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'Stunning... will long remain in the reader's mind' - Kristin HannahThis morning, I met the man who started the fire. He did something terrible, but then, so have I.I left him. I left him and now he may be dead. Once upon a time there was a beautiful village that held a million stories of love and loss and peace and war, and it was swallowed up by a fire that blazed up to the sky.The fire ran all the way down to the sea where it met with its reflection. A family from two nations, England and Greece, live a simple life in a tiny Greek village: Irini, Tasso and their daughter, lovely, sweet Chara, whose name means joy. Their life goes up in flames in a single day when one man starts a fire out of greed and indifference.Many are killed, homes are destroyed, and the region's natural beauty wiped out. In the wake of the fire, Chara bears deep scars across her back and arms. Tasso is frozen in trauma, devastated that he wasn't there when his family most needed him.And Irini is crippled by guilt at her part in the fate of the man who started the fire. But this family has survived, and slowly green shoots of hope and renewal will grow from the smouldering ruins of devastation. Once again, Christy Lefteri has crafted a novel which is intimate and epic, sweeping and delicate.The Book of Fire explores not only the damage wrought by human folly, and the costs of survival in our changing world, but also - and ultimately - our powers of redemption and renewal.

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After years of cruel bullying from his classmates, Peter Houghton snaps one morning, and in nineteen minutes, ten residents of the town of Sterling are dead. When the case goes to trial, the reeling town is determined to seek justice for the innocents Peter killed.But as the trial unfolds, Peter's testimony casts light on the terrible role the residents of Sterling have played in turning a sweet, loving boy into a killer, and it isn't long before Sterling's illusions of innocence find themselves shattered forever. . .

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Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . . Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her. Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.

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Aru Shah and her sisters including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out between the devas and asuras.Aru has just made a wish on the tree of wishes, but she can't remember what it was. She's pretty sure she didn't wish for a new sister, one who looks strangely familiar and claims to be the Sleeper's daughter, like her.Aru also isn't sure she still wants to fight on behalf of the devas in the war against the Sleeper and his demon army. The gods have been too devious up to now. Case in point: Kubera, ruler of the city of gold, promises to give the Pandavas two powerful weapons, but only if they win his trials. If they lose, they won't stand a chance against the Sleeper's troops, which will soon march on Lanka to take over the Otherworld.Aru's biggest question, though, is why every adult she has loved and trusted so far has failed her. Will she come to peace with what they've done before she has to wage the battle of her life?

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Jacob Hunt je jen zdánlivě obyčejný teenager – exceluje v matematice, má hodně černý smysl pro humor a nenávidí nepořádek. To, co má navíc, je Aspergerův syndrom, formu autistické poruchy. Je neprodyšně uzavřený ve svém vlastní světě. Snaží se být jako všichni ostatní, ale netuší, jak by to měl udělat. Jednoho dne je za podivných okolností zavražděna jeho lektorka Jess a chlapec s uhýbavým pohledem je rázem prvním podezřelým. Byl by schopen vraždy? Kdo se k němu dokáže dostat natolik blízko, aby poznal pravdu?

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V jediném okamžiku se pro Dawn Edelsteinovou všechno změní. Sedí právě v letadle a má se připravit na nouzové přistání. Hlavou jí proběhne spousta myšlenek, ale nejvíce ji překvapí, že žádná se netýká jejího manžela, ale muže, jehož naposledy viděla před patnácti lety.Dawn jako zázrakem přežije, ale stejně tak i všechny pochybnosti, které se tak náhle vynořily. Má dobrý život. Doma ji čeká manžel Brian, milovaná dcera a její práce, kdy klientům ulehčuje přechod mezi životem a smrtí.Jenže kdesi v Egyptě žije vědec Wyatt Armstrong, který odkrývá starověká pohřebiště. Archeologii se Dawn kdysi také věnovala, ale život ji nakonec zavál jinam. A když se teď zdá, že jí osud nabízí druhou šanci, už si není tak jistá volbou, kterou kdysi učinila.

