Със спомените си за София по времето, когато тя е "все още тристахиляден град" с "тихи периферни улички", Драган Тенев ни повежда на вълнуваща разходка из нейните емблематични кътчета. От прочутите кафе-сладкарници "Сан Суси" и "Роял", през оживената ул. "Търговска" с красивите ѝ фасади, бирарията на братя Прошек и ресторант "Батенберг", до кино "Модерен театър". Пътешествието е придружено и от пленяващи съзнанието истории. Сред тях са запознанството на автора с легендарния спортист, но скромен по душа човек Дан Колов, Стоян Михайловски, написал ... |
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Напускайки "Привит Драйв" за последен път, Хари знае, че лорд Волдемор и смъртожадните са съвсем близо. Защитната магия, която го е пазила жив досега, е развалена, но той не може да продължи да се крие. Черният лорд е на път да отнеме на Хари всичко, което обича. За да го спре, младият магьосник ще трябва да намери и унищожи оставащите хоркрукси. Последната битка скоро ще започне - а на Хари ще се наложи да се изправи лице в лице със своя най-голям враг... "Предайте ми Хари Потър - каза гласът на Волдемор - и никой няма да пострада. Предайте ми Хари Потър и аз ще оставя училището непокътнато. Предайте ми ... |
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Compiled by Rosemary Gray. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "London: An Illustrated Literary Companion", captures the varying moods of the great city over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honour. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists, including Gustave Doré, George Cruikshank, James McNeill Whistler and Hugh Thomson, and contains contemporary prints and photographs. ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Oliver Francis. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A compelling story of a brutal double murder and its aftermath. An impoverished ex-student, Rodion Raskolnikov, kills a pawnbroker and her sister, apparently for financial gain. But as he encounters friends and family, strangers and adversaries, Raskolnikov is compelled to face the true forces that have led him to murder. His struggle with himself and those around him becomes a battle of the individual against society, radicalism against tradition, and ultimately the will of man against the mysteries of divine providence. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years' separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' sewn onto her clothes. Resolving to discover the man's identity, Roger sets out to destroy his rival, while Hester desperately tries to protect her illegitimate daughter from a society determined to condemn them both. A smash hit in its day, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the gripping tale of three New England ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Classic Locked-Room Mysteries is a fascinating collection of ingenious mysteries which all pose the question "howdunnit?" Featuring well-known sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown, as well as the less familiar, including Jacques Futrelle's Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, in each story the reader is invited to play detective and is presented with a challenge: can you solve the mystery before the solution is revealed? Locked-room mysteries reached their height of popularity in the Victorian and Edwardian eras; this collection, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Supernatural hounds, a family curse, a mysterious cipher and the return of a deadly enemy. Sherlock Holmes will have to utilize every skill he has to solve the two classic mysteries collected here. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" sees Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the misty wilds of Dartmoor to confront a devilish apparition, while in The Valley of Fear the pair investigate a gruesome murder that may be the work of the dastardly Professor Moriarty himself. In this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition, Sherlock scholar David ... |
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This collection contains fifteen of O. Henry's short stories. "The Gift of the Magi" is the most famous of his classic tales, but the stories that follow here give the reader a deeper and richer sample of O. Henry's storytelling art. The text has been simplified and made easier to read for the enjoyment of readers who study English. It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced learners. О.Henry (1862 - 1910) was a widely popular American short story writer, famous for his dry humor, wordplay and clever surprise endings. "O. Henry's finest work... reveal such a depth of understanding of the ... |
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Густав Климт, един от големите художници в света на изкуството, оживява в този вълнуващ и страстен роман за неговото творчество, съмишленици и най-вече за жените, които са го вдъхновявали. Най-значимата от тях - Емилие Фльоге, той увековечава в прочутата си картина "Целувката" и тъкмо на нея Елизабет Хики посвещава литературния си дебют. Емилие Фльоге и Густав Климт имат разтърсваща, трудна, продължила цял живот връзка. Срещат се, когато тя е само на дванайсет, а той - вече известен. Климт започва да ѝ дава уроци по рисуване и разкрива за нея бохемските, артистични среди от края на XIX и началото на XX ... |
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Вълшебни коледни истории е сборник, който събира на едно място класически произведения от едни от най-значимите имена в световната литература. Това е богато литературно преживяване за читатели, които ценят дълбочината, моралните внушения и красивия език. В изданието ще откриете творби на автори като Чарлз Дикенс, Ан Бронте, Николай Гогол, Лев Толстой и други, представени в техния оригинален, неподправен стил. Коледната тема в тези разкази не е просто фон - тя е художествен инструмент, който подчертава човечността, прошката, истинските ценности и магията на промяната. Историите преливат от атмосфера, драматизъм, топлина и ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. A rich, comic and illuminating portrait of life in a small town, Cranford has moved and entertained readers for generations. This edition features illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, and an introduction by Dr Josie Billington, a specialist in Victorian literature. The women of the small country town of Cranford live in genteel poverty, ... |
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With an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence", is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. 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 features an introduction by award-winning novelist, Rachel Cusk. As the scion of ... |
