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Знаете ли вы, почему Гензель и Гретель оказались в лесу? А что будет, если попросить смерть стать крестным отцом? В этом сборнике собраны пугающие и завораживающие своей мрачностью фольклорные истории. Здесь смрад доносится из запертой комнаты замка …

Кто на самом деле вошел в дом к трем медведям? Что случилось с двумя другими поросятами? Как мертвая рыба помогла кухарке стать невесткой барона? Узнайте ответы на эти вопросы и потренируйте английский язык с пособием от редакции Lingua! В состав сбо…

Can love find a way to overcome hate?When Frankie’s mother dies, she is sent to live with her Aunt Bet in Worthing, Sussex. Life on their farm is happy – for a while. But when World War Two breaks out, Frankie must help her country by signing up to t…

All the Button Street children deserve a good home…Alone and on the streets after their mother ends up in hospital, Charlie has promised his little sister Maisie he’ll never let her feel frightened again. That promise is hard to keep when Maisie fall…

«Вик – самый быстрый трактор на ферме. Это знали все: и телята в коровнике, и форель в пруду, и даже соседи – пчёлы из липового леса. – Я тебя догоню, Вик! – то и дело обещала Лиззи, его сестрёнка. Куда ей! Она хоть и шустрая, но маленькая…» На англи…

Megan's school's annual outing takes her and her classmates to a network of caves, which were used as dwellings by pre-historic tribes. Megan is certain that she gains more knowledge about what really went on there all that time ago by using her psyc…

William Jones, a sheep farmer from the Brecon Beacons, had led a happy life, until his wife, Sarah, died young. It left him devastated and seemingly bent on self-destruction. His daughter, Becky tried to help, but even she was losing patience with he…

‘A visual delight’ The Times‘A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London’ Sunday Times‘Tell me, then: would you say you are innocent or experienced?’1792. Uprooted from their quiet Dorset village to the riotous streets of London, young Jem Kella…

Annie Cross has few pleasures in her tough life. On the bleak family farm on the Essex marshlands, she slaves all day for her cruel father. The one thing that keeps her going is her secret meetings with Tom Featherstone.But War steals Tom from her wh…

Dear Alice, dreadful news was told to me today…Bristol, 1941: Alice Watts leaves the shell-shocked city for her new life as a Land Girl on Home Farm. It’s a completely different from her quiet old world, but she’s determined to do her part.And the ba…

Before you follow the path into your family’s history, beware of the secrets you may find…The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of her marriage, caree…

A perfect atmospheric thriller for this Halloween . . .A house stands alone in the woods.Deep in the forests of Norway, Lexi finds a fresh start with Tom and his two young daughters, working as their new nanny.The darkness creeps closer.But Lexi is t…

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.There is something about Demi. When this boy is angry, rain clouds gather…

Don’t miss the new book from Sunday Times bestselling author, Josephine Cox!The pretty Arnold sisters have grown up on their father’s farm and yearn for something more out of life than drudgery and toil. Ellen, loyal and honest, is her father’s favou…

Don’t miss the new uplifting historical saga series from Molly Green, set at famous Bletchley Park: Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park – available to pre-order now! Her duty is to keep smiling through…When World War II breaks out, Suzanne’s dream of at…

Not since Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber have old stories been made to feel so electrically new.Not since Wim Winders’ Wings of Desire have the numinous and the everyday been so magically combined. It's in the nature of myth to be infinitely…