Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince . Kiss the prince, break the curse. Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn't believe in true love. Shane is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her own way. Briar Rose is a prince under a sleeping curse, who's been waiting a hundred years for the kiss that will wake him. Cursed princes are nothing but ancient history to Fi, until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle ... |
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Based on the story of Louisa May Alcott . Retold by John Escott . ... When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his little women when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult ... |
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A hilarious, groundbreaking young adult novel for anyone who's ever called themselves a feminist and anyone who hasn't. For fans of Louise O'Neill, Holly Bourne and Amy Schumer. Izzy O'Neill here! Impoverished orphan, aspiring comedian and Slut Extraordinaire, if the gossip sites are anything to go by. Izzy never expected to be eighteen and internationally reviled. But when explicit photos involving her, a politician's son and a garden bench are published online, the trolls set out to take her apart. Armed with best friend Ajita and a metric ton of nachos, she tries to laugh it off - but as the daily ... |
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Feminist fairytales for young and old. Await no princes to save you through their lips touching yours whilst you are in unwilling slumber. Wake each other up instead. Step into this world of empowering re-imagined fairytales where the stereotypes of obliging lovers, violent men and girls that need rescuing are transformed into brave princesses, blurred lines between heroes and villains, and a courageous Gretel who can bring down monsters on her own. ... |
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Импулсивен и размишляващ, скромен и дързък, верен и страстен, груб и нежен, критичен и сговорчив - такъв е забележителният Роберто Кавали. Той обожава Ганди и Че Гевара, мрази показната порядъчност, невъзпитаните и необразовани хора, независимо какви дипломи притежават. "Просто аз" е искрен разказ на моделиера за своя жизнен път, изпълнен с най-невероятни събития и дълбоки преживявания. За първите професионални успехи, за жените, изиграли важна роля в съдбата му, за децата, приятелите и много друго. Той създавал мода и я преживявал: Милано, Ню Йорк, Париж, Палацо Пити; рокли за Spice Girls и за червените ... |
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The little elf Lambo and the young dwarf Dhar become friends. Experience exciting adventures among fairies, dwarves, gnomes and elves. The booklet contains the three fairy tales."Lambo was only born this summer, but already he could go out alone. The Elves are fast in growing up. And it couldn't be otherwise, given their small size. The spirits of the forest are generally quite naughty and it's hard to say which are more mischievous - the elf boys or the fairy girls. The little boy still didn't know Deepwood well, but he often snuck out of his home and fooled around with beetles and ladybugs, jumped from ... |
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Sixteen-year-old Olivia Prior is missing three things: a mother, a father, and a voice. Her mother vanished all at once, and her father by degrees, and her voice was a thing she never had to start with. She grew up at Merilance School for Girls. Now, nearing the end of her time there, Olivia receives a letter from an uncle she's never met, her father's older brother, summoning her to his estate, a place called Gallant. But when she arrives, she discovers that the letter she received was several years old. Her uncle is dead. The estate is empty, save for the servants. Olivia is permitted to remain, but must ... |
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Най-хубавите любовни истории за изучаване на английски език ... Нина се премества със своите родители в Англия. Още на първия учебен ден тя се запознава с Иви, която я поканва на къмпинг. Това е началото на едно изпълнено с изненади лято... Изучаване на английски, специално за Girls: Последвай Нина и нейните приятелки в тази вълнуваща и романтична история! Въведенията на български език и обяснените думи, ще ти помогнат да разбереш английския текст, а упражненията и тестовете ще ти доставят наистина удоволствие! въведение на български език към всяка глава обяснение на думите на всяка страница азбучен речник 30 ... |
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Alexandria, Egypt. Anika and Zaphira are sitting at a seafront café. Suddenly, there is a huge explosion which knocks them over and changes their lives for ever. Both teenage girls learn a lot about each other as they struggle to survive, and to understand what has happened and why. And their combined strength is a surprise to the men they come up against. ... |
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Based on the television series "Dawson's Creek", created by Kevin Williamson, this book is a specially retold version by F. H. Cornish. ... Joey, Dawson, Pacey and Jen - four teenagers living in the small town of Capeside. The friends attend the same high school. And they have the same problems - life, love, school work and parents. Jen and Joey are going to a party - in New York. Dawson and Pacey want to go too. They decide to drive to the city and surprise the girls. And that is when the fun starts! This book is in British English. Here you can find: a picture dictionary; notes about the story; ... |
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The past will not forget me. The girls with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand... It's been sixteen days since Juliette Ferrars killed the supreme commander of North America and took over as ruler of The Reestablishment. Sixteen days since she assassinated Warner's father. She thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45 and now has Warner by her side. When tragedy strikes, Juliette must confront the darkness that consumes her world - and those she loves. Can she control the power she wields, or will it control her?"A thrilling high-stakes saga of self- ... |
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Страхувайте се по-малко, проваляйте се повече и живейте по-дръзко. Представете си какво би станало, ако живеете, без да се страхувате, че не се справяте достатъчно добре. Ако не ви пука как изглежда животът ви в "Инстаграм". Ако се освободите от чувството за вина и спрете да се самообвинявате, че правите чисто човешки грешки. Какво би станало, ако всеки път избирате по-смелото решение? Ако сте по-смела? Като жени твърде много от нас се чувстват смазани под тежестта на собствените си очаквания. Опитваме се да се харесаме на всички, пропускаме възможности, които ни плашат, и на всяка цена се стремим да избегнем ... |
