The Prince and the Pauper is a classic adventure of mistaken identity set in Tudor London and told with Mark Twain’s trademark humour and concern for social justice. 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 has an afterword by author and journalist Nicolette Jones. Penniless Tom Canty wonders what it would be like to be a prince. Heir to the throne Edward Tudor dreams of a life outside the royal palace walls. When the two boys ... |
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These essays bring together ideas and modes of expression from Vico, Hegel , Cassirer , and James Joyce . This work approaches philosophy as a form of literature and approaches literature as containing insights and images that supply a basis for philosophical thought. Philosophy and literature are both products of the rational imagination. The rational imagination provides a guide to the conception of the good society. By looking back at Plato's Laws, it is possible to conceive society as based on friendship rather than ideology. Considering the interrelationships among philosophy, society, and literature offers ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Shooting stars tear across the night sky, then a gigantic artificial cylinder descends from Mars to land near London. Inquisitive locals gather round, only to be struck down by a murderous Heat-Ray. Giant destructive machines disgorge from the cylinder, destroying everything in their path on a merciless march towards the capital. Can humanity survive this Martian onslaught? A gripping adventure written in semi-documentary style, "The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells is the seminal man versus machine adventure which has inspired countless ... |
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Illustrated by Erica Salcedo. ... Not all heroes have superpowers. Don't believe us? Well, Murph Cooper is living proof. Since becoming Kid Normal, he and the Super Zeroes have been catching baddies all over the place. But being a hero is about to get a whole lot harder... Far away in a top-secret prison, the world's most feared supervillain has just broken a thirty-year silence. His first words? "Bring Kid Normal to me!" ... |
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A novel by the author of "Ellen Foster". "Kaye Gibbons shows us the secret core of a love that easily outlasts death. It's invisible mastery - but mastery all the same". Reynolds Prince ... When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked a woman to do more than help him hitch a mule. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each other ... |
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Meg Long's "Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves" is a captivating debut about survival, found family, and the bond between a girl and a wolf that delivers a fresh twist on classic survival stories and frontier myths. On a frozen wasteland of a planet, a girl is on the run with a wolf who is born to be a killer, but bound to be her guide. As they fight to escape ice goblins, giant bears, and a ruthless leader intent on trapping them both, one question drives them relentlessly forward: where do you turn when there is nowhere to hide? ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... Учебното помагало по английски език е насочено към учащи, достигнали ниво В2 според Общата европейска референта рамка за езиците. То е предназначено за преговор на материала, изучаван в стандартните езикови системи, както и за разширяване и надграждане на знанията и уменията, с цел явяване на държавен зрелостен изпит (матура), олимпиада или изпит за сертификат за покриване на ниво B2. Помагалото е разделено на 8 глави, всяка от които съдържа: упражнения за развиване на четирите езикови умения (четене, писане, слушане и говорене); упражнения за преговор и ... |
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The historical depth, into which we can penetrate into the past of the cultural-and-spiritual center of Bansko, extends as far back as to that limit, which marks the beginning of the legends and the traditions. That is the reason why every story about Bansko, even the most common one, heard in that town, sounds lifelike when told in the irresistible in its charm “Bankovskite speech”, which is both music and poetry with an inimitable dramatic intonation. The conquering with its magnificence mountainous scenery, allotted to Bansko, is a perfect natural creation which has in itself been a challenge to the artists, the poets ... |
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There is less than one hundred Thracian stone-built under-tumular constructions in Bulgaria that are usually called tombs. Most of them were found half-demolished or were demolished subsequently. Thirteen such buildings were constructed in the Kazanlak valley (fig. 1). Their number rises to fifteen, it we add another two constructions, which are not so impressive but possess a high scientific value. They are concentrated within a limited geographic region and in terms of statistics they are considerably more than any other area of Bulgaria. Taking this into consideration and knowing that some fifty years ago the only ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... Учебното помагало по история и цивилизации е предназначено за учениците от 9. клас на профилираните гимназии с интензивно изучаване на английски език. То е съобразено със спецификата на преподаването на учебните предмети на чужд език в българското училище. Неговите основни предимства са: компетентен превод и редакция, направени от носител на езика, специалист по история и културология; текстовете на темите са намалени по обем и адаптирани спрямо езиковото равнище на учениците; към всяка тема е предложен откъс от писмен исторически източник, подходящ за ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe. A perfume made from some very unusual ingredients becomes more effective than expected. A remarkable change in a woman's life leaves her family to make a decision. The secret and danger of high intelligence are revealed to a university student. A teacher discovers a way of making time stand still. And a book tells a young ... |
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Bestselling author of "History is all you left me". This is Mateo. This is Rufus. ... On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day. "Overflows with tenderness and heartache." ... |
