Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "A Tale of Two Cities", a story of revolution, revenge and sacrifice, is one of Charles Dickens most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Dr Manette, wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years, is finally released and reunited with his daughter Lucie who, despite her French ancestry, has been brought up in London. Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay, who has abandoned both wealth and title in France because of his ... |
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From the author of "Small Great Things" and "A Spark of Light" comes a "powerful" novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives. Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She's on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong. Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. ... |
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It is getting dark over the mountain lake; the passing winter freezes the quiet northern land. A little boy dressed in fur, girded with a sword decorated with a raven head, struggles with uneven terrain, mud, and unbearable load - the remains of his father - Edsgar, the mighty warrior of the Great North. A stream of white light splashes from the sky to the funeral pyre. A ringing sound fills everything around. It is as if billions of metal particles are sprinkled on a steel shield. Edsgar bids farewell to Erik, the lovely Valkyries take on the spirit of the warrior, and he flies with them to the gates of Valhalla to take ... |
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If the truth doesn't get him. Harry Bosch volunteers on cold cases for a small police department outside LA. When a rare double murder shakes the town, the local detectives look to Bosch. Their investigation will expose a sinister network hiding in plain sight, leaving a trail of broken lives in its wake. The lies will. But before Bosch can find justice for the victims, he must find it for himself. Because a death row prisoner is claiming Bosch framed him - and that new DNA evidence proves it. The case seems watertight, leaving Bosch out in the wilderness with only one person to help clear his name: Mickey Haller, The ... |
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В рамките на нашето загадъчно съществуване, във Вселената работят духовни закони, толкова действителни, колкото е и законът за гравитацията, и толкова постоянни, колкото е ходът на небесните тела. Ако животът ни стане съзвучен с тези закони, ние можем да преобразим своите взаимоотношения, кариера, финансово състояние и здраве. Казано най-просто, те могат да направят живота ни по-добър. В "Законите на Духа" Дан Милман ни предлага поучителен разказ за срещата си с една изключително мъдра жена по време на преход в планината. Повествованието се развива през един-единствен уикенд в пустошта, по време на който тази ... |
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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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The book behind the second season of "Game of Thrones", an original series now on HBO. No. 1 "New York Times" bestselling author. ... In this eagerly awaited sequel to "A Game of Thrones", George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. "A Clash of Kings" transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced. A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for ... |
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"The Silver Citadel. From up here, this symbol of our power appears eternal. But it's an illusion, nothing more. Fire is sweeping through Celonia. And if we do nothing, I fear Solanum too will burn." Из книгата Aderyn took the throne in a bid to avert civil war. But three months on, her grip on the crown is as precarious as ever. Fears are growing that the flightless of Solanum will be the next to rise up, and enemies old and new soon threaten Aderyn's rule and the lives of those she loves. Staking everything on a final attempt to save her nation, Aderyn must fly to uncharted territories and forge ... |
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Над планинското езеро притъмнява, отиващата си зима сковава притихналата северна земя. Малко момче, облечено в кожи, препасано с меч, украсен с гарванова глава, се бори с неравния терен, калта и непосилния си товар - тленните останки на неговия баща - Едсгар, могъщият войн на великия Север. Поток от бяла светлина плисва от небесата към погребалната клада. Звънлив звук изпълва всичко наоколо. Сякаш милиарди метални частици се посипват върху стоманен щит. Едсгар се обръща към Ерик за последно сбогом, прелестните валкирии поемат духа на война и той полита с тях към двери на Валхала, за да заеме достойното си място до Один. ... |
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"The Wild West. The Tall Tale of Rex Rodeo" is a Level 5 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. Activities pages and picture dictionary can be found at the back of each reader. The book can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course. The "Macmillan Children's Readers" series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their ... |
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Perfect for fans of Erin Stead and Emily Winfield Martin, here is a charming paperback picture book about two friends who enter a fairy-tale world hoping to find an exciting story to tell. When best friends Fern, a bear, and Otto, a cat, go searching for an exciting story in the forest, they have different ideas about what that means. Fern thinks they should stop and watch a race between a tortoise and a hare, but Otto worries that a tortoise is too slow to be exciting. Fern thinks listening to the three brothers talking about how to build a house is incredibly interesting, but Otto isn't convinced. Along the way, ... |
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A psycholinguistic analysis of editorials concerning 9/11. ... "Life and Death in a Time of Terror" is a psycholinguistic study of how 270 editorials from five different newspapers sought to make sense of an initially incomprehensible set of events: the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, DC and a United Airlines jet flying over a field somewhere in rural Pennsylvania. What made this a pressing task in 2001 was that not only did these attacks produce some 3000 deaths (many as horrible as can possibly be imagined), the destruction of two of America's largest ... |