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**PRE-ORDER NOW – THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL FROM MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR**The #1 New York Times Bestseller''Her best one yet. Jodi Picoult has combined her trademark research with an astonishing and heart-rending story, embedded in truth, and turned it into a gripping novel'' JOJO MOYES''Stunning. So interesting, clever, educational and moving. One of the best books I''ve read in recent times'' GILLIAN McALLISTER''A timeless classic from one of our great storytellers'' CHRIS WHITAKER''Had me absolutely captivated . . . I loved all the questions this novel raised about who gets to tell which stories and how complex that can become. Jodi Picoult is a genius'' JENNIFER SAINT''[An] inspiring work of feminist literature'' ELLE ''Timely and affecting . . . Picoult’s many, many fans will pounce on her latest incisive, pot-stirring tale'' BOOKLIST, Starred''You’ll fall in love with Emilia Bassano, the unforgettable heroine based on a real woman that Picoult brings vividly to life. Book clubs will embrace this rich, inspiring story'' KRISTIN HANNAH''A blend of historical fiction and modern-day settings, the novel gives us timelines that intertwine and surprise. Picoult has done her research'' HARPER''S BAZAAR''Picoult creates a richly detailed portrait of daily life in Elizabethan England, from sumptuous castles to seedy hovels. . . A vibrant tale of a remarkable woman'' KIRKUS----What if the greatest writer of all time isn’t who we think he is?What if he isn’t even a he?Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . .In Elizabethan London, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her education has endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but still she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees the theatre, Emilia discovers the power of stories to beguile audiences. Secretly, she forms a plan to bring a play of her own to the stage - by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work. In modern-day Manhattan, playwright Melina Green finds a woman''s voice is still worth less than a man''s. But, inspired by the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, Melina takes a lesson from history and submits a play under a male pseudonym . . . Moving between Elizabethan England and modern day Manhattan, By Any Other Name is a beautifully written, compelling novel that explores the theme of identity and the ways in which two women, centuries apart—one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—are both forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard.----PRAISE FOR JODI PICOULT''A writer the world needs to be reading right now'' Independent''It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes'' Financial Times''She is the master of her craft'' Daily Telegraph''There are writers who try and do what Picoult does, and then there''s Picoult'' Marie Claire

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There was once a girl who became invisible in order that her words may not be...In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain's mistress she has access to the theatre, and finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. And yet, creating some of the world's greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at a great cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history.In modern day New York, playwright Melina Green is determined to see one of her shows make the stage.After years of struggle to be recognised she has finally written again, inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor - Emilia Bassano, England's first published female poet. Although the challenges are different for her, four hundred years later, it is still not a level playing field for women in the arts. But what lengths will she be willing to go to in order to achieve her dreams?Moving between Elizabethan England and modern day Manhattan, By Any Other Name is a beautifully written, compelling novel that explores the theme of identity and the ways in which two women, centuries apart-one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare's plays-are both forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard.

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Diana O'Tooleová má plán. Ve třiceti se vdá, do pěti let se jí narodí děti, odstěhuje se na předměstí New Yorku a zároveň bude stoupat po kariérním žebříčku v nelítostném světě uměleckých aukcí. Ještě není zasnoubená, ale ví, že její přítel, lékař Finn, se chystá požádat ji o ruku na jejich romantické cestě na Galapágy – několik dní před jejími třicátinami. Naprosto skvělé načasování! Jenže pak se ve městě objeví neznámý virus a v předvečer odjezdu jí Finn oznámí, že musí zůstat. Přesvědčí však Dianu, aby na jejich vysněnou dovolenou odjela alespoň ona... Ta to neochotně udělá, ale vzápětí se vše pokazí. Celý ostrov je v karanténě, kde Diana uvízne. Zcela izolovaná se musí vydat za hranice své komfortní zóny. Pomalu si vytváří vztah ke zdejší rodině, jejich potomkovi, který skrývá tajemství... Diana se tak ocitá v situaci, kdy přehodnocuje své vztahy, svá rozhodnutí i sebe samou – a přemýšlí, zda po návratu domů nebude někým úplně jiným.

