Quick reads by great writers. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... "To buy books would be a good thing", observed Arthur Schopenhauer , "if we also could buy the time to read them". All devoted readers long for more time to spend with their books, and the next best thing to buying time is making the most of the available moments. "Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers" offers that opportunity. An outstanding collection of 30 brilliant short stories, each just six or fewer pages in length, it provides the chance to absorb an entire story (or ... |
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Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses. Scale addresses big, urgent questions about global sustainability, population explosion, urbanization, ageing, cancer, human lifespans and the increasing pace of life, but also encourages us to question the world around us. Why can we live for 120 years but not for a thousand? Why does the pace of life continually increase? Why do mice live for just two or three years and elephants for up to 75? Why do companies behave like mice, and are they ... |
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Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand... not so much. Molly Parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her complete awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mum. She knows she's in love with the impossibly cool Cora Myers. She just... hasn't actually talked to her yet. Alex and Molly don't belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus, but when their paths cross unexpectedly, and Alex discovers Molly's hidden crush, they realize they might have a ... |
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Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with emigre Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous "silicon roundabout", Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son. Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the ... |
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What if being lucky wasn't just chance, but a skill you could master? Learn to identify and act on serendipity to lead a more joyful, purposeful, and successful life. Modern life is full of chance encounters, changing plans, delayed journeys, human errors and other mishaps. This is the hidden force that rules our universe: serendipity. But what if we could use such unpredictability to our advantage? Dr. Christian Busch has spent a decade exploring how, if acted upon, unexpected encounters can enhance our worldview, expand our social circles and create new professional opportunities. From couples who met during chance ... |
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Dana Schwartz's Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal ... |
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One of the crucial questions, which emerges in the process of the EU expansion is "How to avoid the alienation of the values and rights from the vivid culture of the European nations?" No doubt, they should not be limited to formal principles of communication. The point is to determine what should be done within the frame of politics, economy, education, healthcare, legislation, art, etc. in order to implement the principles of the European culture as guidelines for European citizens. Discussing rights and values in the Enlarging EU, it is usually assumed that the new member states are going to adopt the ... |
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Rila Monastery is the stateliest historical monument of the Bulgarian's spirit. It's intricate and expressive architectural ensemble has been a treasure-house of priceless aesthetical relics and at the same time a living center of the nascency and evolution of the most progressive cultural-and-historical processes through the centuries. Viewed against th background of the rich architectural structure and of Bulgaria's church construction, it is not a solitary summit, but beyond all questions the highest one among the peaks of the country's national architecture. A permanent object of patriotic pride and of ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... Модул 1: Устно общуване. Модул 2: Писмено общуване. Учебникът: е насочен към постигане на очакваните резултати за уменията слушане, говорене, четене и писане, заложени в учебната програма; включва варианти за проектни задания по двата модула и обобщителни теми; има включени аудио материали. На страниците на изданието има код за достъп до електронния вариант на продукта. Учебната система Destination English - ниво B1.1 по английски език от издателство Клет България се състои от: учебник - модул 1 и 2 учебник - модул 3 и 4 Настоящото издание е ... |
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Задкулисни игри, погребани истини и едно отдавна подготвяно отмъщение... След дебюта Сърце в лед хитовото авторско дуо от Дания, Лине Холм и Стине Болтер, се завръща. В Гроб без име амбициозната историчка Мария Юст и полицаят Микел Дирк ще разплетат мистерията около брутална екзекуция, извършена преди близо осемдесет години. Работник, изпратен да ексхумира трупове на загробени норки, се натъква на човешки скелет. Останките са на съвсем млада жена, застреляна в тила преди близо осемдесет години. Полицията отказва да се занимава с толкова стар случай. Шокирана от съдбата на неизвестната жена, Мария Юст се нагърбва да ... |
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Този крими бестселър изважда наяве дълго пазена шокираща тайна от историята на Дания. В първите дни на новата 2020 година възрастна жена, излязла да разходи кучето си, се натъква на зловеща находка: на оградата на Датския червен кръст е обесен окървавен мъжки труп. Убитият се оказва генералният директор - противоречива личност, която често разбунва духовете в публичното пространство. Полицията работи по шокиращия случай под нарастващия натиск на медиите и политиците, а часовникът неумолимо тиктака. В същото време, независимо от случая, Мария Юст, историчка в Музея на полицията, подготвя изложба с емблематични неразкрити ... |
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More than just a pack of cards! ... A great way to learn more about the wildlife around us. These "52 Spot and Score Nature Series" card packs can also be used as traditional playing cards - that's twice the fun! Комплект от 52 карти за игра, който е чудесен начин да научите повече за природата, която ни заобикаля. Текстът на картите е на английски език. ... |
