"This is a story of light and dark." Against a lush backdrop of lichen-covered trees, the peppered moth lies hidden. Until the world begins to change ... A clever picture book text about the extraordinary way in which animals have evolved, intertwined with the complication of human intervention. This remarkable paperback edition of the amazing story of the peppered moth is the perfect introduction to natural selection and evolution for children. Along come people with their magnificent machines which stain the land with soot. In a beautiful landscape changed by humans how will one little moth survive? Powerful and visually spectacular, Moth is the remarkable evolution story that captures the struggle of animal survival against the background of an evolving human world in a unique and atmospheric introduction to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
2010 Руб.
Travel through time to the land of the dinosaurs! Foreword by Chris Packham. Climb aboard the time machine and join adventurer Mia on a breathtaking journey to our prehistoric world, visiting an active volcano, tracking dinosaur footprints and tiptoeing around a Maiasaura nest! Starting almost 300 million years ago, you can meet: - ancient Permian reptiles - Triassic meat-eaters and plant-eaters - powerful Jurassic predators - fluffy and feathery dinosaurs - flying dinosaurs and pterosaurs - the world's very first birds - enormous Cretaceous titanosaurs - dinosaurs with horns, frills and crests With astonishing facts and interactive dinosaur activities, this captivating book will excite and inspire the adventurers of the future.
3339 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Le Fanu's last major novel "Willing to Die" considered one of the most ambitious and thought-provoking of his works. It is an intricate story about a tragic life that ended too soon.
1728 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Le Fanu's last major novel "Willing to Die" considered one of the most ambitious and thought-provoking of his works. It is an intricate story about a tragic life that ended too soon.
199 Руб.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. The wonderful story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. "Under the Greenwood Tree" is one of Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novels.
588 Руб.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. The wonderful story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. "Under the Greenwood Tree" is one of Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novels.
199 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As an excellent example of a Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an old countryside manor house with a set of colorful characters and ambiguous relationships between them. Treason, intrigues, conspiracy and a burning desire for revenge - what a wonderful way to start an exciting and unpredictable story!
879 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As an excellent example of a. Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an old countryside manor house with a set of colorful characters and ambiguous relationships between them. Treason, intrigues, conspiracy and a burning desire for revenge - what a wonderful way to start an exciting and unpredictable story!
1044 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As an excellent example of a Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an old countryside manor house with a set of colorful characters and ambiguous relationships between them. Treason, intrigues, conspiracy and a burning desire for revenge - what a wonderful way to start an exciting and unpredictable story!
199 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As an excellent example of a. Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an old countryside manor house with a set of colorful characters and ambiguous relationships between them. Treason, intrigues, conspiracy and a burning desire for revenge - what a wonderful way to start an exciting and unpredictable story!
199 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814—1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As an excellent example of a. Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an old countryside manor house with a set of colorful characters and ambiguous relationships between them. Treason, intrigues, conspiracy and a burning desire for revenge — what a wonderful way to start an exciting and unpredictable story!
760 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814—1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As an excellent example of a. Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an old countryside manor house with a set of colorful characters and ambiguous relationships between them. Treason, intrigues, conspiracy and a burning desire for revenge — what a wonderful way to start an exciting and unpredictable story!
760 Руб.
In the frost-covered forest of early spring, fox is on a mission to find food for her three cubs. As they grow, she teaches them how to survive in the wild. Until one day, fox dies. Her body goes back to earth and grass and air, nourishing the world around her and bringing the forest to life. Death is not just an end, it's also a beginning. Fox: A Circle of Life Story answers the big scientific question: What happens when we die? Bringing together an evocative non-fiction narrative with breath-taking illustrations, this book will help parents and children to talk about life and death. It introduces the scientific concept that death leads to new life, and that this way of understanding the world is no less beautiful and awe-inspiring than traditional stories. Fox: A Circle of Life Story unites story and science to explain this big concept to children who have lost a pet or a loved one, or who simply are curious about death and what happens after we die.
3033 Руб.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. "A Group Of Noble Dames" is great short story collection, which includes such works like "The Lady Penelope", "The Duchess Of Hamptonshire", "The Honourable Laura" and others.
727 Руб.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. "A Group Of Noble Dames" is great short story collection, which includes such works like "The Lady Penelope", "The Duchess Of Hamptonshire", "The Honourable Laura" and others.
199 Руб.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Combining detective with gothic romance, "Checkmate" tells the story of a rich man Walter Longcluse, who, through a relationship with Alice Wynderbroke and her family, falls into a whirlpool of terrible events, including murder. This book is an excellent example of the well-written sensation novel.
2160 Руб.