A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Including a new story The School of English. Hilary Mantel is one of Britain's most accomplished and acclaimed writers. In these ten bracingly su[...]
From our funniest writer, a portrait of our most talked-about royal
'Based on gobs of evidence with real managers, the authors not only identify common errors that many negotiators make, but offer sage prescriptive advice on how you can avoid such errors yourself and perhaps exploit the errors of others.'[...]
The important thing about The Important Book -- is that you let your child tell you what is important about the sun and the moon and the wind and the rain and a bug and a bee and a chair and a table and a pencil and a bear and a rainbow and a cat (if he wants to). For the important thing about The I[...]
Buenas noches, Lunapor Margaret Wise BrownIlustrado por Clement HurdEn una gran habitacion verde, arropado en su cama, esta un conejito. -- Buenas noches, habitacion. -- Buenas noches, Luna -- dice el conejito.Y asi sucesivamente, le da las buenas noches a todas las cosas que reconoce en su cuarto: [...]
By the big red barnIn the great green field, There was a pink pigWho was learning to squeal.There were horses and sheep and goats and geese--and a jaunty old scarecrow leaning on his hoe. And they all lived together by the big red barn. In joyous and exuberantPictures, Felicia Bond lovingly evokes M[...]
In Horse Housekeeping, Margaret and Michael Korda (she is a successful novice- and training-level eventer and he is the author of Horse People) provide everything you need to know to set up a barn of your own and care for your horse (or horses) at home.Authoritative, inspirational, highly accessible[...]
In the great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room goodnight moon" "Goodnight Moon" is one of the most enduring and beloved children's books of all time. This classic of modern children's literature is read and reread to countless children every night worldwide. "Goodn[...]
With the profound maturity and exquisite eye for detail that never failed to capture readers of her prize-winning novels, Carol Shields dazzles with these remarkable stories. Generous, delightful, and acutely observed, this essential collection illuminates the miracles that grace our lives; it will [...]
A little bunny keeps runningaway from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek; children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time.The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a[...]
In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room -- to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to themittens and the kittens, toeverything one by one -- [...]
In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room -- to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to themittens and the kittens, toeverything one by one -- [...]
A comforting story of a bunny's imaginary game of hide-and-seek and the loving, steadfast mother who finds him every time, this classic tale has withstood the test of time. Now available in this Spanish edition. Full color.[...]
The perennially bestselling and acclaimed classic of the little bird who preferred human companionship to other quail.[...]
He has fallen from Heaven, but he will risk all for the woman he loves Matthew once died for his faith, but was cast from Heaven when he began to question those beliefs. For three centuries now, he has roamed the mortal world, dissatisfied, empty, and angry. Posing as a traveling priest, he performs[...]
Harry is a white dog with black spots who hates to take a bath.One day he gets so dirty he has black fur with white spots!Where's Harry?[...]
First published in 1935, Sex & Temperament is a fascinating and brilliant anthropological study of the intimate lives of three New Guinea tribes from infancy to adulthood. Focusing on the gentle, mountain-dwelling Arapesh, the fierce, cannibalistic Mundugumor, and the graceful headhunters of Tchambu[...]
Mead's anthropological examination of seven Pacific island tribes analyzes the dynamics of primitive cultures to explore the evolving meaning of "male" and "female" in modern American society. On its publication in 1949, the New York Times declared, "Dr. Mead's book has come to grips with the cold w[...]
Anna Leonowens, a proper Englishwoman, was an unlikley candidate to change the course of Siamese (Thai) history. A young widow and mother, her services were engaged in the 1860's by King Mongkut of Siam to help him communicate with foreign governments and be the tutor to his children and favored con[...]
From acclaimed New York Times bestselling fantasists Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman comes the spellbinding conclusion to the epic adventure of wonder, courage, magic, and ambition that is the breathtaking world of the Sovereign Stone.Over two hundred years have passed since the mystical Sovereign S[...]
Clement Hurd redrew some of his pictures for this new edition of the profoundly comforting story of a bunnys imaginary game of hide-and-seek and the lovingly steadfast mother who finds him every time. "Best of the Best" Children's Books 19661978 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (N[...]
An orphan raised in Valparaiso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigidbrother, vivacious young Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. Entering a rough-and-tumble world of new arrivals driven mad by gold fever, Eliza moves in a society of single men and pros[...]
Clement Hurd redrew some of his pictures for this new edition of the profoundly comforting story of a bunny's imaginary game of hide-and-seek and the lovingly steadfast mother who finds him every time.[...]
Buenas noches, Lunapor Margaret Wise BrownIlustrado por Clement HurdEn una gran habitacion verde, arropado en su cama, esta un conejito. -- Buenas noches, habitacion. -- Buenas noches, Luna -- dice el conejito.Y asi sucesivamente, le da las buenas noches a todas las cosas que reconoce en su cuarto: [...]
From the creators of The Art of Botanical Painting, here is the essential guide to achieving perfect color in your paintingsThe Botanical Palette, published in association with the Society of Botanical Artists, is the first instructional guide to focus entirely on the art of color in botanical paint[...]