This classic satirical fable introduces many fictional lands and peoples which have entered the English language, including the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag and the Yahoos in the land of Houyhnhnms. ... |
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In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along ... |
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A young woman finds her way in a world at war. ... On 3rd September 1939, Amy Browning decided to start writing a diary. It was a momentous day for so many reasons. It was Amy's 18th birthday; her sister had just given birth to a baby boy; and on the radio it was announced that Great Britain was now at war with Germany. For a while, life didn't change very much for Amy. Living with her family in Opal Street, Liverpool, Amy and her friend both got jobs at a factory, and spent their free time looking round the shops, or watching the ships being loaded at the docks. But as the months went by, things began to change. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Gorgeous, strange and magical, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is perhaps the best loved of William Shakespeare 's plays. A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing love potions and casting mischievous spells. In this dazzling comedy, confusion ends in harmony, as love is transformed, misplaced, and - ultimately - restored. This Macmillan ... |
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A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast". ... Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall, is cursed. Forced to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he can only be freed by love. But at the end of each autumn he is transformed into a beast hell-bent on destruction, and after so many failed attempts, his kingdom and its people are barely holding on. Harper's life has never been easy, but she's learned to be tough enough to survive. She won't let anything hold her back, not her cerebral palsy or her mother's deteriorating health. But when she is sucked into Rhen's world, nothing ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard "The African Queen", a steam-powered launch captained by Cockney mechanic, Charlie Alnutt. Determined to do her bit for the war effort and to avenge her brother, Rose persuades Charlie that they should attack the German gunboat, the Konigin Luise. And so begins a most unlikely alliance and love affair, as Charlie and Rose venture down the treacherous Ulanga river encountering danger and adventure at ... |
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Classic Scottish Poems. A glorious anthology of poetry and verse by the greatest classic Scottish poets, introduced by acclaimed poet John Glenday. With poems from famous Scottish writers such as Robert Burns , Sir Walter Scott and Mary Queen of Scots herself, there is plenty here to enjoy and inspire. The collection roams across so many aspects of Scottish life and culture - its landscape and history, its people and celebrations. It is a country that has always inspired poets to write about love, nature and heritage, and to reflect on the important things of life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a ... |
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Based on the story of Louisa May Alcott . Retold by John Escott . ... When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his little women when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult ... |
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Яжте, пийте и бъдете здрави! Здравословното хранене помага за всичко! С Хранене For Dummies можете да регулирате какво, кога и как да се храните, за да имате по-добър живот. Ще опознаете организма си отвътре, докато научавате за храносмилането, полезните храни за мозъка, здравето на червата, както и за всички най-съвременни научни постижения в областта на храненето. Последното издание дава насоки за всички възрасти и житейски етапи, включително за бременни жени и бебета, и ви предоставя практически знания и умения, за да посягате към правилните неща, когато ви обземе глад. Хранителна пирамида? Етикети с хранителните ... |
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Изданието е двуезично - на български и английски език. ... "Децата учат езика от своите родители и роднини. Изследванията показват, че малките деца научават думи най-лесно, когато родителите и учителите в яслата или градината използват отделни думи и кратки фрази, за да разкажат и опишат какво правят децата през деня. Включването на тези кратки описания в ежедневието и игровите дейности на детето са лесен начин родителите да насърчат говоренето. Освен че описва често срещани случки в живота на детето, тази книга има за цел да покаже кратките фрази, които се вписват добре в ежедневието на детето. В текста са ... |
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In the follow-up to their charming "What If It's Us", best friends Adam Silvera ("They Both Die At The End") and Becky Albertalli ( Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda ) reunite to give Arthur and Ben another shot at true love. Ben has spent his first year of college working on his fantasy manuscript with his writing partner Mario, who is a great Spanish tutor, and an even better kisser. So why can't he stop thinking about the fact that Arthur's back in town two years after they called it quits? Arthur is in New York for a dream internship on Broadway, with a boyfriend back at home that ... |
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Роуз очаква семейството си във вилата им в Тоскана, когато случаен поглед към мобилния телефон на съпруга ѝ преобръща целия ѝ свят с главата надолу. Краткото съобщение гласи: "Липсваш ми. Обичам те. Връщай се скоро". Даниъл винаги е бил харесван от жените и тя го знае. Но до този момент не е имала никакъв повод за ревност, нито съмнение за изневяра. Да не би в живота му да се е появила друга жена, без тя да разбере? Когато голямото семейство се събира за лятната почивка, доверието на Роуз в Даниъл е разклатено. Колко добре го познава всъщност? Тя се страхува, че след десетилетия брак и две деца мъжът, ... |
