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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A dead body is dredged from the Thames, presumed to be the son of wealthy miser John Harmon, in Charles Dickens final novel, "Our Mutual Friend". Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an introduction by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley and original illustrations by Marcus Stone. John Harmon made his fortune collecting "dust", and on his death his estranged son is due to inherit his wealth on the condition that ... |
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Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket - sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by David Stuart Davies and original illustrations by H. K. Browne. Bleak House is not only a love story and a tightly plotted murder mystery, but also a condemnation of the corruption at the heart of English society. The inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been going on for generations involving myriad characters from all walks of life. There's Esther ... |
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The first official Stranger Things novel. Before the Demogorgon... before the Mind Flayer... terror wore a human face. ... A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth behind Eleven’s mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down. It's the summer of 1969. The world is changing, and Terry Ives isn't content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment, she signs on as a test subject. But behind the walls of Hawkins National Laboratory - and the piercing gaze of its director, Dr. Martin Brenner - lurks a dark ... |
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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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Hogwarts house edition. ... Let the magic of J.K. Rowling's classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This Hufflepuff House Edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its dedication, patience and loyalty. Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is packed with more great Hufflepuff moments and characters - not least the heroism and valour of Hogwarts champion Cedric Diggory in the thrilling Triwizard Tournament... Each Hufflepuff House Edition features vibrant sprayed edges and intricate silver foiling. The ... |
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The sequel to the international bestseller "One of Us is Lying". ... Welcome back to Bayview High... It's been a year since the events of "One Of Us Is Lying". But nothing has settled for the residents of Bayview. Not now someone has started playing a sinister game of Truth or Dare. Choose truth? You must reveal your darkest secret. Choose dare? Well, that could be even more dangerous. Even deadly. When the game takes an even darker turn, suddenly no one at Bayview High knows who to trust. But they need to find out who is behind the game, before it's too late. "Praise for One of Us is ... |
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"The Merchant of Venice" is most associated not with its titular hero, Antonio, but with the complex, unforgettable figure of the money-lender, Shylock. It is Shylock who finances Antonio's friend Bassanio in his pursuit of the beautiful Portia, and who demands a gruesome bond from the wealthy merchant. Described as a comedy in the First Folio, Shakespeare's explorations of prejudice, duty and the nature of justice make for a far darker play. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert (1817 - 1897), and includes an introduction by Ned Halley. Designed ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This stunning Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Demelza features an afterword by novelist Liz Fenwick. Demelza Carne, the impoverished miner's daughter rescued from a fairground rabble, is now Ross Poldark's wife. But events are set to test their marriage and their love... Demelza's efforts to adapt to the ways of the gentry - and of her husband - bring her confusion and heartache, despite her joy at the birth of their first child. Meanwhile, Ross begins a bitter struggle for the rights of the mining communities, sowing the seed of ... |
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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |
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The Enriched Collection. ... Myths & Legends from Bulgaria. The Enriched Collection е книга, която ви кани да се гмурнете надълбоко в далечни незапомнени времена и в истории, които са пропътували огромно разстояние през вековете, за да достигнат до нас. Сборникът съдържа седемдесет и шест митове и легенди от всички кътчета на страната, обхващайки период от неясната античност до обичаите и поверията, оцелели до наши дни. Историите в книгата са подбрани от разнообразни източници, както български, така и чужди. Авторката се е опитала да ги раздели на четири части - Митове от древния свят, Легенди за създаването на света, ... |
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The Japanese Bestseller. ... What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In "Before the Coffee Gets Cold", we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, ... |
