50 th anniversary edition. Over 30 million copies sold worldwide. ... "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of ... |
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Един от най-обичаните романи с петдесетгодишна история! ... "Да убиеш присмехулник" остава в световната белетристика като изключителен литературен феномен. Весел, забавен и написан с естествена прецизност, този южняшки роман и днес не е изгубил своя блясък. Брилянтното писателско перо на Харпър Ли прорязва времето и все още учи читателя на удивителен брой полезни истини за живота. "Творба с ранга на изключително постижение в литературата, която несъмнено ще ви накара да се насладите на естествената простота, с която е написана... Един роман със силно съвременно звучене." Тайм ... |
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The master of ticking-bomb suspense Jeffery Deaver brings us the latest thriller featuring his most beloved protagonists. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are back - on the hunt for a criminal terrorizing New York City. A killer without limits... He comes into your home at night. He watches you as you sleep. He waits. A city in turmoil... He calls himself The Locksmith. No door can keep him out. No security system can catch him. And now he's about to kill. A race against time to stop him... Nobody in New York is safe. Now it's up to Lincoln Rhyme to untangle the web of evidence and catch him. But with Lincoln ... |
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The first in a spicy and unforgettable rom-com duology from № 1 New York Times bestseller and tik tok favorite Tessa Bailey, in which a Hollywood It Girl is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town... where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn't belong. Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her ... |
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"Girl A" she said. "The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you". I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A. I grew up with my family on the moors. I escaped when I was fifteen years old. Now something is pulling me back..."The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl." Elle "The novel you'll stay up reading until 3 am." Sunday Times "An astonishing achievement." Jessie Burton "Gripping, beautifully written perfection." Sophie Hannah "A masterpiece." Louise O'Neill "Fantastic." Paula Hawkins ... |
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For the first time ever, a very special edition of the classic masterpiece, illustrated throughout in colour by the author himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 150 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume hardback edition contains ... |
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Number 1 New York Times bestselling author. They can only hurt you if you try to teach them. ... The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits, delinquents, and academic train wrecks. They're so bad they've been removed from the student body and isolated in room 117. Their teacher is Mr. Zachary Kermit, the most burned-out teacher in all of Greenwich. He's living for retirement, but the superintendent has his own plans to torpedo that idea - and it involves assigning him to the Unteachables... The Unteachables never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit ... |
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Лесен начин да овладеете уменията за правилно и ефективно писане на английски език. ... "Easy Learning: Помагало по писане на английски език" е лесен за използване наръчник за създаването на добри, ясни и ефективни текстове на английски език. С кратки и лесно разбираеми обяснения на всичко - от "поставяне на основите" на изречение и параграф до създаването на автобиографии, писма и есета - тази книга е ценно ръководство за всеки, който иска да подобри своите писмени умения. Съдържанието обхваща също структура на изреченията, пунктуация и оформление на страници, като дава ясни съвети и насоки. Всяка ... |
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От автора на "Да убиеш присмехулник". ... Мейкомб, Алабама. Двайсет и шест годишната Джин-Луиза Финч – някогашната Скаут, се връща от Ню Йорк да навести своя застаряващ баща Атикус. На фона на борбите за граждански права и политическите сблъсъци, които преобразяват Юга, завръщането на Джин-Луиза се оказва примесено с огорчение, когато тя научава тревожни истини за своето семейство, града и най-близките си хора. Спомените от детството прииждат и нейните ценности и убеждения са подложени на съмнение. "Джин-Луиза Финч винаги предприемаше това пътешествие по въздуха, но за петото си ежегодно завръщане у дома ... |
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It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush - but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her 'teenage dream' is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ... |
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Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again. "The Hobbit" became an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and 75 years later Tolkien's epic tale of elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, myth, magic and adventure, with its reluctant hero Bilbo Baggins, has lost none of its appeal. Now, for the first time, the ... |
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The brilliant new romcom from the bestselling author of mega-hit, Last Night. Two strangers. One big coincidence. Driving each other crazy is just the beginning... Harriet Hatley is running away from everything. Getting married. Her boyfriend's family. Her past. A dream house-share seems like the perfect place to hide, but her unlikely housemate Cal is no stranger to running away himself. And he's also hiding secrets of his own... Can these two take a crazy risk, face the past and finally find a reason to stay?"I love, love, love Mhairi... I read this with delight and envy." Marian Keyes ... |
