Rowan: I'm in the business of creating fairy tales. Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels. Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland. My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her. Things spiraled out of control once I texted her using an alias. By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late. People like me don't get happy endings. Not when we're destined to ruin them. Zahra: After submitting a drunk proposal criticizing Dreamland's most expensive ride, I should have been fired. Instead, Rowan Kane offered me a dream job. The catch? I had ... |
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Based on the story of Desmond Bagley. Retold by Ralph Mowat. ... On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her... and throws acid into her face. Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway? And who is the enemy? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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Couldn't get enough of The Fine Print? Fall in love with the next book in Lauren Asher's hot and sexy Dreamland Billionaires series... Declan. I'm destined to become the next CEO of my family's media empire. The only problem? My grandfather's inheritance clause. Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteered for the job. Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract. Caring about Iris was never part of the deal. ... |
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From the author of Daisy Jones & The Six in which a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn ... |
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Attraction at first sight can be messy... When Tate Collins finds airline pilot Miles Archer passed out in front of her apartment door, it is definitely not love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. But what they do have is an undeniable mutual attraction. He doesn't want love and she doesn't have time for a relationship, but their chemistry cannot be ignored. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up, as long as Tate can stick to two rules: Never ask about the past and don't expect a future. Tate is determined that she ... |
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Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago. As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else's story. But when the teachers ... |
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По романа на Йохан Волфганг Гьоте, преразказан от Пеги Кателхон. ... Der Leidenschaftliche Briefroman, der das romantische Thema der Verbindung zwischen Liebe und Tod meisterhaft einführt und zum Manifest einer ganzen Generation wird. Werther verliebt sich in Lotte, und sie erwidert seine gefühle. Doch Lotte ist bereits vergeben. Als ihr Verlobter, der brave Albert, von einer Reise heimkehrt, schließt man Freundschaft. Aber Werther wird immer eifersuchtiger. Sein Enthusiasmus fur das landliche Idyll wandelt sich langsam in einen tiefen Pessimismus... Dieser Roman, der Goethe uber Nacht beruhmt werden lie&# ... |
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По романа на Готфрид Келер, преразказан от Гудрун Гоцман. ... Kleider machen Leute ist die mit Abstand popularste Erzahlung aus Kellers Novellenzyklus "Die Leute von Seldwyla". Wenzel Strapinski - ein armer, aber gut gekleideter Scheider - ist auf der Suche nach einer neuen Arbeit. Als er in der kleinen Stadt Goldach ankommt, halten ihn alle fur einen polnischen Grafen. Was soll er tun? Sagen, wer er wirklich ist? Als er das schöne und reiche Machen Nettchen kennen lernt, wird seine Situation immer komplizierter. Kleider machen Leute ist eine klassische und immer noch aktuelle Novelle uber die Wichtigkeit ... |
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Книжката за четене за ниво A2 - B1 разказва за немец, който живее в Испания повече от 20 години и за неговите приключения и културни недоразумения по време на пътуването му през Андалусия, посещението на неделен концерт в театъра, разходка до пазара, екскурзия до крайморско селище. Историята е достъпна за слушане и в MP3 формат. ... |
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A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love with all its complications by debut author Ashley Herring Blake. Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls - nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it's a different woman every night, but that's just fine with her. When Delilah's estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a ... |
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The first novel in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn't kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell."From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible." People "A rip-roaring thriller... One of the truly memorable tough-guy heroes in recent ... |
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300 years before "A Game of Thrones" dragons ruled Westeros. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBO's upcoming "Game of Thrones" prequel series House of the Dragon. Centuries before the events of "A Game of Thrones", House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria took up residence on Dragonstone. "Fire & Blood" begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, ... |
