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Penny Nichols and the Black Imp, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear a...

Penny Nichols Finds a Clue, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and re...

Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is...

From the author of the internationally acclaimed Latitudes of Melt comes the story of Moranna MacKenzie, a woman who lives alone in a Cape Breton farmhouse, fighting the symptoms of mental illness and still grieving the loss of her two daughters, who were taken from her over thirty years previously. Moranna is known in the community as "Mad Mory", she plays complicated concerti on a piano board, sings -- she has perfect pitch -- bakes bread an...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

An aging poet shares her "mixed experiences" with love - young love, disappointed love, other loves, short and sharp conclusions about love, and over-the-hill love. Humor and hard-won wisdom lie in these verses. Her subjects are things and events anyone can relate to from his or her own personal history.Although penned by a former college professor, these poems in a variety of forms - rhymed and unrhymed- are not academic in tone. No, this vol...

An aging poet shares her "mixed experiences" with love - young love, disappointed love, other loves, short and sharp conclusions about love, and over-the-hill love. Humor and hard-won wisdom lie in these verses. Her subjects are things and events anyone can relate to from his or her own personal history.Although penned by a former college professor, these poems in a variety of forms - rhymed and unrhymed- are not academic in tone. No, this vol...

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The hardcover edition sold incredibly well in the US and there's demand for more.Joan Clark and Kady MacDonald Denton are both acclaimed creators and a powerful duo.The illustrations are breathtaking and immersive.This book is a timeless celebration of snow and the curiosity and imagination it inspires.Curriculum connections: Language arts / reading, Imaginative play, Science / environment, Health / nature, Social studies / families

This bountiful, magical novel opens with the discovery by two fishermen of a baby floating in a cradle on an ice pan in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912. To the small fishing community into which the foundling is adopted, Aurora, as they name her - with her shock of white hair, one blue eye and one brown - is clearly enchanted. But it is not until Aurora is herself an old woman that she learns the heart-wrenching story ...

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Freydis, daughter of the great Nordic explorer, Eirik the Red, seeks to gain fortune and independence by leading an expedition to Vinland, the first Viking settlement in North America. Eiriksdottir is a story of desire and revenge, where dreams and luck are as important as the seaworthiness of their ships. First published in 1994.

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Encuadernación: Rústica con solapas Colección: El Niño y su MundoLos niños necesitan que se les dedique gran cantidad de tiempo y esfuerzo para ayudarlos a adquirir conciencia de su potencial. Corresponde a los padres la responsabilidad de inculcarles una perspectiva sana de la vida y, en consecuencia, deben reflexionar detenidamente con el fin de aplicar métodos educativos que fomenten la autoconfianza de sus hijos. Este libro ofrece multitud...

Encuadernación: Cartoné Colección: Los imperdibles«Es el año de Dios 1015. Hoy, veintinueve hombres y yo abandonamos Groenlandia para embarcarnos en un viaje por el Mar Occidental. Vamos hacia el Océano Exterior, donde dicen que se encuentra la tierra de la miel y las uvas, la Vinlandia de Leif Eiriksson. En mi juventud, cuando trabajé entre los culdenses en Iona, el hermano Ambrosio me mostró un dibujo del mundo hecho por el erudito español S...

Am Rande der Hudson Bay, zwischen der Baumgrenze und dem ewigen Eis, liegt verloren und vergessen das Indianerdorf Niska. Hier soll Willa Coyle, die junge Kunstlehrerin, den Kindern in den Sommermonaten Zeichenunterricht geben. Nach und nach dringt Willa in die Geheimnisse des Dorfes ein. Es ist ständig vom Hochwasser bedroht, ein Fluch scheint über ihm zu liegen. Geraldine Gull, die hünenhafte, unbezähmbare Indianerin, die von allen gemieden ...

His classmates have identified him as a "friend" of Jackson, who has Asperger Syndrome, and now Tyler is tormented by what that means in terms of his own personality. Over the course of this highly readable and swift-moving middle-grade novel (2nd to 6th grade), Tyler resolves this issue and in the process recalls incidents from previous school years, growing in his understanding of this unusual classmate. Written by a speech-language patholog...

Set in the 19th century and inspired by Edith Wharton's women who were not passive victims of their lives, Frederick's Heir is the story of two girls who defy the conventions of convent school and parties, the social system of Paris. Fredrica Navarreau, known as Rica, tries to live up to her grandfather's expectations. Preparing to inherit his shipping company she tries to learn about the ships and cargo ledgers, activities far outside the con...

The Penny Nichols series consists of four titles: 1. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue (1936) 2. Penny Nichols and the Mystery of the Lost Key (1936) 3. Penny Nichols and the Black Imp (1936) 4. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery (1939)Penny Nichols is the daughter of Christopher Nichols, an eminent detective. Penny's dad often disregards her ideas, but time and again she is proved right and he has to recognise that she is also a good detective....