John Dillow Libri

Perfect for school projects, this useful text covers eight areas of history: Romans, Saxons and Normans, Middle Ages, Tudors, Stuarts, Georgians, Victorians and the 20th Century.

This title tells the story of White Fang, part-dog and part-wolf, as he fights for survival in the harsh landscapes of northwest Canada.

Designed to help children learn quickly by demonstrating patterns in each table, this reference also contains useful information about numbers.

This is an educational trip around the world, designed for young children. They will discover what makes a volcano erupt and why earthquakes happen, and will be introduced to the concept of global warming and the greenhouse effect.

Part of the Vintage Classics Bronte Series: three sisters, three major novels, beautifully designed. When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant at Wildfell Hall rumours immediately begin to swirl around her. As her neighbour Gilbert Markham comes to discover, Helen has painful secrets buried in her past that even his love for her cannot easily overcome.

Pubblicato a puntate in venti fascicoli mensili (l’ultimo, secondo la consuetudine, doppio) dal maggio 1849 al novembre 1850, e immediatamente riproposto in un volume con le illustrazioni di H.K. Browne, detto “Phiz”, David Copperfield diviene subito uno dei romanzi di Charles Dickens più apprezzati non solo dalla schiera degli affezionati lettori, che avevano seguito l’uscita delle sue opere dai tempi del Circolo Pickwick (1837) e di Oliver Twist (1838), ma anche da scrittori e intellettuali illustri, George Eliot e Henry James, Dostoevskij e Freud. Né si possono dimenticare, in Italia, le pagine illuminanti dedicate al David Copperfield da Mario Praz, da Carlo Izzo, e da Cesare Pavese, che tradusse l’opera nel 1939.

"'Every day, the Sheriff robs the ordinary people with high taxes, ' Robin said to the other outlaws. 'We should rob the Sheriff in return. But we will not rob him because we want to be rich. We will use the money to help the poor. We will not harm women, children or honest men. We will right wrongs when we can and we will bring hope to the people when we can. We will live outside the law because the law is only for rich men. We will fight these rich men's unfair laws.' "--Back cover

A board book of color illustrations of toys. Each illustration has a one-word caption. For babies and toddlers.

Tato nádherně ilustrovaná kniha nabízí dětem biblické příběhy převyprávěné živým a poutavým stylem. Přibližuje se jim srozumitelným jazykem, vypráví jednoduše, nevynechává nic podstatného a vyvolává zájem a chuť k dalšímu čtení.

Une adaptation fidele d'une lecture aisee, des illustrations tres voici le livre ideal pour faire decouvrir la Bible aux jeunes enfants.