From the author of Daisy Jones & The Six in which a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn ... |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an adaptation of the timeless novel by Mark Twain. Generally considered a classic, this is a tale about friendship, loyalty, and difficult choices. The simplified text has approximately 2500 headwords and is appropriate for intermediate to advanced learners. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) was an American humorist, journalist, and novelist, best known for his books The Innocents Abroad, Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not ... |
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The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape, and triumphant revenge moves at a cracking pace. Dumas' novel presents a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the hero's ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions. Our edition ... |
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Поздравителната картичка се предлага в комплект с плик за писмо, с красив мотив на коледни звезди и с червена панделка. Размери на картичката: 6.5 x 11 cm. Размери на плика: 10 x 16 cm. ... |
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Through blood and sacrifice, Amora Montara has conquered a rebellion and taken her rightful place as queen of Visidia. Now, with the islands in turmoil and the people questioning her authority, Amora cannot allow anyone to see her weaknesses. No one can know about the curse in her bloodline. No one can know that she's lost her magic. No one can know the truth about the boy who holds the missing half of her soul. To save herself and Visidia, Amora embarks on a desperate quest for a mythical artifact that could fix everything, but it comes at a terrible cost. As she tries to balance her loyalty to her people, her crew, ... |
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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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Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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Края на 1327 г. Монахът Уилям от Баскервил, натоварен с деликатна дипломатическа мисия, попада в един манастир в Северна Италия. Още в началото му се налага да разплита поредица от тайнствени убийства, които окървавяват манастирската библиотека - един недостъпен лабиринт. Уилям ще разкрие загадките, но за това ще трябва да разгадае поредица от улики и знаци - от поведението на светците до това на еретиците; от езика на тревите, до езика на старинните ръкописи. ... |
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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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Как да променим живота си и да приложим древните тайни за успех в бизнеса ... Днес Ог Мандино е най-четеният автор на духовна литература за самоусъвършенстване в света. Неговите четиринадесет книги са продадени в над двадесет и пет милиона екземпляра на осемнадесет езика. Хиляди хора от всички области на живота открито признават ролята на Ог Мандино за поврата в своя живот и за чудото, което са открили в творбите му. Освен неговият шедьовър превърнал се в световен бестселър - „Най-големият търговец на света", творчеството му включва и други мъдри, вдъхновяващи и изпълнени с любов книги: „По-добър начин на живот& ... |
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Завладяващо пътешествие през следващите сто години! ... Въз основа на интервюта с триста от най-добрите учени на света, Мичио Каку с неподражаем стил ни представя революционните постижения в областта на медицината, компютрите, квантовата физика и космическите пътешествия, които завинаги ще променят начина ни на живот и развитието на самата човешка цивилизация. Д-р Каку споделя с нас следните изумителни откровения: Интернет ще бъде в контактните ни лещи. Мрежата ще може да разпознава лицата на хората, да показва биографиите им и дори да превежда казаното от тях чрез субтитри ще контролираме компютри и различни уреди ... |
