An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. \"I love Olly\'s work - and you will too!\" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly

\"Érdekel-e majd valakit, hol fekszik földi életének néhány maradványa, romló csontjai, foszló papi ruhája? Vagy talán tűz emészti meg egykor azokat a sorokat, amiket örök emlékezet okáért jegyzett a Matricula zizegő, vastag árkusaira? Tétetett azért örök emlékezetre legelsőben is az Istennek Templomárul és Szent Tiszteletinek Házárul tennünk emlékezetet: hogy jövendő időkben még fiaink is emlékezzenek

This miniature version of Men, Stefan Mays charged compilation of male nudes, contains all the energy, vitality and thrill of its precursor. And, it still contains all the delightful photographs that made the larger volume so delectable. Yet, this s pecial diminutive format makes it more affordable and accessible, as well as, more convenient to shelve and browse. Stefan May commissioned by magazines

Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She is attractive. She drives a red Corvette. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed and devoted to her. But Celeste has a secret. She has a singular sexual obsession - fourteen-year-old boys. It is a craving she pursues with sociopathic meticulousness and forethought. Within weeks of her first term at a new school, Celeste has lured

Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated. Nothing quite

On 14 February 1989, Valentine\'s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been \'sentenced to death\' by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being \'against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran\'. So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced

Fujita has drifted through middle school aimlessly, unable to find friends or anything that can hold his attention. Then, one day, he\'s attacked by a gang and saved by a mysterious man. But this isn\'t a karate master. Fujita\'s Mr. Miyagi is a ballroom dance instructor! Reluctantly, Fujita takes a few beginner classes, only to find his inspiration: an entrancing teenage dance prodigy named Shizuku.

Leaving Las Vegas, the first novel by John O\'Brien, is the disturbing and emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it. Sera is a prostitute, content with the independence and routine she has carved out for herself in a city defined by recklessness. But she is haunted by a spectre in a yellow Mercedes, a man from her past who is committed to taking control of her

Amy Curry\'s year sucks. And it\'s not getting any better. Her mother has decided to move, so somehow Amy has to get their car from California to the East Coast. There\'s just one problem: since her father\'s death Amy hasn\'t been able to get behind the wheel of a car. Enter Roger, the son of a family friend, who turns out to be funny, nice . . . and unexpectedly cute. But Roger\'s plans involve a

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER \'A highly readable, fascinating book that jerks the debate on religion versus atheism right out of its crusted rut into the light of serious intellectual scrutiny\' Observer A meditation on the importance of atheism in the modern world - and its inadequacies and contradictions - by one of Britain\'s leading philosophers \'When you explore older atheisms, you will find some

Atraktivní kniha zve na vizuálně jedinečné putování po více než 65 fascinujících domech. Seznámí vás s vybavením, nábytkem, designovými detaily v domech od Indie po Francii, od Maroka po Švédsko, od USA po Velkou Británii. Kniha je určena každému, koho za

Thisboxed setcontains the threenovels from bestselling author Gillian Flynn: \"Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, \"and \"Dark Places.\" A #1 \"New York Times \"bestseller, \"Gone Girl \"is an unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. The \"Chicago Tribune \"proclaimed thatFlynn s work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction. \"Gone Girl\"

From the bestselling author behind the addictive, EMMY and GOLDEN GLOBE-winning HBO series Big Little Lies, comes a cocktail of friendship and modern love - spiked with a little deception. Six responsible adults, two best friends - and one day that changes everything. \'This is a story which begins with a barbecue in the suburbs. . .\' By the end of it a lifelong friendship will be in tatters, a marriage

\'Cruelty has a human heart . . .\' Even when we mean to be kind we can sometimes be cruel. We each have a streak of nastiness inside us. In these ten tales of cruelty master storyteller Roald Dahl explores how and why it is we make others suffer. Among others, you\'ll read the story of two young bullies and the boy they torment, the adulterous wife who uncovers her husband\'s secret, the man with

Three-volume paperback boxed set of J.R.R. Tolkien\'s classic masterpiece, packaged in the classic black covers designed by Tolkien himself. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power -- the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring -- the ring that rules them all -- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo

Dreading the worst - that Clara has died in care - the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed - by her. When her close friend - an ambitious young doctor at the Foundling Hospital - persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her daughter, she is hesitant to welcome someone new into her home and her life.

V avtorskij sbornik vkljucheny proizvedenija velikogo russkogo pisatelja A.I.Kuprina

This book provides expert advice on tapping into the true heart of this intriguing \'country at the end of the continent\'. It features the best cultural coverage of any guidebook to Panama including provocative features on the Embera, Kuna and Panama\'s other indigenous groups. It also offers all the local insights, maps and out-there ideas you\'ll need for an adventurous do-it-yourself experienc