Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Three adventurers set out to kill a sea monster, but all is not as it seems. Out in the vast expanse of the Pacific they find not a beast but a submarine - the Nautilus, an advanced craft captained by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Captured and hauled aboard, they accompany him through coral reefs, shipwrecks, and ancient ruins. There they hunt sharks, and battle giant squid, not realizing that the greatest danger is Nemo himself, who will stop at nothing in his quest for vengeance. Beautifully illustrated by the French painter Édouard Riou, who worked ... |
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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. Called away suddenly to a secret meeting in New Zealand, British spy Ian Munro senses that he is being followed. Who's following him? And why is the coded information he is given so secret that others are prepared to kill for it? Can Munro escape and crack the code? ... |
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Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr Bruce Perry, discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?". Through wide-ranging and often deeply personal conversation, Oprah Winfrey and Dr Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood - both good and bad - influences the people we become. They challenge us to shift from focusing on "What's wrong with you?" or "Why are you behaving ... |
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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. Hiro, a 20-year-old Japanese student, sits next to an old man on a train to Berlin. By mistake they exchange phones and read each other's text messages. Hiro believes that the man's messages show that he is going to Berlin to kill someone. Hiro's first day in the city is a race against time as he tries to warn people of an assassination plot. But is the plot real or does it exist only in Hiro's ... |
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"Girl A" she said. "The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you". I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A. I grew up with my family on the moors. I escaped when I was fifteen years old. Now something is pulling me back..."The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl." Elle "The novel you'll stay up reading until 3 am." Sunday Times "An astonishing achievement." Jessie Burton "Gripping, beautifully written perfection." Sophie Hannah "A masterpiece." Louise O'Neill "Fantastic." Paula Hawkins ... |
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Барбара Торсън е героиня, каквато скоро не сте виждали: остроумна, нахакана петокласничка, която не се страхува от нищо. И защо пък да се страхува? Все пак тя е единственото момиче в училището, въоръжено с древен нордически боен чук, а работата ѝ е да убива великани и да опази града си от древната напаст. Или поне това е нейната версия... но къде минава границата между реалност и фантазия в сърцето на Барбара? Ами ако казва истината? Излязла с неочаквана деликатност изпод писалката и четките на Джо Кели и Кен Нимура, "Аз убивам гиганти" е великолепна история за съзряването с леко горчив привкус. История ... |
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Destiny has a dark side. In Gitabria, land of wondrous contraption, the invention of an exquisite mechanical bird has brought spies from all over the continent who will kill to get their hands on it. But the bird holds a dark secret - one that will set off a war unless Kellen and his thieving squirrel cat can uncover it first."Exotic, original and gripping." Jonathan Stroud ... |
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The past will not forget me. The girls with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand... It's been sixteen days since Juliette Ferrars killed the supreme commander of North America and took over as ruler of The Reestablishment. Sixteen days since she assassinated Warner's father. She thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45 and now has Warner by her side. When tragedy strikes, Juliette must confront the darkness that consumes her world - and those she loves. Can she control the power she wields, or will it control her?"A thrilling high-stakes saga of self- ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "About here, she thought, dabbling her fingers in the water, a ship had sunk.""To the Lighthouse", considered by many to be Virginia Woolf 's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions, ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse. An experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the ... |
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Прецизна система, създадена и изпитана в продължение на 30 години, за да осигури на прилагащия я финансова свобода, учейки го да създава и инвестира парите си. Разказана от предприемач, който е изградил империя от нулата. Хиляди предприемачи в Италия и по света посещават ежемесечните курсове на OSM International на Паоло А. Руджери , за да стабилизират и управляват бизнеса си. Сега цялото нужно знание е събрано в една-единствена книга!"Проблемите на икономиката не се разрешават с по-голяма икономика. Разрешават с по-големи ценности. Личностното израстване идва ПРЕДИ богатството. Изковаването на собствения характер ... |
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Аз, Локи, могъщият бог на измамата, бях прогонен от Один на Земята в облика на единайсетгодишно момче. За да се върна у дома, трябва да: върша добри дела (досадно); ходя на училище (жестоко); търпя Тор (Пръдливкото). Пожелайте ми късмет. Или не. Не ме интересува мнението на смъртните... Първа книга от поредицата Локи на Луи Стоуъл . ... |
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Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War. With characteristic scrutiny, Orwell questions the actions and motives of all sides whilst retaining his firm beliefs in human courage and the need for radical social change. 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 introduced by Helen Graham, a leading historian on the Spanish Civil War. When George Orwell arrived in Spain in 1936, he ... |
