This textbook is designed for students taking a university degree in International Relations (IR), European Studies (ES) and Political Science (PS) at Bulgarian universities, including the University of National and World Economy (UNWE). Another potential target group of users are students majoring in journalism, law or management who need to understand and express key concepts in politics, economics and international relations. Students with an advanced level of proficiency in English will gain most benefit from this textbook. The latter has been graded as advanced level, considering that a basic prerequisite for ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Foreign languages are the communicative means of bridging the gap between cultures and people (Vesselinov, 2019a, p. 7). At the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) - Sofia, Bulgaria, the foreign language teaching is organized and carried out by the lecturers at the Department of Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of International Economics and Politics, who periodically update their syllabuses and regularly publish textbooks and workbooks for the different majors (Vesselinov, 2019b, p. 180). Along with studying English as a first or second foreign language, UNWE students of Economics or ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Áðèëÿíòåí âîåííîèñòîðè÷åñêè òðóä, êîéòî íàïúëíî äîêàçâà òâúðäåíèåòî íà Óèíñòúí ×úð÷èë, ÷å ïúðâèÿò ìåñåö íà Ïúðâàòà ñâåòîâíà âîéíà å áèë "íåíàäìèíàòà äðàìà". Íþçóèê  òîâà çíàêîâî, íàãðàäåíî ñ "Ïóëèöúð" èçñëåäâàíå, èñòîðèêúò Áàðáàðà Òúêìàí ïðåñúçäàâà ïúðâèÿ ìåñåö íà Ïúðâàòà ñâåòîâíà âîéíà: òðèéñåò äíè ïðåç ëÿòîòî íà 1914, êîèòî îïðåäåëÿò õîäà íà êîíôëèêòà, íà èñòîðèÿòà è â êðàéíà ñìåòêà - íà îáëèêà íà íàñòîÿùèÿ ñâÿò. Çàïî÷âà ñ ïîãðåáåíèåòî íà àíãëèéñêèÿ êðàë Åäóàðä VII - íàé-ãîëÿìîòî ñúáèðàíå íà êðàëñêè îñîáè è âèñøè äúðæàâíèöè íÿêîãà, è ïðîñëåäÿâà åñêàëèðàíåòî íà íàïðåæåíèåòî è íåèçáåæíèÿ ñáëúñúê, ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, "The Fall of the House of Usher", to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, "The Enormous Radio". Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's "Dry September" to the gentle optimism of an elderly ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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"The history of the Jewish ethnicity and its material culture are inseparable from Bulgarian history and culture. Regardless of the preceding series of conscientiously carried separate studies on the topic of the fate of local Jewish communities and especially on the issue of synagogues as their most prominent artistic creations during the long centuries of exile, the "last word" in that respect was not either said or written until now. Professor Jan Assmann of Heidelberg University says: "The cultural memory procures "breathing air" to the world that is too narrow for the everyday realities ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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"It is well know to all how much daily problems the Bulgarian people has in these days. However, more dangerous than anything is the tendency to loose identity and national selfconfidence. This is a clearly visible tendency in the inscriptions of foreign languages, mass emigration and the wish for imitation of foreign culture. At other side, the answer to the question, "Why are you ashamed to call youself Bulgarian?" is more than obvious: there is in the present time to be proud of. The above-described situation makes preservation and popularization of Bulgarian History extraordinarily important. If it ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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"Âíèìàâàé! Àêî èãðàåø íà ïðèçðàê, ùå ñòàíåø ïðèçðàê." Êàáàëà, àíîíèìåí àâòîð Ìàêàð è îùå ìíîãî ìëàäà, ìåêñèêàíñêàòà ïèñàòåëêà Âàëåðèÿ Ëóèçåëè âå÷å å ïðèâëÿêëà âíèìàíèåòî íà ÷èòàòåëèòå è êðèòèêàòà ñ ïîëúõà íà êðåàòèâíîñò è åíåðãèÿ â êíèãèòå ñè. Âúïðåêè ìëàäîñòòà ñè Ëóèçåëè å æèâÿëà â ðàçëè÷íè ñòðàíè è å óñïÿëà äà ñè èçãðàäè ìíîãîïëàñòîâà âèçèÿ çà ñâåòà. Ñìåñâàíåòî íà ðåàëíîñò è ôàíòàçèÿ, íà ðàçëè÷íè âðåìåâè ïëàíîâå âåðîÿòíî å íàñëåäèëà îò ðîäíàòà ñè èñïàíîåçè÷íà ëèòåðàòóðà.  