Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. On holiday in the Lake District with her new jet-skiing boyfriend, Nick, Laura meets the local vet, Robert. Robert dislikes both Laura and Nick on sight. However, Laura soon discovers why Robert hates people from the city. Slowly Laura and Robert get to know each other better, and she soon has to make a choice: Nick or Robert? ... |
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Second book in a fantasy adventure trilogy about witches and forbidden magic from a multi-award-winning author. ... The queen and her raggedy witches have fled, but the kingdom is not yet healed. The castle is haunted by memories of its brutal past. The ghosts are angry, and one of them in particular possesses a magic which may be too much for even Mup and Mam to handle. "Ireland's answer to J.K. Rowling ." Sunday Independent ... |
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No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don't recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I'm not sure I'll ever break through. Now war is coming, and we're not ready. We're going to need an army to have any hope of winning. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers. Answers that might just reveal who the real monster is among us. And that's saying something in a world filled with bloodthirsty vampires, immortal gargoyles, and an ancient battle between two gods. There's no guarantee that anyone will be left ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. When the wife of a prominent surgeon dies suddenly in the hospital emergency room of Mercy Hospital in Milwaukee, USA, Dr Maxine Cassidy suspects murder. Maxine is determined to find the killer and starts an investigation of her own. However, when someone tries to kill her, she begins to wonder which of her medical colleagues she can trust. ... |
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Packed with doodles and cartoons, this is the wry, witty and very funny diary of Norse god Loki and the trials of being trapped on Earth as a weedy eleven-year-old boy. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki is banished to live as a "normal" school boy. If he can show moral improvement within one month, then Loki can return to Asgard... and if he can't? Then it's eternity in a pit of angry snakes. To keep track of his progress, Odin has handed over this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth. (Even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole-rat.) As if moral improvement and ... |
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The Iliad has had a far-reaching impact on Western literature and culture, inspiring writers, artists and classical composers across the ages. 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 features an introduction by classicist, writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes, author of A Thousand Ships and host of her own BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics. Paris, a Trojan prince, wins Helen as his prize for judging a ... |
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H. G. Wells skilfully combines tension, wit and terror in The Invisible Man, a masterpiece of science fiction. Complete & Unabridged. 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. A mysterious stranger arrives at a rural Sussex inn on a cold winter's night with his face obscured by bandages and his body cloaked in a long, heavy coat. He locks himself in his room and spends his stay labouring over chemicals in intricate glass bottles. The ... |
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Тази книга изследва изкривяването на комуникацията онлайн и предлага тезата, че моделът на икономическата политика на онлайн медиите се основава предимно на систематичното производство на несъгласие. Като следва традицията на медийната критика на Хабермас и Чомски наред с други, изданието показва как гневът може да мотивира потреблението на новини и как принципът Angry People Click More в онлайн медиите на XXI в. се прилага систематично. Авторът твърди, че пристрастяването към медиите увеличава интереса, следователно умишленото изопачаване на факти и производството на несъгласие осигуряват на медиите по-голяма ... |
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Той винаги е бил много добро яйце. Предполагам, че се чудите колко добро може да бъде едно яйце. Да видим ... редовно полива цветята, сменя гумите на колата, може дори да пребоядисва къщата. От каквото и да се нуждаеш, той е твоето яйце. Даа, той наистина е бил много добро яйце. Но какво може да се обърка при едно толкова добро яйце. Това е история за доброто и готовността да помагаш на всеки за всичко, но дори когато си много добър нещо може да се обърка. Но опитайте се да бъдете толкова добри, оказва се много трудно, когато всички останали са различни от вас. Докато другите яйца се държат зле и непрекъснато правят бели, ... |
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Two dark comedies with ghost/mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence. Ichabod Crane is the hero of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Peculiar-looking and socially inept, this schoolmaster is a joke to the people of Sleepy Hollow as he tries to win the love of the beautiful daughter of a rich farmer." - The horseman's head still lies somewhere on the battlefield - the people of Sleepy Hollow said. – Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it. One dark night, Ichabod Crane - the village schoolmasters - saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he?" From the book ... |
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Време е за сън, но малкото агънце не иска да спи. Предпочита да си играе с кубчета или да плете топли чорапки от вълна. Ще успеят ли мама и татко да го убедят най-накрая да си легне? Спинкай, агънце е очарователна история със забавни илюстрации, която ще се превърне в една от любимите книжки за лека нощ на вашето дете и ще му помогне да заспи, без да брои овце."Весела книжка за ежедневната битка за съня, която ще се хареса както на децата, така и на техните родители." Kirkus Reviews Луси Рут Къминс е автор и илюстратор на детски книги. Работи като арт директор в импринта на Simon & Schuster за детско- ... |
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The Canterville Ghost Sir Simon de Canterville is a ghost. He has lived in his house for hundreds of years. His job is to terrify the people who stay there. Then Mr. Otis, an American, buys the house. And the ghost is angry - he cannot frighten the Otis family. The Model Millionaire Hughie Erskine loves Laura Merton. But Hughie is poor and he cannot marry her. Then one day he meets a beggar and all his wishes come true. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Mr. Podgers can read people's hands. Mr. Podgers reads Lord Arthur Savile's hand a party. What will Lord Arthur's future be? This book is in ... |
