V. S. Naipaul's Booker Prize winning novel about displacement, the yearning for the good place in someone else's land and the attendant heartache. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library , a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by acclaimed author, Robert McCrum. In a Free State tells the story first of an Indian servant in Washington, who becomes an American citizen but feels displaced. Then of a disturbed Asian West Indian in London who, in ... |
|
Dana Schwartz's Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal ... |
|
Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. While stationed in northern Italy, he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. Theirs is an intense, tender and passionate love affair overshadowed by the war. Ernest Hemingway spares nothing in his denunciation of the horrors of combat, yet vividly depicts the courage shown by so many. In writing "A Farewell to Arms", Hemingway was inspired by his own wartime experience as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. ... |
|
30 Mindful moments for kids to feel calm and focused, anytime, anywhere. "Breathe Like a Bear" is a beautifully illustrated collection of mindfulness exercises designed to teach kids techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions. Best of all, these 30 simple, short breathing practices and movements can be performed anytime, anywhere: in the car to the grocery store, during heavy homework nights at home, or even at a child's desk at school. Based on Kira Willey's Parents' Choice Gold Award-winning CD, "Mindful Moments for Kids", this one of a kind book is sure to help kids find ... |
|
Can a killer ever go free? When sixteen-year-old Drew Gamble shoots dead the cop who was abusing his family, he becomes the most hated person in Clanton, Mississippi. The townsfolk expect Drew to be convicted and go to the gas chamber. It falls to Jake Brigance, Clanton's most famous lawyer, to defend the kid. However reluctant he is to put himself in the firing line, Jake is determined to do his best to save Drew. And, as the folk in Clanton already know, when Jake Brigance takes on a case, even a cut and dried one like this, anything can happen. ... |
|
"Funny, thought-provoking feminism"Guardian, on The Exact Opposite of Okay ... Izzy O`Neill: writer, activist, world`s worst waitress. It`s been two monts since eighteen-year-old Izzy O`Neill was slut-shamed in a national scandal. As well as coming to terms with the fact that thousands of people have seen her foofer - Izzy is juggling high school, writing a screenplay and figuiring out what to do next with her life. When another girl`s nude photos are leaked, Izzy and the Bitches Bite Back team decide to take action. They`re taking the fight all the way to the top...and won`t let anyone bring them down. It`s ... |
|
"Под ред и дисциплина следва да се разбира организацията на армията в присъщите ѝ подразделения, подреждането на офицерите по ранг, поддръжка на пътищата, по които запасите и продоволствията да достигнат до армията, както и контролът върху военните разходи." Сун Дзъ ... |
|
"Сервизната книжка е идеален дневник, който да водите за техническото състояние на колата си. Благодарение на нея, вие имате история на ремонтите и планираните дейности, които следва да се извършат, както и помага на майсторите в сервиза да знаят какво е било сменяно, ремонтирано и какво следва да се поправи. Благодарение на прилежно водената сервизна книжка няма да се налага да гадаете какъв е онзи странен шум в колата, да помните кога сте сменили маслото и коя част от двигателя в какво състояние се намира - всичко ще е записано и ще можете просто и лесно да проверите. Можете да се записвате сумите, които сте дали ... |
|
Three sisters trapped by an ancient curse. Three magical objects with the power to change their fate. Will they be enough to break the curse? Or will they lead the sisters even deeper into danger? The enchanting new story from Michelle Harrison, bestselling author of "The Thirteen Tresures". "Spellbinding." Abi Elphinstone "Brilliant." Emma Carroll "Simply fenomenal." Sophie Anderson "Fizzes with Magic." Alex Bell ... |
|
Дванадесет разказа и новели по истински случаи за достойнството на българина. Изберете тази книга ако желаете: да разберете, че времето, в което живеем, едва ли е най-трудното; да научите за изпитанията, през които предците ни са преминали през годините на османското владичество, борбата за църковна независимост, войните за обединение и строителството на съвременна България; да узнаете, че идеализмът, безкористното, истинско родолюбие, достойнството и храбростта на българите не са измислени, не са мит. Всъщност нищо в тази книга не е измислено, а само осмислено от едни впечатлителни, добронамерени и честни очи; ... |
|
Атлас пълен с удивителни факти, придружени с подробни илюстрации, обяснения и графики, които ще отговорят на всички твои въпроси и ще ти разкрият много любопитни факти за изобретенията. Поредица от лесни експерименти, които ще ти помогнат да онагледиш и по-лесно да разбереш прочетеното. Атласът включва красиво илюстриран постер с размери 50 x 70 cm, който да закачиш в стаята си и е създаден в сътрудничество и под наблюдението на изследователи от Италиански национален институт за ядрена физика - любознателни жени и мъже, квалифицирани в изследването на необикновените явления в света около нас. Книгата е част от ... |
|
This book is based on a PhD thesis entitled "Philosophy of Translation: Between the Literal and the Interpretation". The present text differs from the latter not merely in form - both due to the year - long maturation of the initial ideas, as well as to the different target audience. The research aims at elucidating the position and interrelation of interpretation and literalness, as well as the factors underlining their interaction in the process of translation. What ultimately ensues is a new perspective on questions regarding the essence and boundaries of translation. ... |