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Seddon Tony: Draw Your Own Alphabets: Thirty Fonts to Scribble, Sketch, and Make Your Own

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: There are many ways to make your writing feel more personal, but none carries the charge of using a custom-drawn font. Draw Your Own Alphabets is a fun, hands-on workbook that teaches how to create funky hand-lettered fonts sure to jump off the page, poster, or screen. Presenting thirty complete alphabets, custom-drawn in a variety of styles by various young designers and illustrators, this…

Hughes Shirley: Alfie's Alphabet

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A is for Alfie! Let Alfie take you all the way from A to Z in this alphabet of Alfie's world. You can learn how B is for Bedtime and how P is for park and puddles. It's as easy as A, B, C with Alfie!

Dann Colin: The Animals of Farthing Wood

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: I think you're forgetting something, Adder' said Badger. 'Before we began our journey we all swore an oath, including you.' When bulldozers enter Farthing Wood, the animals must escape before their homes are destroyed. They promise to stick together and protect each other, but their journey is laced with danger. They are caught in a fire, they nearly drown in a river and their loyalty is put to…

The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Collection

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The Nursery Collection brings together a wealth of traditional nursery stories and rhymes, beautifully illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, one of today's foremost illustrators. This new collection has been specially selected by Helen from three previous collections: Tiny Tim, The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Rhyme Book and The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Story Book. With her distinctive verve and wit, Helen's…

Morpurgo Michael: Kensuke's Kingdom

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven't got your safety harness on, you haven't got your lifejacket on. You shouldn't be doing this... I was in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream. Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls p to die. When he wakes,…

Healy Mark: Kursk 1943

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Operation Zitadelle — the attempt to eliminate the Kursk salient — was the last German offensive on the Eastern Front and the greatest tank battle in history. If you truly want to understand what happened and why — read Battle Story. Detailed profiles of the leaders, tactics and equipment Rare photographs place you in the centre of the unfolding action Diary extracts and quotes give you a…

O'Hara Mary: My Friend Flicka

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: You'll train her and she'll train you. I want you to make a good pony out of her. I want her to make a man out of you. When Ken is given a horse of his own, he thinks his dreams have come true. But Flicka is a proud and spirited foal — and everyone says she's no good. Can Ken tame his wild horse and earn her friendship?

Gilbert Elizabeth: The Signature of All Things

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: 5 January 1800. At the beginning of a new century, Alma Whittaker is born into a perfect Philadelphia winter. Her father, Henry Whittaker, is a bold and charismatic botanical explorer whose vast fortune belies his lowly beginnings as a vagrant in Sir Joseph Banks's Kew Gardens and as a deck hand on Captain Cook's HMS Resolution. Alma's mother, a strict woman from an esteemed Dutch family, has a…

Gellately Robert: Stalin's Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: The Second World War almost destroyed Stalin's Soviet Union. But victory over Nazi Germany provided the dictator with his great opportunity: to expand Soviet power way beyond the borders of the Soviet state. Well before the shooting stopped in 1945, the Soviet leader methodically set about the unprecedented task of creating a Red Empire that would soon stretch into the heart of Europe and Asia,…

Numbers Touch and Feel: Board book

Скачать книгу (размер 44 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 10) Аннотация: Farm animals, familiar toys, and even favorite foods help kids learn to read with the help of colorful and engaging photographs of some of their favorite things, along with squishy sponges, velvety teddy bears, and other tactile sensations that help kids remember words and spellings for fruits and desserts, fish and bears, blocks and balls, and so much more!

Ford Richard: Canada

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later. It was more bad instincts and bad luck that lead to Dell Parsons' parents robbing a bank. They weren't reckless people, but in an instant, their actions alter fifteen-year-old Dell's sense of normal life forever. In the days that follow, he is saved before the authorities think to arrive.…

First Words Touch and Feel: Board book

Скачать книгу (размер 44 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 10) Аннотация: From sleek balloons and shiny crowns to fuzzy ducklings and slithery snakes, kids will learn numbers, counting, patterns, and grouping with the help of colorful and engaging photographs of familiar subjects, along with tactile sensation that will help them identify things that match, things that don't belong, things that come next, and so much more!

Andreae Giles: Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants by Giles Andreae and Korky Paul — with readalong CD! When King Colin's golden underpants go missing, he calls for Sir Scallywag, the bravest knight in the land. But... Sir Scallywag is only 6 years old and with an evil giant to pursue, it's nearly mission impossible! Luckily, this epic tale is a story of David and Goliath. With his trusted steed Doofus at…

Nested Notes: Egg Sticky Notes

Скачать книгу (размер 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 60) Аннотация: «These artfully packaged egg-shaped sticky notepads will brighten any desk. Contained inside a «nest-lined» box, these colorful, speckled stickies make a delightful gift for a friend or a memorable way to deliver a sweet note. The set includes three sticky notepads, sixty sheets each—that's fifteen dozen eggs! Nested Notes are a perfect companion to the Nests and Eggs Notecards, Bird Watching and…

Dunn James: ABC London

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Find out what makes London one of the world's most exciting cities in this unusual alphabet picture book. A is for Art, B is for Brick Lane, C is for Changing of the Guard… this delightful new alphabet of words and pictures looks at some of the things that give London its unique and stylish cultural identity, with a glossary at the end. Art . Brick Lane . Changing of the Guard . Dick Whittington…

The Best American Mystery Stories 2013

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: A best-selling novelist and Edgar Award winner, Lisa Scottoline brings her mastery of the thriller genre as well as her wit and heart to this collection of the must-reads in mysteries.

Franklin Adrian: Retro: A Guide to the Mid-20th Century Design Revival

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Retro may be cool, but why are we now in the middle of a love affair with objects and designs from the mid-twentieth century? What unique qualities do they share that make them so special now? Using one of the most spectacular displays of retro objects ever assembled, and covering all the bases — furniture, fashion, ceramics, technology, metal, graphics, plastic and glass — twentieth-century…

Pirotta Saviour: The Buccaneering Book of Pirates

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Ahoy, matey! Meet a larger-than-life buccaneer ready for adventure. This picture book follow-up to The Giant Book of Giants features a removable, pop-up pirate poster that's over four feet tall, with lift-the-flaps and pockets containing treasures tucked inside. Six vibrantly illustrated and action-packed tall tales complete the high-seas fun.

Eleanor H. Porter: Pollyanna

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Pollyanna Whittier, is a young orphan who goes to live in Beldingsville, Vermont, with her wealthy but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls The Glad Game, an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation.

Wright Nicky: The Classic Era of American Comics: Flexibound

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The world has never seen the like of the American comic book. In their heyday, the top 500 comics sold over 60 million copies a month, and are still avidly collected. Taking us from the 1930s into the 1950s, Nicky Wright tells the fascinating story of the rise of this highly creative popular art form through its decline due to the self-censorship imposed by Congress and the churches. Highly…