Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780749710361
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
The second story featuring Midge and his friend Karlson, the little fat man with a propellor on his back. Midge's mother is away, and the stern Miss Black is left in charge. She will put up with no nonsense, but Karlson has a few tricks up his sleeve, to make life interesting.
Karlson Flies Again
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780749710361
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
The second story featuring Midge and his friend Karlson, the little fat man with a propellor on his back. Midge's mother is away, and the stern Miss Black is left in charge. She will put up with no nonsense, but Karlson has a few tricks up his sleeve, to make life interesting.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780749710361
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
The second story featuring Midge and his friend Karlson, the little fat man with a propellor on his back. Midge's mother is away, and the stern Miss Black is left in charge. She will put up with no nonsense, but Karlson has a few tricks up his sleeve, to make life interesting.
The World's Best Karlson
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192727732
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Smidge is used to Karlson, the funny little man with a propeller on his back, living on the roof. They are firm friends. Now, anytime Karlson pops in, Smidge knows that there's fun and adventure in store. In this collection of stories, they flood the bathroom, celebrate Karlson's birthday, and prompt a newspaper to offer a reward when Karlson is mistaken for a spy!
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192727732
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Smidge is used to Karlson, the funny little man with a propeller on his back, living on the roof. They are firm friends. Now, anytime Karlson pops in, Smidge knows that there's fun and adventure in store. In this collection of stories, they flood the bathroom, celebrate Karlson's birthday, and prompt a newspaper to offer a reward when Karlson is mistaken for a spy!
Ninja Switch
Author: Anh Do
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 1760273007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Nelson can't wait for the athletics carnival now that he's a NINJA! For the first time ever, he won't be a nerd–he'll be AWESOME! But just when Nelson needs his powers the most, they get switched...with GRANDMA'S! How's he going to win ANYTHING when he runs and jumps like an old lady?!
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 1760273007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Nelson can't wait for the athletics carnival now that he's a NINJA! For the first time ever, he won't be a nerd–he'll be AWESOME! But just when Nelson needs his powers the most, they get switched...with GRANDMA'S! How's he going to win ANYTHING when he runs and jumps like an old lady?!
Insect Diapause
Author: David L. Denlinger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108755186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Our highly seasonal world restricts insect activity to brief portions of the year. This feature necessitates a sophisticated interpretation of seasonal changes and enactment of mechanisms for bringing development to a halt and then reinitiating it when the inimical season is past. The dormant state of diapause serves to bridge the unfavourable seasons, and its timing provides a powerful mechanism for synchronizing insect development. This book explores how seasonal signals are monitored and used by insects to enact specific molecular pathways that generate the diapause phenotype. The broad perspective offered here scales from the ecological to the molecular and thus provides a comprehensive view of this exciting and vibrant research field, offering insights on topics ranging from pest management, evolution, speciation, climate change and disease transmission, to human health, as well as analogies with other forms of invertebrate dormancy and mammalian hibernation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108755186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Our highly seasonal world restricts insect activity to brief portions of the year. This feature necessitates a sophisticated interpretation of seasonal changes and enactment of mechanisms for bringing development to a halt and then reinitiating it when the inimical season is past. The dormant state of diapause serves to bridge the unfavourable seasons, and its timing provides a powerful mechanism for synchronizing insect development. This book explores how seasonal signals are monitored and used by insects to enact specific molecular pathways that generate the diapause phenotype. The broad perspective offered here scales from the ecological to the molecular and thus provides a comprehensive view of this exciting and vibrant research field, offering insights on topics ranging from pest management, evolution, speciation, climate change and disease transmission, to human health, as well as analogies with other forms of invertebrate dormancy and mammalian hibernation.
Death by Landscape
Author: Elvia Wilk
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593767161
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of the novel Oval comes a book of “fan nonfiction” about living and writing in the age of extinction In this constellation of essays, Elvia Wilk asks what kinds of narratives will help us rethink our human perspective toward Earth. The book begins as an exploration of the role of fiction today and becomes a deep interrogation of the writing process and the self. Wilk examines creative works across time and genre in order to break down binaries between dystopia and utopia, real and imagined, self and world. She makes connections between works by such wide-ranging writers as Mark Fisher, Karen Russell, Han Kang, Doris Lessing, Anne Carson, Octavia E. Butler, Michelle Tea, Helen Phillips, Kathe Koja, Jeff and Ann VanderMeer, and Hildegard von Bingen. What happens when research becomes personal, when the observer breaks through the glass? Through the eye of the fan, this collection delves into literal and literary world-building projects—medieval monasteries, solarpunk futures, vampire role plays, environments devoid of humans—bridging the micro and the macro and revealing how our relationship to narrative shapes our relationships to the natural world and to one another.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593767161
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of the novel Oval comes a book of “fan nonfiction” about living and writing in the age of extinction In this constellation of essays, Elvia Wilk asks what kinds of narratives will help us rethink our human perspective toward Earth. The book begins as an exploration of the role of fiction today and becomes a deep interrogation of the writing process and the self. Wilk examines creative works across time and genre in order to break down binaries between dystopia and utopia, real and imagined, self and world. She makes connections between works by such wide-ranging writers as Mark Fisher, Karen Russell, Han Kang, Doris Lessing, Anne Carson, Octavia E. Butler, Michelle Tea, Helen Phillips, Kathe Koja, Jeff and Ann VanderMeer, and Hildegard von Bingen. What happens when research becomes personal, when the observer breaks through the glass? Through the eye of the fan, this collection delves into literal and literary world-building projects—medieval monasteries, solarpunk futures, vampire role plays, environments devoid of humans—bridging the micro and the macro and revealing how our relationship to narrative shapes our relationships to the natural world and to one another.
