"For a person to write a book like this, he has to love art, passionately and selflessly, and to love, of course, the artist as well. The author possesses these qualities in full measure. But even with the love, enthusiasm, and admiration that permeate the entire book, it in no way amounts to a glorification, veneration, or canonization of Zlatyu Boyadzhiev’s image. Quite the opposite - the author has succeeded in keeping a necessary distance, allowing him the opportunity to combine an up-close and a distant view of the artist. He doesn’t carve a monument, he doesn’t paint an icon; rather, he presents a dynamic image, ... |
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Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny sequel to "The House at the Edge of Magic". Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvellous, magical House, and are free to travel the worlds once more! Their first stop: The Wizarding Hopscotch Championships. There's only one problem: the House is nervous about travelling - and gets the hiccups! Bouncing from world to world with every "HIC!", they finally land at the championships, only for Flabberghast to have an unfortunate run-in with square number nine, and find himself faced with the terrible Tower at the End of Time. But maybe here ... |
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Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
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Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time. ... |
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Джордж Кигън, дъблински адвокат, се събужда в леглото си в локва от кръв. Не може да си спомни какво се е случило предишната нощ. Скоро започва да му се изяснява, след като вижда тялото на своята приятелка и колежка, Орла, в телевизионните новини. Но кой е убил Орла, ако не е бил той? И защо? Джордж иска да знае, а също и инспектор Шон Мърфи от дъблинската полиция. ... |
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Седемте безценни реликви на Арма Кристи - оръдията на страстта - изчезват една след друга от светите места по света. След като Котън Малоун, бивш агент на секретно звено към Министерството на правосъдието на САЩ, става свидетел на една от кражбите, той научава от някогашната си шефка Стефани Нел за предстоящ частен търг, на който ще бъде разиграна инкриминираща информация за президента на Полша; до нея – по коренно различни причини - искат да се доберат Русия и Америка. Таксата за участие в търга е някоя от седемте реликви, така че Малоун най-напред бива изпратен в един замък в Краков, откъдето да открадне Светото копие, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of Buck, a domestic dog who is kidnapped from his home in California and forced to pull sleds in the Arctic wasteland. White Fang, by contrast, is the tale of a crossbreed who is three-quarters wolf and a quarter dog, and who must endure considerable suffering in the wilderness before being tamed by an American and taken to live in California. Extraordinary both for the vividness of their descriptions and the success with which they imagine life from a non-human perspective, Jack London's classics of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When the chance discovery of an ancient cryptogram reveals a path to the Underworld, the adventurous Professor Otto Lidenbrock sets off to Iceland, determined to reach the centre of the earth. But nothing can prepare him and his nephew Axel for what they will find beneath the ground; measureless caverns and vast subterranean seas reveal all of the earth's known history and more, while dinosaurs do battle, giant men herd mastodons, and danger and excitement wait around every corner. Richly illustrated by Édouard Riou, the French painter and ... |
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Increasing effectiveness through situational leadership. New and updated edition. ... Become a good leader and motivate others! With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard adapting "The One Minute Manager" techniques to enable successful leadership to happen. Using different ways to motivate different kinds of people. "Leadership and the One Minute Manager" goes straight to the heart of management as it describes the effective, adaptive styles of Situational Leadership. In clear and simple terms it teaches how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting your style to the needs of the individual and ... |
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Кутията е на тема Gorjuss , където ще откриете още продукти и аксесоари. ... Кутията от Santoro е подходяща за съхранение на всякакви неща като материали за рисуване, малки играчки, фигурки и други. Тя е с дизайн на момичетата от Gorjuss, което ще се хареса на всяко момиченце. Кутията е изработена от картон с магнитно затваряне. Симпатичните момиченца Gorjuss се открояват с характерния си дизайн и мистичната атмосфера, която носят. Разнообразните аксесоари са в пастелни цветове, съчетани хармонично и така отразяват характера на всяка героиня. Стила се откроява с харизма, която с лекота привлича окото и прави ... |
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Enola Holmes is still on the run from her brother and world's most famous detective Sherlock Holmes. After one close encounter too many with him, Enola must abandon her disguise and find a new way to avoid discovery. But when Sherlock's right-hand man, Dr Watson, goes missing without a trace, Enola is unable to resist investigating. Especially when she learns that a bizarre bouquet - with flowers that all symbolise death - has been delivered to the Watson residence. It's a race against time to find Dr Watson before it's too late. Enola Holmes returns in this exciting third mystery. ... |
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Educational cards ... The box contains 50 cards with 100 games about the nature and the numbers. Your children will have fun but also learn how to count, add, subtract and compare in an easy and enjoyable way. The ink of the marker can easily be erased from the cards and they can be reused. Use the marker which you will find in the box. Wipe it out with a dry material. ... |
