Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up: delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. A tough career for anyone, but surely impossible for Billy, who has a stammer. How will he find his voice, if his voice won't let him speak? The idea for this story came from Helen Rutter's son, who has a stammer: she wanted to write the book that he would love to read, starring a child like him."Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read." Jacqueline Wilson "Amazing." ... |
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The Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller. A book of hope for uncertain times. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The conversations of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, hung on hospital walls and turned into tattoos. In Charlie's first book, you will find his most-loved illustrations and some new ones too."The World that I am required to inhabit is this one. But the world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has ... |
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Братята Димитър и Недко Богданови и Ани – дъщеря на Димитър предлагат програма с много интересна музика. Базата е българската народна музика, но пречупена през вижданията на тримата музиканти. ... |
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The bestselling author of "The House with Chichen Legs". Illustrated by Kathrin Honesta. ... "They call me Yanka the Bear. Not because of where I was found - only a few people know about that. They call me Yanka the Bear because I am so big and strong." Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, Yanka has always wondered about where she is from. She tries to ignore the strange whispers and looks from the villagers, wishing she was as strong on the inside as she is on the outside. But, when she has to flee her house, looking for answers about who she really is, a journey far beyond one that she ever ... |
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Bestselling author of "Time travelling with a Hamster". ... He smells. He'll eat literally anything. And he's humanity's only hope. When 12-year-old Georgie makes friends with an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test-subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual reality, 3D version of the future. Then a deadly virus threatens to wipe out every dog in the country, and Georgie's beloved dog Mr Mash gets sick. Which is bad - but worse is still to come. As the world is thrown into chaos, Georgie embarks on a desperate quest: to save every dog on earth and all of humanity... ... ... |
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The second of Julia Quinns 's bestselling and beloved "Bridgerton novels", now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is Anthony Bridgerton's story... 1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better... Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1814. Having spent his twenties in a rakish pursuit of pleasure (whilst taking care to ensure the financial ... |
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Deadly storms have ravaged Mina's homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God's bride, in the hopes that one day the "true bride" will be chosen and end the suffering. Many believe that Shim Cheong, the most beautiful girl in the village - and the beloved of Mina's older brother Joon - may be the legendary true bride. But on ... |
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Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn't. Long ago, Ben made a promise and had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn't for reason he imagined... Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it? What if the very thing that drwas them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything? A dark, consuming drama that shifts from Zimbabwe to England, and then back into the past, "The Lion ... |
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Малките хранителни продукти от анимационните серии "Shopkins" превземат детската настолна игра от "Top Trumps", която води началото си от класическата игра с карти "Война". Малчуганите ще могат да се забавляват в компанията на любимите си герои, а комплектът е част от колекционерската серия "Top Trumps: Play and Discover". В кутията ще намерите 30 карти на английски език с картинки на героите хранителни продукти от анимационните серии, на които има 5 различни показателя за сравняване - стил (Style), приятелство (BFF-Ness), креативност (Creativity), звезден фактор (Star Factor) и ... |
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В дългоочакваната книга "Вдъхновение за всеки ден от Монаха, който продаде своето ферари", блестящият Робин Шарма дестилира най-силните идеи от своя международен бестселър "Монахът, който продаде своето ферари", както и от всички други заглавия от тази поредица, в един приятен за четене вечен календар, чиято цел е да придаде изключителност на всеки от дните ви. Като обхваща такива основни теми като Истинския успех, Умението да превъзмогваме трудностите и разочарованието, Създаването на забележителни отношения и Влиянието и наследството, което ще оставим след себе си, тази прекрасна книга със ... |
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Съвременна притча за истинския успех в бизнеса и в живота ... Книгата, която държите в ръцете си сега, е резултат от почти петнайсетгодишната ми работа като консултант по лидерство на много компании от списъка "Форчън 500", включително Microsoft, GE, Nike, FedEx и IBM, а също на организации като Университета Йейл, Американския червен кръст и Организацията на младите президенти. Ако приложите системата на лидерство, която описвам в тази книга, ще постигнете експлозивни резултати в работата си и ще помогнете на организацията си да се издигне на съвсем ново ниво на иновация, качество на работа и лоялност на ... |
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"The Catcher in Rye" is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the "phony" aspects of society, and the "phonies" themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in ... |
