First published in 1988 and now reissued in paperback, a contemporary novel about religion, from the author of MIDNIGHT''S CHILDREN. Two Indian actors fall to Earth after their aeroplane is blown-up by terrorists, and they become involved in the battle between Good and Evil, as a great prophet wrestles ...
If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose. Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the third and final instalment of the bestselling "Infernal Devices" trilogy. This book ...
A mesmerizing, lyrical tale of the bright and dark sides of love and desire. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology that "follows Ava Lavender''s discovery of her one-of-a-kind self" (Teen Vogue).Shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstone''s Children''s Book Prize, ...
Trains hold a fascination for just about everybody and this lift-the-flap history of locomotion tells it all from Stephenson''s Rocket to the bullet trains of today. You can lift the flaps to explore all kinds of exciting trains, from a luxury steam train fit for a queen to super-fast trains that run ...
What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant? Here are twelve riveting stories about relationships with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for.Read about the acts of kindness from strangers: ''''workmen'''' who intervene in the obsessive exercise regime ...
Svet kolotočiarov je pestrý, falošný aj desivo úprimný. Občas sa pri stánkoch nehrá o plyšové medvedíky, ale o život. V strašidelnom zámku strácajú mladé ženy spodnú bielizeň a tečie v ňom ozajstná krv. Na vlastnej koži to zistí vysokoškolák Devin Jones, ktorému život dáva poriadne zabrať. Devinova prvá ...
Over 2 million people have read the no. 1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Readers have also been treated to three stories offering a special look at Auggie''s world through new points of view. Previously only available ...
A beautiful first Bible in an appealing padded format, perfect for tiny hands From Noah''s Ark to the story of Easter, 25 of the Bible''s best-loved stories from the Old and New Testaments are re-told with stunning watercolours from acclaimed illustrator Di.
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 ...
In tough times, even the criminals are making cut-backs, it seems. Right now, the most significant part of defence lawyer Mickey Haller''''s business is not about keeping clients out of jail but about keeping a roof over their heads, as the foreclosure industry booms. Lisa Trammel had been a client of ...
Set in the same time-frame as Beautiful Disaster, now we hear the story from Travis\'' point of view. Travis lost his mother at a very young age, but before she died she taught him two important rules. Love hard. Fight harder. Growing up in a family of men who like to gamble and fight, Travis Maddox ...
AutorMarkus Heitz VydavateľstvoLittle, Brown Book Group Limited VäzbaBrož Strán752 ISBN9781841495736 The dwarves have gone to battle and they have been victorious. But outside the realm, dark forces are at work. A secret army of Orcs, made immortal by the hidden powers of the Black Water, now marches ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team, husband and wife Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, take us on a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of exceptional women struggling against terrible circumstances. More girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because ...
There are two things in life Emily Starr is certain of - that she will be a great writer and that she and Teddy Kent were destined to be together. School is over and one by one her friends leave to follow their dreams, including Teddy, who goes to art school in Montreal. Emily chooses to stay at New ...
North Korea is Orwell's 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country's great leader Kim Il Sung ...
"Az "Ulysses", mint maga a szerző mondja: minden. Tragédia, regény, szatíra, komédia, eposz, filozófia. Szintézis. Az egész világ a maga rendezett rendszertelenségében, vagy rendszertelen rendezettségében, felbontva, összefoltozva, ahogy egy hétköznapi ember agyán átcsurog; felidéz átélt, olvasott, hallott ...
From the international bestselling author of the Outlander series, the terrific new novel featuring the ever-popular Lord John.1760. Jamie Fraser is a paroled prisoner-of-war in the remote Lake District. Close enough to the son he cannot claim as his own, his quiet existence is interrupted first by dreams ...
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 ...
Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. High up in the treacherous mists of the Murderous Mountains, Hiccup and the Company of the Dragonmark are in hiding. The witch''''s Spydragons are guarding the shores of Tomorrow - ...
With a Jon Klassen appeal, Steve Antony is the one to watch. Panda has a tray of doughnuts. Animal after animal tells him the one they want, but it''s only when Lemur says ''please'' politely that Panda will give any out! A witty and stylish lesson that manners will get you EVERYTHING. Even a trayload ...
