Яков e учител и задълбочен талмудист, който губи семейството си и бива отведен надалеч в робство, където става пастир на полския селянин Бжик. В робството започва непозволената любов с дъщерята на неговия господар - красивата християнка Ванда: двама влюбени от различни култури и с различна религия в епоха, напълно лишена от взаимна толерантност. Ванда приема еврейската вяра и името Сара и се отправя на опасно бягство заедно с Яков до далечна еврейска общност, където тя заживява като негова съпруга, преструвайки се на глухоняма, за да предпази тяхното трудно създадено семейство. Населен с хора, духове и демони, " ... |
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След трилогията на писателя Ели Визел , включваща мемоарната книга "Нощта" и романите "Зората" и "Денят", възприета като едно от класическите произведения на литературата за Холокоста, на български език излиза още една негова книга. "Просякът от Йерусалим" е роман, донесъл му престижната френска литература награда "Медисис" още в годината на неговото публикуване - 1968. В него писателят помества героите си в настоящето - във времето на Арабско-израелската война през юни 1967 година. Разказ на един очевидец за превземането на Йерусалим, разкази за Холокста, за хасидичната ... |
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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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H. G. Wells skilfully combines tension, wit and terror in The Invisible Man, a masterpiece of science fiction. Complete & Unabridged. 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. A mysterious stranger arrives at a rural Sussex inn on a cold winter's night with his face obscured by bandages and his body cloaked in a long, heavy coat. He locks himself in his room and spends his stay labouring over chemicals in intricate glass bottles. The ... |
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A former FBI hostage negotiator's fiel-tested tools for talking anyone into (or out of) just about anything. ... A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating - effective in any situation. After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, gang leaders and terrorists. Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most - ... |
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Santa has a problem. This kid? Harold? Santa doesn't think he's real. He WANTS to believe in Harold - after all, Harold is one of the most magical parts of Christmas. Getting Harold's letters, eating the cookies he leaves out, feeding his carrots to the reindeer... what would Christmas be without that? But Santa's just not sure. Some of his friends are telling him they think Harold's not real... ... |
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A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter's life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself. The only person who hasn't closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining ... |
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She's the inconvenience he never saw coming... and the one he would kill for Damien Black. American royalty. Gorgeous asshole. Shameless rake. Also... my new boss. One night of mistakes and he's running to my rescue like the prince on a white horse. But a liar is no damsel. There's no escaping Rosehill's bad boy when fate keeps pushing you together. But if the souls of the foul are doomed, why does every night feel like heaven? What do you do when a pretty little thing walks through the doors of your exclusive nightclub? You take a front row seat to the show. Ivy Thanos. Brilliant dancer. Dangerous vixen. ... |
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Why do we love something or someone is not a question we often ask ourselves. It is difficult to answer. Perhaps this is because love is a feeling that is not easy to catch in words. And that is why the book in front of you, that asks the question - Why do I love Bulgaria, makes you curious and especially because a foreigner has made the effort to answer this question. Hans Wissema is not a stranger to Bulgaria and Bulgaria is not a stranger to him, for several reasons. Some of the reasons you will understand when you read the book or perhaps you have already read his book (in Bulgarian translation) "Siberian ... |
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Детокс 2.0 е 15-дневен хранителен режим, чрез който бързо и лесно да влезете в перфектна форма, като подобрите изцяло здравословното си състояние. Идеите на тази изцяло нова по вид хранителна програма, е да се научите как да бъдете здрави и красиви, без да се лутате от една диета на друга. В книгата са включени десетки иновативни рецепти, описание за всички 90 продукта от менюто и тренировъчна програма. Замисляли ли сте се как искате да изглеждате през лятото на плажа? Как искате да промените нещо в себе си, но нямате време за изморителни тренировки всеки ден? По цял ден сте в офиса или четете усърдно и не можете да ... |
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The Bomber Mafia is a case study in how dreams go awry. When some shiny new idea drops from the heavens, it does not land softly in our laps. It lands hard, on the ground, and shatters. In the years before the Second World War, in a sleepy air force base in central Alabama, a small group of renegade pilots put forth a radical idea. What if we made bombing so accurate that wars could be fought entirely from the air? What if we could make the brutal clashes between armies on the ground a thing of the past? This book tells the story of what happened when that dream was put to the test. The Bomber Mafia follows the stories ... |
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От авторката на романа "Трябва да поговорим за Кевин". Кей и Сирил Уилкинсън са медици, те познават болестта, познават и най-унизителното лице на старостта. Затова на около петдесет, докато са все още жизнени, съпрузите решават да се самоубият едновременно щом навършат осемдесет и така да избегнат унизителното падение. На моменти затрогващо комичен, на моменти ироничен, на моменти смразяващо сериозен, романът описва паралелните светове на различни евентуални сценарии за бъдещето на Кей и Сирил. Какво ще пропуснат, ако не дочакат естествената си кончина и сложат край на живота си по-рано: нещо страхотно или нещо ... |
