An unlikely friendship forms between a sixteen-year-old boy and a seventy-two-year-old woman as they rally the community to save their local library. Tom is invisible. He happily blends into the background of life. But Farah Shah changes everything. Farah makes Tom want to stand up and be seen - at least by her. So Tom quickly decides the best way to learn about women is to delve into romance novels, and he finds himself at the village library where he befriends 72-year-old Maggie. Maggie has been happily alone for ten years, at least this is what she tells herself. When Tom comes to her rescue after a library meeting, ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Yunhee Park. ... Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. This classic version of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" is based on the original Ladybird retelling by Vera Southgate , with beautiful new illustrations of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. An essential part of any child's bookshelf, "Ladybird Tales" are perfect for sharing together and creating memories to treasure forever. ... |
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If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? ... It;s 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. The four Gold children, too young for what they're about to hear, sneak out to learn their fortunes. Such prophecies could be dismissed as trickery and nonsense, yet the Golds bury theirs deep. Over the years that follow they might attempt to ignore, embrace, cheat or defy the "knowledge" given to them that day - but it will shape the course of their lives forever. & ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Yunhee Park. ... "Ladybird" has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. This classic version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is based on the original "Ladybird" retelling by Vera Southgate , with beautiful new illustrations of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. An essential part of any child's bookshelf, "Ladybird Tales" are perfect for sharing together and creating memories to treasure ... |
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One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming. Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books. Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he's Nora's work nemesis. Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the woman men date before they find their happy-ever-after. That's why Nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her desk in the city for a month's holiday in Sunshine Falls, North Carolina. It's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute ... |
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Цялата величава история от големия взрив до наши дни. "Малката книга на голямата история" - от космоса и звездите до развитието на човешката цивилизация. Историята е повече от разказ за безкрайни войни и безброй владетели. Читателите, които искат да опознаят околния свят, ще открият в "Малка книга за голямата история" ключови факти и идеи от историята, астрономията, физиката и биологията. Авторите, авторитетни учени с огромни познания и опит, рисуват вдъхновяващата картина на създаването на Вселената, формирането на планетите, появата и развитието на живота - и в крайна сметка търсят отговора на ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Marina Sarah Preston. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, following the story of the vain emperor who is taken in by a pair of trickster weavers. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Yunhee Park. ... "Ladybird" has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. This hardback version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is based on the original Ladybird retelling by Vera Southgate , with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. ... |
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Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not ... |
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Noticing synchronicity - or random coincidences that strike us as meaningful - allows us to align our life path with the flow of the universe. This is the first-ever oracle to draw on the power of synchronicity to give you insight into your problems, answer your questions and highlight previously unconsidered patterns and potential pathways in your life. There are 57 hexagonal cards in the deck, each with 8 symbols, plus an 80pp booklet profiling each of the 57 symbols and giving instructions on how to use the cards. For instant insight, choose two cards at random and find the symbol that matches - there will only be one. ... |
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"Real Monsters. The Princess and the Dragon" is a Level 3 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. 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 interest. The book contains a picture dictionary or a list of words. Изданието е на британски английски (British English). ... |
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Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. ... Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough has had far-reaching consequences for how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world. The code forms the most striking proof of Darwin's hypothesis that all organisms are related, holds tremendous promise for improving human well-being, and has transformed the way we think about life. Matthew Cobb interweaves science, biography and anecdote in a book that mixes remarkable insights, theoretical dead-ends and ... |
