Delightful. This is a book to be read slowly for its savor.'  The AtlanticIn 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California. He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, Steinbeck observed - with remarkable honesty, insight ...

Have fun learning first words with your favourite Dahl characters in this big, bold board book!Chiddlers will have splendiferous fun learning their first words with the help of this sturdy, colourful board book. Look under the flaps to find your favourite characters and some extra gobblefunking words invented by Roald Dahl himself!Look out for more marvellous board books for titchy toddlers:Roald Dahl: WordsRoald Dahl: ShapesRoald Dahl: ColoursRoald Dahl: ABCRoald Dahl: 123Ro...

The generative AI revolution has come to education. Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy with more than 150 million users, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology is already beginning to transform learning, offering a future roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and sometimes intimidating) new world.The leading pioneer in the world of education technology, Khan explains the ins and outs of these cutting-edge tools and...

A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalism and the colonisation of the Americas, it gives a panoramic account of the often horrific violence with which the unruly human material of pre-capitalist societies was transformed into a ...

Nasze arkusze powstały z połączenia kolorowanek i potrzeby wykorzystania naturalnej dziecięcej umiejętności nauki przez zabawę.
Jak to u nas zawsze bywa, EDUKACYJNY ARKUSZ XXL to ogromna powierzchnia (160 cm x 60 cm) do kolorowania kredkami, flamastrami i farbami, ale także łamigłówki i zadania ułatwiające dzieciom naukę liter/prostych matematycznych działań/ angielskich słówek/zasad działania kalendarza.

Pracujesz w branży medycznej? Chcesz opanować fachowe słownictwo lub podszkolić swoje umiejętności językowe? Język angielski dla zawodów medycznych to pozycja, dzięki której z łatwością przyswoisz branżowe słownictwo, a komunikacja z personelem medycznym nie będzie już stanowić problemu.\n\nJęzyk angielski dla zawodów medycznych to publikacja stworzona z myślą o pracownikach branży medycznej, którzy chcieliby poszerzyć zasób specjalistycznego słownictwa. Książka jest skierowa...

Czy w opisie twojego wymarzonego stanowiska pracy jest wymagana znajomość angielskiego? A może używasz języka angielskiego w pracy, ale chcesz poczuć się pewnie i swobodnie w rozmowach w międzynarodowym środowisku? Jeśli kamieniem milowym twojej kariery jest znajomość języka angielskiego na poziomie B1, teraz możesz stworzyć sobie idealne warunki do rozwoju językowego oraz zawodowego. Książka Angielski w pracy . Komunikacja, słownictwo, gramatyka to odpowiedź na codzienne ...

A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita is considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O’Connor, and features an introduction by Orlando Figes.I...

With an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the d...

A delightful story book with a wind-up ladybird toy and four different tracks to follow through the garden. Wind up the ladybird, place her on the tracks and watch the busy bug as she speeds back home through the garden, passing flowers, vegetables and other insects. The simple story, colourful illustrations, winding tracks and speedy ladybird will give children lots to spot and talk about. A toy and a book combined, this makes a wonderful gift that children will want to play...

Stanisław Wyspiański is widely regarded as Poland's greatest artist and as the founder of modern Polish drama.Stanisław Wyspiański (1869 1907), is widely regarded as Poland's greatest artist whose work is just beginning to be appreciated outside of Central Europe. Best known as the founder of modern Polish drama, he was also an artist and applied arts designer. During his short career he made a number of striking portraits in pastel of his family and and contemporary Cracovia...

Introduction and Notes by Laurence Davies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to ...

Roderick is a robot and this is his autobiography. Sladek conveys, with great sensitivity and insight the innocence of an artificial intelligence and asks profound questions about mankind's right to manipulate others. It also portrays how a numerological mind might structure a narrative.Inventive, funny yet melancholy this is one of SF's greatest creative geniuses writing at his thought-provoking best.

Celebrate 75 years of Formula 1 racing, from 1950 through the modern era, with this riveting pictorial history. There is Formula 1, and then there are all other forms of motorsport. F1 is what every competition driver aspires to, whether they admit it or not. Top drivers, top teams, top racing cars, top tracks. It is the pinnacle of motor racing. Formula 1 marks its 75th anniversary in 2025. Established as the top motorsport category in Europe in 1950, its grand-prix roots ...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDRÉ SIMON DRINKS BOOK AWARD 2024** A DECANTER BEST WINE BOOK OF 2024**WINNER OF AN OIV AWARD 2024*"Wine lovers who read this book will deeply, richly profit" The Best Wine Books of 2024 by Eric Asimov, The New York Times"Written by the very impressive Pacaline Lepeltier, one of a handful of female master sommeliers and, in my opinion, the best in the world, she can be trusted to guide you and inform you on your wine journey... It's an all-knowing textbo...

New York Times bestseller When The Kinfolk Table was published in 2013, it transformed the way readers across the globe thought about small gatherings. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Kinfolk founder Nathan Williams showcases how embracing that same ethos-of slowing down, simplifying your life, and cultivating community-allows you to create a more considered, beautiful, and intimate living space. The Kinfolk Home takes readers inside 35 homes around the world, from the Un...

Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution.

The Sisterhood collection: Independent. Irrepressible. Unforgettable. A stunning boxset of inspiring books from the very best female writers. The Sisterhood collection was published to mark International Women's Day, a global event that recognizes the social, political and cultural achievements of women. Starring some of the moost beloved female heroes ever created, these time-honoured stories have given generations of girls and young women courage, companionship and hope. In...

We’re all so busy, caught up in life's moments, big and smallThe flight attendant working a shift on her birthday. The mother struggling alone with two young children. The newlyweds excited about their tropical honeymoon . The overworked father missing his kid’s big show. The young man returning from his best friend’s funeral. The ER nurse wondering what retirement will bring.All strangers. All unsuspecting. Each with a life heading in a particular direction – or so they imag...

Alfredo and Luigi grew up in Valsesia, in northern Italy. Their father planted trees for them when they were born: for Luigi, a larch, which looks towards the sun and waves in the wind; for Alfredo, a fir, which flourishes only in the shade.Since their father's untimely death, all the two brothers have in common is their heavy drinking and the old family home, high up on the mountain. Luigi would like to buy Alfredo out, move from down in the valley to start a new life up in ...

A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazing writing on female creativity, the role of the writer, and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom.

'All we could see was the dust on the road ahead and ourselves on the bike, devouring kilometers in our flight northward''In late 1951, Guevara and Alberto Granado set off on the 500cc Norton they nicknamed La Poderosa ('The Powerful One') with no other agenda than a lust for life and a desire to see it all. The Motorcycle Diaries offer a unique perspective on what led this would-be doctor from relatively affluent Argentina to become one of the 20th century's most important p...

Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are.No one knows this better than Madame Marie d'Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de Fée...