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
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.
Explores Indian English's history and its place in society.Full of humorous and quirky expressions, slang, jargon and commonlanguage misunderstandings. Will help travelers speak like localswith Hinglish terms for food, sports and entertainment
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.
All the basics you need for city escapes and short businesstrips. Chat, eat, shop and celebrate your way through the wondersof Asia. Burmese, Cantonese, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao,Mandarin, Thai, Vietnamese.
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.
As anyone who has spent time on the road knows, you often haveto depend on signs...to navigate through a town, locate your hotel,even obey the law - a scary thought if you've ever come across anyof the publicly posted absurdities that appear in this book. Signsabout as easy to understand as a Swahili auctioneer (to anon-Swahili speaker) or as well-planned as the dance steps in amosh pit with the help of signspotters around the globe, we'veassembled a collection of some of the most unintentionallyentertaining postings on the planet - we hope they confuse andamuse you!
All the basics you need for short trips and city escapes.Chat, eat, shop, and celebrate your way through the wonders ofEastern Europe. Small Talk Eastern Europe covers Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian,Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, andSlovene.
A few words can take you a long way. These pocket-sizedlanguages guides--the most extensive two-way dictionary andculinary reader available in a phrasebook--are perfect fortravellers of all ages and budgets who want to interact with thelocals to maximize their travel experience. Each title in theseries features colour sections, a user-friendly sentence builder,an easy-to-follow pronunciation guide and over 2,500 essentialwords and phrases. Useful sections are divided into key areas,including food, health, accommodations and going out. Here is the most useful phrasebook for intrepid travellers drawnto East Timor's relatively untouched culture and environment. Thereis a new sustainable travel language chapter for the responsibletraveller.
Qinghai means "blue lake,"and indeed the name of the provincecomes from the pristine waters of the vast Qinghai Lake high on theplateau - the "roof of the world." Three great rivers rise inQinghai: the Yellow River and the Yangtze River nurtured dazzlingChinese civilizations that sprang up along their valleys; theLancang River starts here too irrigating first Tibet and Yunnan,before flowing through Southeast Asia as the Mekong. Historically remote, but not isolated, both the southern route ofthe Silk Road and the Tang Tubo Road linking the Tang emperors inChang an and the ubokings in Lhasa made their way through the heartof Qinghai. In the gentle embrace of Sanjiangyuan - the Great Source of ThreeRivers - are vast grasslands, rippling snow mountains, the devoutpilgrims,sacred living creatures….
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.