The delighted wonder surrounding a cat that has learned to talk quickly turns to dismay when the feline's conversation involves the scandalous remarks he's overheard. "Tobermory" abounds in the irony for which its author, Saki, is well known and admired. Along with the other short stories in this first-rate anthology, it showcases the talents of a renowned British writer. Other stories include Anthony Trollope's "The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne," a subtle study of the psychological cost of maintaining self-esteem; Thomas Hardy's "The Fiddler of the Reels", in which a ... |
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The first novel in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn't kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell."From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible." People "A rip-roaring thriller... One of the truly memorable tough-guy heroes in recent ... |
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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. Reporter Kate Jensen investigates the death of a karate master in a 'dojo', a karate training room in London. Another death quickly follows and Kate finds herself drawn into the mystery. The trail takes her to Japan, back to London, and back in time to a crime committed over thirty years earlier. ... |
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She's the inconvenience he never saw coming... and the one he would kill for Damien Black. American royalty. Gorgeous asshole. Shameless rake. Also... my new boss. One night of mistakes and he's running to my rescue like the prince on a white horse. But a liar is no damsel. There's no escaping Rosehill's bad boy when fate keeps pushing you together. But if the souls of the foul are doomed, why does every night feel like heaven? What do you do when a pretty little thing walks through the doors of your exclusive nightclub? You take a front row seat to the show. Ivy Thanos. Brilliant dancer. Dangerous vixen. ... |
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From the New York Times bestselling author of "Six Crimson Cranes" comes a fantasy filled with courtly intrigue, deceitful demons, and breathtaking gowns ... the stakes are higher than ever in this thrilling sequel to "Spin the Dawn"! Maia Tamarin's journey to sew the dresses of the sun, the moon, and the stars has taken a grievous toll. She returns to a kingdom on the brink of war. Edan, the boy she loves, is gone, perhaps forever and no sooner does she set foot in the Autumn Palace than she is forced to don the dress of the sun and assume the place of the emperor's bride-to-be to keep the ... |
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Акцентите в броя: специален брой Хелоуин - тасманийски дяволи, чудати буболечки и още истории; забавен маскарад; страшен тест; замък с духове; много игри, закачки и забавления; супер плакат; лесен и весел английски. ... |
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Книгата е част от колекция "Върхове" на издателство "Изток - Запад". ... Първоначално публикуван на части в детско списание, но през годините издаван многократно, а днес смело определян като класическо произведение – така изглежда пътят към успеха за романа "Островът на съкровищата". Създадена от Робърт Луис Стивънсън през 80-те години на миналия век, приключенската история първоначално е определяна като четиво само за деца. Не след дълго обаче се превръща и в задължително четиво за възрастните. И ако в началото мнозина смятат, че приказен свят с пътешествия, пирати и скрито съкровище няма ... |
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A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast". ... Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall, is cursed. Forced to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he can only be freed by love. But at the end of each autumn he is transformed into a beast hell-bent on destruction, and after so many failed attempts, his kingdom and its people are barely holding on. Harper's life has never been easy, but she's learned to be tough enough to survive. She won't let anything hold her back, not her cerebral palsy or her mother's deteriorating health. But when she is sucked into Rhen's world, nothing ... |
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Книгата е на две млади авторки, които пишат под псевдоними. По-популярни са в Инстаграм под името "Red hell", където публикуват текстовете си на български и английски и са следвани от близо 7 000 читатели. Думата, с която, може да се опише поезията им, е ексцентрична. Една различна стихосбирка. Книга, която разкрива ясната граница между вечната и токсичната любов. Желаната средина, считана за добродетел. Макар някои от поемите в стихосбирката да са крайни и да контрастират със сладникавата представа за любов - те не я отричат. Поезия, която представя любовта като основен идеал, без форма или правила. Заглавието ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by crazed Captain Ahab, a man hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Herman Melville transforms the little world of the whale ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate. Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its extraordinary intensity sustained by mischievous irony and moments of exquisite beauty, Moby-Dick is both a great American epic and a profoundly ... |
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Les terres bulgares figurent parmi les plus anciennes au monde. Les hommes les peuplèrent depuis l'antiquité la plus profonde. Depuis, jusqu à nos jours, elles furent traversées par plusieurs tribus et peuples connus et inconnus. Certains continuaient à l'Ouest, d'autres restaient pour quelque temps, d'autres encore liaient leur destin à celui de leur nouvelle patrie. Tous ces peuples laissèrent des traces de leur présence et contribuèrent à l'enrichissement de l'héritage bulgare culturel et historique. La Bulgarie est l'un des pays qui ... |
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Новият албум на Pat Metheny, "From This Place" е издаден на 21 февруари 2020 г. Записът включва 10 композиции от Metheny, към когото се присъединяват дългогодишния му барабанист Antonio Sanchez, малазийско-австралийската басистка Linda May Han Oh и британският пианист Gwilym Simcock, както и "Hollywood Studio Symphony" под ръководството на Joel McNeely. Meshell Ndegeocello (вокали), Gregoire Maret (хармоника) и Luis Conte (перкусии) са специални гости във From This Place, първият албум на Metheny от нови творби след "Kin". От 2014 г. Metheny, Simcock, Oh и Sanchez започват обширно ... |
