"Елайза и нейните чудовища" е дълбок и разтърсващ роман за страховете живеещи в нас, отношенията между родители и деца, онлайн общуването, фендъм явлението и неговата притегателна сила. Творбите ѝ са феномен. Животът ѝ е катастрофа. В реалния живот Елайза Мърк е срамежлива, странна и няма приятели. Но в интернет тя е ЛейдиСъзвездие - анонимният създател на изключително популярния уебкомикс "Чудовищно море". Елайза не може да си представи да се наслаждава на реалния свят, така както го прави онлайн, а и няма желание да се опита. Тогава Уолъс Уорленд, най-известният фен фикшън писател на ... |
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Based on the story of Louisa May Alcott . Retold by John Escott . ... When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his little women when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult ... |
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Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world... 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 ... |
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Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Now a major motion picture with a hugely star studded cast, featuring the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland, Emma Thompson, Antonio Banderas and Selena Gomez. 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. Doctor Dolittle is one of the most delightful and fascinating characters in children's literature. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Story of Doctor Dolittle is ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... 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. Readers and critics were scandalized by The Awakening when it was first published, but it is now regarded as among the boldest and earliest examples of feminist fiction. It is published here with a selection of Chopin's strikingly perceptive short stories and introduced by Dr J. Michelle Coghlan, a specialist in American literature. In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is on holiday ... |
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Illustrated by Mike Lacey and Martin Sanders. ... "The sword moved again, and the light from the sun flashed on the bright metal. Soon, all that Bathsheba could see was a bright light flashing around her. Troy had never practised better than this. "Your hair is a little untidy, Miss Everdene," he said. "I'll make it tidy for you." The sword went past her ear with a whispering sound. A small piece of her hair fell to the ground. She watched him pick up the lock of hair and put it in his pocket. "I'll keep this forever," he said. He came closer to her. "I must leave you now.& ... |
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Кокаинов блус е първият роман за криминалните мистерии, които австралийката мис Фрайни Фишър предстои да разгадае с невероятно острия си ум и тънка наблюдателност. Красивата и стилна госпожица от 20 -те години на XX век е олицетворение на еманципираната дама, но и нещо много повече от това: пуши, ловко си служи с пистолет, кара модерна кола и дори умее да управлява самолет. Освен това има страхотно чувство за хумор и обича любовните авантюри. И най-важното: находчивостта ѝ не познава граници, което е безценно качество, защото в Мелбърн ѝ предстоят доста приключения, чиято кулминация е залавянето на ... |
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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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Her life is in his hands. His heart is in hers. One hundred days to choose who lives. ... "Utterly transportive." Renee Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath & the Dawn Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret - she’s a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt. But after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. Against her ... |
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Как мислите? Дали всички хора, които ни управляват, умишлено го правят по не най-добрия начин, или това е самоналагаща се система? Щефан Ердман ще ви отвори очите! В първи том на "Банки, хляб и бомби" той просвещава читателя относно повратите на историята през древността и разкрива преплитането на древните братства с финансовата аристокрация. В настоящия втори том отново ви повежда на не по-малко вълнуващо пътуване през мрежа от масонски ложи (групата на Билдербергите, Комитетът на 300-те, Съветът по външни отношения...), медийни и фармацевтични гиганти, енергийни лобисти й финансови магнати, като разкрива ... |
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Мери Попинз се появява неочаквано като гувернантка в дома на семейство Банкс. Тя е толкова тайнствена и загадъчна личност, че никакво вълшебство не й е чуждо. С нейна помощ децата преживяват наистина фантастични приключения. Памела Травърз (1904-1996) е родена в Австралия, но прекарва по-голямата част от живота си в Англия. Става световноизвестна още с първия си роман за деца - "Мери Попинз". Приказната поредица за вълшебната гувернантка включва книгите: "Мери Попинз""Мери Попинз се завръща""Мери Попинз отваря вратата""Мери Попинз в парка" "Мери Попинз от улица ... |
