Based on the story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win, they can make a lot of money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock ... |
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"Far from the Danube" is the story of an extraordinary woman who rescued a heavily wounded knight from a battlefield in northern Bulgaria and managed to return him to a less than grateful family in Normandy, just as the Hundred Years War was about to start. Set against the national and religious conflicts of the early 15th century this is a powerful account of a hazardous journey into exile and of a love between Maria Iskra and Gilles Guiton that flew in the face of contemporary mores, given that as a knight of St John, Gilles had taken a vow of chastity. Based on a recorded meeting between English King Henry V ... |
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How to understand the messages your spirit guides are sending you. Interpret the messages from your spirit guide and discover what your angel numbers are trying to tell you in this enlightening, informative guide to numerology. You pull into your driveway and your clock reads 11:11 exactly; your favorite song runs three minutes and thirty-three seconds; on your drive to work, you are following a car whose license plate number ends in 1234. Are all these number coincidences or do they mean something more? In this book, you will find the meaning behind these "angel numbers" and discover what the universe and ... |
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For the first time ever, a very special edition of the classic masterpiece, illustrated throughout in colour by the author himself and with the complete text printed in two colours. Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 150 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume hardback edition contains ... |
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"То" ще ви преследва и в киносалоните с нова страховита екранизация. ... И ти ще се рееш... Обещание, дадено преди двайсет и осем години, събира отново седем души в Дери, Мейн, където навремето са се борили с едно зло създание, което убива деца. Без да са сигурни, че техният Клуб на неудачниците е успял да го унищожи, седмината са се заклели да се върнат в Дери, ако "То" пак се появи. Сега отново някой убива деца и потиснатите им спомени от онова лято се връщат, докато се готвят за битка с чудовището, спотайващо се в каналите на Дери. ... |
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Изданието е триезично - на английски, немски и френски език. ... Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. This Taschen reprint presents Racinet's exquisitely precise color illustrations, as well as his delightful descriptions and often witty commentary. Spanning everything from ancient Etruscan ... |
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With an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence", is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by award-winning novelist, Rachel Cusk. As the scion ... |
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From the award-winning author of "Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda". ... I don't entirely understand how anyone gets a boyfriend. Or a girlfriend. It just seems like the most impossible odds. A perfect alignment of feeling and circumstances. Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly is always careful. Better to be careful than be hurt. But when Cassie gets a new girlfriend who comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick, everything changes. Will is funny, flirtatious and basically the perfect first boyfriend. There's ... |
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Offred is a Handmaid. She has only one function: to breed. If she refuses to play her part she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid's, but her role is fixed, her freedom a forgotten concept. Offred remembers her old life - love, family, a job, access to the news. It has all been taken away. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire. Includes exclusive content: In The "Backstory" you can read Margaret Atwood's account of how she came to write this landmark ... |
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How to quit pleasing and start living. This stunning hardcover journal is a bold, interactive guide to discovering and creating the truest, most beautiful lives, families, and world we can imagine, based on the New York Times bestseller "Untamed". With Untamed, Glennon Doyle - writer, activist, and "patron saint of female empowerment" - ignited a movement. "Untamed" has been described as 'a wake-up call' (Tracee Ellis Ross), 'an anthem for women today', and a book that 'will shake your brain and make your soul scream'. Glennon now offers a new way of journaling, one ... |
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Сборник с разкази. ... "Подготвил съм ти разни нещица, Верни читателю - ето ги, подредени под лунната светлина. Момент! Преди да разгледаш изработените собственоръчно от мен съкровища, изложени за продан, нека си поговорим за тях, става ли? Няма да ти губя времето. Ела, седни до мен. Хайде де, приближи се, аз не хапя. Само дето... с теб сме стари познайници и май си наясно, че това не е съвсем вярно. Нали? Тази нощ предлагам по малко от всичко, но предпочитам да започна продажбата, когато другите търговци отдавна са се прибрали по домовете си: улиците вече пустеят и равнодушната луна плавно се носи над каньоните на ... |
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Второ издание. ... Следващото позвъняване на мобилния ти телефон може да е последното в живота ти. Всеки, който приеме сигнала, скоро се превръща в нещо нереално. И неописуемо жестоко. Клейтън Ридъл, учител по рисуване от Мейн, е на седмото небе от щастие: бостънско издателство му е предложило голям хонорар за публикуването на книга със създадени от него комикси. Нищо не му подсказва, че много скоро животът му се ще се преобърне на триста и шейсет градуса. На първи октомври мобилните телефони в целия свят зазвъняват едновременно. Независимо дали абонатът отговори на повикването или не, съдбата му се променя необратимо. ... |
