They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen's Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages. Catalyst 13 points noun: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend's death, it's with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. It might be ... |
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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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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard "The African Queen", a steam-powered launch captained by Cockney mechanic, Charlie Alnutt. Determined to do her bit for the war effort and to avenge her brother, Rose persuades Charlie that they should attack the German gunboat, the Konigin Luise. And so begins a most unlikely alliance and love affair, as Charlie and Rose venture down the treacherous Ulanga river encountering danger and adventure at ... |
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През 2020 г. Netflix пуска минисериала Дамски гамбит, който за броени седмици пожъна световен успех и се превърна в абсолютен хит - вече е най-гледаното шоу на стрийминг платформата в 63 страни. Минисериалът извади от сенките на забравените книги и едноименния роман на Уолтър Тевис от 1983 г., по който е заснет сериалът. Историята на талантливата Бет Хармън се разгръща динамично като напрегната шахматна битка, с каквито романът на Уолтър Тевис е изпъстрен. След смъртта на майка ѝ мрачната и безнадеждно самотна Бет е изпратена в сиропиталище, където обичта и емоционалната подкрепа са заменени със зелени хапчета за ... |
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Забавлявайте се с картите за игра от Professor Puzzle. Те са вдъхновени от детския роман "Алиса в страната на чудесата" на Луис Карол. В кутията са включени 52 карти и книжка с правила на английски език. Подходящи са за игра на бридж, война, море или сантасе. Размерите на картите са 21 х 13.5 cm. ... |
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Aelin Galathynius takes her place as queen in the fourth book of the № 1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. The continuation of Heir of Fire. No masters. No limits. No regrets. Celaena Sardothien has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return. Everyone Aelin loves has ... |
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The sequel to the book The Throne of Broken Gods. ... Where there are gods, there are also monsters... Ask her what she ripped from the very heavens. And then ask her if she cares. Betrayed and bloodied, The Hand has failed. After a desperate battle, Nismera, the Goddess of War, now rules the realms as the last remnants of Samkiel's power spill across the sky. Desperate to keep Samkiel safe after almost losing him, Dianna is willing to give up everything to protect him, even if that means sacrificing their relationship itself. But that's not a risk Samkiel is willing to take, even as the stakes grow ever higher. ... |
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Classic Scottish Poems. A glorious anthology of poetry and verse by the greatest classic Scottish poets, introduced by acclaimed poet John Glenday. With poems from famous Scottish writers such as Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Mary Queen of Scots herself, there is plenty here to enjoy and inspire. The collection roams across so many aspects of Scottish life and culture - its landscape and history, its people and celebrations. It is a country that has always inspired poets to write about love, nature and heritage, and to reflect on the important things of life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a ... |
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Hans Christian Andersen is the best-loved of all tellers of fairy tales. This collection of over forty of Andersen’s most popular stories includes The Mermaid, The Real Princess, The Red Shoes, The Little Match Girl, The Snow Queen, The Tinder Box, The Ugly Duckling and many more. It is delightfully illustrated in black-and white by those remarkable brothers, Charles, Thomas and William Heath Robinson. ... |
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От най-успешния македонски автор на трилъри. Виктор Николов е 33-годишен инспектор от Отдела за тежки престъпления в Скопие. През отпуската си той отива във Виена, за да посети по-малкия си брат Даниел, неуспял писател, който едва оцелява, работейки като барман в елитен нощен клуб. Когато решава да отиде на бар още първата вечер, Виктор среща австрийката Карен Фишер, а привличането им е мигновено. Но красивата нощ се превръща в кошмарна сутрин. Приятелката на Даниел, работеща за едно от най-богатите австрийски семейства, е намерена мъртва, а той няма алиби. Неотдавнашните спорове между двамата излизат на повърхността и ... |
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"– Тя е луда! Погледнах към приятелката си Леа. Тя потупа челото си с пръст. Знаех точно какво има предвид. И бях съгласна. Новата ни учителка беше абсолютно откачена. Смахната. Изкуфяла. Пълно куку." Из книгата Госпожица Шарлот не е като другите учителки: тя прилича на плашило с огромната си шапка и старомодната си рокля, а и в свободното си време често говори на едно камъче... В началото децата я смятат за луда, но малко по малко откриват, че с нея на училище е много по-забавно. Вместо да решават задачи по алгебра, в часовете по математика тя ги кара да измерват класната стая със сварени спагети, всеки ... |
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Complete and unabridged with colour illustrations. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. Collected here are Lewis Carroll's two classics - "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" - in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red Queen, as well as a host of other outlandish and charming characters. Brought to life by Sir John ... |
