"Is it possible a good novel to be written in Bulgaria in a team - and even in a triple co-authorship? What's more - that the very act of writing is more of a game, a shared creative energy and intelligent thought for the whole, rather than an internal struggle for supremacy of the authors' individual voices? The book you hold in your hands is just that. This debut novel has everything that can provoke and hold the reader's curiosity: an intriguing story, vivid conflicts, tension that grows with precise dynamics, love stories in two parallel storylines: in modern times and in ancient Egypt; drama, wise ... |
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"Писането на Йорданка Белева поставя в своя център белезите - белезите от миналото, които ни задължават да го помним; белезите от настоящето, които ни помагат да го живеем, и белезите от бъдещето, които знаем, че ще получим. Така тя като автор ни въздейства три в едно: да помним, да издържаме, да знаем." Митко Новков "Харесвам прозата на Йорданка Белева заради тази невероятна, доведена до съвършенство сложност на простотата, харесвам езика, на който са написани нейните разкази и с който тя си "играе", както неуморните и винаги различни вълни си играят с неуморния и винаги еднакъв бряг." ... |
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My touch is lethal . My touch is power. A fragile teenage girl is held captive. Locked in a cell by The Reestablishment, a harsh dictatorship in charge of a crumbling world. But Juliette is no ordinary teenager - one touch from her can kill. The Reestablishment wants to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has other plans. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovered the strength to fight back and to find a future with the one person she thought she'd lost forever... "Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious . I couldn't put it down." Lauren Kate , New York Times ... |
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The Japanese Bestseller. ... What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In "Before the Coffee Gets Cold", we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, ... |
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Over one million copies sold in Japan. ... A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man's journey to discover what really matters in modern life. Our narrator's days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week... Because how do ... |
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Elizabeth Gilbert , a successful writer, had everything - a husband, friends, a big house in New York. But one day she realized she did not want any of it. A new relationship brought more heartbreak, deep depression followed, and in desperation, she started to pray. She decided to spend a year without any new relationships, and to travel in Italy, India, and Indonesia, searching for meaning in her life. This memoir is the true story of her journey of discovery through pleasure, religion, and back to love again. It has also been made into a major movie. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for ... |
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When it comes to love, we are faced with a multitude of questions. The answers are different for everyone. One thing is for sure - love is not luck or a fortunate circumstance. It is not a gift of fate. According to Milena Rodriguez, we are the ones responsible for our self-confidence. It is up to us to be admired and appreciated by members of the opposite sex, by our loved ones and our colleagues. Living happy, fulfilling lives depends on ourselves. If you have recently broken up with a partner or are experiencing a crisis, this book will help you through it. Milena Rodriguez provides the answers you have been looking ... |
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Based on the story of Katherine Mansfield . Retold by Rosalie Kerr. ... "Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid." By the book Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair. Classics, modern ... |
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At the age of six, Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. "Since then", he later said, "my ambition has steadily grown, and my megalomania with it. Now I want only to be Salvador Dali, I have no greater wish". Throughout his life, Dali was out to become Dali: that is, one of the most significant artists and eccentrics of the 20th century. This weighty volume is the most complete study of Dali's painted works ever published. After years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Neret located painted works by the master that had been ... |
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The purpose of this protocol notebook is to facilitate the teaching of general pathology to third-year medical students. Providing all the materials for the practical classes from the very beginning of the semester will give the curious students the opportunity to get acquainted in advance with the learning objectives and to evenly distribute their time and efforts for independent preparation. Gradual mastering of the curriculum, without campaigning before a colloquium or exam session is an important prerequisite for acquiring long-lasting knowledge and practical skills for gathering information and handling the ... |
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"Лична, чудно-пъстра и лека за четене, "Нещотърсач" на Екатерина Петрова е като галерия с миниатюрни портрети - уж на вещи, но всъщност на места и култури. Приятно освежава паметта за безгрижното фланьорство от предходните две десетилетия." Албена Шкодрова "Нещотърсач" е като бездънен куфар, в който се побира цял един свят, пълен с вълнуващи сюжети - бележник Moleskine, матрьошка, бял потник, трохи от мадлени, жълто паве, люблянски змей, марсилски сапун, пилешка кост, наниз от мъниста. Екатерина Петрова разказва с литературен талант и журналистическо преклонение пред фактите историите зад ... |
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Sarah J. Maas 's sexy, richly imagined Court of Thorns and Roses series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta. Nesta Archeron has always been prickly - proud, swift to anger and slow to forgive. And since the war - since being made High Fae against her will - she's struggled to forget the horrors she endured and find a place for herself within the strange and deadly Night Court. The person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred, winged warrior who is there at Nesta's every turn. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. And when they ... |