Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. We follow her bruising experience in marriage, her probing of male truths,

Bringing together six of Turgenev\'s best known stories in volume, this collection includes First Love,\" \"Asya,\" \"Mumu,\" \"The Diary of a Superfluous Man,\" \"Song of Triumphant Love,\" and \"King Lear of the Steppes.\" \"

Before he was Ciri\'s guardian, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman. Season of Storms is an adventure set in the world of the Witcher, the book series that inspired the hit Netflix show and bestselling video games. Geralt. The witcher whose mission is to protect ordinary people from the monsters created with magic. A mutant who has the task of killing unnatural beings. He uses a magical sign,

Babi Badalov je básnik a umelec, ktorý zbavuje jazyk štatútu exkluzívnej komodity a mení ho na dar, na krádež, na exkrement, na odpad. Používaním výlučne nájdených vecí, na ktoré zaznamenáva svoju orna-mentálnu poéziu sníma z jazyka auru posvätnosti a glorifikácie. Prostredníctvom svojej vizuálnej poézie vytvára jazyk, ktorý nie je objektívnou reflexiou súčasnosti, ale ktorý sa snaží prehovoriť pravdu

Set in the pulse-pounding world of I Am Number Four, this fast-paced action-packed thriller follows the gifted students of The Human Garde Academy. When teenagers around the globe develop new superpowers - new Legacies, the Garde create an Academy where they can develop their gifts safely and a group of friends dubbed \'Fugitive Six\' banded together to ensure the Academy\'s continued safety. But a

‘I am British, just like you!’ Marquat, born in Cardiff, but with Nigerian parents is an intelligent, inquisitive boy but also sometimes insecure and shy. He hopes to do well in life and works hard to achieve his dreams. One day, unfortunately, he comes across racial prejudices because of the colour of his skin. However, just as he begins to think he’s alone, he discovers the value of friendship which

* Dual entry flexibility. Friends is a flexible 4-level course with two entry points Starter for complete beginners and Level 1 for false beginners * Variety, humour, interest. Friends involves students with a variety of different contexts including humour, fiction, real-life and cross-culture. * Consistently clear. Friends builds confidence with grammar and vocabulary taught in three clears steps

How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist William Styron had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, Styron describes an illness that reduced him from a successful writer to a man arranging his own destruction. He lived to give us this gripping description of his descent into mental anguish, and his eventual success in

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Book 1 of a new series featuring After worldwide fan-favorite Landon Gibson as he leaves Washington to navigate love and life in New York City. At the end of the After Ever Happy, Landon got married but readers everywhere have been wondering who will get to call the nicest boy in the After series their forever love? Read it and find out! I\'m so excited for everyone to get to know Landon Gibson. Whether

\"Gripping...Both women deal with personal and family issues that reveal their humanity and lend credibility to this deft thriller\". (Publishers Weekly). Evil is on the prowl. A severed hand is found in an alleyway in Boston\'s Chinatown. Detective Jane Rizzoli discovers the rest of the body on a nearby rooftop, the head nearly severed. The only clue Jane has is two strands of hair, but it\'s enough

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Ein erbitterter Erbfolgekrieg verwüstet die Sieben Königreiche. Der kindliche, aber bösartige Joffrey sitzt auf dem Thron, unterstützt von seiner intriganten Familie. Nur der junge Robb Stark, der Gegenkönig des Nordens, leistet ernsthaften Widerstand. Während sich eine gewaltige Entscheidungsschlacht anbahnt, zieht die Tochter des vertriebenen Tyrannengeschlechts ihre Drachenbrut auf ... Das grandiose

A szerzö összegyüjtötte e harminc év Mindszenty- tiszteletét kifejezö tények dokumentumait: ismertetést nyújt a mariazelli 1975-1991 közötti idöszakról, majd pedig teljes részletességgel az azóta eltelt, 1991-2005 közötti másfél évtizedröl. Az a kultusz, amelyröl Mindszenty bíborossal kapcsolatban beszélünk, alulról indult, a magyar társadalom különféle csoportjaiból, az egyszerü népböl éppen úgy,

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that will encourage students to read. Sherlock Holmes is the world\'s most famous detective and students will love this modern adaptation of Conan Doyle\'s much-loved stry. Based on the award-winning TV series Sherlock.

A Theological Life offers one of the first comprehensive reflections on the life and work of this enigmatic Czech theologian and cardinal. Going beyond the usual biographical and bibliographical summary, the book provides an in-depth theological reflection on the legacy which this much-loved spiritual father left to the worldwide Church.

Die Brüder Grimm erhalten im Jahr 1838 den Auftrag, ein Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache zu erstellen. Voller Eifer forschen sie - und verzetteln sich gründlich. Am Ende ihres Lebens haben sie nur wenige Buchstaben bewältigt. Günter Grass erzählt das Leben von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm als Liebeserklärung an die deutsche Sprache. Er durchstreift die Geschichte und schlägt manche Brücke in seine eigene

A shocking, hilarious and strangely tender novel about a young woman’s experiment in narcotic hibernation, aided and abetted by one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature. Our narrator has many of the advantages of life, on the surface. Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her

With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury Jonathan Swift\'s classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe\'s Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably