Offred is a Handmaid. She has only one function: to breed. If she refuses to play her part she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid's, but her role is fixed, her freedom a forgotten concept. Offred remembers her old life - love, family, a job, access to the news. It has all been taken away. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire. Includes exclusive content: In The "Backstory" you can read Margaret Atwood's account of how she came to write this landmark ... |
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Една от най-популярните и важни антиутопии, писани някога. В неназован период от бъдещето репродуктивните възможности на жените са много рядко срещани, затова онези, които все още могат да износват и раждат деца, са специално обучавани. Те се изпращат по домовете на богати и влиятелни семейства, за да участват в специален религиозен ритуал по оплождане. След него износват бебето, раждат го, оставят го в семейството и си тръгват, за да отидат в нова къща и да продължат с работата си. Но една жена не може да приеме съдбата си и се среща с хора, които подготвят съпротива и бунт. Дали ще успеят? Роман, в който проблемът с ... |
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Книга от поредицата "Опияняващата магия на Африка" от Лорън Сейнт Джон. ... Странен непознат пристига в Савубона и размахва купища документи, според които резерватът и всички животни в него му принадлежат. Дали съдбата на пустинния слон Ейнджъл няма да помогне на Мартина да запази дома си и да спаси любимия си бял жираф? Мартина и Бен предприемат рисково пътешествие в пустинята Намиб, за да разберат това. Двамата разполагат само с тринадесет дни, за да открият истината или да загубят завинаги Савубона и животните, които обичат. Това е четвъртата книга от успешната поредица за приключенията на 11-годишната ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Marina Sarah Preston. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, following the story of the vain emperor who is taken in by a pair of trickster weavers. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and ... |
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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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"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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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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An Explorer's Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds. Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of the international bestseller The Phantom Atlas delivers an atlas unlike any other. The Devil's Atlas is an illustrated guide to the heavens, hells and lands of the dead as imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the world. Packed with colourful maps, paintings and captivating stories, the reader is taken on a compelling tour of the geography, history and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of cultures around the globe. Whether it's the thirteen heavens of the Aztecs, the Chinese Taoist ... |
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In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along ... |
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"Vlad can always take you by surprise; often amazing us with his wide spectrum of not just artistic manifestations - resembling the many faced Janus. That's how it was back in time when there was only one Bulgarian National Radio in our fatherland. Those years Vlad was frantically followed by an audience of hundreds of thousands. His night shows were something anticipated and appreciated. This continued for years. In the dark hours of the night, when the ghostly creatures of human fears and fantasies usually came to life, Vlad led the audience through the devil's curves with his restless, vibrating ... |
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20 типично британски кратки разказа за учене на английски език. ... Учете английски с вълнуващи кратки разкази - ниво B1 - B2. Харесвате Великобритания и всичко, свързано със страната? Тази поредица е за вас. Потопете се в света на британците и активирайте знанията си по английски! С помощта на 20 вълнуващи кратки разказа, свързани с живота на Острова, бързо ще подобрите знанията и уменията си. Преводът на трудните думи на всяка страница ще Ви улесни. Специалните страници с информация за местата на действието и героите ще превърнат ученето на нови думи в истинско забавление. Текстовете и снимките са взаимосвързани и ... |
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Freddy is back - with a twist - in this sinister graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling YA novel "Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones"! It's been a year since the horrific events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Charlie is just trying to move on. Even with the excitement of a new school and a fresh start, she's still haunted by nightmares of a masked murderer and four gruesome animatronic puppets. Charlie thinks her ordeal is over, but when a series of bodies are discovered near her school bearing wounds that are disturbingly familiar she finds herself drawn back into the world of her ... |
