Като дете Илона Майер, дъщеря на унгарски архитект, заминава с родителите си за България, където е командирован баща ѝ. Тук израства и тук се оженва за Жорж Вартан, българин от арменски произход, тук ражда сина си Еди и дъщеря си Силви. И оттук по време на комунистическия режим емигрира във Франция. Силви е на седем години. Животът ѝ преминава "в сянката на майка ѝ" - нежната и силна жена, стълб на семейството. "Мама..." е книга, написана с много любов и с дълбока признателност към жената, с която Силви Вартан е имала особено силна връзка. Успоредно с образа на Илона, живяла нелек ... |
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Когато малкото кученце Пити пристига на Антарктида като част от научна експедиция, то решава, че леденият континент е огромна сметанова торта. Липсват само свещичките и черешката. Там обаче го очакват незабравими приключения, забавни ситуации и опасни перипетии. В компанията на смели полярни изследователи, мъдри птици и войнствени пингвини Пити скоро се отличава със своята храброст и находчивост и от домашен любимец се превръща в силно и способно куче водач. Сред суровите условия, които го заобикалят, той открива големия свят и оставя своята следа на Антарктида. Вълнуващите приключения, разказани през погледа на Пити, ще ... |
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Правителството на Иван Багрянов 1 юни - 1 септември 1944 г. ... "В тази книга са публикувани спомените на баща ми, Руси Стефанов Русев, за работата на кабинета на Иван Багрянов през деветдесетте дни от 1 юни до 1 септември 1944 г., на които той е поставил заглавието "90 дни завой". Тъй като тези три месеца са само един епизод от живота, обществената дейност и съдбата на моя баща, добавих всички данни, които можах да събера за него като виден деец на Земеделския съюз, както и за всичко, което се случи преди и след 9 септември 1944 г. с него и семейството ни, тъй като поколенията след тази дата ... |
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"Мнозинството от нас водим, или сме по-скоро убедени, че водим скучен, монотонен живот, лишен от героични и драматични събития, но всеки се опитва да намери своя път и своето място по свой начин, така че животът му описва неповторима траектория. В този ред на мисли се надявам моят роман, или какъвто жанр се получи от размислите ми, да стане отражение на именно няколко такива човешки живота. Защото всеки живот е уникален и всяка съдба заслужава да бъде описана." Ваня Кралева ... |
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The sequel to Anne of Green Gables , there are lots of new characters to get to know as well as many much loved ones to meet again in Anne of Avonlea. 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. Anne Shirley is now sixteen and preparing to take up her new role as a teacher in the local school. She has her best friend Diana Barry by her side and Gilbert Blythe, her childhood enemy, who is now a trusted ally and a fellow teacher. As impulsive as ... |
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Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia - Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the ... |
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Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, this fantastical and heartfelt first book in a new trilogy from critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson follows a girl who must defeat thirteen evil witches. Twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks's mom is missing whatever it is that makes mothers love their daughters. All her life, Rosie has known this... and turned to stories for comfort. Then, on the night Rosie decides to throw her stories away forever, an invisible ally helps her discover the Witch Hunter's Guide to the Universe, a book that claims that all of the evil in the world ... |
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Perfect for fans of "Geekerella" and "Jenn Bennett", this charming, sparkly rom-com follows a wish-granting teen forced to question if she's really doing good, and if she has the power to make her own dreams come true. Charity is a fairy godmother. She doesn't wear a poofy dress or go around waving a wand, but she does make sure the deepest desires of the student population at Jack London High School come true. And she knows what they want even better than they do because she can glimpse their perfect futures. But when Charity fulfills a glimpse that gets Vindhya crowned homecoming queen, it ... |
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... ... Among the stars and across the vast expanses of space, the Galactic Civil War rages. On the battlefields of multiple worlds in the Mid Rim, legions of stormtroopers are waging brutal combat against an armada of freedom fighters. In the streets of ravaged cities, the Rebel Alliance forces are pushing deeper into Imperial territory as they grapple with the savage realities of war on the ground. Leading the charge are the soldiers of Twilight Company - the Sixty-first Mobile Infantry, whose hard-bitten, ferociously loyal members doggedly survive where others perish. Against ... |
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Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price's dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but super-introverted dad, who after raising Millie alone, doesn't want to watch her leave home to pursue her dream. Not her pesky and ongoing drama club rival, Oliver, who is the very definition of Simmering Romantic Tension. And not the "Millie Moods", the feelings of intense emotion that threaten to overwhelm, always at maddeningly inconvenient times. Millie needs an ally. And when a left-open browser brings Millie to her dad's embarrassingly moody LiveJournal from 2003, Millie knows just what to do. She& ... |
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New York Times bestseller. From the )1 bestselling author of "Drive" and "A whole new mind". "Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." The Wall Street Journal ... The groundbreaking book that unlocks the scientific secrets of good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home. Every day we confront a never-ending stream of "when" decisions. When to change jobs. When to schedule a meeting or a class. When to get serious about a person or a project. Yet we make such decisions haphazardly-based on intuition and guesswork. In "When", ... |
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Bulgaria made its first steps as an independent state in the distant 681. It is one of the centuries. Its geographical position on the Balkans, the crossing of roads from and to Europe, Africa and Asia, determined the difficult historical destiny of the Bulgarian, state. The hardest ordeal for the Bulgarians was the annihilation of their state by the Ottoman Empire during the 14 th century. For nearly five centuries Bulgaria did not exist, but the Bulgarians manager to preserve their national identity. During the second half of the 19 th century the Bulgarian state once again appeared on the map of Europe and tried to ... |
