english charlie the book smugglers of timbuktu the quest for this storied city and the race to save its treasures
English Charlie The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu. The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures
The fabled city of Timbuktu has captured the Western imagination for centuries. The search for this 'African El Dorado' cost the lives of many explorers but Timbuktu is rich beyond its legends. Home to many thousands of ancient manuscripts on poetry, history, religion, law, pharmacology and astronomy, the city has been a centre of learning since medieval times. When jihadists invaded Mali in 2012 threatening destruction to Timbuktu's libraries, a remarkable thing happened. A team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the precious manuscripts into hiding. Based on new research and first-hand reporting, Charlie English expertly tells this story set in one of the world's most fascinating places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable.
2017 Руб.
Johnson Nicole Big City Adventures
Join Liberty and the PAW Patrol in this action-packed movie story book! So long, Adventure Bay! The PAW Patrol is on a roll... to Adventure City! When the Pups learn that Humdinger has become mayor of the buzzing metropolis, they must race into action to save Adventure City from his selfish scheming. PAW Patrol The Movie is the PAWfect film for the whole family to enjoy together.
1310 Руб.
Leighton Jonny Where's the Unicorn? An Epic Adventure. A Magical Search and Find Book
The unicorns of Rainbow Valley are off on another adventure. This time, Blossom, Leaf, Ruby and friends are looking for a distant, lost land, called Unicopolis, where an ancient civilization of unicorns used to live. It's believed to be home to countless beautiful artefacts, one of which will help restore the fading magic of their world. But they're not the only ones looking for its treasures ... The unicorns' quest takes them across the world, from a remote and crumbling, haunted Scottish castle and the deep-sea ruins of an ancient Greek city overrun with mermaids and marine animals, to an enchanted, Nordic forest full of magical creatures, mummy-ridden ancient Egyptian tombs, a remote Antarctic outpost crowded with out-of-this-world visitors and the majestic and glittering ruins of Unicopolis itself. Use your spotting skills to not only find the each of the seven unicorns on every page, but the special 'epic finds' - maps, treasures and more - that will help the unicorns on their way, all the while outrunning the baddies on their tails in this epic search adventure.
1524 Руб.
Peirce Lincoln Big Nate Goes for Broke
For fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, here comes the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling series Big Nate, now in paperback. BIG NATE IS GOING FOR BROKE! In Book 4, Nate is back in action. This time, Nate's quest to achieve his destiny (you know…greatness) lands him in the hospital with a broken bone. Meanwhile P.S. 38 is in competition with its biggest school rival and Nate wants to save the day. Will he crack under the pressure of the "Ultimate Snowdown"? Or lead P.S. 38 to its biggest victory ever? Meet Big Nate, notorious class clown and definitely NOT the teacher's pet.
1013 Руб.
Pratchett T. The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide
Greetings, adventurer! We lay before you this most comprehensive gazetteer encompassing all the streets of Ankh-Morpork, as well as information on its principal businesses, hotels, taverns, inns, and places of entertainment and refreshment, enhanced by the all-new and compleat map of our great city state. Our city has grown well beyond its ancient walls, but the remit of this commission from the honourable Guild of Merchants was to 'map the city', the pulsing organ of commerce and culture, the heart as opposed to the body, and this we have done. In spades. We ask that when you pore over this glorious work you spare some thought for the humble cartographers and surveyors who made journeys into the darker corners of our metropolis — no less dangerous than the wilds of Skund or Bhangbhangduc. To some the only memorial is the map you now possess. Others, in their quest for knowledge, paid the highest price that scholarship demands, which is to say, a day off in lieu. And so we dedicate this map and these accompanying words to the officers, councilors and members of the Merchants' Guild and to all who will find in its pages paths yet to tread and places yet to explore within the magnificent wonder that is the city of Ankh-Morpork.
4499 Руб.
Pratchett T. The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide
Greetings, adventurer! We lay before you this most comprehensive gazetteer encompassing all the streets of Ankh-Morpork, as well as information on its principal businesses, hotels, taverns, inns, and places of entertainment and refreshment, enhanced by the all-new and compleat map of our great city state. Our city has grown well beyond its ancient walls, but the remit of this commission from the honourable Guild of Merchants was to 'map the city', the pulsing organ of commerce and culture, the heart as opposed to the body, and this we have done. In spades. We ask that when you pore over this glorious work you spare some thought for the humble cartographers and surveyors who made journeys into the darker corners of our metropolis — no less dangerous than the wilds of Skund or Bhangbhangduc. To some the only memorial is the map you now possess. Others, in their quest for knowledge, paid the highest price that scholarship demands, which is to say, a day off in lieu. And so we dedicate this map and these accompanying words to the officers, councilors and members of the Merchants' Guild and to all who will find in its pages paths yet to tread and places yet to explore within the magnificent wonder that is the city of Ankh-Morpork.
4499 Руб.
