Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
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Illustrator: Marcela Calderon. ... "Mini Classic: The Wind in the Willows" is a timeless story, full of joy, adventure and delight, for children aged 8+. Delightfully humorous and beautifully written, Mini Classic "The Wind in the Willows" follows the exciting adventures of water-loving Rat, sensitive Mole, fun-loving Toad and wise Badger as they mess about in boats, get lost in the Wild Wood and battle to take back Toad Hall. When Mole leaves his little underground home he meets up with water-loving rat. Together they mess about in bouts, get lost in the Wild wood, and join Toad and Badger in the ... |
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"For a person to write a book like this, he has to love art, passionately and selflessly, and to love, of course, the artist as well. The author possesses these qualities in full measure. But even with the love, enthusiasm, and admiration that permeate the entire book, it in no way amounts to a glorification, veneration, or canonization of Zlatyu Boyadzhiev’s image. Quite the opposite - the author has succeeded in keeping a necessary distance, allowing him the opportunity to combine an up-close and a distant view of the artist. He doesn’t carve a monument, he doesn’t paint an icon; rather, he presents a dynamic image, ... |
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Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny sequel to "The House at the Edge of Magic". Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvellous, magical House, and are free to travel the worlds once more! Their first stop: The Wizarding Hopscotch Championships. There's only one problem: the House is nervous about travelling - and gets the hiccups! Bouncing from world to world with every "HIC!", they finally land at the championships, only for Flabberghast to have an unfortunate run-in with square number nine, and find himself faced with the terrible Tower at the End of Time. But maybe here ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When the chance discovery of an ancient cryptogram reveals a path to the Underworld, the adventurous Professor Otto Lidenbrock sets off to Iceland, determined to reach the centre of the earth. But nothing can prepare him and his nephew Axel for what they will find beneath the ground; measureless caverns and vast subterranean seas reveal all of the earth's known history and more, while dinosaurs do battle, giant men herd mastodons, and danger and excitement wait around every corner. Richly illustrated by Édouard Riou, the French painter and ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of Buck, a domestic dog who is kidnapped from his home in California and forced to pull sleds in the Arctic wasteland. White Fang, by contrast, is the tale of a crossbreed who is three-quarters wolf and a quarter dog, and who must endure considerable suffering in the wilderness before being tamed by an American and taken to live in California. Extraordinary both for the vividness of their descriptions and the success with which they imagine life from a non-human perspective, Jack London's classics of ... |
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Increasing effectiveness through situational leadership. New and updated edition. ... Become a good leader and motivate others! With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard adapting "The One Minute Manager" techniques to enable successful leadership to happen. Using different ways to motivate different kinds of people. "Leadership and the One Minute Manager" goes straight to the heart of management as it describes the effective, adaptive styles of Situational Leadership. In clear and simple terms it teaches how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting your style to the needs of the individual and ... |
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Шаблонът с мотиви от серията Garden of Promises на Stamperia е изработен от пластичен материал, който е изключително здрав. Шаблонът е удобен за употреба върху различни по форма предмети и повърхности. С него може да добавите финален щрих към всеки подарък, картичка, албум, покана или други скрапбукинг проекти. Той може да бъде използван в измайсторяването на празнични декорации за дома и декориране на различни повърхности - платно , картон , дърво , камък, текстил и други. Също така може да се употребява при използване на смесени техники. Шаблонът е предназначен за работа с бои и релефни пасти на водна ... |
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Кутията е на тема Gorjuss , където ще откриете още продукти и аксесоари. ... Кутията от Santoro е подходяща за съхранение на всякакви неща като материали за рисуване, малки играчки, фигурки и други. Тя е с дизайн на момичетата от Gorjuss, което ще се хареса на всяко момиченце. Кутията е изработена от картон с магнитно затваряне. Симпатичните момиченца Gorjuss се открояват с характерния си дизайн и мистичната атмосфера, която носят. Разнообразните аксесоари са в пастелни цветове, съчетани хармонично и така отразяват характера на всяка героиня. Стила се откроява с харизма, която с лекота привлича окото и прави ... |
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For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary. But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's long-dead wife? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With ... |
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Декоративната хартия с мотиви от серията Vintage Library на Stamperia може да превърне старите вещи в приказна украса за дома или в невероятен подарък за близък човек. Оризовата хартия може да се използва изцяло или да се изрежат определени елементи от нея, които най-добре пасват на вашия проект. Работата с този продукт е по-лесна и удобна, отколкото с илюстрации от списания или принтирани цветни изображения. Предимствата на този вид хартия се крият в нейната здравина и гъвкавост. Тя може да се положи върху различни предмети изработени от дърво , пластмаса, метал, картон или стъкло, без значение дали повърхността им ... |
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6-дисков бокс сет, съдържащ всички студийни албуми, записани от групата между 1969 и 1977 г. ... "Bread" бяха един от водещите гласове в софт-рок ерата, завладял радио вълните в Америка през 70 -те години. През 8 -те години съвместна работа с "Elektra Records", калифорнийският квартет създава незабравими хитове като "If", "Baby I'm-a Want You", както и парчето, оглавило класациите през 1970 г. "Make It With You". Сетът включва: Bread (1969) On The Waters (1970) Manna (1971) Baby I'm-a Want You (1972) Guitar Man (1972) Lost Without Your Love (1977) ... |
