It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush - but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her 'teenage dream' is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ... |
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The worldwide bestseller. ... "Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance..." From the book This popular paperback edition of the classic work of fantasy, with a striking new black cover based on J. R. R. Tolkien 's own design and featuring brand new reproductions of all his drawings and maps. The prelude to "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit& ... |
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"Girl A" she said. "The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you". I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A. I grew up with my family on the moors. I escaped when I was fifteen years old. Now something is pulling me back..."The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl." Elle "The novel you'll stay up reading until 3 am." Sunday Times "An astonishing achievement." Jessie Burton "Gripping, beautifully written perfection." Sophie Hannah "A masterpiece." Louise O'Neill "Fantastic." Paula Hawkins ... |
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Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. ... |
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Второ преработено издание. ... Един американец се завръща у дома. Бил Брайсън , "най-смешният пътешественик на света", американецът, приел Великобритания за своя втора родина, се завръща в САЩ след двадесетгодишно отсъствие. Резултатът е "Записки от една голяма страна" - комичен, проницателен и информативен поглед към земята на неограничените възможности. В "Записки от една голяма страна" възторгът на човека, преоткрил мечтите на своето детство, се преплита с удивлението от лекотата и удобството на американското ежедневие, от изобилието на стоки и услуги, от дружелюбието и непринудеността на ... |
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Повече от два века елитно тайно общество от убийци контролира съкровищата на света... докато един от тях се отделя, за да спаси душата си и да защити живота на дъщеря си. Най-голямото произведение на изкуството на света не се пази в Лувъра, в Метрополитън или в някоя частна колекция. Всъщност, никой не знае къде се намира то. Веднъж на много години се ражда дете с изключително рядка дарба, с вродена способност да усеща невъзможната красота, да разпознава безценните произведения на изкуството. Когато подобно дете бъде открито, съществуващата от четвърт хилядолетие организация, известна като Нашия свят, го обучава да ... |
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Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveller prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivalled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional power. ... |
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Историята на Джим Ваус. ... "Когато на 6 ноември 1949 - непосредствено след обръщението ми към Бога - дадох моето свидетелство на едно заседание на Окръжния съд, всички забелязаха, че съм сложил край на досегашния си начин на живот. След това мнозина се опитваха чрез съблазнителни предложения да откупят тайните, които знаех за някои известни личности или важни събития. Аз отхвърлих тези предложения. Нямам намерение да създавам неприятности на онези, с които съм имал работа преди моето обръщение. Когато пишех тази история на моя живот, главната ми цел беше да я разкажа колкото е възможно по-точно, без да излагам на ... |
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Though magic can shape life and death, the one thing it can't control is love... The mermaid Alia has made a deal with the Sea Witch to give up her life under the sea in exchange for a human soul. Now, she has only twelve hours left on land to win the prince she loves, or perish. But Alia's sister, Runa, knows that the prince isn't capable of true love... As Alia, Runa and the Sea Witch's fates interwine, they find themselves caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between land and water. Will they be brave enough to sacrifice their own hearts desires for a chance to save their worlds? Sea Witch ... |
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Sometimes you find something that changes everything. From the author of bestselling and Carnegie-nominated debut "Boy Underwater" comes a moving and hilarious novel for 10+ readers about friendships, family secrets, mystery - and life-changing hidden treasure... Jessica is playing with her family at the river when she finds a dirty, bedraggled teddy bear in the water. She has no idea that it will change everything, forever. Meanwhile, Cymbeline comes home from school to find that his mum’s house has been broken into - and the thieves seemed oddly focused on his toys. Thank goodness he had Not Mr Fluffy, his ... |
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He ran away to join the circus... Instead he's saving the world. ... Ned Waddlesworth has always considered his world to be exceptionally ordinary. Until the day he discovers it isn't. At all. Because on Ned's thirteenth birthday he discovers that everything magical he's ever read about or imagined is real. And without him, the world will soon be engulfed in monstrous beasts and beings. So with the help of a robot mouse, a girl witch and a flying circus unlike any other, it's up to Ned to swoop in and save the day! Roll up, roll up, and prepare to be amazed by Ned and the marvellous, magical, monstrous ... |
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Can you fall in love when your life is falling apart? ... How do you change what’s already written in the stars? Christopher is the sort of guy that no one notices, yet when Air catches sight of him making intricate paper birds in the airport, she can’t look away. But their worlds are about to collide in ways they never expected. Someone they love is on Flight 0217 from London Heathrow. And it’s missing. Convinced that her brother was on a different flight, Air drives them hundreds of miles across the country, on a trip that will change their lives forever. But how do you tell the person you’re falling for that you ... |
