The small town has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitor over the years, but there is one story that has never been told... until now. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Everyday in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson takes the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliff side. One day, while Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground and the chink of an aluminium bat hitting a baseball, a stranger calls out to her. On a bench in ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard "The African Queen", a steam-powered launch captained by Cockney mechanic, Charlie Alnutt. Determined to do her bit for the war effort and to avenge her brother, Rose persuades Charlie that they should attack the German gunboat, the Konigin Luise. And so begins a most unlikely alliance and love affair, as Charlie and Rose venture down the treacherous Ulanga river encountering danger and adventure at ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The eccentric Mortmain family have been rattling around in a vast, decrepit castle for years, gradually slipping into financial ruin. Mortmain is crippled by writer's block, while his beautiful second wife Topaz struggles to be a dutiful stepmother to Rose, Cassandra and Thomas. Rose needs a husband, Thomas an education but Cassandra lives for her writing. Through her gloriously witty and shrewd diaries, she chronicles the trials of family life, the impact on their prospects of the arrival of a glamorous American family, and the agonies of falling in ... |
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In the two-volume book titled "Broken Grounds", you will find many international and national articles in which you will witness the transformational impact of mass communication and mass media devices. The drive that has initiated the reason for which this book has been prepared in two volumes is to trace the marks of this era on different societies and social layers and to explicate the relationships and communication ways which have emerged from it. The study which brings together the different conceptions in national and international level introduces the new quests to its audience through the route map of ... |
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The Cambridge Learner's Dictionary is the best route to success in English. This new edition updates the existing content and contains new features to make learning English even easier. The new edition has been revised and fully updated throughout and includes many new words (e.g. phone-hacking, cloud computing, rare earth, toxic debt) with more than 35,000 definitions in clear, simple English. English Profile levels mark the essential vocabulary that students need to know at CEF B1-B2 levels, see www.englishprofile.org for more information. Mini-collocation panels help students to produce more natural English. Common ... |
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Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn't. Long ago, Ben made a promise and had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn't for reason he imagined... Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it? What if the very thing that drwas them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything? A dark, consuming drama that shifts from Zimbabwe to England, and then back into the past, "The Lion ... |
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Семейни рецепти от цял свят. Книгата представя вкусни и лесни рецепти, изпратени от семейства от всички краища на света, и предлага своеобразно пътешествие през култури, продукти и кухни по целия свят. Рецептите са подходящи за начинаещи кулинари и се изпълняват с широко достъпни съставки и с оборудване, което може да се намери във всеки дом. Великолепни илюстрации водят в готвенето стъпка по стъпка. Всички рецепти са за вегетариански ястия и са придружени с указания как да бъдат направени без глутен, без млечни продукти, без яйца, без ядки или веган. Илюстрации: Чаая Прабхат. ... |
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Тази книга предлага вълнуващо визуално пътешествие през Свещеното писание на Ветхия и Новия завет. Тя съдържа всички 241 гравюри на великия френски художник Гюстав Доре , с които той илюстрира прочутото издание на Библията от 1866 г., излязло едновременно в Париж и Лондон. Книгата на книгите с нейната драма отприщва с невероятна сила въображението и артистичността на Доре. Неговите илюстрации отдавна са се превърнали в класическа иконография, защото, както казва Елбърт Хъбард, той е отвъд всяка категория - "Той е единствен: не е имал предшественици и не е оставил наследници". ... |
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Official sponsor - London Fashion Week. ... "50/50 Collection" is a truly iconic celebration of "Toni & Guy" past 50 years of inspirational, trend-defining, fashion-led hairdressing that has changed the face of the industry forever, while the collection also looks firmly into the future with an eclectic mix of inspirations from the Toni & Guy International Artistic Team, who worked to create 10 definitive cut and colour techniques for 2013/2014. "50/50 Collection" pays homage to "Toni & Guy" illustrious legacy of creating beautiful hair, that has seen the brand being awarded both a & ... |
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"В книгата Лечение с пчелни продукти. Апитерапия и основи на пчеларството сме вложили нашата полувековна работа, с желание колкото може по-точно да дефинираме природните продукти и тяхното приложение в полза на човешкото здраве. Благодарни сме на всички световни и национални организации и личности, които оцениха нашия принос." Д-р Стоймир Младенов, Миленко Радосавович Д-р Стоймир Младенов е роден в село Койно, Кюстендил. Произхожда от земеделско семейство. През 1951 година завършва медицина в София. От 1955 година е главен лекар на балнеосанаториума на миньорите в Кюстендил. Тук започва и първите си научно- ... |
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Edited by Adam Roberts . ... An entertaining and wide-ranging collection of science-fiction short stories featuring space aliens, spectacular inventions, futuristic technologies and vividly imagined worlds. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Classic Science Fiction Stories is selected and introduced by academic and science-fiction writer Adam Roberts. Classic Science Fiction Stories highlights not only famous writers such as Edgar ... |
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Практически наръчник за работа с конзолата. ... Пълноценното използване на Linux е невъзможно без командния ред. Не всички конзолни команди обаче имат своите графични аналози, а има и ситуации, при които без команден ред не може. Тук ще намерите подробно описание на синтаксиса на най-полезните Linux команди, техните параметри и, разбира се, практически примери. Включени са команди за работа с файловата система, текст, локалната мрежа и интернет. Особено внимание е отделено на командите за системния администратор, за управление на потребителите, за управление на процеси и инсталиране на пакети. Разгледани са и командните ... |
