Author: Chao-Hsiu Chen
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN: 9781859060865
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borrow a strange coat in order to make a new beginning. Written as an "Art of War" for daily life, this book features 108 stratagems from ancient Chinese lore that will arm you with cunning, wisdom, and insight. These maxims come from a variety of sources including Confucianism, Taoism, and traditional folk wisdom. The book is organized in two sections. The first divides the stratagems into three categories - Strengthen Yourself, Weaken Your Opponent, and Develop Yourself. The second part looks at a wide array of everyday problems and is arranged A-Z style into numerous subject areas such as Anger, Business, Friends, Money, Old Age, and Wishes. Each area has three stratagems attached, so when you are confronted with a difficulty you can find immediate guidance. Each stratagem is described in vivid language that makes them easy to remember and call upon in times of need: Always let a good horse run by itself. When you have reached the shore, remember to sink the boat. Steal the fuel from under the kettle. Show the plums in order to forget the thirst. Printed in two colors and beautifully adorned with 36 brush paintings, this book will be a trusted ally in all matters of business, love, and life. 108 strategies drawn from ancient Chinese wisdom for business, love, and daily life. Illustrated with traditional brush paintings. Flapped paperback cover includes a cut-out decorative bookmark.
A Clever Rabbit Has Three Hiding Places
Author: Chao-Hsiu Chen
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN: 9781859060865
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borrow a strange coat in order to make a new beginning. Written as an "Art of War" for daily life, this book features 108 stratagems from ancient Chinese lore that will arm you with cunning, wisdom, and insight. These maxims come from a variety of sources including Confucianism, Taoism, and traditional folk wisdom. The book is organized in two sections. The first divides the stratagems into three categories - Strengthen Yourself, Weaken Your Opponent, and Develop Yourself. The second part looks at a wide array of everyday problems and is arranged A-Z style into numerous subject areas such as Anger, Business, Friends, Money, Old Age, and Wishes. Each area has three stratagems attached, so when you are confronted with a difficulty you can find immediate guidance. Each stratagem is described in vivid language that makes them easy to remember and call upon in times of need: Always let a good horse run by itself. When you have reached the shore, remember to sink the boat. Steal the fuel from under the kettle. Show the plums in order to forget the thirst. Printed in two colors and beautifully adorned with 36 brush paintings, this book will be a trusted ally in all matters of business, love, and life. 108 strategies drawn from ancient Chinese wisdom for business, love, and daily life. Illustrated with traditional brush paintings. Flapped paperback cover includes a cut-out decorative bookmark.
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN: 9781859060865
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borrow a strange coat in order to make a new beginning. Written as an "Art of War" for daily life, this book features 108 stratagems from ancient Chinese lore that will arm you with cunning, wisdom, and insight. These maxims come from a variety of sources including Confucianism, Taoism, and traditional folk wisdom. The book is organized in two sections. The first divides the stratagems into three categories - Strengthen Yourself, Weaken Your Opponent, and Develop Yourself. The second part looks at a wide array of everyday problems and is arranged A-Z style into numerous subject areas such as Anger, Business, Friends, Money, Old Age, and Wishes. Each area has three stratagems attached, so when you are confronted with a difficulty you can find immediate guidance. Each stratagem is described in vivid language that makes them easy to remember and call upon in times of need: Always let a good horse run by itself. When you have reached the shore, remember to sink the boat. Steal the fuel from under the kettle. Show the plums in order to forget the thirst. Printed in two colors and beautifully adorned with 36 brush paintings, this book will be a trusted ally in all matters of business, love, and life. 108 strategies drawn from ancient Chinese wisdom for business, love, and daily life. Illustrated with traditional brush paintings. Flapped paperback cover includes a cut-out decorative bookmark.
