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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this thrilling new novel from the author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. At the Water’s Edge is a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman’s awakening as she experiences the devastation of World War II in a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands.After disgracing themselves at a high society New Year’s Eve party in…

'The Lake House by Kate Morton is the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper. June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone…

It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll; it was also the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, the Prague Spring, the Chicago convention, the Tet offensive in Vietnam and the anti-war movement, the student rebellion that paralysed France, civil rights, the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union, and the birth of the women's movement. With 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, award-winning journalist Mark Kurlansky has written his Magnum opus - a…

She’s too young for him. He’s too good for her. She seduces him away from the gentleman he tries to be. He leads her to her own hopes and dreams. Ryan Kavanaugh isn’t the kind of girl guys bring home to their moms. She’ll have sex on the first date, she’ll drop the f-bomb without a second thought, and she’ll answer the door in jeans and a bra. Gabe O’Connor is exactly the kind of guy girls want. He’s a police officer and the classic good guy who…

WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION.A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II When Marie Laure goes blind, aged six, her father builds her a model of their Paris neighborhood, so she can memorize it with her fingers and then navigate the real streets. But…

An eerily prescient foreshadowing of current affairs' (Guardian). 'Not only Lewis's most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in the United States' (New Yorker).A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fearmongering demagogue runs for President of the United States - and wins. Sinclair Lewis's chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, 'Professional Common Man', who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes…

From the bestselling author of The Dovekeeperscomes a spectacularly imaginative and moving new novel in the vein of The Night Circus that has been acclaimed by Jodi Picoult as 'truly stunning: part love story, part mystery, part history, and all beauty'.New York City, 1911. Meet Coralie Sardie, circus girl, web-fingered mermaid, shy only daughter of Professor Sardie and raised in the bizarre surroundings of his Museum of Extraordinary Things.And meet Eddie Cohen, a handsome young immigrant who…

The 10th-anniversary edition of the No. 1 international bestseller and modern classic beloved by millions of readersHERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.SOME…

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERPlanet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us.We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going.Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind’s extraordinary history –…

THE ADDICTIVE No.1 US BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are…

"A must-read for business leaders and anyone who wants to understand all the implications of a social world."---Bob Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney CompanyFrom tech visionaries Oliver Luckett and Michael J. Casey, a groundbreaking, must-read theory of social media--how it works, how it's changing human life, and how we can master it for good and for profit.In barely a decade, social media has positioned itself at the center of twenty-first century life. The…

"Women at Work will equip you with the best skills I've learned from some of the amazing people I've met, on subjects such as identifying opportunities, shifting careers smoothly, negotiating, leading teams, starting companies, managing work and family, and helping change the system to make it better for women - now and in the future." (Ivanka Trump)

A stinging polemic that traces the destructive monopolization of the Internet by Google, Facebook and Amazon, and that proposes a new future for musicians, journalists, authors and filmmakers in the digital age.Move Fast and Break Things is the riveting account of a small group of libertarian entrepreneurs who in the 1990s began to hijack the original decentralized vision of the Internet, in the process creating three monopoly firms--Facebook, Amazon, and Google--that now determine the…

Naomi Klein - award-winning journalist, bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything, scourge of brand bullies and corporate liars - gives us the toolkit we need to survive our surreal, shocking age.'This is a look at how we arrived at this surreal political moment, how to keep it from getting a lot worse, and how, if we keep our heads, we can flip the script.' Remember when love was supposed to Trump hate? Remember when the oil companies and bankers seemed to…

Winner of the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner of the 2016. Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Winner of the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel. Shortlisted for the 2016 World Fantasy. Shortlisted for the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel.A dark enchantment blights the land in the award-winning Uprooted - a enthralling, mythic fantasy by Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series. Agnieszka loves her village, set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest…

Set across Istanbul and Oxford, from the 1980s to the present day, Three Daughters of Eve is a sweeping tale of faith and friendship, tradition and modernity, love and an unexpected betrayal. Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife and mother, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground - an old polaroid of three young women and their university professor. A relic from a past -…

This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Bronte' (The Times).A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him - one of the most celebrated lines in fiction - are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination. A bohemian wedding party takes an…

WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE FOR OLDER READERS, SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD AND THE YA BOOK PRIZE. "A truly brilliant book" (Malorie Blackman). "Incredible book. Thank you Patrice Lawrence for such a fresh and riveting piece of fiction." (Ben Bailey Smith, Doc Brown). "What a book! Such a gripping, gritty storyline, with such wonderful, believable characters. Loved it" (Tanya Landman, author of Buffalo Soldier).Not cool enough, not clever enough, not…

