Joined by Miss Peregrine, Emma and their peculiar friends, life has become carefree. They spend days at the beach, and take part in 'normalling' lessons. But it's not meant to last. The discovery of Jacob's grandfather's subterranean bunker leads to clues about his double-life as a peculiar operative.Rejoint par Miss Peregrine, Emma et ses étranges amis, la vie est devenue insouciante. Ils passent leurs journées à la plage et participent à des cours de normalisation. Mais ce n'est pas fait pour durer. La découverte du bunker [...] souterrain du grand-père de Jacob donne des indices sur sa double vie d'opérateur singulier.
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Joined by Miss Peregrine, Emma and their peculiar friends, life has become carefree. They spend days at the beach, and take part in 'normalling' lessons. But it's not meant to last. The discovery of Jacob's grandfather's subterranean bunker leads to clues about his double-life as a peculiar operative.Rejoint par Miss Peregrine, Emma et ses étranges amis, la vie est devenue insouciante. Ils passent leurs journées à la plage et participent à des cours de normalisation. Mais ce n'est pas fait pour durer. La découverte du bunker [...] souterrain du grand-père de Jacob donne des indices sur sa double vie d'opérateur singulier.
Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man'. California's fertile Salinas Valley is home to two families whose destinies are fruitfully, and fatally, intertwined. Over the generations, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of the First World War, the Trasks and the Hamiltons will helplessly replay the fall of Adam and Eve and the murderous rivalry of Cain and Abel. "East of Eden" was considered by Steinbeck to be his magnum opus, and its epic [...] scope and memorable characters, exploring universal themes of love and identity, ensure it remains one of America's most enduring novels.
Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. One day Mrs Silver asks Mr Hoppy how to make Alfie grow, and suddenly Mr Hoppy knows the way to win her heart. With the help of a magical spell and some cabbage leaves, can Mr Hoppy be happy at last?
A brand new Quentin Blake cover gives this much-loved classic a great new look.
1901 in rural Finland. Widowed doctor, Thomas Eklund, is convinced by an elderly friend, Lotta, that he needs companionship in his lonely house. From the local orphanage, Eeva, is sent to be his housekeeper.
One of the best novels ever written, in a chic new deluxe editionOrphaned Jane Eyre endures an unhappy childhood, hated by her aunt and cousins and then sent to comfortless Lowood School. But life there improves and Jane stays on as a teacher, though she still longs for love and friendship. At Mr Rochester's house, where she goes to work as a governess, she hopes she might have found them - until she learns the terrible secret of the attic.