Origin
Dan Brown
Bantam Books
Bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code". ... The spellbinding new Robert Langdon novel from the author of "The Da Vinci Code".
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever". The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will ... |
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Origin
Dan Brown
Doubleday
Author of "The Da Vinci Code". ... Whoever you are. Whatever you believe. Everything is about to change.
The stunningly inventive new novel from the world's most popular thriller writer.
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement - the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever." The evening's host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global ... |
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Dark Tower - book 3: The Waste Lands
Stephen King
Hodder & Stoughton
There are other worlds than these.
In the third novel in Stephen King's epic fantasy masterpiece, Roland, the Last Gunslinger, is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower.
Roland has altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers in New York. Now they exist in different worlds, paradoxically sharing memories. Roland, Susannah and Eddie must try to draw Jake into Mid-World then follow the Path of the Beam through an urban waste land to the Dark Tower.
Pursued by the Ageless Stranger, Roland and his friends cross a desert of damnation in this macabre new world as revelations begin to unfold about who - and what - ... |
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Dark Tower - book 2: The Drawing of the Three
Stephen King
Hodder & Stoughton
See the major motion picture. ... There are other worlds than these.
In the second novel of Stephen King's bestselling fantasy masterpiece, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doors which open - for Roland, and Roland alone - to different times in our world. He must draw the three who should accompany him on the road.
In 1980s New York, Roland joins forces with defiant Eddie Dean. The second door leads to the 1960s and conflicted civil rights activist Odetta Holmes. The final door reveals Jack Mort, a deadly serial killer, in the 1970s. Mort is stalking Jake, the young boy Roland ... |
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Dark Tower - book 1: The Gunslinger
Stephen King
Hodder & Stoughton
Now a major motion picture. ... There are other worlds than these.
"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed". The iconic opening line of Stephen King's groundbreaking series, The Dark Tower , introduces one of his most enigmatic and powerful heroes: Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger.
Roland is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey toward the mysterious Dark Tower, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. On his quest, Roland begins a friendship with a kid from New York named Jake, encounters an alluring woman and faces an agonising choice ... |
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World of Warcraft - vol. 2: Chronicle
Chris Metzen, Matt Burns, Robert Brooks
Dark Horse
Illustrated by Emily Chen, Stanton Feng, Alex Horley, Peter C. Lee, Sean Sevestre, Abe Taraky and Wei Wang. ... Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Books are thrilled to present the next installment of the wildly popular World of Warcraft Chronicle series. Volume 2 will reveal more sought-after details about the game universe's history and mythology. Showcasing lush, all-new artwork from fan favorites such as Peter Lee, Joseph Lacroix, and Alex Horley, this tome is sure to please all fans--casual and collector alike. ... |
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Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords
Steve Tribe
BBC books
The great and good of callifrey - the high council, the inner council, the cardinals of the academy, the old men in funny hats - are all determined that you should never read this book.
The Time Lords are an immensely civilised, and immensely powerful, race. Yet we know very little about them, save that they can live forever (barring accidents) and possess the secrets of space and time travel. Their history has been shrouded in myth and mystery. Until now.
A Brief History of Time Lords unlocks the secrets of this ancient, legendary alien race - a civilisation that inflicted some of its most notorious renegades and ... |
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Doctor Who: The Companion's Companion
Clara Oswald
BBC books
Official guide. ... Are you a brave adventurer? A fantastic friend? A very fast runner? If so, then this is the book for you!
Compiled by Clara as a guide for Doctor's next aompanion, it's packed with hints and tips from the people who know the Doctors best. With everything from alien first-aid advice to timey-wimey Tardis maps, this guide contains all you need to know to travel with the Doctor. ... |
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An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld
Cassandra Clare
Simon & Schuster
A very special anthology that's a must for all fans of the Shadowhunter novels!
... Featuring characters from "The Mortal Instruments", "The Infernal Devices" and "The Dark Artifices" among others, this very special illustrated collection showcases beautiful portraits alongside never-before-known details about all your favourite characters from Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters' world. ... |
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This Careless Life
Rachel McIntyre
"In this job, festering skeletons have a nasty habt of tumbling out, sooner or later. So think carefully - is there anything you need to tell me?"Four best friends with perfect lives. A once in a lifetime opportunity. Who can resist the call of fame and fortune?
When Liv, Hetty, Jez and Duffy auditioning for a new reality TV show, they're confident they can handle the pressure of being in the public eye. After all, they don't have anything to hide. Do they? But that's before Cass produced the photo of the body. ... |
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The View from the Cheap Seats
Neil Gaiman
Selected non-fiction. ... Literature does not occur in a vacuum. It cannot be a monologue. It has to be a conversation.
This collection will draw you in to exchanges on making good art and Syrian refugees, the power of a single word and playing the kazoo with Stephen King, writing about books, comics and the imagination of friends, being sad at the Oscars and telling lies for a living. Here Neil Gaiman opens our minds to the people he admires and the things he believes might just mean something - and welcomes us to the conversation too."If this book came to you during a despairing night, by dawn, you would believe ... |
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Black Swan
The №1 International Bestseller. ... Here is a small fact - you are going to die.
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
Some important information - this novel is narrated by Death.
It's a small story, about:
a girl;
an accordionist;
some fanatical Germans;
a Jewish fist fighter;
and quite a lot of thievery.
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