Your Dream Life Starts Here
Author: Kristina Karlsson
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 0648317226
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This book is filled with powerful ideas and simple proven tools that will help you transform your wishes into dreams, and then into an achievable one-page roadmap for creating your dream life – a life designed by you for you, and for your loved ones. Kristina Karlsson, the woman behind the inspiring global success story, kikki.K, shares personal insights from her amazing journey, from humble beginnings on a small farm in Sweden to the 3am light bulb moment that led her to chase and achieve dreams that are now inspiring a worldwide community of dreamers. Filled with simple and practical magic – and inspiring stories and wisdom from people who've dared to dream big – this book will show you how to harness the power of dreaming to transform your life in small, simple steps. Featuring stories of: Dr Tererai Trent (Oprah Winfrey’s all-time favourite guest), Arianna Huffington, Stella McCartney, Sir Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, Li Cunxin (author of Mao's Last Dancer), Alisa Camplin-Warner (winner of a remarkable Olympic gold medal), Michelle Obama, and others. Whether you want to get the most out of your personal life, career or business, the insights on dreaming and doing in this book may be your most important learnings this year. Your dream life awaits – start today!
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 0648317226
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This book is filled with powerful ideas and simple proven tools that will help you transform your wishes into dreams, and then into an achievable one-page roadmap for creating your dream life – a life designed by you for you, and for your loved ones. Kristina Karlsson, the woman behind the inspiring global success story, kikki.K, shares personal insights from her amazing journey, from humble beginnings on a small farm in Sweden to the 3am light bulb moment that led her to chase and achieve dreams that are now inspiring a worldwide community of dreamers. Filled with simple and practical magic – and inspiring stories and wisdom from people who've dared to dream big – this book will show you how to harness the power of dreaming to transform your life in small, simple steps. Featuring stories of: Dr Tererai Trent (Oprah Winfrey’s all-time favourite guest), Arianna Huffington, Stella McCartney, Sir Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, Li Cunxin (author of Mao's Last Dancer), Alisa Camplin-Warner (winner of a remarkable Olympic gold medal), Michelle Obama, and others. Whether you want to get the most out of your personal life, career or business, the insights on dreaming and doing in this book may be your most important learnings this year. Your dream life awaits – start today!
I Never Liked Wednesdays
Author: Roger McGough
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781124628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It was Wednesday if I remember rightly. I never liked Wednesdays for some reason. I could never spell 'Wednesday' for a start. And it always seemed to rain on Wednesdays. And there were two days to go before the weekend ...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781124628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It was Wednesday if I remember rightly. I never liked Wednesdays for some reason. I could never spell 'Wednesday' for a start. And it always seemed to rain on Wednesdays. And there were two days to go before the weekend ...
The Children on Troublemaker Street
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689846748
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jonas, Maria, and Lotta, the rambunctious Nyman children, have a year of exciting adventures and prove themselves to be unpredictable.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689846748
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jonas, Maria, and Lotta, the rambunctious Nyman children, have a year of exciting adventures and prove themselves to be unpredictable.
Isadora Moon Goes to the Fair
Author: Harriet Muncaster
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192777947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Isadora Moon is special because she's different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she's a bit of both. Isadora is excited for her first ever trip to the fun fair, but when she arrives it's not quite as magical as she expected. Luckily, her cousin Mirabelle has a plan to make the fairground rides extra special. What could possibly go wrong? With irresistible pink and black artwork throughout by author/illustrator Harriet Muncaster and a totally unique heroine with an out-of-this-world family, this is abeautiful, charming, and funny series of first chapter books. Perfect for fans of Claude, Dixie O'Day, and Squishy McFluff, Isadora Moon is the ideal choice for readers who want their magic and sparkle with a bit of bite!
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192777947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Isadora Moon is special because she's different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she's a bit of both. Isadora is excited for her first ever trip to the fun fair, but when she arrives it's not quite as magical as she expected. Luckily, her cousin Mirabelle has a plan to make the fairground rides extra special. What could possibly go wrong? With irresistible pink and black artwork throughout by author/illustrator Harriet Muncaster and a totally unique heroine with an out-of-this-world family, this is abeautiful, charming, and funny series of first chapter books. Perfect for fans of Claude, Dixie O'Day, and Squishy McFluff, Isadora Moon is the ideal choice for readers who want their magic and sparkle with a bit of bite!
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Author: Jonas Jonasson
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0349141819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out, Allan will not . . . Escaping (in his slippers) through his bedroom window, into the flowerbed, Allan makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, Allan's earlier life is revealed. A life in which - remarkably - he played a key role behind the scenes in some of the momentous events of the twentieth century. Translated by Roy Bradbury.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0349141819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be there. But, as it turns out, Allan will not . . . Escaping (in his slippers) through his bedroom window, into the flowerbed, Allan makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, Allan's earlier life is revealed. A life in which - remarkably - he played a key role behind the scenes in some of the momentous events of the twentieth century. Translated by Roy Bradbury.