Based on the story of Mark Twain . Retold by Alex Raynham . ... It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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In this book illustrated by Alan Burton, there are two nineteenth-century ghost stories - "The House in the Picture" and "Abbot Thomas' Treasure". The House in the Picture Mr. Williams has an old picture of a house. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very interesting picture. Then the picture tells Mr. Williams a terrible story. Abbot Thomas' Treasure An archaeologist finds some gold in an old church. It has been hidden for three hundred years. But the guardian of the gold returns, and the guardian of the treasure is angry. This book is in ... |
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As an inseparable part of the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian Jews have shared on an equal basis the entire history of their establishment as a nation. Integrated for centuries in Bulgarian society, the Bulgarian Jews have participated alongside all Bulgarians in the country's national history. They defended their homeland during the struggles for liberation from Ottoman rule and fought in all the wars in which Bulgaria was protecting it's statehood and nationhood. The contribution of the Jews to Bulgaria's economic, cultural and intellectual advancement following the Liberation is also considerable. It has ... |
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Based on the story of Thomas Hardy . Retold by Clare West . ... On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night... In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us pictures of the lives of shepherds and hangmen, dukes and teachers. But rich or poor, young or old, they all have the same feelings of fear, hope, love, jealousy... Classics, modern fiction, ... |
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Написана в неповторимия стил на Робин Шарма , тази книга разказва историята на Джак Валънтайн - млад човек, изправен на кръстопът в живота си. Тъй като се чувства незавършен като човешко същество, той се впуска в търсене на мъдростта, която ще му донесе по-щастлив, по-здравословен и по-красив живот. В срещите си с трима забележителни учители Джак открива мощна философия, която ще му помогне да преобрази своя свят и да намери истинската си съдба. Книгите на Робин Шарма помагат на хората навсякъде по света да водят прекрасен живот." Паулу Коелю , автор на "Алхимикът""Ако вече сте готови да започнете ... |
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Вила на остров в разгара на лятото. Майка, баща и две прелестни дъщери - едната омъжена. Непознат мъж слиза на брега и се представя за приятел на сина Филип. Само че Филип го няма. Ще пристигне едва на следващия, в най-лошия случай на по-следващия ден... не се знае. И тогава започва първото разделение: едните веднага се смущават, другите се настаняват. Новодошлият се настанява и така се слива с обстановката, че бързо се оказва идеални сътрапезник, развлекателният елемент. Не спира да упражнява влияние, нещо като очарование, върху три поколения, дотам, че някои вече го смятат за неустоим, а други за незаменим. Само зетят ... |
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"It is well know to all how much daily problems the Bulgarian people has in these days. However, more dangerous than anything is the tendency to loose identity and national selfconfidence. This is a clearly visible tendency in the inscriptions of foreign languages, mass emigration and the wish for imitation of foreign culture. At other side, the answer to the question, "Why are you ashamed to call youself Bulgarian?" is more than obvious: there is in the present time to be proud of. The above-described situation makes preservation and popularization of Bulgarian History extraordinarily important. If it ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... All legends begin somewhere, and the two novels here are where one of the world's best-loved legends began. In "A Study in Scarlet", Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson first meet and investigate a seemingly impossible mystery that begins with a corpse in a deserted house. In The Sign of the Four the detective faces an even greater challenge: solving both the disappearance of Captain Arthur Morstan and the theft of the Agra treasure in India. In this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Carl begins to worry when his wife Linda does not arrive for the weekend at their seaside house in the east of England. When he asks local people whether they have seen her, they appear helpful, but he soon begins to wonder whether they are hiding information from him about his missing wife. ... |
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"Докато ти спеше..." Когато брат ѝ Томас е ранен на бойното поле в Америка, осиротялата Сесилия Харкорт е изправена пред две непоносими възможности: да отиде да живее при леля си или да се омъжи за подлия си братовчед. Вместо това тя избира трети вариант и прекосява Атлантическия океан. Решена е да намери брат си и да се грижи за него, докато оздравее. Но след седмица на безрезултатно търсене Сесилия случайно се натъква на най-добрия приятел на брат ѝ, красивия офицер Едуард Роуксби, който е в безсъзнание и се нуждае от нейните грижи. Тогава младата дама се заклева да спаси живота му, дори и това да ... |
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Той я мрази... почти толкова, колкото я желае. Джош Чен никога не е срещал жена, която да не успее да очарова, освен проклетата Джулс Амброуз. Красивата червенокоска е трън в очите му от първата им среща и в същото време поглъща мислите му така, както никоя друга жена не го е правила. Когато в една незабравима нощ враждебността им се превръща в страст, той ѝ предлага решение, което да я прогони от главата му веднъж завинаги. Споразумение с прости правила - просто секс. Без ревност. Без обвързване. И без никакво влюбване. Джулс Амброуз има една единствена цел пред себе си - да си вземе изпита за адвокат. ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English. In homes and schools, offices and meeting rooms, ships and airports, people are speaking English... How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it? The history of English is a journey through space and time, ... |
