Fattypuffs and Thinifers
Title | Fattypuffs and Thinifers PDF eBook |
Author | André Maurois |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Brothers |
ISBN | 0099582929 |
'Two Surface-dwellers. Two! He's a Fattypuff and you're a Thinifer. There's no doubt about it!' This is the tale of two brothers. Edmund is a little on the plump side and Terry is a bit of a rake. When they discover the countries under the Earth they are divided and sent to the warring kingdoms of the Fattypuffs and the Thinifers. The Fattypuffs eat hourly with light snacks in between. The Thinifers like nothing more than discipline and work six days a week. Whether you are a jolly Fattypuff or a driven Thinifer you'll be rooting for the brothers to bring peace to the countries under the Earth. Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can take the quiz to find out if you're a Fattypuff or a Thinifer! Vintage Children's Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Fattypuffs & Thinifers
Title | Fattypuffs & Thinifers PDF eBook |
Author | André Maurois |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780394820521 |
Two brothers find a country under the earth whose citizens are segregated by weight.
Phoenix
Title | Phoenix PDF eBook |
Author | SF Said |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2013-12-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1448157706 |
This digital edition includes the original artwork, has been specially adapted for ebook platforms and is optimised for tablet devices. A BOY WITH THE POWER OF A STAR . . . Lucky thinks he's an ordinary Human boy. But one night, he dreams that the stars are singing to him, and wakes to find an uncontrollable power rising inside him. Now he's on the run, racing through space, searching for answers. In a galaxy at war, where Humans and Aliens are deadly enemies, the only people who can help him are an Alien starship crew – and an Alien warrior girl, with neon needles in her hair . . .
The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat
Title | The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Lukes |
Publisher | Verso |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9781859840733 |
By turns witty and profound, The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is a novel in the spirit of Gulliver's Travels or Animal Farm. Telling the story of the travels of a Professor Caritat, who is in search of the perfect world, Steven Lukes us on an irreverent romp through the history of western political philosophy. Doing for that discipline what Sophie's World did for philosophy in general, The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat is both a refreshing humorous introduction to the clasing ideologies of our time, and a passionate defence of the much-abused Enlightenment and its core values of reason, freedom and tolerance.
Babar and Father Christmas
Title | Babar and Father Christmas PDF eBook |
Author | Jean de Brunhoff (Artiste) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 1940 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Year of Reading Dangerously
Title | The Year of Reading Dangerously PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Miller |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2014-12-09 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 0062100629 |
An editor and writer's vivaciously entertaining, and often moving, chronicle of his year-long adventure with fifty great books (and two not-so-great ones)—a true story about reading that reminds us why we should all make time in our lives for books. Nearing his fortieth birthday, author and critic Andy Miller realized he's not nearly as well read as he'd like to be. A devout book lover who somehow fell out of the habit of reading, he began to ponder the power of books to change an individual life—including his own—and to the define the sort of person he would like to be. Beginning with a copy of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that he happens to find one day in a bookstore, he embarks on a literary odyssey of mindful reading and wry introspection. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, these are books Miller felt he should read; books he'd always wanted to read; books he'd previously started but hadn't finished; and books he'd lied about having read to impress people. Combining memoir and literary criticism, The Year of Reading Dangerously is Miller's heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader. Passionately believing that books deserve to be read, enjoyed, and debated in the real world, Miller documents his reading experiences and how they resonated in his daily life and ultimately his very sense of self. The result is a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading.
The Solex Brothers (Redux)
Title | The Solex Brothers (Redux) PDF eBook |
Author | Luke Kennard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2010-07 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9781844715480 |
NEXT GENERATION POET 2014Like a toboggan of wolves who have eaten their driver, The Solex Brothers rushes blindly through the forest, drawing on the tropes and archetypes of folk tales, parables, political manifestos, philosophical tracts and grammar. Unlike a toboggan of wolves, The Solex Brothers explores the fate of the individual – albeit a rather feeble individual – and of personal responsibility in a culture of absurd, inexorable forces. Farce navigating towards moral absolution in narratives at once Fauvist and Baroque, expunging the twee with a reformist's remorseless vigour; cherishing its influences with a poststructuralist’s vertical rigour; and, at times, chasing its tail with a schoolboy’s reductive snigger. Like a toboggan of wolves who are beginning to regret having set-upon and eaten their driver, the world of “The Solex Brothers” is funny, sad and irretrievably lost