The story of a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die. ... Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the "natural wonders" of their state, both Finch and Violet ... |
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"Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary" е най-продаваният речник за напреднали в света за изучаващите английски език. 10 -то издание на "Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary" (OALD) е пълно ръководство за изучаване на думите в английския език с помощта на дефиниции, които учащите могат да разберат, примерни изречения, показващи употребата на думите в езика, и новите списъци с думи "Oxford 3000™" и "Oxford 5000™", които всеки учащ трябва да научи. OALD е повече от речник. Изведете вашите умения по английски език на следващото ниво с допълнителни ресурси и практики, ... |
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When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made him famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the fortyseven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years - in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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Mirror, mirror on the wall... Who's the deadliest of them all? Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the colour of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife... and took Sophie's heart. It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule - a disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to ... |
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Growing up, Mallory Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it's been four years since her nightmare ended, she's beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime. Now, after years of homeschooling, Mallory must face a new milestone-spending her senior year at a public high school. But she never imagined she'd run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn't seen since childhood, on her very first day. It doesn't take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet soon it becomes ... |
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Lena has always felt immortal. But one night can change everything. Lena and Sebastian have been close for as long as anyone can remember. Best friends, even. But secretly Lena has been wanting something more-Sebastian could be more than a friend, if only Lena could figure out how to convince him that they could, and should be together. But in a single night, after a single party, everything changes and suddenly Lena isn't thinking about her relationship with Sebastian at all. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a remarkable new novel about the choices we make and the heartbreak ... |
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The line between love and obsession has never been wider. While Sera is finally free of Kolis and back with those she loves, not everything is calm. Memories of all she's endured still haunt her, but Sera finally has hope for a future with the other half of her heart and soul. Nyktos desires, loves, and accepts every part of her even the monstrous bits she still battles. More than ever, Sera and Ash have everything under the realms to fight for, and Nyktos has no doubt Sera is fit to be the Queen of the Gods. But she must find that faith within herself if they hope to convince the other Courts to support them against ... |
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Winner takes all... Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets, and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who ... |
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The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. Clytemnestra The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. Her husband raises a great army against them and determines to win, whatever the cost. Cassandra Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will ... |
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Преклони се пред кралицата си или кърви пред нея. Жертва и победител... Попи дори не е и мечтала да открие любовта в лицето на принц Кастийл. Сега копнее да се наслади на щастието си, но първо трябва да освободят неговия брат и да намерят нейния. Мисия, която крие неподозирани опасности и неочаквани последствия. Защото Попи е Избраницата, Благословената. Истинският владетел на Атлантия. Във вените ѝ тече кръвта на Краля на боговете. Короната и кралството ѝ принадлежат по закон. Враг и воин... Попи иска единствено да контролира собствения си живот, не тези на другите, но трябва да реши дали да загърби ... |
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По-силна ли е любовта от отмъщението? Предателство... Всичко, в което някога е вярвала Попи, се оказва лъжа, включително личността на мъжа, в когото се влюбва. Озовала се сред хора, възприемащи я като символ на чудовищно кралство, тя не знае коя е без булото на Девицата. За едно е сигурна обаче: нищо не е по-опасно от него. Тъмния. Принцът на Атлантия. Избор... Кастийл Да’Ниър носи много имена и лица. Попи знае, че не бива да му се доверява. Нужна му е жива и цяла, за да постигне целите си. Единствено чрез него тя може да постигне своите - да намери брат си Иън и да види с очите си дали се е превърнал в бездушен ... |
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Няколко дни преди да завърши гимназия, Клодин Хенри има план: да влезе в колеж, да стане известен писател и може би, най-накрая, да прави секс. Точно тогава обаче баща ѝ обявява, че напуска майка ѝ и бъдещето става всичко друго, но не и предвидимо. Пътуването с най-добрата приятелка се отменя и вместо това Клодин и майка ѝ се озовават на остров край бреговете на Джорджия. Остров, на който няма безжичен интернет, мобилни телефони и приятели... Там обаче в живота на момичето нахлува Джеремая Крю. Той има страст към фотографията и минало, за което не иска да говори. Освен това е красив, свободолюбив, ... |
