When her father dies just before her eighteen birthday, Aderyn inherits the role of Protector of Atratys, a dominion in a kingdom where nobles can transform into birds. Aderyn's ancestral bird is a swan. But she has not been able to transform for years, not since witnessing the death of her mother. Aderyn must venture into the malevolent heart of the Citadel in order to seek the truth about the attack that killed her mother and to fight for the land she has vowed to protect. An epic story about broken loyalties, hidden secrets and daring courage. "Together, the transformed nobles follow the blazing boat out to ... |
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"Привет, аз съм бисквитка. Живея в една пекарна на ъгъла, близо до реката. Заповядай, влез! Добре дошъл в нашата малка общност. Тук всички си помагаме и се подкрепяме. Страхотно, нали? Днес животът ми е прекрасен. Но пътят ми дотук невинаги е бил лек. Когато бях малка бисквитка, не можех да си представя, че някога ще се впиша сред останалите сладкиши. Чувствах се така, сякаш съм замесена от друго тесто. Дълго време не смеех да се обадя или да споделя идеите си с другите. Изобщо не се чувствах като умна бисквитка. Исках да бъда бисквитка, която знае отговорите на всички въпроси, бисквитка, която е уверена, бисквитка, ... |
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"This collection of Thomas Marent"s images, 16 years in the making, brings alive the sheer and awe-inspiring beauty of the rainforest." Sting - founding patron, The Rainforest Foundation Photographs by Thomas Marent Rainforest is the stunning result of half a lifetime’s work by Swiss photographer Thomas Marent. Inspired by a visit to the rainforest in Australia when he was 24, Marent has spent the ensuing 16 years exploring and photographing the world’s rainforests. With all the immediacy of the best documentaries, Rainforest celebrates the fascinating behaviour and incredible variety of rainforest animals ... |
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Земята е пренаселена, а природните ѝ ресурси намаляват. Тринайсетгодишният Ари се грижи за болното си братче Йони. Двамата играят на нова и особено трудна компютърна игра - Кеплер62, която малцина са способни да превъртят. Никой не знае какво ще се случи с преминалите последното ниво - и дали Кеплер не е нещо повече от просто игра. Започва щуро приключение. Една затрогваща история, в която се разказва за извънземни приключения, за тъмни кроежи, за вирус, приятелство и избавление. Известните детски писатели Тимо Парвела (Финландия) и Бьорн Суртлан (Норвегия) заедно с финландския илюстратор Паси Питкянен (един от ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "My Family and Other Animals" is Gerald Durrell's hilarious account of five years in his childhood spent living with his family on the island of Corfu. With snakes, scorpions, toads, owls and geckos competing for space with one bookworm brother and another who's gun-mad, as well as an obsessive sister, young Gerald has an awful lot of natural history to observe. This richly detailed, informative and riotously funny memoir of eccentric family life is a twentieth-century classic. This edition features an afterword by Peter Olney, former ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "All night she slept soundly on her bed of hay, dreaming of nothing but of shining mountains." At the age of six, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her intimidating grandfather in the Alps. Heidi takes to him immediately and soon earns his love in return. She adores her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds, but one terribly day Heidi is collected by her aunt and forced to live with a new family in town. Heartbroken by the loss of her Alpine life, she must do everything she can to return to ... |
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In this traditional story, a nut falls from a tree onto Chicken-Licken's head. Chicken-Licken runs to tell all the other birds that the sky is falling down. Everyone starts to panic, until Duck-Luck stops to think. "Macmillan English Explorers" is an eight-level reading scheme written specifically for young learners of English. They bring first language teaching methods to reading lessons in international classrooms. Informed by the National Literacy Strategy and by teaching methodology for first language speakers of English, "Macmillan Explorers" is supported by an understanding of the needs of ... |
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Can you fall in love when your life is falling apart? ... How do you change what’s already written in the stars? Christopher is the sort of guy that no one notices, yet when Air catches sight of him making intricate paper birds in the airport, she can’t look away. But their worlds are about to collide in ways they never expected. Someone they love is on Flight 0217 from London Heathrow. And it’s missing. Convinced that her brother was on a different flight, Air drives them hundreds of miles across the country, on a trip that will change their lives forever. But how do you tell the person you’re falling for that you ... |
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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beats. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, "Lord of the Flies" is one of the most celebrates and widely read of modern ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... Изданието припокрива учебните програми, утвърдени със заповед № РД 09-4798 / 01.09.2017 г., № РД 09-5644 / 08.11.2017 г., № РД 09-2392 / 14.09.2018 г. В изданието са разгледани основните функции на MS OFFICE, свързани с текстообработка, електронни таблици, компютърна графика и презентации. Представени са и различни примери за приложението на ИТ в стопанската дейност. Изданието дава възможност да се добият необходимите базови компетенции за дигиталните технологии. За всяка тема има разработени презентации, упражнения, казуси и тестове в рамките на 5 страници, които ... |
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This beautiful gift book presents one hundred nursery rhymes, accompanied by bright, colourful illustrations packed with charm and detail to capture the imaginations of young children. Classics such as Little Bo Peep, Humpty Dumpty and Old MacDonald Had a Farm sit alongside new favourites to discover. The cover has been designed using a wealth of stunning effects. ... |
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Contains 30 stories. ... Head off on a sparkling springtime adventure with the world's best-loved storyteller. From the little boy who helps a lamb in trouble to the fairies hidden inside Easter Eggs, excitement and magic are never far away in this collection of stories to read and share. These fun, entertaining tales are ideal for newly confident readers and are the perfect length for reading aloud at bedtime or in the classroom. ... |
