In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr Locke, she feels little different from the artefacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored and utterly out of place. But her quiet existence is shattered when she stumbles across a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page reveals more impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own."A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, ... |
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Adapted Book. This remarkable collection features short stories by great nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. Beginning with Washington Irving's masterpieces - The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and The Devil and Tom Walker, the volume also includes humorous short stories by Mark Twain (The Celebrated Jumping Frog) and Ellis Parker Butler (Pigs Is Pigs); fantastic and dark tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Rappaccini's Daughter) and Fitz-James O'Brien (The Diamond Lens); realistic stories by Herman Melville (Bartleby) and the Pulitzer-winner Willa Cather (Paul's Case); a crime story by Edgar ... |
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And the Europeanisation of Bulgaria. Presented in selected areas of state administration and society (1861 - 1887 - 1912). The book is a thorough narrative of the modernization of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1912. One period of 25 years of Bulgaria's peaceful existence, apart from the social turmoil. In these years Bulgaria went from being an Ottoman Asian province to a European state. This was, of course, the consequence of a great popular, especially elitist, push towards Europe, led by the Bulgarian ruler - Prince, later Tsar, Ferdinand I. His participation in this great upsurge is the subject of this book. It is the ... |
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Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. In this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves into everything from ... |
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The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst. ... Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating ... |
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This book is an adaptation of Mark Twain's classic tale The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . It has about 1400 headwords and is appropriate for low intermediate to intermediate learners. Tom Sawyer is an iconic figure in American literature, and his adventures have fascinated millions of readers all over the world. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) is one of America's best and most beloved writers, famous for his tales of boyhood like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."There were people who believed that Tom Sawyer might some day become President of the United States, if he ... |
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"1+1=1. Успели българи в тандем" е книга за партньорството между талантливи, ярки, силни и вдъхновяващи личности, които не се страхуват нито от своето его, нито от егото на другия. Такъв е неписаният закон на успеха във всяко партньорство, независимо между какви хора и в каква сфера е то - двамата в тандема да имат и чувстват пълната свобода да бъдат себе си. Веселина Паскова е завършила българска филология в СУ "Св. Климент Охридски". Била е програмен редактор в Националния дворец на културата - София. Съставител е на три сборника "Зелени разкази", в които са събрани творбите на ... |
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Характеристики на карта "България според Санстефанския мирен договор - 3 март 1878 г.": географска мрежа; територия на Княжество България според Санстефанския прелиминарен договор и съседни държави, представени чрез фоново оцветяване върху сенкорелеф; държавни граници и граница на автономно княжество според договора; столици и градове; хидрография и надписи на хидрография, държави, историко-географски области; легенда. Характеристики на карта "България според Берлинския договор - 1 - 13 юли 1878 г.": географска мрежа; територия на Княжество България, Източна Румелия и съседни държави, ... |
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На български и английски език. Проверена с GPS. Старинен Пловдив, туристически гид, регионална карта. ... В картата на Пловдив ще откриете: информация за историята и природата на града; полезна информация; карта на панаирната площ; карта на старинен Пловдив с обозначение на паметници на културата от национално значение; туристическа карта на централната част на града; туристически маршрути в Пловдив; важни телефонни номера; индекс на улиците. Включва карти на: регион Пловдив; централната част на Пловдив; международен панаир; индустриална зона; индустриална зона Радиново, Бенковски, Царацово; кварталите ... |
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Изданието съдържа сгъваема, административна карта на Балканския полуостров. С цел тя да бъде по-подробна и по-голяма, тя е двулицева: от едната страна са разположени Северни Балкани, а от другата - Южни Балкани. Картата е на български език, има сравнителна таблица на площта и населението на държавите от полуострова и за всяка отделна страна има следната информация: национален флаг площ на територия население гъстота столица парична единица административно деление Картата е с М 1:1 400 000, 1 cm = 1.4 km. Размер на разгънатата карта - 87 x 66 cm. ... |
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A New Selection. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Thomas Hardy saw himself, first and foremost, as a poet, and he wrote poetry throughout his prolific and acclaimed novel-writing years before announcing in 1896 that he would no longer write novels, much to the astonishment of his worldwide readership. Instead he went on to publish eight masterful volumes of poetry - ranging from lyrics and ballads to dramatic monologues and satire - and is now regarded as one of the greatest twentieth-century poets. Choosing the best verse from each volume, "The Poems of Thomas Hardy" is the ... |
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Inspired by deities, folklore and fairy tales from around the world. The path to enlightenment is unique for each of us, but many of the lessons we learn are shared stories passed among cultures and generations. "Tarot of Divine" brings traditional tarot archetypes to life with a lustrous series of fables, including the Little Mermaid, Aladdin, the Crane Wife, Sleeping Beauty, King Arthur, and the stories of many lesser-known legends and deities from all over the world. Just as the as the tarot provides ways to interpret the world around us, so too, do these illuminating folktales. ... |
