Founder of the Left Bank bookstore Shakespeare and Company and the first publisher of James Joyce's Ulysses, Sylvia Beach had a legendary facility for nurturing literary talent. In this first collection of her letters, we witness Beach's day-to-day dealings as bookseller and publisher to expatriate[...]
The first collection of selected correspondence of the noted bookseller and publisher includes letters to Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, and Gertrude Stein.[...]
(Paperback Songs). All your fun-in-the-sun favorites in one convenient collection. Melody, lyrics and chords for 61 songs, including: Barbara Ann * Be True to Your School * California Girls * Catch a Wave * Do You Want to Dance? * 409 * Fun, Fun, Fun * Good Vibrations * Help Me Rhonda * I Get Around[...]
(Ukulele). What could be more enjoyable than sitting in the sun and strumming some of your favorite Beach Boys tunes on your uke? This folio features 20 favorites, including: Barbara Ann * Be True to Your School * California Girls * Fun, Fun, Fun * God Only Knows * Good Vibrations * Help Me Rhonda *[...]
(Instrumental Folio). Play along with 12 Beach Boys classics, including: Barbara Ann * California Girls * Fun, Fun, Fun * Good Vibrations * Help Me Rhonda * Surfin' U.S.A. * Wouldn't It Be Nice * and more.[...]
'Collins Big Cat' is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children should love to read, banded to help teachers choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included[...]
The hugely popular Sleepover Club series is back with a gorgeous new look. Meet Frankie, Kenny, Fliss, Rosie and Lyndz - five best friends who just want to have fun! The surf's up, the tide is high and it's time for the Sleepover Club to hit the beach during their school activity week in Devon. A wh[...]
In advance of her new novel 'The Road to Urbino, read Roma Tearne,s brilliant 'Brixton Beach,. Opening with the horrors of the London bombings, this is the profoundly moving story of civil war and a child,s struggle to come to terms with loss.[...]
Lose yourself in a sweeping love story this summer - perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Santa Montefiore Northern France, 1917Virginia Fortescue has thrown convention and her respected upbringing to the wind to drive ambulances for the American Red Cross across northern France. Grinding[...]
This book is 86 pages long.The perfect summer short story from bestselling novelist and broadcaster, Fern Britton. Ed and Charlotte have been married for fifteen years, but they have been drifting apart and now Ed suspects that Charlotte may be involved with another man.He decides a family [...]
Wriggle your toes in the sand and feel the warm breeze on your face when you check into the hotel that's full of dreams... `The happy plot is charming... very entertaining' Publisher's Weekly[...]
`Funny and evocative, refreshing as a G and T - this book is as good as a holiday!' JANE LINFOOT, author of The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea A gorgeous summer read to escape with this summer! A Greek island solves all life's problems...doesn't it? Winnie, Stella and [...]
We are alone. That is the verdict, after centuries of Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence missions and space exploration. The only living things in the Universe are found on the Nine Worlds settled from Earth, and the starships that knit them together. Or so it's believed, until Dr. Kimberly B[...]
Accepting Mr. Burns's early retirement package involving a "tropical island" retirement community, Homer, Lenny, and Carl are dismayed by the island's actual qualities, while Bart joins a fierce competition to obtain a B-movie director's Radioactive Man collection, in a latest volume of Simpsons com[...]
Nothing goes quite according to plan when Paddington Bear goes to the beach. Especially when, one by one, he is joined by hungry (and sneaky ) seagulls. Will Paddington's lunchtime snack be safe?Join one lovable bear and his ten flying friends for a delightful counting adventure[...]
The beach house is a peaceful haven, a place to escape everyday problems. Here, three families find their feelings intensified and their lives transformed each summer.When thirty-year-old Julia, mourning the death of her husband, decides to sell the Santa Cruz beach house they owned together, she se[...]
In the heart of a civil war-torn African nation, primate researcher Hope Clearwater made a shocking discovery about apes and man. . . .Young, alone, and far from her family in Britain, Hope Clearwater contemplates the extraordinary events that left her washed up like driftwood on Brazzaville Beach. [...]