With an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence", is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by award-winning novelist, Rachel Cusk. As the scion of ... |
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Етикетите от серията Age of the Titans на Ars Una са направени от самозалепваща хартия и интересен дизайн. Прилепват добре както към хартия и картон, така и към подвързиите за учебници и тетрадки. Комплектът се състои от 3 листа с по 6 броя ученически етикети. Всеки етикет е с редове за надписване и размери 7.8 x 4.3 cm. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features eleven of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went on to ... |
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For the first time ever, a very special edition of the classic masterpiece, illustrated throughout in colour by the author himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 150 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume hardback edition contains ... |
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"Bulgaria of the Religions" is a high-quality volume written to the highest standards of producing a guide book, with positive attitude towards the different religions, knowledge of history and love for culture and its religious background. The book perfectly serves the purpose of introducing Bulgaria's religious heritage to the outsider. The rich and creative illustrative material, the high standard of research, the range of topics and the interdisciplinary approach makes the volume both informative and entertaining. It coves subjects as varied as archaeology, architecture and the art of Christianity, Islam, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition of Henry James's classic ghost stories features an afterword by bestselling author Kate Mosse OBE. A young governess is employed to look after two orphaned siblings in a grand country house. Isolated and inexperienced, she is at first charmed by the children - but gradually suspects that they may not be as innocent as they seem. ... |
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Traditions and their Transformations in the British Cinema of the 90s, of the 20th Century ... Writing this book was a strange journey over bridges across different cultures. The title is a metaphor of the hybrid, intellectual and anti-spectacular british feature cinema from the end of the 20 th century with affinity to egalitarianism, minimalism of the "short form", archetypal imagery and hedonism. It is a triumph of the expansive yough's counter-culture with it's intrinsic intolerance of authority, power and cliches. The transformation of tradition in the context of instability of the national- ... |
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The book contains: 29 incredible treasures; breathtaking photographs and re-constructive artworks; both a captivating read and a magnificent album for a wide variety of readers. Which one of us had not dreamt at least once in a lifetime of discovering a lost treasure? This abundantly illustrated book can make your dream come true! It will reveal to you the secrets of the most significant treasures, found not only on the present-day territory of Bulgaria, but also in the lands conquered centuries ago by the Bulgarian rulers. You will unravel the mystery of the world's oldest gold, the masterpieces of the ... |
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Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian's own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the burden of conscience. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together ... |
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Всяко пътуване има таен смисъл, който пътуващият не осъзнава... ... Завладяваща история за едно дълго пътуване през болката и страданието, любовта и прошката, вярата и просветлението, преобразили малкото момче в могъщ войн, а война - в любящ мъдрец, поел по пътеката на мира... Едно необикновено пътуване към самия себе си. "Пътуванията на Сократ" от Дан Милман е световен бестселър. Книгите на авторът са преведени на 28 езика и се продават в милиони екземпляри по целия свят. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his charms forever and finds his desire granted. He abandons himself to a life of hedonism, vice and murder, yet his face remains unmarked by his evil. But, hidden in his attic, the painting ages and corrupts, and one day Dorian must stand face to face with the man he has become. A perfect depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence, Oscar Wilde's only novel ... |
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След огромния световен успех на "Пътят на мирния войн" следващата книга на Дан Милман прави известен шампион по гимнастика в целия свят и като писател. Въпреки вичко, което научава след четири години обучение със Сократ - стария войн, Дан Милман е изправен пред личното си поражение и нарастващо чувство на безсилие. Разочарован от живота си, неспособен да изглади различията между познанията и постъпките си, Дан започва пътешествие по света, за да преоткрие чувството си на значимост и своя източник на вдъхновение... Тази книга не е само един литературен шедъовър. Това е свещено пътешествие, което всички ние ... |
