Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his charms forever and finds his desire granted. He abandons himself to a life of hedonism, vice and murder, yet his face remains unmarked by his evil. But, hidden in his attic, the painting ages and corrupts, and one day Dorian must stand face to face with the man he has become. A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde's only novel ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... An impenetrable fog has descended on the streets of post-war London and, lurking in the shadows, a violent murderer is on the rampage. Gentleman detective, Albert Campion, is on the trail of a mysterious man posing as the dead husband of a war widow with a wealthy new fiancé, but his expedition into the city's criminal underworld reveals something far more sinister than blackmail... Set in the atmospheric midst of a London "pea souper", "The Tiger in the Smoke" is Margery Allingham's most sophisticated Golden Age crime ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, "Don Quixote" chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Together they journey through sixteenth-century Spain in search of adventure, taking on spirits, evil enchanters and giants in a quest to perform acts of valour worthy of Dulcinea, his lady love. A masterpiece of world fiction and a brilliant satire on traditional romances, "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes is ... |
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Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look? There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille have been taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption have grown up with this lesson all her lives. But when Jam meets Pet she begins to question what she's been told. Pet has come to hunt the evil lurking in Redemption's house... But how do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit the exist? "Heart-stirring... riveting.... important." SLJ "Terrific... a tale that defies categorization... forcing readors to deeply rethink assumptions about ... |
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Aladdin meets an evil wizard who tricks him into finding a magic lamp. But a genie helps him escape the wizard and return home. Then Aladdin falls in love with the Royal Princess and wants to marry her. Can the magic lamp help his dreams to come true? "Macmillan English Explorers" is an eight-level reading scheme written specifically for young learners of English. They bring first language teaching methods to reading lessons in international classrooms. Informed by the National Literacy Strategy and by teaching methodology for first language speakers of English, "Macmillan Explorers" is supported by ... |
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Her life is in his hands. His heart is in hers. One hundred days to choose who lives. ... "Utterly transportive." Renee Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath & the Dawn Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret - she’s a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt. But after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. Against her ... |
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With a new introduction. Now a Netflix original series. ... What makes a serial killer? John Douglas has looked evil in the eye, and made a vocation of understanding it. In "Mindhunter" the FBI special agent who was the inspiration for Jack Crawford's character in "The Silence of the Lambs" (and who lent the film's makers his expertise) explains how he invented and established the practice of criminal profiling. He also discusses individual case histories including those of Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and the Atlanta child murders. With the fierce page-turning power of a ... |
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The Ultimate battle begins on Ravnica. ... Teyo Verada wants nothing more than to be a shieldmage, wielding arcane energies to protect his people from his world's vicious diamondstorms. When he's buried alive in the aftermath of his first real tempest, the young mage's life is about to end before it can truly begin-until it doesn't. In a flash, a power he didn't know he had whisks him away from his home, to a world of stone, glass, and wonder: Ravnica. Teyo is a Planeswalker, one of many to be called to the world-spanning city-all lured by Nicol Bolas, the Elder Dragon. Bolas lays siege to the city of ... |
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Както вероятно се досещате, романът на Николай Табаков "Синята гора" няма нищо общо с дърводобива. Той разказва живота. Катери се по стръмнините на собствените ни вълнения, спуска се стремглаво в личните ни бездни, плува във водите на нашето въображение. Колоритният език е примамка, изкушение, вечен гид в тази (странна) страна на чудесата. Пред непредубедения читателски поглед се изправят горските дебри на уж невинното ни самочувствие, планинските върхове на нашата предрефлексивна увереност, че сме точно ние, че сме тук и сега. Разпознаваме себе си в героите, без колебание вземаме страна, неспокойно отричаме, ... |
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"Илиев е враг на литературното говорене, лъжепоетичното изразяване. Но той не се уеднаквява и с последните тенденции за разбиване на словесния лъжебарок с нарочната употреба на жаргон и всекидневен говор. При него този процес е органичен. Той притежава изострен усет за лъжа и фалш. Неговата реч е лаконична, доведена до почти кодово звучене. Тя не се разбира лесно, нужен е ключ, а това е драматическият усет, трябва да бъдеш театрал, за да я разбереш." Любен Гройс "Константин Илиев не е съдник. Повтарям - за мен той е летописец. Най-близко е до Чехов . Както тоя велик доктор, той следи симптомите, ... |
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Какво представлява романът „Щастлива книга” от Балаж Дьоре и защо трябва да бъде написан? Отговор, разбира се, няма, но пътят към него е изследван чрез личния опит и с примери от литературата. Спорейки с Толстой , Дьоре твърди: „Видовете нещастие общо взето са винаги от един и същ порядък. Щастието е онова, което създава многообразие, неназовимо е, недостъпно. Нещастието лесно се прихваща, описва, разбира, от него повече се интересуват, тъй като посланието му е всеобщо. Щастието, чийто пулсиращи подводни течения, чието уравновесено и глухо сърцебиене, непредвидими изригвания или утаено горчиво спокойствие човек неведнъж ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Utterly unique and beloved around the world, "The Prophet" is a collection of twenty-six poetic essays by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran . Telling the story of the prophet Al-Mustafa and his conversations with various acquaintances as he returns home after a long absence, the book touches on subjects of universal concern, including love, friendship, passion, pain, religion and freedom. Thought-provoking, comforting and wise, the simple truths of "The Prophet" remain compelling and rewarding to this day. ... |
