Based on several field trips to mount Athos, the present monograph examines and publushes the texts of seventy post-Byzantine Greek and Slavic documents kept in the monastery of Vatopedi. The author makes an attempt at restoring the monastery's history from the fall of Byzantium up to the year 1707 commenting many interesting details ot Vatopedi's social and cultural relations with the Balkans, the Near East, Italy and Russia. ... |
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Based on the story of Jules Verne . Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson . ... In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth. Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide, Hans, find the centre of the Earth? And can they all get home alive after their many underground adventures? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading ... |
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Once again a New York Times bestseller! First the original edition, and now the new Final Edition. An essential new edition - revised and updated from cover to cover of one of the most important books of the last two decades, by Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein. Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. The book has given rise to more than 400 "nudge units" in governments around the world and countless groups of behavioral scientists in every part of ... |
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Every empire demands revolution. Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought. Luca needs a turncoat. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet's edge between treason and orders. Someone who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters: getting her uncle off her throne. Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle ... |
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Сър Филип се нуждае от съпруга. Той знае, че според стандартите на висшето общество Елоиз Бриджъртън е вече стара мома, и предполага, че няма да е придирчива, а по-скоро отчаяно ще копнее да получи предложение за брак. Само че тя съвсем не се оказва онова, което въображението му е рисувало. Красивата жена на прага му е всичко друго, но не и тиха и кротка... Елоиз Бриджъртън не може да се омъжи за някого, когото никога не е срещала! Да не би сър Филип да си мисли, че си е изгубила ума? Но писмото с предложението му не напуска мислите ѝ и преди да се усети, тя се озовава в карета на път към неговия дом, като се ... |
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A new perspective on the overused and misunderstood concept of "karma" that offers the key to happiness and enlightenment, from the world-renowned spiritual master Sadhguru . What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtues and sins. The mechanism that decrees that we cannot evade the consequences of our own actions. In reality, karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma simply means action: your action, your responsibility. It isn't some external system of crime and punishment, but an internal cycle generated by you. Accumulation of karma is ... |
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Secret agent Ian Munro is sent to the islands of the Caribbean to discover what two notorious terrorists are doing there. He tracks down the men and their beautiful female accomplice, and then follows them as they put their plan to dominate the world into action. How can he stop them? And what about the kidnapped boy and his nuclear scientist father? ... |
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Изданието е на английски език. ... Хитовият пътеводител на Иван Михалев и Елина Цанкова е вече и на английски език! За да могат нашите приятели и познати от други държави да обходят всичко - от най-високата планина до най-затънтеното кътче. Ако обичаш да пътуваш, ако си любопитен да откриваш нови места, ако често избираш страничните пътища, вместо да караш по магистралата, то тази книга е за теб. В нея ще намериш информация за 101 от най-колоритните места в България. За някои си чувал от приятели, други си виждал на снимки в интернет, а трети са ти напълно непознати. Местата в "101 отбивки" са от последния ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... "Да започнеш да пишеш стихове, и то любовна лирика, когато семейството и кариерата на лекар са си поделили цялото ти време и внимание, а и първите трепети са вече зад гърба ти, е един истински триумф на женствеността над "делника и простите неща". Това е победа над досадното ежедневие, което често заплашва да те превземе и да те превърне в обикновена жена, майка и съпруга. Със своите стихове Джина Дундова отказва да се предаде на всекидневието. Вместо това тя пише, създава изящен апотеоз на любовта и на живота, такъв какъвто е, и какъвто всеки от нас ... |
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Feminist fairytales for young and old. Await no princes to save you through their lips touching yours whilst you are in unwilling slumber. Wake each other up instead. Step into this world of empowering re-imagined fairytales where the stereotypes of obliging lovers, violent men and girls that need rescuing are transformed into brave princesses, blurred lines between heroes and villains, and a courageous Gretel who can bring down monsters on her own. ... |
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With a new Afterword. ... "An exceptional broadcaster with a peerless ability to calmly point out the absurdity of certain viewpoints." Guardian "A total joy." Caitlin Moran "Such verbal agility seems like a superpower." The Times "Funny, clever and alarming." Krishnan Guru-Murthy "Intelligent, funny and unsurprisingly brilliant." Gary Lineker "O'Brien is the epitome of a smug, sanctimonious, condescending, obsessively politically-correct, champagne-socialist public schoolboy Remoaner." The Sun ... |
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From weighing twenty-eight stone and fighting a deep depression, to his amazing return to heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson opens up and share his inspiring advice and tips on diet, exercise regime, and his incredible journey back to a healthier body and mind. Frank, accessible and inspiring, "The Furious Method" is a feel-good and motivating tonic, full of inspirational advice for readers on how we can all improve our physical and mental health. And how we can all create a champion mind-set. Whatever your starting point or past set-backs, Tyson will show you how you can make your own comeback and start ... |
