"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Blind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic Paradise Lost to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God and Satan rages across the cosmos, the human tragedy of Adam and Eve - the temptation and fall - is movingly depicted in language unsurpassed in its musicality and beauty. A staggering and audacious undertaking - seeking, in Milton's words, to justify the ways of God to men - Paradise Lost has been revered since its initial publication, inspiring writers from Mary ... |
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The continuation and the ending the story from the book Heartless Hunter. ... Love has never been so deadly. A witch... Rune Winters is on the run. Ever since the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, revealed who she was and delivered her into enemy hands, everyone wants her dead. If Rune hopes to survive, she must ally herself with the cruel and dangerous Cressida Roseblood, who's planning to take back the Republic and reinstate a Reign of Witches-something Cressida needs Rune to accomplish. A witch hunter... Apparently it wasn't enough for Rune to deceive Gideon; she's now betrayed him by allying herself with ... |
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In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but ruthless, built a great library that would crumble with the end of his reign. From its ruins, however, emerged a poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, that would infuse the existence of two rivers and bind together three lives. In 1840 London, Arthur is born beside the stinking, sewage-filled River Thames. With an abusive, alcoholic father and a mentally ill mother, Arthur's only chance of escaping destitution is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a leading publisher, Arthur' ... |
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1980. Llewelyn Moss, a Vietnam veteran, is hunting antelope near the Rio Grande when he stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice - leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything. And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life? Savage violence and cruel morality reign in the backwater deserts of Cormac McCarthy' ... |
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Пътят към Ада е осеян с добри намерения! Когато решава да се върне в родния си Видин, Шарки има простичък план - да отвори свой нощен клуб, с който да намери една изгубена част от себе си. Какво може да се обърка? Оказва се - всичко! Попада в стари истории и нови взаимоотношения между някогашните ѝ съученици. Нещата излизат от контрол. Преди да се усети, е изправена пред необходимостта да нарушава човешки и божии закони - заради собствените си разбирания или заради очите на един свещеник. Нищо чудно, че през повечето време има нужда от двойна водка в Ада, за да понася себе си и да не крещи по другите. А когато се ... |
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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. Reporter Kate Jensen investigates the death of a karate master in a 'dojo', a karate training room in London. Another death quickly follows and Kate finds herself drawn into the mystery. The trail takes her to Japan, back to London, and back in time to a crime committed over thirty years earlier. ... |
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"За него никой не знае нищо. Той предпочита да остане такъв - невидим, незабележим, встрани от комплиментите и бурните реакции, на разстояние от суетата, която е сграбчила ежедневието ни. Защото знае кое е по-важно за него - да бъде съпруг, баща, приятел. А поет в света на другите. А как бих искал всъщност да го видим повече хора, за да му се усмихнем, за да му благодарим. За да поздравим автора, а да не притесняваме човека. За да поговорим за езика на философията, която той смело демонстрира в книгата си "Три стръкчета нежност". Притеглящо и запомнящо се заглавие, зад което като нанизи се движат думите, с ... |
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The first novel in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn't kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell."From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible." People "A rip-roaring thriller... One of the truly memorable tough-guy heroes in recent ... |
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"Намери врата към Подземния свят. Открадни душа от ада." Прост план, но хората, които се захващат с това, рядко се връщат обратно. Алекс Стърн обаче е решена да измъкне Дарлингтън от чистилището - дори това да ѝ коства бъдещето в Лета и Йейл. След като им забраняват да правят каквито и да било опити за спасяване, Алекс и Доз не могат да потърсят помощ от Деветия дом, така че събират екип от съмнителни съюзници, за да спасят джентълмена от Лета. Заедно те ще трябва да се справят с мистериозни текстове и странни артефакти, за да разкрият най-строго пазените тайни на обществата, дори да нарушат всяко ... |
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Pixiv has built the world’s largest creation platform, with over 80 million users and over 3 billion page views monthly. Their mission is to build an exciting space for everyone to enjoy and learn various creative activities. Artists in Taiwan and Artists in Korea represents a small fraction of the talented artists actively engaged on pixiv. Clover Press and pixiv are proud to bring these artists to the English reading audience, and to deliver their art beyond the boundaries of region and language. The art of manhwa and manga creation continues to become mainstream on a worldwide basis. We hope these books introduce you ... |
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Работна тетрадка със схеми и тестови въпроси за практически упражнения по биохимия за студенти по медицина. ... |
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Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through-and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can&# ... |