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Olivia McAfeeová vie, aký je to pocit začínať úplne odznova. Jej dokonalý život sa rozpadol na kúsky, keď jej manžel odhalil svoju temnejšiu stránku a prejavil sa ako agresívny tyran. Ani vo sne by jej však nenapadlo, že skončí späť v ospalom rodnom meste v New Hampshire, bude bývať v dome, v ktorom vyrastala, a s láskou sa venovať včelárstvu, ktoré zdedila po svojom otcovi. Jedného dňa sa do New Hampshire presťahuje transrodové dievča Lily Campanellová aj s mamou. Obe dúfajú, že to bude pre ne nový začiatok. A práve tieto nové začiatky sú presne tým, čo Olivia a Lily potrebujú. Ich cesty sa prepletú, keď sa Oliviin syn Asher zaľúbi do Lily. Tá sa po prvý raz s niekým cíti naozaj šťastná. Občas má však pochybnosti, či mu môže úplne dôverovať. Žiadne šťastie však netrvá večne a Oliviu z ničoho nič omráči telefonát s odkazom: „Lily je mŕtva a Ashera vypočúva polícia.“ Je presvedčená, že jej syn je nevinný. No klamala by, keby si nepriznala, že v ňom občas vidí záblesky otcovej agresívnej povahy. Zamotaný prípad sa vyvíja proti nemu a ona si uvedomuje, že syn pred ňou skrýva oveľa viac, ako jej v skutočnosti povedal.

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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'Emotional and enlightening' WOMAN & HOME'The twist halfway through is a jaw-to-the-floor moment' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'A perfect choice for your book clubs' PRIMAOlivia fled her abusive marriage to return to her hometown and take over the family beekeeping business when her son Asher was six. Now, impossibly, her baby is six feet tall and in his last year of high school, a kind, good-looking, popular ice hockey star with a tiny sprite of a new girlfriend. Lily also knows what it feels like to start over - when she and her mother relocated to New Hampshire it was all about a fresh start.She and Asher couldn't help falling for each other, and Lily feels happy for the first time. But can she trust him completely?Then Olivia gets a phone call - Lily is dead, and Asher is arrested on a charge of murder. As the case against him unfolds, she realises he has hidden more than he's shared with her.And Olivia knows firsthand that the secrets we keep reflect the past we want to leave behind - and that we rarely know the people we love well as we think we do.

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From bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris - a nugget of wisdom in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series. This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. Also available: How it Works: The Husband How it Works: The Wife How it Works: The Mum The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis The Ladybird Book of the Hangover The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness The Ladybird Book of the Shed The Ladybird Book of Dating The Ladybird Book of the Hipster

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'This book is a novel in the form of variations. The various parts follow each other like the various stages of a voyage leading into the interior of a theme, the interior of a thought, the interior of a single, unique situation the understanding of which recedes from my sight into the distance. It is a book about laughter and about forgetting, about forgetting and about Prague, about Prague and about the angels.'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the most secret of Kundera's novels. This new translation is the first to be fully authorized by Milan Kundera.

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WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it . . .After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous. So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny''s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter. Blending unforgettable characters with jazz, climate change and our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, humane and heartbreaking.

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Marvellous Marvin braves the stage to showcase the magic that can be found in true friendship in this hilarious and heartfelt tale from bestselling author Jenny Pearson.After being humiliated by a badly behaved squirrel on national television, Marvin has vowed NEVER to perform magic in public again. But when he acquires a mysterious book that promises to show those with the gift of magic how to use it properly, his best friend Asha persuades him to make a comeback in the school talent show.Watch Marvellous Marvin take to the stage to demonstrate the magic that can be found in true friendship!

Objev podobné jako Marvin and the Book of Magic - Jenny Pearson

* First-ever UK hardback publication* Deluxe edition with foil cover* Complete final FULL-COLOUR text* Special embossed 'maze' case designNow published in hardback in the UK for the first time, the nightmarish story of a house that is bigger on the inside than the outside - a tale that continues to inspire devotion among its ever-growing army of fans... 'Phenomenal . .. thrillingly alive, sublimely creepy, distressingly scary, breathtakingly intelligent.' BRET EASTON ELLIS'Genuinely clever and learned, often funny, brilliantly constructed and surprisingly touching . .. a debut of scintillating intelligence and scope.' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A genuinely scary chiller, a satire on the business of criticism and a meditation on the way we read.' OBSERVER********************************************************************************************A young couple - Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson and his partner Karen Green - move into a small house on Ash Tree Lane. But something is terribly wrong - their new home is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside .. . Neither Will nor Karen are prepared to face the consequences of this impossibility until the day their two small children wandered off, and their voices eerily began to tell another story - of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams and create nightmares.What happened next is loosely recorded on videotapes and interviews, and impelled an eccentric old man to compile - on loose sheets of paper, stained napkins, crammed notebooks - a definitive account of what took place at Ash Tree Lane that seems to unveil a thrilling and terrifying history. Because these scraps prove to be far more than the deranged ramblings of a reclusive old man . .. Immensely imaginative. Impossible to put down.Impossible to forget. House of Leaves is thrilling, terrifying and unlike anything you have read before. ********************************************************************************************WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:'I've never read anything like it' ? ? ? ? ?'Strange, highly addictive and slowly creepy' ? ? ? ? ?'The creativity and originality is astonishing' ? ? ? ? ?'Buy it, read it, and explore it' ? ? ? ? ?