Bryson Bill Mother Tongue. The Story of the English Language
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use. Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.
3617 Руб.
Chinese Graded Readers (Level 2): My Dog /Адаптированная книга для чтения c CD (HSK 2) Моя собака (книга на английском и китайском языках)
This book is the second volume of a Chinese language graded reading series for adults. The series falls into six grades, and its vocabulary respectively corresponds to the HSK level 1 to level 6. Collecting 10 articles, this book is suitable for the learners of new HSK level 2. The new words in the articles are provided with English annotations and exercises are attached to each article, accompanied by beautiful illustrations.
1497 Руб.
Chinese Graded Readers (Level 2): My Dog /Адаптированная книга для чтения c CD (HSK 2) Моя собака (книга на английском и китайском языках)
This book is the second volume of a Chinese language graded reading series for adults. The series falls into six grades, and its vocabulary respectively corresponds to the HSK level 1 to level 6. Collecting 10 articles, this book is suitable for the learners of new HSK level 2. The new words in the articles are provided with English annotations and exercises are attached to each article, accompanied by beautiful illustrations.
1497 Руб.
Leyland Simon A Curious Guide to London
From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A Curious Guide to London takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city you think you know, unearthing the capital's secrets and commemorating its rich, colourful and unusual history. Brimming with tales of London's forgotten past, its strangest traditions and its most eccentric inhabitants, this book celebrates the unique, the unusual and the unknown. Perfect for tourists, day-trippers, commuters and the millions of people who call London home, this alternative guidebook will make you look at the city in a whole new light.
4470 Руб.
Cool Restaurants Madrid
Spain's capital is also its most ebullient city. To experience Madrid is to explore its restaurants and eateries, prop up its countless bars, and be swept up in its nocturnal charms. In this diverse and open-armed city is a thriving restaurant scene with menus serving dishes of infinite variety in the most innovatively designed settings. Readers will find the most fashionable destinations for enjoying the eating and reveling Madrid is famous for in this flexi-bound little guide. Recipes are interspersed among the lavishly illustrated profiles. Text in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
658 Руб.
Hawthorne Lara Hidden Adventures
The perfect gift for children aged 6+ who are fans of Where's the Wookiee? and Illuminature. Grab hold of your magic red lens for an interactive search-and-find adventure around the world to see if you can spot all of the hidden treasures as you whizz into space, dive below the ocean, trek through the jungle, explore an ancient Egyptian tomb and much more. Read about the true stories and fascinating facts behind the objects you collect on your journey, some treasures can be found in the most unexpected and unusual places ... Each fun quest takes you on a different adventure to find real-life hidden treasures, surprising artefacts and extraordinary animals. This novelty book is perfect for children aged 6+ and Lara Hawthorne's engaging and detailed artwork leads you on a journey like no other in this jam-packed, search-and-find treasure hunt.
958 Руб.
Chainani Soman School for Good and Evil 4. Quests for Glory
With every end comes a new beginning... Join your favourite students from the School for Good and Evil in the exhilarating fourth book in this bestselling series. Before they can graduate, the students of the School for Good and Evil must complete their fourth-year Quests for Glory. The stakes are high: success brings eternal adoration, and failure means obscurity forever. For their quests, Agatha and Tedros are trying to return Camelot to its former splendour as queen and king. For her quest, Sophie seeks to mould Evil in her own image as Dean. But they soon grow isolated and alone, and all of the students' quests seem to plunge into chaos. Amidst obstacles both dangerous and unpredictable, who will rise and lead the charge to save them . . . ?
759 Руб.
Thornbury Scott About Language. 2nd Edition. Tasks for Teachers of English
Tasks for teachers of English that help to develop language awareness and invite consideration of the pedagogical implications and classroom applications. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, incorporating recent developments in language description, whilst keeping the organisation and structure of the successful first edition. As before, the book asks: 'What is it that a teacher needs to know about English in order to teach it effectively?' It develops teachers' language awareness through a wide range of tasks, which involve them in analysing English to discover its underlying systems. The book consists of 31 units, with new material focusing on varieties of English, models of grammar, phraseology, and spoken grammar. Suitable for use on training courses and for self-study.
10656 Руб.
Shipton Vicky Grey Owl. Level 3
In the 1930s Grey Owl was the most famous North American Indian in the world. He wanted to save his land, its forests and animals. He wanted to change the world. He also had a very strange secret. This book tells his true story. American English. Number of wiords 6.909
2144 Руб.
Joyce James Dubliners
The last story in this book, The Dead, is one of the most powerful evocations of human loss and longing that the English language possesses; and the other stories are as beautifully turned and as greatly admired. All demonstrate that James Joyce was not only modernism's chief innovator, but also one of its most intimate and poetic writers. In this new edition the text has been revised in line with Joyce's wishes, and the original versions of The Sisters, Eveline and After the Race have been made available for the first time.
5508 Руб.