rolfe helen the little cafe at the end of the pier
Rolfe Helen The Little Cafe at the End of the Pier
When Jo's beloved grandparents ask for her help in running their little cafe at the end of the pier in Salthaven-on-Sea she jumps at the chance. The cafe is a hub for many people: the single dad who brings his little boy in on a Saturday morning; the lady who sits alone and stares out to sea; the woman who pops in after her morning run. Jo soon realises that each of her customers is looking for love - and she knows just the way to find it for them. She goes about setting each of them up on blind dates - each date is held in the cafe, with a special menu she has designed for the occasion. But Jo has never found love herself. She always held her grandparents' marriage up as her ideal and she hasn't found anything close to that. But could it be that love is right under her nose...?
3047 Руб.
Reeman Douglas Send a Gunboat
A classic of naval fiction from 'the master of the modern sea story'. HMS Wagtail is a river gunboat, a ship seemingly at the end of her useful life, lying in a Hong Kong dockyard awaiting her last summons to the breakers' yard. Commander Justin Rolfe is also seemingly at the end of his useful naval life, an embittered man, brooding and angry from a court-martial verdict. Then the offshore island of Santu is threatened with invasion from the Chinese mainland. The small British community must be brought out and Commander Rolfe and the Wagtail are ordered to the island. The job is regarded with sullen resentment by his crew, but to Rolfe, and even the ship, it is a job that offers the chance of a reprieve and a restoration of self respect.
2605 Руб.
Fingerwiggly Monkeys
Little children and their grown-ups can stick their fingers through the holes to become the arms of big and little monkey and tell a simple story. Little monkey learns to reach for a juicy mango to eat, swings through the jungle, and finds a leaf to shelter from the rain before joining the rest of the family at the end of the day for a comforting monkey hug.
816 Руб.
Taplin Sam The Twinkly Twinkly Fairies
Little children will love seeing the world of fairies sparkle into life with the little lights in this magical novelty book. Albert the unicorn doesn't like the dark, but the fairies light the way for him and help him feel better in a heartwarming story. The number of lights gradually increases as you turn the pages, until you find ten lights at the end.
1998 Руб.
Taplin Sam Are You There Little Tiger?
This playful book takes little children on a hide-and-seek adventure in search of the elusive little tiger. Die-cut holes on each page seem to reveal the tiger, only for it to turn out to be a different animal entirely when they turn the page. And, of course, they finally discover the tiger at the end.
647 Руб.
Priddy Roger Follow Me Halloween
Follow the little ghost through the mazes of this spooky Halloween finger maze book. there are seven scenes for children to explore by using their fingertips to trace along the grooves on the book pages. The illustrated pages are full of charming little Halloween characters to spit in the Ghost Town, the Count's Castle, the Witches' Wood, and more. At the end of every trail is a hold the ghost goes through to start the next exciting maze adventure.
959 Руб.
Johnson Debbie Christmas at the Comfort Food Cafe
Becca Fletcher has always hated Christmas but she has her reasons for being Little Miss Grinch. Now, though, she can't avoid her version of ho-ho-hell - because she's travelling to the Comfort Food Cafe to spend the festive season with her sister Laura and her family. She's expecting mulled wine, 24-hour Christmas movie marathons and all kinds of very merry torture. Little does Becca know that the Comfort Food Cafe is like no other place on earth. Perched on a snow-covered hill, it's a place full of friendship where broken hearts can heal, new love can blossom and where Becca's Christmas miracle really could happen - if only she can let it… Inviting readers new and old to pull up a cosy armchair, Christmas at the Comfort Food Cafe is the novella-length follow-up to the 2016 best-seller Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe.
1756 Руб.
Taplin Sam Farmyard Tales Poppy and Sam's Animal Sounds Board
Poppy and Sam are feeding the animals at Apple Tree Farm, and they're a noisy bunch! Little children will love hearing the farm come to life as they press the pages of this entertaining book, to hear Curly the pig, Woolly the sheep, Rusty the dog and more. At the end you'll hear all the noisy animals at once, accompanied by a jolly tune.
2260 Руб.
Blathwayt Benedict Faster, Faster!
Click-clack, clicketty-clack, whoo . . . eee! Disaster! The fast rain to Pebblecombe has broken down. Everyone on the train wants to get to the fair and enjoy a great day out but now they're all stuck on the tracks. It is up to the Little Red Train and Duffy Driver to save the day. Do the little Red Train speeds up and is determined to get her passengers to the fair on time. As Duffy remarks at the end of the journey, 'You're the Little Red Express now!' Follow the train on its speedy journey and marvel at the wealth of detail in every picture.