Catch the Rabbit
Author: Lana Bastašic
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529039630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
‘Two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland . . . smart, energetic, passionate, announcing a major talent.’ - Aleksandar Hemon Sara hasn’t seen or heard from her childhood best friend, Lejla, in years. She’s comfortable with her life in Dublin, with her partner, their avocado plant, and their naturist neighbour. But when Lejla calls her and demands she come home to Bosnia, Sara finds that she can’t say no. What begins as a road trip becomes a journey through the past, as the two women set off to find Armin, Lejla’s brother who disappeared towards the end of the Bosnian War. Presumed dead by everyone else, only Lejla and Sara believed Armin was still alive. Confronted with the limits of memory, Sara is forced to reconsider the things she thought she understood as a girl: the best friend she loved, the first experiences they shared, but also the social and religious lines that separated them, that brought them such different lives. Translated into English by author Lana Bastašic, Catch the Rabbit tells the story of how we place the ones we love on pedestals, and then wait for them to fall off, how loss marks us indelibly, and how the traumas of war echo down the years.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529039630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
‘Two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland . . . smart, energetic, passionate, announcing a major talent.’ - Aleksandar Hemon Sara hasn’t seen or heard from her childhood best friend, Lejla, in years. She’s comfortable with her life in Dublin, with her partner, their avocado plant, and their naturist neighbour. But when Lejla calls her and demands she come home to Bosnia, Sara finds that she can’t say no. What begins as a road trip becomes a journey through the past, as the two women set off to find Armin, Lejla’s brother who disappeared towards the end of the Bosnian War. Presumed dead by everyone else, only Lejla and Sara believed Armin was still alive. Confronted with the limits of memory, Sara is forced to reconsider the things she thought she understood as a girl: the best friend she loved, the first experiences they shared, but also the social and religious lines that separated them, that brought them such different lives. Translated into English by author Lana Bastašic, Catch the Rabbit tells the story of how we place the ones we love on pedestals, and then wait for them to fall off, how loss marks us indelibly, and how the traumas of war echo down the years.
The Name of this Book is Secret
Author: Pseudonymous Bosch
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409546217
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
I don't know how you got here but this page isn't for you. This is an extremely dangerous book with a very deadly secret. It is an alarming account of two extraordinary adventurers, a missing magician's diary, a symphony of smells and a deadly secret... If you're both curious and brave, visit www.thenameofthisbookissecret.co.uk - but remember - I warned you. "Many different types of readers will thoroughly enjoy this tale including fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lemony Snicket. The book is an interesting read where many types of emotions overwhelm you such as horror, grief, mystery, anxiety the lot. Mixed with a hint of sweet satisfaction that you have finally read the story. I honestly do not know how I lived without reading the book - it baffles me." - Guardian Children's Books Shortlisted Bedforshire Children's Book of the Year Award 2009, selected for the Premier League Reading Stars programme
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409546217
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
I don't know how you got here but this page isn't for you. This is an extremely dangerous book with a very deadly secret. It is an alarming account of two extraordinary adventurers, a missing magician's diary, a symphony of smells and a deadly secret... If you're both curious and brave, visit www.thenameofthisbookissecret.co.uk - but remember - I warned you. "Many different types of readers will thoroughly enjoy this tale including fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lemony Snicket. The book is an interesting read where many types of emotions overwhelm you such as horror, grief, mystery, anxiety the lot. Mixed with a hint of sweet satisfaction that you have finally read the story. I honestly do not know how I lived without reading the book - it baffles me." - Guardian Children's Books Shortlisted Bedforshire Children's Book of the Year Award 2009, selected for the Premier League Reading Stars programme
Bunny
Author: Mona Awad
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525559744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Soon to be a major motion picture "Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter "A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." —Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times "Awad is a stone-cold genius." —Ann Bauer, The Washington Post The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel from the acclaimed author of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and Rouge "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision. The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination. Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525559744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Soon to be a major motion picture "Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter "A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." —Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times "Awad is a stone-cold genius." —Ann Bauer, The Washington Post The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel from the acclaimed author of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and Rouge "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision. The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination. Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library
