Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Evocative of "the blue remembered hills" of his youth, Alfred Edward Housman's "A Shropshire Lad" is a collection of sixty-three poems of extraordinary beauty and feeling. Set in a semi-imaginary pastoral Shropshire, Housman's verse considers the helplessness of man, the fragility of life and the terrible effects of war, against the background of an achingly beautiful countryside. Inspirational for generations of readers, "A Shropshire Lad", with its sweeping themes of youth and love, has found its way into the canon ... |
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Баварският крал Лудвиг II е детрониран през 1886 г. и едва три дни по-късно се е удавил мистериозно. Ексцентричен до лудост, през последните години преди смъртта си той предприема търсене на ново кралство, с което да замени Бавария и своите легендарни дворци. Но дали е успял? Отговорът е в ръцете на Котън Малоун, достоен конкурент на Джеймс Бонд, който консултира ЦРУ в най-заплетените разследвания, свързани с исторически загадки. Младият Люк Даниълс, на когото Малоун е наставник, е успял да се внедри в групировка от политически ренегати, решени да отнемат със сила независимостта на Бавария от Германия. В шпионската игра ... |
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A parable about life, about the trials and hardships the seeker experiences along the path to his own spiritual self. Since ancient times the eternal spiritual world has been sending via its messengers vital light to humanity. Its rays can be traced as a "thread of silver" in the sacred books of the world's major religions. Although modified later by zealous copiers and followers, the eternal light can still be seen by the unbiased eye and the loving heart. This is a parable about life, about the trials and hardships the seeker experiences along the path to his own spiritual self. A "Prince Nameless& ... |
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The bestselling author of "A pinch of Magic". A missing sister, a magical island and... ... Three sisters with a magical secret. A race against time to find a place that exists only in fairy tales. A journey that will take them into unimaginable danger... Set on a spellbinding adventure, from the bestselling author of "A pinch of Magic". "Enchanting" Sopie Anderson "Mesmerising" Abi Elphinstone "Adored it" Emma Carroll ... |
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За целия свят Ализе е просто невзрачна слугиня, криеща от всички коя е в действителност - отдавна изгубената наследница на древно царство на джинове. Откакто се помни, тя е преследвана, принудена да бяга, за да спаси живота си. Докато един ден не допуска грешка. Престолонаследникът Камран знае за пророчествата. Знае за страховитото чудовище, за което е предсказано, че ще убие неговия цар. Мрак се спуска над империята, а Камран трябва да разбере откъде идва той. В същото време, независимо колко подозрителен е към слугинята със странни очи, колкото повече научава за живота ѝ, толкова по-трудно му е да отвърне поглед ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Marcus Clapham. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Separated from his human parents, Mowgli is raised by wolves, mentored by the cunning panther Bagheera, and taught the Law of the Jungle by Baloo, the strict but kindly bear. But the Indian jungle is full of dangers and he must fight to survive; the tiger, Shere Khan, has sworn to kill him, the sinister monkey residents of the Cold Lairs wish to kidnap him, and his home is threatened by the Cobra and the Red Dog. "All the Mowgli Stories" is a collection of all nine of Rudyard Kipling's stories about the ... |
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A magical secret. A mythical hunt. And a love that could risk everything. In the dark, gothic town of Wickdon, Maggie Welty lives in an old creaking manor. Maggie's mother is an alchemist who has recently left town, leaving Maggie with just her bloodhound for company. But when Maggie spots a legendary ancient fox-creature on her porch, her fate is changed forever. Whoever tracks down and kills the hala in the Halfmoon Hunt will earn fame and riches - and if Maggie wins the hunt, she knows her mother will want to celebrate her. This is her chance to bring her home. But the rules state that only teams of two can join ... |
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The Award - Winning Sunday Times №1 Bestseller. ... 97 - hour weeks. Life and death decisions. A constant tsunami of bodily fluids. And the hospital parking meter earns more that you. Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless night and missed weekends, Adam Kay's diaries provide a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this is everything you wanted to know - and more than a few thing you didn't - about life on and off the hospital. "So funny and important it should be given out on prescription." ... |
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Packed with doodles and cartoons, this is the wry, witty and very funny diary of Norse god Loki and the trials of being trapped on Earth as a weedy eleven-year-old boy. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki is banished to live as a "normal" school boy. If he can show moral improvement within one month, then Loki can return to Asgard... and if he can't? Then it's eternity in a pit of angry snakes. To keep track of his progress, Odin has handed over this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth. (Even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole-rat.) As if moral improvement and ... |
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With more than 280 entries, this architectural A - Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects are featured with a portrait, concise biography, as well as a description of her or his important work. Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you'll travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudi's Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi's sports and leisure center in a former factory site in São Paulo. You&# ... |
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Based on the story of Mary Shelley . Retold by Patrick Nobes. ... Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new man. But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him - even Frankenstein himself! The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon he learns to hate. And, because he is so strong, the next thing he learns is how to kill... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 ... |
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Ако на Итън Локхарт му се удаде възможност да върне лентата назад - ще го стори на мига. Как постъпва наперен младеж, опитващ се да се докаже пред света? Хваща се на работа в стриптийз клуб. Само дето собственикът на клуба Шарк е съмнителен тип, на когото не му е чиста работата. Резултатът от замесването на Итън с Шарк и с неговите "горили" е попадане в затвора. Като награда за мълчанието и лоялността Шарк обещава да се грижи за сестрата на младежа, докато той е зад решетките. Но Аби изчезва, а по-късно я обявяват за мъртва. Итън получава разрешение да напусне затвора за 48 часа, за да присъства на ... |
