With Queequeg the harpooner, Ishmael takes work on Captain Ahab's whaling-ship, the Pequod. The ship's first mate, Starbuck, wants to hunt whales for their oil. But Captain Ahab isn't interested. Ahab wants revenge on the white whale - Moby-Dick! Who lives? Who dies? And what happens to Ishmael? 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 motivating for learners. Each reader is carefully graded to ensure each student reads ... |
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Настоящият сборник има пъстра направа и се състои от текстове, разглеждащи властта през призмата на философията, социологията, политическите науки, медиите, теорията на информацията, литературознанието, историята и археологията. По темата е натрупана толкова много научна литература, че възниква въпросът дали изобщо може да се каже нещо ново. Амбивалентното, особеното отношение към властта в България е една от причините текстовете в сборника да бъдат интересни и оригинални. У нас към властта се подхожда, от една страна, с недоверие и отчуждение, коренящи се в бюрократичния характер на империите, белязали историята ни. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard "The African Queen", a steam-powered launch captained by Cockney mechanic, Charlie Alnutt. Determined to do her bit for the war effort and to avenge her brother, Rose persuades Charlie that they should attack the German gunboat, the Konigin Luise. And so begins a most unlikely alliance and love affair, as Charlie and Rose venture down the treacherous Ulanga river encountering danger and adventure at ... |
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From the author of the million-copy bestseller "Sapiens" Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the ... |
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Based on the story of Buchi Emecheta. Retold by Rosemary Border . ... When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna's bride price - the money that her future husband will pay for her. In her new, strange home one man is kind to her and teaches her to become a woman. Soon they are in love, although everyone says he is not a suitable husband for her. The more the world tries to separate them, the more they are drawn together - until, finally, something has to break. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for ... |
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Епическа история на войните за светите земи. Пътешествия, битки, обсади, кланета, възвишени принципи и низки страсти: пред вас е история, която - просмукана с кръвта на християни, мюсюлмани, юдеи и населена с герои, проявили невероятна храброст - разкрива вековната връзка между завоевания, богатство, власт и търговия, често прикривана с красиви идеали и борба за правата вяра. Столетия наред християни и мюсюлмани съжителстват рамо до рамо, понякога в мир, друг път във война. Когато през 1099 г. воините християни превземат Йерусалим, това слага началото на кървавия сблъсък между двете религии. В зависимост от това кого ще ... |
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Рим, декември 1514 г. Обезглавен мъж е открит върху конната статуя, увенчаваща колоната на император Марк Аврелий. Кървав надпис в основата гласи: "Eum qui peccat..." ("Който съгрешава..."). Не след дълго, труп на шейсетгодишен старец е намерен мъртъв и вързан за стълба, подпряна на колоната на Фока на Форума. Втори надпис свързва двете престъпления: "Deus castigat" ("Бог го наказва"). А ужасът едва започва... Вечният град е потресен - по всичко личи, че убиецът отправя предизвикателство към града, към папата, към цялото християнство и Бога дори! В разследването се включва Леонардо ... |
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A geek, a jock, a criminal, a princess. A murder. Who would you believe? Five students walk into detention. Only four leave alive. Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond. Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won't ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them ... |
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When her father dies just before her eighteen birthday, Aderyn inherits the role of Protector of Atratys, a dominion in a kingdom where nobles can transform into birds. Aderyn's ancestral bird is a swan. But she has not been able to transform for years, not since witnessing the death of her mother. Aderyn must venture into the malevolent heart of the Citadel in order to seek the truth about the attack that killed her mother and to fight for the land she has vowed to protect. An epic story about broken loyalties, hidden secrets and daring courage. "Together, the transformed nobles follow the blazing boat out to ... |
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По романа на сър Артър Конан Дойл , преразказан от Джанет Борсби и Рут Суон. ... An old family document says that everyone who lives at Baskerville Hall is in danger from a terrifying animal which lives on Dartmoor. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in a mysterious way, his nephew, the young Sir Henry Baskerville, comes to live on Dartmoor. Is he in danger too? Is there really a dangerous animal on the moor, or did someone murder Sir Charles? Sherlock Holmes , the world-famous detective, is the only person who can solve the case. Or can he? Even Holmes is worried. In this Reader you will find information about Sir ... |
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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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Красимир Вардиев е роден в град Белослав през 1978 година. От 1997 година живее в Шумен. Завършил е Шуменския университет "Епископ Константин Преславски". В периода 1998-2005 г. е носител на много литературни награди от национални конкурси, съответно за поезия, проза и критика, сред които Националният младежки конкурс за поезия "Веселин Ханчев" в Стара Загора и Националният студентски литературен конкурс в Шумен. През същия период е съорганизатор и участник в акцията "Улична поезия", инсталации и "пърформанси", заедно с литературен клуб "Боян Пенев" и арт група "Завой& ... |
