Неукротимата сила на организациите без лидери ... Ако отрежете главата на паяк, той умира. Ако обаче отрежете крайник на морска звезда, на негово място ще израсте нов, а отрязаният ще се превърне в изцяло нова морска звезда. Традиционните йерархични организации са като паяците, но в днешно време компании тип морска звезда променят облика на бизнеса и света. Каква е скритата сила зад успеха на Wikipedia, craigslist и Skype? Какво общо имат eBay и General Electric с движението за премахване на робството или за правата на жените? Заради кое ключово решение General Motors и Toyota тръгват по два коренно различни пътя? Как ... |
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„Маймуната и тигърът“ е сборник с два разказа, които описват разследванията на съдията Ди в два различни момента от кариерата му. В единия разказ той е магистрат на Ханюан и попада на захвърлен в планинския пущинак труп с отрязани пръсти. Тао Ган влага много старание в разследването и е взет за постоянен помощник. Втората случка е от „зрялата“ кариера на съдията Ди, когато той е на път за столицата, за да получи новото си назначение. Случайно се откъсва от спътниците си и намира подслон в едно стопанство сред полето, което става капан за Ди и обитателите му – отвън дебне банда свирепи престъпници, а отвътре – хитър убиец. ... |
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"I killed a man before I turned six. Today I`m turning ninety-two. It is autumn. In the stillness of the street, the chestnut trees lazily relinquish their leaves. At the end of the century in wich my time was fated to flow with a memory bloodied from the very beginning.""The Migration" ... |
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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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Кин Зен пътува на звездния кораб „Вояджър", който проучва далечни галактики. Когато корабът каца на неизследвана планета, Кин е част от екипа, който има за задача да търси нови форми на живот. Астронавтите успяват да заловят странно изглеждащо извънземно същество, но скоро става ясно, че създанието притежава способности, надхвърлящи тези на хората, които го държат в плен. Кой или какво контролира кораба?Дали Кин не държи отговора за оцеляването на неговия екипаж? Заглавието е част от атрактивна поредица от оригинални книги за четене, написани специално за учениците в 8. клас , които изучават интензивно английски ... |
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"The Little Prince" is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet - "Тhe Little Prince" of the title - and his stories of intergalactic travel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition. First published in 1943, the year before the author's death in action, this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Utterly unique and beloved around the world, "The Prophet" is a collection of twenty-six poetic essays by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran . Telling the story of the prophet Al-Mustafa and his conversations with various acquaintances as he returns home after a long absence, the book touches on subjects of universal concern, including love, friendship, passion, pain, religion and freedom. Thought-provoking, comforting and wise, the simple truths of "The Prophet" remain compelling and rewarding to this day. ... |
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They call them the Unadoptables but families come in all shapes and sizes. The remarkable. The extraordinary. The brave. Way back in the autumn of 1880, five babies are discovered at the Little Tulip Orphanage in most unusual circumstances. Those babies are Lotta, Egbert, Fenna, Sem and Milou. The vile matron calls the children "the unadoptables" but this talented gang of best friends know that their individuality is what makes them so special - and so determined to stay together. When a sinister gentleman tries to get them in his clutches, the children make a daring escape across the frozen canals of ... |
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Every empire demands revolution. Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought. Luca needs a turncoat. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet's edge between treason and orders. Someone who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters: getting her uncle off her throne. Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle ... |
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Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that's barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And there are more stars in the Universe than grains of sand on every planet in the Solar System. But amid all this vastness, the Milky Way Galaxy, our Sun and the Earth are home to the only known life in the Universe - at least ... |
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Historical novel. ... The historical plot encompasses the period between 1840 and 1885. The crossing of the paths of people of different nationalities knits together the entire novel. Bulgarians, Romanians and Serbs support each other in their struggle for independence. They meet diplomats and the kings of European monarchies in order to obtain entreaties and favorable attitude towards nascent Bulgarian uprising and the Serbian-Turkish War. And so the geographical borders of the novel prove to be infinite. Britain with its "eternal and perpetual interests", is portrayed; France, torn apart by internal ... |
