"Нин никога не бе обичала срѐдите, но тази беше просто върхът. Тази сряда тя се събуди и видя, че вали като из ведро и че малкото ѝ братче е престанало да съществува." Из книгата Тръгнете заедно с Нин, която започва едно невероятно пътуване през Земята на Седемте магьосници, за да намери Тоби и да върне и собствения си живот. ... |
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Котън Малоун се завръща. Актуални политически интриги, терористичен заговор, елизабетински тайни, скрити съкровища и древни шифри – отново високооктанов трилър за любителите на съспенса. На път за Копенхаген Котън Малоун и петнайсетгодишният му син Гари трябва да спрат за малко в Лондон. По молба на бившата шефка на отряд „Магелан” Стефани Нел те придружават малолетен крадец, когото ще предадат на английските власти. Няколко часа след необичайното посрещане двете момчета изчезват, а Малоун осъзнава, че е попаднал в геополитически конфликт, чиито корени водят далеч назад в историята. В ход е специална операция на ЦРУ. ... |
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За големите почитатели и малките пънкари! Кои са най-важните творци в световен мащаб? Как са започнали със своите групи и кариери? Какво те прави рок звезда? Книгата Историята на рока е разделена на глави, всяка от които започва с въведение в определен жанр. Успоредно с илюстрациите ще откриете любопитни факти за музикантите от съответното музикално течение, смешни случки, информация за произхода на изпълнителите и за жанровете, в които творят. Споменават се и песни на други важни изпълнители, които не са включени в книгата. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work includes the beguiling When You are Old, The Cloths of Heaven and The Lake Isle of Innisfree but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later works, including Parnell's Funeral, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats's Collected Poems and also contains an illuminating ... |
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How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action. ... Simon Sinek's recent video on "The Millennial Question" went viral with over 150 million views. Start with Why is a global bestseller and the TED Talk based on it is the third most watched of all time. Why are some people and organisations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again? In business, it doesn't matter what you do, it matters why you do it. Start with Why analyses leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Steve Jobs and discovers that they all think in the same way - ... |
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Based on the story of Mark Twain . Retold by Alex Raynham . ... It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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The book behind the fourth season of the acclaimed HBO series "Game of Thrones". No. 1 "New York Times" bestselling author. ... Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R.R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in "A Feast for Crows", Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace... only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. It seems too good to be true. After centuries of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Homer's great epic, "The Odyssey", is perhaps Western literature's first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca's epic, ten-year quest to return home after the Trojan War. He encounters giants, sorceresses, sea-monsters and sirens, while his wife Penelope is forced to resist the suitors who besiege her on Ithaca. Both an enchanting fairy tale and a gripping drama, "The Odyssey" is immensely influential. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition uses a ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... For the past two centuries these delightful stories, gathered together and written down by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm , have entertained and frightened children and adults alike. The lives of "Tom Thumb", "Cinderella", "Rumplestiltskin" and "The Frog Prince" form part of our common heritage: they stimulate the imagination and the heart, and linger at the back of our minds for a lifetime. They are funny, disturbing, wise and compassionate. They speak of joy and terror, happiness and revenge, love and violence. ... |
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Огромно по мащаби, внушително и изключително завладяващо! След десетилетни войни петте племена на Тайст Едур най-сетне са обединени под неумолимата власт на Краля-магьосник на Хирот. Но мирът е постигнат с ужасна цена - пакт, сключен с тайна сила, чиито мотиви в най-добрия случай са подозрителни, а в най-лошия - гибелни. На юг експанзионисткото кралство Ледер с ненаситна и хладнокръвна алчност е погълнало всички свои по-малко цивилизовани съседи. Всички, освен един народ - Тайст Едур. Защото Ледер се приближава към едно отдавна предречено възраждане - от кралство и отдавна изгубена колония на Първата империя към ... |
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Retold by Tim Vicary . ... A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love... But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story of Pocahontas, and her love for the Englishman John Smith. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. ... |
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The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. This selection of their folk tales was made and translated by Lucy Crane, and includes firm favourites such as "Cinderella", "Rapunzel", "The Goose Girl", "Sleeping Beauty", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Snow White". It is illustrated throughout by Walter Crane's charming line drawings. ... |
