The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. This selection of their folk tales was made and translated by Lucy Crane, and includes firm favourites such as "Cinderella", "Rapunzel", "The Goose Girl", "Sleeping Beauty", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Snow White". It is illustrated throughout by Walter Crane's charming line drawings. ... |
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Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. ... |
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Към учебника за включени онлайн упражнения и забавна книжка. ... Забавни и приятни занимания за актуализирания формат на изпита Cambridge English Young Learners - YLE , в сила от Януари 2018г. Книжка 2 от поредицата Storyfun предлага пълноцветен материал за подготовка за ниво Cambridge English: Starters. Книжката съдържа 8 истории в илюстрации, придружени от забавни дейности. Включени са песни и въпроси по формата на изпита, които упражняват граматиката, лексиката и уменията, необходими за съответното ниво. Допълнителни проекти и упражнения за говорене осигуряват възможност за разширена подготовка. Home Fun Booklet - ... |
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An Explosively Funny Tale illustrated by Tony Ross . Meet the Meeks! Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn't enough. She wants more, more, more! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there's only one problem... What is a Fing? Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest creatures can be found. But will they ever find a Fing? An explosively funny, totally surreal Tall ... |
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A dead body is dredged from the Thames, presumed to be the son of wealthy miser John Harmon, in Charles Dickens final novel, "Our Mutual Friend". 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. This edition has an introduction by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley and original illustrations by Marcus Stone. John Harmon made his fortune collecting "dust", and on his death his estranged son is due to inherit his wealth on the condition that ... |
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Humbert Humbert – scholar, aesthete and romantic – has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky-skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers viciously in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Savagely hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust. " ... |
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Бионсе - представяне с една дума е достатъчно. Известна по целия свят, тя е повече от суперзвезда: тя е икона, чиято история е толкова вдъхновяваща, колкото придружаващите я статистики. В тази новаторска илюстрирана биография впечатляващото израстване на Бионсе се изследва и ознаменува както никога досега, а красивите инфографики прославят невероятните ѝ постижения. Тя е най-номинираната жена в историята на наградите "Грами", сред десетте най-богати артисти със звукозаписи в света и една от стоте най-влиятелни личности на списание "Time". Престижът ѝ се простира далеч отвъд света на ... |
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Далечно топло лято на бреговете на Балтийско море. Бени Гудман и Рей Чарлз са на мода, по улиците свири латерна, все още се плаща с марки, а когато учителката по английски застава пред зрелостниците от гимназия Лесинг, всички са на крака и я поздравяват с Good morning, Mrs. Petersen. Как разцъфва любовта между Стела и Кристиан, как страстта и реалността се сблъскват и как ненадейно всичко свършва... Или може би не? Как любовта става безсмъртна именно в смъртта? Това са темите, в които се потапя Зигфрид Ленц с финес и майсторско умение. Творчеството на Зигфрид Ленц е удостоено с редица отличия, между които литературните ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "About here, she thought, dabbling her fingers in the water, a ship had sunk.""To the Lighthouse", considered by many to be Virginia Woolf 's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions, ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse. An experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the ... |
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A suspenseful tale of witches, family, and magic from internationally bestselling author Stefan Bachmann. When a twelve-year-old orphan unexpectedly becomes the mistress of a seemingly abandoned castle, she is thrust into a mysterious plot involving murderous spells, false identity, and a magical battle of wills between the living and the dead. Readers of Kate Milford's "Greenglass House", Victoria Schwab's "City of Ghosts", and Diana Wynne Jones will be riveted. Twelve-year-old Zita, an orphan and a housemaid, has resigned herself to a life of drudgery when a strange letter arrives, naming ... |
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Занимателни текстове на английски език. ... Тази книга предоставя на вашето внимание: легенди; приказки; откъси от популярни произведения на известни английски писатели; кратка енциклопедична информация за Англия; любопитни факти относно планетите в Слънчевата система. Прочитайки финала на това издание вие ще се убедите, че живее в държава, чиято география е дар от природата, че Родината ни - България е една от най-старите европейски държави, с вековно присъствие на картата на света. Авторът си поставя скромната цел, предлагайки събраните текстове, да съдейства на читателите да развиват и усъвършенстват своите познания в ... |
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Twenty four more remarkable short stories await you in this book - stories that you will never forget, or remember for a long time. Their secret is that each of them touches a string in your heart. Mythological or realistic, classical or modern, these tales will emerge unexpectedly in your mind to experience them again. Some of them will summon smiles, some will bring tears to your eyes, and others will make you want to be in love again. ... |