Objev podobné jako House Of Leaves: the prizewinning and terrifying cult classic that will turn everything you thought you knew about life (and books!) upside down - Mar

Kniha - autor Judea Pearl; Dana Mackenzie, 432 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and established causality -- the study of cause and effect -- on a firm scientific basis. His work explains how we can know easy things, like whether it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet; and how to answer hard questions, like whether a drug cured an illness. Pearl's work enables us to know not just whether one thing causes another: it lets us explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It shows us the essence of human thought and key to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wants to understand either needs The Book of Why.

Objev podobné jako The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (0141982411)

From the globally bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary''s and Time Police series - the origin story of bounty hunters extraordinaire: Smallhope and Pennyroyal.Meet Lady Amelia Smallhope, for whom there is no problem that can''t be solved by a drink and a think.And Pennyroyal, for whom there is no problem. Ever.Everyone''s favourite bounty hunters. Sorry - recovery agents. No bad guy they can''t handle. No expense account too flexible. No adventure too outrageous.Join them as they settle scores, break every rule in the book and take the world by storm.Fasten your seatbelts. The timeline doesn''t know what''s hit it.

Objev podobné jako The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal - Jodi Taylor

eBook: Diana O'Tooleová má plán. Ve třiceti se vdá, do pěti let se jí narodí děti, odstěhuje se na předměstí New Yorku a zároveň bude stoupat po kariérním žebříčku v nelítostném světě uměleckých aukcí. Ještě není zasnoubená, ale ví, že její přítel, lékař Finn, se chystá požádat ji o ruku na jejich romantické cestě na Galapágy – několik dní před jejími třicátinami. Naprosto skvělé načasování! Jenže pak se ve městě objeví neznámý virus a v předvečer odjezdu jí Finn oznámí, že musí zůstat. Přesvědčí však Dianu, aby na jejich vysněnou dovolenou odjela alespoň ona... Ta to neochotně udělá, ale vzápětí se vše pokazí. Celý ostrov je v karanténě, kde Diana uvízne. Zcela izolovaná se musí vydat za hranice své komfortní zóny. Pomalu si vytváří vztah ke zdejší rodině, jejich potomkovi, který skrývá tajemství... Diana se tak ocitá v situaci, kdy přehodnocuje své vztahy, svá rozhodnutí i sebe samou – a přemýšlí, zda po návratu domů nebude někým úplně jiným.

Objev podobné jako Kéž bys tu byl - Jodi Picoultová - e-kniha

An authoritative new publication that revisits Munch’s work in its entirety. Edvard Munch occupies a pivotal place in artistic modernity. His work is permeated by a singular vision of the world, with a powerful symbolist dimension that goes beyond the masterpieces he created in the 1890s, and which gives his art a great coherence.For Munch, humanity and nature were united in the cycle of life, death and rebirth, which is reflected in the unending recurrence of certain motifs and colour combinations in his work. He wrote: ‘These paintings, which are, admittedly, relatively difficult to understand, will be […] easier to grasp if they are integrated into a whole.’ Published to accompany the major exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death presents about a hundred works – paintings, drawings, prints and engraved blocks – reflecting the diversity of Munch’s practice. Seven essays explore the artist in his philosophical and scientific milieu and the places that shaped the man and his art, as well as offering a rare glimpse of Munch’s attempts at creative writing.They also examine the historical evolution of his monumental Frieze of Life series and the world-famous Scream. This publication invites readers to revisit the painter’s work in its entirety by following the thread of an ever-inventive pictorial thinking: a vision that is both fundamentally coherent, even obsessive, and at the same time constantly renewed.

