Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings. 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 of "The Mill on the Floss" features an introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes. Maggie Tulliver and ... |
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There are secrets hidden beneath the ice... bring the magic home in the frosty fourth instalment of the bestselling "Pinch of Magic Adventures", from the award-winning Michelle Harrison . When the Widdershins sisters and Granny are called away in deepest winter to look after cousin Clarissa, it doesn't take long for adventure - or trouble - to find them. The town of Wilderness has plenty to explore with its frozen lake and winter market, as well as being haunted by a doomed highwayman and his secret love. But the legends are true and seeing a ghostly figure one night, the girls realise that Granny is in ... |
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Mirror, mirror on the wall... Who's the deadliest of them all? Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the colour of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife... and took Sophie's heart. It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule - a disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to ... |
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Silva's door is open. My brain nudges me. She's not in there. All the time I've been hanging around and trying not to disturb her, she wan't here at all... Becks and Silva live under the same roof, but they couldn't be less like sisters. Becks lives watching loud superhero movies; girls, and chatting to anyone and everyone. Silva likes privacy; her bedroom is her oasis, and has an unspoken rule that none of her family are allowed inside. But then Silva goes missing. Becks enters Silva's room. And finds eight clues about Silva's secret life. Can Becks piece the jigsaw together and find her, ... |
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It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush - but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her 'teenage dream' is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ... |
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Can friends save your life? ... A pact is a pact after all. Mehreen's anxiety and depression are taking over her life and she can't beart the "Chaos" anymore. So she joins a website that matches people with partners and allocates them a date and method of death: the pact. Mehreen is paired with Cara and Olivia. As the girls meet in secret, the desperation that brought the together leads to a mutually supportive friendship. They start to realise that life can be worth living. Before long, all three want out of the pact. But terrifying twist, the website won't let them stop, and an increasingly ... |
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Sometimes you can choose your family. ... Avery (Night Owl) is bookish, intense, likes to plan ahead, and is afraid of many things. Bett (Dogfish) is fearless, outgoing, and lives in the moment. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and their dads are dating each other. Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same camp for the summer vacation. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends - and possibly, one day, even sisters. Against all odds, the girls soon can’t imagine a life without each other. But when the worst happens, and their dads break up, Avery ... |
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Fire is like a rumour. You might think you've extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if someone is watching, waiting to fan the flames ... New school. Tick. New town. Tick. New surname. Tick. Social media profiles? Erased. There's nothing to trace Anna back to her old life. Nothing to link her to the "incident". At least that's what she thinks ... until the whispers start up again. As time begins to run out on her secrets, Anna finds herself irresistibly drawn to the tale of Maggie, a local girl accused of ... |
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The past will not forget me. The girls with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand... It's been sixteen days since Juliette Ferrars killed the supreme commander of North America and took over as ruler of The Reestablishment. Sixteen days since she assassinated Warner's father. She thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45 and now has Warner by her side. When tragedy strikes, Juliette must confront the darkness that consumes her world - and those she loves. Can she control the power she wields, or will it control her?"A thrilling high-stakes saga of self- ... |
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Иновативна система за осветяване при заснемане на хора."Роберто Валенсуела е фотогеаф и обучаващ, който има талант да идентифицира областите, в които фотографите редовно се сблъскват с препятствия, и страст към разработването на ясни и кратки системи, които им позволяват да преодолеят тези препятствия и да станат по-добри и по-уверени в занаята си. Двете му предишни книги - Перфектна практика и Перфектно позиране - разрушиха модела на учебните книги по фотография, тъй като дадоха възможност на читателите да развият уменията си за композиране и позиране. В Перфектно осветяване, третата книга от поредицата Перфектно, ... |
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Счупете оковите на модела от 9 до 5 и изградете мотивиран и продуктивен екип. Притеснявате ли се, когато екипът ви работи от разстояние? Чудите ли се дали мотивацията и отговорността ще изчезнат? Опитвате ли се да бъдете добър лидер в новата работна реалност? Досега планирахме живота около работата си. Вече можем да планираме работата около живота си. Подгответе се да преосмислите всичко, което знаете за дистанционната работа, да бъдете още по-продуктивни и да разполагате с най-ценния си ресурс - вашето времето. Благодарение на дългогодишния си опит в компаниите DuckDuckGo и Automattic, както и на десетки проведени ... |
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Смъртта при социализма - Героика и постгероика
Николай Вуков, Биляна Курташева, Искрен Великов, Валентина Васева, Милена Ангелова, Д. Колева, И. Дичев, А. Хранова, М. Иванова, М. Груев, А. Пашова, П. Воденичаров, Г. Гончарова, Н. Гълъбова, Т. Христов
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Начинът, по който умираме, е квинтесенция на начина, по който живеем. Има ли тогава "социалистическа смърт", която да съответства на "социалистическия начин на живот"? Разбира се, смъртта е универсален биологичен факт, независещ от идеологии, вери и политически режими. Но тя провокира невероятно многообразие от културни реакции, които са не само мяра за значимостта на самия този факт, но и показват как той е обрасъл с условности, нормативни представи, ритуали, символи, които - за разлика от биологичния факт - значително се променят във времето. Как комунистическият режим в България "опитомява" ... |
