying through Korea's dramatic recent past, from the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating war between north and south and the rapid, disorienting urbanization of later decades, The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories captures a hundred years of vivid storytelling • Here are peddlers and donkeys travelling across moonlit fields; artists drinking and debating in the tea-houses of 1920s Seoul; soldiers fighting for survival; exiles from the war who can never go home again; and lonely men and women searching for connection in the dizzying modern city. The collection features stories by some of Korea's greatest writers, including Pak Wanso, O Chonghui and Cho Chongnae, as well as many brilliant contemporary voices, such as P'yon Hyeyong, Han Yujoo and Kim Aeran

This exciting collection celebrates the richness and variety of the Spanish short story, from the nineteenth century to the present day • Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator Margaret Jull Costa, it blends old favourites and hidden gems - many of which have never before been translated into English - and introduces readers to surprising new voices as well as giants of Spanish literary culture, from Emilia Pardo Bazan and Leopoldo Alas, through Merce Rodoreda and Manuel Rivas, to Ana Maria Matute and Javier Marias • Brimming with romance, horror, history, farce, strangeness and beauty, and showcasing alluring hairdressers, war defectors, vampiric mothers, and talismanic mandrake roots, the daring and entertaining assortment of tales in The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories will be a treasure trove for readers

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon" is a collection of essays and short stories. Stories range from the maudlin (such as "The Wife" and "The Widow and Her Son") to the picaresque ("Little Britain") and the comical ("The Mutability of Literature")