Книги жанра Daedalus Books
Название: The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2008
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Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur held court with his gallant Knights of the Round Table. Poor Givret, who is easily the shortest man at court, bears the brunt of their jokes. But what he lacks in stature, Givret makes up for in brains — and before he knows it, his quick thinking has landed him a place at the famous Round Table And so beginneth the exciting and funny adventures of Sir Givret the Short, Brilliant, and Marvelous.
Название: The Almost Moon
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily. A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.
Название: Amazing Pop-Up Big Machines
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2010
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When is a pop-up book not a pop-up book? When it's also a play space for youngsters 5 to 8, featuring paper models with moving parts and accessories. Paper engineer Robert Crowther presents this celebration of fascinating construction machines — a dump truck, bulldozer, tractor, forklift, and tower crane — each at the center of its own pop-up tableau. The book describes what the machine can do and provides facts about its size, weight, and capacity, while in storage pouches are such accessories as trailers, tractor blades, cargo pallets, and construction materials, which can be unfolded and used with the heavy equipment.
Название: Dracula
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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Though considerably toned down for readers 7 to 10, this visual treatment of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula remains largely true to the original story, with journal entries, clippings, and news articles augmenting the action and sidebars with helpful techniques for how to spot, capture, and kill a vampire. Solicitor Jonathan Harker is menaced in Transylvania by his new client, Count Dracula; the Count makes his way to England and turns Lucy Westenra into a vampire; and Mina Harker, Dracula's next victim, wavers between her vampire and human self before helping Jonathan and Van Helsing kill the Count. The book includes several practical inserted elements, including a travel guide to Transylvania (with hilarious ads for products like neck protectors), a pullout map of Dracula's castle, and a pop-out horde of bloodthirsty rats, as well as a playable board game of the race to Dracula's castle.
Название: Brief History of Stonehenge
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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This is a complete new history of the world's greatest stone circle. Britain's leading expert on stone circles turns his attention to the greatest example of them all — Stonehenge. Every aspect of Stonehenge is re-considered in Aubrey Burl's new analysis. He explains for the first time how the outlying Heel Stone long predates Stonehenge itself, serving as a trackway marker in the prehistoric Harroway. He uncovers new evidence that the Welsh bluestones were brought to Stonehenge by glaciation rather than by man. And he reveals just how far the design of Stonehenge was influenced by Breton styles and by Breton cults of the dead. Meticulously research sets the record straight on the matter of Stonehenge's astronomical alignments. Although the existence of a sightline to the midsummer sunrise is well known, the alignment and the viewing-position are different from popular belief. And the existence of an earlier alignment to the moon and a later one to the midwinter sunset has been largely unrealized. One almost unexplained puzzle remains. The site of Stonehenge lies at the heart of a vast six-mile wide graveyard, but before it was built there appears to have been a mysterious gap two miles across on that site. Burl argues that earlier totem-pole style constructions served a ceremonial purpose for the living — to celebrate success in the hunt.
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2004
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The paper engineer behind such artistic pop-up books as The Night Before Christmas and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz offers this book of 26 alphabetical Christmas pop-ups, each presented behind a simple colored flap with an initial letter. «N» reveals a nutcracker opening his eyes and working his mouth, «S» is a 3-D snowflake, and two snowmen wave hello under «F», for friends. Each flap (which looks much like a Christmas card) has a multicolored interior with a white pop-up figure. Though ideal for beginning readers, this delightful book can be shared with the family and kept with the Christmas decorations.
Название: The Constant Gardener
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2004
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»The Constant Gardener» is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time. The novel opens in northern Kenya with the gruesome murder of Tessa Quayle — young, beautiful, and dearly beloved to husband Justin. When Justin sets out on a personal odyssey to uncover the mystery of her death, what he finds could make him not only a suspect among his own colleagues, but a target for Tessa's killers as well. A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, John le Carre portrays the dark side of unbridled capitalism as only he can. In «The Constant Gardener» he tells a compelling, complex story of a man elevated through tragedy, as Justin Quayle — amateur gardener, aging widower, and ineffectual bureaucrat — discovers his own natural resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love.
