How Geographers, Pharmacists, Novelists, Plant Hunters, War Correspondents, Engineers, Medical Men & Tourists Discovered & Experienced Nineteenth-Century Bulgaria. What Western and Central Europeans did, saw and experienced in nineteenth-century Bulgaria is the subject of this book. Most of them came from France, Great Britain, the German states and the Austrian Empire, others from Belgium, Denmark or Switzerland. For reasons still to be given, special emphasis is placed on German-speaking visitors to Bulgaria and their writings. Their story has never been told in any comprehensive way in a Western language, and it is ... |
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A gripping new romance from the team that brought you New York Times bestseller "Five Feet Apart". Can you find true love after losing everything? Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the night of their graduation party, Kyle's entire world upends - literally. Their car crashes and when he awakes, he has a brain injury. Kimberly is dead. And no one in his life could possibly understand. Until Marley. Marley is suffering from her own loss, a loss she thinks was her fault. As Kyle and Marley work to heal each other's wounds, ... |
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Sometimes you find something that changes everything. From the author of bestselling and Carnegie-nominated debut "Boy Underwater" comes a moving and hilarious novel for 10+ readers about friendships, family secrets, mystery - and life-changing hidden treasure... Jessica is playing with her family at the river when she finds a dirty, bedraggled teddy bear in the water. She has no idea that it will change everything, forever. Meanwhile, Cymbeline comes home from school to find that his mum’s house has been broken into - and the thieves seemed oddly focused on his toys. Thank goodness he had Not Mr Fluffy, his ... |
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"In this job, festering skeletons have a nasty habt of tumbling out, sooner or later. So think carefully - is there anything you need to tell me?"Four best friends with perfect lives. A once in a lifetime opportunity. Who can resist the call of fame and fortune? When Liv, Hetty, Jez and Duffy auditioning for a new reality TV show, they're confident they can handle the pressure of being in the public eye. After all, they don't have anything to hide. Do they? But that's before Cass produced the photo of the body. ... |
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One of the world's biggest boy bands. A secret love. What happens if the world finds out? A queer YA boy band romance from Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich, perfect for fans of "Only Mostly Devastated" and "What If It's Us". Eighteen year olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of the biggest acts in America. Along with their bandmates, Angel Phan and Jon Braxton, the four are teen heartbreakers in front of the cameras and best friends backstage. But privately, cracks are starting to form: their once easy rapport is straining under the pressures of ... |
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To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can't put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom - and the world. Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people. New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi's first novel in this epic, romantic fantasy series - This Woven Kingdom, inspired by ... |
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A simple, positive, practical toolkit for better mental health, from clinical psychologist and TikTok star Dr Julie Smith. Drawing on her years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Dr Julie Smith's first book is a must-have handbook for instantly better mental health. Filled with secrets from the therapy room, "Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?" offers simple advice, effective strategies and powerful coping techniques to help readers stay positive and resilient no matter what life throws their way. Written in short, bite-sized entries, in Dr Julie's warm and informal style, a reader can turn ... |
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The Award - Winning Sunday Times №1 Bestseller. ... 97 - hour weeks. Life and death decisions. A constant tsunami of bodily fluids. And the hospital parking meter earns more that you. Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless night and missed weekends, Adam Kay's diaries provide a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this is everything you wanted to know - and more than a few thing you didn't - about life on and off the hospital. "So funny and important it should be given out on prescription." ... |
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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. Crime becomes personal for New York private investigator Nathan Marley as he tries to prove the innocence of murder suspect José - a member of his assistant Stella's family. As unidentified bodies are washed up on a beach, the search for proof takes him into the heart of the New York Russian American community. Marley must work quickly to save José and find the real criminals. ... |
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Заради взривоопасното си съдържание, вече две книги на Ян ван Хелсинг бяха забранени. Не минава и ден без хората да са предупреждавани за "опасния германски автор". Ян ван Хелсинг отново ще разтърси светогледа Ви! Не пипай тази книга! - защото след това наистина няма да е лесно да живеете по стария начин. Ако сте човек, който не се интересува от тайни, който никога не е желал да бъде външно и вътрешно богат, който не се е питал как да постигне успех и добро здраве, тогава книгата не е за Вас. Ако обаче чувствате, че нещо в света наистина не е наред и продължавате да се вълнувате от живота, от тайните на " ... |
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За целия свят Ализе е просто невзрачна слугиня, криеща от всички коя е в действителност - отдавна изгубената наследница на древно царство на джинове. Откакто се помни, тя е преследвана, принудена да бяга, за да спаси живота си. Докато един ден не допуска грешка. Престолонаследникът Камран знае за пророчествата. Знае за страховитото чудовище, за което е предсказано, че ще убие неговия цар. Мрак се спуска над империята, а Камран трябва да разбере откъде идва той. В същото време, независимо колко подозрителен е към слугинята със странни очи, колкото повече научава за живота ѝ, толкова по-трудно му е да отвърне поглед ... |
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Една-единствена целувка бе нужда да срине стените, издигнати около сърцето на Ализе - отдавна изгубената наследница на древното царство на джиновете. Една-единствена целувка и сърцето на престолонаследника на Ардуния, Камран, вече не му принадлежи. Но след тази целувка животът и на двамата е застрашен. Обичният дядо на Камран - цар Зал, лежи мъртъв, посечен от ръката на Сайръс, прокълнатия наследник на царство Тулан. И не стига това, но вероломният млад владетел е похитил и самата Ализе, като планира да се ожени за нея. Ако тя се съгласи, Сайръс ще ѝ преотстъпи трона и по този начин ще изпълни сделката, която е ... |
