Книги жанра Penguin Group
Название: Dog Wash Day
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2004
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It's time to wash the dog. Have a splish-splashing good time with simple words, pictures, and flash cards to make learning to read easy and fun. Full color. Consumable.
Название: Don't Wake the Baby
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 1996
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All Aboard Reading titles feature extra-large type, primer-easy sentence structure, and colorful rebus pictures that replace many nouns in the text. Nothing wakes this baby — not a beeping car, not a barking dog, not a ringing telephone! But when a tiny fly buzzes by, he finally wakes up. And what does it take to get him back to sleep? A kiss on the nose from big sister! Includes 24 cut-out flash cards.
Название: Is That You, Santa
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 1998
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The halls are decked, the tree is trimmed, and one young boy is wide awake and watching for a special late-night visitor. But waiting isn't easy — especially when every little noise sounds like Santa! Includes 24 flash cards. Full color.
Название: The Little Engine That Could Helps Out
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 1999
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Young readers will soon be echoing the little blue engine's trademark I think I can as they take their first steps on the road to independent reading with this reissue, featuring simple words, rebus pictures, and 24 skill-building flash cards.
Название: Otto the Cat
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 1995
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Who's been sleeping in my bed? Otto the cat is not amused when a slobbery but lovable dog moves in and takes over everything--from his water bowl to his favorite chair — in this delightful story about friendship and sharing. Featuring a super-simple vocabulary this All Aboard Reading book includes 24 flash cards.
Название: Picky Nicky
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 1996
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Picky eater Nicky declares that she would rather eat bees and parrots than peas and carrots until her inventive family devises a clever plan to overcome her finicky habits.
Название: Pig out
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 1997
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True to their porcine nature, a family of pigs overloads on pizza in a silly, super-easy story with a moral for everyone who's ever pigged out! Full-color illustrations.
Название: Too Noisy
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 1996
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Hardly able to sleep in a house of creaky floors, squeaky doors, and windows that go bang-bang, a discontented old man learns to appreciate his home after a temporary co-residence with a goat, cow, and donkey.
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2005
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The bestselling Wee Sing line is now tailored for the most modern Wee Sing fans! These eight classic Wee Sing titles are now in a great new package book and CD in a reusable blister!
Название: The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2011
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This is a collection of all the Beatrix Potter stories featuring Peter Rabbit: «The Tale of Peter Rabbit», «The Tale of Benjamin Bunny», «The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies» and «The Tale of Mr. Tod».
Название: The Wisdom of Bees: What the Hive Can Teach Business about Leadership, Efficiency, and Growth
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2011
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'It seemed to me that the bees were working on the very same kinds of problems we are trying to solve. How can large, diverse groups work together harmoniously and productively? Perhaps we could take what the bees do so well and apply it to our institutions'. When Michael O'Malley first took up beekeeping he thought it would be a nice hobby to share with his son. But he noticed that bees not only work together to achieve a common goal but, in the process, create a remarkably productive organization, like a miniature but incredibly successful business. O'Malley also realized that bees can teach managers a lot, identifying 25 powerful insights such as: Distribute authority — the queen bee delegates relentlessly and worker bees make daily decisions; Keep it simple — bees exchange only relevant information; and, Protect the future — when a lucrative vein of nectar is discovered, the entire colony doesn't rush off to mine it. Blending practical advice with interesting facts about the hive, «The Wisdom of Bees» is a useful and entertaining guide for any manager looking to get the most out of his or her organization.
Название: White Death
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2008
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This is the latest Kurt Austin adventure: the hero of Fire Ice is back in a breathtaking new adventure. A confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser has forced Austin and colleague Joe Zavala to come to the rescue of a shipful of trapped men. But when the two of them investigate further, they discover that something far more sinister is at work. A shadowy multinational corporation is attempting to wrest control of the very seas themselves, no matter what havoc results, and killing anyone who attempts to stop them. When Austin's boat blows up and he only barely survives, it seems certain that he is the next in line to die, but he cannot stop now. For the environmental disaster has only just begun, and only he and Nume stand in the way...
Название: Little Women
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2008
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Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth — four 'little women' enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England. The charming story of the March sisters, Little Women has been adored by generations. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jo's hand, cried over little Beth's death, and dreamed of traveling through Europe with old Aunt March and Amy. Future writers have found inspiration in Jo's devotion to her writing. In this simple, enthralling tale, both parts of which are included here, Louisa May Alcott has created four of American literature's most beloved women.
