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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Dragons are immensely powerful, creative, inquisitive and honourable beings, with enormous compassion and often a dry sense of humour. This ground-breaking oracle deck allows users to connect with 33 dragons, each with their own personality and way of helping us. Each of the 33 stunning cards represents one of the dragons, and an 80-page booklet profiles the dragons in detail, suggesting how to work with their energy. The Dragons are grouped in four clans: the Earth Walk Dragons, the empowering, who support us on our physical journey; the multi-dimensional Galactic Dragons, the connectors, who work out in the galaxies to ... |
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A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children’s bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world’s best storytellers. The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect – except for the misty Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, were home ... |
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One of the crucial questions, which emerges in the process of the EU expansion is "How to avoid the alienation of the values and rights from the vivid culture of the European nations?" No doubt, they should not be limited to formal principles of communication. The point is to determine what should be done within the frame of politics, economy, education, healthcare, legislation, art, etc. in order to implement the principles of the European culture as guidelines for European citizens. Discussing rights and values in the Enlarging EU, it is usually assumed that the new member states are going to adopt the ... |
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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. One day in the fall a woman calls at the New York office of Nat Marley, licensed private investigator, to ask him to find Patrick, her missing husband. Marley's enquiries take him to the financial district of Wall Street and an investment company whose returns are too good to be true. Then the police find a body in the trunk of a car – Patrick's car. Whose is the body and where is Patrick? Paperback-only ... |
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Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student's Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new ... |
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Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student's Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new ... |
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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. Joe lives in Canada, in a beautiful, quiet place. His peace is interrupted one day by the noise of bulldozers excavating near his house. He is told that it's a diamond mine. Joe is a journalist for a local newspaper and his neighbours soon come to ask him to write about the awful noise and destruction. Joe becomes suspicious when his boss won't let him write about it. He starts to investigate the mine, but ... |
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Орденът на Св. Бенедикт, Св. Гал 1531 година. За върховенството - това е помагало, подготвено още в XVI век като практически Наръчник на настоящият управляващ елит на планетата за изграждането на новият Глобален ред в наши дни. В книгата ще намерите: Дълбоките корени на новия глобален ред: устойчивото развитие, изградено върху теория на хаоса, изкуствено предизвикан от управляващия елит сред стадото - увековечаване царството на силата в лицето на новия глобален ред. Има ли друга възможност пред човечеството, за да продължи да се развива? За върховенството - практически наръчник на настоящия управляващ елит на ... |
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Настоящата книга си е поставила амбициозна задача - да ни срещне с 25-те най-добри реализатори в историята на българския футбол. Футболен историк и статистик с дългогодишен стаж авторът Румен Минков за пръв път събира на едно място подробна статистика на големите ни голмайстори, включваща всички официални двубои на ниво първенство, купи, континентални турнири и национален отбор. Зад цифрите, с които читателят ще се срещне, стои дългогодишно упорито събиране на информация от архивни документи, периодичен печат, клубни монографии, както и статистика, водена педантично от самия автор. Книгата е своеобразен паметник на ... |
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Това е последната книга от поредицата "Зад завесата". Предишните "Зад завесата на соца", "Зад завесата на прехода", "Зад завесата на демокрацията" разказваха за стръмния път, който извървяхме - от провалилия се социализъм към мечтания капитализъм, за да попаднем накрая в лапите на мафията. В тази книга основният въпрос е: Кой? Кой стои зад всички тези завеси? Кой е Големия брат? Защо режисьорите на световния спектакъл допуснаха нашите кукловоди да ни поведат точно в тази посока? Дали не им е по-удобно да ни управлява свирепа, но организирана и послушна престъпност, вместо мекушави, ... |
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Книгата е част от поредицата "Тезаурус" на издателство "Изток - запад". ... Франсоа-Мари Аруе, известен повече под псевдонима си Волтер , е един от символите на епохата на Просвещението. Превърнал се в европейска знаменитост още приживе и ползващ се с голямо влияние сред европейския интелектуален елит на епохата, той е един от прототипите на интелектуалеца, отдаден на служба на истината, справедливостта и свободата на мисълта. Във "Философски новели" Волтер на фона на приключения и пътешествия разглежда теми като взаимовръзката между случайност и предопределеност, низостта и величието на ... |
