n the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone will never be left in peace for long - and among her island's guests ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, "Don Quixote" chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Together they journey through sixteenth-century Spain in search of adventure, taking on spirits, evil enchanters and giants in a quest to perform acts of valour worthy of Dulcinea, his lady love. A masterpiece of world fiction and a brilliant satire on traditional romances, "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes is ... |
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"Мимолетно прелестни сме на земята" е писмо от един син до майка му, която не може да чете. Написано, когато разказвачът е близо до трийсетата си годишнина, то разкрива семейната история, започнала много преди той да се роди. История, чийто корени са в далечния Виетнам и отваря врата към части от живота му, за които майка му никога не е знаела. Едновременно свидетел на тежката, но безусловна любов между една самотна майка и нейния син, книгата е и брутално честен поглед върху наболели въпроси за западното общество като раса, класа и мъжественост. Задаването на тези въпроси е потопено в пристрастяване, насилие и ... |
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Царят демон. Огромната армия на Фйерда е готова да нападне, а Николай Ланцов ще събере цялата си изобретателност и чар - и дори чудовището вътре в себе си, - за да спечели тази война. Вещицата. Зоя Назяленска е изгубила вече твърде много в тази война. Видяла е как умира учителят ѝ и как възкръсва най-големият ѝ враг, и отказва да погребе още един приятел. Кралицата на опечалените. Нина Зеник е дълбоко в недрата на врага и рискува да бъде открита и да умре, но воюва с Фйерда отвътре, от самата ѝ столица. Но жаждата ѝ за мъст може да струва на страната ѝ победата, а на нея самата - ... |
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Read from the beginning with this deluxe hardback collector’s edition of the first novel in the worldwide-bestselling "Shadow and Bone" Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo! This edition features: brand-new artwork; intricate foil iconography from the world of the book; beautiful endpapers; sprayed edges. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold-a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will ... |
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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |
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All three titles in the internationally bestselling Arc of a Scythe series: "Scythe", "Thunderhead" and "The Toll". Collect each title in the explosive Arc of a Scythe series by New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman. ... |
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The Japanese Bestseller. ... What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In "Before the Coffee Gets Cold", we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, ... |
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"I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear." Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all... An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times ... |
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В долнопробен амстердамски бар се подвизава Кламанс, който се самообявява за "каещ се съдия". В неистов монолог пред случаен и безлик събеседник той си припомня миналото на уважаван парижки адвокат и своята двойственост - в професията защитник на благородни каузи, а в личния живот - разгулен, безскрупулен и циничен. Всеки триумф крие поражение, всеки мотив - скрита подлост. И щом съдът на хората е неизбежен, човек трябва да намери начин да се наложи като съдник - в името на обърнати наопаки ценности. Остра и болезнена, повестта "Пропадане" на нобелиста Албер Камю разголва съзнанието на съвременния ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Peter Harness. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Beautiful Emma Bovary dreams of love and riches but her marriage to Charles, a dull country doctor, is far from satisfying. In an attempt to escape the narrow confines of her life, she embarks on a series of passionate affairs, hoping to find the romantic ideal she always dreamed about in the arms of other men, but it soon becomes clear that she is hurtling towards tragedy. Gustave Flaubert’s daring portrait of adultery caused a national scandal when Madame Bovary was first published, and this masterpiece of realist ... |
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A geek, a jock, a criminal, a princess. A murder. Who would you believe? Five students walk into detention. Only four leave alive. Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond. Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won't ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them ... |
