Любовта към някого никога не изчезва напълно... ... Ем е затворник в строго охранявана военна база. Единственото нещо, което я успокоява, е гласът на Фин от съседната килия. Доктора ще ги държи в плен, докато не му разкрият каквото иска да знае. Проблемът е, че то още не се е случило. Ем и Фин имат общо минало, но не и бъдеще, ако не успят да се измъкнат. Настоящето е мъчение – разделени и измъчвани от Доктора, който е безмилостен в търсенето на отговори. Няма как да се върнат към това, което са били, и към света, който познават. Но тогава Ем намира в килията си бележка, която променя всичко. Тя е от бъдещото ѝ аз и ... |
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The European Tax Handbook cover surveys os 47 countries and juridictions. For the 2008 edition, the book has been expanded by chaptersw on Armenia and Lichtenstein. The European Tax Handbook has evolved into the leading research product for tax specialists who require concise and clear descriptions of tax systems in Europe. As suchq coverage of Canada and the United States of America will no longer be included in the European Tax Handbook. We continue to cover these North American countries on a far more detailed level in IBFD's latest product the North America Tax Handbook. In this new productq the systems of Canada, ... |
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A novel by the author of "Ellen Foster". "Kaye Gibbons shows us the secret core of a love that easily outlasts death. It's invisible mastery - but mastery all the same". Reynolds Prince ... When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked a woman to do more than help him hitch a mule. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each other ... |
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"Внимавай! Ако играеш на призрак, ще станеш призрак." Кабала, анонимен автор Макар и още много млада, мексиканската писателка Валерия Луизели вече е привлякла вниманието на читателите и критиката с полъха на креативност и енергия в книгите си. Въпреки младостта си Луизели е живяла в различни страни и е успяла да си изгради многопластова визия за света. Смесването на реалност и фантазия, на различни времеви планове вероятно е наследила от родната си испаноезична литература. В романа ѝ "Безтегловните" се налага деликатен паралелизъм с произведенията на Хуан Рулфо , неин учител в изобразяването ... |
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Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This elegant edition features an afterword by Dr Keith Carabine, specialist in American literature and former chair of the Joseph Conrad society. One night on the Thames, Charles Marlowe tells his fellow sailors the vivid and brutal tale of his time as a riverboat captain in the Belgian Congo. From the mists of London we are whisked to the darkness of Africa's colonial heart - and into the thrall of the ... |
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An Autobiography is an adaptation of Mark Twain's famous autobiogrphy. This title has approximately three thousand headwords and is sppropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. Twain was an American writer of such classics as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Prince and the Pauper". In his time, he was considered the funniest man on earth. In this small volume the author recounts colourful anecdotes from his long life. "In this Autobiopgraphy, I shall keep in mind the fact that I am speaking from the grave... I shall be dead ... |
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Кас Ръсъл е добра по математика. Плашещо добра. Векторните изчисления, които прави със смайваща скорост, ѝ позволяват да се справя с въоръжени мъже, два пъти по-големи от нея, и да избягва всеки куршум при престрелка. Кас е наемник и ако заплащането е добро, тя е готова да приеме всяка поръчка. Специалността ѝ е да възстановява изгубени хора и вещи. Доколкото ѝ е известно, тя е единственият човек със свръхсила... докато не среща някой, който притежава способност, още по-опасна от нейната. Някой, който влиза директно в съзнанието на хората и превръща мозъците им в мьобиусови ленти. Някой, който иска да ... |
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If you like stories about wilderness and survival full of adventures, check out Jack London's "To Build a Fire and Other Stories". This book has approximately 2 000 headwords and is appropriate for intermediate-level learners. The text has been adapted and simplified, but it keeps the ideas and flavor found in the original stories. Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist and short story writer. He wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the elemental strugles for survival. His stories were based on his own experiences and they appealed to millions of peopple worldwide. ... |
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This book is an adaptation of seven of Edgar Allan Poes's famous short stories. It has about 3 000 headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. The text has been adapted and simplified, but it keeps the ideas and flavor found in the original stories. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, literary critic and a major figure in world literature."It would also be just to say that Edgar Allan Poe sacrificed his life to work, his human destiny to immortality." Jeorge Luis Borges "It's because I liked Edgar Allan Poe's strories so much ... |
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This collection contains fifteen of O. Henry's short stories. "The Gift of the Magi" is the most famous of his classic tales, but the stories that follow here give the reader a deeper and richer sample of O. Henry's storytelling art. The text has been simplified and made easier to read for the enjoyment of readers who study English. It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced learners. О.Henry (1862 - 1910) was a widely popular American short story writer, famous for his dry humor, wordplay and clever surprise endings. "O. Henry's finest work... reveal such a depth of understanding of the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features eleven of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went on to ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Rather than be "sivilized" by the Widow Douglas, Huckleberry Finn - the grubby but good-natured son of a local drunk - sets off with Jim, an escaped slave, to find freedom on the Mississippi river. With the law on their tail, they navigate a world of robbers, slave hunters and con men, and Huck must choose between what society says is "right" and his own burgeoning understanding of Jim's friendship and humanity. Nostalgic and melancholy in equal measure, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain is a razor-sharp ... |
