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Mexican Edition comic book "El Investigador Submarino" licensed by Western Publishing features a photo cover of Lloyd & comic art inside in Spanish language ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : One Canada Square, 30 St Mary Axe, 122 Leadenhall, Shard London Bridge, Bishopsgate Tower, Lloyd's Building, Tower 42, Broadgate Tower, 25 Canada Square, 8 Canada Square, Boomerang Tower, Bt Tower, One Churchill Place, Domaine de Barbican, Centre Point, 10 Upper Bank Street, 40 Bank Street, 25 Bank Street, Willis Building, Millbank Tower, Citypoint, Euston Tower, 25 Cabot Square, Heron Tower, 1 Cabot Square, 1 West India Quay, 25 North Colonnade, Shakespeare Tower, Cromwell Tower, Lauderdale Tower, 20 Canada Square. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Le One Canada Square est le plus haut gratte-ciel habitable de Londres et de Grande-Bretagne. Dessiné par l'architecte argentin César Pelli, il possède une hauteur de 235 mètres et comporte 50 étages. Initialement, le building devait mesurer 263 mètres et comporter 55 étages. Mais sa hauteur fut sensiblement réduite à cause de sa proximité jugée trop grande avec le London City Airport. Le building est plus connu sous le nom de Canary Wharf , qui est en fait le nom du quartier d'affaires se situant au même endroit. Le nom originel de la tour était Canada Tower. Le mot "Canada", que l'on retrouve d'ailleurs à de nombreux endroits sur le site, provient de la firme canadienne Olympia and York, qui construisit le building. Cette entreprise fit faillite peu de temps après la construction de la tour. Il convient en effet de savoir que les entreprises n'étaient pas pressés de s'installer dans le nouveau gratte-ciel, préférant au contraire rester dans le traditionnel centre financier de Londres (La City). Et ce n'est finalement qu'en l'an 2000 que le métro (la Jubilee Line), fut prolongé jusqu'à Canary Wharf, permettant ainsi un accès "aisé" au site. La constr...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Travel the Road to Fair Cathay
This book is a gem. It is a tale of friendship and love and adventure. It is also a time machine which gives a hint as to what Marco Polo's world must have felt like from the inside. While the setting is supposedly fictional it contains a number of shout outs to the real life Silk Road that a historian can catch. It shows what the Medieval world was like from the eyes of a Medieval person; when the world was large and one could still say of some places "Here there be dragons." The imagination shown is splendid.

It is not a tale of kingdoms like the Prydain Chronicles. It is a tale of ordinary wanderers who are just a small spot in the thousands of people who traveled about the world. It is also a rather "low fantasy"; magic is not blatant like in some fantasies. In a way that adds to the mystery and wonder, and you feel it a part of the world.

A well-written book and worthy of your time.

Outstanding tale
While I adore the depth a capable author can offer a reader with a serial story there is something to be said for the concise tale limited to one volume.This was a wonderful story with suspense, humor and romance - we enjoyed it very much!

Exciting adventure story
This is the last novel of Lloyd Alexander, author of The Chronicles of Prydain. I was both excited and worried about reading this book. I loved the Chronicles of Prydain as a kid, but was afraid this book would be awful in comparison. Thankfully, this was not the case.

This story is about a young man named Carlo Chuchio, a character who is not as appealing as that lovable assistant pig-keeper Taran, but still interesting nonetheless.Carlo "the chooch" sets off on an adventure seeking great treasure and is accompanied by a fast-talking but lazy flatterer, a beautiful girl with a wild streak, and an eccentric genius. Their journey is filled with danger and excitement while the travelers encounter storytellers, brigands, and dream merchants, in a dazzlingly romantic fantasy world that seems to be intentionally reminiscent of the Arabian Nights.

While the story at time seems rambling, with random events happening one after the other, the reader is still left with an amazement at Alexander's storytelling abilities. I would not recommend going into this tale hoping for a grand-sweeping epic fantasy novel, but rather for a satisfying travel/adventure story, much like the stories of Sinbad the sailor.

The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
Alexander, Lloyd, The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio, Henry Holt and Company, 2007

When Carlo Chuchio finds a map in a book that purports to detail where a royal treasure is located, he embarks on a long journey to look for it. As he travels the "legendary Road of Golden Dreams", he hooks up with a young woman who has escaped from her captors, battles with some terrible robbers, and encounters some dangerous warlords. This engaging first person narrative is rich in descriptive language, unusual characters and humor. Will he find the treasure and what is it? This is a thoughtful story in the vein of his earlier gem, "The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen (Dutton Children's Books, 1991).

A Fantastical Road Trip of Rollicking Fun and Adventure
If you read one book this fall, this should be the one!It moves constantly forward with funny, fascinating characters and alternating humorous/dangerous encounters.The adventures and places are so alive and interesting, you get totally caught up in Carlo's fascinating road trip, and without even realizing it you become tangled as well in the character's stories and the philosphy of what it means to be human in any world. Funny, heartwarming, rollicking and glorious!You won't be able to put it down! ... Read more

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Two small chamber works by Frank Bridge, available together for performance by Cello and Piano. Edited by Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Read more