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Robbie Carter is adjusting to his new life in late-1950s Toronto with his single mother, an engineeer with the airplane manufacturer A.V. Roe. One night, waking to the buzz of voices, Robbie creeps downstairs and makes an astonishing discovery. His mother and her colleagues are working on plans for the Avro Arrow, a new fighter jet capable of unheard-of speeds! Determined not to miss a word, Robbie continues to spy on their meetings.

Mała dziewczynka, jak każde dziecko, szuka przyjaciela. Chciałaby zaprzyjaźnić się z miłym puchatym misiem koala, ale przypadkiem spotyka kogoś zupełnie innego – krokodyla o smutnych oczach. Zostaje jego przyjaciółką, bo on tego chce, i wydaje się, że potrzebuje pomocy. Co wyniknie z tej przyjaźni? Głównym przesłaniem książki jest ostrzeżenie: jeśli przypadkiem zaprzyjaźnisz się z krokodylem, nie czekaj, aż on się zmieni, i nie licz na to, że nauczysz go zachowywać się inaczej. Po prostu trzymaj...

La vida de Verónica Boltron cambió cuando a los once años tuvo su primera parálisis del sueño. A diferencia de los casos normales de este trastorno tan común como el insomnio, ella sabe que forma parte del mito, aquel que dice que un espíritu está posado sobre ti cuando tu mente está despierta y tu cuerpo duerme. Como cualquier persona, se asustó cuando Chuck Fanning, el fantasma, le habló por primera vez, y le tomó varios meses ser su amiga y dejar de temerle. Cinco años después, Chuck...

D. K. Broster (1877–1950) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Her fiction consists mainly of historical romances set in the 18th or early 19th centuries. During the First World War she served as a Red Cross nurse with a voluntary Franco-American hospital, but she returned to England with a knee infection in 1916. After the war, she and a friend, Gertrude Schlich, moved near to Battle, East Sussex, where Broster worked full-time as a writer. She was in the first batch of women to...

D. K. Broster (1877–1950) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Her fiction consists mainly of historical romances set in the 18th or early 19th centuries. During the First World War she served as a Red Cross nurse with a voluntary Franco-American hospital, but she returned to England with a knee infection in 1916. After the war, she and a friend, Gertrude Schlich, moved near to Battle, East Sussex, where Broster worked full-time as a writer. She was in the first batch of women to...

Musaicum Books presents the Musaicum Christmas Specials. We have selected the greatest Christmas novels, short stories and fairy tales for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming tale. Children of the Tenements is a collection of stories and tales about orphans and poor children living in the slums of New York City. It provides an interesting insight into city life at the turn of the century and shows how the...

This unique collection of Kate Wiggin's most beloved children's books has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Series: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm New Chronicles of Rebecca The Flag-Raising Other Novels: A Summer in a Cañon: A California Story Polly Oliver's Problem: A Story for Girls The Birds' Christmas Carol The Romance of a Christmas Card Timothy's Quest Marm Lisa Mother Carey's Chickens The Diary of a Goose Girl...