Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner - no author, it seem...
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Follow the thrilling escapades as World War I ends and young Indy gets entangled in adventures with famous--and infamous--figures like Ernest Hemingway, Woodrow Wilson, Louis Armstrong and Al Capone during some of the most vibrant years of the 20th century.
A heartwarming and inspiring true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.
There's plenty of laughter in store when an unbelievably quirky contingent of sales clerks makes shopping at Grace Brothers the comic experience of a lifetime.
Bassanio, an impoverished Venetian, asks his merchant friend, Antonio to lend him 3,000 ducats, so that he can go to Belmont to woo the heiress Portia. With all of his capital committed overseas, Antonio borrows in turn from the Jew, Shylock, someone he has previously insulted, ...
"When Mr. Peacock hires a shy little chicken to work in his jewellery shop, he has no idea what awaits him: a royal visit from the Lion Prince, a mysterious robbery, and a miraculous discovery!"--Back cover.
Draws on a wide range of verse forms such as epigrams, street ballads, classical poetry, Augustan satire, and advertising jingles.
"Bitsy and her best friend, Kosh, are spending a normal evening playing video games -- until a purple hamster the size of a bathtub barges in and eats Bitsy's gym clothes. They rush downstairs to find her dad being vanished away by a mysterious woman. Now it's a race against time...
When cop David is injured in a drug bust gone wrong, his partner, Cal, pursues the two criminals who shot him to a remote farm owned by troubled vet Eric. As Cal and Eric plot their defense, more of the gang arrives, along with a wounded David, and, outnumbered, the three heroes ...
Romantic comedy meets fairy tale with Helena, a humble doctor's daughter, rescues the ailing King of France and claims marriage to the disdained young Lord Bertram, as her reward. He'll have none of her, preferring to run off to the wars instead -- but the ever resourcefull Hele...
When cop David is injured in a drug bust gone wrong, his partner, Cal, pursues the two criminals who shot him to a remote farm owned by troubled vet Eric. As Cal and Eric plot their defense, more of the gang arrives, along with a wounded David, and, outnumbered, the three heroes ...
Illustrated retellings of tales from a variety of cultures, with boxes containing additional information to help in understanding the stories and the time period in which each was written.
Historical documentaries about the Cold War and how each side used propaganda.