When Buck is smuggled from his beloved home in the Santa Clara Valley and forced to work as a sled-dog in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon, he must forget the long, lazy Californian days and face a life of constant toil and danger under the whip of cruel or inept masters, where survival itself must be fought for. But with his primal instincts stirred, how long can Buck resist the call of the wild? Set at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is one of the greatest evocations of the natural world, and perhaps the best example of London's famously urgent and vivid style. Contains: Extra material ... |
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Kim Krans illuminates the revelatory power of archetypes - the ancient, universal symbols that have endured across time and cultures and reside deep in our shared psyche. The Wild Unknown Pocket Archetypes Deck fosters a profound understanding of our complex personalities, proclivities, and behaviors. In this pocket-sized edition, The Wild Unknown Pocket Archetypes Deck includes 78 gorgeous circular oracle cards divided into four suits: The Selves, The Places, The Tools, and The Initiations. Each archetype has been carefully selected for its symbolic potency and the lesson at the core of its nature, such as The Poet- ... |
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Buck, a happy, quiet dog living in sunny California, is kidnapped and sent north to begin a new hard life as a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. Read about his adventures and the many problems he has to face in this new cruel world. Discover how he begins to change and how he responds to the Call of the Wild. When The Call of the Wild was published the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately and it is still one the best known stories written by an American author. Connectives, Nouns, Verbs, Present Simple: including verbs not normally used in the continuous form; Present Continuous; Past Simple; Past ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of Buck, a domestic dog who is kidnapped from his home in California and forced to pull sleds in the Arctic wasteland. White Fang, by contrast, is the tale of a crossbreed who is three-quarters wolf and a quarter dog, and who must endure considerable suffering in the wilderness before being tamed by an American and taken to live in California. Extraordinary both for the vividness of their descriptions and the success with which they imagine life from a non-human perspective, Jack London's classics of ... |
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Second book in a fantasy adventure trilogy about witches and forbidden magic from a multi-award-winning author. ... The queen and her raggedy witches have fled, but the kingdom is not yet healed. The castle is haunted by memories of its brutal past. The ghosts are angry, and one of them in particular possesses a magic which may be too much for even Mup and Mam to handle. "Ireland's answer to J.K. Rowling." Sunday Independent ... |
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Mup's dad has been kidnapped by witches, and Mup - along with her mam, brother and dog - must journey to an enchanted world to rescue him. Danger awaits them. Witches Borough is a beguiling place of rhyming crows, talking cats and forbidden magic, ruled by tyrannical queen and her band of raggedy witches. And Mam seems strange on this side of the border - striding, powerful and increasingly distant. Even if they can save her father, Mup knows that nothing will ever be the same again. "Ireland's answer to J. K. Rowling." Sunday Independent ... |
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"The Wild West. The Tall Tale of Rex Rodeo" is a Level 5 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. Activities pages and picture dictionary can be found at the back of each reader. The book can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course. The "Macmillan Children's Readers" series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their ... |
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Every time you draw a card, you open up possibilities. What will appear and what will you see? What lessons could the cards offer up? What aspects of yourself might they reveal? Discover the tarot with Wild Card, a friendly, funny and straightforward guide to the seventy-eight cards, their stories and meanings. At its heart, the tarot is a storytelling device, a deck of symbols and narratives that can spark conversations, inspire ideas, and reveal new perspectives. And you don't need to be psychic to use it: it is a practice that is open to everyone. In this beautifully illustrated guide, tarot readers Jen Cownie ... |
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Чашата на Moses е изработена от двустенна неръждаема стомана и е с вместимост 300 ml. Разполага с карабинер, благодарение на който може да се закрепи към чанта или раница. Изключително удобна е за носене и ползване, когато сте в планината, на пикник у дома или дори в офиса. Внимание: Чашата не е подходяща за поставяне в микровълнова или почистване в съдомиялна машина. Не оставяйте чашата да стои във вода за продължителни периоди, това може да повреди повърхността. Препоръчително е да не се пълни с газирани напитки. ... |
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The sequel to the book Wild Eyes. ... I'd always dreamed of my wedding day. But not like this. Not looking into the eyes of the man who betrayed me. But when my nephew's guardianship is contested, I decide I'll do whatever it takes to keep him in Rose Hill. Even if it means marrying the enemy. Rhys Dupris. A man who is secretive, broody, and completely infuriating. A man whose work takes him away for weeks on end and brings him back covered in mysterious bruises-ones he won't talk about. In fact, we barely talk at all. Which would be fine, except when he's not talking, he's staring. And the way ... |
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Една незабравима северна одисея! Отвлечен от сигурния си дом в Калифорния, хвърлен в борба на живот и смърт в студената арктическа пустош, потомък на санбернар и шотландска овчарка, Бък получава многобройни трудни уроци като куче от впряг. Но най-великият урок научава от последния си господар, Джон Торнтън: за силата на любовта и верността. Но дори когато е до човека, когото обича, Бък чувства един повик в костите си, един копнеж да отговори на своите диви предци, които вият към него от хилядолетията. През 1903 г. Джек Лондон продава Дивото зове на един издател срещу скромния хонорар от 2000 долара и никога повече ... |
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В изданието са включени две творби на Джек Лондон - "Белия зъб" и "Дивото зове". ... За краткия си живот американският писател Джек Лондон (Джон Грифит Чейни, 1876 - 1916) създава огромно творчество и придобива световна известност. Автор е на 23 романа, 20 сборника с разкази, пиеси, есета и стихове. "Белия зъб" и "Дивото зове", описващи суровия и опасен живот в територия Юкон на Канада, са между най-обичаните му произведения. В почти необитаемия дотогава район на река Клондайк по време на златната треска за три години пристигат около 100 000 души. През 1897 г. двайсет и една ... |
