Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway 's 1927 classic, "The Killers". Other selections include Poe 's "The Tell-Tale Heart", Melville's "Bartleby", Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "To Build a Fire", by Jack London , "The Real Thing" by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair& ... |
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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. For Grace, a ghost in a haunted house, the arrival of a young mother with a baby stirs memories of the man and the child she lost so many years before. But then danger threatens the baby girl and Grace must act decisively. ... |
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Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis went into the house. Inside the sitting-room, the light was still switched on and a gas fire was burning. The dead body of a young man was lying on the carpet, in front of the fire. Near the body, on a small table, stood a bottle of sherry and a wine glass. The bottle almost full, the glass was almost empty. Morse smelt the sherry which was left in the glass. "This smells like cyanide, Lewis", he said. "This man was probably poisoned." From the Book This book is in British English. Here you can find: notes about this story; points for understanding ... |
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With its 1,050 years old history, the Rila Monastery is one of the oldest sacred places in Bulgaria. Having survived the Byzantine and Turkish Yokes, and as UNESCO has declared it monument of world culture, it has not accidentally been called “the soul of the nation”. An attempt has been made to outline some of the first bulgarien architekton Alexi Rilets’s achievements in the formation of the architectural aspect of the Rila Monastery during its renovation (1816-1819) and restoration after the fire (1833). These can be seen in four aspects: The construction of the exterior façade as a monumental fortress, The ... |
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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. It was just a normal Friday evening in Moreland Road. Jason was listening to his iPod and couldn't hear his mother shouting. Nina wasn't sure how to tell her husband about her news. Maggie smiled as she thought about her holiday romance in Chile. Sam looked worried – money trouble again. Then that evening something happened which changed all of their lives. ... |
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"Living The Dream" е четвъртият солов албум на "Slash", и трети за бандата му с Майлс Кенеди (вокали), Брент Фитц (барабани), Тод Кернс (бас/ вокали) и Франк Сидорис (китара и вокали). За "Living The Dream" "Slash" и бандата му обединяват усилия с продуцента Майкъл Баскет (Alter Bridge, Iggy Pop, Incubus). Предишните албуми на бандата "World On Fire" и "Apocalyptic Love", дебютираха в топ 10 в 12 класации по света, като от тях 3 сингъла станаха номер едно в "U.S. Rock Radio", а "Slash" получи най-голямото одобрение от критиците за цялата си ... |
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Палатката Soul 100 от Vango е лека и лесна за разпъване, само с две рейки и с тунелна форма. Разпъвате първо долния слой и след това прикачате горния. Палатката е с вградени отдушници и място за закачане на осветление, а входа е с висок борд против проникване на насекоми и вода при лоши атмосферни условия. Рейките Powerflex Fibreglass са изработени от високочаствено фибростъкло и стоманени накрайници и върхове, свързани по между си с шок-корда. Шнуровете с обтегачи са в оранжев цвят и са лесно забележими в тъмното или при условия на недобра видимост. Между горния и долния слой на входа на палатката е обособено предверие, ... |
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Фигурката на "Rung" от "Hasbro" ще зарадва всяко дете, което харесва поредицата "Трансформърс". Също както в поредицата, трансформърът може да се превръща във "fire blast" с няколко лесни стъпки. Играчката е изработена с внимание към детайла и ще забавлява вашият малчуган с часове. Играчката е с приблизителна височина 8 cm. ... |
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Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series from TikTok sensation, Ana Huang ! Read Twisted Love now for a brother's best friend romance. He has a heart of ice... but for her he'd burn the world. Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. A crack. A melt. A fire that could end his ... |
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If a novel is long and torrid love affair, full of ups and downs and highs and lows, then a short story is just a quick kiss from a stranger in the dark - a fleeting, but intense experience that grips the heart, fires up the blood and lingers in the memory. This collection of darkly disturbing tales will suck you into the weird and wonderful world of the author's imagination, populated by vengeful witches, ravenous zombies, serial killers, alien monsters, bloodthirsty androids and even a man who feeds on dreams. Emil Minchev is born in 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and has published six novels and a short story ... |
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Професионалната декоративна боя Arte Deco от Vallejo има гладка и кремообразна консистенция, идеална за декорация върху всякакви повърхности, като дърво, метал, пластмаса, платно, глина, гума, картон и други. Боята Arte Deco съдържа висококачествени пигменти, които отговарят на стандарта ASTM. Цветът ѝ е траен, лек, не пожълтява, UV устойчив. Изсъхва много бързо и остава водоустойчив. Боята има отлична покривна способност и не оставя отпечатъци върху повърхността. Arte Deco е формулирана с постоянни пигменти в съответствие с оценките на ASTM и има висока светлоустойчивост и постоянство. Матовата акрилна боя е ... |
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Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series from TikTok sensation, Ana Huang ! Read Twisted Games now for a steamy, angsty forbidden romance. He can't have her... but he's taking her anyway. Stoic, broody and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: protect his clients at all costs and do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules... until her. Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed. Day ... |
