Роман за едно преломно време в съдбата на България. Цар Иван Асен II умира и за могъщото му царство, опряно на три морета, настъпват преломни дни. Кой от малолетните наследници на великия цар ще заеме трона? Изпълзяват предателите и властолюбците. Чужда на всяко благородно дело, царица Ирина вижда на върха единствено себе си и сина си Михаил, но за тази цел трябва да се справи с привържениците на "детето цар", Калиман. В двореца започват интриги и убийства. В центъра на изпълнения с перипетии сюжет са образите на царица Ирина, севастократор Александър, сина му Калиман, княгините Тамара и Мария, незаконния син ... |
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Второ издание. ... Солунският чудотворец в автентичната си версия от 1942 година. В годината 1197 -ма малкият Йоаница става най-неочаквано дори и за себе си, български цар. Нарекли го Калоян, което означава хубавият, красивият Йоан. Калоян е безкомпромисен, властен, с величествена осанка и плашещ поглед. Неговите задачи са две: да бъдат убедени другите държави да признаят България за законна и независима държава, която никой няма право да напада; и да бъдат включени в границите ѝ всички български земи. Той осъзнава, че никоя от съседските страни няма да изпълни исканията му, затова българският цар се нуждае от ... |
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Кралят е мъртъв. Намерете виновник! ... Имало едно време дракони и принцеси, зли магьосници и мрачни подземия, и една ужасна тайна. С този свой шедьовър, изпълнен с вълшебства и дръзки приключения, Стивън Кинг ни превежда през едно вдъхващо страх и покоряващо царство на злото. "Запомняща се, убедителна, изпълнена с напрежение и несекващо действие". Чикаго Сън Таймс "Пригответе са да будувате, защото вълшебното перо на Стивън Кинг е създало роман, който няма да оставите, преди да сте прочели и последната страница". Уошингтън Пост Бук Уърлд ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Ned Halley. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Beautiful and Damned", F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune. Anthony and his wife Gloria are young and gorgeous, rich and leisured, and dedicate their lives to the reckless pursuit of happiness. But this intimate story turns tragic, as their marriage disintegrates under the weight of their expectations, dissipation, jealousy and aimlessness. Fitzgerald skilfully portrays the east-coast elite as the Jazz Age ... |
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Допълнено издание. ... В това допълнено луксозно издание е включена глава със спомени на големия режисьор Въло Радев и снимки, които се публикуват за първи път. В бележките си той разказва за сложния път, който е трябвало да извърви, за да убеди киногилдията през 60 -те години, че единствено възможната актриса за ролята на Елисавета е Невена Коканова. Тази книга е разказ за необикновен живот и вълнуваща кариера. Невена Коканова продължава да е загадка и вълнение. Актриса, която публиката помни. Обичана жена. Как ли щяха да изглеждат очите ѝ, лицето ѝ, душата ѝ сега? ... |
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"What I wanted was to be one with her, with nothing coming between us." You've just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you're destined for - what do you do? In Murakami's world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of desire, whether it takes the form of hunger, lust, sudden infatuation or the secret longings of the heart. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin, Ted Goosen and Philip Gabriel. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Sonnets" of William Shakespeare, a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. Filled with ideas about love, beauty and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language that we have come to know from Shakespeare's plays. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the "Fair Youth", while others are directed at a "Rival Poet", and a "Dark Lady". This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition contains all of the poems, which explore many ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features eleven of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went on to ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is perhaps the greatest collection of detective stories ever written. From his residence at 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes solves a series of baffling and bizarre cases, including those of a man terrified by the arrival of an envelope containing orange pips, and a woman whose fiancé disappeared on his way to their wedding. Each story showcases the great detective's inimitable and extraordinary deductive powers, recounted to us by his faithful friend and colleague, Dr Watson. This "Macmillan ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the beautiful, headstrong Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff, who - although desperately in love her - is rejected in favor of a rich suitor. But Cathy cannot forget him, and he develops a lust for revenge that will take over his life as he attempts to win her back, and to destroy everyone, and everything, he considers responsible for his loss. One of the great novels of the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In "The House of Mirth", ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When Jonathan Harker is summoned to Transylvania to finalize a property deal for the mysterious Count Dracula, he stumbles upon an ancient evil he is unprepared to face. When that evil escapes to England, the entire nation is suddenly under threat and only an aged vampire hunter, Professor Abraham Van Helsing, can put a stop to the bloodshed. Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram Stoker's "Dracula" remains the seminal work of Gothic fiction, and in this elegant "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition, which includes an ... |
