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The Pickles family and friends decide to take a vacation. Their ship isn't very seaworthy, and they end up stranded on an uncharted island. The kids figure the day is saved when they discover that famous explorer Sir Nigel Thornberry is also on the island with his family. After h...
"For two thousand years, cadavers -- some willingly, some unwittingly -- have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, ...
This updated and expanded edition of the perennial favorite traces the line of composers from Monteverde to the tonalists of the 1990s. Schonberg discusses the lives and works of the foremost figures in classical music, weaving a fabric rich in detail and anecdote. Photos.
Explores ten aspects of Danish life that afford them high levels of happiness and fulfillment, including trust, education, freedom, equal opportunities, realism, respect, work-life balance, relationship with money, modesty, and gender equality.
Septembre repartira-t-elle en Féérie ? Oui mais non... Septembre rêve de repartir en Féérie. Car rien n'a changé depuis son retour : son père est toujours à la guerre en Europe, sa mère doit travailler de longues journées à l'usine et personne n'est venu la chercher d...
Latest Les Norton adventure, moves from the corridors in Canberra to the grimy tenements of Belfast, to climax in a nerve-shattering shootout on a survivalist fortress in the Tweed Valley.
"Giorgio Bassani's six classic books, collected for the first time in English as the epic masterwork they were intended to be. Among the masters of twentieth-century literature, Giorgio Bassani and his Northern Italian hometown of Ferrara "are as inseparable as James Joyce and Du...
"Giorgio Bassani's six classic books, collected for the first time in English as the epic masterwork they were intended to be. Among the masters of twentieth-century literature, Giorgio Bassani and his Northern Italian hometown of Ferrara "are as inseparable as James Joyce and Du...
"Growing up in a mill town in Rhode Island, in a household that didn't foster a love of literature, Ann Hood discovered nonetheless the companionship of books. She learned to channel her imagination, ambitions, and curiosity by devouring ever-growing stacks. In Morningstar, Hood ...
For more than a decade now, Robert G. Barrett has been entertaining Australians with the cocky Queenslander Les Norton and his outrageous exploits. In this collection, he offers his views on getting published, getting famous, getting the dole, and getting a date.
Pour les amoureux du Pays des Merveilles, de Narnia, d'Oz et encore d'autres... Septembre est une jeune fille qui aspire à l'aventure. Quand elle est invitée en Féérie par le Vent Vert et le Léopard des Petites Brises, bien sûr, elle accepte. Qui ne le ferait pas à douze ...