ðîìàíà ѝ "Áåçòåãëîâíèòå" ñå íàëàãà äåëèêàòåí ïàðàëåëèçúì ñ ïðîèçâåäåíèÿòà íà Õóàí Ðóëôî , íåèí ó÷èòåë â èçîáðàçÿâàíåòî ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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"Far from the Danube" is the story of an extraordinary woman who rescued a heavily wounded knight from a battlefield in northern Bulgaria and managed to return him to a less than grateful family in Normandy, just as the Hundred Years War was about to start. Set against the national and religious conflicts of the early 15th century this is a powerful account of a hazardous journey into exile and of a love between Maria Iskra and Gilles Guiton that flew in the face of contemporary mores, given that as a knight of St John, Gilles had taken a vow of chastity. Based on a recorded meeting between English King Henry V ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Êíèãàòà å ÷àñò îò ïîðåäèöàòà "Ëèòåðàòóðíè çâåçäè" íà èçäàòåëñòâî "Óíèñêîðï". ...  ñìåøíî, íåæíî, òðàãè÷íî è èçÿùíî ïîñòðîåíèÿ ðîìàí íà Ôîåð ñå ðàçâèõðÿò çàêà÷ëèâî-íåóäúðæèìîòî äåòñêî âúîáðàæåíèå è ïðîíèçèòåëíàòà áîëêà. Îñêàð å åäâà äåâåòãîäèøåí, êîãàòî ñå ñáëúñêâà ñ ïàãóáíàòà êàòàñòðîôè÷íîñò íà ñúâðåìåííèÿ ñâÿò. Ïðåæäåâðåìåííî ïîìúäðÿëîòî ìîì÷å - 9-ãîäèøåí èçîáðåòàòåë, áèæóòåð, àñòðîôèçèê è ïàöèôèñò, èçäèðâà êëþ÷àëêàòà, êîÿòî ñúâïàäà ñ êëþ÷à, êîéòî áàùà ìó å îñòàâèë, ïðåäè äà íàìåðè ñìúðòòà ñè ïðè àòåíòàòèòå îò 11 ñåïòåìâðè ïîä ðàçâàëèíèòå íà êóëèòå áëèçíàöè â Íþ Éîðê. Ìîì÷åòî, êîåòî å ãåíèàëíî, íî ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Ðåé÷úë Êúøíúð å ðîäåíà ïðåç 1968 ã. â Þäæèéí, Îðåãîí. Ó÷èëà å â Óíèâåðñèòåòà â Áúðêëè è â Êîëóìáèéñêèÿ óíèâåðñèòåò. Æèâÿëà å â Íþ Éîðê, êúäåòî å ïóáëèêóâàëà â íÿêîëêî ëèòåðàòóðíè èçäàíèÿ: Grand Street, BOMB.  ìîìåíòà å ñúèçäàòåë è ðåäàêòîð íà ñïèñàíèå çà èçêóñòâî è ëèòåðàòóðà Soft Targets. Æèâåå â Ëîñ Àíäæåëèñ ñúñ ñúïðóãà è ñèíà ñè è ðàáîòè âúðõó ñëåäâàùàòà ñè êíèãà. "Òåëåêñ îò Êóáà" å ïúðâèÿò ѝ ðîìàí, îòëè÷åí å ñ National Book Award çà 2008 ã. "Íåî÷àêâàíî ìúäúð, àìáèöèîçåí è ïðèêîâàâàù âíèìàíèåòî ðîìàí çà àìåðèêàíñêàòà îáùíîñò â Êóáà ïðåç ãîäèíèòå, äîâåëè äî ðåâîëþöÿòà íà Êàñòðî. Îñòðîâúò êàòî ðàé, ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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"The English Neighbour" is a resourceful, vivid, and tirelessly funny story about the clash and fusion of cultures in today{{~}}s age of globalization. Bulgaria. Middle of Nowhere. The fictional village of Plodorodno (meaning "fertile") is in dire straits. As Bulgaria is gradually opening to the outside world, many of its residents have emigrated in pursuit of a different life, while others cast their hopes on winning the lottery instead of on working the fertile land nearby. One fine day, a true Englishman named John buys a hose in the village and settles there. He is retired chemical engineer ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Íîìèíèðàíà çà "Ìàí Áóêúð" 2011. ... Ìàéêàòà íà ìúðòâîòî ìîì÷å ïàçåøå êðúâòà. Èñêàøå òÿ äà ñè îñòàíå òàì, ëè÷åøå ñè. Äúæäúò íàïèðàøå äà ïëèñíå è äà ÿ èçìèå, àìà ìàéêàòà íÿìàøå äà ìó äàäå. Äîðè íå ïëà÷åøå, ïðîñòî ñòîåøå ñêîâàíà è îçâåðÿëà, âñå åäíî òîâà ѝ áåøå ðàáîòàòà - äà ïîäïëàøè äúæäà îáðàòíî ãîðå â íåáåòî. Åäèí ãúëúá ñå îãëåæäàøå çà ìàíäæà. Íàãàçè ïðàâî â êðúâòà. Äàæå è òîé áåøå òúæåí - ëè÷åøå ñè ïî òîâà, êúäåòî î÷èòå ìó áÿõà öåëèòå ðîçîâè è ìúðòâè. Öâåòÿòà âå÷å áÿõà êëþìíàëè. Èìàøå ñíèìêè íà ìúðòâîòî ìîì÷å ñ óíèôîðìàòà îò ó÷èëèùå. Ïóëîâåðúò ìó áåøå çåëåí. "Ìîÿò ïóëîâåð å ñèí. Ìîÿòà óíèôîðìà å ïî- ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |