Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of ... |
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Lesson one of the scholomance. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered. There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die. El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school. Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying ... |
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It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush - but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her 'teenage dream' is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ... |
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A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us. ... What makes us human? Waging war? Sex for pleasure? Creating art? Mastery of fire? In this thrilling tour of the animal kingdom, Adam Rutherford tells the story of how we became the unique creatures we are today. Illuminated by the latest scientific discoveries, THE BOOK OF HUMANS is a dazzling compendium of what unequivocally fixes us as animals, and reveals how we are extraordinary among them."Charming, compelling." Peter Frankopan "Intriguing... entertaining." Observer "This superbly accessible discussion about who we ... |
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Over 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces trace the story of modern art's innovation and adventure. With explanatory texts for each work, and essays introducing each of the major modern movements, this is an authoritative overview of the ideas and the artworks that shook up standards, assaulted the establishment, and trailblazed new ideas. A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism. Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. ... |
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Искате да запазите цвета на лака си за по-дълго? Специалистите от Essie имат решение. Те ви предлагат топ лака Stay Longer, който осигурява дълготрайност на маникюра до 7 дни*. Топ лакът Essie оставя гладко и блестящо покритие. Той фиксира цветния лак и го предпазва от напукване. С него ще се радвате на безупречен маникюр, като след посещение в салон. Можете да използвате топ лака и самостоятелно за естествено изглеждащи и красиви нокти. Формулата е веган и не съдържа формалдехид. * Според производителя. ... |
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This book is in British English. ... Stuart is 17 years old and lives in Leeds. He has left school but he has no job and no money. He wants the motorbike that his friend Martin is selling. How will he find the money to buy Martin’s bike? Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanreaders.com . ... |
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This Reader aims to reveal the ideals and the principles, on which modern societies are based. These are, of course, political in the sense that they underpin the life of the polis - of that political society, in which people live, in which people live, communicate and interact as citizens. Dealing with modern societies, the story here is the story of the West. The West is based on equality and the respect of human rights and civic freedoms. Elsewhere, it is power, traditions or religions that from the basis of human rights and human organisation. The Reader traces the evolution of this right from the beginning - from ... |
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Graham E. Fuller - Former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA. ... What if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. But what if that weren't the case at all? In "A World Without Islam", Graham E. Fuller guides us along an illuminating journey through history, geopolitics, and religion to investigate whether or not Islam is indeed the cause of some of today's most emotional and important international crises. Fuller takes us from the birth of Islam to the fall of Rome to the rise and collapse of the ... |
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При положение, че основните животополагащи процеси на биологията протичат в клетката на молекулно ниво, ангажирането на квантовите ефекти и процеси в биологията съвсем не изгледа неправдоподобно. Даже видимо (или, че ние не можем да го регистрираме в момента с научните методики и средства) живота да не прилага и използва квантовите принципи, ние по никой начин не можем да пренебрегнем влиянието на квантовата механика върху биологията. Лека полека, последните десетина години, учените разбиращи за какво иде реч, започнаха да създават едно ново научно направление наречено квантова биология. ... |
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No matter what, she’ll find her. In this universe or the next. ... Ana Moon’s best friend Bea has vanished. Her house has changed. Her parents have become strangers. She has fallen into a world that is not her own. Guided by the mysterious Malik and his Pathfinders - world-jumping guardians of hidden gateways from one world to the next, including a mute girl with fighting sticks and a boy who moves like smoke - Ana must travel across seven versions of Earth to get Bea back. Lying in wait are the sinister Order, monstrous Reapers and a rogue Pathfinder bent of finding the elusive seventh world, and who will destroy ... |
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Трактат по медицинска астрология и диагностика по хороскопа и ръката. ... Астродиагностиката е науката и изкуството за получаване на научно познание относно болестта и причините за нея, както са показвани от планетите, и относно преодоляването на заболяването. Тази книга е резултат от тридесетте години, посветени от Макс Хайндел и Аугуста Фос Хайндел на изследването и изучаването на астрологията и астродиагностиката, и прилагането им на практика в лечебното отделение на "Розенкройцерското Братство" в Оушънсайд, Калифорния. Авторите на този том са разполагали с възможности, които малцина други писатели по темата ... |