Selected as a Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Economist, Independent, Observer and Mail on Sunday. THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017. "Dramatic and precise...[A] thrilling and comprehensive account of what seems certain to be the most radical, controversial and, to borrow from the subtitle, intimate science of our time...He is a natural storyteller...A page-turner...Read this book and steel yourself for what comes next".(Bryan…

Never mind the Balkans, here's Romania. Close your guide book, meet the people.So, how does it feel... to survive a nightmare but wake up with a headache?When your country is transformed, but not really?When a student drives a Mercedes, but your blind grandma's pension is 7 euros per month?When Transylvania can be heaven on earth, but scary as hell?When you can go anywhere you want, but you can't sneak under the tape?When you buy the perfect home in the wrong place?When the front door is…

English for children: Cartonase cu imagini pentru invatarea distractiva a limbii engleze.In cutie gasiti:-52 de cartonase in engleza si romana-ilustratii colorate-expresii alese cu grija

English for children: Cartonase cu imagini pentru invatarea distractiva a limbii engleze.In cutie gasiti:-52 de cartonase in engleza si romana-ilustratii colorate-expresii alese cu grija Vezi si: Fluturi, Volumul 3

Editie bilingva romana-franceza    Aceasta opera clasica a literaturii universale ne deschide poarta spre o lume deopotriva stranie si familiara, in care adultii seriosi, oricat de diversi ar fi in preocuparile lor, locuiesc intotdeauna singuri, fiecare pe planeta lui. Povestea calatoriei micului print este o parabola spusa cu simplitate inselatoare, care ne dezvaluie noi semnificatii la fiecare noua lectura.

Editie bilingva romana-franceza Enzo are parte de o groaza de ghinioane, si asta numai din cauza numarului 11, care pare sa il hartuiasca fara mila: s-a nascut pe 11 noiembrie la 11 si 11 minute, la scoala are numai note de 11, iar in 2011, anul in care va implini unsprezece ani, intra la gimnaziu, unde il asteapta o viata noua, plina de necunoscute. Cu atatia 11 in jurul lui, sigur il paste o nenorocire. De unde va veni dezastrul? De la parintii sai, care se cearta intruna? De la colegii mai…

Arabella McIntyre-Brown este o scriitoare si jurnalista britanica stabilita in Transilvania. S-a nascut si a crescut in West Sussex, Anglia. In 2010 s-a mutat de la Liverpool in satul Magura, langa Bran. Din 2010, ea numeste „acasa” cabana de lemn din satul Magura, aflat pe un povarnis al Carpatilor.     Suntem in secolul al XI-lea. Dupa ce calatoreste prin toata lumea, frumosul dragon chinezesc Xiaotong ajunge sa se stabileasca in Turnul Londrei, ridicat de curand…

Baiatul-Corb traieste in varful copacilor, viseaza veverite si vorbeste cu animalutele din padure. Fata-Spiridus are un arc fermecat, urechi ascutite si prostul obicei de a te calca pe picior cand nu-i convine ce spui. Cum lui ii e frica sa umble pe jos, iar ei ii e frica sa se catere in copaci, cei doi nu s-ar fin intalnit niciodata. Dar intr-o noapte, prin acelasi fenomen inexplicabil, se trezesc amandoi fara adapost si se vad nevoiti sa dea piept cu primejdiile care pandesc la tot pasul…

Autorii acestei carti insotite de 2 CD-uri (122 de minute de inregistrari audio) va propun o metoda eficace pentru a dobandi cunostintele de baza ale limbii engleze in doar cateva saptamani – cu un studiu de numai 15 minute pe zi – si pentru a va permite sa comunicati in situatiile cele mai uzuale ale vietii cotidiene. Continutul cutiei: · 1 carte de 256 de pagini · 2 CD-uri (122 de minute de inregistrari audio) O pedagogie motivanta · Totul pentru studiul…

Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever…“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston…

Animal Farm is the most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories. Its account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind, can fairly be said to have become a universal drama. Orwell is one of the very few modern satirists comparable to Jonathan Swift in power, artistry, and moral authority; in animal farm his spare prose and the logic of his dark comedy brilliantly highlight his stark…

One of the great short novels of the twentieth century—in an edition marking the 100th anniversary of the author’s birth.An unforgettable psychological novel of obsessive love, The Tunnel was championed by Albert Camus, Thomas Mann, and Graham Greene upon its publication in 1948 and went on to become an international bestseller. At its center is an artist named Juan Pablo Castel, who recounts from his prison cell his murder of a woman named María Iribarne. Obsessed from the…