First edition of this amazing encyclopedia full of info on a fictional world of Star Trek - and also of technical details of the film sets, actors, directors and popular reception of these cult series and movies. Written by one of the scripts author, inventor of the Klingon language - an alien species from the movie. Enjoy! New edition has 4 CDs, and would be welcome as an addition!
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The stories published here were largely written in the three decades following the First World War. Although Maugham had written short stories early in his career, preoccupation with his other writing led to a long interval before he next took up the form, on a voyage in the South Seas in 1919, originally as a relief from other work.
Each of these stories can stand on its own. Maugham himself wrote that such a compactness of technique, character and incident may seem disconcerting in a world where at least one loose end is normally left behind; but the compactness is part of the method used by such short story writers as Maugham. As he put it in his own distinctive way, such a writer ‘seeks to prove nothing. He paints a picture and sets it before you. You can take it or leave it.’ Most take it.
Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. These are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful new pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved and will always remember these classic stories and sharing them together is an experience to treasure.
Added by: DISCOVERY | Karma: 1712.74 | Fiction literature | 27 December 2008
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This colorful book from the DK Readers series introduces kids to chocolate, from its raw state in cacao trees to candy bars. Following a discussion of how cocoa beans grow and are harvested, Polin traces the product's history over 2,000 years and discusses current methods of processing.
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An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide - a brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery. Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries.