Secrets. Betrayal. Seduction. Welcome to the Alexandrian Society. When the world's best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations. Their members enjoy a lifetime of power and prestige. Yet each decade, only six practitioners are invited - to fill five places. Contenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind's deepest secrets. Reina Mori is a naturalist ... |
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Градът Земя не прилича на никой друг град на света. Той се движи по релси и се стреми неотклонно на север в преследване на оптимума - точката, от която зависи оцеляването му. Градът се управлява от строго йерархична система на гилдии и младият Хелуърд Ман е член на една от тях - Изследователите на бъдещето. Бъдещето е пътят, който предстои на града, миналото - пътят зад него. Дали някой ден това безкрайно пътуване ще свърши? Приключения, опасности и любов в един невъзможен свят след Голямата катастрофа. "Преобърнатият свят" е в списъка на стоте най-добри научнофантастични романи на 20 век и мястото му сред тях е ... |
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Изданието е двуезично - на английски и български език. Всяко произведение има три български превода, направени от Владимир Свинтила, Валери Петров, Евгения Панчева. ... Сонетите на Шекспир увенчават най-представителния и най-бляскав жанр на ренесансовата лирическа поезия. С високия си престиж те допринасят немалко и за несравнимото дълголетие на този жанр, който продължава да предизвика поетите от цял свят като върховно изпитание за художествено майсторство. Уилям Шекспир е смятан за най-значимия автор в англоезичната литература и един от най-видните драматурзи в световната история. Той е наричан често " ... |
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Всяка сценична илюзия се състои от три части: подготовка, изпълнение и „престиж“. ... През 1878 двама млади илюзионисти влизат в конфликт по време на спиритически сеанс. От този момент животът и на двамата се превръща в мрежа от лъжи и разкрития, докато всеки се мъчи да заблуди и изобличи другия. Съперничеството им ги води до върховете на кариерата им, но с ужасни резултати. В стремежа си да се унищожат взаимно, те използват всичките си магьоснически умения – най-висша манипулация и най-тъмна наука. Ще се пролее кръв, но това няма да е достатъчно. Накрая наследството им ще премине към следващите поколения – към потомците ... |
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Видове магии и как да се изчистим от тях сами. ... Представете си, че човек е като съд, пълен с енергия. Когато му направят магия, тази енергия изтича и той започва да боледува. Магиите са опасни, защото ви оставят без здраве, любов, пари и късмет. Истината е, че на всеки може да бъде направена магия, след като свалят защитата, която той има по рождение, дори и да не вярва в магии. От тази книга ще научите всичко, което сте искали да знаете за магиите, но не е имало кого да попитате. И най-ценното - ще разберете защо ви правят магии, кои са хората, които ви ги правят, и как сами да се изчистите от различните видове: ... |
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The sequel to the book A Column of Fire. ... A time of conflict. It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king's grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. Lives intertwined. A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. The dawn of a new age. Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three ... |
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Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight ... |
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A mason with a dream. 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other. A monk with a burning mission. Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce he knows that for his town to survive it must find a way to thrive, and so he makes the decision to build within it the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known. A world of high ideals and savage cruelty. As Tom and Philip meet so begins an epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute ... |
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When Buck is smuggled from his beloved home in the Santa Clara Valley and forced to work as a sled-dog in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon, he must forget the long, lazy Californian days and face a life of constant toil and danger under the whip of cruel or inept masters, where survival itself must be fought for. But with his primal instincts stirred, how long can Buck resist the call of the wild? Set at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is one of the greatest evocations of the natural world, and perhaps the best example of London's famously urgent and vivid style. Contains: Extra material ... |
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Video Game Compendium. Based on a series of Polish novels extremely popular in Eastern Europe, The Witcher games have sold more then 5.5 million copies and collectively won over 250 awards worldwide. There are currently two games available across multiple platforms, and a third is slated for release in 2014. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released in 2014 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Dark Horse is introducing a new series of graphic novels chronicling the adventures of Geralt, a witcher, one of the few remaining monster hunters. Dive deep into the world of monster hunters, as the prominent characters from the universe ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Strange things are going on at the Paris Opera House; a mysterious phantom - a skeleton in dinner dress - is wreaking havoc amongst the singers and backstage staff. But when new managers take over and dismiss the rumours of the Opera Ghost, the terror really begins. Who is the curious figure stalking the stage at night? How can he be in so many places at once, entering and leaving locked rooms at will? And what is his connection to the beautiful and talented young soloist, Christine? "The Phantom of the Opera" is perhaps best known for its many ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10.5 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next - in gipsy caravans and stolen cars, to prison and back to the Wild Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains a timeless tale more than 100 years after its publication. This edition contains all of the sixteen colour illustrations that Arthur Rackham produced for this book; most editions contain only twelve. In addition to this, Rackham's beautiful pen-and- ... |
