By the Creators of "The Gruffalo". ... Zog goes to Madam Dragon's School - but will he never learn to capture a princess? Zog, the biggest dragon, was the keenest one by far. He tried his hardest every day to win a golden star. "My six-year-old loved it." Evening Standart ... |
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Rebecca, Sue, Mark and David are on a skiing holiday in the mountains. It is going to be a fun-filled week with a skiing competition on the last day. Who will win? This book is in British English. Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanreaders.com . ... |
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"Някои казват, че ако си прочел една книга от който и да било автор, все едно си прочел почти всичко от него. Има доза истина в тези думи. След "Алкохол" имах усещането, че не трябва да чета друго от Калин Терзийски , защото може би ще се разочаровам. Романът му "Лудост" обаче опроверга това ми тесногръдо чувство. Прочетох го в труден за мен момент и усетих колко сила има в думите, когато са казани без поза. Болезнена прямота и талант - това ми идва да кажа за романа на прима виста. Но има и друго, което пък се забелязва при по-внимателен прочит - самобичуването и принизяването! А то разголва ... |
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When Luna’s family win an island, Luna thinks it will solve everything AND she can finally get a donkey! But things don’t go entirely to plan - no one expects Luna’s younger brother to win a Sheep Pageant, for example – and the secret festival they hold soon spirals out of control. But the island is beautiful, and the family are happy, and maybe Luna will get her donkey after al. ... |
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Classic Short Stories by Trailblazing Women Edited by Harriet Sanders. ... All the stories in Standing Her Ground have been chosen to celebrate the skill, the passion and achievements of women writers spanning one hundred years of innovation. 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. Edith Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for literature. Writer and activist Alice Dunbar Nelson was an early adopter of the Harlem Renaissance ... |
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Добре дошли в Качестволандия - страната на суперкачеството и суперлативите! Всичко в Качестволандия изглежда като от далечното бъдеще, но всъщност това е нашето най-близко утре. Тук цялостната организация на живота е насочена към максималното му оптимизиране: работата, свободното време, взаимоотношенията се ръководят от безпогрешни алгоритми. Компютрите решават какво да купуваме, кого да обичаме, за кого да гласуваме. Така човечеството ще бъде предпазено от непоправими грешки! Но защо у Петер Безработния все повече се усилва чувството, че нещо все пак не е наред? Ако системата е така перфектна, както я представят, защо ... |
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Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results. No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving - every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the beautiful, headstrong Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff, who - although desperately in love her - is rejected in favor of a rich suitor. But Cathy cannot forget him, and he develops a lust for revenge that will take over his life as he attempts to win her back, and to destroy everyone, and everything, he considers responsible for his loss. One of the great novels of the ... |
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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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#1 New York Times bestselling author. ... Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Clash of Kings" and "A Storm of Swords". As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. "A game of ... |
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Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable. During the latter years of her life, Hadid's daring visions became a reality, bringing a unique new architectural language to cities and structures as varied as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, hailed by The New York Times as the most important new building in America since the Cold War; the MAXXI Museum in Rome; the Guangzhou Opera House in China; and the London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre. At the time of her ... |
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Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Tokyo Dreaming, by Emiko Jean - the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After. When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she's overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi' ... |
