"Poignant and hilarious threaded with compassion and, behind everything, the cataract of a thundering moral statement."The Boston Globe ... "Slaughterhous - Five" is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know. Kurt Vonnegut's black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in "The Sirens of Titan" in 1959 and established him as "a ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... "Скъпи ученици и учители, Пред вас е преведеното издание на учебника по история и цивилизации за 9. клас. То е неизменна част от учебния комплект и е предназначено да се ползва успоредно с него. Целта е да се подпомогне вашата езикова подготовка и работата ви в часовете по история и цивилизации при обучение с интензивно изучаване на английски език. Изданието включва само уроци за нови знания. В текстовете ще откриете индекси, които ви препращат към изображения, карти, схеми, таблици и други в учебника. Преведени са още всички специфични исторически понятия и ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Recognized as one of the best-loved classic children's stories of all time, "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is an utterly beguiling novel which tells the story of the courageous and ingenious March sisters; Jo, the independent tomboy; Beth, who is delicate and loving; pretty and kind Meg; and beautiful, precocious Amy, the baby of the family. Their devoted mother Marmee, recently impoverished, must care for them alone whilst their father is away serving as a chaplain in the Civil War. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" ... |
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Изданието е многоезично - на български език, английски език, немски език, френски език и италиански език. ... "Българските жени са дарени с благоразумие, което е трудно въобразимо, ако не си го преживял; и въпреки това те не са необщителни. Les femmes bulgares sont d'une sagesse qu'on croiroit à peine, si on ne les avoit éprouvées; & cependant elles ne sont point sauvages." Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce, 1776 "Мъжете и жените в розовите градини във и около Казанлък са с хубав ръст и изящни маниери и въпреки че жените рядко са красиви, те притежават онзи безименен чар, ... |
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Break the bonds that bind you."King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His. The thing about being confined is that you believe it's to keep the bad out... Until you realize it's about keeping you in. I'm now in a strange kingdom surrounded by liars, with no allies of my own, but I won't sit idly by and let myself wither. No, there's something that's bloomed from the pit of my repression. Something dark. Something angry. But the last thing I expected was for my anger to call out to him. King Ravinger. He's sinister and powerful and entirely too seductive. I've ... |
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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. Jojo is playing in the fields when soldiers come and kill everyone in his village. With the help of Chris, a British journalist, and his memories, Jojo struggles to come to terms with the loss of his family and friends. Jojo's journey across his war-torn country leads him to self-discovery and a decision that will change his life for ever. ... |
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The Art of War, Wuzi, Wei Liaozi, Taigong's Six Secret Teachings, The Methods of the Sima, Three Strategies of Huang Shigong, Questions and Replies Between Emperor Taizong of Tang and General Li Jing. Written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, these seven texts have inspired generals for millennia, both in China and the wider world. Featuring Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", this new translation brings to light the military masterpieces of ancient China. These seven texts display an understanding of strategy and warfare still relevant more than 2,000 years after they were originally written. Together, they ... |
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A glorious Collector's Edition of New York Times bestselling, epic fantasy novel "Crooked Kingdom", featuring: intricate gold iconography from the world of the book; seven pieces of full-color character artwork from Monolime; a new and exclusive letter of introduction from the author; deep black sprayed edges; endpaper maps. Welcome to the world of the Grisha. Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and ... |
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The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst. ... Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Fairy tales are written both to entertain and to educate. Published in the shadow of the First World War, F. A. Steel's retellings of forty-one English fairy tales form a classic collection of stories, ranging from the familiar - "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Little Red Riding-Hood" and "The Three Little Pigs" - to the perhaps less well known - "The Black Bull of Norroway", "Nix Nought Nothing" and "The Red Ettin". Originally published in 1918, it reflects the nationalistic concerns of the period. ... |
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300 years before "A Game of Thrones" dragons ruled Westeros. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBO's upcoming "Game of Thrones" prequel series House of the Dragon. Centuries before the events of "A Game of Thrones", House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria took up residence on Dragonstone. "Fire & Blood" begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, ... |
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The book behind the fourth season of the acclaimed HBO series "Game of Thrones". No. 1 "New York Times" bestselling author. ... Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R.R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in "A Feast for Crows", Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace... only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. It seems too good to be true. After centuries of ... |