Название: Cry from the Deep
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2005
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On August 12, 2000, the giant Russian submarine Kursk suffered a catastrophic explosion and sank in the icy Barents Sea. As survivors of the 118-man crew struggled to survive, the Russian Navy failed to notice the accident, while Western observers immediately alerted leaders in the United States and Britain. Why then did Western officials fail to alert Vladimir Putin and his new post-Soviet government? And why did the Russians then rebuff international rescue attempts when their own equipment proved woefully inadequate? Ramsey Flynn untangles the deceptions and conspiracies surrounding this disaster, and tells the gripping story of the men aboard Kursk.
Название: Dracula's Tomb
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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Enter, if you dare, the bloodcurdling world of Transylvania's most infamous gourmet — Count Dracula. This sidesplitting history — coffin-shaped and complete with Velcro close tabs and a fabulous pop-up finale — sheds light on the little-known details of Drac's infancy, school days, cherished belongings, and lively nightlife. You'll be introduced to his friends and ancestors, get a peek inside his fridge and his closet, and get a taste, so to speak, of what eternal life is like for the world's biggest pain in the neck! Join Colin McNaughton, a three-time recipient of the International Reading Association Children's Choice Award, for a terrifically funny tour that fans of the illustrious Count won't soon forget.
Название: Eating Animals
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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On the brink of fatherhood and facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf Foer's casual attitude towards food takes on a new urgency. Here, he explores the many fictions used to justify eating habits and how such tales justify a brutal ignorance. Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between omnivore and vegetarian. But on the brink of fatherhood-facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf-his casual questioning took on an urgency His quest for answers ultimately required him to visit factory farms in the middle of the night, dissect the emotional ingredients of meals from his childhood, and probe some of his most primal instincts about right and wrong. Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating Animals explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits-from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth-and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting. Marked by Foer's profound moral ferocity and unvarying generosity, as well as the vibrant style and creativity that made his previous books, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, widely loved, Eating Animals is a celebration and a reckoning, a story about the stories we've told-and the stories we now need to tell.
Название: Fire Engine to the Rescue
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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A book that turns the reader into a hero! Pop-ups and pull tabs draw children into the exciting world of fire fighters. Ready to rescue, when the alarm sounds young firefighters can jump aboard the fire truck. Slide down the pole! Steer the truck! Pull out the hose and turn up the pump! Use the ladder to save the cat! This exciting fire rescue story puts the youngest reader in charge. Also available in Spanish as Camión de bomberos al rescate.
Название: The Fox and the Crow: Aesop's Fables
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2010
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When a hungry fox spies a crow with a piece of cheese in her beak, in this classic fable, he flatters the silly bird until she opens her mouth to sing — and drops the cheese to the ground. One of the best-known tales attributed to Aesop, «The Fox and the Crow» is presented in this board book for prereaders with Martha Lightfoot's simple and charming painted cartoons and her humorous retelling, ideal for reading aloud.
Название: The Lion and the Mouse: Aesop's Fables
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2010
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Instead of eating the little mouse who wakes him from his nap, the lion in this tale laughs when the mouse promises to help him one day, and lets him go free. But the mouse does indeed prove his worth, when the lion gets caught in a hunter's net. One of the best-known tales attributed to Aesop, «The Lion and the Mouse» is presented in this board book for prereaders with Martha Lightfoot's simple and charming painted cartoons and her humorous retelling, ideal for reading aloud.
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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When kids open the magic stable door — a large and inviting flap — they'll enter a thrilling world where unicorns sparkle, horses pull the sun on a chariot, and the great Pegasus soars in the sky. Eight wondrous stories, ranging from ancient Greek, Norse, and Indian myths to fairy tales, are guaranteed to capture young imaginations, along with the enchanting art, charming sidebars, and breathtaking interactive features. «Interactive features include» — Magnificent stable doors gatefold showing the book's cast of characters — Midnight Stables spread featuring flap doors that open to reveal the sky horses — Flap of horseshoe charm to call a fairy horse — Stunning pop-up of the winged horse Pegasus — A magical horse race game, complete with playing pieces.
