Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni. But as she is about to learn, it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with. Dodging doctor's orders, she joins an art class where she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eighty-three-year-old from the next ward. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years. To celebrate their shared century, they decide to paint their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person ... |
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There is only one Cher and for seven decades she has been showing us why. Cher holds the attention of the world with her voice, her acting, her style, her wit and her unstoppable spirit. Now, for the first time, she tells her story in her own voice - as honest as it is hilarious, as powerful as it is perceptive. Cher's childhood was anything but normal. As her mother Georgia - blessed with movie-star looks and a knockout voice - moved them around the country over and again in the hope of finding fame, her school life wasn't straightforward. But she always knew she was going to be somebody when she grew up. Cher ... |
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The brand new read-in-one-sitting mystery from the author of unforgettable bestseller "The Goldfish Boy". Maxwell is always in trouble. He's a total menace to his teachers and big sister, but has a soft side, too: he rescued his dog, Monster, from being run over and checks on his elderly neighbour after school. One day, while looking through a mysterious cabinet of curiosities, Maxwell finds himself erased from his life: it's as if he's never been born. At first, being able to walk around without being yelled at is great, but Maxwell starts to miss his old life. And, if he'd never existed, then ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The eccentric Mortmain family have been rattling around in a vast, decrepit castle for years, gradually slipping into financial ruin. Mortmain is crippled by writer's block, while his beautiful second wife Topaz struggles to be a dutiful stepmother to Rose, Cassandra and Thomas. Rose needs a husband, Thomas an education but Cassandra lives for her writing. Through her gloriously witty and shrewd diaries, she chronicles the trials of family life, the impact on their prospects of the arrival of a glamorous American family, and the agonies of falling in ... |
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#1 New York Times Bestselling author. ... Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that ... |
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Тефтерът е с атрактивен дизайн и ще се превърне в страхотно допълнение към всяка фен колекция. Той е с формат А5 (14.8 x 21 cm) и има ластиче-държач за химикалка за удобство при използване. Подходящ е за всички фенове на Star Wars. Характеристики: с широки редове; брой листове: 120; хартия: бяла (офсетова); формат: A5; твърда корица; разделителна лента; ластиче-държач за химикалка или молив. ... |
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The first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is the story of Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke: welcome to the ballrooms of Regency London... Can there be any greater challenge to London's Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke? Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1813 By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's sister, the lovely - and almost-on-the-shelf - Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth - it's all an elaborate plan to keep Simon free from marriage-minded ... |
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It looked like love. It felt like love. But this isn't a love story. Amelie fell hard for Reese. And she thought he loved her too. But she's starting to realise that real love isn't supposed to hurt like this. So now she's retracing their story, revisiting all the places he made her cry. Because if she works out what went wrong, perhaps she can finally learn to get over him."A powerful, vital gut-punch." Laura Bates ... |
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Това, което човечеството е научило в миналото за творението, е това, което съществуванието не е - и в това е парадоксът! ... Пробуди се и осъзнай, че всеки човек ще изгради своето тяло от светлина, независимо дали това ще стане сега или по-късно. Възнесението не е запазена територия за Буда или Христос или за многото други Учители - това е твое рождено право. Твоята съдба не е сведена до боготворене на това съвсем начално ниво, наречено Възнесение, а те води към неговото директно преживяване! Буда и Христос ще бъдат първите, които ще признаят това. Махатма е за тези, които са мотивирани да намерят отговори, които ... |
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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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Ниво: B1 / B2 ... Боби Ръд има посещение от непознат. Неговата история отвежда Боби в Лос Анджелис и миналото му. Един стар случай е повдигнат отново. Направил ли е грешка тогава? И може ли сега да опази красивата Ейми? Детективският роман съдържа много обяснения на думите, географската информация, загадки и задачи. В центъра на криминалната поредица за читателките и читатели с основни познания по английски (B1 / B2) стои полицейският детектив Боби Ръд. Едно опитно и упорито ченге от големия град се връща към своите корени и трябва да се справи със спокойния живот във Флорида. Но там все още има един случай... ... |
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For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary. But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's long-dead wife? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With ... |