Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. ... Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough has had far-reaching consequences for how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world. The code forms the most striking proof of Darwin's hypothesis that all organisms are related, holds tremendous promise for improving human well-being, and has transformed the way we think about life. Matthew Cobb interweaves science, biography and anecdote in a book that mixes remarkable insights, theoretical dead-ends and ... |
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The Greatest Short Stories - Vol. 2 (Adapted Books), is a selection from the best of classic short fiction, bringing together writings by great masters in the genres of adventure, fantasy, horror, thriller mystery, romance, and realist fiction. Readers are sure to be delighted by the inclusion of such favourites as The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin, and The Return of a Private by Hamlin Garland. The book has approximately three thousand headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. The text has ... |
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Retold by Joyce Faraday, illustrated by Annie Wilkinson. ... An abridged retelling of the classic story by Frances Hodgson Burnett, suitable for younger readers. When the orphan Mary Lennox comes to live at Misselthwaite Manor, she finds it filled with gloom and mystery. Her uncle is sad and silent, there are strange cries in the night and there are tales of a hidden Secret Garden, which Mary is determined to find and unlock. It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key parts of the story, including the mysterious, locked secret ... |
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The deeper she dives, the darker it gets. ... When Aster wakes alone on a tropical island, she has no idea what has happened, why she is there, or where to find her younger sister, Poppy. Meanwhile Sam, who once met the sisters on a plane, makes links between the mystery of their disappearance and suspicious happenings in his own life. In a stunning dual narrative, the truth unravels with devastating effect - and the answer lies in the secret underwater world surrounding the desert island, populated by the beautiful and the impossible. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little girl, bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely. One day she discovers a way in to a secret abandoned garden and, with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin, they set about restoring the garden. "The Secret Garden" by "Frances Hodgson Burnett" is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and ... |
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Adapted Book. This remarkable collection features short stories by great nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. Beginning with Washington Irving's masterpieces - The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and The Devil and Tom Walker, the volume also includes humorous short stories by Mark Twain (The Celebrated Jumping Frog) and Ellis Parker Butler (Pigs Is Pigs); fantastic and dark tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Rappaccini's Daughter) and Fitz-James O'Brien (The Diamond Lens); realistic stories by Herman Melville (Bartleby) and the Pulitzer-winner Willa Cather (Paul's Case); a crime story by Edgar ... |
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Фрагменти от Голямата тайна са откривани пред вековете в устните традиции, в литературата, в различните религиозни и философски учения. За първи път всички парчета на Тайната са събрани заедно в едно невероятно откровение, което ще промени живота на всички, до които достигне. От тази книга ще научите как да използвате Тайната, в който и да е аспект на вашия живот – пари, здраве, взаимоотношения, щастие, във всяко ваше взаимодействие с този свят. Ще започнете да разбирате скритата, неизползвана сила, която е в самите вас – както и че това откровение може да донесе радост във всички изяви на вашето съществуване. Тайната ви ... |
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Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett. Retold by Clare West. ... Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens - and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the Secret garden... which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. Word count: 10.715 ... |
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Сюита за китара. ... "Много китаристи и учители по китара, които харесват музиката ми, продължават да ме питат: "Написахте ли нещо по-лесно, нещо, което може да се свири без много упражнения, нещо подходящо не само за нас, но и за нашите ученици?" Вярно е, че през последните няколко години създадох произведения като Соната за китара, Фантазия Концертанте за три китари и оркестър и по-специално Балканска соната, които са насочени към изпълнители от наистина висока класа и богат опит. Това са парчета, които изискват много практика и време, за да узреят, и съм почти сигурен, че ако попаднат в ръцете на ученик, ... |
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Сирачето Мери Ленъкс и нейният болнав братовчед Колин живеят в големия мрачен замък на имението Мисълтуейт. Двете деца имат всичко, но са капризни, самотни и нещастни. С помощта на едно селско момче, здраво и весело като самата природа, те откриват Тайната градина и скритите в нея чудеса. Франсис Бърнет (1894 - 1924) е родена в град Манчестър, Великобритания. Много млада се преселва в САЩ. Седемнадесет годишна тя публикува първите си разкази. Автор е на повече от деветдесет книги, предимно за деца. Бърнет си спечелва голяма популярност с романите: "Малкият лорд Фаунтлерой", последван от "Малката принцеса& ... |
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From the creator of viral Tiktok sensation, @MammyBanter, comes a hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood - and how having it all sometimes isn't what you think it might be. She used to want it all. Now she just wants a nap. Tara Gallagher is knackered. She used to dream of being Beyonce but suddenly she's thirty-six - with three kids, a loving husband, a very boring job - and instead of headlining Glastonbury, she's in her pyjamas on a Friday night, watching Gogglebox. It's time for a mammy makeover. She's going to show her teenage daughter she's still cool. She's going to ... |
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Книга седма от поредицата "Златни детски книги" ... Мери Ленъкс остава сираче и е изпратена в мрачния замък на имението Мисълтуейт. Тук тя среща своя болнав братовчед Колин. Двете деца имат всичко, но въпреки това са капризни, самотни и нещастни. Единственото нещо, което събужда интереса им е заключената Тайна градина. С помощта на едно селско момче, здраво и весело, те откриват и скритите в нея чудеса и красотата на природата. ... |