Название: Martyr: An Elizabethan Thriller
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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This ingenious debut of Rory Clements' historical series introduces John Shakespeare, Will's older brother and an intelligencer for Elizabeth I's spymaster Sir John Walsingham. In a burnt-out house, one of the queen's aristocratic cousins is found murdered, her flesh marked with profane symbols. At the same time, a plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake is discovered, which, if it succeeds, would leave the country vulnerable to the Spanish Armada. Shadowed by his rival, the Queen's chief torturer, who employs his own methods of terror, Shakespeare begins to piece together a complex conspiracy whose implications are almost too horrific to contemplate. «There is a great deal going on in this novel... A beautiful and highborn young woman, a cousin of the queen, is found tortured to death, in a manner that suggests a Catholic killer. Another woman's beloved infant is kidnapped and a deformed infant left in its place. We glimpse England's 'first ever state funeral for a nonroyal', that of the beloved soldier and poet Sir Philip Sidney: 'Seven hundred official mourners followed the cortege as it wove slowly through the streets of London from Aldgate to St Paul's'. Shakespeare encounters a witch and falls in love with a beautiful Catholic, not a good career move. Clements, a former London journalist, shows us not only great lords and ladies in his first novel but also whores and cutthroats. We meet the delightfully named prostitutes Starling Day and Parsimony Field and the brave soldier Boltfoot Cooper. Do those names recall some in Shakespeare? The author does have Shakespeare on his mind, in that his hero has a younger brother named William, an actor. The handsome and resourceful Will appears only briefly in Martyr, but given that the novel is presented as the first of a series, we can expect to see more of the brothers Shakespeare. On the basis of this outing, they will be welcome».
Название: Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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In the action-packed finale to the bestselling «Starcatchers» series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and Molly find themselves in the dangerous land of Rundoon, ruled by an evil king who enjoys watching his pet snake consume those who displease him. But thats just the beginning of their problems, in this wild desert adventure that zooms toward an unforgettable climax.
Название: The Princess Bride
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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In this 30th anniversary edition, Goldman frames the famous fairy tale with an «autobiographical» story: his father abridged the book as he read it to his son. Now, Goldman is publishing an abridged version, interspersed with comments on the parts he cut out.
Название: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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The Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Following the massive success of «Pride Prejudice and Zombies», and the impressive pre-pub sales of «Sense and Sensibility» and «Sea Monsters», this title lets the suspense build as we discover what new monster mayhem will descend upon us this Spring.
Название: Shopaholic and Baby
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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With over eight million copies of her beloved books in print, Sophie Kinsella is a true phenomenon. Now Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is back, in a hilarious new Shopaholic novel! Becky's life is blooming! She's working at London's newest big store, The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a Shoe Room)... and she's pregnant! She couldn't be more overjoyed — especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer nursery... to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky's perfect world starts to crumble. She's shopping for two... but are there three in her marriage?
Название: Shopaholic and Sister
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2005
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Becky Bloomwood, America's favorite shopaholic, is back in a hilarious, heartwarming tale of married life, best friends, and long-lost sisters (and the perils of simply having to own an Angel handbag!). What's a round-the-world honeymoon if you can't buy the odd souvenir to ship back home? Like the twenty silk dressing gowns Becky found in Hong Kong… the hand-carved dining table (and ten chairs) from Sri Lanka… the, um, huge wooden giraffes from Malawi (that her husband Luke expressly forbade her to buy)… Only now Becky and Luke have returned home to London and Luke is furious. Two truckloads of those souvenirs have cluttered up their loft, and the bills for them are outrageous. Luke insists Becky go on a budget. And worse: her beloved best friend Suze has found a new best friend while Becky was away. Becky’s feeling rather blue — when her parents deliver some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky is thrilled! She's convinced her sister will be a true soulmate. They'll go shopping together, have manicures together... Until she meets Jessica for the first time and gets the shock of her life. Surely Becky Bloomwood’s sister can't…hate shopping?
