Die 17-jährige Madeline hat noch nie das Haus verlassen, denn sie leidet an einer seltenen Immunkrankheit. Bisher war das kein Problem, weil sie es nicht anders kennt. Doch als im Nachbarhaus der geheimnisvolle Olly einzieht, kommen sich die beiden so nah, wie es für Madeline möglich ist. Plötzlich möchte sie die Welt außerhalb ihres sterilen Zimmers entdecken, die sie sonst nur aus Büchern kennt. Selbst wenn es bedeutet, dafür ihr Leben zu riskieren... ... |
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Hogwarts house edition. ... Let the magic of J.K. Rowling's classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This Slytherin House Edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its pride, ambition and cunning. Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is packed with more great Slytherin moments and characters, culminating in the terrifying finale of the Triwizard Tournament, which sees the momentous return of Voldemort, the greatest Dark Wizard of all time... Each Slytherin House Edition features vibrant sprayed edges ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Classic Locked-Room Mysteries is a fascinating collection of ingenious mysteries which all pose the question "howdunnit?" Featuring well-known sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown, as well as the less familiar, including Jacques Futrelle's Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, in each story the reader is invited to play detective and is presented with a challenge: can you solve the mystery before the solution is revealed? Locked-room mysteries reached their height of popularity in the Victorian and Edwardian eras; this collection, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Les Misérables" is a magnificent, sweeping story of revolution, love and the will to survive set amidst the poverty stricken streets of nineteenth-century Paris. Escaped convict Jean Valjean turns his back on his criminal past to build his fortunes as an honest man. He takes in abandoned orphan Cosette and raises her as his own daughter. But Jean Valjean is unable to free himself from his previous life and is pursued to the end by ruthless policeman Javert. As Cosette grows up, young idealist Marius catches a glimpse of her and falls ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Controversial and sexually charged, The Taming of the Shrew is possibly William Shakespeare's first play, and certainly among the most performed. Petruchio's courtship of the unwilling shrew Katherina poses the question: is it an examination of brute male domination or a passionate love story with a powerful moral message? To read it is to gain unique insight into a portrait of a marriage as created by a true master. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated throughout by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert (1817 - 1897), and ... |
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Препоръчвана книга на "Сан Фрациско Кроникъл". Една от най-добрите научни фантастики и фентъзи на годината на "Локус". Сред най-добрите научнофантастични книги на годината на "Кроникъл". ... "Както Кори Доктороу, Чарлс Строс също има развита иронична чувствителност на поколението Х, в неговия случай - благодарение на времето, прекарано в едновременно изумителния и досаден свят на информационните технологии. В "Архивите на злото" геният Строс се е посветил изцяло както на бюрократичните щуротии на Пералнята, така и на "героичната" ѝ мисия. При това безумно ... |
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Окултният хакер Боб, таен агент на Нейно величество кралицата, се завръща на активна служба... за най-скучното бюрократично заседание на света. Така де, какво може да се обърка на най-обикновена презентация на поръчков софтуер? Двайсет и четири часа по-късно, на другия край на света, с демон в главата и зомбита по петите, Боб вече знае отговора на този въпрос. Но Боб си има и други грижи освен плътоядни демони и бондовски магии - и то не само защото позивните му за този случай са 007. На километър в морските дълбини спи дълбоко най-голямото Зло и пазителите му са готови да унищожат човечеството, за да го задържат в плен. ... |
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The international №1 bestseller. From the author of "The Notebook". ... There are times when destiny and love collide. This story is one of them. Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. After six years with her boyfriend, she is no longer sure what she wants, and when her father becomes ill she heads to her family's cottage at Sunset Beach in North Carolina to make some difficult decisions. Tru Walls has been summoned across an ocean from where he was born and raised in Zimbabwe by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. In journeying to Sunset Beach, Tru hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding his ... |
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