The New York Times Bestseller. Now a Major Motion Picture staring Amanda Stenberg and Nick Robinson. ... Maddy is allergic to the world; stepping outside the sterile sanctuary of her home could kill her. But then Olly moves in next door. And just like that, Maddy realizes there's more to life than just being alive. You only get one chance at first love. And Maddy is ready to risk everything, everything to see where it leads. "Gorgeous and lyrical." New York Times ... |
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Адаптирани разкази на английски език. ... "Поредицата Adapted stories на издателство Веси е предназначена за читатели, които са средно напреднали или напреднали (III - VI ниво) в обучението си по английски език. Джером К. Джером е представител на най-забележителния период в английската литература: втората половина на XIX и първата четвърт на XX в. Удивителната му способност да наблюдава отношенията между хората и да претворява своите наблюдения в занимателни истории, използвайки цялата красота на британския английски в съчетание с типичния за Острова хумор, го превръща в задължителен автор както за изучаващите ... |
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A novel by the author of "Ellen Foster". "Kaye Gibbons shows us the secret core of a love that easily outlasts death. It's invisible mastery - but mastery all the same". Reynolds Prince ... When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked a woman to do more than help him hitch a mule. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each other ... |
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Als F. Scott Fitzgeralds famoser Roman "The Great Gatsby" 1925 erschien, erntete sein Autor von zahlreichen Schriftstellerkollegen hymnische Kritiken, doch erst die Nachkriegsjahrzehnte bescherten seinem Meisterwerk die weltweite Anerkennung, die es verdient. Ergreifend und mit subtiler Finesse erzählt Fitzgerald die Geschichte des schillernden Emporkömmlings Jay Gatsby, der auf seinem Anwesen rauschende Feste feiert, um seine einst verlorene Liebe zurückzugewinnen - eine Geschichte über die Macht großer Gefühle und das schmerzhafte Scheitern eines romantischen Traums. Diese ... |
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A matter of life, death ... and fish. ... "What's it like, Dad - being a fish?" Grief takes many forms, and manifests itself in strange ways. Sometimes very strange indeed. When, on an ordinary morning, Dak's father suddenly dies of a heart attack, Dak's mother falls apart. Desperate to escape the atmosphere at home, Dak finds himself going to his dad's favourite place - the local aquarium. And there, to his amazement, is Dad, who it seems is alive and well as a clownfish! With his mum so ill, Dak decides that, for now, this will have to be his secret, and his alone. But he visits the clownfish ... |
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