just an ordinary day shirley jacksonova

A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of ''The Lottery''.An anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters and a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy''s thrilling train ride with a female thief, and a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange and unforgettably revealed in this brilliant collection of short stories.''Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation'' - San Francisco Chronicle''For Jackson devotees, as well as first-time readers, this is a feast ... A virtuoso collection'' - Publishers Weekly

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Meet Detective Beth Fellows, a Preston detective haunted by her mum's murder when she was only four. She's a driven woman with a heart of gold. The Only Thing More Terrifying than the killer you know is the killer you don't. He seems such a nice man. Nothing about him tells you, you should be on your guard. He's just ... an ordinary man. Driving an ordinary car. Telling you to get in. And he's the last person you'll ever see alive. If you love Angela Parsons, Helen Fields, Nadine Matheson, Helen H. Durrant,Noelle Holten, Rachel MacLean, and Dorothy Koomson will devour this page-turning crime thriller. Written by the winner of the first Joffe Books Prize for Crime Writers of Colour. Second novel in the series starring a gay mixed-race DI heroine. Â Â

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A Geisel Honor-winning series * Author Kelly Starling Lyons selected as the 2021 Piedmont Laureate * A Bank Street Best Children''s Book of the Year 2022Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty''s Travels: Beach Day!, a My First I Can Read book by acclaimed author and illustrator team Kelly Starling Lyons and Niña Mata. Friendship and imagination and play are highlighted in this fun story, perfect for sharing with children 3 to 6.Ty turns an ordinary day in the sandbox into a fun beach day. He wiggles his toes in the sand, finds seashells, builds a castle, and splashes in the ocean. Splish, splash! When his neighbor’s beach ball flies into his backyard, Ty learns that a beach day is even better with a friend.With simple, rhythmic text and joyful, bright art, this My First series and Guided Reading Level I is perfect for shared reading with a child. Books at this level feature basic language, word repetition, and whimsical illustrations, ideal for sharing with emergent readers. The active, engaging stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey.

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A powerful and necessary picture book – the journey of a child forced to become a refugee when war destroys everything she has ever known.Imagine if, on an ordinary day, war came. Imagine it turned your town to rubble. Imagine going on a long and difficult journey – all alone. Imagine finding no welcome at the end of it. Then imagine a child who gives you something small but very, very precious... When the government refused to allow 3000 child refugees to enter this country in 2016, Nicola Davies was so angry she wrote a poem. It started a campaign for which artists contributed drawings of chairs, symbolising a seat in a classroom, education, kindness, the hope of a future. The poem has become this book, movingly illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, which should prove a powerful aid for explaining the ongoing refugee crisis to younger readers.

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In The Sundial Shirley Jackson, author of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, blends family politics and apocalyptic terror to create a disturbing world of sinister relations and the macabre.''An amazing writer'' Neil GaimanMrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. But when the original owner - long dead - arrives to announce the world is ending and only the house and its occupants will be saved, they find themselves in a nightmare of strange marble statues, mysterious house guests and the beautiful, unsettling Halloran sundial which seems to be at the centre of it all. Shirley Jackson''s chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in The New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: Hangsaman, The Bird''s Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.''The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse'' A. M. Homes''Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders'' Dorothy Parker''Shirley Jackson''s stories are among the most terrifying ever written'' Donna Tartt

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Reminiscent of her classic story ''The Lottery'', Jackson''s disturbing and darkly funny first novel exposes the underside of American suburban life.''Her books penetrate keenly to the terrible truths which sometimes hide behind comfortable fictions, to the treachery beneath cheery neighborhood faces and the plain manners of country folk; to the threat that sparkles at the rainbow''s edge of the sprinkler spray on even the greenest lawns, on the sunniest of midsummer mornings'' Donna TarttIn Pepper Street, an attractive suburban neighbourhood filled with bullies and egotistical bigots, the feelings of the inhabitants are shallow and selfish: what can a neighbour gain from another neighbour, what may be won from a friend? One child stands alone in her goodness: little Caroline Desmond, kind, sweet and gentle, and the pride of her family. But the malice and self-absorption of the people of Pepper Street lead to a terrible event that will destroy the community of which they are so proud. Exposing the murderous cruelty of children, and the blindness and selfishness of adults, Shirley Jackson reveals the ugly truth behind a ''perfect'' world.Shirley Jackson''s chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in The New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: Hangsaman, The Bird''s Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.''An amazing writer'' Neil Gaiman''Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers ... whose work exerts an enduring spell'' Joyce Carol Oates''An unburnished exercise in the sinister'' The New York Times