2057 Руб.
Cole Henry One Little Bag. An Amazing Journey
From a tall tree growing in the forest - to the checkout counter at the grocery store - one little bag finds its way into the hands of a young boy on the eve of his first day of school. And so begins an incredible journey of one little bag that is used and reused and reused again. In a three-generation family, the bag is transporter of objects and keeper of memories. And when Grandfather comes to the end of his life, the family finds a meaningful new way for the battered, but much-loved little bag to continue its journey in the circle of life.
3754 Руб.
Taplin Sam Five-Minute Bedtime Stories
A heartwarming collection of eleven gentle animal stories, perfect for sharing together at bedtime. Cosy stories include ‘Little Lion’s Roar’, ‘Badger’s Happy Feeling’ and ‘Dog and the Balloon’. With enchanting illustrations and just the right length for the end of a busy day.
1427 Руб.
Rodriguez Deborah Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
Six women forever joined by a little cafe in Kabul Sunny, former proprietor of the Little Coffee Shop and new owner of the Screaming Peacock vineyard. Can she handle the challenges of life on her own? Yazmina, the young mother who now runs the cafe, until a terrifying event strikes at the heart of her family and business… Layla and Kat, Afghan teenagers in America, struggling to make sense of their place in the world… Zara, about to be forced into a marriage which will have devastating consequences… These women are about to learn what Halajan, Yazmina's rebellious mother-in-law, has known all along: when the world as you know it disappears, you find a new way to live. Reuniting us with the much-loved cast of the international bestseller, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. Deborah Rodriguez tells an inspiring story of women's strength and courage in a changing world.
2125 Руб.
Corvo Frederick Baron Hadrian the Seventh
One of the strangest novels ever written - part daydream, part diatribe and part autobiography - by one of the great eccentrics of English literature The titlular character of Hadrian the Seventh is inextricably intertwined with his creator, Frederick Rolfe, the self-titled Baron Corvo. Both were Catholic converts and unsuccessful candidates for priesthood, who led bitter, misunderstood lives, betrayed (they thought) by friends, bishops and prelates. Both were at times struggling writers and failed inventors, their brilliance (they believed) insufficiently recognized, who lived alternately extravagantly and in squalor. Rolfe put all his obsessions, all his hate and suffering, his dreams and fantasies into George Arthur Rose, the outcast who through a bizarre sequence of events is elected Pope. Hadrian VII, the first English pontiff in five centuries, is a mass of contradictions: infallible and petulant, ascetic and corrupt, humble and despotic, he empties the Vatican's coffers to feed the poor and reshapes nations in a bid for world peace. With this blend of satire and self-knowledge which runs through the pages of this, his finest novel, Rolfe both vindicates and condemns himself.
2475 Руб.
Gaiman Neil The Ocean at the End of the Lane
A special illustrated edition of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, the bestselling magical novel from master storyteller Neil Gaiman. Breathtaking illustrations by fine artist and illustrator, Elise Hurst. 'Both a pitch-perfect fantasy and a moving examination of childhood memories and their effects on our adult selves ... superb' The Times 'Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul' Joanne Harris This is what he remembers, as he sits by the ocean at the end of the lane: A dead man on the back seat of the car, and warm milk at the farmhouse. An ancient little girl, and an old woman who saw the moon being made. A beautiful housekeeper with a monstrous smile. And dark forces woken that were best left undisturbed. They are memories hard to believe, waiting at the edge of things. The recollections of a man who thought he was lost but is now, perhaps, remembering a time when he was saved... The Ocean at the End of the Lane (illlustrated) Navy cloth boards with silver foil detail Head and tail bands Coloured endpapers Beautiful black and white illustrations throughout by artist, Elise Hurst
3744 Руб.
Gaiman Neil The Ocean at the End of the Lane
This is what he remembers, as he sits by the ocean at the end of the lane: A dead man on the back seat of the car, and warm milk at the farmhouse. An ancient little girl, and an old woman who saw the moon being made. A beautiful housekeeper with a monstrous smile. And dark forces woken that were best left undisturbed. They are memories hard to believe, waiting at the edge of things. The recollections of a man who thought he was lost but is now, perhaps, remembering a time when he was saved...
2217 Руб.
Brooks Felicity Fingerwiggly Elephants
Little children and their grown-ups can poke their fingers through the holes to become the trunks of Big Elephant and Baby Elephant and tell a simple story. Baby Elephant learns to reach for leaves, suck up and squirt water, then takes a walk through the grassland before joining the rest of the family at the end of the day for a big elephant cuddle.
820 Руб.