Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This elegant edition features an afterword by Dr Keith Carabine, specialist in American literature and former chair of the Joseph Conrad society. One night on the Thames, Charles Marlowe tells his fellow sailors the vivid and brutal tale of his time as a riverboat captain in the Belgian Congo. From the mists of London we are whisked to the darkness of Africa's colonial heart - and into the thrall of the ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... Казват, че кръстопътят е благословия и проклятие. Там се срещат както пътищата, така и ветровете, които носят семе и живот, но и разрушения. Наистина кръстопътят не е защитено място, а цел или спирка на завоеватели. Но пък на него пускат корени и оцеляват само най-устойчивите, съчетали най-силните гени. На такъв чуден кръстопът се намира малката слънчева България. Времето е оставило дълбоки пластове в днешните ѝ земи, много култури са споили роденото тук и донесеното от другаде. В бури и затишия на това място се е родила поразителната смес, дала живот на безчет ... |
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Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of ... |
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Всеки аспект от нашето съществуване може да се разбира като проход, отвор, врата. Любов, негодувание, приятелство, успех, провал, раждане, смърт... Картите в тази колода са 78 врати, физически и метафорични, способни да ни осигурят ключа към най-важната врата, тази на нашата душа. Броя на картите е 78. Размера на една карта е 6.6 x 12 cm. ... |
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Following up on the best-selling cookbook Les diners de Gala , in this delightfully eccentric guide the surrealist master shares his passion for the gift of the gods. The book explores the many myths of the grape, in texts and sensuous and subversive works by the artist, always true to his maxim: "A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets". Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dali phenomenon, Les diners de Gala, Taschen presents the artist's equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: The Wines of Gala. A Dalinian take on pleasures of the grape ... |
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This book is an adaptation of Mark Twain's classic tale The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . It has about 1400 headwords and is appropriate for low intermediate to intermediate learners. Tom Sawyer is an iconic figure in American literature, and his adventures have fascinated millions of readers all over the world. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) is one of America's best and most beloved writers, famous for his tales of boyhood like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."There were people who believed that Tom Sawyer might some day become President of the United States, if he ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by John Grant. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Rejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the hideously deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. But after Quasimodo saves the beautiful Romani girl Esmeralda from the gallows and brings her to sanctuary in the cathedral, he and Frollo's mutual desire for her puts them increasingly at odds, before compassion and cruelty clash with tragic results. An emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" is ... |
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Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry. Edited by Katerina Stoykova . ... "The Season of Delicate Hunger" brings us more than thirty Bulgarian poets whom the translators and editor successfully make us feel we need to listen to. The anthology is a valuable introduction to a wide variety of voices most of us have never heard before. The book comes as a gift both to international understanding and to American literature." J. Kates, Editor of "In The Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era" ... |
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Здрачен шепот се промъква в ъглите на душата ти, събуждайки отдавна забравени чувства. Сюрреалистични образи галят и изненадват ума ви. Извитите линии и цветове радват очите ви. Горчиво-сладка красота, подплатена с тъга, оживява сърцето ви и вие сте докоснати и трогнати невероятно. Вие сте се променили. Вие сте по-мъдри. Светът ви изглежда по-сложен, но не и по-малко красив. Броя на картите е 78. Размера на една карта е 6.6 x 12 cm. ... |
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Петстотин години, побрани в по-малко от петстотин страници... Събитията в Америките от времето преди Колумб до войните за независимост от ранния ХІХ век, създаването на новите нации, икономическото и политическото им развитие и търсенето на идентичност през изтеклото столетие - това са процесите, около които професорът по история в Университета "Вандербилт" гради своя анализ. Сблъсъкът на народи и култури - местни американци, европейци и африканци, определя облика на Латинска Америка и ú придава онова единство и разнообразие, което авторът извежда като централна тема в краткото, но изчерпателно изследване. ... |
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Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside. Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be ... |