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Tři lidé, které na první pohled nic nespojuje, přijíždějí do domu Na Kopci na pozvání doktora Montaguea, badatele v oblasti paranormálních jevů. Křehká Eleanor, sebevědomá Theodora a světácký Luke mají pod jeho dohledem zaznamenávat vše, co se během jejich pobytu přihodí, a z počátku ke svému úkolu přistupují s veselým cynismem. Neblahá historie domu v kombinaci se zvýšenou citlivostí jeho dočasných obyvatel má však za následek řadu nevysvětlitelných a děsivých událostí. Eleanor si až pozdě uvědomí, že to ona je středobodem úkladů, které jako by na ni nastražili její zlomyslní kolegové. Anebo je v domě ještě někdo? Síla, která jí bere vůli uprchnout? Sláva a popularita spisovatelky Shirley Jacksonové (1916-1965) vrcholila v padesátých letech 20. století, ale až nyní s odstupem času jasněji vyvstává její přínos americké, potažmo světové literatuře. Svými psychologickými prózami navázala na klasiky žánru jako Edgar Allan Poe nebo Henry James a obohatila je o atributy, které pomohly definovat moderní literární horor. Na míle vzdálená primitivním exploatacím stvořila v Domě Na kopci esenci plíživého děsu, který se nás působí svou kombinací známého, zdánlivě známého a zcela neznámého. V tomto roce nakl. Argo autorce vydává sbírku znepokojivých kratších textů Loterie a jiné povídky. Následovat bude román Sluneční hodiny. Oldschoolová hororová klasika patří k nejznámějším dílům Shirley Jacksonové. Na tento román se odvolávají i takové hvězdy temných žánrů, jako jsou Neil Gaiman nebo Stephen King. Už několikrát se o jeho adaptaci pokusili filmaři, ale vystihnout obrazem hrůzu, jak ji slovně vylíčila autorka, se jim většinou nedaří.

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Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson this autumn with a collection of her finest, darkest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best.There''s something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe, from the city streets to the country manor, and from the small-town apartment to the dark, dark woods...Includes the following stories: ''The Possibility of Evil''; ''Louisa, Please Come Home''; ''Paranoia''; ''The Honeymoon of Mrs Smith''; ''The Story We Used to Tell''; ''The Sorcerer''s Apprentice''; ''Jack the Ripper''; ''The Beautiful Stranger''; ''All She Said Was Yes''; ''What a Thought''; ''The Bus''; ''Family Treasures''; ''A Visit''; ''The Good Wife''; ''The Man in the Woods''; ''Home''; ''The Summer People''.

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It was an ordinary morning when the ordinary boy woke up, and it was an ordinary journey to school - but then Mr Gee bounced into the classroom and everything changed. Mr Gee plays rousing music which thunders around the classroom, and asks what it makes them think of. The dull grey world has been transformed into one of colour and excitement. ''Write a story about it!'' laughs Mr Gee. And the ordinary boy began to write: the words just tumbled out of him pell-mell. And the places he went to, and the things he saw were extraordinary!

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Román, který začíná i končí těžko vysvětlitelným úmrtím a v němž se projevuje autorčin někdy až zlomyslný smysl pro humor, tak typický pro její sbírku povídek Loterie. Rodina Halloranových žije v Halloranském sídle, postaveném otcem tetičky Fanny. Jeho duch se však jedné noci zjeví s oznámením, že nastává konec světa a ušetřeni budou právě jen obyvatelé sídla. Jenomže před nedávnem zemřel hlavní dědic Lionel Halloran -- a jeho matka Orianna se rozhodla všechny příbuzné z domu vystrnadit… Romány Sluneční hodiny nebo Vždycky jsme chtěli bydlet v zámku jsou dnes považovány za speciální, těžko zařaditelnou, mezižánrovou, originální literární klasiku. "Jako byste se odhodlali vstoupit do mysli šílence; po chvíli začne přeskakovat i vám." Stephen King "Příběhy Shirley Jacksonové patří k těm nejstrašidelnějším, jež kdy byly napsány." Donna Tarttová

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A beautifully designed clothbound edition of Shirley Jackson’s chilling tale of power and fearHunting for evidence of the occult, Dr Montague invites three participants to Hill House: Theodora, his lovely assistant; Luke, set to inherit the estate; and Eleanor a fragile young woman with a troubled past. As The House takes hold, Jackson plumbs the depths of the human condition, asking the electric question: will any of them make it out? This definitive horror novel blurs the lines between reality and imagination, between dream and nightmare. Beautiful, atmospheric and utterly terrifying, Jackson’s magnum opus examines the shadows that lurk not just in cobwebbed corners, but in the facets of our very minds.

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes ''The Lottery'', Jackson''s masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century.

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It’s terribly important that I get in touch with a gentleman who may have stopped in here to buy flowers this morning. Terribly important. Sometimes, the person you think you love isn’t who they seem.And sometimes, you can be your own deception. Spanning Shirley Jackson's entire career, these devilish tales of love, death, and despair show us how all that keeps us safe in suburbia can strike up, leave, and instantly disappear.

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A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery''Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children''As well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life. In Life Among the Savages, her caustically funny account of raising her children in a ramshackle house in Vermont, she deals with rats in the cellar, misbehaving imaginary friends, an oblivious husband and ever-encroaching domestic chaos, all described with wit, warmth and plenty of bite. ''Jackson''s family chronicles have a genuinely subversive aspect ... Read today, her pieces feel surprisingly modern - mainly because she refuses to sentimentalize or idealize motherhood'' The New York Times Book Review''Comic masterpieces, laced with hints of the discontent that lies beneath'' Guardian

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' "Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing..." ' Malice, paranoia and creeping dread lie beneath the surface of ordinary American life in these chilling miniature masterworks of unease. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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Shirley Jackson skewered the trials of domestic life in 1950s America with wry wit and uncanny precision. In this sequel to Life Among the Savages, her four offspring have now grown into fully-fledged demons. As their house starts to burst at the seams, the Jackson clan somehow manage (without really planning it) to move into a larger home, only to take the chaos - absent furniture, vanishing children, misbehaving refrigerators, an avalanche of books - right along with them.

