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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Love moves to its own beat. Evie is disillusioned about love ever since her dad left her mum for another woman - she's even throwing out her beloved romance novel collection. When she's given a copy of a book called Instructions for Dancing, and follows a note inside to a dilapidated dance studio, she discovers she has a strange and unwelcome gift. When a couple kisses in front of her, she can see their whole relationship play out - from the moment they first catch each other's eye to the last bitter moments of their break-up. For Evie, it confirms everything she thinks she knows about love - that it doesn&# ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20,000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepartout, he sets off on a thrilling journey. Adventure, chaos and romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock. The exciting adventures of Fogg and Passepartout in Jules Verne' ... |
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Dana Schwartz's Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal ... |
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The sequel to Carry On. The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... So why can't Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light... That's how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, ... |
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Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she's spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing that's kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal's perfect progeny. But a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes. On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she's not the only one Shara kissed. There's also Smith, Shara's longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara's bad boy ... |
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"Grateful Dead" продължават с поредицата си от преиздания по случай 50-тата си годишнина с "Anthem of the sun: 50th anniversary deluxe edition". Както останалите албуми в колекцията, "Anthem Of The Sun" е преиздаден 50 години след излизането си, в делукс издание от два диска, включващи оригиналния албум с нов ремастериран звук, плюс бонус диск с неиздавани записи на изпълнения на живо. "Anthem of the sun: 50th anniversary deluxe edition" включва две версии на оригиналния албум, една напълно ремастерирана от оригиналния микс от 1968 г., и една ремастерирана версия на изданието от ... |
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This will end in flames... The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they ... |
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Изразете вашата индивидуалност с молива Kohl Kajal от Catrice. Той се предлага в различни силно пигментирани цветове, подходящи за всеки повод и вкус. Меката текстура на молива се нанася с лекота по линията на клепача. С него може да създадете различна и цветна очна линия, която да подчертае красотата на вашия поглед. Моливът за очи Catrice има водоустойчива формула, за да сте подготвени за всички изненади, които може да ви поднесе времето. Моливът за очи Catrice Kohl Kajal е веган, не съдържа алкохол, микропластмаса, парфюм и парабени. ... |
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"The Doors" издават тяхната легендарна колекция "Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine" за първи път на двойно CD и в дигитален формат. Първоначално издаден през 1972-ра, този златен двоен албум е първата компилация, пусната след смъртта на Джим Морисън на 1971. 22-те песни, които са част от колекцията, дават разнообразно представяне на музиката, записана между 1967-ма и 1971-ва от оригиналната четворка: Джон Дензмор, Роби Кригър, Рей Манзарек и Джим Морисън. Дългогодишният музикален инженер на групата Брус Ботник ремастерира парчетата в това ново издание, което взима своето заглавие от лириките на " ... |
