The second book of The Powerless Trilogy. Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they'd always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn - an Ordinary - has been selected for The Purging Trials, which means almost certain death. Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, it's a mysterious man from the market who comes to her rescue. Mak's shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot. And as the pair team up to see ... |
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"Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie the Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders... " The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood include Pooh Bear using a balloon to get honey, Piglet meeting a Heffalump, and Eeyore having a birthday. For nearly 70 years, Milne's classic story about young Christopher Robin and his adventures with his friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood has captivated readers of all ages. ... |
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Decorations by E. H. Shepard. ... "Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders." Meet the world's favourite bear in this delightful collection in which Pooh gets into a tight place, nearly catches a Woozle, and discovers the wrong sort off honey - amongst other things. ... |
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Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry. Edited by Katerina Stoykova. ... "The Season of Delicate Hunger" brings us more than thirty Bulgarian poets whom the translators and editor successfully make us feel we need to listen to. The anthology is a valuable introduction to a wide variety of voices most of us have never heard before. The book comes as a gift both to international understanding and to American literature." J. Kates, Editor of "In The Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era" ... |
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"Кървим за онези, които обичаме най-много." Кръвта е власт в този мрачен и завладяващ готически роман за погубващата сила на любовта. Марион Шоу расте сред недоимък и лишения в безнадеждния град Прейн. Мечтата ѝ да промени живота си минава през обвитата в мистерия длъжност на кръвна девица, символ на разкош и поквара. Всеки знае, че там, на север, отвъд зоната на бурите, която само нощният влак може да прекоси, богати благородници живеят в лукс и пият хищнически кръвта на тези, които им служат, за да церят различните си болести. И точно там, сред изолирани и мрачни благороднически имения с причудливи ... |
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Втора книга от трилогията "Игрите на глада". Бестселър на New York Times. ... Прехвърчат искри. Пожарът се разраства. И Капитолът иска отмъщение. В руините на някогашната Северна Америка се намира държавата Панем с блестящата си столица Капитол и дванадесетте ѝ окръга. Капитолът е безмилостен и държи окръзите в подчинение, като ги принуждава да изпращат по едно момче и едно момиче на възраст между дванадесет и осемнадесет на ежегодните Игри на глада – реалити шоу, предавано на живо по телевизията. В "Игрите на глада" може да победи само един. И гледането е задължително! Колкото и да е ... |
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Основната задача на учебника е да създаде у студентите умения и навици за четене с разбиране, за разкриване на логическите връзки в текста, да им даде основните насоки при самостоятелната работа с оригинален научно-технически текст. Езиковият материал е поднесен на базата на функционално-семантичния принцип, като се използва комуникативният подход при разработване на учебните единици. Важно! Изданието е на много години и наличните бройки не са в перфектния вид, в който обичайно са книгите, които предлагаме. ... |
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On his return to London after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War as an assistant surgeon, Doctor Watson is looking for a place to live. He is introduced to a certain Mr Holmes, an eccentric, pipe-smoking gentleman who shows an interest in chemistry and is currently engaged in a test to detect human haemoglobin. What begins as a simple house-sharing enquiry soon turns into a fully fledged study in scarlet, a case of blood, murder and betrayal that will transport the reader from the streets of London to the early settlements of Salt Lake City in Utah... The book is part of the Alma Junior Classics series by Alma ... |
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Die Welt der Ornamente. L'Univers de L'ornement. Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history's most elegant patterns and ornamental designs. "The World of Ornament" brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet’s L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875 - 1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile and ceramic ornament. ... |
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One of the crucial questions, which emerges in the process of the EU expansion is "How to avoid the alienation of the values and rights from the vivid culture of the European nations?" No doubt, they should not be limited to formal principles of communication. The point is to determine what should be done within the frame of politics, economy, education, healthcare, legislation, art, etc. in order to implement the principles of the European culture as guidelines for European citizens. Discussing rights and values in the Enlarging EU, it is usually assumed that the new member states are going to adopt the ... |
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Nadeshiko and the girls have come home from their two-night trip in Izu, and they're already thinking about when and where to camp next. The next destination is... a day camp at Ena's place?! And while that's going on, looks like Rin is corresponding with a certain someone... The book is part of the Laid-Back Camp series by Afro. ... |
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In traditional societies, the individual exists only as far as taking its place in a group, a place that is often destined from birth in a social hierarchy. It is governed by the collective beliefs, rules and norms shared by all present that are not in dispute, because they come "from above" - transcendence based on social connections and "pre" - mythical past and valuable. The modern man of the XXI-the century chooses his preferred beliefs and values in a pluralistic world, where conflicting values co-exist and are subject to the critique of reason. The past is no longer a perfect world, ... |