HarperCollins Bücher

This dictionary concentrates on modern everyday Scots. It contains English definitions for Scots vocabulary.

Designed to accompany the widely acclaimed Collins Easy Learning Italian Dictionary, Collins Easy Learning Italian Grammar and Practice offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of Italian with hundreds of exercises.

Takes a looks at the 12 signs of the zodiac, telling readers how they will fare in love and romance, offering advice on the best present to buy for each sign and the best meal to cook. Home, love, life, work, hobbies, tastes and preferences of each sign are covered.

From the hosts of the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme comes this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels - a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms.

This new and thoroughly up-to-date dictionary provides the user with wide-ranging, practical coverage of current usage, including terminology relevant to business and office automation and a comprehensive selection of abbreviations, acronyms and geographical names commonly found in the press.

This clear, comprehensible guide to French verbs contains 112 fully conjugated regular and irregular verbs, each presented in a full-page spread showing all the major tenses clearly set out with pronouns.

'And what do you think of it all, Watson?' asked Sherlock Holmes, leaning back in hischair.'It seems to me to be a most dark and sinister business.''Dark enough and sinister enough.'-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'Best Classic Short Stories for Children brings together some of the most well-known and beloved stories by authors like O. Henry, Oscar Wilde and Saki, and extracts from children's classics such as The Railway Children and Little Women. With a mix of genres including science fiction, mystery and ghost stories, and a host of popular characters such as Oliver Twist, Sherlock Holmes, Jane Eyre and Dracula, this is the perfect introduction to a range of classic literature.Classics for the New Decade is a new anthology series celebrating the most acclaimed and enduring works of literature.

Once upon a time, Little Red Riding Hood went walking through the wood to visit her grandma. She imagined she was safe, but hidden behind the tall trees was someone who liked the thought of a grandma for lunch, with perhaps a little girl for pudding...A witty and exuberant re-telling of this well-loved traditional tale.