Illustrated by Simon Williams. ... "It was Saturday night. The street lights were on and there was a misty light over Marabastad. Everyone was watchful, especially the women. I was watching for the light from torches. I think now that the torchlight was very threatening. It was always like this for us: Saturday night and police torchlights, Saturday night and police whistles, Saturday night and screams, Saturday night and cursing from the white man. And I was only thirteen." From the Book "Down Second Avenue" is the story of Eseki, a young boy who, during his growth into adulthood, becomes slowly ... |
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The shocking confession of one of the most incendiary players in football history. The only one in the world who won the Ballon d'Or after the communist regime prohibited him from playing professionally. Hristo Stoichkov, the Gunman of legendary FC Barcelona Dream Team, brings us his authentic autobiography."For me, Bulgaria means Hristo Stoichkov. He’s the indisputable master of scoring beautiful goals, but I didn’t bring him to Barça because of that, but because of his character. Inspired, ambitious, hungry for victory! This was precisely the kind of player I needed to build a Dream Team the world might ... |
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Two dark comedies with ghost/mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence. Ichabod Crane is the hero of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Peculiar-looking and socially inept, this schoolmaster is a joke to the people of Sleepy Hollow as he tries to win the love of the beautiful daughter of a rich farmer." - The horseman's head still lies somewhere on the battlefield - the people of Sleepy Hollow said. – Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it. One dark night, Ichabod Crane - the village schoolmasters - saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he?" From the book ... |
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From the New York Times bestselling author of "Beach Read" comes a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love. Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She's a wild child, he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust, he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart - she's in New York City, and he's in ... |
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The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. It`s no place for Shadowhunters, but through twi centures a Silent Brother has visited. Brother Zachariah was once a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. Now he is searching for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see, against the backdrop of the Market’s dark dealings, Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul and a young Jace Wayland finds safety. In the Market is hidden a ... |
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The purpose I pursue with this book is to compare the information that has come down to us from old writers and to draw some conclusions about the people who spread the Bulgarian state to the Balkans, without resorting to the numerous contemporary books that I have read and that fill my library. I do this not out of disrespect for the tremendous work of contemporary Bulgarian writers and historians, but out of a desire to make an independent assessment of events and to draw my own conclusions about the relationship and sequence of events and their consequences by reading only older authors. I hope the book will find a ... |
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They say that the eyes feed first, then the body follows."The idea behind this book started in the land of smiles - Thailand. The specific aroma of Asian cuisine embraces everyone who sets foot in this land. This fragrance lingers in the mind, enriching the memories associated with the exotic. One of the festivals celebrated there, which is deeply connected to the story of this book, is the festival of the floating lanterns. Its preparation begins with the crafting of small boats made out of banana leaves in the shape of lotus flowers, lavishly adorned with petals and candles, before being set afloat in flowing water ... |
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Rob had it all, but when his dad was caught embezzling funds from half the town, everything changed. Now Rob's the social pariah who los everything - his friends, his status, even his family. Maegan was a typical overachiever until the pressure got to her last year. And now that her sister is pregnant, pretending to be "perfect" family might be too much to handle. When Rob and Maegan are paird together at school, they're both reluctant to let down the walls they've built. But Rob's plan to fix the damage caused by his father could ruin more than their fragile new friendship... ... |
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Денят на мама и Боби е изпълнен с емоции: прегръдки, страхове, закачки, плач. Но нищо не може да промени обичта помежду им."– А когато плача и не знам защо? – А когато се карам и съм твърде строга? – Обичам те, Боби! – Обичам те, мамо!" Из книгата Тази красива история ни разказва за истинската и безусловна любов, която съществува между майката и нейното дете. Илюстратор на книжката е Лаура Стицел. ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Alex Forley had everything: good looks, money, a beautiful house in London, an attractive girlfriend and a close group of friends. But now he is dead - an apparent case of suicide. Detective Inspector Rod Eliot isn't sure Alex killed himself and he wants the answers to two simple questions.Was it murder? And if so, who did it? ... |
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Когато иска да се разтовари, Челси търси помощ от по-висока инстанция - и тя се казва водка. И вие бихте постъпили така, ако установите, че гаджето ви е влюбено в пекинеза си или се налага да се преструвате, че сте на меден месец с баща си, за да ви преместят в първа класа. Добре дошли в света на Челси - място, изпълнено с абсурди, където остроумието е най-добрата защита. Провъзгласена от сп. Vanity Fair за една от "цариците на комедията", Челси Хендлър е звездата в собственото си шоу Chelsea Lately (Челси напоследък) по телевизия E! Entertainment, една от звездите в шоуто Момичета с лошо поведение и чест гост ... |
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Светът обяснен чрез математиката. ... Математиката може да ви разкаже за света неща, които не могат да бъдат научени по никакъв друг начин. Този изключително информативна и удивително забавна малка книга отговаря на 100 съществени въпроса, свързани със съществуването ни. Тя разплита загадки, изяснява парадокси и хвърля светлина в тъмните ъгли. От спечелване на тотото и залагане на конни състезания, през Шекспир, Гугъл и теорията на игрите, до пияниците и разводите, от хаоса до безкрайността и всичко между тях, 100 съществени неща, които не сте знаели, че не знаете ви дава отговори, за които не сте подозирали!"Ако ... |
