Imardin is a city of dark intrigues and deadly politics, where those who wield magic wield power. Into this established order has blundered a young street-girl with extraordinary magical gifts. Adopted by the Magicians' Guild, her life is changed forever - but for better or for worse? Sonea knew that she'd face a tough time training within the Magicians' Guild but she little realised the level of animosity she would face from her fellow novices. The sons and daughters of the most powerful families in the realm, her classmates seem determined to see her fail - at whatever cost. But in accepting the protection ... |
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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |
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"There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion." Thus Bram Stoker , one of ... |
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Based on the story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . Text adaptation by Susan Kingsley . ... "You said that you wanted danger, didn't you?" says McArdle, the editor of the Daily Gazette. And he sends his young reporter, Malone, on a strange journey into South America with the famous Professor Challenger. Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the Amazon forest. But this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the Professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for them. Will they return alive? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive ... |
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The Cambridge Learner's Dictionary is the best route to success in English. This new edition updates the existing content and contains new features to make learning English even easier. The new edition has been revised and fully updated throughout and includes many new words (e.g. phone-hacking, cloud computing, rare earth, toxic debt) with more than 35,000 definitions in clear, simple English. English Profile levels mark the essential vocabulary that students need to know at CEF B1-B2 levels, see www.englishprofile.org for more information. Mini-collocation panels help students to produce more natural English. Common ... |
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A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps most blatantly, the environmental crisis. Taking her inspiration from the "moonshot" programmes which successfully coordinated public and private sectors on a massive scale, Mariana Mazzucato calls for the same level of boldness and experimentation to be applied to the biggest problems of our time. We must, she argues, rethink the capacities and role of government within the economy and society, and ... |
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A Miscellany of Festive Stories. Edited by Becky Brown. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is introduced by Ned Halley and features charming illustrations by Alice Ercle Hunt. Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for booklovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an ... |
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"Is it possible a good novel to be written in Bulgaria in a team - and even in a triple co-authorship? What's more - that the very act of writing is more of a game, a shared creative energy and intelligent thought for the whole, rather than an internal struggle for supremacy of the authors' individual voices? The book you hold in your hands is just that. This debut novel has everything that can provoke and hold the reader's curiosity: an intriguing story, vivid conflicts, tension that grows with precise dynamics, love stories in two parallel storylines: in modern times and in ancient Egypt; drama, wise ... |
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Save the world or end it... A strange darkness is growing in the Ward. Even Corayne an - Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea. Fate knocks on her door, in the form of a mythical immortal and a lethal assassin, who tell Corayne that she is the last of an ancient lineage - with the power to save the world from destruction. Because a man who would burn kingdoms to the ground is raising an army unlike any seen before, bent on uprooting the foundations of the world. With poison in his heart and a stolen sword in his hand, he'll break the realm itself to claim it. And only Corayne can ... |
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Bright Ideas Level 6 provides a flexible package that ensures exam success and encourages students to develop 21st century skills through creative games and activities. Activity Book provides carefully scaffolded writing activities and even more reading texts so that students can put the language they learn into practice; ten pages of activities per core unit are followed by ten pages of Cambridge English external exam preparation material; includes extra grammar practice for each unit with eight grammar reference pages; online Practice motivates students to connect with English outside the classroom through ... |
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Bright Ideas Level 5 provides a flexible package that ensures exam success and encourages students to develop 21st century skills through creative games and activities. Activity Book provides carefully scaffolded writing activities and even more reading texts so that students can put the language they learn into practice; ten pages of activities per core unit are followed by ten pages of Cambridge English external exam preparation material; includes extra grammar practice for each unit with eight grammar reference pages; online Practice motivates students to connect with English outside the classroom through ... |
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Bright Ideas Level 4 provides a flexible package that ensures exam success and encourages students to develop 21st century skills through creative games and activities. Activity Book provides carefully scaffolded writing activities and even more reading texts so that students can put the language they learn into practice; ten pages of activities per core unit are followed by ten pages of Cambridge English external exam preparation material; includes extra grammar practice for each unit with eight grammar reference pages; online Practice motivates students to connect with English outside the classroom through ... |