Objev podobné jako Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death

Kniha - 656 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná

Objev podobné jako The Hunger of the Gods: Book Two of the Bloodsworn Saga (0356514250)

FRIEND. LOVER. VICTIM. TRAITOR. WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? Sixteen-year-old friends Red, Leo, Rose, and Naomi are misfits; still figuring out who they are and who they want to be. Life isn't perfect, but music unites them, and they're excited about what the future holds for their band, Mirror, Mirror. That is until Naomi vanishes before being pulled unconscious out of the river. She's left fighting for her life in a coma. The police claim it was a failed suicide attempt, but her friends aren't convinced. Will Naomi ever wake? What -- or perhaps who - led her to that hospital bed? How did her friends fail to spot the warning signs? While Rose turns to wild partying and Leo is shrouded by black moods, Red sets out to uncover the truth. It's a journey that will cause Red's world to crack, exposing the group's darkest secrets. Nothing will ever be the same again, because once a mirror is shattered, it can't be fixed.

Objev podobné jako Mirror, Mirror : A Twisty Coming-of-Age Novel about Friendship and Betrayal from Cara Delevingne (Defekt) - Cara Delevingne

Kniha - autor Drew Karpyshyn, 332 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The sequel to the "New York Times" bestseller "Darth Bane: Path of Destruction" continues the epic tale of the most famous--and perhaps the most diabolical--Sith Lord ever: Darth Bane, and his evil apprentice, Zannah.

Objev podobné jako Star Wars Darth Bane. Rule of Two: A Novel of the old Republic (0345477499)

Kniha - autor Heather Walter, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Did they break the curse or begin one? Sleeping Beauty's dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice. The Dark Grace is dead. Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce has spent 100 years wreaking her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce's wicked domain. No one escapes the consequences of her wrath. Not even the one person who holds her heart. Princess Aurora saw through Alyce's thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. But that love came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce's vast power cannot seem to break, and their dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash. Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means descending into the monster Briar believed her to be. But...

Objev podobné jako Misrule: Book Two of the Malice Duology (059349914X)

Kniha 582 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 582 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná

Objev podobné jako The True Bastards: Book Two of the Lot Lands (0356511669)

Annie is born into a world where like most of us she meets her Granny. She plays with her, she learns from her, they talk together and they even share their secrets together. As Annie grows and comes to know the world, Granny slowly leaves it. Annie is there with Granny right to the end and even plays with her afterwards. Now how does she do that?

Objev podobné jako Annie and her Granny - About the Life at the Beginning and at the End - Martina Špinková

Kniha - 416 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná

Objev podobné jako Daisy Jones and The Six: Read the book everyone's talking about this summer (1787462145)

With an Introduction by Jane O'Grady. Translated by Tom Griffith. In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Socrates instead.Symposium gives an unsurpassed picture of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The setting of the other dialogues is more sombre. Socrates is put on trial for impiety, and sentenced to death.Euthyphro discusses the nature of piety, Apology is Socrates' speech in his own defence, Crito explains his refusal to escape punishment, and Phaedo gives an account of Socrates' last day. These dialogues have never been offered in one volume before. Tom Griffith's Symposium has been described as 'possibly the finest translation of any Platonic dialogue'.All the other translations are new.

Objev podobné jako Symposium and The Death of Socrates - Platón

Discover how best to manage mental health issues - specifically depression - in bestselling pscyhologist Gwendoline Smith's evidence-based, practical guide. THE BOOK OF FEELING BLUE offers hope to those experiencing depression, explaining the nature of the condition and the many different forms it can take at different life stages, and offering straightforward advice about how to manage it. Written in a chatty, reassuring tone with supplementary illustrations included throughout to demonstrate key points, chapters cover all aspects of the condition, including how to support a family member or friend who may be suffering from it, providing a therapist's evidence-based, practical toolkit for dealing with this widespread and debilitating mental-health problem.'Provides a language to articulate things that can feel hard to express' - Pandora Sykes, Sunday Times on The Book of Overthinking

Objev podobné jako The Book of Feeling Blue: Understand and Manage Depression - Gwendoline Smith

WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2021___________If you've ever wanted to know what a panda does all day long, how your heart manages to shift all that blood around your body or what makes a rainbow shine, you've come to the right book. A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You features the answers to all of these questions and many more, all told in a super-fun comic book format in three awesome sections: Human Body, Animal Kingdom and Earth and Science. A Day in the Life... is packed with facts, laughs and amazing illustrations you can dive into all day long. Meet your grumpy liver that has to do practically EVERYTHING; your trusty hands that are very, well, handy; the spiky porcupines ready to charge; lonely Mars rovers abandoned on the Red Planet; raging tornadoes ready to rip through the pages of the book and bubbly volcanoes ready to blow. All entries are told in the fun, friendly and informative style of Mike Barfield, and are brought to life by the colour-explosion of Jess Bradley's awesome illustrations.

