Последната учебна година на Пърси е преминала учудващо спокойно. Нито едно чудовище не си е показало носа в новата гимназия, която посещава. Но когато нищо и никаква игра на народна топка се превръща в меле с грозни човекоподобни гиганти, нещата стават... хм, грозни. А Анабет носи още по-лоша новина - вълшебната преграда, която защитава Лагера, е отровена и единственото убежище за децата на боговете е под заплаха от унищожение. Създателят на любимата на милиони читатели поредица Рик Риърдън обединява сили с едни от най-големите имена от света на комикса, за да разкаже историята на едно момче, което е напът да разкрие ... |
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Ново пророчество, нова опасна мисия. Пърси Джаксън получава странна молба за помощ от приятеля си Гроувър и веднага се приготвя за битка. Всичко, което му трябва, са Анабет и Талия, верният му меч Въртоп и... мама да го хвърли донякъде. Господарят на титаните обаче е заложил опасен капан и младите полубогове попадат точно в него. За да се измъкнат невредими, Пърси ще трябва да се изправи пред най-голямото си предизвикателство до този момент - злокобното пророчество на Проклятието на титана. Създателят на любимата на милиони читатели поредица Рик Риърдън обединява сили с едни от най-големите имена от света на комикса, ... |
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Книга от поредицата "Опияняващата магия на Африка" от Лорън Сейнт Джон . ... Мартина с нетърпение очаква лятната ваканция, за да язди своя бял жираф Джеми сред саваните на резервата "Савубона". Но едно телефонно обаждане преобръща плановете й с главата на долу. Заедно с баба си и най-добрия си приятел Бен, Мартина тръгва към хълмовете Матопо в Зимбваве. Това е странно място, в което законите не важат и нищо не е такова, каквото изглежда. Животът на един великолепен леопард е в опасност. Залогът е отдавна изгубено съкровище на африкански крал, заровено някъде сред странните хълмове на Матопо. Дали ... |
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The second novel of "The Last Hours". ... The Last Hours is a brand-new Shadowhunters series set in 1903. You don’t need to have read any other Shadowhunter books to get started with it, though if you have you may see some familiar faces! Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade. But the ... |
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The first novel of "The Last Hours". ... From internationally bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand new Shadowhunters trilogy. Evil is hiding in plain sight and the only thing more dangerous than fighting demons is falling in love. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to Edwardian London in hopes of preventing the family's ruin. Cordelia's mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia ... |
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The Belgica's journey into the Dark Antarctic night. The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of ... |
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This collection contains fifteen of O. Henry's short stories. "The Gift of the Magi" is the most famous of his classic tales, but the stories that follow here give the reader a deeper and richer sample of O. Henry's storytelling art. The text has been simplified and made easier to read for the enjoyment of readers who study English. It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced learners. О.Henry (1862 - 1910) was a widely popular American short story writer, famous for his dry humor, wordplay and clever surprise endings. "O. Henry's finest work... reveal such a depth of understanding of the ... |
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Enola Holmes is on the run from the world's most famous detective - her brother Sherlock Holmes. As she roams the dark and dangerous streets of London disguised as a doctor's secretary called Miss Ivy Meshle, Enola is reminded more and more that her name backwards spells "alone". But when she finds a concealed cache of dazzling charcoal drawings, she feels drawn to the girl who drew them. Only, that girl, young Lady Cecily, has mysteriously vanished. It's up to Enola to find her, but false appearances can only last so long... Enola's adventures continue in this thrilling second instalment. ... |
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Winner takes all... Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets, and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who ... |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes , in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. The ... |
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"It is well know to all how much daily problems the Bulgarian people has in these days. However, more dangerous than anything is the tendency to loose identity and national selfconfidence. This is a clearly visible tendency in the inscriptions of foreign languages, mass emigration and the wish for imitation of foreign culture. At other side, the answer to the question, "Why are you ashamed to call youself Bulgarian?" is more than obvious: there is in the present time to be proud of. The above-described situation makes preservation and popularization of Bulgarian History extraordinarily important. If it ... |
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From Casey McQuiston , New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes One Last Stop, a romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks... Moving to New York City is supposed to prove cynical twenty-three-year-old August right: magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist. But then, she meets this gorgeous girl on the train. Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile. August's subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon she discovers there's one big problem: Jane is displaced in time from the ... |
