Break the bonds that bind you."King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His. The thing about being confined is that you believe it's to keep the bad out... Until you realize it's about keeping you in. I'm now in a strange kingdom surrounded by liars, with no allies of my own, but I won't sit idly by and let myself wither. No, there's something that's bloomed from the pit of my repression. Something dark. Something angry. But the last thing I expected was for my anger to call out to him. King Ravinger. He's sinister and powerful and entirely too seductive. I've ... |
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An Explosively Funny Tale illustrated by Tony Ross . Meet the Meeks! Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn't enough. She wants more, more, more! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there's only one problem... What is a Fing? Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest creatures can be found. But will they ever find a Fing? An explosively funny, totally surreal Tall ... |
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Compiler: Neli Miteva . ... This book follows the process in the search for personal identity in Bulgarian fashion design through the three conceptual exhibition projects "XXSOFIA", "1.5 km of...", and "STATIONS". The garment is seen as a specific connection of the individual with its environment ("XXSOFIA"), as a visual commentary on the concept of "distance", its duration, length or transience ("1.5 km of..."), or as an interpretation of the global trend multilocalism through the study of our identity created through the experience collected by living in ... |
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Based on the story of Lewis Carroll . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... "I wish I could get through into looking-glass house," - Alice said. 'Let's pretend that the glass has gone soft and... Why, I do believe it has! It's turning into a kind of cloud!" By the book A moment later Alice is inside the looking-glass world. There she finds herself part of a great game of chess, travelling through forests and jumping across brooks. The chess pieces talk and argue with her, give orders and repeat poems... It is the strangest dream that anyone ever had... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10.5 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next - in gipsy caravans and stolen cars, to prison and back to the Wild Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains a timeless tale more than 100 years after its publication. This edition contains all of the sixteen colour illustrations that Arthur Rackham produced for this book; most editions contain only twelve. In addition to this, Rackham's beautiful pen-and- ... |
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A gilded cage is still a prison."This is the story of King Midas... Or that's what we were always told. The Golden King with his palace of riches and me, his golden touched girl. I'm kept locked away. For my safety, I'm told. No one can get in. Apart from him. But when political upheaval becomes strife in our kingdom, I am sent with the royal court to be with my King. And everything I know starts to change. My love for Midas is challenged, my trust is broken. Everything I knew about him was wrong. We are told it's his tale but really, it's mine. The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones ... |
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Поетичната книга Жените след Ева представлява психологически разрез, дисекция на женската психика, която с точността на хирург разрязва най-фината тъкан на душевния живот на жената през всички векове - от Ева до съвременната жена днес - и показва какво се крие отвъд маската, която обществото вижда. Тя завършва с осъзнаване от лирическата героиня на своето грехопадение и желанието да се изчисти, да ѝ бъде простено, че е просто жена и по нищо не се различава от първата, както няма да се различава от последната."Жените след Ева е книга на бъдещето (на смисъла). Заглавието, както и високата художествена стойност на ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "You look as if you thought it tainted you to be loved by me." Forced to move from the rural tranquillity of southern England to the turbulent northern mill town of Milton, Margaret Hale takes an instant dislike to the dirt and noise that seems to characterize her new home and its inhabitants - even the handsome and charismatic cotton mill owner, John Thornton. But as she begins to settle in, and to understand the nature of the surrounding poverty and injustice, events conspire to throw her and Thornton together. Amidst the chaos of industrial ... |
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From the award-winning author of "Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda". ... I don't entirely understand how anyone gets a boyfriend. Or a girlfriend. It just seems like the most impossible odds. A perfect alignment of feeling and circumstances. Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly is always careful. Better to be careful than be hurt. But when Cassie gets a new girlfriend who comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick, everything changes. Will is funny, flirtatious and basically the perfect first boyfriend. There's ... |
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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. One icy winter's evening in Budapest, John Taylor is on his way home from the office when a man runs into him and knocks him over. The man turns to say sorry and John is amazed at what he sees: the man is John's double. The double rushes away but leaves no footprints in the snow. Over the next year it becomes clear to John that the meeting was no accident and that his double has a very important message to ... |
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Twelve-year-old Harley is happy to be back home after her adventures in the Land of the Dead. But strange things soon start happening. A bunch of Restless Souls turn up in at school, the portal of doom breaks and everyone thinks Harley has blown up her best friend Bess. Is this all connected to a mysterious ancient prophecy that everyone in the Land of the Dead keeps talking about? There's only one thing for it. Harley has to unleash her inner Legendary Hero and head Beyond Life for more monsters, mysteries and mayhem! This hilarious sequel to "The Caravan at the Edge of Doom" is full of heart, humour and ... |
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Illustrated by Ruth Palmer. ... "Amelia's dowry of ten thousand pounds, her blue eyes and her pretty pink face will bring her a rich husband", Becky Sharp thought. "But I'm alone in the world and must look after myself. I'm must cleverer than her and I've a better figure. I must use my wits to find a husband and a house of my own. One day, I'll have a higher place in society than Amelia, and I'll have done it all myself!" From the Book This book is in British English. Here you can find: notes about the life of William Makepeace Thackeray ; points for understanding ... |
