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'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut'Masterly.' The Times'Miraculous.' Herald'Astonishing.' Colm Toibin'Stunning.' Sunday Independent'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas StuartA Book of the Year in The Times and The New StatesmanIt is 1985, in an Irish town.

Друга книга другого циклу "Нове пророцтво" серії світового бестселера «Коти-вояки». Обрані коти мають повернутися до лісу і передати Кланам повідомлення від Півночі. Але чому Зореклан вказав їм найскладніший шлях додому? Навіщо їм чужі проблеми, коли і власних вистачає по самі вуха? На кожне питання є багато відповідей, але треба обрати правильну і при цьому зберегти відданість рідним Кланам, одне одному і зоряним предкам.

Довгі тіні таємниці, яка потрапила в лапи чужинця, затулили сяйво зоряних предків на Срібносмузі. Невже коти настільки сліпі, що довіряться зайді й втратять віру в Зореклан? Троє обраних намагаються відкрити очі Тіньовим воякам і повернути їх до вояцького правильника, але вони навіть не підозрюють, що найбільше для них зло зачаїлося у власному клані. Жага помсти за давню образу от-от переросте у полум’я, здатне зруйнувати долі багатьох Громових котів.

П'ята книга серії світового бестселера «Коти-вояки». Лютий ворог став сильним і могутнім, як ніколи. Але Вогнесерду немає звідки чекати допомоги. Його Клан ще не оговтався після страшної пожежі, а провідниця знесилена і втратила віру. До того ж у лісі з’являється нова загроза, яка може знищити усіх котів Громового Клану.

Перед вами перший таємний щоденник Улісса Мура, який було знайдено на його віллі Арго. Одному з працівників редакції вдалося розшифрувати закодовані записи. Що з цього вийшло, судіть самі… Коли трьох підлітків залишають самих у будинку і застерігають не шукати собі пригод... вони обов’язково їх знайдуть. Особливо якщо цей будинок — старовинна вілла на узбережжі, кожен куточок якої приховує безліч таємниць. Лише за один день, поки батьків не було вдома, 11-річні близнюки Джулі...

Ця книжка розповідає про видатних українців, яких знають і шанують у всьому світі. Але часто світова спільнота навіть не здогадується про їхнє походження. Наші герої проживали та уславилися в інших країнах. З-поміж них є військові, політики, мандрівники, науковці, винахідники, художники, письменники, кінозірки, музиканти, космонавти, дружини королів та султанів. Прочитайте всі 33 історії успіху та дізнайтеся, чому імена цих людей досі не дуже відомі на Батьківщині.

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СХВАЛЕНО МОН УКРАЇНИ.«Мій друг Питайко» — універсальна збірка, яка містить найкращі твори, запропоновані програмою для позакласного читання в початковій школі. Жанрове різноманіття поданих текстів допоможе виховати літературний смак у дитини й заохотити її до читання. Але головна особливість цієї книги — наявність інтерактивного героя, який навчає аналізувати прочитане, пояснювати матеріал іншим, тобто перетворює учня на вчителя, виводить із пасивної позиції навчання в активн...

Дві історії під однією обкладинкою!Волонтери ветеринарної клініки Амелія і Сем протягом тижня мають доглядати лабрадорчика Коко. Бешкетливе щеня дуже неслухняне, отож може наразитися на небезпеку: у містечку з’явився таємничий собака-кусака! Діти віддають Коко до собачої школи, і до вишколу долучається лякливий песик їхньої однокласниці Блискітка. Чи вдасться друзям впоратися з собачими негараздами? І чи такий вже й небезпечний отой страшний кусака?

Хто має бути поряд, коли тобі неспокійно? Хто втішить, коли нервуєшся, через щось переймаєшся? Саме так, друг! Великого норовливого коня Горіха може заспокоїти лише поні Імбирчик, але через певні обставини малій конячці ніде жити. Чи вийде у волонтерів ветеринарної клініки «Ковчег» Амелії та Сема знайти йому опікуна й домівку? І що з усього цього вийде?Чому варто читати:Добрі та захопливі історії з серії «Історії порятунку» навчають дітей ставитися до тварин зі співчуттям та ...

