Books published by publisher Macmillan Pub Co

Happy Birthday Acorn Wood!Join the birthday celebrations in Acorn Wood with four new 15th anniversary editions of the ever-popularPostman Bear,Fox's Socks,Hide-and-Seek PigandRabbit's Nap.Pig and Hen are playing hide-and-seek. But where on earth could Hen be? Can you lift the flaps and help Pig find out where Hen is hiding?With sturdy flaps on every spread and rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud, theTales from Acorn Woodhave been delighting both parents and toddlers for fifteen years. This year we celebrate their unending appeal with four beautifully produced board books and a fresh new cover look with shiny foil.From the award-winning creators ofThe Gruffalo.

Push, pull and slide the London scenes to explore the sights of the busy city. Turn the London Eye, open and close Tower Bridge, even raise the flag at Buckingham Palace! Busy London is a bright board book with easy-to-use mechanisms that are designed for toddlers. The colorful illustrations are packed with detail and things to spot, making it the perfect introduction to London, and a great way to share memories of a first visit.

A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance from award-winning author, Eva Ibbotson, with a new introduction by Joanna Nadin.Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good.Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiancé have begun to track her down . . .'I have binged on Eva Ibbotson . . . her elegantly written, witty and well-observed fables' Nigella Lawson, The TimesRediscover Eva Ibbotson, award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea, in her sweeping historical romances, including The Morning Gift, A Song For Summer and The Secret Countess, originally published as A Countess Below Stairs, Magic Flutes, originally published as The Reluctant Heiress, Madensky Square and A Company of Swans.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. First published in 1970 as "Jonathan Livingston Seagull - a story", it became a favorite throughout the United States. By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version, and the book reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list where it remained for 38 weeks.

Dust jacket notes: "Here is Malcolm X in all of his depth and complexity; a fascinating and extraordinary man microscopically examined, documented and analyzed--in personal reflections, critiques, dialogues and articles by his black compatriots throughout the world, as well as through his own writings, speeches and manifestos. Intimates and adversaries alike discuss Malcolm the man, prophet, revolutionary, martyr; Malcolm as friend, foe, husband and father. This remarkable spectrum of opinion and experience includes American, African, Muslim and European reactions to Malcolm; transcriptions of actual TV debates; illuminating and often humorous conversations with the FBI (taped without the knowledge of the visiting agents). But Malcolm also speaks for himself--with brilliance, fluency and wit--in speeches writings and key position papers defining his views just before his assassination. The chronicle of his exceptional life includes all its facets, from hustler to jailbird, to militant Muslim convert, and finally, to the self-made world leader who had the courage to question his own passionate prejudices and revolutionary beginnings. American must ask not only 'Who was Malcolm X,' but also 'Who was he becoming?' A man who evolved ideologically and personally until the day he died, Malcolm was frequently and perhaps fatally misunderstood. This vital anthology, edited by John Henrik Clarke, dazzlingly illuminates Malcolm X, the many-faceted man. It will stand as the definitive insight into the figure who may yet be realized as the single most pivotal social leader of the twentieth century."