"The English Neighbour" is a resourceful, vivid, and tirelessly funny story about the clash and fusion of cultures in today{{~}}s age of globalization. Bulgaria. Middle of Nowhere. The fictional village of Plodorodno (meaning "fertile") is in dire straits. As Bulgaria is gradually opening to the outside world, many of its residents have emigrated in pursuit of a different life, while others cast their hopes on winning the lottery instead of on working the fertile land nearby. One fine day, a true Englishman named John buys a hose in the village and settles there. He is retired chemical engineer ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... James Joyce 's first novel follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, an artistic and fiercely individual young man. Along the way, Stephen learns to negotiate the "snares of the world", to avoid the pitfalls of his dysfunctional family, his terrifying and repressive boarding school, and the various beautiful young ladies who capture his heart. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is an unforgettable depiction of childhood and adolescence, as well as a lyrical evocation of life in Ireland over a century ago. It shocked readers on its ... |
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Frankie gave a cry. the ground had opened up in front of her. She began to slide down into a big black hole. Jack tried to stop her. He held her arm, but the hole was getting bigger each moment. Suddenly there was a roaring noise, and Jack slid down into the hole after Frankie. "– We've fallen about there metres into the vault - Jack said to Frankie. – Can you see anything? – No, but I can feel something - Frankie said. – I can feel one of the coffins. Jack, this place is full of dead people! It's full of the rotting people and old bones. And the coffins are all rotting too. You can smell them. This is a ... |
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From the towering Sagrada Família to the shimmering, textured façade of Casa Batlló and the enchanting landscape of Park Güell, it's easy to see why Antoni Gaudí (1852 - 1926) gained the epithet "God's architect." With fluid forms and mathematical precision, his work extols the wonder of natural creation: columns soar like tree trunks, window frames curve like flowering branches, and ceramic tiling shimmers like scaly, reptilian skin. Window frames curve like flowering branches and ceramic tiling shimmers like reptilian skin in the fervent architectural imagination of Antoni ... |
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This will end in flames... The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Dan Combes is a former MI6 agent living peacefully in France. After being attacked by a former colleague, he realises his relationship with the British Secret Service has not yet finished. He believes the attack is linked to his roles in Berlin and Central America. But that was years ago so why do they want him dead now? Dan returns to England and confronts his difficult past - a web of lies and deceit that he knows ... |
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The Games have begun and she's playing for her life. From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of "The Darkest Minds" comes a high-octane story of power, destiny and redemption. A lifetime ago, Lore Perseous left behind the brutal, opulent world of the Agon families - ancient Greek bloodlines that participate in a merciless game every seven years. A game that is about to begin again... For centuries, Zeus has punished the gods with a game called the Agon, which turns them mortal for one week, and at the mercy of being hunted by those with godly ambitions. Only a handful of the original Greek gods ... |
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За "Kid's Box" "Kid's Box" е учебна система по английски език, одобрена от МОМН със Заповед №РД 09-219/27.02.2013 г. и подходяща за обучение на учениците от 1. до 4. клас . Напълно съвместима с Общата европейска езикова рамка, тя целенасочено подготвя за сертификатните тестове YLE (Young Learners English Tests) . Учебната система се състои от следните нива: ниво 1 – подходящо за начинаещи без никакви познания по езика ниво 2 – извежда до А1 и учениците натрупват основни знания ниво 3 – покрива А1 ниво 4 – покрива А1 докрай ниво 5 – покрива А2 ниво 6 – покрива А2 докрай ... |
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"Моят кора_ потъна. Попаднах на с_мотен остро_. Той прилича на триъгълник. Измъчва ме гла_. Много се стр_хувам. Спасете ме! Робинзон" С това писмо в бутилка с изтрити от водни пръски букви започват приключенията във "Вълшебно лято" - весела ваканционна книжка след 1. клас . Въвлечени непринудено в морския екшън, децата трябва да попълнят изтритите букви в писмото на Робинзон. Книжката е част от нова поредица помагала на издателство "Просвета" за лятната ваканция. Тя предоставя прекрасни възможности за интересно и увлекателно затвърдяване на изученото в клас. След морските приключения идват ... |
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Силиконовите печати от серията "Love story" на "Stamperia" са с дизайн на различни надписи - "Now and Forever", "Mr.& Mrs.", "Love" и "They lived happily ever after". Те ще ви помогнат да създадете празничен акцент във вашите уникални картички и скрапбукинг проекти. За получаване на максимално добър ефект използвайте мастила, като най-подходящи са пигментните мастила и тези за ембосинг. При използването на силиконовите печати ще ви е необходимо акрилно блокче. Начин на употреба: Поставете силиконовия печат върху акрилния блок, това е достатъчно, за да се ... |
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Очакваният с огромно нетърпение нов студиен албум на Michael Bublé, “To Be Loved”, ще бъде издаден на 23 април в Щатите (15 април международна дата) през Reprise Records. Оригиналният първи сингъл “It’s A Beautiful Day” ще бъде пуснат на 25 февруари. “To Be Loved”, шести студиен албум в кариерата на Bublé, идва след неговото празнично CD “Christmas”, което продаде седем милиона копия по цял свят и успя да се превърне във втория най-продаван албум на 2011 година (след този на Adele). Продуцираният от Bob Rock “To Be Loved” е записан във Ванкувър и Лос Анджелис и включва микс от любими песни, както и четири ... |
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Настоящият сборник ще помогне на Вашето дете да усвои и обогати придобитите знания и умения. Той Ви предлага един нов начин за общуване с детето - общуване в съвместната Ви дейност. ... |