П’ята книга другого циклу «Нове пророцтво» серії «Коти-вояки».На новій території стежки чотирьох Кланів розійшлися в різні боки. Тепер кожен з них знову сам по собі, як і було з давніх-давен заповідано вояцьким правильником. Проте небезпеки, що чатують у цих незвіданих місцях, можна подолати лише разом. Громові коти завжди готові простягнути лапу допомоги своїм сусідам, та найбільша біда приходить саме до їхнього табору — нещадний ворог, що палає помстою. У ці темні часи вони...

On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened - the worst nuclear accident in history. Chernobyl provides a photographic exploration of the catastrophe and its aftermath in 180 authentic photos. See the wreckage of No. 4 Reactor, the historic photos of the clean-up operation, and today's decaying apartments and deserted streets.

Czterech nieustraszonych poszukiwaczy przygód udaje się do dżungli amazońskiej, aby znaleźć dowody na istnienie żywych dinozaurów. Uwięzieni na odosobnionym płaskowyżu mężczyźni muszą walczyć z przerażającymi prehistorycznymi stworzeniami i groźnymi małpoludami - czy przetrwają niebezpieczeństwa zaginionego świata?..Interesujące opowiadanie oparte na klasycznych historiach, znanych przez czytelników na całym świecie. Odpowiednie dobrane słownictwo i gramatyka dostosowane do p...

Pozycja w języku angielskim. "Only with the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist". Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In a study that avoids the official routes, palaces and big politics, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised expla...

After walking through a portal in the Tower of the Swallow, thus narrowly escaping death, the Witcher girl, Ciri, finds herself in a completely different world... a world of the Elves. She is trapped with no way out. Time does not seem to exist AND there are no obvious borders OR portals to cross back into her home world. But this is Ciri, the child of prophecy, AND she will not be defeated. She knows she must escape to finally rejoin the Witcher, Geralt, AND his companions ...

Powieść nagrodzona National Book Award. Książka, która zainspirowała Alfreda Hitchcocka i Stephena Kinga. Ten drugi otwarcie przyznaje, że to jedna z najważniejszych książek w jego życiu. Teraz w eleganckim wydaniu w twardej oprawie z obwolutą i złoceniami. Podczas wyprawy na Riwierę Francuską nieśmiała dziewczyna poznaje zamożnego wdowca, Maxima de Wintera, i po krótkiej znajomości zgadza się za niego wyjść. Szczęśliwe chwile kończą się, kiedy małżeństwo przyjeżdża do M...

Najgłośniejsza powieść Vladimira Nabokova, uznawana za arcydzieło literatury światowej. Humbert Humbert – uczony, esteta i romantyk – zakochuje się bez pamięci w Dolores Haze, dwunastoletniej dziewczynce o jedwabistej skórze, która jest córką jego gospodyni. Czterdziestolatek ogarnięty obsesją na punkcie dziewczynki zgadza się na poślubienie pani Haze tylko po to, żeby być blisko Lolity. Kiedy dziewczyna zaczyna szukać uwagi gdzie indziej, Humbert zabiera ją w podróż po kraju...

"Star Trek" boldly travelled through space and into the heart of the human condition. This anthology collects 45 classic episodes that aired in the series' first three seasons. Adapted by James Blish and J. A. Lawrence from scripts by Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and other leading science-fiction writers, they include: "Amok Time", "The Doomsday Machine", "The Trouble with Tribbles" and Hugo Award winners, "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "The Menagerie...

Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy remains one of the most widely studied works of Western philosophy. This volume is a refreshed and updated edition of John Cottingham's bestselling 1996 edition, based on his translation in the acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It presents the complete text of Descartes's central metaphysical masterpiece, the Meditations, in clear, readable modern English, and it offers the reader a...

It is definitely a book for people who are aware of their being and meaning. We really hope, that most of the readers will be young people, up to 30 years of age. People who fit into that demographic tend to be interested in the truth and are not afraid of walking along completly new paths, being aware of their existence and the biological life that is attached to it. It is a book for people who are not afraid of the unknown. Because only people lite those are not afraid of t...

Through the Looking-Glass z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Alicja po drugiej stronie lustra) to kontynuacja przygód Alicji w Krainie Czarów napisanej przez Lewisa Carrolla, wydanej w roku 1871. Świat, w którym znajduje się Alicja wymyka się wszelkim schematom i regułom. Bohaterka przechodząc przez lustro znajdujące się w pokoju trafia do nieznanej nikomu krainy, gdzie natyka się na wiele przedziwnych stworzeń. Rozgrywa bardzo dziwną partię szachów i musi dostać się ...

