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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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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Романът е в шортлиста за наградата "Букър" 2013. ... Романът "Създания от време" на Рут Озеки е интелектуално и емоционално предизвикателство, което среща Изтока и Запада, миналото и настоящето, вечното и мимолетното, трагичното и комичното, случайното и закономерното. Тук всеки е никой, успехът е неуспех, началото е краят, квантовата физика е дзен будизъм... Читателят и писателят разменят местата си, за да създават и унищожават действителни и въображаеми светове. Задочната среща на Рут от северноамериканския континент и Нао от японските острови пресича гледни точки, асоциации и светоусещания в ... |
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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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Над планинското езеро притъмнява, отиващата си зима сковава притихналата северна земя. Малко момче, облечено в кожи, препасано с меч, украсен с гарванова глава, се бори с неравния терен, калта и непосилния си товар - тленните останки на неговия баща - Едсгар, могъщият войн на великия Север. Поток от бяла светлина плисва от небесата към погребалната клада. Звънлив звук изпълва всичко наоколо. Сякаш милиарди метални частици се посипват върху стоманен щит. Едсгар се обръща към Ерик за последно сбогом, прелестните валкирии поемат духа на война и той полита с тях към двери на Валхала, за да заеме достойното си място до Один. ... |
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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 sequel to the book A Column of Fire. ... A time of conflict. It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king's grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. Lives intertwined. A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. The dawn of a new age. Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three ... |
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Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight ... |
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A mason with a dream. 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other. A monk with a burning mission. Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce he knows that for his town to survive it must find a way to thrive, and so he makes the decision to build within it the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known. A world of high ideals and savage cruelty. As Tom and Philip meet so begins an epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Erica - Jane Waters. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Princess and the Pea" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with the princess finding her way to the castle one stormy night, through to her sleepless night on top of twenty mattresses! "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10.5 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next - in gipsy caravans and stolen cars, to prison and back to the Wild Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains a timeless tale more than 100 years after its publication. This edition contains all of the sixteen colour illustrations that Arthur Rackham produced for this book; most editions contain only twelve. In addition to this, Rackham's beautiful pen-and- ... |
