Моят живот от улиците на Ню Йорк до "Харвард". ... Истинска история за прошка, оцеляване и дългия път от улицата до дипломата от "Харвард". "Да дочакаш утрото" е книга изповед за живота на момиче, израснало в семейство на наркозависими. Останала без дом и родители, 15-годишната Лиз Мъри се впуска в своето необикновено приключение, което накрая ще я отведе до университета "Харвард". Пътят дотам е осеян с предизвикателства, безкрайни трудности и ежедневни лишения, но Лиз не губи надеждата си за по-добър живот. Жестоката съдба я поставя в опасни ситуации, принудена е да краде храна, за ... |
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От авторката на романа "Трябва да поговорим за Кевин". Кей и Сирил Уилкинсън са медици, те познават болестта, познават и най-унизителното лице на старостта. Затова на около петдесет, докато са все още жизнени, съпрузите решават да се самоубият едновременно щом навършат осемдесет и така да избегнат унизителното падение. На моменти затрогващо комичен, на моменти ироничен, на моменти смразяващо сериозен, романът описва паралелните светове на различни евентуални сценарии за бъдещето на Кей и Сирил. Какво ще пропуснат, ако не дочакат естествената си кончина и сложат край на живота си по-рано: нещо страхотно или нещо ... |
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"Искате бели нощи? Как да ви кажа - единственият начин е да си издрапате до тях през черните дни. И не, не съм черногледа или цялата в бяло - животът е такъв, редуват се нещата, както денят и нощта се редуват, горе-долу поравно. Даром даденото също трябва да се плати. Всичко, което искаш в този живот, трябва да си го изработиш. Има ли, питате, такава любов? Има, разбира се. Всяка любов е такава. Когато две любови се срещнат и се познаят, тогава са белите нощи. Дори посред бял ден. Адски е просто, затова не можете да го разберете, все усложнявате. Отвътре навън, не обратното. Малко като в приказката за златната вода ... |
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Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, a ... |
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In search of a reward, Geralt brings the carcass of a slain creature to a small town where he is told it may be of use to the local sorcerer but the mage isn't who he is alleged to be. In hiding for his life, he requests Geralt's help in slaying the monster who seeks to murder him a young woman said to have been born under the Curse of the Black Sun a prophecy of inborn evil. He declares that she is more a monster than the creature presented before him. Geralt later encounters the woman, who asserts that it is the sorcerer who is the true monster committing unspeakable crimes at the behest of his superstitious ... |
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Fifteen-year-old Sam is not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral, and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. In fact he's ordinary and proud of it. None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam's off to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where everyone's busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands. Sam knows he'll never belong, even if he wanted to. And that's before he ends up on stage wearing nothing but a fur onesie. A brilliantly funny look at fitting in, falling out ... |
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One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world’s most famous paintings, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and mechanic epitomized the great flowering of human consciousness that marks his era. "Leonardo da Vinci. The Graphic Work" features top-quality reproductions of 663 of Leonardo's drawings, more than half of which reside in the Royal Collection of Windsor Castle. From anatomical studies to architectural plans, from complex engineering designs to pudgy infant portraits, delve in and ... |
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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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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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Begin your journey into Middle earth. The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor. To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo’s time is running out. Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle earth once more? The third part of J. R. R. Tolkien 's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings. You can also find the book in Bulgarian - Завръщането на краля. ... |
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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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The Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller. A book of hope for uncertain times. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The conversations of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, hung on hospital walls and turned into tattoos. In Charlie's first book, you will find his most-loved illustrations and some new ones too."The World that I am required to inhabit is this one. But the world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has ... |