Delphi Collected Works of Enid Blyton (Illustrated)
Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801700729
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16675
Book Description
A highly popular British author of stories, poems and educational books for children, Enid Blyton produced numerous series that have remained worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s. Her works largely consist of mystery or adventure stories, as well as tales that take place in schools and the circus. Her ‘Famous Five’, ‘Secret Seven’, ‘Five Find-Outers’ and ‘Malory Towers’ are enduring classics of children’s literature. They feature clearly delineated good and bad characters, while constructing exciting plots that illustrate traditional moral lessons. Blyton’s vocabulary and prose style are simple and highly accessible for beginning readers. This eBook presents the largest collection of Blyton’s work ever compiled in a single edition, with numerous illustrations, rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Blyton’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All of the major novels, with individual contents tables * The complete ‘Famous Five’, ‘Secret Seven’, ‘Five Find-Outers’ and ‘Malory Towers’ books * Rare ‘Secret Seven’ short stories, digitised here for the first time * Wishing-Chair and Amelia Jane Stories available in no other collection * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork (when the illustrator’s work is no longer held in copyright) * Blyton’s poetry collection * Features the fully-illustrated autobiography – available here for the first time in digital publishing * Ordering of texts into chronological order and series Please visit the Delphi website for a full contents list CONTENTS: The Famous Five Books Five on a Treasure Island (1942) Five Go Adventuring Again (1943) Five Run Away Together (1944) Five Go to Smuggler’s Top (1945) Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946) Five on Kirrin Island Again (1947) Five Go Off to Camp (1948) Five Get into Trouble (1949) Five Fall into Adventure (1950) Five on a Hike Together (1951) Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952) Five Go Down to the Sea (1953) Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954) Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955) Five on a Secret Trail (1956) Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957) Five Get into a Fix (1958) Five on Finniston Farm (1960) Five Go to Demon’s Rocks (1961) Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962) Five are Together Again (1963) Famous Five Short Stories The Secret Seven Books The Secret Seven (1949) Secret Seven Adventure (1950) Well Done Secret Seven (1951) Secret Seven on the Trail (1952) Go Ahead Secret Seven (1953) Good Work Secret Seven (1954) Secret Seven Win Through (1955) Three Cheers Secret Seven (1956) Secret Seven Mystery (1957) Puzzle for the Secret Seven (1958) Secret Seven Fireworks (1959) Good Old Secret Seven (1960) Shock for the Secret Seven (1961) Look Out Secret Seven (1962) Fun for the Secret Seven (1963) Secret Seven Short Stories Malory Towers Series First Term at Malory Towers (1946) Second Form at Malory Towers (1947) Third Year at Malory Towers (1948) Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (1949) In the Fifth at Malory Towers (1950) Last Term at Malory Towers (1951) The Adventure Series The Five Find-Outers Books Wishing-Chair Series The Amelia Jane Books The Family Series The Farm Series The Circus Series St. Clare’s Series Mr. Twiddle Books The Faraway Tree Series Mister Meddle Books The Naughtiest Girl Books The Barney Mysteries The Secret Series The Six Cousins Books The Poetry Book Child Whispers (1923) Other Books 48 more books - too many to list The Autobiography The Story of My Life (1952)
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1801700729
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16675
Book Description
A highly popular British author of stories, poems and educational books for children, Enid Blyton produced numerous series that have remained worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s. Her works largely consist of mystery or adventure stories, as well as tales that take place in schools and the circus. Her ‘Famous Five’, ‘Secret Seven’, ‘Five Find-Outers’ and ‘Malory Towers’ are enduring classics of children’s literature. They feature clearly delineated good and bad characters, while constructing exciting plots that illustrate traditional moral lessons. Blyton’s vocabulary and prose style are simple and highly accessible for beginning readers. This eBook presents the largest collection of Blyton’s work ever compiled in a single edition, with numerous illustrations, rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Blyton’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All of the major novels, with individual contents tables * The complete ‘Famous Five’, ‘Secret Seven’, ‘Five Find-Outers’ and ‘Malory Towers’ books * Rare ‘Secret Seven’ short stories, digitised here for the first time * Wishing-Chair and Amelia Jane Stories available in no other collection * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork (when the illustrator’s work is no longer held in copyright) * Blyton’s poetry collection * Features the fully-illustrated autobiography – available here for the first time in digital publishing * Ordering of texts into chronological order and series Please visit the Delphi website for a full contents list CONTENTS: The Famous Five Books Five on a Treasure Island (1942) Five Go Adventuring Again (1943) Five Run Away Together (1944) Five Go to Smuggler’s Top (1945) Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946) Five on Kirrin Island Again (1947) Five Go Off to Camp (1948) Five Get into Trouble (1949) Five Fall into Adventure (1950) Five on a Hike Together (1951) Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952) Five Go Down to the Sea (1953) Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954) Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955) Five on a Secret Trail (1956) Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957) Five Get into a Fix (1958) Five on Finniston Farm (1960) Five Go to Demon’s Rocks (1961) Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962) Five are Together Again (1963) Famous Five Short Stories The Secret Seven Books The Secret Seven (1949) Secret Seven Adventure (1950) Well Done Secret Seven (1951) Secret Seven on the Trail (1952) Go Ahead Secret Seven (1953) Good Work Secret Seven (1954) Secret Seven Win Through (1955) Three Cheers Secret Seven (1956) Secret Seven Mystery (1957) Puzzle for the Secret Seven (1958) Secret Seven Fireworks (1959) Good Old Secret Seven (1960) Shock for the Secret Seven (1961) Look Out Secret Seven (1962) Fun for the Secret Seven (1963) Secret Seven Short Stories Malory Towers Series First Term at Malory Towers (1946) Second Form at Malory Towers (1947) Third Year at Malory Towers (1948) Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (1949) In the Fifth at Malory Towers (1950) Last Term at Malory Towers (1951) The Adventure Series The Five Find-Outers Books Wishing-Chair Series The Amelia Jane Books The Family Series The Farm Series The Circus Series St. Clare’s Series Mr. Twiddle Books The Faraway Tree Series Mister Meddle Books The Naughtiest Girl Books The Barney Mysteries The Secret Series The Six Cousins Books The Poetry Book Child Whispers (1923) Other Books 48 more books - too many to list The Autobiography The Story of My Life (1952)
A new general English dictionary ... Originally begun by ... Thomas Dyche ... And now finished by William Pardon ... The twelfth edition, with the addition of the ... market towns in England and Wales, etc
Author: Thomas DYCHE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
A new general English dictionary ... Originally begun by ... Thomas Dyche ... and now finish'd by William Pardon ... The tenth edition, etc
Author: Thomas DYCHE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
A New General English Dictionary ; Peculiarly Calculated for the Use and Improvement of Such as are Unacquainted with the Learned Languages. Where in the Difficult Words, and Technical Terms Made Use of in Anatomy, Architecture, Etc. to which is Prefixed a Compendious English Grammar,... Together with a Supplement of the Proper Names of the Most Noted,... as Also of the Most Celebrated Emperors, Kings, Etc. Originally Begun by the Late Reverend Mr. Thomas Dyche and Now Finished by William Pardon. The Eleventh Edition, with the Addition of the Several Market Towns in England and Wales,...
Author: Thomas Dyche
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Three Bags Full
Author: Leonie Swann
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385673795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, a flock of sheep gathers around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared devotedly for the flock, even reading them books every night. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find George’s killer. The A-team of investigators includes Othello, the “bad-boy” black ram; Mopple the Whale, a Merino who eats a lot and remembers everything; and Zora, a pensive black-faced ewe with a weakness for abysses. Joined by other members of the richly talented flock, they engage in nightlong discussions about the crime, wild metaphysical speculations, and embark on reconnaissance missions into the village, where they encounter some likely suspects. Along the way, the sheep confront their own all-too-human struggles with guilt, misdeeds, and unrequited love. Funny, fresh, and endearing, it introduces a wonderful new breed of detectives to Canadian readers.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385673795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, a flock of sheep gathers around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared devotedly for the flock, even reading them books every night. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find George’s killer. The A-team of investigators includes Othello, the “bad-boy” black ram; Mopple the Whale, a Merino who eats a lot and remembers everything; and Zora, a pensive black-faced ewe with a weakness for abysses. Joined by other members of the richly talented flock, they engage in nightlong discussions about the crime, wild metaphysical speculations, and embark on reconnaissance missions into the village, where they encounter some likely suspects. Along the way, the sheep confront their own all-too-human struggles with guilt, misdeeds, and unrequited love. Funny, fresh, and endearing, it introduces a wonderful new breed of detectives to Canadian readers.
Wild Adventure
Author: Howard Hill
Publisher: Derrydale Press
ISBN: 1461733596
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This collection of wild and woolly adventure stories from real life was first published by Stackpole Books in 1954. From roping bear and cougar in Arizona to hunting wild boar with a longbow on Santa Catalina Island in California and alligator wrestling in the Everglades, Howard Hill was the prototypical "extreme" guy. Includes outstanding photography from Hill's adventures of such animals as grizzly bear, elk, mountain sheep and moose. First published by Stackpole Books in 1954. Foreword by Errol Flynn. New preface by Jerry Hill, the author's nephew.
Publisher: Derrydale Press
ISBN: 1461733596
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This collection of wild and woolly adventure stories from real life was first published by Stackpole Books in 1954. From roping bear and cougar in Arizona to hunting wild boar with a longbow on Santa Catalina Island in California and alligator wrestling in the Everglades, Howard Hill was the prototypical "extreme" guy. Includes outstanding photography from Hill's adventures of such animals as grizzly bear, elk, mountain sheep and moose. First published by Stackpole Books in 1954. Foreword by Errol Flynn. New preface by Jerry Hill, the author's nephew.