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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"It's a food diary. I have to tell the truth, that's the point." ... "A beautiful love litter to friends, family and food." Lindsey Kelk The latest teen novel from the sparkling Laura Dockrill, introducing Bluebelle, and her moving, hilarious take on food, body image and how we look after ourselves and others. A heart-warming teen story from the unique voice of Laura Dockrill, about Bluebelle, aka BB, aka Big Bones - a sixteen-year-old girl encouraged to tackle her weight even though she's perfectly happy, thank you, and getting on with her life and in love with food. Then a tragedy in ... |
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"Living The Dream" е четвъртият солов албум на "Slash", и трети за бандата му с Майлс Кенеди (вокали), Брент Фитц (барабани), Тод Кернс (бас/ вокали) и Франк Сидорис (китара и вокали). За "Living The Dream" "Slash" и бандата му обединяват усилия с продуцента Майкъл Баскет (Alter Bridge, Iggy Pop, Incubus). Предишните албуми на бандата "World On Fire" и "Apocalyptic Love", дебютираха в топ 10 в 12 класации по света, като от тях 3 сингъла станаха номер едно в "U.S. Rock Radio", а "Slash" получи най-голямото одобрение от критиците за цялата си ... |
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+ 29 recipes. ... "Nine Rabbits" tells two stories, that of a six-year-old girl, and of her grown-up self: Manda grows up on the Black Sea coast during the height of socialism in the 1960s, raised by her tyrannical grandmother along with her young aunts and uncles. While Grandma Nikula wages open and covert wars with life, Manda lives out the adventures of her childhood under the shadow of her absent grandfather. Forty years later on, we find that same child has become a woman, now living in a democratic Bulgaria and racked by an identity crisis. Manda has swallowed up her tyrannical grandmother, turning that ... |
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It is getting dark over the mountain lake; the passing winter freezes the quiet northern land. A little boy dressed in fur, girded with a sword decorated with a raven head, struggles with uneven terrain, mud, and unbearable load - the remains of his father - Edsgar, the mighty warrior of the Great North. A stream of white light splashes from the sky to the funeral pyre. A ringing sound fills everything around. It is as if billions of metal particles are sprinkled on a steel shield. Edsgar bids farewell to Erik, the lovely Valkyries take on the spirit of the warrior, and he flies with them to the gates of Valhalla to take ... |
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This will be your third descent into the world of the Unexpected. The surprises awaiting you here, are penned again by classical and modern authors. Again, you will try to guess the ending and again will fail, and to those of you who do succeed in this, we offer an apology on behalf of the Masters of the Genre. What happens when: Two spouses hate each other and go to the mountain? A princess is attacked by a mountain lion? A high life girl meets a low-class boy? Three messengers make haste with contradictory orders for the execution of a death sentence? What do two archeologists search for in an ancient catacomb? ... |
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For years, rumors of the Marsh Girl have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens. Where the Crawdads Sing ... |
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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. Ronnie Campbell has escaped from prison and Morag Mackenzie has been found murdered. Seven years ago Morag gave evidence in an Edinburgh court that sent Ronnie to prison for murder. Inspector Logan is not sure this case is as straightforward as it seems. She returns to the original crime scene in order to find out the truth. ... |
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Три изпитания. Три отговора, които да бъдат намерени. Екскалибур ще короняса победителя и ще отсече главата на победения. Първото изпитание идва... Имало едно време две момичета, които попаднали в Училището за Добро и Зло. Приятелството помежду им било толкова силно, че успяло да пренапише края на тяхната приказка. Едната станала принцеса, а другата разбрала, че кръвта ѝ има сила, която може да промени бъдещето. Но освен историята на Софи и Агата от завършек има нужда още една. А нейната развръзка заплашва завинаги да промени Безкрайната гора. Маските на злодеите са паднали, а войната за Камелот е започнала - ... |
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Based on the story of Jerome K. Jerome. Retold by Diane Mowat. ... "I like work. I find it interesting... I can sit and look at it for hours." By the book With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up too early on a cold, wet morning. This famous book has made people laugh all over the world for a hundred years... and they are still laughing. Classics, modern fiction, non- ... |
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Шеста книга от поредицата за "Интригантката", вдъхновила нашумелия и в България сериал "Gossip Girl" ("Клюкарката"). Луксозното издание е част от лимитираната колекция, включваща плакати с героите от сериала от вътрешната страна на корицата. Поредицата романи за Интригантката представя живота на група тийнейджъри от висшето общество на Ню Йорк. Вълнуващи забавления и страсти, ревност и предателства - това е светът на Интригантката. Днес ще разберем кой е приет в колежа на мечтите си, кой ще трябва да се задоволи с тъпия си резервен вариант и кой - страшно е да си го помислиш - не е приет ... |
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New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi. ... When you're hiding from a world that hates you, who would make you risk everything to be seen again? It's the year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. It's a difficult time, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who wears hijab. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She hides away, drowning her frustrations in music and spending her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then Shirin meets Ocean James. He's the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know ... |
