This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... Have you ever been in the wrong place, at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl. She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can't speak English. She is clearly running away from someone. Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends' lives - and your own - in terrible danger? About the series "Quick Reads" are bite-sized books by bestselling writers and well-known personalities for the people who want a short, fast-paced read. They are designed ... |
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The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the "decivilisation" of Buck as he answers 'the call of the wild', an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds. In contrast, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "About here, she thought, dabbling her fingers in the water, a ship had sunk.""To the Lighthouse", considered by many to be Virginia Woolf 's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions, ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse. An experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. The greatest of all story writers, Montague Rhodes James , summarised the qualities of a ghost story as "malevolence and terror, the glare of evil faces, the stony grin of unearthly malice, pursuing forms in darkness, long-drawn, distant screams, together with a modicum of blood, shed with deliberation". The stories in this anthology all meet these requirements, and they range from the traditional ghost story which is based on folklore and expressed in characteristically gothic fashion to the psychological ghost story where the horror may be in the mind of the beholder, and to the ... |
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Scottish architect, designer, and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928) was one of the earliest pioneers of modern architecture and design. While he did not receive much recognition in his hometown of Glasgow during his lifetime, his bold new blend of simplicity and poetic detail inspired modernists across Europe. Mackintosh's avant-garde approach embraced a variety of media as well as fresh stylistic devices. His multi-faceted oeuvre incorporated architecture, furniture, graphic design, landscapes, and flower studies. He embraced strong lines, elegant proportions, and natural motifs, combining an ... |
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Knighted for his service as a field doctor during the Boer War, Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) is best remembered as the creator of Sherlock Holmes . In addition to his ever-popular tales of the Baker Street sleuth, Conan Doyle wrote many works of history and science fiction, as well as plays, poetry, and stories that reflected his interest in the occult. This anthology offers an excellent selection of tales from throughout the Scottish author's career. Sherlock Holmes's adventures include the novels "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and "A Study in Scarlet", plus the stories "The ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. More than 20 million visitors come to Scotland each year. Some love it for its long white beaches and quiet green hills. Some like the busy cities, with their shops and museums, castles, and parks. Others come to see the home of their parents and grandparents, to hear Scottish music, to find their ... |
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Unabridged. In Easy-to-Read Type. ... Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a brilliant Scottish, man of letters and serious student of folklore. His series of "fairy books" is generally regarded as among the world - from Norse and Icelandic sources, from the Far East, Mideast, Europe, Africa, Australia, and many other areas - these books not only introduced generations of youngsters to the enchanting world of fairyland but gave adults an opportunity to return to the wonderful realm of make-believe. This delightful selection of six popular tales from Lang's Blue Fairy Book includes charming versions of " ... |
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Красотата да живееш два пъти е книга за наранените и за онези, които оцеляват. Тя е възхвала на женската сила и издръжливост, равносметка и призив за активна житейска позиция. Тя е доказателство, че никога не е твърде късно човек да надигне глас и да заговори открито. Шарън Стоун е известна не само със своя талант и красота, а и с откритостта и отказа си да се съобразява с нормите на приличие. Именно тези ѝ качества превръщат автобиографията ѝ във въздействащо четиво. Тук тя разказва собствената си история: път, белязан от победа над болестта, съпроводен с много любов и решимост. Шарън Стоун, една от най- ... |
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Ново и допълнено издание. ... Изцяло ревизиран поглед към кариерата на световната суперзвезда. Сила, бързина и отдаденост: Кристиано Роналдо е известен в цял свят като колос на съвременната игра. Знаехте ли обаче, че на едва петнайсетгодишна възраст претърпява операция на сърцето с лазер, която му дава възможност да продължи с любимата си игра? Или че Насионал, първият му професионален клуб, дарява двайсет топки и два комплекта екипи на детския му отбор, за да подпише договор с него? Или че става известен като abelinha - пчеличка: прозвище, с което по-късно ще нарече своя йоркширски териер? Открийте всичко това и още в ... |
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Автобиография на създателя на Nike и бестселър на New York Times. ... Изкуството на победата е невероятна история за късмета, упоритостта, знанията и уменията и вълшебната алхимия на няколко ексцентрични личности, които се обединяват, за да създадат Nike. Цяло чудо е, че това изобщо се случва, защото, както разбрах от тази книга, въпреки че сме нация, която възхвалява свободното предприемачество, ние сме ненадминати в това да го възпрепятстваме. Уроците, които Фил Найт ни дава за предприемачеството и за пречките, пред които човек се изправя, опитвайки се да създаде нещо, са безценни. Прегънах твърде много страници, за да ... |
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This optional component includes 6 extra pages of practice for every unit of the course. The activities provide additional pen to paper activities and fine motor skills practice from tracing lines and shapes to letters and numbers. Учебната система по английски език Pippa and Pop - ниво 3 се състои от: учебник учебна тетрадка тетрадка за писане книжка за четене книга за учителя флашкарти постери Изброените компоненти от учебната система се продават поотделно. За да закупите някой от тях, последвайте съответния линк. ... |
