Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Alex is a thirty-year-old art gallery assistant and hopelessly in love with her boss, Brad. Then, an incident at the gallery means they have to spend a few days at Brad's country house. This is Alex's opportunity to impress but nothing seems to go the way she planned. A surprise guest and a Christmas party help Alex to discover what she really, really wants. ... |
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An engaging and in depth examination of the work of Christopher Nolan, one of the most revered directors working in modern cinema. Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, over the course of 15 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made. This comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of one of modern films most celebrated, successful and intriguing auteurs, Christopher Nolan. How has Nolan become this leading director? Is he the new Kubrick? What do audiences get out of his games? Visually, he ... |
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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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"Far from the Danube" is the story of an extraordinary woman who rescued a heavily wounded knight from a battlefield in northern Bulgaria and managed to return him to a less than grateful family in Normandy, just as the Hundred Years War was about to start. Set against the national and religious conflicts of the early 15th century this is a powerful account of a hazardous journey into exile and of a love between Maria Iskra and Gilles Guiton that flew in the face of contemporary mores, given that as a knight of St John, Gilles had taken a vow of chastity. Based on a recorded meeting between English King Henry V ... |
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An official Stranger Things novel. Before Hawkins... New York City was Hopper's beat. ... His last big case before everything changed... Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is a quiet first Christmas with his adopted daughter, but when Eleven finds a cardboard box marked "New York", the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins? What does "Vietnam" mean? And why has he never talked about New York? New York City, 1977. Returning from Vietnam to his young family and a new beat as an NYPD detective, Hopper soon slips back into civilian life. But after shadowy federal agents show up ... |
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Вдъхновен от любовта си към Гърция и подкрепен от богатите си познания за нея, Кристофър Бакън се впуска в забележително проучване на една от най-подценяваните кухни в Европа. Той изследва традициите и историята на осем елемента от гръцката кухня - маслините, хляба, рибата, сиренето, варивата, виното, месото и меда - и обикаля в търсене на най-добрите образци от тях. Бере маслини на Тасос, пече хляб на Крит, яде мед от мащерка на Китира и научава защо Наксос е най-хубавото място за производство на сирене на Цикладите. На страниците на тази увлекателна книга Бакън изразява своята почит към разговорите, приятелството и ... |
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Is she their salvation or their destruction? During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she’s delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn’t at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity’s greatest and final hope..."Action- ... |
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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalising article in The Times about this missing woman. An article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford... and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career. First published in 1992, "The Way Through the Woods" strikes the perfect balance between the best of Colin Dexter's cantankerous detective, and the character as portrayed in the hugely successful television adaptation starring John Thaw. Ingenious and affecting, this modern crime novel will endure as a ... |
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For the first time ever, a very special edition of the classic masterpiece, illustrated throughout in colour by the author himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 150 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume hardback edition contains ... |
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Continuing the story begun in "The Hobbit", all three parts of the epic masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings", in one paperback. Features the definitive edition of the text, fold-out flaps with the original two-colour maps, and a revised and expanded index. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an ... |
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По хитовия филм "Отмъстителите" с 8 цветни страници. ... Ник Фюри и ЩИТ са изправени срещу враг, който сам човек не може да победи. Затова Фюри се заема да събере най-силните герои на Земята и да ги обедини в отряда на "Отмъстителите"! Присъединете се към Железния човек, Капитан Америка, Тор, Хълк, Черната вдовица и Ястребово око, докато се сражават с измамника от Асгард Локи, който възнамерява да пусне в действие опасна и могъща сила срещу Земята. Ако Локи успее, светът, какъвто го познаваме, ще се промени завинаги – към по-лошо! Могат ли Отмъстителите да действат заедно и да спасят човечеството от ... |
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Вашият пътеводител в един неразкрит свят на тайнствени обреди и ритуали. Независимо дали сте скептици или истински вярващи, това увлекателно и пълно с най-новата информация ръководство, ще ви запознае с някои от най-известните теории на конспирацията като Зона 51 и убийството на Джон Кенеди, и ще ви представи такива тайнствени организации като масоните, нинджите, Мафията и Розенкройцерите. Разграничавайки фактите от измислиците, ще можете да проучите тяхното глобално влияние върху днешното общество. В книгата можете да: проверите една теория на конспирацията; разпознаете едно мрачно тайно общество; оцените ролята ... |