Название: Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2012
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This remarkable annotated collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's previously unpublished private correspondence offers unique insight into one of the world's most popular authors. For the first time, Conan Doyle emerges from the shadow of Sherlock Holmes, revealing a man whose character and exploits rival that of his famous creation. In particular, Conan Doyle's correspondence with his mother exposes his endless search for fulfillment and success outside the Holmes stories. At age sixteen Conan Doyle began studying medicine at Edinburgh University. Just months shy of graduating, he made the adventurous decision to accept a position as a surgeon on a whaling ship heading to the Arctic. He returned to Edinburgh, graduated, and struggled to establish his own medical practice while simultaneously writing and promoting his stories. He suffered years of disappointment as both doctor and author; yet, to his amazement, just two months after the first Sherlock Holmes short stories, he had garnered such a following that he completely abandoned medicine for literature. As the public clamored endlessly for Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle explored other pursuits: He was a doctor during the Boer War, a World War I correspondent, and the foremost spokesman for Spiritualism. As his life changed, Doyle's correspondence with his mother remained constant. In his letters to the Mam, Doyle shares the dismay he felt over the critical reception of his other writing, and as his irritation with the Holmes adventures mounts he announces his desire to kill off the character. She is his confidante and trusted counsel throughout her long life. The editors are known for their expertise and scholarship on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. Daniel Stashower is an award-winning mystery novelist and author of Teller of Tales, a widely praised biography of Conan Doyle. Jon Lellenberg is the U.S. agent for the Conan Doyle estate and author of The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Charles Foley is the writer's great-nephew and executor of the estate. Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters will be a must-have collection for readers interested in the author, Sherlock Holmes, and the Victorian era.
Название: Cat's Cradle
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2012
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All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies. Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Will Felix Hoenikker's death wish come true? Will his last, fatal gift to humankind bring about the end that, for all of us, is nigh? Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global apocalypse preys on our deepest fears of witnessing the end and, worse still, surviving it...
Название: The Queen and I
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2012
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The Monarchy Has Been Dismantled. When a Republican party wins the General Election, their first act in power is to strip the royal family of their assets and titles and send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands. Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a two-bedroomed semi in Hell Close (as the locals dub it), caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. But is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their changed circumstance or deep down are they really just like everyone else?
Название: 12-21
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2012
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An ancient prophecy foretells that the world will end on 21 December 2012. In Central America, a treasure hunter discovers a Mayan relic — a mysterious and ornate codex — but when he smuggles it into the US, he brings with him an old and deadly secret. Early in December 2012, the codex comes to Chel Manu, a Mayan world authority. She is torn between the chance to translate the codex herself and her duty to alert the authorities. Meanwhile, in an LA hospital, an unknown man is dying of a rare, contagious disease. When Dr Gabriel Stanton is called in, he realises that this is no ordinary infection — and it will spread uncontrollably. Stanton and Chel must race to decipher the codex's secrets and prevent the prophesised apocalypse.
Название: The Aye-Aye and I
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2012
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'In the gloom it came along the branches towards me, its round, hypnotic eyes blazing, its spoon-like ears turning to and fro independently like radar dishes... it was Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky come to life... one of the most incredible creatures I had ever been privileged to meet'. The fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar is home to woodlice the size of golf balls, moths the size of Regency fans and the Aye-Aye, a type of lemur held by local superstion to be an omen of death. But when Gerald Durrell visited the island, the destruction of the forests meant that the Aye-Aye and many other creatures were in danger of extinction. Told with his unique sense of humour and inimitable charm, Gerald Durrell's The Aye-Aye and I is the final adventure from one Britain's best loved conservationists.
Название: Between a Mother and Her Child
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2012
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For Maggie and Bill it was love at first sight. One impulsive wedding later and with the arrival of three perfect children, Jake, Aly and Stan, the Barrett family seem to have it all. Until the day their world stops turning. When Jake dies suddenly, they're swept away on a tide of grief that fractures Maggie and Bill's marriage. She and the children are left clinging to the wreckage of their family. And they need help, because in her grief Maggie is in danger of losing Aly and Stan too. Enter Kate, housekeeper, companion and shoulder to cry on. She's here to pick up the pieces and fix what isn't completely broken. But can Maggie trust Kate? And why is Kate so keen to help? When Bill falls for another woman, Maggie realizes she will have to fight to put her family back together — but will they still want her?
Название: Brightest Star in the Sky
Жанр: Penguin Group
Год: 2012
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Marian Keyes's inimitable blend of rollicking humor, effervescent prose, and captivating stories that deal with real-life issues have won readers around the globe. Reminiscent of the blockbuster movie Love, Actually, her new novel The Brightest Star in the Sky, features seven neighbors whose lives become entangled when a sassy and prescient spirit descends on 66 Star Street to radically transform at least one person's life in the Dublin town house. With the comic appeal of Nick Hornby's novels and delicious drama akin to Jane Green, The Brightest Star in the Sky will keep readers guessing, laughing, gasping, and in tears until the very last page.
