Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar have made a pact. As they process the events of the Spring they will keep things... platonic... until the Solstice. But can they resist when the crackling tension between them is enough to set the whole of Crescent City aflame? And they are not out of danger yet. Dragged into a rebel movement they want no part of, Bryce, Hunt and their friends find themselves pitted against the terrifying Asteri - whose notice they must avoid at all costs. But as they learn more about the rebel cause, they face a choice: stay silent while others are oppressed, or fight. And they've never been very good ... |
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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. Tess and Grant are tour leaders for a group walking holiday in France. And they don't get on at all. Tess is an artist and a dreamer, whose father owns the tour company. Grant is experienced, knowledgeable and efficient – and enjoys making Tess appear foolish. As the rain pours down, things go from bad to worse until... ... |
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Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math. Roger and Dodger aren't exactly human, though they don't realize it. They aren't exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet. Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He's not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ... |
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Английско-български / Българско-английски речник от 50 000 думи. Речникът е плод на дългогодишен труд от страна на университетските преподаватели Лена Илиева и Снежана Боянова . Речникът съдържа лексикални единици, идиоми, фразеологични глаголи, разговорни изрази, преводни съответствия в двете посоки. Основна цел на речника е да подпомогне овладяването на английски език, да затвърди знанията на учащите, както и да ги улесни в изучаването на нови думи и лексика при усъвършенстването на езика. Може да се използва от: деца и ученици; студенти; възрастни; учители и преподаватели; туристи; българи, живеещи и ... |
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Изданието е на британски английски (British English). За изданието на американски английски (American English) кликнете тук . ... По романа на Томас Харди - Кметът на Кастърбридж. Адаптация на класическата история на Майкъл Хенчард, който се издига над бедния си произход и става успешен бизнесмен. Но тогава, ужасна тайна от миналото му го застига и Хенчард трябва да плати цената. Открийте удоволствието от четенето на английски книги с поредицата Cambridge Experience Readers . Разделени в 7 нива и съобразени с особеностите на езика на тийнейджърите, книжките от поредицата разкриват на четящите един нов начин за ... |
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Емануел Икономов публикува от 1980 г. над 240 разказа в периодичния печат, сборници и антологии плюс един роман. Носител е на множество награди, превеждан е в Англия, Германия, Испания, Русия, Сърбия, Гърция. Първият му сборник разкази от забележителния цикъл за Малкия град е неговата двадесета книга."Голямото предизвикателство на Емануел Икономов е, че е непредвидим. Новото му хрумване е за градче, което по фантастичен, по неповторим начин съчетава в себе си типично българските, а и надвременните проблеми. При това в новото си творческо начинание белетристът е успял майсторски да свърже в едно цяло фантаста, ... |
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Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses. Scale addresses big, urgent questions about global sustainability, population explosion, urbanization, ageing, cancer, human lifespans and the increasing pace of life, but also encourages us to question the world around us. Why can we live for 120 years but not for a thousand? Why does the pace of life continually increase? Why do mice live for just two or three years and elephants for up to 75? Why do companies behave like mice, and are they ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. Grammar reference. Exam preparation. Focus on writing. ... Работна тетрадка № 2 към "For Real" Intermediate - ниво B1 предлага: синтезирания граматичен материал и подробен списък с новата лексика в началото на всеки урок; изобилие от упражнения, които следват уроците в учебника и надграждат знанията на учениците; страници "Improve your word power" за овладяване на основните словообразувателни модели; страница за самооценка "Things I can do now" в края на всеки модул; упражнения по форма̀та на изпитите на Кеймбридж (( PET , KET ... |
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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 ... |
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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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A spellbinding supernatural teen drama and sequel to "All Our Hidden Gifts". Maeve and her friends have uncovered their powers and banded together as a coven: Roe can pick locks, Lily sends sparks flying, Maeve can read minds and Fiona can heal any injury. And even better than their newfound talents? Roe and Maeve are officially an item. But with strange things happening at school, and old enemies appearing in new places, it soon becomes clear their powers are attracting all the wrong attention. It's not long before Maeve's gift start to wane, drained by someone - or something - that's hiding even ... |
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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 ... |
