The worldwide bestseller. ... "Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance..." From the book This popular paperback edition of the classic work of fantasy, with a striking new black cover based on J. R. R. Tolkien 's own design and featuring brand new reproductions of all his drawings and maps. The prelude to "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit& ... |
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This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas. These stories are famed for their "trick endings" or "twists in the tail": repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. Indeed, O. Henry's cunning plots surpass those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and witty, displaying a virtuoso&# ... |
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Нека да говорим за това, което ни разделя. ... Защо е толкова трудно да говорим по тези теми и по други такива в църквата? Какво ни пречи да водим открит и честен разговор по сложни и противоречиви въпроси? Тишината, идваща от пейките, когато се заговори по тези въпроси, може да бъде оглушителна. Членовете на църквите може да казват малко поради страх от отричане или може силно да подкрепят полуистини и предразсъдъци. Всъщност нищо не се обсъжда и много хора - особено млади - се обезсърчават и си тръгват. "Добронамерен разговор" изследва защо се случва това, като разглежда внимателно и отблизо практиките, които ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of his beloved's affections. With the arrival of Viola's brother, and a trick played upon Malvolio, the countess's steward, confusion reigns in this romantic comedy of mistaken identity. Its gentle melancholy, enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment, has long made the play a favourite with Shakespearian audiences. This " ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the first great spy novels, "The Riddle of the Sands" is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England... Like much contemporary British ... |
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Dana Schwartz's Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal ... |
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A romance for the books. They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside down. Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary stars on the horizon, their cowritten book topping bestseller lists. But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms, for reasons neither would divulge to the public. They haven't spoken since, and never planned to, except they have one final book due on contract. Facing crossroads in their personal and professional lives, they're forced to reunite. The last thing ... |
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A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love with all its complications by debut author Ashley Herring Blake. Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls - nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it's a different woman every night, but that's just fine with her. When Delilah's estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a ... |
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A suspenseful tale of witches, family, and magic from internationally bestselling author Stefan Bachmann. When a twelve-year-old orphan unexpectedly becomes the mistress of a seemingly abandoned castle, she is thrust into a mysterious plot involving murderous spells, false identity, and a magical battle of wills between the living and the dead. Readers of Kate Milford's "Greenglass House", Victoria Schwab's "City of Ghosts", and Diana Wynne Jones will be riveted. Twelve-year-old Zita, an orphan and a housemaid, has resigned herself to a life of drudgery when a strange letter arrives, naming ... |
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The multi-million worldwide bestseller. "You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more."Markus Zusak, bestselling author of "The book thief". ... Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, "The Fault in Our Stars" is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and ... |
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Многоезично издание на български, английски и руски език. ... Сборникът е посветен на шестдесетата годишнина от рождението на проф. дин Сергей Игнатов . Проф. Игнатов е основател на египтологията в България и директор на Българския институт по египтология към Нов български университет, учен с разностранни интереси в областта на египтологията и древната история на Изтока. Сборникът съдържа статии на български, английски и руски, дело на изследователи от областта египтологията, старата история, тракологията и ориенталистиката."Статиите, включени в сборника, са резултат от контактите и творческия път на проф. Сергей ... |
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Учебното помагало по статистика е подходящо за студенти по фармация, изучаващи дисциплината Статистически методи във фармацията. Учебното пособие подпомага разбирането на теоретичните основи на материала от лекционния курс и дава възможност за проверка на знанията чрез решаване на тестовете, предложени след всеки теоретичен въпрос. Част от застъпените теми в помагалото имат фундаментален характер и са необходими за усвояването на основните методи в дисциплини от образователно-квалификационна степен "магистър" като Статистическа обработка на данни, Бизнес анализи и маркетингово прогнозиране. Настоящият учебник ... |
