Abridged, introduced and annotated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Ibn Battutah - ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist - was just twenty-one when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years, travelling instead through more than forty countries on the modern map, covering seventy-five thousand miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, ... |
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At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside. When 12 year old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds. But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are ... |
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С тази книжка на "Melissa & Doug" детето ви ще вдъхне живот на тези лабиринти и картини само с магията на водата. Книжката съдържа рисунки на сателити, планети и космическа станция. Страниците са бели и могат да се използват многократно. А когато водата изсъхне, цветовете ще избледнеят и рисунките могат да бъдат оцветени отново и отново. Книжката включва 4 страници, свързани със спирала и "магически" маркер, който се пълни с вода. Има подложка, изработена от твърд картон, което я прави идеална за рисуване по време на път. Размерите на книжката са 25.4 / 15.24 / 3.81 cm. ... |
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Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside. Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be ... |
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Pack your suitcase for the final magical adventure at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency! Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers in their roles as part of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the Society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it's up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of ... |
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Icon painting in Bulgaria is closely connected with the historical destiny of the Bulgarian people and with Christianity adopted in 865 as official state religion. That was the time of the emergence of a new pictorial system, interpreted and evolved on the basis of a rich ancient artistic heritage of the Graeco-Roman and Thracian cultures, but subordinated to the traditions and lifestyle of the proto-Bulgarian and Slavonic tribes, a fact which makes it so original. The ceramic icons made in the late 9th and early 10th century in Preslav, the capital of the First Bulgarian state and the surrounding monasteries reveal the ... |
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An Era of the Invincible. The making of household heroes and mythological universes. It was an age of mighty heroes, misunderstood monsters, and complex villains. With the publication of Fantastic Four No. 1 in November 1961, comics giant Marvel inaugurated a transformative era in pop culture. Through the next two decades, the iconic Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the X-Men leapt, darted, and towered through its pages. Captain America was resurrected from his 1940s deep-freeze and the Avengers became the World’s Greatest Super Heroes. Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and dozens more were added to the pantheon, each with ... |
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Докато всичките им приятели са на вълнуващи места през лятната ваканция, близнаците Бинкъртън, Ема и Джош, скучаят у дома с малката си сестра Либи. Но всичко бързо се променя, когато попадат в призрачната Туристическа агенция Назад във времето, където собственикът ѝ Джулиан Т. Петигрю им връчва някакъв стар пътеводител. Джош отваря с любопитство странната книга, изведнъж нещо проблясва и децата Бинкъртън разбират, че са се пренесли назад във времето - в Древен Египет! Така започва вълнуващо приключение, изпълнено с крокодили, грабители на гробници и много ядосани стражи. Единственият начин да се върнат в настоящето ... |
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Когато се озовават неподготвени в разгара на ужасна буря, близнаците Бинкъртън, Ема и Джош, и малката им сестричка Либи, намират подслон там, където се бяха зарекли никога да не стъпват отново, а именно в туристическата агенция Назад във времето. Този път любопитството на Либи ги забърква в неприятности. Макет на дълъг кораб привлича вниманието ѝ и докато Джош и Ема успеят да възразят, всички се оказват пренесени назад във времето в епохата на викингите. Децата Бинкъртън бързо осъзнават, че животът на викингите не е за страхливци: опасните за живота спортни състезания, рисковите набези и бурните морски експедиции ... |
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This Reader aims to reveal the ideals and the principles, on which modern societies are based. These are, of course, political in the sense that they underpin the life of the polis - of that political society, in which people live, in which people live, communicate and interact as citizens. Dealing with modern societies, the story here is the story of the West. The West is based on equality and the respect of human rights and civic freedoms. Elsewhere, it is power, traditions or religions that from the basis of human rights and human organisation. The Reader traces the evolution of this right from the beginning - from ... |
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A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of Klimt's major works alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged access to the artist's archive. With top quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous golden phase when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to ... |
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The reigning romance queens (PopSugar) and New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation present a charming and laugh-out-loud funny novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love. Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession... or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke's coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn't leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back ... |
