Съвременна мафиотска приказка, в която любовта се кове в мрак и опасност. Ария Скудери е родена в едно от най-могъщите престъпни семейства в Чикаго - истинска принцеса, прочута със своята красота и затворена в златна клетка от богатство, кръв и строги порядки. Всички ѝ завиждат за този живот - без да знаят, че той върви с истинско проклятие. Ария е принудена да се омъжи за Лука Витиело, бъдещия Капо на нюйоркската фамилия, мрачен и жесток мъж, прочут с липсата си на милост. Неговите ръце, способни на невъобразимо насилие, са отнемали животи, а сивите му очи, студени като буреносни облаци, крият тайни, обагрени с ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Aristocratic detective Albert Campion is called upon by the British government to establish ownership of the tiny, oil-rich principality of Averna on the Adriatic Coast. The titled but impoverished Fitton family lay claim to it, but the deeds are nowhere to be found. With the help of his loyal chums and sidekick, retired cat burglar Magersfontein Lugg, Campion must pit his wits against a criminal financier and his heavies in order to unearth the truth. A quintessential Golden Age detective story and utterly gripping thriller, "Sweet Danger" ... |
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The Orthodox Christian Religious Education Association (OCREA). Proceedings of the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, 17 - 21 June 2014. ... The Orthodox Christian Religious Education Association (OCREA) is an international organization that has as its focus to maintain a thematic and academic network between the institutions and colleagues who deal with Orthodox Christian research and education. It was founded in 2006 at Valamo Monastery in Finland. The articles in this volume were presented at a conference on "Methods of Teaching in Religious Education: Learning by Heart or by Experience?" held in Sofia, ... |
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No war can be fought with clean hands. Not even the ones waged for the right reasons. Not even the ones you win. Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war - and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye's power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker ... |
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Bound by blood. Tempted by desire. Unleashed by destiny. Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party, and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer. But when a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, Bryce's world comes crashing down. Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer. As Bryce and Hunt fight to ... |
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The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. Clytemnestra The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. Her husband raises a great army against them and determines to win, whatever the cost. Cassandra Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will ... |
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Gwenna has always considered herself a normal person. A former servant, she wants nothing more than to land a steady job with the Royal Artifactual Guild so she can make some steady coin to send home to her mother. She's not special. She's certainly not a necromancer. That would be impossible, given how necromancing (or any 'mancing) is forbidden upon penalty of death. So if the dead keep talking to her? Well, she's going to keep on ignoring them. They're not going to stand in the way of her dreams. Also standing in her way? One big, arrogant, far-too-flirty Taurian named Raptor. They slept together ... |
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Bound together by a single ancient text, the unforgettable characters of "Cloud Cuckoo Land" are dreamers and outsiders figuring out the world around them: thirteen-year-old Anna and Omeir, an orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy, on opposite sides of the formidable city walls during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour and octogenarian Zeno in an attack on a public library in present-day Idaho; and Konstance, decades from now, who turns to the oldest stories to guide her community in peril. Doerr has created a tapestry of times and places that reflects our own vast interconnectedness - ... |
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Картонената табелка от "Simetro" е прекрасен начин да се мотивирате всеки ден - подходяща е за дома, офиса или любимото заведение; за вас, за подарък или просто така. На гърба на табелката има специално място за надписване, което я превръща в оригинална поздравителна картичка. Към нея е прикрепена и връвчица, с която може да се закача на най-различни места. Табелката е с размери 22 x 12 cm. ... |
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The Computer Science of Human Decisions. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? Exploring how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, Algorithms To Live By helps to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. When should you switch between different tasks, and how many tasks should you take on in the first place? How much messiness should you accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favourites is the most fulfilling? When computers face constraints of time and space, they too must untangle very human questions: how ... |
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Корените на китайската астрологическа система са заложени надълбоко в класическите философии на Конфуций и Лао Дзъ. Тези мъдреци стават първите документирани психолози и съветници. Въз основа на 5000-годишна практика на наблюдения, китайската астрология разкрива как годината ви на раждане влияе върху вашите качества, движещи сили и възможности. Китайската астрология се основава на 12 архетипни темперамента, представлявани от 12 символични животински знака. Всеки от тях се променя или придобива различен привкус чрез петте основни елемента - дърво, огън, земя, метал и вода. Всеки от 12-те животински знака трае цяла ... |
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Когато в града започват да се случват странни и мистериозни събития, децата решават да вземат нещата в свои ръце. Те са различни, смели по свой си начин и винаги готови да се впуснат в ново приключение – дори когато то включва тайни, опасности и куп неочаквани обрати. „Опасната банда“ е забавна, динамична и завладяваща история за група приятели, които се оказват въвлечени в необикновено приключение. С много хумор и въображение Том Флетчър създава свят, в който приятелството е най-голямата сила и дори най-обикновените деца могат да се превърнат в герои. Книгата е идеалният избор за млади читатели, които обичат приключения, ... |
