Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince . Kiss the prince, break the curse. Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn't believe in true love. Shane is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her own way. Briar Rose is a prince under a sleeping curse, who's been waiting a hundred years for the kiss that will wake him. Cursed princes are nothing but ancient history to Fi, until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle ... |
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Midnight tales and dangerous Magic. №1 New York Times Bestselling Author. ... From bestselling author of "Six of Crows", Leigh Bardugo, comes a lavishly illustrated collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice and love. Inspired by myth, fairy tale and folklore, "The Language of Thorns" will transport you to both lands familiar and strange that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse. Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread ... |
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Всички магьосници са зли. Елизабет знае това, откакто се помни. Отгледана като подхвърлено дете в една от Великите библиотеки на Аустермеер, тя отрасва сред магически гримоари, шептящи по рафтовете и дрънкащи с железните вериги. Ако бъдат провокирани, те се превръщат в гротескни чудовища от мастило и кожа. А Елизабет се надява да стане надзирател, чиято задача е да пази кралството от ужасяващата им сила. Една нощ е освободен най-опасният гримоар в библиотеката. Отчаяната намеса на Елизабет я замесва в престъплението. Отведена от дома си, за да се изправи пред съда в столицата, тя няма към кого да се обърне, освен към ... |
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Мрачен, епичен и поразително оригинален дебют; писател от класата на ДЖ. Р.Р. Мартин и С. Ериксън ... Майтанет, новият шриах на Хилядата храма, е призовал последователите на Късния пророк на Свещена война срещу езичниците фаними. В похода към свещения град Шимех се включват доскорошни непримирими врагове. И всеки от тях има свои собствени причини да тръгне срещу фанимите. Амбицията, подозренията и алчността заплашват да провалят похода. Докато от дивия, непознат север не се появява Анасуримбор Келхус. С помощта на тайното изкуство на дуниайните неочакваният съюзник завладява умовете и сърцата на воините, които го ... |
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По време на митичния Апокалипсис Не-Богът и неговият Консулт почти са унищожили света на Еарва. Две хилядолетия по-късно човешката цивилизация на Трите морета процъфтява. Но разнообразните народи и религиозни фракции са изпълнени с взаимно подозрение, презрение и омраза. До деня, в който Майтанет, новият шриах на Хилядата храма, обявява Свещена война срещу езичниците фаними, в която се включват доскорошни непримирими врагове. А зад политическите интриги се крие много по-ужасяващ план, който наистина може да преобърне съдбата на света. Друсас Акамиан, магьосник от школата на Завета, е призван да го разкрие. Ще успее ли и ... |
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"The Little Prince" is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet - "Тhe Little Prince" of the title - and his stories of intergalactic travel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition. First published in 1943, the year before the author's death in action, this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Niccolo Machiavelli provides a remarkably uncompromising picture of the true nature of power, no matter what era or by whom it is exercised. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library , a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Oliver Francis. Drawing on examples from the ancient Greeks and Romans and from Machiavelli's contemporaries, The Prince offers - some believed with ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros and Chloe Schwarz, as well as the charming original black and white illustrations by Saint-Exupery himself. After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little ... |
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Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. This edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros and Chloe Schwarz, as well as the charming original illustrations by Saint-Exupery himself, coloured by Barbara Frith. After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator ... |
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and, ... |
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#1 New York Times Bestselling author. ... Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that ... |
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The Prince and the Pauper is a classic adventure of mistaken identity set in Tudor London and told with Mark Twain’s trademark humour and concern for social justice. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by author and journalist Nicolette Jones. Penniless Tom Canty wonders what it would be like to be a prince. Heir to the throne Edward Tudor dreams of a life outside the royal palace walls. When the two boys ... |
