Our amazing evolution, what race really is and what makes us human. Who do you think you are? Have you ever thought about who you might be related to? What if we told you that you were related to extraordinary emperors, great kings and magnificent queens? Well, your majesty, you are. In fact, everyone is. And geneticist Adam Rutherford is here to tell you how. Come on an extraordinary adventure through millions of years of human history where you will learn the story of our species from evolution to dinosaurs to you! You will meet kings and queens, pharaohs and vikings, and see just how far and wide humans have migrated ... |
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Amazing magic tricks for happiness, confidence and calm. Wonderfully original and beneficial, Wiseman's volume explores the link between learning magic tricks and improving confidence, happiness and mental wellbeing for children. For centuries, magicians have astounded and delighted audiences with incredible illusions. But here's their biggest and best kept secret: learning magic tricks can help you grow your confidence, feel happier, and boost your brain power! Professor Richard Wiseman, psychology professor and member of the prestigious Magic Circle, reveals the secrets behind some jaw-dropping magic tricks ... |
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From the author of "The Song of Achilles". ... In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child-not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power-the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including ... |
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LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to hunt the brutal killer who is Bosch's "white whale" - a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. But after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her own ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving the Late Show to rebuild and lead the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him - the murder of ... |
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From the Stonewall Award-winning author of The Black Flamingo comes a romantic coming-of-age novel in verse about pursuing the love we know we deserve. The ideal next read for fans of Kacen Callender, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Becky Albertalli. Karim and Mack are perfect together, until it becomes... only on the weekends. Mack is a hopeless romantic-likely a hazard of growing up on film sets thanks to his father's job. He has had a crush on Karim for as long as he can remember, and he can't believe it when gorgeous, popular Karim seems into him too. But when Mack's father takes on a new directing project in ... |
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Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this lyrical and magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Colour of After. Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He's sick of being haunted by his family's past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his younger brother, a supernatural wind and the bewitching girl at his new high school. Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents expectations are stifling. Then her life is turned upside down by the strange new boy in her class, the arrival ... |
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Френският глагол. 100 таблици със спрежения. 7000 френски глагоа. ... С настоящото помагало издателство "Колибри" си поставя задачата да отговори най-пълно на нуждите на чуждоезиковото обучение по френски език в достъпна форма. За да се ползва от максимален брой ученици и студенти, всички обяснения и термини са поднесени на български език, а в скоби се дава френското съответствие, съобразено с най-съвременната терминология в областта на френската граматика. Помагалото се състои от три дяла: въвеждаща теоретична част, която съдържа конкретна информация за френския глагол, видовете спрежения и техните ... |
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Денят, в който Скарлет умира, е преломен за всички, които обича, но най-вече за самата нея. Не е справедливо, че никога няма да има възможността да постигне мечтите си, да изживее любовта или да остарее с любимите си хора - и всичко това само защото е спряла да помогне на непознат. Само че тя все още е тук... - където и да е това тук - и наблюдава ефекта на пеперудата, който смъртта ѝ има върху най-близките ѝ. Иви не може да си представи живота си без Скарлет и определено не може да прости на Нейт, когото обвинява за смъртта на най-добрата си приятелка. Но той постоянно се появява в най-тежките ѝ ... |
