The sequel to the book Dune Messiah. ... The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revolt by the enigmatic figure known only as The ... |
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From the author of "The Song of Achilles". ... In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child-not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power-the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including ... |
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"Magnificent icons in Bulgaria" is a project of "Metodivs books" publishing house, representing one hundred Orthodox Christian icons, created in the span of a millennium - from X to XIX century, currently part of the collections of the National Archaeological Institute with a museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Gallery / Museum of Christian Art, National Museum of Ecclesiastical History and Archaeology, National History Museum and Rozhen Monastery "Holy Nativity of the Mother of God". This priceless heritage of centuries-old icons, certifying the indisputable Bulgarian ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work includes the beguiling When You are Old, The Cloths of Heaven and The Lake Isle of Innisfree but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later works, including Parnell's Funeral, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats's Collected Poems and also contains an illuminating ... |
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It was then that Erda, the great mother goddess, uttered an onerous prophesy: only a man of free will could wear the Ring and direct its might. The Rheingold brought damnation to all others and they all, dwarf or giant, mortal or god, would fall victim and the Ring would vanquish them... But if a man of free will were to don it, all would be freed and the gods would perish. Peter Stanimirov is a Bulgarian artist. His name associate with comics magazine "Rainbow", with "Pleiades Publishing House" and book covers of Stephen King and Dean Koontz, with the boom of books games at Bulgaria, with his ... |
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Based on the story of Wilkie Collins. Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson. ... The Moonstone is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinder's house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must die before the diamond's revenge is complete? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series ... |
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Troy Phelen is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. He is also eccentric, reclusive, confined to a wheelchair, and looking for a way to die. Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast, for too long. Emerging from his fourth stay in rehab, he knows returning to the real world is always difficult, but this time it's going to be murder. Rachel Lane is a young woman who chose to give her life to God, who walked away from the modern world with all its strivings and trappings and encumbrances, and went to live and work with a primitive tribe of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In "The House of Mirth", ... |
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Заседнал си на километри от цивилизацията, след като колата ти се разваля през една мрачна, дъждовна нощ. Единствената ти надежда за убежище е едно странно, порутено имение, което забелязваш в далечината. Но с влизането в къщата те очакват смразяващи кръвта премеждия. Мистериозно братство се събира, за да провежда ужасяващите си ритуали, а ти попадаш в плен на кошмарната къща. Героят си ти! Ще оцелееш ли цяла нощ в една къща от ада? ... |
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The deadliest power. The fiercest passion. The cruellest fate. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar have made a pact. As they process the events of the Spring they will keep things... platonic... until Winter Solstice. But can they resist when the crackling tension between them is enough to set the whole of Crescent City aflame? And they are not out of danger yet. Dragged into a rebel movement they want no part of, Bryce, Hunt and their friends find themselves pitted against the terrifying Asteri - whose notice they must avoid at all costs. But as they learn more about the rebel cause, they face a choice: stay silent while ... |
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Bound by blood. Tempted by desire. Unleashed by destiny. Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party, and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer. But when a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, Bryce's world comes crashing down. Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer. As Bryce and Hunt fight to ... |
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Sergei Ignatov: Professor of Egyptology, New Bulgarian University, Sofia Founder and director of the Bulgarian institute of Egyptology, New Bulgarian University, Sofia M.A. and Ph.D. in Egyptology from St. Petersburg University, Russia. Specialized in All Souls College, Oxford He served as a Minister of Education, Youth and Science, 2009 - 2013 Rector of New Bulgarian University 2002 - 2009 Dean of the Undergraduate School, NBU 1999 - 2002 Head of the eapertment of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, NBU 1998 0 2002 Has published widely in the field of Egyptology ... |
