Outcasts by blood. Warriors by choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed..."The Gilded Ones redefines sisterhood and is sure to leave readers both inspired and ... |
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The Black Death is sweeping through Europe. In Florence, plague has carried off one hundred thousand people. In their Tuscan villas, seven young women and three young men tell tales to recreate the world they have lost, weaving a rich tapestry of comedy, tragedy, ribaldry and farce. Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron recasts the storytelling heritage of the ancient and medieval worlds into perennial forms that inspired writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare down to our own day. Boccaccio makes the incredible believable, with detail so sharp we can look straight into the lives of people who lived six hundred years ago. ... |
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Illustrated by Axel Scheffler . Packed with magical recipes. ... The Room on the Broom Cookbook is jam-packed with spellbindingly delicious treats, healthy snacks and simple meals - all inspired by the bestselling picture book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Make your own cheese wands, creepy crawly crackers, roasted dragon or even witch and chips. With twenty-three recipes specially designed for adults to use with children, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and lots of hints and tips on what to do next, The Room on the Broom Cookbook is a great way to inspire an interest in cooking and ... |
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The great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by Neil Gaiman . Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic, and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who spurns those who seek to control her. From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, ... |
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How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action. ... Simon Sinek's recent video on "The Millennial Question" went viral with over 150 million views. Start with Why is a global bestseller and the TED Talk based on it is the third most watched of all time. Why are some people and organisations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again? In business, it doesn't matter what you do, it matters why you do it. Start with Why analyses leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Steve Jobs and discovers that they all think in the same way - ... |
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From its first publication in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been printed in over 700 editions. It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation and variation, and been the subject of plays, opera, cartoons, and computer games. The character of Crusoe has entered the consciousness of each succeeding generation as readers add their own interpretation to the adventures so thrillingly recorded by Defoe . Praised by eminent figures such as Coleridge, Rousseau and Wordsworth, this perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory. However it is readers of all ages over the last ... |
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The Art of War, Wuzi, Wei Liaozi, Taigong's Six Secret Teachings, The Methods of the Sima, Three Strategies of Huang Shigong, Questions and Replies Between Emperor Taizong of Tang and General Li Jing. Written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, these seven texts have inspired generals for millennia, both in China and the wider world. Featuring Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", this new translation brings to light the military masterpieces of ancient China. These seven texts display an understanding of strategy and warfare still relevant more than 2,000 years after they were originally written. Together, they ... |
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And other Illustrated classics. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. ... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. This story features the adventures on the new products. At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and Rowntree's were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often try to steal trade secrets by sending spies, posing as employees, into the other's factory. Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the ... |
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Конструкторът е част от серията LEGO: Star Wars , където можете да откриете още интересни комплекти. ... Малчуганите ще се впуснат в междугалактически приключения с конструктора на LEGO . Той се състои от 215 части, с които може да се сглоби тридроид, скоростен мотоциклет и отбранителен пост. В комплекта са включени 3 супер бойни дроида, 2 бойни дроида, 3 клонинг щурмоваци и шоков клонинг щурмовак. Тридроидът може да изстрелва 3 стрели. Скоростният мотоциклет има 2 оръдия, от които могат да се изстрелват патрони. Отбранителният пост също разполага с оръдие, от което може да се изстреля патрон. Децата ще разиграват ... |
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Обсебващ трилър, вдъхновен от реални събития. ... Психиатричната болница "Гаустад", Осло. В едно смразяващо утро тялото на пациент е открито мъртво след удушаване в килията му, а устните му са застинали сякаш в последен опит да изкрещят. С разследването се заема опитният инспектор Сара Геринген, но тя разбира незабавно, че този случай е като никой друг... Стотици въпроси се сблъскват в опита ѝ да разгадае мистерията около вероятното самоубийство: Защо жертвата има белег с номер 488 на челото? Какво означават тайнствените рисунки на стената на стаята му? Защо болничният персонал отказва да разкрие ... |
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Вдъхновен от истинската история на Джон Ф. Кенеди. ... Авторката на бестселъра "Парижкият апартамен" създава незабравим роман, вдъхновен от любовната история между 35-ия президент на САЩ Джон Ф. Кенеди и полската имигрантка Алисия Дар. За света той е Джон Фицджералд Кенеди - харизматичен политик, останал в историята като един от най-знаменитите президенти на САЩ. За близките си е просто Джак. Джак Кенеди - така се представя пред русата чаровница в една късна лятна вечер на полуостров Кейп Код. И от този миг нататък нейният живот вече не е същият. През 1950 г. Алисия пристига в Хаянис, за да преследва своята ... |
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