''''It''''s said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds somewhere in the world.Lee Child''''s genius has been to create a tough guy hero that men will envy and women will adore". (Daily Express). After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher ...
A young beggar boy meets the Prince of Wales by chance. It is a moment that will change their lives forever. Two boys are born on the same day, but their lives are very different. Edward Tudor is a prince and Tom Canty is a pauper. One day they decide to change identities. The poor boy’s dreams come ...
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati. the most ...
Isabel Archer is an independent, intelligent young woman without much money. When her father dies, her rich aunt takes her to Europe, where Isabel has to make important decisions about money, love and happiness. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles ...
Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich - chief of the Nazi secret services, ''''the hangman of Prague'''', ''''the blond beast'''', ''''the ...
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with emigre Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner\''s.
Autor : Helen Hoang, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : The Kiss Quotient, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 304.
A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring nov el, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ...
It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people''''s home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to begin. The Mayor is going to be there. The press is going to be there. But, as it turns out, Allan is not… Slowly but surely Allan ...
The explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Arc of a Scythe series. It''s been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver. In this pulse-pounding finale to Neal Shusterman''s ...
Randall Munroe is. ''Nerd royalty'' Ben Goldacre ''Totally brilliant'' Tim Harford ''Laugh-out-loud funny'' Bill Gates ''Wonderful'' Neil Gaiman AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The world''s most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic ...
Song of Susannah continues directly from the almost literally cliff-hanging epilogue to Wolves of the Calla. Meanwhile the penultimate instalment in the Dark Tower septet follows three interlocked storylines. Roland and Eddie in New England, where they undergo the firestorm of the book’s only major action ...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is Jonathan Safran Foer''s heartrending New York novel In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key.The key belonged to his father, he''s sure of that. But which of New York''s 162 million locks does it ...
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and ...
Luxury health and wellness retreat Tranquilium House promises rest and relaxation - exactly what these nine strangers are looking for. Miles from anywhere, they have no way to reach the outside world. Just time to think about themselves, and get to know each other. But the resort director has something ...
The Chalk Man is coming... PREORDER NOW. IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR MAKE IT THIS ONE. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER... ''If you like my stuff, you''ll like this'' STEPHEN KING ''Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck'' LEE CHILD ''A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on ...
A special new edition in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\''s Stone, with a stunning new cover illustration by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick. The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary ...
This title is second in the "New York Times" bestselling urban fantasy series set in Victorian London. Still reeling from her terrifying confrontation with the Magister and her brother''''s betrayal, Tessa Gray is drawn ever deeper into the Shadowhunter''''s dark underworld of demons and danger. In a ...