THOMPSON SUB-MACHINE GUN: The Thompson submachine gun was a semi- or fully-automatic delayed blowback weapon. Known as the “Tommy Gun,” the weapon was originally designed by General John Thompson for use in World War I, but prototype ...
A beautifully written and produced celebration of the life of Beatrix Potter, one of the nation's best-loved authors.
She was incapable of work on the latest 'little book', which would become The Tale of Pigling Bland. Six weeks later her recovery remained only partial: 'I seem to take such a long time to get strong again.'56 Welcome distraction came ...
There are 150 rhymes in this collection, from countries all over the English-speaking world, including Great Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa and the Caribbean.
A revised color edition of a collection of forty stories from around Europe about gnomes, dwarfs, leprechauns and fairies.
With illustrations from seventy-seven artists, many celebrated throughout the world, and some just emerging, this volume is truly an adventure in language, image, and imagination.