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A classic collection of first experiences for pre-schoolers, illustrated by the best-loved Kate Greenaway medal-winner, Shirley Hughes.In this beautifully illustrated book for first readers, little ones can find out about Olly and Katie''s very busy day learning new words and improving their vocabulary along the way. From getting dressed in the morning, heading out for a walk in the park or having a story before bath and bedtime, this simple, joyful book takes the reader through key points in a toddler''s day, with plenty of objects to spot and recognize in Shirley Hughes'' reassuring and charming pictures. Packed with evocative scenes from childhood and first words to spell out on each page, there is so much to see and do in Olly and Katie''s gentle pre-school world.

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Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. And when Cousin Charles arrives, armed with overtures of friendship and a desperate need to get into the safe, Merricat must do everything in her power to protect the remaining family.

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Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murdererSix years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic – everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father’s fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.

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There’s more to all of us than what meets the eyeA perfect storm is upon us and educators are in the middle of it. Identity issues often incite and divide us, but they are actually our way out of the storm. No one should be oppressed or have to hide who they are, and young people need to be prepared for a future where they can learn to live together and help others belong.In their beautifully written book, Dennis Shirley and Andy Hargreaves brilliantly show how we can and must engage with young people’s identities in their fullness and complexity. Rooted in classical and contemporary theories of identity, extensive research, and in sheer common sense, their book takes us from bitterness to belonging and includes: Examples of how schools seek to address identity and belonging Strategies to deal with the raging identity controversies in our schools and societies Charts and graphics to help build inclusive professional communities Constant invitations to readers to apply ideas to their own work

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In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newman’s family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actor’s life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newman’s voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voices—from childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Huston—that run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling. Newman’s often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Marlon Brando and James Dean), his first marriage, his drinking, his philanthropy, the death of his son Scott, his strong desire for his daughters to know and understand the truth about their father. Perhaps the most moving material in the book centers around his relationship with Joanne Woodward—their love for each other, his dependence on her, the way she shaped him intellectually, emotionally and sexually. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is revelatory and introspective, personal and analytical, loving and tender in some places, always complex and profound.

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From off beat love poems to poems about world events, Lines from an Ordinary Life will make you laugh, cry and think in equal measure. Taken from observations of ordinary life in all its extraordinariness, there is something for everyone. These aren’t poems about exotic lives or daring deeds, but the mundane and relatable moments that are common to our messy, quirky, wonderful lives.

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Not an Ordinary Life is a fascinating account of the life of Eileen Younghusband: Au Pair in France just before the outbreak of war, WAAF officer working in the top secret WW2 Filter Rooms, Hotelier, Pig Farmer, Scrap metal merchant and successful author at the age of 88! Now 93 she has lived a life full of highs and lows, successes and failures, joys and tragedies.

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In 1960s Bristol, a family is overshadowed by heartbreak. Feisty seven year old Susan and her mother, Eddress, are living in a world darkening by tragedy. While Susan is being brave, Eddress is struggling for courage. How does a child cope when faced with a wall of adult secrets? What does a mother do when her biggest fear starts to become a reality?Set in the sixties, when it was considered shameful to acknowledge your emotions and a fridge is a luxury, Just One More Day is a deeply moving true-life account, told by mother and daughter, of how the spectre of death moved into their family, and how hard they tried to pretend it wasn't there. Praise for Susan Lewis:‘A multi-faceted tear-jerker’ Heat‘Expertly written to brew an atmosphere of foreboding, this story is an irresistible blend of intrigue and passion, and the consequences of secrets and betrayal’ Woman‘Utterly compelling’ Sun‘Spellbinding! You just keep turning the pages, with the atmosphere growing more and more intense as the story leads to its dramatic climax’ Daily Mail‘One of the best around’ Independent on Sunday ‘Sad, happy, sensual and intriguing’ Woman’s Own

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From the award-winning and bestselling creators of the Bear and Mouse series comes another charming and witty picture book about an unlikely, but loveable, pair of best friends.One autumn day, Bear is all ready to go for a picnic with Mouse. But there is no tap, tap, tapping on Bear''s front door... No sign at all of his small and grey and bright-eyed friend. Bear sets out to look for Mouse and finds him sitting on a stump, lamenting the signs of autumn – the leaves falling, the birds leaving, and the flowers going, too. After not too long, Bear agrees that this autumn day really IS the worst day ever.But together, with slippery puddles, wonderfully messy mud, and tea and pickles in front of a crackling fire, Bear and Mouse may find that this preposterous day may not be quite so bad after all.