Objev podobné jako A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You (Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2021) - Mike Barfield

Half Boy. Half God. ALL Hero.It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human.But when you're the son of a Greek God, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a Goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster.Oh and guess what. The Oracle has predicted that not all of us will survive . . .

Objev podobné jako Percy Jackson and the Titan´s Curse: The Graphic Novel (Book 3) - Rick Riordan

Told for the first time in graphic novel form, the story of Francis Bacon's life is as complex, colorful, and highly charged as his paintings. Drawn in shades of mauve, red, yellow, and blue that distinguished his palette, these illustrations weave together a troubling but compassionate narrative, one that draws on the tragic events of Bacon's childhood and youth, as well as reflecting the profoundly passionate yearnings of the artist he became.Separated into thematic and chronological sections the novel highlights the prevailing influences of Bacon's life and times: his early autodidacticism and estrangement from his family; his struggles to make his way as a surrealist painter and his destruction of his early work. It traces his gradual success in postwar Europe, his powerful and often violent romantic relationships, his foray into portraiture, and his never-ending search for subject matter and meaning in his work. Alternating between full-page illustrations and smaller, captioned works, Portolano imagines not only the known details of Bacon's biography, but also his inner life-the dreams, fears, and obsessions that were equally formidable underpinnings of his oeuvre. Woven to gether with historical facts and figures, this graphic novel reconstructs a life as only a cartoonist could-image led, thoughtfully composed, and deeply evocative of its subject matter.

Objev podobné jako Francis Bacon - The Story of his Life. Graphic Novel - Cristina Portolano

Kniha - autor Abhijit Banerjee; Esther Duflo, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná

Objev podobné jako Poor Economics: Barefoot Hedge-fund Managers, DIY Doctors and the Surprising Truth about Life on (0718193660)

For any Dungeons & Dragons player, this officially licensed and beautifully illustrated Dungeons & Dragons journal features gridded pages and a hardcover case that doubles as a privacy game screen.Designed with the Dungeon Master in mind but useful for all players and games, the case of this journal unfolds into a four-panel game screen—slide it off the paperback journal to reveal a stunningly illustrated scene by artist Hydro74. Use the screen to shield your own strategies for total concealment and the gridded journal to capture your campaign, build worlds, and jot down other notes from your sessions. The screen includes foil stamping and removeable stickers on the front and back and the journal includes a textured cover for the ultimate gift.

Objev podobné jako The Book of Concealment (Dungeons & Dragons): A Game Screen and Journal in One

THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE **** The race to find the Shard artifacts is on...Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation that can win wars.As the world tips into a war for control of the mythical artifacts of power made from Shard, characters are swept up into new dangers which will threaten their integrity and their lives.**** FANTASY COULDN''T BE MORE EPIC: ''I loved this book. What else is there to say?'' PATRICK ROTHFUSS Sanderson is a master... He doesn''t disappoint'' LIBRARY JOURNAL ''Sanderson is astonishingly wise'' ORSON SCOTT CARD ''Epic in every sense'' GUARDIAN

Objev podobné jako Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive Book Two - Brandon Sanderson

eBook: BINKY AND THE BOOK OF SPELLS A captivating fairy tale, Binky and the Book of Spells, draws children and adult readers into the fanciful world of spells and sorcery. A group of animal friends have many experiences on their journey to find beauty and adventure, during which they realize more and more how valuable friendship really is. The main character of the story is Froglet Binky, who wasn't born beautiful and who decides to go and seek her beauty. On her distressful journey, she meets friends of various temperaments, with whom she experiences happy and sad moments full of fantasy, magic, joy and happiness.

