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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Õàéìå Õèë äå Áèåäìà (1929 - 1990) å èñïàíñêè ïîåò, ÿðúê ïðåäñòàâèòåë íà ïîêîëåíèåòî íà 50-òå ãîäèíè íà XX âåê, âêëþ÷âàùî ïèñàòåëè íîâàòîðè, äîáèëè èçâåñòíîñò ñëåä Ãðàæäàíñêàòà âîéíà. Ðîäåí å â Áàðñåëîíà, â çàìîæíî ñåìåéñòâî îò êðúãà íà âèñøàòà áóðæîàçèÿ. Ñëåäâà ïðàâî â Óíèâåðñèòåòèòå íà Áàðñåëîíà è Ñàëàìàíêà, ïðåç 1953 ã. çàìèíàâà çà Îêñôîðä, êúäåòî ñå çàïîçíàâà ñúñ ñúâðåìåííàòà àíãëîåçè÷íà ïîåçèÿ, îêàçàëà ñèëíî âëèÿíèå âúðõó öÿëîòî ìó òâîð÷åñòâî, íàé-âå÷å Åëèúò , Îäúí, Ñïåíäúð. Ñàìèÿò Áèåäìà ñïîäåëÿ, ÷å ñìÿòà Àíãëèÿ çà ñâîÿ âòîðà ðîäèíà. Íå ïî-ìàëúê èíòåðåñ ïðåäèçâèêâà ó íåãî ïîåçèÿòà íà ôðåíñêèòå ïîåòè ñèìâîëèñòè ... |
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Morrigan Crow is cursed, destined to die on her eleventh birthday. But, as the clock strikes midnight, she's whisked away by a remarkable man called Jupiter North and taken to the secret city of Nevermoor.There she's invited to join the Wundrous Society. Mystery, magic and protection are hers - if only she can pass four impossible trials, using an exceptional talent. Which she doesn't have...Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive. "Funny and delightful." Sunday Times "A full- ... |
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Íîìèíèðàí çà íàãðàäèòå "Áóêúð" è "Ãîëäñìèò" 2015 ã. ... Òîì Maêêaðòu å ðîäåí ïðåç 1969 ã. è æèâåå â Ëîíäîí. Èçâåñòåí å â ñâåòà íà èçêóñòâîòî ñúñ ñâîèòå áåñåäè, ìàíèôåñòè è ìåäèéíè èçÿâè îñíîâíî â êà÷åñòâîòî ñè íà ãåíåðàëåí ñåêðåòàð íà Ìåæäóíàðîäíîòî äðóæåñòâî íà íåêðîíàâòèòå - îò÷àñòè ôèêòèâíà àâàíãàðäíà ìðåæà. Îñâåí íà "Ñàòåíåíèÿò îñòðîâ", òîé å àâòîð íà ñëåäíèòå ÷åòèðè êíèãè: "Men in Space", "Ñ", "Remainder" è "Tintin and the Secret of Literature". Ïðåç 2013 ã. ïèñàòåëÿò ñòàíà ïúðâèÿò íîñèòåë íà ëèòåðàòóðíàòà íàãðàäà íà Éåéëñêèÿ óíèâåðñèòåò " ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Conduct! Is conduct everything? One may conduct oneself excellently, and yet break one's heart." Doctor Thomas Thorne is guardian to his beautiful but impecunious niece, Mary, whose parentage he has always kept secret. Mary falls in love with Frank Gresham, heir to the dwindling Greshamsbury estate, but when Frank proposes, his parents insist that he must marry for money to restore his family's fortunes. Frank is torn between his love for Mary and his sense of familial duty, whilst Doctor Thorne must decide whether to reveal the secret he ... |
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Based on the story of Mary Shelley . Retold by Patrick Nobes. ... Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new man. But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him - even Frankenstein himself! The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon he learns to hate. And, because he is so strong, the next thing he learns is how to kill... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 ... |
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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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 22:03 ÷. íà 13 ôåâðóàðè 1945 ã. áðèòàíñêè áîìáàðäèðîâà÷è çàïî÷âàò åäíà îò íàé-ðàçðóøèòåëíèòå âúçäóøíè àòàêè íà Âòîðàòà ñâåòîâíà âîéíà: áîìáàðäèðîâêàòà íà Äðåçäåí. Åêñïëîçèèòå ïðåâðúùàò â ðóèíè ñúðöåòî íà ãðàäà è ãî ïîäãîòâÿò çà àäà íà çàïàëèòåëíèòå áîìáè. Ïúòèùàòà ñòàâàò êàïàíè îò ðàçòîïåí àñôàëò è âàëÿùè îòëîìúöè; áîìáîóáåæèùàòà - ïåùè; Äðåçäåí å îáõâàíàò îò îãíåí óðàãàí, â êîéòî ñìúðòòà ñè íàìèðàò íàä 25 000 äóøè. Ðàíî ñóòðèíòà íà ñëåäâàùèÿ äåí àìåðèêàíñêèòå áîìáàðäèðîâà÷è äîâúðøâàò çàïî÷íàòîòî. "Äðåçäåí 1945" íà Ñèíêëåð Ìàêêåé å ñïèðàùî äúõà èñòîðè÷åñêî èçñëåäâàíå, êîåòî íè ïîêàçâà æèâîòà íà ãðàäà ïðåäè ... |
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Based on the story of Oscar Wilde . Text adaptation by Bill Bowler . ... The three stories in this book are about ordinary people, people like you and me; but they find themselves in surprising situations. Lord Arthur Savile, a rich man with no enemies, finds out that he must do something terrible before he can marry. Poor young Hughie Erskine gives money to an old beggar - but the beggar is not what he seems. And Lord Murchison falls in love with a mystery woman - but what is the strange secret behind the door in Cumnor Street? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work includes the beguiling When You are Old, The Cloths of Heaven and The Lake Isle of Innisfree but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later works, including Parnell's Funeral, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats's Collected Poems and also contains an illuminating ... |
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A brief history of humankind. ... Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind’s extraordinary history - from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age - and our journey from insignificant apes to rulers of the world. ... |
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Illustrated by Erica Salcedo. ... Not all heroes have superpowers. Don't believe us? Well, Murph Cooper is living proof. Since becoming Kid Normal, he and the Super Zeroes have been catching baddies all over the place. But being a hero is about to get a whole lot harder... Far away in a top-secret prison, the world's most feared supervillain has just broken a thirty-year silence. His first words? "Bring Kid Normal to me!" ... |
