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"Полуночная звезда"- захватывающий финал серии бестселлеров New York Times "Молодые элиты" от Мари Лу • Когда-то было время, когда мир окутывала тьма, и у тьмы была королева • Аделине Амутеру надоело страдать. Она повернулась спиной к тем, кто предал ее, и добилась окончательной мести - победы. Ее правление в качестве Белой Волчицы было триумфальным, но тьма внутри нее начала выходить из-под контроля, угрожая уничтожить все • Когда появляется новая опасность, Аделина должна присоединиться к Кинжалам в опасном путешествии, чтобы спастись самой и сохранить свою империю. Но этот непростой союз может оказаться реальной опасностью • Книга на английском языке • The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from Marie Lu • There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen

Аделина Амутеру пережила кровавую лихорадку. Десять лет назад смертельная болезнь охватила ее нацию. Большинство инфицированных погибло, в то время как у многих выживших детей остались странные отметины. Черные волосы Аделины посеребрились, ресницы побледнели, и теперь на месте ее левого глаза остался только неровный шрам. Ее жестокий отец считает, что она мальфетто, мерзость, разрушающая доброе имя их семьи и стоящая на пути их богатства. Но, по слухам, у некоторых из выживших после лихорадки есть нечто большее, чем просто шрамы - считается, что они обладают таинственными и могущественными дарами, и хотя их личности остаются в секрете, их стали называть Молодой элитой • Терен Санторо работает на короля. Как лидер Оси Инквизиции, его работа заключается в поиске молодых представителей элиты, чтобы уничтожить их до того, как они уничтожат нацию

Henderson Dores is an Englishman in New York - and completely out of his depth • He should be concentrating on his job as an art assessor, but his complicated personal life keeps intruding. And that's before we even get to his sense of alienation, of being a fish out of water. For Henderson is a shy man lost in a country of extraverts and weirdos. Subway poets, loony millionaires, Bible-bashers and sharp-suited hoods stalk him wherever he goes. But it is only when he's sent to America's deep South to examine a rare collection of paintings that matters take a life-threatening turn. Still, if it doesn't kill you, they say it can only make you stronger

Perhaps no fairy tale is as widely known as 'Beauty and the Beast' - and perhaps no fairy tale exists in as many variations. Nearly every culture tells the story in one fashion or another - such cultural phenomena as The Fault in Our Stars and Me Before You are recent examples - and it is impossible to find one version that laid the foundation for the rest. From Cupid and Psyche, India's Snake Bride to South Africa's 'Story of Five Heads', the partnering of beast and beauties has beguiled us for thousands of years • In this fascinating volume preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary

Penguin Readers – серия разделённых на уровни книг для подростков и молодых людей, изучающих английский как иностранный или второй язык. Она предлагает вниманию читателей тщательно отобранные адаптированные тексты, новые иллюстрации, упражнения и дополнительные ресурсы • Их ждут известные классические и современные произведения, а также значимые нон-фикшн книги • Серия познакомит их с бестселлерами и интересным контентом • В данную книгу 5 уровня, соответствующую уровню A2 по стандарту CEFR, входит адаптированный текст романа Джейн Остин «Гордость и предубеждение» • Элизабет Беннет – дочь английского джентльмена, живущего в сельской местности. Она знакомится с мистером Дарси, богатым землевладельцем. Поначалу Элизабет считает его гордецом, и он вызывает у неё неприязнь

Prodigy by Marie Lu is the long-awaited sequel to Legend, THE must-read dystopian thriller novel • Perfect for all YA fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. A brilliant re-imagining of Les Miserables, the series is set to be a global film sensation as CBS films have acquired rights to the trilogy. The Twilight Saga producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, will produce • Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor • Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic

The explosive finale to Marie Lu's New York Times bestselling Legend trilogy - perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent! • He is a Legend • She is a Prodigy • Who will be Champion? • June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic - and each other - and now their country is on the brink of a new peaceful existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles while Day has been assigned a high level military position • But when a plague outbreak, deadlier than any other, causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities, the two are thrown back together. June is the only one who knows the key to her country's defence. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything he has

Legend is the much-anticipated dystopian thriller debut from US author, Marie Lu • The must-read dystopian thriller fiction for all teen fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. A brilliant re-imagining of Les Miserables, the series is set to be a global film sensation as CBS films have acquired rights to the trilogy. The Twilight Saga producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, will produce • Los Angeles, California • Republic of America • He is Day • The boy who walks in the light • She is June • The girl who seeks her brother's killer • On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past • But Day murdered June's brother • And she has sworn to avenge his death • Dystopian fiction at its very best in this thrilling instalment in the Legend trilogy

The highly anticipated coming-of-age story for the world's greatest super hero: BATMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu • Returning home from his lavish eighteenth birthday party, Bruce Wayne stops a criminal's getaway - disobeying the police and crashing his car during the chase • Sentenced to community service in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum, he encounters some of the the city's most dangerous and mentally disturbed criminals. Among these, Bruce meets the intriguing Madeleine who has ties to the Nightwalker gang that is terrorizing Gotham City • She's a mystery Bruce has to unravel but can he trust her? The Nightwalkers target the rich, and Bruce's name is next on their list

For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the game illegally • When Emika hacks into the game illegally, she's convinced she'll be arrested, and is shocked when she gets a call from the game's creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year's tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job • In this sci-fi thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu conjures an immersive, exhilarating world where choosing who to trust may be the biggest gamble of all