100 Bulgarian Folk Tales will give you one hundred reasons to love Bulgaria and its people. Broadly divided into six chapters, this book covers a wide range of the most common topics and characters, pertaining to Bulgarian folklore. Starting with the practical wisdom of everyday stories, the collection then dips into tales of magical adventures and encounters with supernatural creatures. Further, it will make you relax with witty sketches, sprinkled with local humour. Following the trail, you will gradually discover a closer and deeper bond to the life of our ancestors. The surviving legends of creation and shared ... |
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The Science of Achieving Greater Things. We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn't knock, there are ways to build a door. Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together ... |
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An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tane has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a ... |
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Restart. Restart is a tale of a disaster and rebirth; of a sleepy Creator and the ways of humanity. One day, just like every other, a forgotten race awakens. Will the master put the world in ruins? Are people strong enough to stop him, just like they did twenty years ago and would this bring forth a greater good? Seven extraordinary minds, one strong government, a ruthless experiment, a hidden Ace, a father and a lost child - what unites their destiny, and who will win the war? Relith. Relith tells the story of an ordinary human...if you allow it to be so. An ancient legend is gaining access to a pragmatic metropolis. ... |
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Нежен начин бебето да спи цяла нощ. ... Стоите ли будни цяла нощ, защото бебето ви спи неспокойно? Чудите ли се как да балансирате между среднощните му нужди и напълно реалната ви потребност от пълноценен сън? До този момент единствените два начина да се справите с безсънните нощи бяха да оставите детето си да плаче, докато не заспи от изнемога, или да се превърнете в недоспали мъченици, които са на поста си по цяла нощ. Благодарение на Елизабет Пантли - консултант по въпросите на родителството и майка на четири деца, най-сетне има практичен и ефективен трети начин. Нейната програма от десет стъпки ще ви покаже как да ... |
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"Volcanoes. The Legend of Batok Volcano" is a Level 5 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. Activities pages and picture dictionary can be found at the back of each reader. The book can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course. The "Macmillan Children's Readers" series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their ... |
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Illustrator: Laura Watson. ... "Just So Stories: The Elephant's Child" picture book is a fantastically illustrated, simple retelling of this classic story for children aged 3+. It's a fantastic large format picture book, with stunning illustrations by Laura Watson to bring amazing events to life in kids' imaginations. Children will love the story of how the inquisitive elephant develops a trunk after an encounter with a crocodile. "Just So Stories: The Elephant's Child": Perfect for bedtime reading with parents; Delightful, full-page artwork full of detail and charm; The story has ... |
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От автора на "Елегантната вселена" и "Тъканта на космоса". ... Паралелни вселени и фундаменталните закони на космоса. "Написах тази книга така, че да не изисква никакви познания в областта на физиката и математиката от страна на читателя. Вместо това, както и в предходните ми книги, използвах метафората и аналогията, като включих и множество исторически сведения, за да осигуря широкодостъпно описание на някои от най-странните и – в случай че се окажат верни – най-съществените прозрения на модерната физика. Много от разглежданите идеи изискват от читателя да изостави удобните си мисловни модели и ... |
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The Sun Fairy of Cupertino and The Sun Child Fairy Tales are inspired by the author's visit to California. They tell children and their parents the adventures of the Sun Team. The Sun Fairy is always smiling and merry. She even works on Sundays, which doesn't change her mood nonetheless. Solving problems and driving troubles away are a piece of cake for her. The stories offer this simple recipe as a message to children - what to do when trouble comes along: always call on your friends when you need help, apply fantasy for problem-solving, never stop believing in miracles. Nations, religions and ethnicities not ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10.5 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next - in gipsy caravans and stolen cars, to prison and back to the Wild Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains a timeless tale more than 100 years after its publication. This edition contains all of the sixteen colour illustrations that Arthur Rackham produced for this book; most editions contain only twelve. In addition to this, Rackham's beautiful pen-and- ... |
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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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The first novel in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn't kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell."From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible." People "A rip-roaring thriller... One of the truly memorable tough-guy heroes in recent ... |
