V. S. Naipaul's Booker Prize winning novel about displacement, the yearning for the good place in someone else's land and the attendant heartache. 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 introduced by acclaimed author, Robert McCrum. In a Free State tells the story first of an Indian servant in Washington, who becomes an American citizen but feels displaced. Then of a disturbed Asian West Indian in London who, in ... |
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One of the world's biggest boy bands. A secret love. What happens if the world finds out? A queer YA boy band romance from Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich, perfect for fans of "Only Mostly Devastated" and "What If It's Us". Eighteen year olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of the biggest acts in America. Along with their bandmates, Angel Phan and Jon Braxton, the four are teen heartbreakers in front of the cameras and best friends backstage. But privately, cracks are starting to form: their once easy rapport is straining under the pressures of ... |
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Мащабно умален модел от пластмаса на самолетоносач - U.S.S. Saratoga CV-60, използван от Американските военни сили в периода от 50-те до 90-те години. Размер на модела: 45 cm За да може да сглобите и залепите този макет, ви е необходимо лепило . Елементите на модела са направени от едноцветна пластмаса. Моделът може да се оцвети с боички . За U.S.S. "Saratoga" CV-60 Самолетоносачът "Saratonga", част от Атлантическия флот на САЩ, участва във войната в Персийския залив през 1990-91-ва година. По време на операция "Пустинна буря", бойните самолети A-6 "Intruder", F-14 " ... |
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When seven lives collide. ... When they got in the lift, they were strangers. Sasha, who is desperately trying to deliver a parcel; Hugo, who knows he's the best-looking guy in the lift and is eyeing up; Velvet, who knows what that look means; Dawson, who used to be on TV, used to be handsome, and is sincerely hoping no one recognizes him; Kaitlyn, who's losing her sight but won't admit it; and Joe, who shouldn't be here at all, but wants to be here the most. And one more person, who will bring them together again on the same day every year. Every day told seven ways in this unique collaborative novel. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features some of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went ... |
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The moving story of a little dog with a huge heart and of the unbreakable bond between an animal and his owner. 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 features an introduction by Mary Paulson-Ellis. When Auld Jock, a shepherd, loses his job, he moves to Edinburgh in search of work. But the city isn’t kind to him and he falls into a life of poverty. Lonely, old and ill, his only companion is a plucky little Skye terrier named ... |
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Мащабно умален модел сглобяем модел от пластмаса на самолетоносач U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, използван от Американските морски сили през 90-те години на XX-ти век. Размер на модела: 44.7 cm. За да може да сглобите и залепите този макет, ви е необходимо лепило . Елементите на модела са направени от едноцветна пластмаса. Моделът може да се оцвети с боички . За U.S.S. Ronald Reagan Самолетоносачът U.S.S. Ronald Reagan е деветият и последен построен кораб от клас "Nimitz" и бележи началото на нова епоха за този тип военни машини. Корабът е пуснат на води през март 2001-ва година, а от юли 2003-та е на служба към ... |
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Много малчугани искат да помагат на мама в кухнята, но понякога това може да е опасно начинание заради горещата печка или врящия котлон. Точно затова детската кухня Shef е чудесна за децата. Тя е подходяща за бъдещи готвачи над 3-годишна възраст. С нея те ще могат да се запознаят с различни домакински уреди и принадлежности като - тиган, тенджера, детски прибори, фигурки на храни и много други! Кухнята е с атрактивен дизайн и непременно ще се хареса на бъдещите малки домакини! Комплектът се състои от различни кухненски аксесоари. Височината на кухнята е съобразена с ръста на малките готвачи. Сглобената кухня е с размери ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... John Keats is regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Romantic movement. But when he died at the age of only twenty-five, his writing had been attacked by critics and his talent remained largely unrecognized. 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 edited and introduced by Dr Andrew Hodgson. This volume, "Selected Poems", reflects his extraordinary ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The adventures of Lemuel Gulliver are the stuff of legend. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and meeting a race of talking horses who rule over bestial humans. One of the finest satires in the English language, "Gulliver's Travels" delights in the mockery of everything from government to religion ... |
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A New Selection. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Thomas Hardy saw himself, first and foremost, as a poet, and he wrote poetry throughout his prolific and acclaimed novel-writing years before announcing in 1896 that he would no longer write novels, much to the astonishment of his worldwide readership. Instead he went on to publish eight masterful volumes of poetry - ranging from lyrics and ballads to dramatic monologues and satire - and is now regarded as one of the greatest twentieth-century poets. Choosing the best verse from each volume, "The Poems of Thomas Hardy" is the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesop's fables in a volume that will delight young and old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favourites - the wily fox, the vain peacock, the predatory cat and the steady tortoise - just as endearingly vivid and relevant now as they were for their very first audience. This elegant "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition of "Aesop's Fables" features illustrations by Arthur Rackham, the leading decorative illustrator of the ... |
