Product Details Age Range: 6 and up Grade Level: 1 and up Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Signet Classics; Reissue edition (April 4, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0451530144 ISBN-13: 978-0451530141 Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches Book De*ion Release date: April 4, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0451530144 | ISBN-13: 978-0451530141 | Edition: Reissue | Age Range: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Hailed as one of the most enduringly popular works of the twentieth century, The Wind in the Willows is a classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit. Penned in lyrical prose, the adventures and misadventures of the book s intrepid quartet of heroes Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad raise fantasy to the level of myth. Reflecting the freshness of childhood wonder, the story still offers adults endless sophistication, substance, and depth. The animals world embodies the author s wry, whimsical, and unfailingly inventive im
Last year’s Tour de France Companion had a successful sale of over 50,000 copies. Now comes the second annual, poised as the essential guide for the millions of newer American fans who got swept up in Armstrong’s history-making 2004 ride, and discovered something that much of the sports community already knew: the Tour de France is arguably the world’s greatest sporting event, pushing 150 athletes to the edge of human endurance. So what will happen in 2005? Can Lance possibly win a seventh? Will Tyler Hamilton avoid a cycling ban? What about the new kids, Thomas Voeckler and Vladimir Karpets? Written for the novice fan but with enough sophistication and insider’s knowledge to be an essential companion for the aficionado, The Tour de France Companion for 2005 is a fully illustrated pocket primer that covers the 2005 route, the teams and their prospects, strategies, ground rules, history, personalities, techniques, and technology. It’s all here: the colored jerseys explained; how teams work tog
Summer camp means lots of things: new friends, roommates, bug bites, bathroom duty...But it's also a chance to be on your own and to reinvent yourself. A shy girl can become the belle of the ball, and ajock might find new competition. Natalie, Jenna, Grace, and Alex have all found themselves at Camp Lakeview for different reasons. And each is keeping a secret. But if everyone is hiding something, how will they ever become friends? Natalie Goode is a city girl-way more interested in fresh sushi than fresh air. So she's bummed when her mother ships her off to "Camp Lake-puke" to broaden her horizons. But before long, Natalie notices there are some pretty cool girls are camp (and even some cute boys, too). If she can loosen up, she might even enjoy herself-unless the secret she's been keeping gets in her way.
Ireland (Eire) is Europe's third largest island, lying between the Ilrish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles off the western shores of Britain. Politically, it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, which covers the south, east, west andnorthwest, and Northern Ireland, the northeast part of the island, which is a state within the United Kingdom. Dublin and Belfast are their respective capitals. Not for nothing is Ireland known as the 'Emerald Isle'. Its mild,maritime climate and all-too-frequent gentle rainfall (heaviest in the west) produce lush green vegetation all over the island.Within the mountains that girdle nmch of the coastline lie low,central plains, bisected from north to south by the great River Shannon and its tributaries that form a huge network of navigable inland waterways.
Take a road-trip through the U.S.A! This a-maze-ingly detailed maze book will delight puzzle fans of all ages as they travel through each twisting turn. With one-of-a-kind mazes depicting all 50 states, this is a perfect gift for any puzzle nut. Maddeningly addictive, whether in the shapes of New York, South Dakota, or California, these intricate mazes will have you hooked in no time!
巴塞罗那,地中海沿岸的大都市,已经进入了第三个千禧年,可是她依然生机盎然,充满青春活力。l992-午举办的奥运会使巴塞罗那有机会全面地进行了举世瞩目的城市改造。现在,通过举力-2004年全球_文化论坛,完成了其它剩余和必要的城市改造工程。尽管巴塞罗那城市得到了全面的更新与改造,可是她仍然保留着吸引人的传统特色:开放而热情好吞的人们,充满阳光的舒适气候,年平均气温均保持在摄氏十七度的生活环境,丰富多彩的建筑瑰宝,优美怡人的自然环境。同时,巴塞罗那已经是一座完全现代化的大都市,拥有崭新的国际机场,新颖的住-9区、娱乐区和各项服务设施以及现代化的通讯设施。城市面貌焕然一新,尤其是朝向大海的城区已经由旧变新,清晰迷人。 如果您长久离开巴塞罗那,现在又重新返回来,您会发现她变了,变得更加美丽动人。本
This book will transport you to the greatest metropolises and the most beautiful cities around the globe--from Africa to Asia and "Down Under,"and from Europe to North and South America. Experience fascinating insights into the canyon-like streets of modern super-cities, or take a stroll through picturesque lanes all across the continents. These cities have so much to tell--about the greatest events in world history, and also the local stories that make up the life of a city, every single day.
Six jet-setting stories for fluent readers. Robbie, Laura and Janie's dad is a celebrity guitarist-and now he's taking them on his band's world tour! READING HEROES is a series of graded storybooks with activities, created by reading experts.
One steamy morning in the summer of 1950, Mary and Frank Littell-with their two young sons in tow-left America for a small working-class town in the South of France, where they spent one hilarious, unforgettable year. Filled with fascinating details of expatriate life, French Impressions is a riveting account of their (mis)adventures abroad.
Matchless essays on wine, food, and travel by "our prize chronicler of sensuous experience." --Times Literary Supplement Sybille Bedford once wrote that "travel writing is inseparable from the writer's tastes, idiosyncrasies, and general temperament--it is what happens to him when he is confronted with a column, a bird, a sage, a cheat, a riot; wine, fruit, dirt; the delay in the dirt, the failing airplane." Pleasures and Landscapes is what happened to Mrs. Bedford when, at the peak of her literary powers, she traveled through France, Italy, and the rest of Europe for Vogue, Esquire, and other magazines --eight classic essays that secure her a place at the table with A. J. Liebling and M. F. K. Fisher.
Browsers and young students alike will enjoy these lively question and answer books with their unique mix of realistic illustration and engaging cartoons. The enticing questions will amaze, amuse and inspire, while the highly visual format encourages kids to keep reading. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Bringing a dramatic moment of World War II to vivid life, author Stephen Krensky answers questions about the historic importance of the military action at Pearl Harbor. Written in simple yet clear language, the book teaches readers about the political scene before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in December 1941, and how this event shaped our country's place in the world.
EGYPT. HOME TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S EARLIEST AND MOST LONG-LASTING CIVILIZATIONS 1N ANTIQ.UITY. DEVELOPED ITS UNIQUE, SOPHISTICATED CULTURE IN RELATIVE SAFETY AND SECLUSION. PROTECTED TO AN EXTENT BY THE NATURAL BARRIERS OF THE DESERTS TO THE EAST AND WEST. AND BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE NORTH. THIS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION ENDURED FOR ALMOST 3.000 YEARS BEFORE IT WAS FINALLY CONQUERED BY THE ROMAN EMPIRE.