This beautiful gift book presents five of Aesop's most famous moral tales, carefully retold to appeal to young readers. Bright, colourful illustrations are packed with charm and detail to capture the imaginations of younger children. Stories included are The Hare and the Tortoise, The Boy who Cried Wolf, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Ant and the Grasshopper and The Lion and the Mouse. ... |
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Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. ... |
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Based on the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Retold by Clare West. ... Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the wealthy, and the famous drive out from New York to drink Gatsby's champagne and to party all night long. But Jay Gatsby, the owner of all this wealth, wants only one thing - to find again the woman of his dreams, the woman he has held in his heart and his memory for five long years. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, is one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. It captures perfectly the Jazz Age of the 1920s, and goes deep into the ... |
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Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening its doors at last! For decades, no one has gone into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory... and no one has come out. Finally, after finding the much sought-after golden tickets, five lucky children from around the world will be the first to walk through its doors after all this time. Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, and our hero Charlie Bucket, are in for the ride of their lives, as the fantastic cholocate factory is not as it seems, and is wilder than any rumors they've ever heard. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... John Keats is regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Romantic movement. But when he died at the age of only twenty-five, his writing had been attacked by critics and his talent remained largely unrecognized. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited and introduced by Dr Andrew Hodgson. This volume, "Selected Poems", reflects his extraordinary ... |
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Why monasteries in Bulgaria are so interesting and one has to devote some of his or her time to visiting them? Probably one of the major reasons is that, due to the historical development of the country, they are among the few,,live" historical monuments preserved to the present day. Some of them are still acting and in the yards one can meet real monks like 500 or more years ago. Monastic scriptoria and libraries set the beginning of Bulgarian culture and preserved Bulgarian nationality, especially during the five dark ages of Ottoman rule. Books were written in the monasteries in the Bulgarian language, the same ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... First published in 1914, "Dubliners" depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin at the start of the twentieth century. Themes within the stories include the disappointments of childhood, the frustrations of adolescence, and the importance of sexual awakening. James Joyce was twenty-five years old when he wrote this collection of short stories, among which "The Dead" is probably the most famous. Considered at the time as a literary experiment, "Dubliners" contains moments of joy, fear, grief, love and loss, which combine to ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. On a hot August night in Milwaukee in the USA, a young artist and a gang leader's girlfriend are shot in the street, a woman dies mysteriously in the Mercy Hospital emergency room, and a famous artist is killed at the opening of an exhibition of his work. Dr Maxine Cassidy feels sure there must be a connection between these events and sets out to find it. ... |
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Бойко Панов Ламбовски е роден в София през 1960 г. Завършил е френска гимназия в София и литература в Москва. Пише съвременна поезия, лауреат е на множество поетични награди, между които: "Владимир Башев" - за дебютна книга, "Гео Милев" - за принос в съвременното изкуство, "Дървената роза" - за книгата му "Ален декаданс" и др. Книгата му "Тежка картечница преди сън" е номинирана от България за Международната награда "Балканика" 2003. Негови стихове са превеждани на сръбски, немски, английски, руски, чешки, полски, италиански и др. Пише още публицистика и ... |
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Борис Чангъров е роден през 1980г. в София. На 11 години започва да учи класическа китара. През 2002 година е приет в Университета за музика и изящни изкуства във Виена, където по-късно специализира инструментална педагогика и поп и джаз китара. Създал е над 100 композиции и аранжименти за китара, тамбура, пиано, орган, както и специално създадени музикални съпроводи към литературни рецитали, театрални представления, модни ревюта, телевизионни предавания, документални и игрални филми. Произведението Пет прелюда е част от поредицата Guitar Series на издателство BalkaNota. ... |
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Аранжимент за китара - Герхард Райхенбах. ... Включените сонати са K 377, K 148, K 149, K 380, K 201. Доменико Скарлати е италиански композитор, роден в Неапол през 1685 г., същата година като Йохан Себастиан Бах и Георг Фридрих Хендел. Хронологично той е класифициран предимно като бароков композитор, въпреки че музиката му оказва влияние върху развитието на класическия стил. Подобно на известния си баща Алесандро Скарлати, той композира в различни музикални форми, въпреки че днес е известен главно със своите 555 сонати за клавишни инструменти. Той прекарва голяма част от живота си в служба на португалското и ... |
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"Poignant and hilarious threaded with compassion and, behind everything, the cataract of a thundering moral statement."The Boston Globe ... "Slaughterhous - Five" is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know. Kurt Vonnegut's black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in "The Sirens of Titan" in 1959 and established him as "a ... |
