New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi . ... When you're hiding from a world that hates you, who would make you risk everything to be seen again? It's the year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. It's a difficult time, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who wears hijab. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She hides away, drowning her frustrations in music and spending her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then Shirin meets Ocean James. He's the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know ... |
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Pendant les dernieres annees, un grand bruit a ete souleve par le nom de Perperikon, se trouvant sur la Peninsule balkanique, au Sud de la Bulgarie, a 20 km a Nord-Est de la ville de Kardjali au sein des Rhodopes Orientales. En 2000, c "etait encore un petit sommet rocheux, couvert par des broussailles epineuses et des ronces. Ici et la, des vestiges de murailles s"erigeaient et il etait possible de voir des tailles profondes dans les roches, laissees par des cultures anciennes disparues. Il y a quelques annees, meme les gens des villages voisins avaient oublie les sentiers qui y menaient. Dans ces conditions, ... |
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Well-informed and richly illustrated, this book is the third volume of the popular Hidden Treasures of Bulgaria series. It takes the reader to lesser or completely unknown places in Bulgaria that fully live up to the promise of being "hidden treasures". Often located off (or off-off) the beaten track, they are integral part of what makes today's Bulgaria such a fascinating travel destination. Many of the forts, urbex sites, waterfalls and traditional villages are not to be found in any guidebook, and neither are some of the events and festivals described and photographed in detail here. This book provides ... |
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The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, updated and revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. ... Bob Marley left an indelible mark on modern music, both as a reggae pioneer and as an enduring cultural icon. Catch a Fire, now a classic of rock biography, delves into the life of the leader of a musical, spiritual, and political explosion that continues today. Under the supervision of the author’s widow and with the collaboration of a Marley expert, this fourth edition contains a wealth of new material, including many revisions made by the author before his untimely death. An appendix to the new ... |
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Medical sciences. ... This textbook of Urology is intended for students of medicine. It complies with the academic Urology curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. In the presentation of the teaching material, using clear and comprehensible language in accordance with the level achieved by our students, we have strived to strike a balance between the necessary and the sufficient amount of information that non-specialist urologists would need in order to acquire the basic knowledge of urology that is essential for their general medical culture and practice. We have deliberately avoided ... |
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Толтекска книга на мъдростта ... В "Умението да обичаш" Дон Мигел Руис разглежда подхранваните от страха убеждения и предположения, които ни пречат да обичаме и водят до страдание и нещастие във връзките ни. Като използва проницателни истории, за да вдъхне живот на посланието си, Руис ни учи как да излекуваме емоционалните си рани, да си върнем свободата и радостта, които ни се полагат по рождение."Щастието не идва отвън. То идва от любовта, която извира от самите вас. Да осъзнаете, че никой друг не може да ви направи щастливи и че щастието е резултат от вашата любов, това се превръща в най-великото ... |
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В своите Послания към Тимотей и Тит апостол Павел изброява някои качества от изключителна важност за хората, които служат като водачи в Църквата. Тези писма, известни още като Пастирските послания, са в основата на книгата Мъжът в светлината на Библията. Тя е насочена предимно към мъжете, но ще каже много и на техните съпруги. Християнката ще пожелае да прочете тази книга, за да разбере по-добре нуждите на своя съпруг. Тя ще открие някои нови възможности в старанието си да помогне за развитието на съпруга си към зрялост в Христа. Независимо дали сте семейни или не, дали сте мъж или жена, книгата на Джийн Гетс е за вас, ... |
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A matter of life, death ... and fish. ... "What's it like, Dad - being a fish?" Grief takes many forms, and manifests itself in strange ways. Sometimes very strange indeed. When, on an ordinary morning, Dak's father suddenly dies of a heart attack, Dak's mother falls apart. Desperate to escape the atmosphere at home, Dak finds himself going to his dad's favourite place - the local aquarium. And there, to his amazement, is Dad, who it seems is alive and well as a clownfish! With his mum so ill, Dak decides that, for now, this will have to be his secret, and his alone. But he visits the clownfish ... |
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The first novel of "The Last Hours". ... From internationally bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand new Shadowhunters trilogy. Evil is hiding in plain sight and the only thing more dangerous than fighting demons is falling in love. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to Edwardian London in hopes of preventing the family's ruin. Cordelia's mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia ... |
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In traditional societies, the individual exists only as far as taking its place in a group, a place that is often destined from birth in a social hierarchy. It is governed by the collective beliefs, rules and norms shared by all present that are not in dispute, because they come "from above" - transcendence based on social connections and "pre" - mythical past and valuable. The modern man of the XXI-the century chooses his preferred beliefs and values in a pluralistic world, where conflicting values co-exist and are subject to the critique of reason. The past is no longer a perfect world, ... |
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Една шокираща човешка трагедия, разкрита в история за страдание и триумф. Разказ за бягството из цяла Танзания. Тринадесетгодишният Хабо винаги е бил различен - светли очи, жълта коса и бяла кожа. Не хубавата кафява кожа, която имат останалите от семейството му, нито пък бялата кожа на туристите. Хабо е странен и самотен. Баща му, неспособен да го приеме, изоставя семейството, а майка му едва го поглежда. Братята му и другите деца никога не го викат да играе с тях. Единствено сестра му Асу го обича. Но дори и тя не може да смекчи вината, която Хабо изпитва, когато семейството е принудено да напусне дома си в малкото ... |
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Acarological studies in Bulgaria start in 1907 (water mites) and 1921 (terrestrial mites). So far 1673 species of Acari (Acariformes and Parasitiformes) have been reported (252 Acaridida, 420 Oribatida, 616 Prostigmata, 344 Mesostigmata and 44 Ixodida). They belong to 630 genera and 213 families. The real number of mites species living in Bulgaria is expected to exceed 3000. The checklist is preceded by a short review of the history of the acarological research and is followed by a bibliography of 477 titles. The systematic position of many taxa is made up-to-date and many names are introduced for the first time in ... |
