From the moment that Jimbo and his best friend Charlie bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know that nothing is as it seems. But what does "e,spudvetch"e, mean, and why do Mr. Kidd's eyes flicker [...]
An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking [...]
Polar Bears is a captivating tale by award-winning writer Mark Haddon. Balancing humour and pathos, it tells of one mans struggle to love, support and live with someone suffering from a psychological condition. With an elliptical structure and teasing timeline, the [...]
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human [...]
From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddons first collection of poems. That Mark Haddons first book after The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a book of poetry may surprise his many fans, [...]
Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve [...]
Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: October 2008 / Delivery time: 1-3 weeks (not available at short notice)
Contents: Die Charaktere - Der Inhalt - The author - Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Romans im Unterricht - Klausuren - Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells - Components - Internetadressen. Component 1: Getting started : Talking about feelings; Personality test - Take the AQ [...]
George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood or of manly bonhomie. The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely. Some things in life cant be [...]
Der 15-jährige Christopher Boone leidet unter einer leichten Form von Autismus. Als jedoch der Nachbarshund mit einer Heugabel ermordet wird, wird Christopher aktiv, um den Fall zu lösen.A murder mystery like no other, this novel features Christopher Boone, an intelligent [...]
Neues aus der Welt des ganz normalen Familienwahnsinns. In den letzten fünfzehn Jahren haben Angela und Richard nur einen Nachmittag miteinander verbracht. Doch jetzt, nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter, mietet Richard für eine Woche ein altes, rotes Herrenhaus in Herefordshire und [...]
German; Paperback / Softback
Release: 11.11.2013 / Delivery time: Pre-Order (Article not released yet)
Dutch; Flemish; Hardback
Released: October 2012 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
Situations rocambolesques et humour décapant sont les piliers de ce roman bien enlevé qui réconciliera les plus récalcitrants à la lecture.(Nathalie Riché - Lire,06/05/2011)
Herrlich witzig, völlig durchgeknallt und unglaublich spannend: Eine Freundschaftsgeschichte der etwas anderen Art. Das ziemlich eintönige Leben des 13-jährigen Jim ändert sich schlagartig, als er und Freund Charlie einer mysteriösen Verschwörung auf die Spur kommen: Denn [...]