Decorations by E. H. Shepard. ... "Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders." Meet the world's favourite bear in this delightful collection in which Pooh gets into a tight place, nearly catches a Woozle, and discovers the wrong sort off honey - amongst other things. ... |
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"Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie the Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders... " The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood include Pooh Bear using a balloon to get honey, Piglet meeting a Heffalump, and Eeyore having a birthday. For nearly 70 years, Milne's classic story about young Christopher Robin and his adventures with his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood has captivated readers of all ages. ... |
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When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a ... |
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Two hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this highly-anticipated follow-up to the The Hurricane Wars. After a lifetime of war, Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands. Now Talasyn must play the part of Alaric's willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign. But a greater threat is rising - the Moonless Dark, a cataclysmic magical event that could devour everything. Only Alaric and Talasyn can stop it. For Alaric, helping Talasyn save their world from this disaster is a mere preface to his father's more sinister schemes. But Talasyn is a ... |
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A novel by the author of "Ellen Foster". "Kaye Gibbons shows us the secret core of a love that easily outlasts death. It's invisible mastery - but mastery all the same". Reynolds Prince ... When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked a woman to do more than help him hitch a mule. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each other ... |
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Lesson one of the scholomance. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered. There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die. El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school. Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Evocative of "the blue remembered hills" of his youth, Alfred Edward Housman's "A Shropshire Lad" is a collection of sixty-three poems of extraordinary beauty and feeling. Set in a semi-imaginary pastoral Shropshire, Housman's verse considers the helplessness of man, the fragility of life and the terrible effects of war, against the background of an achingly beautiful countryside. Inspirational for generations of readers, "A Shropshire Lad", with its sweeping themes of youth and love, has found its way into the canon ... |
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In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost? Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer - during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy. Diagnosed with an unoperable brain tumour in 1959, Burgess became a full-time writer and went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include: "The Complete Enderby", ... |
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Раздялата е болезнено преживяване, но може да се превърне и в ценен урок, който да послужи за личен растеж и трансформация. Тази книга ще ти предложи практични съвети и насоки, как да се справиш с болката от раздялата и да извлечеш максимума от нея. С правилните инструменти и подкрепа, можеш да се излекуваш и да изградиш по-добър живот за себе си. Без повече болка, чувство за вина и страдание за миналото. Тази книга ще те накара да плачеш, да се смееш и да преосмислиш живота си. Не я пропускай! Кремена Колева е психолог и психотерапевт, отдадена на мисията си да помага на жените да преодолеят кризите в живота си и да ... |
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Книгата е разделена на две части и се чете и от двете страни - едната представя истории през погледа на Ния Йотова, другата - на Богомил Димитров."Повечето от най-ранните ми семейни спомени са как майка ми и баща ми, седнали на кухненската маса, разказват забавни случки от живота си. Всички "истински случки", както ги наричаха те, бяха не просто смешни, но и пълни със самоирония. Затова като дете смятах, че самоиронията е качество, което всеки притежава. Пораствайки осъзнах, че всъщност самоиронията е изключително рядко срещана и започнах да ценя особено високо хора, които са я развили. Както и хора, които ... |
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Дневник, съхраняващ безценни житейски спомени. ... Мамо, разкажи ми твоята история е дневник с предварително зададени и водещи въпроси, който след като бъде попълнен ще се превърне в оригинална мемоарна книга. Това е подарък, който се подарява веднъж в живота и в него ще намерите: над 200 специално подбрани въпроса насърчават и насочват твоята майка да си припомни специалните моменти в нейният живот, за да може да ги запише и с това остави следа след себе си; след всеки въпрос има достатъчно място, за да може тя да напише и сподели житейските си истории и приключения; Обхваща всеки етап от живота на твоята майка: ... |
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Капиталът на доверието не се вижда. Но променя всичко. Радикално откровена история. Нищо не остава скрито – принципите, практиките, провалите, триумфите, начините за вземане на устойчиви инвестиционни решения и успешно прогнозиране на бъдещето. Всичко за живота и пътя на Пламен Русев, създателя на Webit и WIN, е тук. Председателят на Комисията по национална сигурност на САЩ за AI и визионерът, който превърна Google в империя - Ерик Шмит, признава: "Webit прави голяма услуга на общността." AI замества всички. Освен хората, спечелили доверие."Това не е книга за бърз успех. Това е история за доверието – как ... |
