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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Рано сутринта, август 1975 г.: лагерен възпитател открива празно легло. Изчезнала е Барбара ван Лаар. Но тя не е обикновено тринадесетгодишно момиче - тя е дъщеря на семейството, което притежава летния лагер и дава работа на повечето жители в района. А това не е първият път, когато дете от семейство ван Лаар изчезва. Преди четиринадесет години безследно е изчезнал и по-големият ѝ брат. Докато започва паническо издирване, се разгръща напрегната драма. Преследвайки пластовете от тайни в семейството ван Лаар и в работническата общност, която живее в сянката им, романът на Лиз Мур въвежда читателя в една богата и ... |
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The year is 1547. In London, two boys from different families live very different lives. One is Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England; the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief. One day they meet and their lives change forever. What happens when the two boys wear each others clothes? Why does the prince need the help of a poor man? Who becomes king when Henry VIII dies? And how can a beautiful gold object save the prince? Mark Twain's classic story of two young boys who swap lives has the answers. "A few minutes later, Tom was wearing the prince's expensive clothes and the hat with purple ... |
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The two men arrived in a taxi. ‘Are you Harry Fletcher?’ the older man called out. ‘That’s me,’ I replied. ‘Welcome aboard the Wave Dancer.’ ‘Don’t I know you?’ the taller man said. ‘You’re from London, aren’t you?’ ‘Yes, but I haven’t been there for years,’ I answered. ‘Now about the fishing,’ I went on quickly. ‘We’ll have to leave early tomorrow morning.’ ‘We’re not going fishing,’ the older man said. ‘We’re going diving.’ He threw some money on the table. I did not ask any questions. It was much more money than I had asked for. ... |
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Illustrated by Annie Farrall. ... "– Where do you live? - asked Paul. – In the big white house on the hill - said Maria. – Where do you live? – In the little brown house near the market - said Paul. They laughed. But Paul was sad. The house on the hill was big and important. Maria was rich and he was poor. And Paul was in love." Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanreaders.com. ... |
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10 нестандартни закона, с които да преосмислиш живота си и да постигнеш успех по собствените си правила. Ами ако поставиш под въпрос всичко, което смяташ за истина, и се освободиш от всичко, което те спира? С „The Code of the Extraordinary Mind“ това е възможно. Научи се да мислиш като най-ярките творчески умове на нашето време — да задаваш въпроси, да оспорваш правилата и да създаваш нови представи за любовта, образованието, духовността, работата, щастието и смисъла на живота. „The Code of the Extraordinary Mind“ е своеобразна карта за препрограмиране на ума — книга, която ни учи как да „хакнем“ начина, по който работим, ... |
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Наръчникът "The Common english" синтезира най-важното от лексикалния и фразеологичен фонд на съвременния английски език и представлява мощно помагало за онези, които го изучават. Книгата предлага и някои прости идеи за обогатяване на вашия речников запас. Тук ще намерите: 1000 най-често използвани думи в английския език, изведени на базата на задълбочени статистически изследвания; 400 най-важни съществителни имена, 300 глагола, 300 прилагателни и 150 наречия, които трябва да знаете; 300 най-често срещани двойки думи с противоположни значения; 100 основни разлики между британския и американския английски, ... |
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Научи езика за 20 дни. Самоучителят покрива нива A1 и A2 по Общата европейска езикова рамка. Настоящият самоучител е предназначен за всеки, който започва обучението си по испански език. Разделен е на 18 теми, два преговорни раздела, включва упражнения и отговори към тях. Във всяка тема по достъпен и забавен начин се поднася новата информация - текст, кратък списък от думи и граматика. Включени са още: план за разпределение на материала според вашето свободно време; схема за оценяване на напредъка ви; база данни от сайтове за онлайн учене на испански език; подробно обяснена граматика; най-необходимото за всеки ... |
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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 ... |
