The year is 1547. In London, two boys from different families live very different lives. One is Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England; the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief. One day they meet and their lives change forever. What happens when the two boys wear each others clothes? Why does the prince need the help of a poor man? Who becomes king when Henry VIII dies? And how can a beautiful gold object save the prince? Mark Twain's classic story of two young boys who swap lives has the answers. "A few minutes later, Tom was wearing the prince's expensive clothes and the hat with purple ... |
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Книгата е част от поредицата "Отвъд" на издателство "Жанет - 45". ... "Необикновена творба, която разглежда актуални и провокативни теми... Този роман ни напомня преди всичко, че Егърс е писател, и то писател от най-висока проба... Изключително постижение във вече твърде внушителната кариера на Егърс - и извънредно необходимо четиво." San Francisco Chronicle "Егърс е с глава над всички когато става дума за писане на прочувствени, социално отговорни книги, съчетаващи репортаж и фикция. Макар "Холограма за краля" да е художествено произведение... то въстава срещу днешното ... |
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The much-anticipated first book in a brand-new duology by New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo . Face your demons or feed them. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war - and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a ... |
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For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary. But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's long-dead wife? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With ... |
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The small town has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitor over the years, but there is one story that has never been told... until now. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Everyday in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson takes the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliff side. One day, while Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground and the chink of an aluminium bat hitting a baseball, a stranger calls out to her. On a bench in ... |
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As an inseparable part of the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian Jews have shared on an equal basis the entire history of their establishment as a nation. Integrated for centuries in Bulgarian society, the Bulgarian Jews have participated alongside all Bulgarians in the country's national history. They defended their homeland during the struggles for liberation from Ottoman rule and fought in all the wars in which Bulgaria was protecting it's statehood and nationhood. The contribution of the Jews to Bulgaria's economic, cultural and intellectual advancement following the Liberation is also considerable. It has ... |
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Based on the story of Mark Twain . Retold by Alex Raynham . ... It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |
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Най-добър хорър роман за 2017. на Goodreads. ... В едно бъдеще, което е толкова реално и близко, че може да бъде и днес, с жените, се случва нещо странно, когато заспят. Телата им се обвиват в тънки нишки, образуващи пашкули. Ако бъдат събудени, ако някой разкъса или разреже обвивката им, жените подивяват и стават невероятно агресивни. А докато спят, те се озовават на друго, по-добро място, където цари хармония. Една жена, мистериозната Иви Блек, е недосегаема за благословията или проклятието на сънната болест. Дали тя е медицинска аномалия, която трябва да бъде изучавана? Или демон, който трябва да бъде унищожен? Сами, ... |
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Международно признатата рок група, спечелила множество награди "Panic! At the Disco" пусна последния си албум "Death Of A Bachelor" през януари 2016 г. Албумът дебютира на първата позиция в класацията "Billboard 200", със сингъла "Victorious", който дебютира на първо място в "iTunes Top Songs", "iTunes Alternative Songs", и водещите 140 на "Billboard" и "Twitter", само няколко часа след излизането си. Песента има над 94 милиона слушания в "Spotify" към момента. Първата песен от албума, "Hallelujah", беше посрещната със ... |
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Гюстав Доре е френски художник и гравьор, спечелил си славата на най-оригиналния, най-продуктивен и най-всестранно надарен илюстратор на всички времена. Той надминава всички други илюстратори както по броя на гравюрите (над 10 000), така и по количеството издания (повече от 4 000). Неговото необятно творчество оказва влияние на няколко поколения от 19 в. насам чак до наши дни. Винсент Ван Гог казва за Гюстав Доре, че е "художникът на народа", защото той представя своето изкуство на масите чрез своите серии от гравюри по литературни творби. Илюстрациите на Доре са останали завинаги в колективното съзнание на ... |