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION AWARD 2025***LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026*'Please read this book. It may very well change how you live' Rachel Clarke'I was spellbound' Kathryn MannixThis is not a book about grief: it is a book about dying, the universal aspect of life, and it is a book about family, and care and love.Sarah Perry's father-in-law David died in the autumn of 2022, only nine days after a cancer diagnosis. Until then he'd been a healthy and happy man: he loved stamp collecting, fish and chips, comic novels, his local church, and the Antiques Roadshow. He was in some ways a very ordinary man, but as he began to die, it became clear how extraordinary he was.Sarah and her husband Robert nursed David themselves at home. They bathed and cleaned and dressed him, comforted him in pain, sat with him through waking and sleeping, talked to him, sang to him, prayed with him. Day by day and hour by hour, they witnessed what happens to the body and spirit as death approaches and finally arrives.'Beautiful and profound and completely gripping' Mark Haddon'We cannot be but somewhat changed by this remarkable book' Daily Telegraph'By the end I was left shaken, deeply moved' Christos Tsiolkas'This book will be a lifeline for so many people' Se n Hewitt'Sarah is in a league of her own as a writer - I don't know how she does it' Sara Collins'A love letter to life that resonates far beyond its own pages' Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION AWARD 2025***LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026*'Please read this book. It may very well change how you live' Rachel Clarke'I was spellbound' Kathryn MannixThis is not a book about grief: it is a book about dying, the universal aspect of life, and it is a book about family, and care and love. Sarah Perry's father-in-law David died in the autumn of 2022, only nine days after a cancer diagnosis. Until then he'd been a healthy and happy man: he loved stamp collecting, fish and chips, comic novels, his local church, and the Antiques Roadshow. He was in some ways a very ordinary man, but as he began to die, it became clear how extraordinary he was. Sarah and her husband Robert nursed David themselves at home. They bathed and cleaned and dressed him, comforted him in pain, sat with him through waking and sleeping, talked to him, sang to him, prayed with him. Day by day and hour by hour, they witnessed what happens to the body and spirit as death approaches and finally arrives. 'Beautiful and profound and completely gripping' Mark Haddon'We cannot be but somewhat changed by this remarkable book' Daily Telegraph'By the end I was left shaken, deeply moved' Christos Tsiolkas'This book will be a lifeline for so many people' Seán Hewitt'Sarah is in a league of her own as a writer - I don't know how she does it' Sara Collins'A love letter to life that resonates far beyond its own pages' Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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Just For One Day takes you on Louise Wener''s musical odyssey from awkward 80s suburban pop geek to 90s jet-set Britpop goddess. Of course, once she''s living the dream at the height of Britpop''s glory, things aren''t quite how they appeared from the other side.With her band Sleeper, Louise goes from doing gigs in toilets to gigs in stadiums, and on to the big interviews, constant touring and endless excess via Top of the Pops.These are the hilarious adventures of a girl''s journey through Britpop, from the embarrassments of growing up to trying to remember what on earth it was you really wanted while eating Twiglets backstage and enviously eyeing up Damon Albarn''s plate of foreign cheeses.PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS

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The heroine in this actor''s tour-de-force is an ordinary middle class English housewife. As she prepares egg and chips for dinner, she ruminates on her life and tells the wall about her husband, her children, her past, and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure. Ultimately, Shirley does escape to Greece, has an "adventure" with a local fisherman and decides to stay. This hilariously engaging play was a hit in London and New York, performed by Pauline Collins, who later recreated her role on film garnering an Oscar nomination.

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Because Denny had been born in a strange secret room, he receivedthe incredible gift of ‘Day Eight’, giving him an extra day in his life everyweek for ten weeks. Ten years later, the Day Eight story of Denny andAntoinette now continues in the prehistoric past and in the distant future,with other extra days including sport, history, comedy, hill walking, atelevision quiz, farming, music and even a meeting with a famous legendaryfigure. But Antoinette seems to know that something awful is going to happen,and she reveals that a mysterious threat can bring disaster. Denny tries to solvethe problem they must face if Day Eight is to survive. Every reader of thisbook can sing a special song called ‘Over the Bridge’, which has been speciallywritten by Brian Beresford. Search for it on YouTube (i2i Publishing channel),listen to it and sing along as the words appear on the screen. Brian Beresfordis a writer, composer and songwriter. He visits many schools, and children lovehis story-telling approach. He hopes that readers aged 8 to 12 and beyond willlove this sequel to the popular ‘Day Eight’.

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Lift the flaps to join in the fun at the seaside with Frog's Day Out. A summertime story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. The perfect book for little ones this summer! All aboard for an exciting day by the sea! Help Frog and his friends pack their sunhats, buckets and spades, then head to Acorn Wood station to board the special steam train to the beach.With sturdy flaps on every spread and rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud, Frog's Day Out joins the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood which have been delighting parents and children for over twenty years. Enjoy more lift-the-flap adventures from Acorn Wood: Cat's Cookbook, Badger's Band and Mole's Spectacles.

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We are never just a label, much like a child with ADHD is never just an ADHD child either. Labels often encourage us to interpret and define our students′ behaviours through the narrow lens of the dominant culture. A culture that encourages conformity and places blame on the individual when they can’t or won’t comply with its expectations. Drawing from lived experience and expertise educational consultant and host of Neurodivergent Narratives Podcast, Sandra Coral, offers educators a resource that will help widen the lens for understanding students with ADHD. It’s also not just a book about ADHD symptoms, strategies, and accommodations either. It’s so much more than that, much like the ADHD children that you know, care about, and work with every day.

