Често пъти в общуването си ние използваме изрази като "ябълка на раздора", "ахилесова пета", "дамоклев меч", "зарът е хвърлен". И отлично разбираме какво означават те. Ала ако ни попитат как са възникнали, със сигурност бихме се замислили. Е, след прочита на тази чудесно написана книга това вече няма да е проблем. Авторът Владета Янкович, е известен сръбски политик, но наред с това и професор, философ, писател и литературен теоретик. Отличното му познаване на старата история и увлекателното му разказваческо умение си дават среща тук в книгата Мъдрости от Античността. Кратко, ... |
|
|
Are you ready to "Work Your Light"? This beautiful 44-card oracle deck has been created to help you light up the world with your presence. By working with its five suits and connecting with your intuition, you will be able to start living a life in alignment with who you truly are. About the cards: Confirmation cards give a quick hit of instant guidance. Inquiry cards help you tune in to the whispers of your soul. Action cards guide you on what action to take. Activation cards invoke healing within you. Transmission cards connect you with supportive energies. Artwork by Danielle Noel. ... |
|
|
Полезна информация и съвети, събрани от българите, живеещи в Обединеното кралство. Работа, жилище, образование, здравеопазване, пътуване и транспорт, пари и финанси, правни съвети, развлечения. ... |
|
|
Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. His hopes for a quiet school term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed, though, when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be. But is it his imagination that is making him feel eyes watching him in the dark, and should he be taking Professor Trelawney's ghoulish predictions seriously? These new editions of the classic and internationally ... |
|
|
Though magic can shape life and death, the one thing it can't control is love... The mermaid Alia has made a deal with the Sea Witch to give up her life under the sea in exchange for a human soul. Now, she has only twelve hours left on land to win the prince she loves, or perish. But Alia's sister, Runa, knows that the prince isn't capable of true love... As Alia, Runa and the Sea Witch's fates interwine, they find themselves caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between land and water. Will they be brave enough to sacrifice their own hearts desires for a chance to save their worlds? Sea Witch ... |
|
|
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 ... |
|
|
A New Selection. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Thomas Hardy saw himself, first and foremost, as a poet, and he wrote poetry throughout his prolific and acclaimed novel-writing years before announcing in 1896 that he would no longer write novels, much to the astonishment of his worldwide readership. Instead he went on to publish eight masterful volumes of poetry - ranging from lyrics and ballads to dramatic monologues and satire - and is now regarded as one of the greatest twentieth-century poets. Choosing the best verse from each volume, "The Poems of Thomas Hardy" is the ... |
|
|
Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Pinkie Brown, a neurotic teenage gangster wielding a razor blade and a bottle of sulfuric acid, commits a brutal murder - but it does not go unnoticed. Rose, a naive young waitress at a rundown cafe, has the unwitting power to destroy his crucial alibi, and Ida Arnold, a woman bursting with easy certainties about what is right and wrong, has made it her mission to bring about justice and redemption. Set among the seaside amusements and dilapidated boarding houses of Brighton's pre-war underworld, "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene is both a ... |
|
|
"Sunday Times" bestselling Author. ... Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson 's first collection of short fiction. These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and convey the true expanse of the Cosmere. Telling the exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, "Arcanum Unbounded" include the Hugo Award-winning novella "The Emperor's Soul", an excerpt from the graphic novel "White Sand", and the never-before-published Stormlight Archive novella "Edgedancer". ... |
|
|
The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. It`s no place for Shadowhunters, but through twi centures a Silent Brother has visited. Brother Zachariah was once a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. Now he is searching for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see, against the backdrop of the Market’s dark dealings, Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul and a young Jace Wayland finds safety. In the Market is hidden a ... |
|
|
If a novel is a long and torrid love affair, full of ups and downs and highs and lows, then a short story is merely a kiss from a stranger in the dark - a fleetingly experience that grips the heart, ignites the blood and lingers in the memory. The seven stories collected in this volume explore the world of darkness - the outer darkness which surrounds us and where all monsters live... and the inner darkness where all your secret demons dwell and fester undisturbed, feeding on your soul. Beware the truth contained within! Emil Minchev is born in 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and has published six novels and a short story ... |
|
|
Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Les Misérables" is a magnificent, sweeping story of revolution, love and the will to survive set amidst the poverty stricken streets of nineteenth-century Paris. Escaped convict Jean Valjean turns his back on his criminal past to build his fortunes as an honest man. He takes in abandoned orphan Cosette and raises her as his own daughter. But Jean Valjean is unable to free himself from his previous life and is pursued to the end by ruthless policeman Javert. As Cosette grows up, young idealist Marius catches a glimpse of her and falls ... |
