"Морският вълк" е една от позабравените класики на Джек Лондон , която се възражда с настоящото издание на "Хеликон". Написана като приключенски роман, творбата се разгръщаща във философско размишление за живота и нашата висша цел като хомо сапиенс. Темата за оцеляването на по-силния, за естествения отбор доминира навсякъде в текста и дава окраска на опасност и напрежение, задължителна за всеки приключенски роман."Морският вълк" е книга, в която както в погледа на Вълка Ларсен, се четат "и животът, и смъртта". Книга, която еднакво ще развълнува както малките приключенци с ... |
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От автора на бестселъра "Андалуският приятел" и "Другият син" - трета част от трилогията за Софи Бринкман. ... В "Добрият вълк" медицинската сестра и самотна майка Софи Бринкман, въвлечена против волята си в криминалния свят, е обявена за международно издирване и се крие в Прага заедно със сина си Алберт. По следите ѝ е Томи Янсон, криминален комисар от Стокхолм, натоварен със задачата да я открие. Софи знае твърде много за нечистите му дела и той трябва на всяка цена да я отстрани от пътя си, за да може да продължи живота си спокойно. В същото време в манастир в Тоскана се крие ... |
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This humorous twist on the popular Questions & Answers format takes a sideways look at all that is weird and wondrous about our Moon. Quirkily illustrated characters and playful text reveal the amazing answers. Find out what its like to walk on the Moon, why its covered in so many craters, and how it moves the oceans on Earth. Illustrator: Ana Gomez. ... |
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Тихомир Стойчев е роден през 1953 г. в София. Завършва история. Работил е като инструктор в спортни клубове, учител, а от 1982 г. постъпва в органите на МВР, където заема различни изпълнителски и ръководни длъжности. Занимава се с обществена и консултантска дейност. Негови статии и интервюта са публикувани в различни издания. Чест гост е на радио- и телевизионни предавания, като основно коментира въпроси, свързани с националната сигурност. През 2005 г. излиза книгата му "Лъжи в синьо", в която от позициите на реален участник интерпретира събития и факти от началото на прехода. Ловец е от 25 години, а за ... |
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It was then that Erda, the great mother goddess, uttered an onerous prophesy: only a man of free will could wear the Ring and direct its might. The Rheingold brought damnation to all others and they all, dwarf or giant, mortal or god, would fall victim and the Ring would vanquish them... But if a man of free will were to don it, all would be freed and the gods would perish. Peter Stanimirov is a Bulgarian artist. His name associate with comics magazine "Rainbow", with "Pleiades Publishing House" and book covers of Stephen King and Dean Koontz , with the boom of books games at Bulgaria, with his ... |
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From the author of "Small Great Things" and "A Spark of Light" comes a "powerful" novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives. Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She's on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong. Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings. 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 of "The Mill on the Floss" features an introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes. Maggie Tulliver and ... |
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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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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalising article in The Times about this missing woman. An article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford... and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career. First published in 1992, "The Way Through the Woods" strikes the perfect balance between the best of Colin Dexter's cantankerous detective, and the character as portrayed in the hugely successful television adaptation starring John Thaw. Ingenious and affecting, this modern crime novel will endure as a ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Erica - Jane Waters. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Princess and the Pea" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with the princess finding her way to the castle one stormy night, through to her sleepless night on top of twenty mattresses! "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with beautiful pictures of the kind ... |
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Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn't. Long ago, Ben made a promise and had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn't for reason he imagined... Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it? What if the very thing that drwas them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything? A dark, consuming drama that shifts from Zimbabwe to England, and then back into the past, "The Lion ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features some of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went ... |
