В романа Кахо главната героиня - авторка на детски книги, един ден среща непознат, който се обръща към нея с думите: "Честно казано, никога не съм виждал някой толкова грозен като вас". Според синопсиса, споделен от издателя, 26-годишната Кахо, която не е "нито невероятно красива, нито интелигентна, но притежава доста силно любопитство", е по-скоро "изненадана, отколкото ядосана или шокирана" от тази неуместна забележка. "Какво се опитва да ми каже този мъж?", пита се младата жена, преди "около нея да започнат да се случват странни събития". Това е първият роман на 77- ... |
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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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It is getting dark over the mountain lake; the passing winter freezes the quiet northern land. A little boy dressed in fur, girded with a sword decorated with a raven head, struggles with uneven terrain, mud, and unbearable load - the remains of his father - Edsgar, the mighty warrior of the Great North. A stream of white light splashes from the sky to the funeral pyre. A ringing sound fills everything around. It is as if billions of metal particles are sprinkled on a steel shield. Edsgar bids farewell to Erik, the lovely Valkyries take on the spirit of the warrior, and he flies with them to the gates of Valhalla to take ... |
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“Традиции и бъдеще” е поредица от филми-пътеписи, която атрактивно и достъпно представя българската природа и култура. Земята ни е благословена с изразени сезони, разнообразие от планини, равнини, чисти езера и море, лечебни извори, историческа памет, съхранена в църквите, манастирите, древните паметници и традиции, втъкани в бита на днешните дни. Автентичният фолклор и уникалната красота на нашата страна, сплели знание, красота и оптимизъм, разкриват българския национален дух. С филмите разказваме за историята и етнографията, за занаятите и националната кухня, за битките и загадките, за екологията и чудесата на природата ... |
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Романът е в шортлиста за наградата "Букър" 2013. ... Романът "Създания от време" на Рут Озеки е интелектуално и емоционално предизвикателство, което среща Изтока и Запада, миналото и настоящето, вечното и мимолетното, трагичното и комичното, случайното и закономерното. Тук всеки е никой, успехът е неуспех, началото е краят, квантовата физика е дзен будизъм... Читателят и писателят разменят местата си, за да създават и унищожават действителни и въображаеми светове. Задочната среща на Рут от северноамериканския континент и Нао от японските острови пресича гледни точки, асоциации и светоусещания в ... |
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"The Wild West. The Tall Tale of Rex Rodeo" is a Level 5 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. Activities pages and picture dictionary can be found at the back of each reader. The book can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course. The "Macmillan Children's Readers" series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their ... |
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Над планинското езеро притъмнява, отиващата си зима сковава притихналата северна земя. Малко момче, облечено в кожи, препасано с меч, украсен с гарванова глава, се бори с неравния терен, калта и непосилния си товар - тленните останки на неговия баща - Едсгар, могъщият войн на великия Север. Поток от бяла светлина плисва от небесата към погребалната клада. Звънлив звук изпълва всичко наоколо. Сякаш милиарди метални частици се посипват върху стоманен щит. Едсгар се обръща към Ерик за последно сбогом, прелестните валкирии поемат духа на война и той полита с тях към двери на Валхала, за да заеме достойното си място до Один. ... |
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The sequel to the book A Column of Fire. ... A time of conflict. It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king's grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. Lives intertwined. A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a vision of transforming his humble home into a centre of learning admired throughout Europe. The dawn of a new age. Now, with England at the dawn of the Middle Ages, these three ... |
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A mason with a dream. 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his family on the verge of starvation, mason Tom Builder dreams of the day that he can use his talents to create and build a cathedral like no other. A monk with a burning mission. Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, is resourceful, but with money scarce he knows that for his town to survive it must find a way to thrive, and so he makes the decision to build within it the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has ever known. A world of high ideals and savage cruelty. As Tom and Philip meet so begins an epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute ... |
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Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Erica - Jane Waters. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Princess and the Pea" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with the princess finding her way to the castle one stormy night, through to her sleepless night on top of twenty mattresses! "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by David Stuart Davies. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Mole and Rat have a pleasant life by the river, where they talk, boat and wile away the days. The wise and private Mr. Badger lives sedately in the Wild Woods, content in his solitude. Then there's Mr. Toad - wealthy, impulsive and utterly obsessed with motor cars, he's always getting into scrapes and can't survive without the help of his friends. One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame remains a timeless tale of ... |
