Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. That is, until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus's apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to follow the thieves to Shanghai. And Magnus has been stabbed with a strange magical weapon that is changing the very nature of his powers. Fortunately, they have backup in the form of Clary, Jace, Isabelle and Simon. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnus's magic is growing unstable, and if they can't stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have ... |
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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. A tragic love story is uncovered as journalist Clare Crowe goes to Switzerland to bring home a relative's body. Clare's grandfather has been found frozen in a glacier, 74 years after a climbing accident. Clare knows this could make an interesting story for her newspaper, but as she investigates her grandfather's last climb, she learns that the accident wasn't as simple as she had first thought. ... |
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The Frog and the Crocodile is a Level 1 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. The Macmillan Children's Readers series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their interest. The book contains a picture dictionary or a list of words. Изданието е на британски английски (British English). ... |
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Те отвориха вратата и влязоха в новия свят... Нарния... земята, скована във вечна зима... страната, чакаща някой да я освободи. Питър, Сюзан, Едмънд и Луси, четирите деца от семейство Певънзи, са изпратени в старо имение на гости на стар и ексцентричен професор. Играейки си на криеница, четиримата минават през странен дрешник в загадъчен вълшебен свят, скован от лед - света на Нарния. Сега обаче Нарния е поробена от Бялата Вещица, позната като кралица Джейдис. И когато всяка надежда, че слънцето ще изгрее над заледените поляни, е загубена, песента на приказния лъв Аслан ще събуди Говорещите зверове и ще вдъхне отново ... |
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"Докато ти спеше..." Когато брат ѝ Томас е ранен на бойното поле в Америка, осиротялата Сесилия Харкорт е изправена пред две непоносими възможности: да отиде да живее при леля си или да се омъжи за подлия си братовчед. Вместо това тя избира трети вариант и прекосява Атлантическия океан. Решена е да намери брат си и да се грижи за него, докато оздравее. Но след седмица на безрезултатно търсене Сесилия случайно се натъква на най-добрия приятел на брат ѝ, красивия офицер Едуард Роуксби, който е в безсъзнание и се нуждае от нейните грижи. Тогава младата дама се заклева да спаси живота му, дори и това да ... |
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Втора част от трилогията "Наемниците" ... Повелята на сестрите дракони Илнезара и Тазмикела отвежда мрачния елф Джарлаксъл и наемника Артемис Ентрери във Ваасанската порта. Двамата се съюзяват с Армията на Кървав камък, за да отблъснат набезите на гоблини, гаргойли, бъгбеъри и други чудовища. Откриват непознати артефакти, притежание на краля вещер Зенги. Артефакти, които използват силите на полуорка Арраян Фейлин, за да издигнат кула и да съживят неговата мощ. Кула, подобна на тази, която Джарлаксъл и Ентрери успяват да разрушат в покрайнините на Хелиогабалус. Артефакти със силата да разрушат или... съградят ... |
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"The Unfathomable Chasm is Pre-Eternal - unstirred by time, not bothered by Eternity. The Deep Calm of the Unfathomable Chasm never speaks. This Calm has turned into Silence. Within the Unfathomable Chasm, there is no footing, no support, no reliance, no resurrection, no revelation. In the Unfathomable Chasm, in Infinity, there is only a majestic Plentitude. The veritable Pathway represents vanishing into the Nothnik, into Infinity. If you knew Me, you would forskae even the Sun." Eleazar Harash ... |
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The International symposium dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of Sofia University and the 50th Anniversary of the Commencement of the European Economic Community was organized by the Department of Logic, Ethics, and Aesthetics at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, the Italian Institute of Culture in Sofia, and the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Sofia. It was held at the SU main campus on 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., known as the Rectorate, on September 23-25, 2008 as the news of the bizarre and troubling financial crisis poured in from all sides. The conference organizers observed that since the last two ... |
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The sequel to the international bestseller "One of Us is Lying". ... Welcome back to Bayview High... It's been a year since the events of "One Of Us Is Lying". But nothing has settled for the residents of Bayview. Not now someone has started playing a sinister game of Truth or Dare. Choose truth? You must reveal your darkest secret. Choose dare? Well, that could be even more dangerous. Even deadly. When the game takes an even darker turn, suddenly no one at Bayview High knows who to trust. But they need to find out who is behind the game, before it's too late. "Praise for One of Us is ... |
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Die Welt der Ornamente. L'Univers de L'ornement. Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history's most elegant patterns and ornamental designs. "The World of Ornament" brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet’s L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875 - 1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile and ceramic ornament. ... |
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You can find the bulgarian version of the book here. ... A caring little boy, a magical island swimming in the cold ocean waters and an albatross feather with special powers! Finni is a little boy who lives on a distant island in the north Atlantic Ocean. In his curly red hair he wears an albatross feather with extraordinary power. And on this whimsical island that looks very much like an old elephant sleeping on the surface of the ocean, live an albatross and its young. Finni looks after the baby while the albatross is away on day-long journeys in search of food. One day the big bird does not return from its daily ... |
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You can find the bulgarian version of the book here. ... Elli is a little girl with big, unruly hair. She lives on a small island in a magical house. All the people of the island look after her - but why is that? A joyful and heart-warming debut book by the creative tandem Faro with the lovely illustrations by Kalina Muhova."Pack your bags for a delightful trip to Elli's magical island, and don't forget your combs." Book Wings ... |
