When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a ... |
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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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"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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Two hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this highly-anticipated follow-up to the The Hurricane Wars. After a lifetime of war, Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands. Now Talasyn must play the part of Alaric's willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign. But a greater threat is rising - the Moonless Dark, a cataclysmic magical event that could devour everything. Only Alaric and Talasyn can stop it. For Alaric, helping Talasyn save their world from this disaster is a mere preface to his father's more sinister schemes. But Talasyn is a ... |
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A novel by the author of "Ellen Foster". "Kaye Gibbons shows us the secret core of a love that easily outlasts death. It's invisible mastery - but mastery all the same". Reynolds Prince ... When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked a woman to do more than help him hitch a mule. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each other ... |
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Lesson one of the scholomance. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered. There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die. El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school. Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Evocative of "the blue remembered hills" of his youth, Alfred Edward Housman's "A Shropshire Lad" is a collection of sixty-three poems of extraordinary beauty and feeling. Set in a semi-imaginary pastoral Shropshire, Housman's verse considers the helplessness of man, the fragility of life and the terrible effects of war, against the background of an achingly beautiful countryside. Inspirational for generations of readers, "A Shropshire Lad", with its sweeping themes of youth and love, has found its way into the canon ... |
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"За първи път излиза книга за Лили Иванова, която съдържа записаното в нейния личен дневник." Валерия Велева В последните 15 години звездното име на българската поп сцена е водила записки с нейни мисли за Бог, за България, за публиката - мисли, които издават дълбоката, точна и вярна преценка за нещата в живота, в музиката и в отношенията между хората. Дневникът на Лили Иванова - това е вътрешният ѝ свят, където тя не допуска никого. Върху белите листове, изписани с красив почерк, сякаш е нарисувана душата ѝ. И когато ги разгръщаш, виждаш една силна и одухотворена личност, която знае какво иска, ... |
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Reimagining work in an age of communication overload. Modern knowledge workers communicate constantly. Their days are defined by a relentless barrage of incoming messages and back and forth digital conversations a state of constant, anxious chatter in which nobody can disconnect, and so nobody has the cognitive bandwidth to perform substantive work. There was a time when tools like email felt cutting edge, but a thorough review of current evidence reveals that the hyperactive hive mind workflow they helped create has become a productivity disaster, reducing profitability and perhaps even slowing overall economic growth. ... |
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With more than 280 entries, this architectural A - Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects are featured with a portrait, concise biography, as well as a description of her or his important work. Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you'll travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudi's Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi's sports and leisure center in a former factory site in São Paulo. You&# ... |
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Това издание е част от серията Книги за ученика на издателство Пан. Поредицата представя литературни произведения, включени в учебната програма за 4. - 11. клас. Текстовете са съобразени с възрастта на читателите. Придружени са с критически анализи и оценки от различни гледни точки, с проблемни въпроси, тематични разработки, животопис - съобразно съвременните методически изисквания. ... |
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Can We settle Space, should we settle Space, and have we really thought this through? Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of original research, and interviews with leading space scientists, engineers and legal experts, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space tech and space business are progressing fast, but we lack ... |