Does happiness have a colour and how does it taste? Why is waiting for someone not the same as missing someone? Can curiosity cause rumbling in your head? How bad can fear make things look, and what happens if they are really bad? Why is revenge always the worst counsellor? Can one weep with gratitude? A sensitive boy in various stages of his life experiences the twelve most important human emotions. He tries to express his feelings in his childish manner and most of al...

Hat Glück eine Farbe und wie schmeckt es? Warum ist Warten nicht das Gleiche wie Vermissen? Kann es vor Neugier im Kopf rumoren? Wie groß können die Augen der Angst sein und was passiert, wenn sie zu groß werden? Warum ist Rache immer der schlechteste Ratgeber? Kann man vor Dankbarkeit weinen? Ein sensibler Junge erlebt in verschiedenen Augenblicken seines Lebens die 12 wichtigsten Emotionen und versucht, auf seine kindliche Weise davon zu erzählen. Und vor allem: zu v...

2 new tough board books featuring everyone's favourite pig, who celebrates her 10th birthday in 2014. Both books have simple text and pictures and a focus on learning. Ages: 2+.

Niczego nie zakładaj. Podczas lektury pomyślisz, że to książka o zazdrosnej byłej żonie. I że ma obsesje na punkcie swojej następczyni - pięknej i młodej kobiety. Nic nie jest takie, jakie się wydaje. Czytaj między kłamstwami... Vanessa Thompson zrezygnowała ze wszystkiego – pracy i nowojorskich przyjaciół, by wieść bajkowe życie u boku „zbyt dobrego, by mógł być prawdziwy” męża Richarda, menedżera w funduszu hedgingowym. Gdy jednak ich z pozoru idealne małże...

Szósty tom BIBLIOTEKI PRZEKŁADÓW ROSYJSKICH XVII–XVIII WIEKU Z LITERATURY STAROPOLSKIEJ został poświęcony nie zachowanemu do naszych czasów staropolskiemu romansowi o Henryku i Melendzie. Tłumaczenie rosyjskie z przełomu XVII i XVIII stulecia pozwoliło zrekonstruować fabułę zabytku. Interesująca okazała się również recepcja romansu na gruncie rosyjskim: doczekał się on kilku redakcji, a w latach 1720-tych, podobnie jak Historyja o Meluzynie i inne romanse tłumaczone z języka ...

Gli strani ospiti (A2, A2+) Ogni anno Paolo va a Ronchi, un piccolo paesino di montagna, per trascorrere le vacanze estive e ritrovarsi con i suoi amici. Quest'anno, pero, le loro vacanze saranno turbate da una scoperta che rischia di metterli in serio pericolo... Primiracconti per ragazzi e la collana di Edilingua di letture semplificate e didattizzate per studenti adolescenti. Gli strani ospiti, che tiene conto della progressione grammaticale e lessicale del secondo volume ...

A little library slipcase with board books featuring Eric Carle's much loved collage artworks and introducing first concepts: Numbers, Words, Colours and Animal Noises.

Tickle Teddy's tummy and stroke Peppa's glittery golden boots in this gorgeous touch-and-feel book. The perfect gift for little piggies who love Peppa! Based on the hit preschool animation Peppa Pig, shown daily on Five's Milkshake and Nick Jnr.

Packed with 150 things to make and do with Peppa Pig and her little brother, George, this book will keep your little piggies busy for days! With fancy dress costumes, recipes, seasonal crafts, indoor and outdoor games and much more, this book will become your essential go-to guide for fun days with Peppa.

As you climb into bed, let me give you a hug. Settle down little bunny. You're warm, safe and snug. This whimsical board book takes you into the world of Beatrix Potte's animals as they gently fall asleep. It's a charming introduction to the world of Peter Rabbit. With beautiful line artwork and pastel colours, this is a must-have for any baby or toddler's bookshelf.

This book is about worms. I can only draw worms. You might think worms are boring - but you'd be wrong. These worms have INCREDIBLE adventures! I can't draw those bits, though, so you'll have to imagine them. A hilarious and superbly silly book that will have children in stitches and begging for more.

