Following the runaway success of Jonathan French's critically acclaimed fantasy adventure The Grey Bastards comes book two in The Lot Lands series - The True Bastards. Fetching was once the only female rider in the Lot Lands. Now she is the leader of her own hoof, a band of loyal half-orcs sworn to her command. But the hoof she inherited is on the brink of collapse. Tested to the breaking point by the burdens of leadership, fetching battles desperately to stave off famine, desertion and the scorn of the other half-orc chieftains, even as orcs and humans alike threaten the Lots' very existence. Then an old ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. Фотография: Антони Георгиев . Предговор: Георги Лозанов . ... Едно "антропологично пътешествие", по думите на своя автор, известния фотограф, писател и журналист Антони Георгиев, "Българите" е сбирка от предимно черно-бели фотографии от последните 10 години, която цели да обясни във визуални термини продължаващата криза на идентичността на тази малко позната балканска държава. Георгиев дава критична и все пак изпълнена със симпатия гледна точка към обикновени българи, заети с всекидневието си, зад които се долавят универсални, дори екзистенциални ... |
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In Blightsend everyone knows their place. Music belongs to the Masters - and girls with singing throats are swallowed by the sea. Delphernia Undersea is a turnaway girl. She has spent her whole life in the cloister, hidden from sea and sky, expected to silently turn music into gold. Making shimmer, Mother Nine calls it. But Delphernia can't make shimmer and she would rather sing than stay silent. So when she has the chance to leave the cloister, she takes it. But the outside world is not how Delphernia imagined - and she soon discovers it will take courage to truly change her fate. "A starlingly ambitious and ... |
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"The English Neighbour" is a resourceful, vivid, and tirelessly funny story about the clash and fusion of cultures in today{{~}}s age of globalization. Bulgaria. Middle of Nowhere. The fictional village of Plodorodno (meaning "fertile") is in dire straits. As Bulgaria is gradually opening to the outside world, many of its residents have emigrated in pursuit of a different life, while others cast their hopes on winning the lottery instead of on working the fertile land nearby. One fine day, a true Englishman named John buys a hose in the village and settles there. He is retired chemical engineer ... |
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Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia - Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the ... |
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Двуезично издание - на български и английски език. ... През 2018 г. България за пръв път пое ротационното председателство на Съвета на Европейския съюз. След неговото приключване авторския колектив си постави амбициозната задача да създаде концептуално и методологически обоснован оригинален инструмент, чрез който с количествени и фактологически проверими аргументи може да се постигне максимално обективно оценяване на постиженията на ротационното председателство. Основното предизвикателство за осъществяване на тази безпрецедентна задача е съчетаването на сложния и динамичен характер на председателството с универсален ... |
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This exquisite deck brings in all the archetypal symbols of the Golden Dawn and the Renaissance tarots. From the figure-eight to the crayfish, and the pomegranate to the tower, here's where you begin to decode ancient symbols for future prediction, insight and affirmation in your daily life. With this full deck of 78 cards and a full-colour, step-by-step guide, you will be reading cards in just a few hours. ... |
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Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?"Such a beautiful book." Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2 "Filled with warmth and humour." Sunday Times "A celebration of life's possibilities." Guardian ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Victoria Assanelli. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Little Mermaid" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The story is sensitively retold, following the tale of the young mermaid who falls in love with a human prince. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the book lover, 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. The French Revolution is in full swing and the aristocracy are being sent to the guillotine in their hundreds. In the shadows, English dandy Sir Peter Blakeney - working under his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel - is breaking the condemned out of prison and leaving his distinctive calling card, a picture of a red flower, to torment the French ... |
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Death comes first... ... You wait, desperately, for news of your daughter. At last, the door opens. But it is not the negotiators, or the FBI. It is her kidnapper. And he has a gun... Two days ago, life was normal. How did it end like this? Every crime scene begins at the end. To know what happened, you must work backwards, piecing together the events that came before. The ultimate thriller writer, Jeffery Deaver puts your brain - and your nerves - to the ultimate test with "The October list", in a masterful mystery that unfolds from the end back to the beginning with many a breath-taking twist along the way. ... |
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Hristo Hristov is an investigative journalist, documentarist. His book "Kill the Wanderer" is authentic and detailed investigation for the murder of the writer Georgi Markov by the Bulgarian State Security Service in London in 1978. The work is based on documents from a large number of secret archives. The revelations in the book have been quoted by a wide range of authoritative media agencies such as "Reuters", "Associated Press", "The Sunday Times" and many others. ... |
