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. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe. A perfume made from some very unusual ingredients becomes more effective than expected. A remarkable change in a woman's life leaves her family to make a decision. The secret and danger of high intelligence are revealed to a university student. A teacher discovers a way of making time stand still. And a book tells a young ... |
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Хайме Хил де Биедма (1929 - 1990) е испански поет, ярък представител на поколението на 50-те години на XX век, включващо писатели новатори, добили известност след Гражданската война. Роден е в Барселона, в заможно семейство от кръга на висшата буржоазия. Следва право в Университетите на Барселона и Саламанка, през 1953 г. заминава за Оксфорд, където се запознава със съвременната англоезична поезия, оказала силно влияние върху цялото му творчество, най-вече Елиът , Одън, Спендър. Самият Биедма споделя, че смята Англия за своя втора родина. Не по-малък интерес предизвиква у него поезията на френските поети символисти ... |
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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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В 22:03 ч. на 13 февруари 1945 г. британски бомбардировачи започват една от най-разрушителните въздушни атаки на Втората световна война: бомбардировката на Дрезден. Експлозиите превръщат в руини сърцето на града и го подготвят за ада на запалителните бомби. Пътищата стават капани от разтопен асфалт и валящи отломъци; бомбоубежищата - пещи; Дрезден е обхванат от огнен ураган, в който смъртта си намират над 25 000 души. Рано сутринта на следващия ден американските бомбардировачи довършват започнатото. "Дрезден 1945" на Синклер Маккей е спиращо дъха историческо изследване, което ни показва живота на града преди ... |
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Номиниран за наградите "Букър" и "Голдсмит" 2015 г. ... Том Maккaртu е роден през 1969 г. и живее в Лондон. Известен е в света на изкуството със своите беседи, манифести и медийни изяви основно в качеството си на генерален секретар на Международното дружество на некронавтите - отчасти фиктивна авангардна мрежа. Освен на "Сатененият остров", той е автор на следните четири книги: "Men in Space", "С", "Remainder" и "Tintin and the Secret of Literature". През 2013 г. писателят стана първият носител на литературната награда на Йейлския университет " ... |
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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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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 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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How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action. ... Simon Sinek's recent video on "The Millennial Question" went viral with over 150 million views. Start with Why is a global bestseller and the TED Talk based on it is the third most watched of all time. Why are some people and organisations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again? In business, it doesn't matter what you do, it matters why you do it. Start with Why analyses leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Steve Jobs and discovers that they all think in the same way - ... |
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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. ... 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. ... |