Join Spot for a busy, bouncy day from waking up to bedtime, as he has lots of fun at nursery, the park and just playing at home. Spot's everyday adventures fill the pages of this big puppy-shaped board book children will love.

"I was wowed and moved." (Tracy Chevalier). Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Or that's what Samantha Ellis, a life-long Emily and Wuthering Heights devotee, had always thought. Until, that is, she started questioning that devotion and, in looking more closely at E...

It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and a...

Why do: Dutch babies seem so content, and sleep so well? Dutch parents let their kids play outside on their own? The Dutch trust their children to bike to school? Dutch schools not set homework for the under-tens? Dutch teenagers not rebel? What is the secret of bringing up the happiest kids in the world? The secret of bringing up the happiest kids in the world. In a recent UNICEF study of child well-being, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest all-round. In Growing ...

Why is one of the towers of St Mary's Church lower? Who haunts the dungeons of the Krzysztofory Palace? Something extraordinary lies in a Salwator church; what is it? What do sleeves have to do with an Easter folk fair in Podgórze?   These and many other questions are answered in this book. Take it for a walk round Krakow – our legends are vividly told stories of places and customs preceded by brief historical introductions and containing practical maps. With these, you ...

Lets you count 1,2,3 with Peppa Pig. With simple text and colourful pictures, this chunky board book is suitable for little hand.

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way. We see her grow from a girl to a young woman of...

PRZEJMUJĄCA SAGA O POLSKICH UCHODŹCACH, KTÓRZY W KANADZIE ODBUDOWUJĄ SWOJE ŻYCIE. Kraków, rok 1939. Rodzeństwo Pawulskich - Jerzy, Elżbieta i Jan - cieszy się młodością, nieświadome zbliżającej się katastrofy. Wkrótce II wojna światowa ściąga na Europę mrok tak nieprzenikniony, że nawet ptaki zdają się milknąć. Jan i Elżbieta, a następnie Jerzy, pokonują Atlantyk i przedostają się do Kanady. Wyrwani z rodzinnych stron mierzą się z całkiem nowym, obcym i oszałamiającym światem...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Przygody Sherlocka Holmesa) opublikowane w 1892 roku przez szkockiego pisarza, sir Arthura Conana Doyle’a. Książka zawiera dwanaście opowiadań, w których detektyw z Baker Street rozwiązuje skomplikowane sprawy kryminalne. Jego głównym atrybutem, wykorzystywanym przy rozwiązywaniu wszystkich przypadków jest dedukcja. Niezbędna okazuje się również znajomość psychologii, prawa, chemii, policyjnej kronik...

Oto długo oczekiwana pierwsza oficjalna autobiografia One Direction! Zajrzyj w szalone życie chłopaków i poznaj fakty, o których nikt wcześniej nie wiedział… Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry i Louis opowiedzą o przygodzie swojego życia: szalonej podróży, która rozpoczęła się od pierwszych nerwowych castingów do X Factora, by z czasem przenieść się na największe sceny światowej trasy koncertowej. Mówią szczerze i otwarcie o emocjach, jakie czuli podczas kolejnych etapów kariery, zarów...

Part of a beautiful collection of hardcover classics, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling ...

Sigmund Freud’s controversial ideas have penetrated Western culture more deeply than those of any other psychologist. The ‘Freudian slip’, the ‘Oedipus complex’, ‘childhood sexuality’, ‘libido’, ‘narcissism’ ‘penis envy’, the ‘castration complex’, the ‘id’, the ‘ego’ and the ‘superego’, ‘denial’, ‘repression’, ‘identification’, ‘projection’, ‘acting out’, the ‘pleasure principle’, the ‘reality principle’, ‘defence-mechanism’ – are all taken for granted in our everyday vocabul...

With an Introduction by Anthony Briggs. Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood. Russia in the 1840s. There is a stranger in town, and he is behaving oddly. The unctuous Pavel Chichikov goes around the local estates buying up 'dead souls'. These are the papers relating to serfs who have died since the last census, but who remain on the record and still attract a tax demand. Chichikov is willing to relieve their owners of the tax burden by buying the titles for a song. What...

Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction by A. D. P. Briggs. As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers, yet paradoxically unite them. Around...

