Raised in isolation and home-schooled by her strict grandparents, the only experience Birdie has had of the outside world is through her favourite crime books. But everything changes when she takes a summer job working the night shift at a historic Seattle hotel. There she meets Daniel Aoki, the hotel's charismatic driver, and together they stumble upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer-never before seen in public-is secretly meeting someone at the hotel. To uncover the writer's puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell, and in doing so, realize that the most confounding mystery of all ... |
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Life is a whole lot messier than the movies. ... From the bestselling author of "Night Owls" comes a story of summer, first love and hidden identities. Bailey Rydell has met the boy of her dreams. They share a love of films and talk all day - Alex is perfect. Well, apart from the fact that they've never actually met and neither of them knows the other's real name. When Bailey moves to sunny California to live with her dad, who happens to live in the same town as her online crush, she decides to use all her detective skills to track him down. Turns out, it's not easy finding someone when you don' ... |
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Multilingual Edition (English, French, German). ... First Signs. The origins of modern logos. Countless global brands, including Rolex, BMW, Louis Vuitton, and the New York Yankees, still use logos that were designed over 100 years ago. Yet there has never been a monograph devoted to the origins of logo design. In the second half of the 19th century, the trademark replaced traditional symbols such as the family coat of arms as a promotional and identifying symbol for companies. At first, the designs were often still figurative; only gradually did they develop into the abstract marks that have become fixtures in everyday ... |
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Изданието е триезично - на английски, немски и френски език. ... An unprecedented catalog of modern trademarks. Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which affirmed the power of human beings to reshape their environment and to break, radically, from the conventions or constraints of the past. Less well-known, but no less fascinating, is the distillation of modernism in graphic design. This unprecedented Taschen publication, authored by Jens Muller, brings together ... |
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A Laboratory Guide to Human Physiology is meant for second-year students of the masters' program in Medicine. It includes subjects on the approved education program and a wide variety of exercises that support most areas covered in a human physiology course. In these manuals, an attempt has been made to acquaint the medical students with the experimental and clinical approach to the science of physiology. An attempt is made to give the student an insight into the examination of the more important cardiovascular system, respiratory system and neurophysiology and to enable him, for the practicals outlined, to grasp the ... |
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A Laboratory Guide to Human Physiology is meant for second-year students of the masters' program in Medicine. It includes subjects on the approved education program and a wide variety of exercises that support most areas covered in a human physiology course. In these manuals, an attempt has been made to acquaint the medical students with the experimental and clinical approach to the science of physiology. An attempt is made to give the student an insight into the examination of the more important cardiovascular system, respiratory system and neurophysiology and to enable him, for the practicals outlined, to grasp the ... |
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Книгата е от поредицата "Дунав - обединени в литературата". ... Книгата е мозайка от наблюдения, разсъждения, чувства и спомени. Ключова дума в нея е Петржалка – чудовищен панелен жилищен комплекс в Братислава. Той е не само място на действието или метафора за пространство, а лабиринт, в който почти не можеш да се ориентираш. Жадуваш за промяна, но никога не ще можеш да се измъкнеш. В това опасно място има както реални, така и сюрреалистични обитатели, сред които и един Минотавър... Човек може да си прави всякакви планове в живота. Но независимо дали изпраща отиващото си детство, обекта на зараждащите се трепети, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the stage is set for one of literature's most enduring romances. A beloved classic and undisputed masterpiece, Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" explores class, society, love and religion through the eyes of one of fiction's most unique and ... |
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Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester. However, there is great kindness and warmth in this epic love story, which is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire ... |
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Учебникът подготвя за изпита Cambridge YLE: Starters. ... Aimed at young learners aged 7 to 10, Start! is crafted to help students prepare for the Pre-A1 Starters of the Cambridge English Qualifications. In consists of practice tests at the end of every unit with a review of language taught within units. The digital book is interactive and has self-correcting activities which is crucial for exam preparation. This course includes 16 units packed with activities and exercises and introduces new language in a fun, structured way, with plenty of opportunities for practice especially with the Look & Learn and UK vs US boxes ... |
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mma is considered by many readers to be Jane Austen's crowning achievement, a timeless comedy of manners that lays bare the limits on women's autonomy in Regency England. The disparity between Emma Woodhouse's self-confidence and self-knowledge, and her determination to arrange marriages for her friends while avoiding one for herself, leads to a painful series of misunderstandings for everyone who suffers from her well-meaning altruism - and with Mr Knightley being the only person of her acquaintance who has the good sense to challenge her, Emma must eventually recognize her match in every sense. Long praised ... |
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Born into a poor family, Fanny Price is raised amid the daunting splendour of Mansfield Park by her rich uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Treated as an inferior by most of the family, Fanny forms a close attachment to her cousin Edmund, the only person to show her kindness. With the departure of her uncle to the West Indies and the arrival from London of the fashionable Henry and Mary Crawford, flirtation and romantic intrigue abound. As Fanny becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the conduct of her companions, she finds herself isolated and forced to face the conflict between her sense of integrity and social expectation. ... |