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Spend an entire day with a charming farm family—and discover all the things that happen there from morning to night. This visit to Britta Teckentrup’s Fluffyville community takes young readers through the day in the life of an active farm. From the early morning barn chores, working in the garden, and a hearty midday lunch to an afternoon in the pool and a late-night party, each of the seven beautifully illustrated double- page spreads is overflowing with activity, familiar characters, and interesting aspects of farm life. Simple texts encourage young readers to explore each spread, looking for recurring themes and discovering hidden clues. Cows go to pasture, apples are harvested from the tree, pigs are fed, and there’s even a late- night visit from the vet. Fans of Teckentrup’s other Fluffyville volume will also delight in the return of a certain mischievous badger. Utterly absorbing and perfect for paired or individual reading, this book is a rewarding treasure trove of clever details that will provide hours of entertainment and opportunities for language enrichment and learning about the world of a working farm.

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*Read before you see the film - in cinemas this October!!* Dear Evan Hansen, Today''s going to be an amazing day and here''s why...When a letter that was never meant to be seen draws high school senior Evan Hansen into the Murphy family''s grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell. That the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy was his secret best friend.Suddenly, Evan isn''t invisible anymore. And Connor''s wealthy parents have taken him in like he was their own, desperate to know more about their enigmatic son from his ''closest friend''.As Evan gets pulled deeper into their family, he knows that what he''s doing may not be right, but if he''s helping people, how wrong can it be?No longer tangled in his once-incapacitating anxiety, this new Evan has a purpose.He''s confident. He''s a viral phenomenon. Every day is amazing. But when everything is in danger of unravelling, he comes face to face with his greatest obstacle: himself.A simple lie leads to complicated truths in this big-hearted coming-of-age story of grief, authenticity and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation.__________ Praise for Dear Evan Hansen:''Even in book form, Evan Hansen''s story sings. Required reading, especially for anyone who''s ever needed to be found'' - Becky Albertalli, author of Love Simon''Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel is a terrific reinvention of an already brilliant piece of art.'' -Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister''s Keeper''Today''s going to be an amazing day, and here''s why: because you''re holding this book.'' - David Arnold, author of Mosquitoland''The writers of Dear Evan Hansen have given fans a rare gift'' - Teen Vogue''Yep, the hit musical will make you cry just as much in book form'' - Entertainment Weekly

Objev podobné jako Dear Evan Hansen - Val Emmich, Benj Pasek, Steven Levenson, Justin Paul

Just One More Goal is not just an account of one man's lifelong obsession with football. It is the story of an evolving game, one that moved away from instinct and spontaneity towards something colder and more technical. David Pleat's memoir is the perfect answer to the question of how modern football became what it is today.

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*Read the book before you see the film, out September 2021!* Dear Evan Hansen, Today''s going to be an amazing day and here''s why...When a letter that was never meant to be seen draws high school senior Evan Hansen into the Murphy family''s grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell. That the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy was his secret best friend.Suddenly, Evan isn''t invisible anymore. And Connor''s wealthy parents have taken him in like he was their own, desperate to know more about their enigmatic son from his ''closest friend''.As Evan gets pulled deeper into their family, he knows that what he''s doing may not be right, but if he''s helping people, how wrong can it be?No longer tangled in his once-incapacitating anxiety, this new Evan has a purpose.He''s confident. He''s a viral phenomenon. Every day is amazing. But when everything is in danger of unravelling, he comes face to face with his greatest obstacle: himself.A simple lie leads to complicated truths in this big-hearted coming-of-age story of grief, authenticity and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation.__________ Praise for Dear Evan Hansen:''Even in book form, Evan Hansen''s story sings. Required reading, especially for anyone who''s ever needed to be found'' - Becky Albertalli, author of Love Simon''Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel is a terrific reinvention of an already brilliant piece of art.'' -Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister''s Keeper''Today''s going to be an amazing day, and here''s why: because you''re holding this book.'' - David Arnold, author of Mosquitoland''The writers of Dear Evan Hansen have given fans a rare gift'' - Teen Vogue''Yep, the hit musical will make you cry just as much in book form'' - Entertainment Weekly

Objev podobné jako Dear Evan Hansen - Val Emmich, Benj Pasek, Steven Levenson, Justin Paul

