'I'll put you in my diary!' comedian Kenneth Williams was known to threaten on occasion, although tantalisingly he kept the journal to himself during his lifetime. Here at last, in one spellbinding volume, are four million words of it.[...]
Det var en gång en herde som hade exakt ett hundra får. Han visste precis vad alla hette. Och han räknade dem varje morgon och varje kväll. ?Ett, två, tre, fyra, fem ... 97, 98, 99, 100.? Alla var trygga inne i fållan. En kväll räknade han som vanligt: ?Ett, två, tre, fyra, fem ... 97, 98, [...]
Det var en gång två män som skulle bygga varsitt hus. Den ena hittade en trevlig, sandig strand intill en porlande bäck.”Toppen!” tänkte han. ”Jag kan knappt bärga mig tills jag får sitta i solen utanför huset.” Han började bygga sitt hus i sanden och snart satt han i solen utanför[...]
Det var en gång en man som skulle resa från Jerusalem till Jeriko. Han packade sinaväskor och gav sig av tidigt. Mitt på dagen brände solen het. Men mannen vågade inte stanna. Han var rädd att han inte skulle hinna fram till Jeriko innan det blev mörkt. Så han kämpade på. Plötsligt hörd[...]
En dag tänkte den yngre sonen: ”Pappa har massor av pengar. Jag ska be att få ut mindel av arvet redan nu. Sedan ger jag mig ut på ett riktigt äventyr.” Och pojken fick sin del av pengarna. Redan samma dag packade han sina väskor och for iväg. Sonen reste i flera dagar. Till slutkom han fr[...]
There was a little fur family warm as toast smaller than most in little fur coats and they lived in a warm wooden tree. The Little Fur Family tells the story of a little fur child's day in the woods. The day ends when his big fur parents tuck him in bed "all soft and warm," and sing him to sleep wi[...]
Tennessee Williams's "Notebooks", here published for the first time, presents by turns a passionate, whimsical, movingly lyrical, self-reflective, and completely uninhibited record of the life of this monumental American genius from 1936 to 1981, the year of his death. In these pages, Williams (1911[...]
A dog that has always wanted to go to sea realizes his dream.
This whimsical collection of poems and stories by Margaret Wise Brown is back in print in its original format--the Little Golden Book. Garth Williams' artwork shines here, with the friendliest bunnies, dogs, and people ever[...]
Generations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his springtime journey to find a home. A family favorite since 1956, Margaret Wise Brown's simple yet playful tale is perfectly complemented by Garth Williams's exquisite artwork--and is now back in print as a Little Golden Book Clas[...]
This collection of translated texts is designed to introduce those interested in Graeco-Roman and Jewish culture to the realities of Jewish life outside Israel in the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the ending of the Jewish Patriarchate by the Christian emperors of Rome[...]
Many years ago, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman began spinning out the cycle of the War of the Lance, beginning with a cluster of hearthmates and long-time friends at the Inn of the Last Home. Where that journey would take the two new authors, let alone the characters they introduced to the reading [...]
Women's participation in parliaments, high courts, and executive offices worldwide has reached record high numbers, but this global increase in women's representation masks significant variation among different democratic political systems. For example, in December of 2009, Rwanda's legislature cont[...]
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