The truth is more than skin deep. ... When Lucy wakes up cancer-free. It should be a dream come true. But trapped in a new body and faced with a life she didn't choose, Lucy begins to question whether living as somebody else is really living. And as her new life unfold, she discovers that cheating death comes at a price... How far would you go to stay alive? ... |
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I could have been one too, except i needed a wee.... Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. ... Luke is a comic-mad eleven-year old who shares a treehouse with his geeky older brother, Zack. Luke' s only mistake is to go for a wee right at the wrong time. While he' s gone, an alien gives his undeserving, never-read-a-comic-in-his-life brother superpowers and then tells him to save the universe. Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world... "You'll laugh until you fall out of ... |
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"The Hamilton Mixtape" е несравнима музикална добавка към бродуейския мюзикъл, дело на наградения с "Tony", "Grammy" и "Emmy" актьор и композитор Лин Мануел Миранда. Със сценарий, музика и текстове от Лин Мануел Миранда, режисура от Томъс Кайл, хореография от Анди Бланкенбуехлър и музикална оркестрация от Алекс Лакамор, "Hamilton" е базиран на биографията "Founding Father Alexander Hamilton", дело на Ron Chernow. Мюзикълът беше награден с единадесет награди Tony тази година в категориите за "Best Musical", "Score", "Book of a Musical& ... |
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The New York Times Bestseller. Now a Major Motion Picture staring Amanda Stenberg and Nick Robinson. ... Maddy is allergic to the world; stepping outside the sterile sanctuary of her home could kill her. But then Olly moves in next door. And just like that, Maddy realizes there's more to life than just being alive. You only get one chance at first love. And Maddy is ready to risk everything, everything to see where it leads. "Gorgeous and lyrical." New York Times ... |
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In the Pictorial Key you will recognize the images, symbols and universal meanings of the Tarot as you have never seen them before. This cutting-edge creation is so realistic and innovative that it almost makes all the Arcana come alive. The Pictorial Key possesses an effective evocative power and an instrument that can open our inner temple. Art by Davide Corsi. 78 cards with dimensions 6.6 x 12 cm and instruction booklet included. ... |
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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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Swiss artist HR Giger (1940 - 2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger's biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia. The visions drew on demons of the past, harking back as far as Giger's earliest childhood fears as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of ... |
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Sherlock Holmes: A Gripping Casebook of Stories contains the full-length novel "A Study in Scarlet", plus 14 short stories. "A Study in Scarlet" marked Sherlock Holmes' debut appearance in novel form, while Holmes made his first short story appearance in "A Scandal in Bohemia", also included in this compendium. In his perceptive introduction to this compendium, leading crime writer Martin Edwards observes that "the compelling evocation of character is what makes Conan Doyle's stores come alive". Ally this to vivid settings and the result is unbeatable entertainment enjoyed ... |
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Неразказаната досега история на британската семейна фирма, която се превърна в световна марка. ... В края на XIX в. семейство Фостър започва да се занимава с направата на ръчно ушити обувки за тичане и да снабдява с тях спортисти от ранга на Ерик Лидел и Харолд Ейбрахамс - увековечени във филма "Огнените колесници", както и да осигурява обувки за повечето клубове от футболната лига. Семейна вражда между бащата и чичото на Джо относно посоката, в която трябва да тръгне бизнесът им, обаче води до отделянето на Джо и брат му и основаването на нова компания, вдъхновена от успеха на Adidas и Puma. Така се ражда ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesop's fables in a volume that will delight young and old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favourites - the wily fox, the vain peacock, the predatory cat and the steady tortoise - just as endearingly vivid and relevant now as they were for their very first audience. This elegant "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition of "Aesop's Fables" features illustrations by Arthur Rackham, the leading decorative illustrator of the ... |
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Based on the story of Jules Verne . Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson . ... In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth. Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide, Hans, find the centre of the Earth? And can they all get home alive after their many underground adventures? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading ... |