Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
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Based on the story of Gaston Leroux . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers... But who has actually seen him? Finalist of The Language Learner Literature Award 2004. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written ... |
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Based on the story of James Fenimore Cooper . Text adaptation by Bill Bowler . ... The year is 1757. The English and the French are at war in North America. Two sisters - Cora and Alice - want to visit their father, General Munro. They begin their dangerous journey with the handsome English officer, Duncan Heyward and the Indian guide, Magua. On the way they meet friends and enemies, and many adventures. Some people will be heroes and some people will die. And what will happen to their friend Uncas, the last of the Mohican Indians? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun ... |
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Retold by Sue Arengo . ... Read the famous tale of the old shoemaker. How do the elves help him? Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales , and they'll love their English lessons too. This edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories. Word Count: 527. ... |
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312 рецепти от традиционната българска кухня през XX век. Второ и преработено допълнено издание. ... Със 72 нови рецепти и примерно меню за постите. Какво се е случвало в кухните на бабите и прабабите ни? Кои са рецептите от нашето детство? А от тяхното? През 2016 г. Лилия Герасимова събра 240 традиционни автентични рецепти от всички краища на България в първото издание на "Кухнята на времето". В това ново преработено и допълнено издание ще откриете както тях, така и още 72 нови рецепти, а също и примерни постни менюта за четирите задължителни поста в православния календар - Великия пост, Петровия, ... |
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Illustrator: Marcela Calderon. ... "Mini Classic: The Wind in the Willows" is a timeless story, full of joy, adventure and delight, for children aged 8+. Delightfully humorous and beautifully written, Mini Classic "The Wind in the Willows" follows the exciting adventures of water-loving Rat, sensitive Mole, fun-loving Toad and wise Badger as they mess about in boats, get lost in the Wild Wood and battle to take back Toad Hall. When Mole leaves his little underground home he meets up with water-loving rat. Together they mess about in bouts, get lost in the Wild wood, and join Toad and Badger in the ... |
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Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny sequel to "The House at the Edge of Magic". Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvellous, magical House, and are free to travel the worlds once more! Their first stop: The Wizarding Hopscotch Championships. There's only one problem: the House is nervous about travelling - and gets the hiccups! Bouncing from world to world with every "HIC!", they finally land at the championships, only for Flabberghast to have an unfortunate run-in with square number nine, and find himself faced with the terrible Tower at the End of Time. But maybe here ... |
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Фрагменти от Голямата тайна са откривани пред вековете в устните традиции, в литературата, в различните религиозни и философски учения. За първи път всички парчета на Тайната са събрани заедно в едно невероятно откровение, което ще промени живота на всички, до които достигне. От тази книга ще научите как да използвате Тайната, в който и да е аспект на вашия живот – пари, здраве, взаимоотношения, щастие, във всяко ваше взаимодействие с този свят. Ще започнете да разбирате скритата, неизползвана сила, която е в самите вас – както и че това откровение може да донесе радост във всички изяви на вашето съществуване. Тайната ви ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of Buck, a domestic dog who is kidnapped from his home in California and forced to pull sleds in the Arctic wasteland. White Fang, by contrast, is the tale of a crossbreed who is three-quarters wolf and a quarter dog, and who must endure considerable suffering in the wilderness before being tamed by an American and taken to live in California. Extraordinary both for the vividness of their descriptions and the success with which they imagine life from a non-human perspective, Jack London's classics of ... |
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Increasing effectiveness through situational leadership. New and updated edition. ... Become a good leader and motivate others! With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard adapting "The One Minute Manager" techniques to enable successful leadership to happen. Using different ways to motivate different kinds of people. "Leadership and the One Minute Manager" goes straight to the heart of management as it describes the effective, adaptive styles of Situational Leadership. In clear and simple terms it teaches how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting your style to the needs of the individual and ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... "По стъпките на Апостола" е първият пътеводител, в който се показват местата на паметта, свързани с живота и организаторската дейност на Васил Левски . Началото на пътуването, което предлагаме, започва от родния му дом в Карлово и продължава през десетки градове и села в България, Сърбия, Румъния и Турция. Пътеводителят включва и маршрути за екскурзии и планински походи, при които могат да се видят запазените тайни къщи, църкви и манастири, училища и читалища, дюкяни и ханове, където е пребивавал Апостола, неговите вещи, оръжия и документи в музеите, ... |
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"I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear." Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all... An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times ... |
