Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" tells the story of Marjane Satrapi''s life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah''s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. ...
Misery succeeds on so many different levels. The characters are so very well developed. In trying to figure out how to deal with Hurricane Annie, Paul also learns much about himself while he is trying to survive. Misery is filled with lots of symbolism-especially in the writing of his new book, Misery ...
Lords and Ladies: The Witches Collection.The fairies are back - but this time they don''t just want your teeth. It''s Midsummer Night - no time for dreaming. Because sometimes, when there''s more than one reality at play, too much dreaming can make the walls between them come tumbling down. And there''s ...
The #1 bestselling Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard comes to a stunning conclusion in this fourth and final book. VICTORY COMES AT A PRICE. Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal''s betrayal nearly destroyed her. Now determined to protect her heart-and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods ...
Almost Midnight: Two Festive Short Stories by Rainbow Rowell contains two wintery short stories, decorated throughout for the first time with gorgeous black and white illustrations by Simini Blocker.
With six shots, five people were dead and one heartland city is thrown into terror. But within hours, the cops have it solved. It is a slam-dunk case, except for one thing - the accused man claims: You got the wrong guy". After that, all he'll say is: "Get Reacher for me." Jack Reacher lives off ...
''Astonishing... Genius... A masterpiece'' EMMA WATSON Christopher Reese has been through a lot by the age of seven. He will go through much more before he turns eight. All his mother Kate Reese ever wanted to do is protect him. She will have to do that more than she ever imagined. Their new home, the ...
Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger''s New Yorker stories, particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme. With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE ...
Movie tie-in edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller and Waterstones Children''s Book Prize winner. Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox, starring Amandla StenbergNo.1 New York Times bestseller",A classic in the making.", The Times",Places a spotlight on Black Lives ...
A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita.One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire ...
The third book in the latest series from international bestselling author, Rick Riordan He was a God once. Until he was cast out his father, Zeus. Now, he''s an awkward teenager. Called Lester. The only way out is a series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For his third trial, Apollo must journey ...
Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. Today, the Soviet Union is no more and the democracies of the European Union reach as far ...
In the vein of The Time Travelers Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwabs genre-defying tour de force. Addie La Rue has learnt the hard way that deals with the devil are tricky things. Immortal but eternally invisible and forgotten ...
Poznávej svět s prasátkem Peppou a jejími kamarády!Objevíš ve velkém obrázku míč? Jak se řekne anglicky medvídek? A jak helma? Kam se schovala malá myška?Právě držíte v rukou knihu, s jejíž pomocí si vaše dítě rozšíří slovní zásobu, procvičí si soustředění, zdokonalí komunikaci a posílí schopnost koncentrace. ...
Little piglets will adore the Peppa Pig Little Library.The Peppa Pig Little Library is a charming collection of six chunky mini books, based on your f….
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 ...