Keď sa chceš dozvedieť o meste na vode, o ruských cároch, o blokáde vtedajšieho Leningradu počas 2. svetovej vojny, VOSR, ale aj o slávnom ruskom balete, toto je kniha pre Teba. Kniha je doplnená množstvom fotografií. Petrohrad je jedno z najkrajších miest Európy. Mesto sa chváli mnohými prirovnaniami, ako napríklad Benátky severu, okno do Európy, mesto bielych nocí, mesto hrdinov.... Petrohrad je

YOUNG WEREWOLF DREW FERRAN IS THE FUTURE KING OF WESTLAND. He has the makings of a great warrior - but first he must master the blade and the beast. When Lady Gretchen is abducted by the Werelion Prince Lucas, Drew and his friends embark on a perilous chase to stop the prince fleeing to his homeland of Bast. As Drew encounters terrifying new Werelords along the way, he is led to the exotic city of

The only edition to use the 1802 text, this lively comedy challenges the conventions of courtship, examines questions of female independence, and exposes the limits of domesticity. The text used in this edition also confronts the difficult and fascinating issues of racism and mixed marriage, which Edgeworth toned down in later editions.

When Basil Hallward paints the portrait of young, handsome Dorian Gray, he falls prey to his dazzling beauty. Afraid that his youth and looks will waste away, Dorian expresses a wish that his portrait, and not he, will age and fade over time. His wish is granted, and over the ensuing years, Dorian indulges in every kind of vice and pleasure, never ageing nor disfiguring. Only his portrait, hidden to

Más de 70.000 voces y locuciones. -150.000 acepciones o definiciones. -100.000 ejemplos de uso real, extraídos del corpus. -Marcas de frecuencia de uso para cada voz. -Ordenación de las acepciones según su uso. -Indicación sistemática mediante siglas de los ámbitos de uso. -Trancripción fonética (alfabeto fonético internacional). -Separación silábica, a efectos ortográficos y de separación de palabras

The greater part of every family is always odious; if there are one or two good ones in a very large family, it is as much as can be expected\'. Written with great humour, irony and honesty, \"The Way of All Flesh\" exploded perceptions of the Victorian middle-class family in its radical depiction of Ernest Pontifex, a young man who casts off his background and discovers himself. The awkward but likeable

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable

Davinsky Labour Camp, Siberia, 1933: Sofia Morozova knows she has to escape. Only two things have sustained her through the bitter cold, aching hunger and hard labour: the prospect of one day walking free; and the stories told by her friend Anna, beg uiling tales of a charmed upbringing in Petrograd and of Annas fervent love for a passionate revolutionary, Vasily. So when Anna falls gravely ill, Sofia

A new novel from internationally bestselling author Raymond E. Feist. The world of Garn once boasted five great kingdoms, until the King of Ithrace was defeated and every member of his family executed by Lodavico, the ruthless King of Sandura, a man with ambitions to rule the world. Ithrace\'s ruling family were the legendary Firemanes, and represented a great danger to the other kings. Now four great

Annihilus. Ultron. Fin Fang Foom. They were all pieces of cake. Now, Drax prepares to take on the toughest challenge of his life... a gaggle of (partially traumatized) alien children who need to get back to their home planets. Don\'t worry! Drax will fi nd other stuff to destroy. Like maybe...nap times? Homework? Poo poo diapies? COLLECTING: DRAX 6-11

Discover how Deadpool became the king of the limited series! First, everyone\'s after the Merc with a Mouth - and to clear his name he\'s got to get past some of Marvel\'s heaviest hitters, including Daredevil, the Punisher and Spider-Man! Next, a very different Wade Wilson testifies about his mercenary days - but whose side are Bullseye, Silver Sable and Domino on? And join a pulp-inspired \'Pool

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR, including what the \'Fat King\' did with food scraps and dead horses, how sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack and why a pair of old socks gave away top German secrets. With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Elle rencontre un acteur. Depuis cinq ans, il veut la connaître et disparaît quand il la voit. Puis la rencontre se fait, elle écrit sur eux, l\'amour est possible. Mais l\'écriture va-t-elle l\'absorber ? Commence une course-poursuite o nul ne lâche prise et o chacun, pris de vertige, ne sait plus o il en est entre sa passion pour l\'art et sa passion pour la vie.

Jingqiu, an innocent young woman from a politically questionable family in the city, is selected as one of a small group of students to be sent to the countryside to work on a project that will further the Cultural Revolution. Clever, curious and eager, she tries to fit in with her hosts and the rural way of life, and it isn\'t appropriate for her to fall in love. But she does, with the son of a mighty

V knigu voshli povesti V.G. Rasputina Ā«Dengi dlja MariiĀ», Ā«ZHivi i pomniĀ», a takzhe rasskazy Ā«Uroki frantsuzskogoĀ», Ā«Vek zhivi ā€” vek ljubiĀ» i dr.

Temnye allei - eto istorii o ljubvi. O ljubvi, chto mozhet stat grustnym i gorestnym epizodom proshlogo. Ili - minutoj, perelomivshej, peremolovshej chelovecheskuju zhizn. Vozmozhno - prosto poetichnoj legendoj, kotoruju rasskazhet kak umeet starenkaja strannitsa. A vozmozhno - izyskannym zhestokim romansom vremen Serebrjanogo veka. I kazhdaja iz istorij - temnaja alleja v samom zaputannom iz labirintov

\"Die Maßnahme ist nicht für Zuschauer geschrieben worden, sondern nur für die Belehrung der Aufführenden. Aufführungen vor Publikum rufen erfahrungsgemäß nichts als moralische Affekte für gewöhnlich minderer Art beim Publikum hervor. Ich gebe daher das Stück seit langem nicht für Aufführungen frei\", stellt Brecht 1956 fest. Die vorliegende Ausgabe präsentiert, der erheblichen Unterschiede wegen,

As a young colt, Black Beauty has a carefree life, looked after by an attentive mother and a kindly master. But when a boy throws stones at the horses just for fun, it shows him that not all people treat animals well. “There are bad, cruel men,” warns his mother, “who never ought to have a horse or dog to call their own”. Black Beauty discovers the truth of those words as he passes from owner to owner,

Seventeen-year-old Anouk envies the human world, where people known as Pretties lavish themselves in fast cars, high fashion, and have the freedom to fall in love. But Anouk can never have those things, because she is not really human. Enchanted from animal to human girl and forbidden to venture beyond her familiar Parisian prison, Anouk is a Beastie: destined for a life surrounded by dust bunnies