"Злото" е сборник от 13 луди разказа с неповторимо постмодерно сатирично звучене, в които няма и намек за библейското изкупление или пословичната поука. ... В този невероятен и безпощаден сборник разкази, написани изцяло в първо лице и почти винаги от женска гледна точка, Спаркс надига своя силен литературен глас към неизбежното в личния свят на героите си и комбинира това с достатъчно количество особен хумор, необходим да избягаме от настъпващия ужас. С теми, вариращи от мръсни опипвания със съмнителни типове до нездравословна храна, наркотици, болести, алкохол, убийства и психологически проблеми, "Злото& ... |
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Книгата е част от "Индийската поредица" на издателство "Жанет - 45". ... Една зимна сутрин Рей Бхуллар пристига в Индия. Тук е, за да снима филм, но историята ще бъде необикновена, защото и мястото е необикновено. Селото е затвор със свободен режим, обитаван от убийци. Колкото повече напредва престоят на снимачния екип, толкова по-драматични и разтърсващи събития се разгръщат. Крехкото равновесие в селото е нарушено и въпреки наглед добрите намерения на посетителите, животът на затворниците ще бъде изложен на показ безмилостно и унизително, истинският облик на всички участници ще бъде разкрит, а ... |
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Историята от "Хрониките Уордстоун" е вдъхновението за създаването на филма "Седмият син". ... Прогонващия духове и неговият чирак, Томас Уорд, се борят с мрака. Избавят графството от вещици, призраци и богърти. Сега имат някои недовършени дела в Прийстаун. Дълбоко в катакомбите на катедралата дебне създание, което Прогонващия духове така и не е успял да победи; сила, толкова зла, че цялото графство е заплашено да бъде покварено от него. Изчадието! Докато Томас и Прогонващия духове се готвят за битката на живота си, става ясно, че Изчадието не е единственият им враг. Инквизиторът е пристигнал, търсейки ... |
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Злото настъпва. Пърси и Анабет, изглежда, са изгубени за всички и всичко в Подземното царство. Бродейки из смъртоносните дебри на Тартар, всяка една тяхна стъпка ги води към нова опасност. И ако по някакво чудо успеят да стигнат до Портите на Смъртта, там ще ги посрещне легион от кръвожадни чудовища. Междувременно Хейзъл и екипажът на Арго ІІ са изправени пред труден избор. За да попречат на гигантите да въздигнат Майката Земя, те трябва да запечатат Портите на Смъртта от двете страни. Но, пита се Лео, ако Портите са залостени, как ще се измъкнат Пърси и Анабет? Да спасят приятелите си или да предотвратят ужасяваща ... |
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"A Cook's Book" is the story of Nigel Slater's life in the kitchen. From the first jam tart Nigel made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the Aga, through to what he is cooking now, this is the ultimate Nigel Slater collection brimming with over 200 recipes. He writes about how his cooking has changed from discovering the best way to roast a chicken to the trick to smoky, smooth aubergine mash. He gives the tales behind the recipes and recalls the first time he ate a baguette in Paris, his love of jewel-bright Japanese pickled radishes and his initial slice of buttercream-topped ... |
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Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2021. In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises in the night. These disparate cases are some of the most remarkable diagnostic mysteries of the twenty-first century, as both doctors and scientists have struggled to explain them within the boundaries of medical science and - more crucially - to treat them. What unites them is that they are all examples of a particular ... |
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The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar "Japanese Breakfast", an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity in the wake of her loss, which brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of ... |
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Pack your suitcase for the final magical adventure at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency! Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers in their roles as part of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the Society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it's up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of ... |
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"Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" is a guide to the biggest issue we all face. Ageing - not cancer, not heart disease - is the world's leading cause of death and suffering. What would the world be like if we could cure it? Living disease - free until the age of 100 is achievable within our lifetimes. In prose that is lucid and full of fascinating facts, "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" introduces us to the cutting edge research that is paving the way for this revolution. Computational biologist Andrew Steele explains what occurs ... |
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In an age Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the west stand in sharp contrast to events in the east, where ties are being streighthend and mutural cooperation established."No reader will leave "The New Silk Roads" with her sense of the world unchanged." Times Literary Supplement "Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita." Sunday Times "Frankopan has the gift to perspective - the capacity to see the wood for the trees - which he combines with a Talstoyan knack for weaving little details into the broader sweep of human affairs." Daily ... |
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Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. In this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves into everything from ... |
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An interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the ground by an invading army. The lonely voyage of an elephant from Kerala to a princess's palace in Morocco. A coterie of international diplomats trapped in near-Earth orbit. Kanishk Tharoor's collection of dazzling stories is furiously inventive, beautifully crafted and remarkably assured. "Swimmer Among the Stars"achieves a hypnotic power. Tharoor's writing has the clarity and imaginative expansiveness of fable.""Sunday Times" "I greatly admired the ... |