Продължението на Магазинче за магии. Терлу Перна нарушава закона, защото е самотна. Тя прави магия и създава разумно магическо растение - паяковидно цвете. Като наказание е превърната в дървена статуя и скрита в ниша в Северната читалня на Великата библиотека на Ализиум. Това би трябвало да е краят на историята ѝ... И все пак един ден Терлу се събужда в зимния студ на почти изоставен остров, осеян със стотици магически оранжерии. Тя е гладна и премръзнала, а единственият друг човек на острова е мрачен градинар. За нейна изненада той ѝ предлага място за спане, чисти дрехи и прясно изпечени медени сладки - ... |
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Магазинче за магии разказва за Кийла - библиотекарка в Голямата библиотека на Алисиум, и нейния асистент - Каз - разумен паяков бръшлян. Двамата прекарват живота си усамотени сред най-ценните книги в империята. Когато избухва революция и библиотеката е обхваната от пламъци, Кийла и Каз бягат, вземайки със себе си толкова книги, колкото могат да носят. Те намират убежище на отдалечен остров, където Кийла никога не е мислила, че ще се завърне - нейния роден дом. За нейно раздразнение, там тя открива досаден, но доста привлекателен съсед, който непрекъснато се появява, за да ѝ помага. Нуждаейки се от средства, Кийла ... |
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Retold by Judith Dean. ... In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee's help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan's daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. Word count: 5.240 ... |
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An essential companion to the Harry Potter books, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is a collection of fairytales from the wizarding world, via the enchanted pen of J.K. Rowling. Rich with allusions and symbols from the Harry Potter stories, and enhanced with fascinating commentary from beloved sage Professor Albus Dumbledore, this is a Hogwarts Library book to treasure and enjoy for years to come. All of the gorgeous, grim and gothic detail of the Bard's five bewitching tales has been brought to life by Chris Riddell, thrice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Much loved by generations of witches and ... |
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In search of a reward, Geralt brings the carcass of a slain creature to a small town where he is told it may be of use to the local sorcerer but the mage isn't who he is alleged to be. In hiding for his life, he requests Geralt's help in slaying the monster who seeks to murder him a young woman said to have been born under the Curse of the Black Sun a prophecy of inborn evil. He declares that she is more a monster than the creature presented before him. Geralt later encounters the woman, who asserts that it is the sorcerer who is the true monster committing unspeakable crimes at the behest of his superstitious ... |
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Fifteen-year-old Sam is not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral, and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. In fact he's ordinary and proud of it. None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam's off to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where everyone's busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands. Sam knows he'll never belong, even if he wanted to. And that's before he ends up on stage wearing nothing but a fur onesie. A brilliantly funny look at fitting in, falling out ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way in to a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden. "The Secret Garden" by "Frances Hodgson Burnett" is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and ... |
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Part Wonder Woman, part Vikings - and all heart. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, god-decreed rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: train to fight and fight to survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield - her brother, fighting with the enemy - the brother she watched die five years ago. Eelyn loses her focus and is captured. Now, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbour is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is ... |
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First Things I Can Do: Saving Our Planet introduces your young child aged 5+ to the importance of looking after our planet and how we can each play a vital role. The book contains: bright, simple, clearly labelled illustrations on every spread; activity panels and charming characters encourage learning and interactivity; includes a giant reduce, reuse, recycle wall poster. With simple text and fun illustrations, First Things I Can Do: Saving Our Planet explores everything that is wonderful about Earth, and gives your child hands-on activities to guide them to reduce, reuse and recycle. This delightful book ... |
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The sequel to the book A Column of Fire. ... A time of conflict. It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king's grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. Lives intertwined. A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. The dawn of a new age. Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three ... |
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Begin your journey into Middle earth. The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor. To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo’s time is running out. Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle earth once more? The third part of J. R. R. Tolkien 's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings. You can also find the book in Bulgarian - Завръщането на краля. ... |
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Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight ... |
