The sequel to the book The Book of Azrael. ... Where there are gods, there are also monsters... When I burn this world to embers, and you paint me as the villain, remember, I really did try to be good... once. Dianna is hellbent on revenge. As the last shred of her humanity is ripped from her, she decides to embrace her monstrous side and set the worlds alight. Samkiel alone refuses to believe that she has become the monster that everyone else sees, and he'll do anything in his power to save her from herself, even if it means losing her. With every realm now at risk from Kaden's army, and a myriad of new threats ... |
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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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This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets. This is a story about love. 1827. London. A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family's estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte's tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept ... |
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Where there are gods, there are also monsters... For a thousand years, the Etherworld has known peace. Until now. Many centuries ago, desperate to save her dying sister, Dianna made a deal with Kaden, a monster far worse than any nightmare. Locked in servitude to him, she is forced to hunt down an ancient relic held by her most dangerous enemies: an army led by Samkiel, the World Ender. After the Gods War, Samkiel hid from everything, denying his crown and deserting his people. Now, an attack on those he loves sends him back to the realm he never wished to return to, and into the sights of an enemy he had hoped to ... |
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Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. An Area of Darkness also abounds with Naipaul's strikingly original responses to India's paralyzing caste system, its acceptance of poverty and squalor, and the conflict between its desire for self-determination and its nostalgia for the British raj. This may be the most ... |
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Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him - and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own. Heart-rending and darkly comic, V. S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels, a classic that evokes a man's quest for autonomy ... |
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Introduction to time-dependent quantum dynamics of atoms and molecules. ... The author is the head of the Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Group at the Department of Theoretical Physics. He reads lecture courses in theoretical physics, mathematical methods in physics and special courses in advanced quantum physics. The author has over 150 publications in peer-reviewed international journals with nearly 2000 citations. ... |
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Вила на остров в разгара на лятото. Майка, баща и две прелестни дъщери - едната омъжена. Непознат мъж слиза на брега и се представя за приятел на сина Филип. Само че Филип го няма. Ще пристигне едва на следващия, в най-лошия случай на по-следващия ден... не се знае. И тогава започва първото разделение: едните веднага се смущават, другите се настаняват. Новодошлият се настанява и така се слива с обстановката, че бързо се оказва идеални сътрапезник, развлекателният елемент. Не спира да упражнява влияние, нещо като очарование, върху три поколения, дотам, че някои вече го смятат за неустоим, а други за незаменим. Само зетят ... |
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Петият том от годишното издание "Антропологични изследвания" на департамента по антропология при НБУ поднася поредния сборник статии, посветени на различни теми и подходи в антропологията, отразяващи намеренията на екипа, подготвящ поредицата. И този том представя основните цели на изданието: публикуване на материали, свързани с водещи идеи в антропологията, резултати от изследователски проекти, както и представянето на млади изследователи. Като цяло подборът на материалите подпомагат преподаването по антропология и развитието на дисциплината у нас. Рубриката, свързана с издаване на материали на чуждестранни ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... First staged in 1599, Shakespeare's history of Henry V's remarkable victory over the French at Agincourt and the subsequent peace between the two nations is also a study of war and kingship. From his wild youth, Henry comes to embody all of the kingly virtues: courage, justice, integrity and honour. Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, this inspirational, gripping play struck a chord in a time of uncertainty. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated throughout by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert (1817 - 1897), and ... |
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La detective Lola Lago vuelve más fuerte, seductora, irónica y valiente que nunca. Además de su intuición, ahora tiene mucha más experiencia y cuenta con sus antiguos socios y con varios jóvenes colaboradores. Juntos van a vivir nuevas y emocionantes intrigas. En Sin noticias, Lola Lago y su equipo tienen que encontrar a una joven alemana que ha desaparecido misteriosamente en Madrid. Cada novela de la colección "Lola Lago & asociados" ofrece: Historias de ficción con el trasfondo de la realidad actual; MP3 con la lectura de cada capítulo (descargables); Notas ... |
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Всички сме чували, че преди 1989 г. е било по-добре, че сме имали държава. Но сигурни ли сме, че знаем как бихме живяли в комунистическа реалност днес? Това издание за комунизма представя интересна комбинация от исторически факти и комикс истории, които по неповторим начин смесват миналото с днешната реалност. Авторите поставят въпроси, които карат читателя да се замисли за сложните аспекти на комунизма. Графичните илюстрации допълват текста и правят преживяването още по-наситено. Книгата е не само увлекателна, но и образователна, като предоставя нов поглед върху историческите събития и тяхната връзка с нашето съвремие. ... |
