Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter: the seasons are the first measure of time and the cyclical nature of things. All are interconnected and they transmit the sense of continuity as well as change in the world. The Manga tarot shows a universe of connections and references constructed around the fantastic epic of the Orient. Artwork by Anna Lazzarini, 78 full colour cards, dimensions: 7 / 3 / 12 cm and multilingual instruction booklet. ... |
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. New York private investigator Nat Marley meets a stranger who is celebrating his release from prison after a ten-year sentence. The man wants to trace an old friend and reclaim the money which the friend is holding for him. Finding the "friend" turns out to be relatively easy, but getting hold of the money is quite another matter. ... |
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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. A tragic love story is uncovered as journalist Clare Crowe goes to Switzerland to bring home a relative's body. Clare's grandfather has been found frozen in a glacier, 74 years after a climbing accident. Clare knows this could make an interesting story for her newspaper, but as she investigates her grandfather's last climb, she learns that the accident wasn't as simple as she had first thought. ... |
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. In snowy Manhattan a client asks private investigator Nat Marley to help with a family problem. But after someone dies, things turn serious and Marley has an unusual case on his hands. As his client says, 'Snakes and drugs don't go together.' Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book. ... |
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Woodend was a small, quiet village with no shops, no visitors. Then a stranger came and opened the Corner Shop. That summer, visitors came to Woodend. And customers came secretly to the shop. They wanted help and the stranger helped them. This book is in British English and here you can find a story and points for understanding comprehension questions. There are exercises at the end of the book. Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. ... |
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The end of love. The beginning of you. ... Reiko loves the endless sky and electric colours of the Californian desert. It is a refuge from an increasingly claustrophobic life of family pressures and her own secrets. Then she meets Seth, a boy who shares a love of the desert and her yearning for a different kind of life. But Reiko and Seth both want something the other can't give them. As summer ends, things begin to fall apart. But sometimes a broken heart is all you need to set you free... ... |
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The little elf Lambo and the young dwarf Dhar become friends. Experience exciting adventures among fairies, dwarves, gnomes and elves. The booklet contains the three fairy tales."Lambo was only born this summer, but already he could go out alone. The Elves are fast in growing up. And it couldn't be otherwise, given their small size. The spirits of the forest are generally quite naughty and it's hard to say which are more mischievous - the elf boys or the fairy girls. The little boy still didn't know Deepwood well, but he often snuck out of his home and fooled around with beetles and ladybugs, jumped from ... |
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Love happens when you least expect it... Assunta has given up on love. She might run her little trattoria in the most romantic mountain town in Italy, but love just seems to have passed her by. Sarah-Jane is finished with love. She's hiring an old convertible and driving around Italy this summer - it's the perfect way to forget all about her hot celebrity ex-boyfriend! But when Sarah-Jane's car breaks down in Montenello, she has to stay longer than she intended! And the trouble is, love is everywhere..."An uplifting and delicious taste of Italy." Erica James "The perfect recipe for the ... |
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One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming. Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books. Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he's Nora's work nemesis. Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the woman men date before they find their happy-ever-after. That's why Nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her desk in the city for a month's holiday in Sunshine Falls, North Carolina. It's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute ... |
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Сензационни фотографии, неизвестни факти и подробности от личния живот на Мерилин Монро - Мишел Морган разказва историята на една актриса, чиято слава не угасва с годините. С невероятно чувство към детайла и с много човечност авторката изгражда различен образ на звездата - публично тя е обичана и обожавана, но личният ѝ живот е изпълнен с много противоречия и тъмни тайни. Тук са събрани повече от петдесет интервюта, които Морган е направила с личности, изиграли ключова роля в живота на Мерилин - спомени на семейството, приятелите и най-близките колеги. Мерилин Монро. Поверително и лично не само разкрива нови факти ... |
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"Някои думи са много повече от низ от букви върху лист хартия... Притежават форма и плътност. Приличат на куршуми със заряд от чиста енергия..." Пип Уилямс Останала без майка, но изтъкана от любопитство, Есме прекарва детството си скрита под работната маса на баща си в Скрипториума - мястото, където екип от всеотдайни лексикографи създава известния в цял свят Оксфордски речник. Един ден обаче листче със забравена дума полита във въздуха и пада в краката на детето. Непозната е, но звучи красиво: неволница. За Есме тя е истинско съкровище, ето защо решава да я спаси заедно с всички изгубени или отхвърлени от ... |
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Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Charlie's beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you. Nick's been feeling the same, but he's got a lot on his mind - not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder. As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means. By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, "Heartstopper" is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories ... |
