"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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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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Meg Long's "Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves" is a captivating debut about survival, found family, and the bond between a girl and a wolf that delivers a fresh twist on classic survival stories and frontier myths. On a frozen wasteland of a planet, a girl is on the run with a wolf who is born to be a killer, but bound to be her guide. As they fight to escape ice goblins, giant bears, and a ruthless leader intent on trapping them both, one question drives them relentlessly forward: where do you turn when there is nowhere to hide? ... |
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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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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... Книгата включва разказите: "За петата ракия или колко е хубав живота" - най-четения разказ в интернет; "Дядо" - историята на рода Бърдарови. "За петата ракия или колко е хубав животът" е разказът, който предизвика фурор с излизането си през 2013 година и е оценен като най-успешният български разказ в интернет, с над 200 000 четения. Той увлекателно те потапя в магията на Родопите и те впечатлява с човешката топлина в хората, която може да се почувства само там. Три години след публикуването му, Георги Бърдаров печели първото ... |
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There is less than one hundred Thracian stone-built under-tumular constructions in Bulgaria that are usually called tombs. Most of them were found half-demolished or were demolished subsequently. Thirteen such buildings were constructed in the Kazanlak valley (fig. 1). Their number rises to fifteen, it we add another two constructions, which are not so impressive but possess a high scientific value. They are concentrated within a limited geographic region and in terms of statistics they are considerably more than any other area of Bulgaria. Taking this into consideration and knowing that some fifty years ago the only ... |
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Introduction to time-dependent quantum dynamics of atoms and molecules. ... The author is the head of the Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Group at the Department of Theoretical Physics. He reads lecture courses in theoretical physics, mathematical methods in physics and special courses in advanced quantum physics. The author has over 150 publications in peer-reviewed international journals with nearly 2000 citations. ... |
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Никой не може да ти даде това, което сам даваш на себе си. Никой не може да те лиши от това, от което сам се лишаваш. "Играта на живота" е като пасианс - промениш ли себе си, всичко се променя. Променете мислите си и в един миг обстоятелствата около вас ще се променят. Вашият свят е свят на кристализирани мисли и думи. Разно или късно вие ще берете плодовете на вашите мисли и думи. Хората, които винаги говорят за бедност и ограничения, жънат бедност и ограничения. Вие няма да влезете в царството на изобилието, оплаквайки съдбата си. Ако сте убедени, че сте неудачник, ще бъдете неудачник, докато не запечатате в ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... First staged in 1599, Shakespeare's history of Henry V's remarkable victory over the French at Agincourt and the subsequent peace between the two nations is also a study of war and kingship. From his wild youth, Henry comes to embody all of the kingly virtues: courage, justice, integrity and honour. Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, this inspirational, gripping play struck a chord in a time of uncertainty. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated throughout by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert (1817 - 1897), and ... |
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Kellen and Reichis have just finished fighting a duel in the desert when Kellen inadvertently smears blood on the Daroman flag - an act of treason for which the Marshals have no choice but to arrest him. Just before he's put before the Queen to be executed, Kellen is given a strange piece of advice from one of his fellow prisoners: kill the Queen and he'll be given clemency by those who take power. But when Kellen comes face-to-face with the eleven year-old monarch, he realises she's vastly smarter than he expected - and in a great deal more danger. The fifth book in the page-turning "Spellslinger" ... |
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От автора на Монахът, който продаде своето ферари . С 15 милиона книги, продадени в целия свят. "Книгите на Робин Шарма помагат на хората от целия свят да водят прекрасен живот." Паулу Коелю Легендарният експерт по лидерство и елитно представяне Робин Шарма въвежда идеята за Клуб 5 сутринта преди повече от двайсет години. Тя се основава на революционен утринен режим, който помага на клиентите му да увеличат максимално продуктивността си, да постигнат най-добро здраве и да бронират спокойствието си в една епоха на смазваща сложност. В тази книга, писана от автора в продължение на четири години, ще откриете ... |
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В тази книга Д-р Норман Уокър описва решаващото значение на доброто състояние на дебелото черво за нормалната дейност на всички органи, предотвратяване на запека и заболяванията. Ние сме това, което ядем. Състоянието на дебелото черво зависи от: храната - готвените и вредни храни водят до ферментация, загниване и получаване на токсини, които минават в кръвта и я замърсяват. Получават се налепи по стените на дебелото черво, които не могат да се почистят чрез диети, а само чрез клизми спазване на разделно хранене, при което се намаляват отпадните продукти и налепите по дебелото черво, предотвратява се гниенето и ... |
