The great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by Neil Gaiman. Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic, and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who spurns those who seek to control her. From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, ... |
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В сянката на битието е книга със специфична тематика, фокусирана върху тъмната страна, с която всеки индивид се сблъсква в определен етап от живота си. Чрез кратки художествени разкази тя отразява картината на съвремието и последиците от апогея на посредствеността, в която се преплитат човешките съдби. Всяка глава на книгата започва с цитати от класически литературни произведения. И това не е случайно! Основната причина бе нагледно да се покаже, че велики класици, сътворили гениални шедьоври още преди векове, са се опитвали да насочват хората към хуманност и човечност; сякаш интуитивно са усещали, че ако човечеството не ... |
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Живеем в свят на бездушие, свят без ценностна система, свят, лишен от мечти и смисъл, подчинен на две думи: пари и власт. Борейки се за физическото си оцеляване, потискаме дълбоко духовните си нужди. Подвластни на егоизма, изолираме себе си и обвиняваме в деградация обществото като цяло, забравяйки, че ние сме част от него. Това ни срива не само морално, но уврежда нашата психика и физическо тяло. Как да се абстрахираме от заобикалящия ни корпоративен материализъм, за да съхраним вътрешното си Аз? В "Под звуците на съдбата" Пепи Ниетер разкрива пред вас практични насоки, базирани на личен опит, за това как да ... |
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Най-актуалният речник за изучаващите и ползващите немски език. ... "Новият българско-немски речник" е съобразен с последните правописни промени в двата езика и съдържа над 100 000 български и немски думи и изрази. Тук ще намерите както общи понятия и фрази, така и специализирана лексика, които отразяват промените в информационните технологии, медицината, икономиката, правото и други сфери на социалния живот. Словникът, съобразен със съвременната езикова ситуация в българската и немскоезичните общности, отразява и по-старото състояние на книжовните езици. Немските еквиваленти са избрани въз основа на потенциални ... |
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Illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love. ... "Kevin Crossley-Holland is the master." Neil Gaiman The gods of the Vikings come to life as never before in this extraordinary illustrated anthology by Carnegie Medal-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland and artist Jeffrey Alan Love. These dramatic, enthralling and atmospheric tales are based on the Scandinavian myth cycle - one of the greatest and most culturally significant stories in the world - and tell of Odin with his one eye, Thor with his mighty hammer and Loki, the red-haired, shape-shifting trickster. In this stunning collection of myths, the strange world of ... |
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Funny rhymes and crazy creatures to make you giggle! ... With 121 possible combinations! What do you get when you cross a goat with a turkey? Why, a gurkey of course! What about a pig with a sheep? Well, that would be a peep, naturally! A very silly book that the whole family will enjoy. ... |
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Funny rhymes and crazy creatures to make you giggle! ... With 121 possible combinations! What do you get if you cross a whale with a jellyfish? Why, a whellyfish of course! And how about a lobster and an octopus? Well, that would be a lobstopus! More crazy creatures and silly names from best-selling illustrator, Axel Scheffler. ... |
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Funny rhymes and crazy creatures to make you giggle! ... With 121 possible combinations! What do you get if you cross a leopard and a armadillo? Well, that would be a leopadillo! And what about a porcupine and a chameleon? Why, a porceleon, obviously! More silly animals and bonkers words from best-selling illustrator, Axel Scheffler. ... |
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When Luna’s family win an island, Luna thinks it will solve everything AND she can finally get a donkey! But things don’t go entirely to plan - no one expects Luna’s younger brother to win a Sheep Pageant, for example – and the secret festival they hold soon spirals out of control. But the island is beautiful, and the family are happy, and maybe Luna will get her donkey after al. ... |
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Illustrator: Davide Ortu. ... Kit can’t STAND reading, She’d MUCH rather be outside, playing games and getting muddy, than stuck inside with a book. But when she’s dragged along to the library one day by her two best friends, she makes an incredible discovery - and soon it’s up to Kit and her friends to save the library.... and the world. ... |
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I could have been one too, except i needed a wee.... Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. ... Luke is a comic-mad eleven-year old who shares a treehouse with his geeky older brother, Zack. Luke' s only mistake is to go for a wee right at the wrong time. While he' s gone, an alien gives his undeserving, never-read-a-comic-in-his-life brother superpowers and then tells him to save the universe. Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world... "You'll laugh until you fall out of ... |
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And my toaster is taking over the world... By the winner of the waterstones children's book prize. Cover artwork by Robin Boyden. ... Luke’s dad has bought a lot of gadgets recently and not one of them works as it’s supposed to. Maybe it’s because a machine-from-the-future is stalking Bromley, playing havoc with all the tech and trying to stop Star Lad going on a date. Could this be the Rise of the Machines? Luke knows what he must do - he just needs his fellow SCARF members to help, or it will be the end of everything... ... |
