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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Релефната паста Sirius от CADENCE е водоразтворима, акрилна, среднозърнеста паста с матов релеф. Използва се върху платно, стени и твърди повърхности за създаване на 3D ефекти. Може да се нанася с помощта на шпатула, мистрия, шаблон, арт текстура и техники на свободен стил. Може да се оцвети с акрилна боя, без да се променя консистенцията или да се боядиса след изсъхване. Изсъхва в рамките на 24 часа в зависимост от дебелината и метеорологичните условия. Поради твърдата си текстура, когато е суха, не е подходяща за шлайфане. Произведен е по евронорми (стандарти CE и EN71) и е безопасна за употреба. ... |
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Червилото от "Wet'n'Wild" дарява устните с наситен цвят и металически блясък. Освен това ги поддържа хидратирани, меки и еластични. "MegaLast Liquid Catsuit" е с нежна кремообразна текстура, която се нанася лесно и прецизно с помощта на заострения апликатор. Наситените пигменти във формулата осигуряват интензивен и дълготраен цвят. Блестящите частици отразяват светлината и правят устните съблазнителни. Формулата е обогатена с масло от соя, което хидратира и подхранва деликатната кожа на устните. Вложеният витамин E има антиоксидантно действие и я защитава от свободните радикали. Активните ... |
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The UK and US No. 1 bestseller. Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. ... From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit ... |
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Illustrated by Tony Ross. From Multi-Million bestselling author. ... Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones. There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones. There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones. Of course, there are good dads, and bad dads... "I absolutely love David Walliams ' books, they will become classics." Sue Townsend, Guardian "Dahk finally has a worthy successor." Telegraph ... |
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. In snowy Manhattan a client asks private investigator Nat Marley to help with a family problem. But after someone dies, things turn serious and Marley has an unusual case on his hands. As his client says, 'Snakes and drugs don't go together.' Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book. ... |
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Old Arkhip sits every day by the roots of a wizened, hunchbacked willow, fishing and exchanging whispered stories with the ancient tree. One of these takes Arkhip three decades back in time, to a quiet day in early spring when a strange encounter shook him momentarily from the rural bliss in which he lived, catapulting him into a world of crime, corruption, violence and murder. A quintessential example of Chekhov's artistry, The Willow is here accompanied by thirty-two other short stories - some of them never or rarely translated into English - which are representative of the three main phases of the author’s ... |
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Notes and activities by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan. ... "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." Oscar Wilde One of Oscar Wilde's funniest plays, The Importance of Being Earnest was described by the dramatist as being a trivial comedy for serious people. The satire is biting, as Wilde uses wit and humour to expose some of the trivialities and inconsistencies of Victorian society. The book is part of the Young Adult Readers - Stage 6 C2 series by ELi Publishing. With ELi Link you can access ELi multimedia and audio content. Just frame the page of the selected reader and get the audio directly ... |
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600+ jokes, riddles and questions for enjoyable conversations with kids. Unlock the heart and mind of today's kids aged 5 to 13. A guidebook full with more than 600 interesting jokes, riddles and questions. Small paths that lead imperceptibly to a good time. Time, whem children and parents spend time together, chat calmly, laugh, make up unbelievable stories, talk about serious incidents, create happy memories. Time, fulfilled with smiles, curious eyes and children's laughter. Time, which charges the adults and switches them off the stress, tiredness and problems. Time, which makes children confident, interesting, ... |
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Gon and his friends Leorio and Kurapika have more to worry about than just the Hunter Exam - their fellow applicants are deadly serious. Hisoka, the mad magician, nearly kills them in a mock test and Killua reveals that appearances can be deceiving. Then there are the tests, which prove to be as varied as they are difficult. The picky proctors of the second exam demand the applicants perform culinary feats of wonder, and it takes the intervention of the President of the Hunter Association Review Board to convince them to let anyone pass at all! The book is part of the Hunter x Hunter series by Yoshihiro Togashi. ... |
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Includes vols. 1, 2 and 3. ... Plucky Gon's quest to find his dad leads him into a whole world of crazy adventure. Hunters dedicate their lives to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other people. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass earn the right to call themselves Hunters. When country boy Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter, he embarks across the perilous sea to take the Hunter Exam. After he finally finds the elusive Exam Hall, the other Hunter hopefuls ... |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer charts the escapades of a thirteen-year-old boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi. Testing the patience of his aunt Polly, the bold and sharp-witted Tom Sawyer frequently skips school in search of excitement, and the scrapes he gets into with his friend Huckleberry Finn range from innocent japes to more serious events such as the witnessing of a murder. One of the most popular and influential American novels, Mark Twain's masterpiece is at the same time a highly entertaining romp which celebrates youth and freedom and a more profound investigation of his times, touching on ... |
