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George házikedvence, egy kismalac egy szép nap áttöri a szomszéd kerítés kapuját. A kisfiú élete egy csapásra megváltozik, miután megismerkedik Eric-kel a tudóssal és lányával Annie-vel - és persze a szuperintelligens számítógéppel, Cosmos-szal. Aszupergyors és szuperokos gépnek van egy renkívüli tulajdonsága: kaput tud nyitni a világűrbe, és így egy szempillantás alatt el lehet jutni a világegyetem bármely pontjára. Kicsit Mézga Aladár kalandjai feelingje van a történetnek, csak egy kicsitkomolyabb, bár a világhírű angol fiziukus Stephen Hawking és lánya Lucy 9-12 éves gyerekeknek írták a rendhagyó fizika-mese-könyvet.George's pet pig breaks through the fence into the garden next door - introducing him to his new neighbours: the scientist, Eric, his daughter, Annie,and a super-intelligent computer called Cosmos. And from that moment George's life will never be thesame again, for Cosmos can open a portal to any point in outer space . . .Written by science educator Lucy Hawking and her father - the most famous scientist in the world - and illustrated by Garry Parsons, George's Secret Key to the Universe will take you on a rollercoaster ride through space to discover the mysteries of ouruniverse.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA haunting, beautiful, and necessary book.--Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, EverythingCharlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father andthe river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you.Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge.A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It's a story you won't beable to look away from.And don't miss Kathleen Glasgow's novels You'd Be Home Now and How to Make Friends with the Dark, both raw and powerful stories of life.

Two children, one gorilla, and their incredible journey to freedom.Imara and Bobo are two children living with a band of rebel soldiers in the African jungle. When an orphaned gorilla is brought to their camp they swear to protect it. But in their war-ravaged world, can they ever find true safety?

Greg hat von seiner Mutter ein Tagebuch geschenkt bekommen. Und das, obwohl Tagebücher doch eigentlich nur was für Mädchen sind! Oder etwa doch nicht? Greg jedenfalls beginnt einfach mal darin zu schreiben und zu zeichnen: über seine lästigen Brüder,seine Eltern, seinen trotteligenFreund Rupert, den täglichen Überlebenskampf in der Schule, ein echt gruseliges Geisterhaus und über den verbotenen Stinkekäse -

Ein neues Schuljahr hat begonnen und Greg ist froh, dass die Sommerferien endlich vorbei sind. Denn die waren diesmal alles andere als lustig! Und das Schlimmste ist: Gregs Bruder Rodrick weiá, was Greg im Sommer alles Peinliches passiert ist. Jetzt hatder nur ein Ziel: Er muss unbedingt verhindern, dass sein wohl gehütetes Geheimnis ans Tageslicht kommt!.

Mal ehrlich: Greg wird sich niemals ändern! Seine Eltern aber wollen das scheinbar nicht verstehen. Sie denken noch immer, sie könnten ihn erziehen. Sein Vater will aus ihm sogar einen richtigen Mann machen und ihn ins Feriencamp stecken, damit er fitfürs Leben wird. Als ob Greg nicht schon genug Probleme mit der Schule und den Mädels hat. Jetzt muss ihm etwas wirklich Gutes einfallen ...

Es sind Ferien, das Wetter ist groáartig, die Sonne scheint und alle Kinder haben drauáen Spaá. Aber wo ist Greg Er hockt im Zimmer hinter zugezogenen Vorhängen, spielt Videospiele und würde das am liebsten die ganzen Ferien lang tun. Keine Aufgaben,keine Pflichten, keine Regeln - herrlich findet Greg das. Doch leider hat seine Mutter ganz andere Vorstellungen . Sie denkt eher an gemeinsame Ausflüge der Familie an der frischen Luft.

*The fullest, most up-to-date paperback edition currently on the market. The introduction and notes, by two of the General Editors of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift, elucidate the work in line with the latest critical thinking andprovide a wealth of background information and explanatory help.*Reproduces the 1735 edition of the text and includes for the first time not only the frontispiece and title-page from that edition but the frontispiece portraits of Gulliver/Swift that appeared in successive editions and whose subtle changes contributeto the reader's uncertainty about the veracity of the author*Up-to-date bibliography*New chronologyNew to this edition*New introduction by Claude Rawson draws on the latest scholarship and considers Swift's role playing and the relationship of the author to Gulliver. Contains an astute analysis of the nature of Swift's satire*Frontispiece portraits of Gulliver/Swift*New, up-to-date bibliography*New chronology*New explanatory notes by Ian Higgins, removing now outdated interpretative areas'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.'Shipwrecked on the high seas, Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed up on the strange island of Lilliput, a land inhabited by quarrelsome miniature people. On his travels he continues to meet others who force him to reflect on human behaviour - the giantsof Brobdingnag, the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. In this scathing satire on the politics and morals of the 18th Century, Swift's condemnation of society and its institutions still resonates today.

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