Based on the story of Desmond Bagley. Retold by Ralph Mowat. ... On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her... and throws acid into her face. Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway? And who is the enemy? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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Based on the story of Jane Austen. Retold by Clare West. ... The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls - their fortunes, and misfortunes, in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times. Classics, modern ... |
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Based on the story of Louisa May Alcott. Retold by John Escott. ... When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his little women when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult ... |
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Based on the story of Charles Dickens. Retold by Clare West. ... "Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!" sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship... and love. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction ... |
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Четвърто издание. ... Боян Мага - княз Вениамин - е брат на цар Петър Велики, на св. Иван Рилски и син на цар Симеон Велики. Обучен от Великия Посветен Вотан в Египет, овладял тайните на менталната трансмутация, на новостите в медицината, на цялото знание, до което са имали достъп само Велики Адепти, архиепископ Ба-Ян Мага достига до последната степен на посвещение, когато човек е в състояние да пробуди Божественото начало в себе си, след като е овладял своя ум и пречистил сърцето си. Той е създателят на богомилството, изиграло огромна роля за Реформацията и Възраждането на цяла Европа, защото пораждат Хусизма и подготвят ... |
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Историческият роман Вазови - шапки долу! на писателката Павлина Павлова разкрива в пълнота биографията на народния поет Иван Вазов, на брат му Владимир Вазов и на останалите членове на фамилията. Уж всички знаем кой е Иван Вазов, но се оказва, че всичко, публикувано за него, е някак фрагментирано и образът му се губи, душата му остава извън нашето внимание. Сега Павлина Павлова запълва тази празнина, намерила оригинален начин да ни срещне с любимия автор, както и с неговите най-близки и обичани хора. Ще можете да прочетете интересни случки и истории с Атанас Буров и Пейо Яворов, с д-р Кръстев и Пенчо Славейков, с ... |
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Този комплект карти е допълнение към книгите Петте рани, които пречат да бъдеш какъвто си и Лечението на петте рани. Целта им е да ви подкрепят да приложите на практика съветите на Лиз Бурбо и да ускорите лечебния процес. С тяхна помощ ще осъзнаете по-добре раните, от които страдате, и най-вече, ще вървите по-уверено по пътя към изцелението. Комплектът съдържа общо 55 карти, по 11 карти за всяка от петте рани. Всеки ден можете да теглите на случаен принцип една от тях и да изпълнявате предложеното от Лиз Бурбо на нея."Тези карти са създадени, за да ти помогнат да осъзнаеш по-добре раните, от които страдаш, и ... |
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Based on the story of Charles Dickens. Retold by Clare West. ... Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of ... |
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Based on the story of Katherine Mansfield. Retold by Rosalie Kerr. ... "Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid." By the book Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair. Classics, modern ... |
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Based on the story of Isaac Asimov. Retold by Rowena Akinyemi. ... A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest sciencefiction writers, and these short stories give us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future. Classics, ... |
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Based on the story of Charles Dickens. Retold by Clare West. ... In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head, her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!' Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. ... |
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Поредица "Шедьовър" представя на българския читател безсмъртни образци на световната литература. ... "Два рода равно знатни от Верона, чиято красота е тук пред вас, отново нарушавайки закона, проливат ближна кръв със вражи бяс. Двамина млади през стени от злоба обикват се под гибелна звезда и таз любов, отвела ги до гроба, погребва с тях и кръвната вражда. Със жребия на тез нещастни двама в спора бащин, към страстта им глух, във хода на два часа тази драма ще занимае тънкия ви слух, Където тя не е дотам добра, дано помогне нашата игра!" ... |
