This book celebrates the 1925 Paris Exposition—at its centenary—a landmark event that shaped twentieth-century design and gave its name to Art Deco. The exposition dazzled over sixteen million visitors during its run, showcasing the pinnacle of French luxury goods and design innovation.
Renowned as the preeminent exponent of French Art Deco, Ruhlmann (1879–1933) was recognized for the aesthetic refinement, luxurious materials, and impeccable craftsmanship of his creations. Inspired by eighteenth-century pleasure pavilions, Ruhlmann’s pavilion, L’Hôtel du Collectionneur (The Town House of the Collector), was one of the most admired exhibits at the fair. Conceived as a modern-day Trianon, it was filled with his own sumptuous furnishings together with a meticulous selection of objets d’art by his contemporaries, including Edgar Brandt, Jean Dunand, and Jean Puiforcat.
While on a skiing vacation, the Aldens visit their favorite pizzeria. But they quickly realize that the pizza shop owners need their help, as suspicious things have been happening in the restaurant! Can the Boxcar Children solve the mystery before it's too late? Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Pizza Mystery chapter book, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic.
Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
Libby has always been inexplicably drawn to the old Victorian house on Mulberry Lane. So much so that when she sees a For Sale sign go up in the front yard, Libby uses all the money her grandmother left her to pay for college to buy the house instead, determined to fix it up herself—even though she knows her parents will be furious.
Tish, a brash, broke fellow student, doesn’t need much to get by. She can fix almost anything, so she makes do by building sets for the theater department and working odd jobs at the nearby salvage yard. Tish passes by the house one day and is mysteriously compelled to knock on the door. Libby offers her a room in exchange for her help with repairing the old house, and as they begin to work together, the two young women quickly find themselves growing closer.
Encantador, peligroso y lo suficientemente inteligente como para ocultarlo, a Christian Harper le resulta poco útil la moral y aún menos el amor, pero no puede negar la extraña atracción que siente hacia la mujer que vive justo un piso debajo de él. Ella es el objeto de sus deseos más oscuros, el único rompecabezas que no puede resolver. Y cuando surge la oportunidad de acercarse a ella, rompe sus propias reglas para ofrecerle un trato imposible de rechazar. Todos tenemos un punto débil. Ella es el suyo.
Su obsesión.
Su adicción.
Su única excepción.
Dulce, tímida e introvertida a pesar de su fama en las redes sociales, Stella Alonso es una romántica que mantiene su corazón a buen recaudo. Entre sus dos trabajos, tiene poco tiempo y ninguna gana de iniciar una relación. Pero cuando una amenaza de su pasado la lleva a los brazos (y a la casa) del hombre más peligroso que jamás haya conocido, caerá en la tentación de permitirse sentir algo por primera vez en mucho tiempo. Porque, a pesar de la naturaleza fría de Christian, él la hace sentir completa cuando están juntos.
Apasionada.
Protegida.
Anhelada.
El suyo es un amor amenazado por mentiras y secretos... y cuando las verdades por fin salgan a la luz, podrían destrozarlo todo.
¡10 patitos de goma han caído por la borda!
Embárcate en este viaje por alta mar con 10 patitos de goma que flotan en el océano mientras descubren el mundo. Todos viven su propia aventura, pero hay uno en particular que encuentra una cosa muy especial.
A Farewell to Arms is one of Ernest Hemingway’s most popular books, a masterpiece that is not only among the greatest novels to come out of World War I but also one of the most profoundly moving in the American canon. Based on Hemingway’s own experience volunteering with the Red Cross in Italy during World War I, and written when he was only thirty, it tells the story of Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver, and Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. For Frederic, Catherine’s kindness and beauty shore him up against the carnage of battle; for Catherine, Frederic’s strength and devotion are a lifeboat in the sea of grief over her first love. Through injury, surgery, and the psychic fallout of war, they maintain an overwhelming desire to be together, even as forces conspire to keep them apart. Hemingway captures the intensity of both love and war with the taut immediacy and spare, understated eloquence that are his hallmarks, reminding us why this novel—his first bestseller—endures as a favorite, and why the Nobel laureate ranks among our most treasured writers.