Бестселър № 1 на Ню Йорк Таймс. ... Грег Хефли винаги е бил нетърпелив да порасне. А всъщност, наистина ли израстването и осъзнаването вървят ръка за ръка? Изневиделица Грег се оказва притиснат от ходенето по купони с момичета, нарасналите отговорности и трудните промени, от които няма измъкване, когато порастваш - и всичко това без неговия най-добър приятел, Раули. Ще успее ли Грег да се справи сам? Или е време да се сблъска с грозната истина? Читателите обожават поредицата "Дневникът на един дръндьо" - бестселър на "Ю Ес Ей Тъдей", "Паблишърс Уикли", "Уол Стрийт Джърнъл" и " ... |
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Бестселър № 1 на Ню Йорк Таймс. ... Любовта витае във въздуха... но какво ли значи това за Грег Хефли? Танцовата забава за Свети Валентин е преобърнала света му с главата надолу. Въпреки отчаяните усилия да си намери дама, той се тревожи, че ще остане на сухо през тази съдбоносна вечер. Най-добрият му приятел Раули също няма изгледи за успех, но това е слаба утеха. Съдбата обаче дарява Грег с партньорка за танците, а оставя Раули в ролята на излишния трети. Но за една вечер могат да се случат толкова много неща, че накрая не е сигурно кой ще има късмет в любовта. ... |
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33 -те закона на бизнеса и живота."Това не е книга за бизнес стратегии. Стратегиите се променят като сезоните. Това е книга за нещо много по-трайно. В основата на всички успехи и неуспехи, които съм преживял - както по време на собственото ми предприемаческо пътуване, така и чрез хилядите интервюта, които съм провел в моя подкаст, стоят набор от принципи, които гарантират съвършенство. Тези фундаментални закони са в основата на моя шеметен възход и ще подхранват и вашия, независимо дали искате да изградите нещо забележително, или да станете велики. Законите се коренят в психологията и поведенческата наука, в моя ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... E. M. Delafield's largely autobiographical novel takes the form of a journal written by an upper-middle-class lady living in a Devonshire village. Written with humour, this charming novel is full of the peculiarities of daily life. The Provincial Lady of the title attempts to avoid disaster and prevent chaos from descending upon her household. But with a husband reluctant to do anything but doze behind The Times, mischievous children and trying servants, it's a challenge keeping up appearances on an inadequate income, particularly in front of the ... |
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Fluent from birth in French as well as his native Polish, Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) learned his third language, English, as an adult. And it was in English that he wrote his evocative stories and novels, drawing upon his experiences in the British and French navies to portray the struggles of humanity amid the world's vast indifference. This anthology offers readers the essential Joseph Conrad, including his debut novel, "Almayer's Folly". Other features include his political thriller, "The Secret Agent", along with his most famous novel, "Heart of Darkness", and a related account ... |
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The complete stories with original illustrations from the Strand Magazine. ... It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serializing Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr Watson. The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock ... |
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It's summer vacation, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where's Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn. Greg, a self-confessed "indoor person", is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer... one packed with outdoor activities and "family togetherness". Whose vision will win out? Or will a new addition to the Heffley family change everything? This is the fourth book in Jeff Kinney 's phenomenally successful "Diary of a ... |
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Combined planner - diary for an amazing journey inward to yourself, in which you rediscover and create your tomorrow."You are holding in your hands the only combined planner - diary of its kind. With it you will be able to organize your daily life by planning and performing the tasks facing you and marking the primary goals and the main steps for their realization. It will help you to realize the challenges that have arisen before you. To understand which of your habits need development, what to focus on. With it you will take an amazing journey towards yourself. Where you will rediscover and create your tomorrow.& ... |
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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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For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary. But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's long-dead wife? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With ... |
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The Thought Police, doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - "1984" itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom and its suppression; yet they were newly created by George Orwell in 1949 as he conjured his dystopian vision of a world where totalitarian power is absolute. In this novel, continuously popular since its first publication, readers can explore the dark and extraordinary world he brought so fully to life. The principal characters who lead us through that world are ordinary human beings like ourselves: ... |
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Packed with doodles and cartoons, this is the wry, witty and very funny diary of Norse god Loki and the trials of being trapped on Earth as a weedy eleven-year-old boy. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki is banished to live as a "normal" school boy. If he can show moral improvement within one month, then Loki can return to Asgard... and if he can't? Then it's eternity in a pit of angry snakes. To keep track of his progress, Odin has handed over this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth. (Even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole-rat.) As if moral improvement and ... |
