The small town has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitor over the years, but there is one story that has never been told... until now. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Everyday in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson takes the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliff side. One day, while Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground and the chink of an aluminium bat hitting a baseball, a stranger calls out to her. On a bench in ... |
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A fully updated edition of the best-selling Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. This paperback edition is ideal for advanced (C1 - C2) learners of English and contains up-to-date vocabulary, including words from the areas of technology, media, language, society, and lifestyle, plus important words for academic study. With over 140.000 words, phrases, meanings, and examples, hundreds of pictures and illustrations, clear definitions and a new Focus on Writing section, the dictionary is perfect as a reference tool and as a study companion. Informed by the Cambridge International Corpus and correlated to English ... |
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Where has Zog the dragon gone? Is he flying in the sky? No, those are birds! Is he hiding in the castle? No, that's the king! Lift the colourful felt flaps in this fun chunky board book, perfect for small hands, until you find Zog the dragon! There is so much fun to be had. ... |
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Учебникът се предлага в комплект със CD. Включените материали в учебното съдържание поставят фокус върху комуникативните упражнения. А след уроците са включени допълнителни раздели за самостоятелна подготовка, които осигуряват на учениците възможност за преразглеждане и затвърждаване на наученото. Разделите за самообучение включват задачи по лексика, упражнения по граматика и задачи за слушане. Всички необходими аудиозаписи за тях са включени в приложения към учебника диск. Ето и кои са основните предимства на учебното съдържание: уроците представят новите структури и лексика по систематичен начин и включват ... |
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Jamie and Andrew are strangers, and two of the last people on Earth. They don't know what they'll find on their perilous journey... but they may just find each other. A queer romance about courage, hope and humanity - this is "How I Live Now" with the heart of "Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda". When the Superflu wipes out most of the population, Jamie finds himself completely alone in a cabin in the woods - until an injured stranger crosses his path. Life is dangerous now and, armed with a gun, Jamie goes to pull the trigger. But there's something about Andrew... something that stops ... |
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Тече часът по химия, а мислите на Лили за пореден път не са в час. Препускат на воля, водят я по любими места, пеят безмълвно любими песни. И тя надрасква, някак без да усети, част от текста на една от песните върху чина. На следващия ден я чака изненада - някой е продължил песента. Нещо повече, оставил ѝ е съобщение. Е, това е вече мистерия! Много скоро Лили и анонимният ѝ приятел започват истинска кореспонденция - разкриват тайните си, дават си музикални препоръки, опознават се... И момичето осъзнава, че започва да се влюбва в загадъчния непознат. А въпросът кой е авторът на писмата не ѝ дава мира. ... |
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Complete and unabridged with colour illustrations. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming characters. Brought to life by Sir John ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Anna South. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming characters. Brought to life by Sir John Tenniel's ... |
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Книгата е от поредицата "Дунав - обединени в литературата". ... Книгата е мозайка от наблюдения, разсъждения, чувства и спомени. Ключова дума в нея е Петржалка – чудовищен панелен жилищен комплекс в Братислава. Той е не само място на действието или метафора за пространство, а лабиринт, в който почти не можеш да се ориентираш. Жадуваш за промяна, но никога не ще можеш да се измъкнеш. В това опасно място има както реални, така и сюрреалистични обитатели, сред които и един Минотавър... Човек може да си прави всякакви планове в живота. Но независимо дали изпраща отиващото си детство, обекта на зараждащите се трепети, ... |
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По романа на Джонатан Суифт , преразказан от Джанет Борсби и Рут Суон. ... Jonathan Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Gulliver is a doctor on a ship. He travels from England to many places. He meets little people and giants, he meets people from the past and horses who can talk. He also encounters pirates and terrible storms. Will he ever return home? Will he be happy in England? Книгата е част от поредицата Young Adult Readers от издателство Клет България . ... |
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Told in a simple mythical style, the story of Siddhartha is an inspirational classic by Hermann Hesse , winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. 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 is translated from German by Hilda Rosner with an introduction by John Peacock. Siddhartha, the son of a wealthy Brahmin, is unable to find peace within his own religion and community so sets off on his travels through India in search of ... |
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This real book contains a collection of jazz standards by Milcho Leviev (1937 - 2019), transcribed by Todor Gadjalov and edited by Valeri Kostov. Part of it are compositions such as "Bulgarian Boogie", "Isaac's Touchstone", "Lydian Riff", "Moody Modes", "Sad, a Little Bit" and dozens of others, written and performed over a span of six decades. The book also includes photos, facsimilia, as well as words both by and about Milcho Leviev. ... |