''Uplifting and utterly defiant'' Matt Nixson, Daily Express ''Immediate and important ... This is an insider''s account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary'' Helen Davies, The Times''At first we did not understand what war was. You can''t understand it until you see it and hear it.''As Russian forces build up beyond the Ukrainian borders and the prospect of war becomes a devastating reality, Andrey Kurkov chronicles the shocking impact of Russia''s invasion of Ukraine. Part political and historical commentary, part personal journal, Kurkov explores the fraught interrelation of Russian and Ukrainian history, the complicated coexistence of their languages, and in describing how a peaceful society defies occupation, the author builds an image of a culture which, contrary to Putin''s claims, is unique and democratic, liberal and diverse, one that will ''resist to the end''.Redirecting his satirical flair to paint a defiant portrait of his compatriots, Kurkov tells of a people united against erasure. Bread is baked and shared in the ruins. An amputee is carried aboard an evacuating train, grandmothers escape occupied towns with their noisome roosters. And despite the networks of toloka, of community work for common good, being stretched to breaking point, and the embittering reticence of some European nations to make good their promises of aid and armaments, hope channels its perennial resistance: children are born deep within besieged cities and farmers go on working the fields made lethal by unexploded shells. Kurkov braids his personal story with those of other displaced Ukrainians and the communities that have gone to extraordinary lengths to care for them. Showing an irrepressible spirit, they ''wait for the moment when it will be safe to return,'' he writes, ''just as I am waiting.''

Objev podobné jako Diary of an Invasion - Andrey Kurkov

Meet Wellington - the little elephant with BIG ideas - in this irresistible story about family and growing up from acclaimed picture book creator, Steve Small. When Wellington is given a new jacket exactly like Dad’s for his birthday, at first he’s delighted. But his delight turns to disappointment when he tries it on and it’s far too big. And what if, Wellington thinks, – even worse! – it’s not that the jacket is too big, but that he’s too small? Well, Wellington’s dad has a plan, and on an exciting day out that takes in a ride on the bus, a super-size strawberry sundae, a toot on a tuba and a visit to his grandad, Wellington learns that he’s growing up exactly as fast as he should be – and just like his dad. ‘If you haven’t discovered Steve Small’s warm, witty picture books yet then start with this touching and funny celebration of childhood.’Daily Mail Other books by Steve Small:The Duck Who Didn't Like Water (shortlisted for Oscar’s Book Prize 2022) Written by Smriti Halls and illustrated by Steve Small:I'm Sticking With You I'm Sticking With You Too (shortlisted for Oscar’s Book Prize 2022)

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Jade wants to show off her best buddy Indigo at her school’s Pet Day, but she also wants to protect his secret identity as a dinosaur. Can she persuade her suspicious classmates that he’s just an unusual reptile, or will their secret be revealed? Follow Jade and Indigo’s adventures in this delightful chapter book series about friendship and loyalty.

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Meet Wellington - the little elephant with BIG ideas - in this irresistible story about family and growing up from acclaimed picture book creator, Steve Small. When Wellington is given a new jacket exactly like Dad’s for his birthday, at first he’s delighted. But his delight turns to disappointment when he tries it on and it’s far too big. And what if, Wellington thinks, – even worse! – it’s not that the jacket is too big, but that he’s too small? Well, Wellington’s dad has a plan, and on an exciting day out that takes in a ride on the bus, a super-size strawberry sundae, a toot on a tuba and a visit to his grandad, Wellington learns that he’s growing up exactly as fast as he should be – and just like his dad.'Pitch perfect' – Daily Mail Other books by Steve Small:The Duck Who Didn't Like Water Written by Smriti Halls and illustrated by Steve Small:I'm Sticking With You I'm Sticking With You Too

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Zeki and Daddy are off on a hike! They explore the trail, from tall trees to tiny leaves and everything in between. Zeki gets up close to nature - he finds smooth stones, delicate feathers and slow snails! An exciting day of discoveries and an energetic companion to Zeki Goes to the Park.

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An ordinary photograph causes a mother''s world to unravel in this shocking thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once. When Grace Lawson picks up a newly developed set of family photographs, there is a picture that doesn''t belong-a photo from at least twenty years ago with a man in it who looks strikingly like her husband, Jack. And though Jack denies it''s him, he disappears that night, taking the photo with him. Now, to save her family from a killer who will stop at nothing to get the photo, Grace must confront the dark corners of her own tragic past....

Objev podobné jako Just One Look - Harlan Coben

What happens when you''re thrown into a fictional world...not as the main character, but as the main character''s best friend? This Korean manhwa puts a twist on romance and proves that falling in love is more than just a trope.Every internet novel has the usual cast: a gorgeous heroine, handsome boys vying for her attention, and a unremarkable best friend at the heroine’s side. Dani, an ordinary student and avid reader, is all too familiar with these tropes. But she never imagined that one day she’d wake up in one herself!But how did she get here?Her new fictional world is complete with a beautiful best friend named Yeoryung, and four impossibly good-looking boys who all happen to be in her class...and are possibly love interests. Love interests that weren’t originally meant for her.Dani knows that nothing good will happen to her as the side character, so she is determined to stay out of the way! But what happens when this fictional world ends up leading Dani to the first real friends she''s ever known? With no idea how to get back home, Dani decides she’ll just have to play her part—no matter what plot twists come her way.

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Shirley Trevena is a successful and popular watercolourist with a huge international fan base. Throughout her career Shirley has pushed the boundaries of watercolour and is regarded as one of Britain’s most innovative artists in that medium. Shirley’s watercolours are vibrant in colour, visually inspiring and strong in composition. In this book, Shirley shares her thoughts, ideas, stories and sketches of more than 100 paintings to give a valuable insight into the evolving work of a much-loved artist. Shirley breaks the conventional rules of watercolour in many different ways: through her exciting compositions, strange perspectives and above all, the strength and vibrancy of her colour combinations. In this exciting and inspiring book, Shirley gives her personal view of painting and shares her creative process with us.

