Until I met Juniper, nothing was ever the same again. The summer of 1955 has the makings of being the worst summer ever. My dad has packed me off to my aunt and uncle's place in small town Alabama. Why is this so terrible, you ask? Because my racist neighbors have made it crystal clear how unwelcome I am. Now for its only saving grace: enter Juniper Jones - kind, open, accepting and a complete enigma to me. Together, we might just be invincible. ... |
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Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with emigre Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous "silicon roundabout", Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son. Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the ... |
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Folk Tales From Italy е английски превод на едноименния сборник на български език, издаден от ИК Виа Летера през 2017 г. Книгата излиза едновременно като печатно и електронно издание. Съдържа двадесет и три популярни истории и легенди от всички краища на Италия. Необятното народно творчество на Италия ще ви преведе през света на всекидневието до света на вълшебното, от странните превъплъщения на приказните герои до жилавото остроумие на обикновените хора. Книгата съдържа три раздела - Народна мъдрост, Вълшебни приказки и Басни с животни. Всички заедно разкриват дълбоката връзка на човека с природата, учат ни да бъдем ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla - "troublemaker". But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthusiastic sportsman. Who could imagine then what was ... |
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Тази вечер Шайтон е планирал да отиде на концерт с приятеля си Симон на Панаира на аркадните игри. Той се надява там да успее да поговори с Каролин... Но денят няма да премине по план... "24 heures" е юношеска приключенска поредица, която включва: културни щрихи, които разказват за градовете и регионите; забавни дейности, които разкриват смисъла на историята; визуален речник, който обогатява езиковата култура; терминологичен речник с превод на английски, немски, испански и италиански език; драматизирани откъси за четене и отговори на основните упражнения, достъпни безплатно в "Espace virtuel". ... |
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How Geographers, Pharmacists, Novelists, Plant Hunters, War Correspondents, Engineers, Medical Men & Tourists Discovered & Experienced Nineteenth-Century Bulgaria. What Western and Central Europeans did, saw and experienced in nineteenth-century Bulgaria is the subject of this book. Most of them came from France, Great Britain, the German states and the Austrian Empire, others from Belgium, Denmark or Switzerland. For reasons still to be given, special emphasis is placed on German-speaking visitors to Bulgaria and their writings. Their story has never been told in any comprehensive way in a Western language, and it is ... |
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Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. People love and need animals. They keep them in their homes and on their farms. They enjoy going to zoos, and watching animals on films and on TV. Little children love to play with toy animals. But people are a great danger to animals too. They take their land, and cut down the trees where animals have their homes. ... |
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Since his stories began to appear in magazines such as Weird Tales in the 1920s and 30s, H. P. Lovecraft and his vivid imagination have been entertaining generations of readers with tales that both drew upon and pushed the boundaries of the genres of horror and science fiction. Lovecraft's influence has been immense: countless writers - from Stephen King to Neil Gaiman - and filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro have acknowledged the way in which Lovecraft has inspired them. Filled with suspense, amazing creatures and sensationally scary scenarios, this chronologically ordered collection of his short stories ... |
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Юго, 17-годишен парижанин, живее от няколко месеца в Брюксел. Трудно му е да се адаптира. Освен това отношенията с баща му не винаги вървят гладко. И определено разходката из града, организирана от колега на баща му, няма да разреши проблемите му. Дали в крайна сметка той ще съумее да оцени новия си живот? "24 heures" е юношеска приключенска поредица, която включва: културни щрихи, които разказват за градовете и регионите; забавни дейности, които разкриват смисъла на историята; визуален речник, който обогатява езиковата култура; терминологичен речник с превод на английски, немски, испански и италиански ... |
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When darkness falls, heroes rise... ... If everything was taken from you, what would you do to get it back? Agatha patrols the sea wall with pride, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime is a reluctant Angler, full of self-doubt and afraid of the sea. When disaster strikes, the pair must embark on a terrifying journey to a land where forgotten magic and dark secrets lurk in every shadow..."A brave new voice in fantasy fiction" Sally Green, author of "Half Bad" ... |
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The UK and US No. 1 bestseller. Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. ... From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit ... |
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...because everyone deserve a fresh start. ... Smart and funny Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things The first step was learning to read, but if she really wants to turn her life around, Maggsie is going to have to trust other people - and that might just be the hardest lesson she’s ever faced... Small and dyslexic, with a short fuse, bad teeth, a prison record and something to prove, Marguerite McNaughton - Maggsie - doesn't need anybody or anything, thank you very much. She's more than capable of looking after herself. She's also about to discover that everyone needs someone, sometimes. Even her. ... |
