Conceived as an alternative to the 'bubble cars' popular in the 1950s, Alec Issigonis' revolutionary Mini established the pattern for the modern car with its front-wheel drive and transverse engine. This history of more than a century of evolution includes illustrated features exploring milestones in car design and engine development as well as profiling the great marques and presenting over 1,…
Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky plunges into the world of teen romance with a magical series about the newest supernatural phenomenon--mermaids! Hannah is not like other girls in the turn-of-the-century Boston orphanage where she grew up. Instead of seasickness, she gets land sickness. She leaves a ring of salt in the tub when she bathes, and sometimes she sees a faint tracing of scales on …
Rose mendadak kehilangan kemampuannya sebagai Master Pembuat Kue! Semua yang dia panggang berakhir sebagai bencana. Kemudian, datanglah sang Anjing, spirit galak yang mengaku akan menguji kemampuan Rose jika dia ingin resep-resepnya dimasukkan ke Cookery Booke. Tugasnya mencengangkan: menyelamatkan satu kota tempat waktu berjalan mundur dan semua penduduknya berusia bayi hingga remaja. Oh…
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappea…