The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Marina Sarah Preston. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. "Ladybird ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Shooting stars tear across the night sky, then a gigantic artificial cylinder descends from Mars to land near London. Inquisitive locals gather round, only to be struck down by a murderous Heat-Ray. Giant destructive machines disgorge from the cylinder, destroying everything in their path on a merciless march towards the capital. Can humanity survive this Martian onslaught? A gripping adventure written in semi-documentary style, "The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells is the seminal man versus machine adventure which has inspired countless ... |
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"The Catcher in Rye" is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the "phony" aspects of society, and the "phonies" themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in ... |
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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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Prof. Dr. Cyril Pavlikianov , Dr. Habilitatus (D.Sc.), Ph.D., M.A. is born in Sofia in 1965. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Byzantine History at the National and Capodistrian University of Athens in 1998. He has been Assistant Professor of Modern Greek Philology (1998 - 2001) and Associate Professor of Byzantine Literature (2001 - 2007) at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology of the University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski". In 2004 he obtained the scholarly degree Doctor Habilitatus (Doctor Scientiarum) in Mediaeval History, and in 2007 he was elected full Professor of Byzantine Philology and ... |
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Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. ... Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough has had far-reaching consequences for how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world. The code forms the most striking proof of Darwin's hypothesis that all organisms are related, holds tremendous promise for improving human well-being, and has transformed the way we think about life. Matthew Cobb interweaves science, biography and anecdote in a book that mixes remarkable insights, theoretical dead-ends and ... |
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Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. His hopes for a quiet school term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed, though, when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be. But is it his imagination that is making him feel eyes watching him in the dark, and should he be taking Professor Trelawney's ghoulish predictions seriously? These new editions of the classic and internationally ... |
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An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tane has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a ... |
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Характеристики: географска мрежа; държави, представени чрез държавни граници и фоново оцветяване; държави, създадени след I-ви кръстоносен поход; граници на самостоятелни владения; граница на Свещената римска империя; I-ви, II-ри и III-ти кръстоносен поход с предводители; хидрография; столици, главни градове на самостоятелни владения и други градове; надписи на хидрография, държави, историко-географски области и други; легенда. Характеристики на врезката "Четвърти кръстоносен поход": географска мрежа; държави, представени чрез държавни граници и фоново оцветяване; държави, образувани след ... |
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На 27 септември 1986 година басистът на Metallica Клиф Бъртън загина в автобусна катастрофа близо до Люнгби, Швеция. Едва 24-годишен. В двете десетилетия след това нито една книга не бе посветена на таланта на Клиф и постиженията му. Досега. To Live Is To Die рисува откровен и интимен портрет на един хевиметъл гигант. Предговорът е написан от Кърк Хамет - най-добрият приятел на Клиф в Metallica. Авторът Джоел Макайвър е интервюирал най-близките хора на музиканта, много от които говорят за него тук за първи път. Мислите, че познавате Metallica? Помислете пак. Тази книга ще ви даде нова информация за най-съзидателния ... |
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Древни пътеки към духовно пробуждане ... "Завръщане към свещеното" е ръководство към разбиране важността на духовната практика и на голямото разнообразие духовни пътеки, които са на наше разположение. Това е книга, която ни дава свобода да намерим пътя, който ни служи най-добре в настоящия момент, като ни помага да чуем нашите собствени отговори. От нея ще научим методи за духовно израстване, проверени през хилядолетията, които да ни помогнат да разкрием любовта, мъдростта и силата вътре в нас. Авторът Джонатан Елърби е прекарал повече от 20 години, отдадени на лично, професионално и академично изследване на ... |
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The Belgica's journey into the Dark Antarctic night. The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of ... |
