Retold by Sarah Walker. ... In Sweden nobody wants a troll to come into their garden, but how do you stop them? On a lonely road at night in Oman, Abdul's car breaks down and he takes a ride with a stranger, but perhaps it is safer to walk. In England some young people play a scary game, and in Asia, a soldier returns home - at last. Every country in the world has stories about ghosts and spirits and monsters of one kind or another. Some people believe in ghosts and some don't - but everyone enjoys a good ghost story. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the ... |
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Осмият студиен албум, "Simulation Theory" е продуциран от групата, заедно с продуцентите, носители на различни награди, "Rich Costey", "Mike Elizondo", "Shellback" и "Timbaland". Веднага се разпознава, че "The Dark Side" е типично парче на "Muse", с изявените високи вокали на "Matt Bellamy", остри китари и водещата ритъм секция на "Chris Wolstenholme" и "Dominic Howard", които са се превърнали в основата на отличителния стадионен звук на групата. Разширеният траклист съдържа акустична госпъл версия на "Dig Down", ... |
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Nobody visits Eerie-on-Sea in the winter. Especially not when darkness falls and the wind howls around Maw Rocks and the wreck of the battleship Leviathan, where even now some swear they have seen the unctuous malamander creep... Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, knows that returning lost things to their rightful owners is not easy - especially when the lost thing is not a thing at all, but a girl. No one knows what happened to Violet Parma’s parents twelve years ago, and when she engages Herbie to help her find them, the pair discover that their disappearance might have something to do with ... |
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If a novel is a long and torrid love affair, full of ups and downs and highs and lows, then a short story is merely a kiss from a stranger in the dark - a fleetingly experience that grips the heart, ignites the blood and lingers in the memory. The seven stories collected in this volume explore the world of darkness - the outer darkness which surrounds us and where all monsters live... and the inner darkness where all your secret demons dwell and fester undisturbed, feeding on your soul. Beware the truth contained within! Emil Minchev is born in 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and has published six novels and a short story ... |
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The UK and US No. 1 bestseller. Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. ... From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit ... |
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С 33 илюстрации от Дан Пержовски. ... Книгата събира в концептуален проект "сърдитото момиче" на съвременната румънска поезия - Елена Владаряну - с един от най-известните румънски художници - Дан Пержовски. Текстовете на Елена Владаряну са изградени като плетеница от лични мисли, статии от румънската преса, улични графити, цитати от лайфстайл списания, каталози на Икеа, сайтове за здравословно хранене и театрални спектакли. Те влизат в пряк диалог с рисунките на Дан Пержовски, известен със силната си социална и гражданска позиция като артист. Поезията на Елена Владаряну е много близка до литературния пърформанс, ... |
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Outcasts by blood. Warriors by choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed..."The Gilded Ones redefines sisterhood and is sure to leave readers both inspired and ... |
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Jamie and Andrew are strangers, and two of the last people on Earth. They don't know what they'll find on their perilous journey... but they may just find each other. A queer romance about courage, hope and humanity - this is "How I Live Now" with the heart of "Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda". When the Superflu wipes out most of the population, Jamie finds himself completely alone in a cabin in the woods - until an injured stranger crosses his path. Life is dangerous now and, armed with a gun, Jamie goes to pull the trigger. But there's something about Andrew... something that stops ... |
