Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not ... |
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Двуезично издание - на български и английски език. ... В книгата си проф. Иван Христов акцентира върху важни детайли от античната история и археология на островите от Западното Черноморско крайбрежие - Св. Тома, Св. Иван, Св. Петър, Св. Кирик и Юлита, Св. Анастасия и Левка. Описани са някои по-малки острови в българските териториални води, които са слабо познати. Добавени са и бележки върху появата и изчезването на острови, от които днес няма видима следа. В заключение са разгледани примери за започналите необратими процеси, които биха довели до появата на нови острови в Черно море. Темата на книгата се вписва в ... |
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Дори сянката ти може да бъде открадната. Няма ключалка, която Чарли Хол да не може да разбие, книга, която да не може да открадне, и лош избор, който да не направи. В нейния свят властват мрачниците - магьосници с пробудени сенки, които могат да бъдат манипулирани, изменяни и принудени да вършат потайни, зловещи дела. Мрачниците грижливо пазят тайните си, което създава опасен, но доходоносен черен пазар за търговия с окултни книги, гримоари и артефакти. В постоянната си битка за надмощие в подземния свят мрачниците имат нужда от добър крадец. А Чарли Хол е най-добрата. Но след няколко кофти ситуации и куршум в гърдите ... |
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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |
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"I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear." Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all... An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times ... |
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Учебна система „Objective IELTS“ „Objective IELTS“ е учебна система в две нива, която осигурява стабилна подготовка за успешното полагане на сертификатния изпит IELTS (International English Language Testing System) . Системата подготвя и за двата варианта на изпита – Academic и General. Двете нива на учебната система „Objective IELTS“ са: Intermediate – покрива ниво B2 от Общоевропейската езикова рамка Advanced – покрива ниво C1 от Общоевропейската езикова рамка Системата осигурява между 60 и 80 учебни часа на ниво, които могат да бъдат увеличени с материалите от учебната тетрадка и приложения към учебника ... |
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An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame from bestselling Folk of the Air author Holly Black , with stunning full-colour illustrations by Rovina Cai. Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue... Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. The No. 1 Bestselling author Holly Black takes a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic High King, Cardan, told only from his perspective. This new instalment in th "Folk of the Air" series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humour and drama that haveenchanted ... |
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#1 New York Times Bestselling author. ... Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition of "Black Beauty" features illustrations by Cecil Aldin and an afterword by author and conservationist Lauren St. John. "Black Beauty" enjoys a carefree upbringing in a pleasant meadow with his mother, where his gentle first master trains him well - until he is reluctantly forced to sell him. Through a long and ... |
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Древният келтски воин Талон Моригантски е обречен на живот без любов - над него тегне вековно проклятие смъртта да застига всеки, когото обикне. Докато един ден не среща Съншайн, която е неговата сродна душа, а може би и ключът към неговото избавление... "Скъпи читателю, Животът ми е страхотен. Имам си моето кафе с цикория, моите топли френски понички, както и добър приятел, очакващ обажданията ми по мобилния телефон. След като слънцето залезе, се превръщам в най-опасното същество, дебнещо в нощта: управлявам природните стихии и не зная що е страх. Защитавам невинните и бдя над хората, за да съм сигурен, че всички са ... |
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Based on the story of Anna Sewell . Retold by John Escott . ... When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for ... |
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We are all stories, in the end... Fifteen tales of ancient wonder and mystery, passed down through generations of Time Lords. Dark, beautiful and twisted, these stories are filled with nightmarish terrors and heroic triumphs, from across all of time and space. ... |