Objev podobné jako Binky a kouzelná kniha / Binky and the Book of Spells - Marcela Klofáčová - e-kniha

Kniha - autor Alex Irvine, 240 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Alex Irvine, 240 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The indispensable guide to every monster, demon, and paranormal phenomenon from the hit CW Network show, "Supernatural." 75 illustrations.

Objev podobné jako The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls (0061367036)

A thrilling page-turner about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder by Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Mother-in-LawIt’s not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows.For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. Rescued from their own family tragedies, they were raised by a loving foster mother on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance for a happy family life.But the girls’ childhood wasn’t quite the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. And when a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the three foster sisters find themselves thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses.It’s time for them to return home as adults. The only question is are they innocent victims or the prime suspects for murder?With darkly comic timing and insidiously twisting plots, Sally Hepworth’s novels are guaranteed to keep you turning the pages . . .Authors love Sally Hepworth:'Completely compulsive' - Jane Harper'Women’s fiction at its finest' - Liane Moriarty'Smart suspenseful, brimming with secrets' - Kate Morton'Clever, chilling and beautifully crafted’ - Adele ParksReviewers love Sally Hepworth:'Very sensitively told' - Daily Mail'Compels from the first page' - Heat'Stunningly clever' - PeopleReaders love Sally Hepworth:***** 'I absolutely loved it and couldn't put it down!'***** 'Twists and turns from start to finish!!'***** 'Suspenseful, and twisty, the most fantastically compulsive reading'***** 'I was gripped from start to finish and I literally couldn’t turn the pages fast enough'

Objev podobné jako Darling Girls: A heart-pounding suspense novel about sisters, secrets, love and murder that will keep you turning the pages - Sally Hepworthová

The stunning novel that casts a spell over every reader and inspired a phenomenally successful musical

Objev podobné jako Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Elektronická kniha - autor Marcela Klofáčová, 120 stran Dětem od 5 let je určen poutavý příběh žabky Binky v českém i anglickém jazyce. Malé i větší čtenáře vtáhne do světa kouzel a čarování. Skupinka zvířecích kamarádů prožívá na cestě za krásou kouzelná dobrodružství, při nichž si stále více uvědomují, jak velký význam má přátelství. Hlavní postavou poutavého vyprávění je krásou neobdarovaná žabka Binky, která se rozhodne jít svou krásu hledat. Na strastiplné cestě pozná kamarády rozličných povah, s nimiž zažívá veselé i napínavé chvíle plné fantazie, radosti i štěstí. ally is. The main character of the story is Froglet Binky, who wasn't born beautiful and who decides to go and seek her beauty. On her distressful journey, she meets friends of various temperaments, with whom she experiences happy and sad moments full of fantasy, magic, joy and happiness.

Objev podobné jako Binky a kouzelná kniha / Binky and the Book of Spells (978-80-247-4842-9)

A stunning novel about violence, power and love by Kevin Powers, the acclaimed author of The Yellow Birds and winner of both the 2012 Guardian First Book Award and the Hemingway/PEN Award. A nighttime whipping in a lamplit barn. A ruined leg tossed onto a pile of discarded limbs. A hand snuffing out a desperate cry behind a bedroom's locked door. In A Shout in the Ruins, Kevin Powers returns to the battlefield and its aftermath, this time in his native Virginia, just before and during the Civil War and ninety years later. The novel pinpoints with unerring emotional depth the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of life. It will endure as a stunning novel about what we leave behind, what a life is worth, what is said and unsaid, and the fact that ultimately what will survive of us is love. Written with the same emotional intensity, harrowing realism, and poetic precision that made The Yellow Birds one of the most celebrated novels of the past decade, A Shout in the Ruins cements Powers' place as one of the most important novelists of our time.

Objev podobné jako A Shout in the Ruins - Kevin Powers

Kniha - anglicky The textbook of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's Care of Magical Creatures class comes to life in this one-of-a-kind collectable featuring the sound and movement of the famous Monster Book of Monsters. Kit includes: 3-1/2" Monster Book of Monsters replica featuring audio of the book in chomping action and movement. Both special features are sound-activated, prompted by a simple sound such as hand-clapping. 48-page book on magical creatures, featuring descriptions, quotes, and full-colour illustrations and photos from the films throughout. Requires two AAA batteries (not included).

Objev podobné jako Harry Potter: The Monster Book of Monsters: It Roams and Chomps!