David Roberts Libri

Ethan e Cathy vivono con il padre all’Old Inn, una vecchia locanda arroccata su un’alta scogliera a picco sul mare. Una sera una misteriosa malattia colpisce i due bambini, che cominciano a urlare per il dolore. Il padre allora esce di casa per andare a cercare un medico. Fuori imperversa una violenta bufera, il mare è in tempesta e la furia del vento scuote le finestre e fa scricchiolare le pareti della locanda. All’improvviso bussano alla porta. È il giovane marinaio Jonah Thackeray che chiede ospitalità. In cambio si offre di raccontare ai bambini storie paurose ed emozionanti, apprese nei suoi lunghi anni di navigazione. Ma c’è qualcosa di molto strano in questo visitatore, e il piccolo Ethan comincia a essere un po’ inquieto, sia perché le storie sono davvero terrificanti, sia perché malgrado siano passate diverse ore il padre non fa ancora ritorno…

State per avventurarvi nella terra degli orsi? Sarà meglio che vi prepariate a dovere! Dove pensate di andare senza sapere la differenza tra un orso nero e uno marrone? Una cosa è certa: sono entrambi pericolosi, ma come sempre esiste un segreto che vi permetterà di farla franca.

Fasten your seatbelts - it's a special adventure for World Book Day with Teddington's wildest family! Learn just how our intrepid hyenas managed to get from their African safari park onto the plane and off to their new home in England. It's quite a remarkable, and some would say, unbelievable tale - but there are many laughs along the way!

A fabulously funny story from a winning picture book team!

Once you pick me up, you won't want to put me down . . . I'm an encyclopedia, but not as you know it. Big books with facts are boring - I'm not. I'm more like a computer game than a book, crammed with funky pages and cartoons. Forget A-Z, just follow my lead and you'll be amazed where you end up! Was Beethoven a punk? Why is 10 to the power of 100 called a googol? How are smelly feet connected to nuclear weapons?I've got it all covered. Read me in bed, read me on the bus, or even in the loo! Just pick me up - go on. I'm exciting, I'm addictive - I'm unputdownable! Curious? Try me!

The history of the Holy land is as old as the history of man, so it is not surprising that such a relatively small region should contain such a wealth of archaeological ruins and monuments. This guide explores the heritage sites and historic and religious attractions, region by region.

Twelve-year-old Eddie Dickens survives encounters with an escape artist in a runaway hearse's coffin, a hot air balloon bearing the escape artist's lovely assistant, a gas explosion, and a jewel thief on the run.

Through an intertwining of physics and its philosophy, this book demonstrates how to distinguish the true arrow of time from illusory asymmetries. It is rigorous, richly illustrated, and accessible, ensuring its suitability for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of physics and philosophy, as well as contemporary researchers.

Join Bertie as he struggles to escape from the clutches of Angela Nicely, looks after the elderly class hamster, ends up with a star solo trumpet performance, even though he's never played one before...

Conquistadors of the Useless is the autobiography of French Alpine guide Lionel Terray, one of the greatest alpinists of his time. Terray made first ascents in the Alps, the Andes, and the Himalaya - including the second ascent of the Eiger North Face - and was at the centre of global mountaineering at a time when Europe was emerging from WWII.