Десислава Димова е изкуствовед. Живее в Брюксел и работи в областта на съвременното изкуство като куратор и критик. Завършила е изкуствознание в НХА, специализирала е философия в Мидълсекс, Лондон и е докторант по съвременно изкуство към БАН. "Портрет на художника като млада" е първият й роман. Той се издава като номиниран за наградата на Фондация "Развитие 21". Елисавета Консулова-Вазова е една от първите жени художници в България. Твори в началото на XX век и е сред представителите на българския импресионизъм. В романа на Десислава Димова тя се превръща в прототип на съвременна художничка от XXI век, ... |
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Въпреки, че концертите им са известни със зареждаща и всепомитаща енергия, "Biffy Clyro" често демонстрират, че в песните им се крие известна доза мистерия. Сега бандата може да обяви детайлите по първия си акустичен албум "MTV Unplugged: Live At Roundhouse London". Записан в известната зала "Roundhouse" в Лондон на 8-ми ноември 2017, записът представя британското завръщане на поредицата "MTV Unplugged". "Biffy Clyro" вървят по стъпките на влиятелните рок групи, които са били част от известната поредица, като "Nirvana", "Oasis", "Pearl Jam", ... |
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Въпреки, че концертите им са известни със зареждаща и всепомитаща енергия, "Biffy Clyro" често демонстрират, че в песните им се крие известна доза мистерия. Сега бандата може да обяви детайлите по първия си акустичен албум "MTV Unplugged: Live At Roundhouse London". Записан в известната зала "Roundhouse" в Лондон на 8-ми ноември 2017, записът представя британското завръщане на поредицата "MTV Unplugged". "Biffy Clyro" вървят по стъпките на влиятелните рок групи, които са били част от известната поредица, като "Nirvana", "Oasis", "Pearl Jam", ... |
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A young beggar boy meets the Prince of Wales by chance. This is a moment that will change their lives forever. Two boys are born on the same day, but their lives are very different. Edward Tudor is a prince and Tom Canty is a pauper. One day they decide to change identities. The poor boy's dreams come true and he lives like a prince. The prince, on the other hand, discovers what life is like on the poor streets of London. But are dreams what they really seem? The boys soon find out. Vocabulary areas: adjectives, feelings, emotions. Grammar and Structure: Present simple, Direct speech as drama, some / any, ... |
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Based on the story of Mark Twain. Retold by Alex Raynham. ... It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and ... |
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Danger and betrayal... Secrets and enchantment... Third and final book in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. A net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain needs one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. But Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa’s heart, will do anything to save her. Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours and The ... |
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Once upon a time, a long time ago, in London there was a happy family in a happy house... This is a story of a boy who never grew up, with his friends Wendy and the jealous fairy Tinker Bell. Why are there no Lost Girls in Neverland? What did the crocodile want to eat? Vocabulary areas: Family, gender and gender role. Grammar and Structures: Common regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, all forms, Common regular and irregular verbs in the present, all forms; There is / are / was / were, all forms + simple determiners; Modal verbs: can and could for ability; Adverbs of manner and frequency; Adjectives; ... |
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Retold by Richard Rogers. ... London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread. But Oliver Twist finds some friends - Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of 'games' they play... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has ... |
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The Prince and the Pauper is a classic adventure of mistaken identity set in Tudor London and told with Mark Twain’s trademark humour and concern for social justice. 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 has an afterword by author and journalist Nicolette Jones. Penniless Tom Canty wonders what it would be like to be a prince. Heir to the throne Edward Tudor dreams of a life outside the royal palace walls. When the two boys ... |
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Twenty four more remarkable short stories await you in this book - stories that you will never forget, or remember for a long time. Their secret is that each of them touches a string in your heart. Mythological or realistic, classical or modern, these tales will emerge unexpectedly in your mind to experience them again. Some of them will summon smiles, some will bring tears to your eyes, and others will make you want to be in love again. ... |
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Unadapted short stories by Rudyard Kipling, O. Henry, William Wymark Jacobs, Virginia Woolf, Jack London and Gerald Durell. ... This collection brings together stories and extracts which explore the relationship people have with animals large and small, wild and tame, real and imaginary. From a fantastical children's fable to a complex psychological love story, readers are sure to find stories that will delight and entertain them. This book is both in British and American English. ... |
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Retold by Jane Cadwallader. ... This is perhaps the most well-loved story by Charles Dickens. Dickens asked his readers to have a heart that never gets hard. As readers follow the life of Oliver Twist, a poor orphaned boy struggling against the dangers of life in 19th-century London, they can empathise with his childhood in a workhouse and his life with a gang of pickpockets. They can also share his relief that there were some good people, ready and willing to rescue a child in need. Vocabulary areas: friendship, social class, feelings. Grammar and Structure: Past simple (regular and irregular forms), Past continuous, ... |