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A moving memoir from a woman who made a fortune in a man''s world and then gave it all away...soon to be turned into a filmIn 1962, Stephanie ''Steve'' Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Programmers employed women to work on complex projects such as Concorde''s black box recorder from the comfort of their own home. Shirley empowered a generation of women in technology, giving them unheard of freedom to choose their own hours and manage their own workloads. The business thrived and Shirley gradually transferred ownership to her staff, creating 70 millionaires in the process.Let It Go explores Shirley''s trail blazing career as an entrepreneur but it also charts her incredible personal story - her dramatic arrival in England as an unaccompanied Kindertransport refugee during World War Two and the tragic loss of her only child who suffered severely from Autism.Today, Dame Stephanie Shirley is one of Britain''s leading philanthropists, devoting most of her time, energy and wealth to charities that are close to her heart. In Let It Go, Shirley tells her inspirational story and explains why giving her wealth away - letting it go - has brought her infinitely more happiness and fulfilment than acquiring it in the first place.Co-written with Richard Askwith, the former Executive Editor of The Independent and the award-winning author of seven books in his own name, including biographies of Emil Zátopek and Lata Brandisová.''An extraordinary tale of creativity and resilience'' - Guardian''This engrossing story of an extraordinary life is filled with lessons in what it means to be human'' - Financial Times

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Shirley, The Life of a Botanical Adventurer is the remarkable story of Dr Shirley Sherwood, scientist, author, travel writer, gardener as well as mother and grandmother. Following the tragic death of her brilliant scientist husband, Michael Cross, in a freak air crash in 1964, she was left as a 30-year-old widow with two young boys aged four and three. For the next twelve years she worked as a key member of the Nobel Prize-winning team which developed Tagamet, the first block-buster drug (sales of over $1 billion a year). After her marriage to Jim Sherwood in 1977, she left science to concentrate full-time on the huge task of restoring the fabled Orient-Express train, probably the most luxurious and exotic form of travel ever devised. The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, running between London and Venice, was relaunched in 1982, ninety-nine years after its first journey. Sherwood''s history of the project sold more than 400,000 copies. The Orient-Express train was just the beginning. The Sherwoods went on to create the five-star Orient-Express Hotels company (now Belmond), which owned some of the finest hotels in the world, including the Cipriani in Venice, the Mount Nelson in Cape Town and the Copacabana Palace in Rio. They pioneered new train routes across the Alps, started the Eastern & Oriental Express running between Singapore and Bangkok- crossing over the Bridge on the River Kwai- opened up tourism in Myanmar with the first cruise ship to operate on the Irrawaddy, and took over the railways of Peru, which run all the way to Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. Her most lasting achievement, the one of which she is proudest, is the Shirley Sherwood Collection of contemporary botanical art, which she started in 1990 and now includes over 1,000 paintings and drawings representing the work of more than 300 contemporary botanical artists from 36 countries. She has mounted exhibitions in many prestigious locations including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Kirstenbosch in Cape Town and the Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid. The Shirley Sherwood Gallery in Kew Gardens is the first museum to be dedicated to modern botanical art and her books, which often accompanied her exhibitions, have been largely responsible for re-establishing botanical art in its rightful place as an important art form. These are just some of the many achievements in a long and rich life, vividly described in this book.

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''The Santiago Camino has been traversed for thousands of years by saints, sinners, generals, misfits, kings and queens. It is done with the intent to find one''s deepest spiritual meaning and resolutions regarding conflicts in Self'' - from the Introduction Shirley MacLaine is far more than a Hollywood legend - for the last three decades she has continued with her brave and public commitment to chronicling her personal quest for spiritual understanding. A truly inspirational woman, Shirley was prompted to take part in the annual pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain after receiving two anonymous letters imploring her to take the difficult trip. In her mid-sixties, Shirley managed to finish the nearly 500-mile trek in only thirty days - a phenomenal achievement. Throughout history, many illustrious pilgrims from all over Europe have taken up the trail, from St Francis of Assisi to Dante and Chaucer. Now it is Shirley''s turn. With rich insight, humility and her trademark grace, Shirley MacLaine gently leads us through the range of astonishing and liberating visions and revelations that are revealed to her as she walked the pilgrimage. THE CAMINO promises readers the journey of a thousand lifetimes.