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. W. B. Yeats was Romantic and Modernist, mystical dreamer and leader of the Irish Literary Revival, Nobel prizewinner, dramatist and, above all, poet. He began writing with the intention of putting his 'very self' into his poems. T. S. Eliot, one of many who proclaimed the Irishman's greatness, described him as 'one of those few whose history is the history of their...

Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury. Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder. From that moment on, we share his conflicting feelings of self-loathing and pride, of contempt for and ...

'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessl...

Selected, Edited and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author's own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle's ‘Baker Street Dozen’, creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world's ...

Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction and Notes by Agnes Cardinal, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dosto...

The father of science fiction, Jules Verne, invites you to join the intrepid and eccentric Professor Liedenbrock and his companions on a thrilling and dramatic expedition as they travel down a secret tunnel in a volcano in Iceland on a journey which will lead them to the centre of the earth. Along the way they encounter various hazards and witness many incredible sights such as the underground forest, illuminated by electricity, the Great Geyser, the battle between prehistori...

With an Introduction and Bibliography by Stephen Matterson, Trinity College, Dublin. Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice. It reflects the unique vitality of the new nation, the vastness of the land and the emergence of a sometimes troubled consciousness, communicated in language and idiom regarded by many at the time as shocking. Whitman's poems are organic and free flowing, fit into no previously defined genre and skilfu...

Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies an...

With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that its very existence has to remain a jealously guarded secret. Fatal consequences lie in store for 'bona fide' guests and uninvited visitors alike, while the sybaritic luxury of the place is evoked in an effortless prose ...

With an Introduction by Paul Wright. 'What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817. This collection contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the 'Odes' and the two versions of the uncompleted epic 'Hyperion', and work which only came to light after his death including his attempts at drama and ...

Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The Textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature. ...

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age". Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.

Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and po...

Enid the cat is stuck in a tree! Duggee and the Squirrels must find a way to rescue her . . . and fast!

NEE-NAW! NEE-NAW! NEE-NAW!

Squirrel Club to the rescue!

Can the Squirrels work together to save Enid and earn their Fire Engine Badges?

Join them in this heroic tale for daring young Squirrels.

Sweeping and evocative, The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Discover this reimagined novel from an author loved by millions of readers worldwide. You can’t alter destiny . . . Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors, Leah Thompson grows more beautiful with each passing day. When she catches the attention of the influential, troubled Delancey family, she knows her life will never be the same again. ...

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) was one of the most influential artists of the Dutch Golden Age, renowned for his extraordinary ability to capture the human spirit with emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow. His work spans portraiture, biblical scenes, and everyday life, revealing a profound under This expertly curated volume presents a selection of Rembrandt’s most important works, offering insight into his artistic evolution and the historical context in whic...

Immerse yourself in the luminous world of Claude Monet (1840–1926), the French painter whose innovative approach laid the foundation for Impressionism. Monet's focus on capturing the transient effects of light and atmosphere revolutionized landscape painting and continues to inspire artists today. This beautifully illustrated volume presents a selection of Monet's most celebrated works, including his serene water lilies and vibrant garden scenes. Through insightful commentar...

In the imaginations of young and old alike, the word “pirate” resonates with spine-tingling fear and swashbuckling adventure. Over centuries, our cultural landscape has been populated by a host of famous real and fictional figures immortalized in literature and art: Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, with his fearsome reputation for cruelty; Henry ‘Bloody’ Morgan, whose treasure is still sought today; and of course Long John Silver, the archetypal anti-hero of Robert Lou...

Kangaroo and his family love keeping fit. This book follows a day in the life of the kangaroos to find out how keeping fit helps them, and it provides lots of advice for its human readers. Information includes the different types of exercise children can try and how to exercise safely. The Healthy Habits series for children aged 4 plus, features key information about how to stay healthy in mind and body, simply told and brought to life through a relatable animal guide alongs...

From Astro Boy to Akira, the superstars of the manga scene Since the original TASCHEN edition of Manga Design, Japan’s comic phenomenon has produced yet more captivating characters and a whole host of hot new talents. This revised edition delivers the lowdown on the latest and the greatest makers and shapers of the manga scene. Through an A–Z directory, we discover the superstars—both human and fictional—of what is now a vast global industry, inspiring advertisers, filmmake...