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Vinotéka a mraznička Klarstein Shirley spojuje stylový vintage design a vysokou funkčnost ve volně stojícím zařízení 2 v 1, které potěší milovníky vína. Díky dvěma odděleným chladicím zónám nabízí optimální skladování červených i bílých vín, stejně jako mražených nápojů nebo příslušenství k vínu, například kostek ledu. Flexibilní, volně stojící konstrukce umožňuje snadné umístění bez nutnosti složité instalace – ideální do každé místnosti, ať už do kuchyně, obývacího pokoje nebo domácího baru. Designově zaměřené zařízení zaujme kvalitním retro vzhledem a bez problémů zapadne do jakéhokoli prostředí, přičemž zároveň zkrášlí místnost. Prostorný interiér vinotéky Klarstein Shirley nabízí místo až pro 60 lahví vína, které lze uchovávat za ideálních teplotních podmínek pro dlouhodobé zachování kvality. Dvouzónová technologie umožňuje skladování červených i bílých vín při jejich optimálních teplotách. Mrazicí prostor navíc nabízí možnost pohodlného chlazení nebo mrazení nápojů či příslušenství k vínu. Za zvláštní pozornost stojí hybridní police, které kombinují stabilitu a estetiku. Spojení robustní kovové mřížky a stylového dřevěného čela dodává vinotéce elegantní vzhled a gumové nárazníky zajišťují skladování lahví bez vibrací. Integrované LED osvětlení efektně prezentuje vaši sbírku vín a dělá z vinotéky s mrazničkou Klarstein Shirley poutavý prvek v každé místnosti.Dopřejte si vinotéku s mrazničkou Klarstein Shirley a vychutnejte si svou sbírku vín a chlazené nápoje v prvotřídním, stylovém zařízení!

Objev podobné jako Klarstein Shirley Wine Cooler + Freezer, 2-in-1-Gerät, Vintage, 2 Kühlzonen, 60 Flaschen

Vinotéka a mraznička Klarstein Shirley spojuje stylový vintage design a vysokou funkčnost ve volně stojícím zařízení 2 v 1, které potěší každého milovníka vína. Díky dvěma odděleným chladicím zónám nabízí optimální skladování červených i bílých vín, stejně jako mražených nápojů nebo příslušenství k vínu, například ledových kostek. Flexibilní, volně stojící konstrukce umožňuje snadné umístění bez nutnosti složité instalace – ideální do každé místnosti, ať už do kuchyně, obývacího pokoje nebo domácího baru. Designově orientované zařízení zaujme kvalitním retro vzhledem a bez problémů zapadne do jakéhokoli prostředí, přičemž zároveň pozvedne úroveň interiéru. Prostorný interiér vinotéky Klarstein Shirley nabízí prostor až pro 60 lahví vína, které lze skladovat za ideálních teplotních podmínek pro dlouhodobé zachování jejich kvality. Dvouzónová technologie zajišťuje uložení červených i bílých vín při jejich optimálních teplotách. Mrazicí prostor zároveň umožňuje pohodlné chlazení nebo mrazení nápojů či vinného příslušenství. Za zvláštní pozornost stojí hybridní police, které kombinují stabilitu a estetiku. Spojení robustní kovové mřížky a stylové dřevěné čelní části dodává vinotéce elegantní vzhled a gumové nárazníky zajišťují uložení lahví bez vibrací. Integrované LED osvětlení efektně prezentuje vaši sbírku vín a dělá z vinotéky s mrazničkou Klarstein Shirley poutavý prvek v každém interiéru.Dopřejte si vinotéku s mrazničkou Klarstein Shirley a vychutnejte si svou sbírku vín i chlazené nápoje ve špičkovém, stylovém zařízení!

Objev podobné jako Klarstein Shirley Wine Cooler + Freezer, 2-in-1-Gerät, Vintage, 2 Kühlzonen, 60 Flaschen

Vinotéka a mraznička Klarstein Shirley spojuje stylový vintage design a vysokou funkčnost ve volně stojícím zařízení 2 v 1, které potěší milovníky vína. Díky dvěma odděleným chladicím zónám nabízí optimální skladování červených i bílých vín, stejně jako mražených nápojů nebo příslušenství k vínu, například kostek ledu. Flexibilní, volně stojící konstrukce umožňuje snadné umístění bez nutnosti složité instalace – ideální do každé místnosti, ať už do kuchyně, obývacího pokoje nebo domácího baru. Designově zaměřené zařízení zaujme kvalitním retro vzhledem a bez problémů zapadne do jakéhokoli prostředí, přičemž zároveň zkrášlí místnost. Prostorný interiér vinotéky Klarstein Shirley nabízí místo až pro 60 lahví vína, které lze uchovávat za ideálních teplotních podmínek pro dlouhodobé zachování kvality. Dvouzónová technologie umožňuje skladování červených i bílých vín při jejich optimálních teplotách. Mrazicí prostor navíc nabízí možnost pohodlného chlazení nebo mrazení nápojů či příslušenství k vínu. Za zvláštní pozornost stojí hybridní police, které kombinují stabilitu a estetiku. Spojení robustní kovové mřížky a stylového dřevěného čela dodává vinotéce elegantní vzhled a gumové nárazníky zajišťují skladování lahví bez vibrací. Integrované LED osvětlení efektně prezentuje vaši sbírku vín a dělá z vinotéky s mrazničkou Klarstein Shirley poutavý prvek v každé místnosti.Dopřejte si vinotéku s mrazničkou Klarstein Shirley a vychutnejte si svou sbírku vín a chlazené nápoje v prvotřídním, stylovém zařízení!

Objev podobné jako Klarstein Shirley Wine Cooler + Freezer, 2-in-1-Gerät, Vintage, 2 Kühlzonen, 60 Flaschen