This will end in flames... The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after... So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they ... |
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The Ultimate battle begins on Ravnica. ... Teyo Verada wants nothing more than to be a shieldmage, wielding arcane energies to protect his people from his world's vicious diamondstorms. When he's buried alive in the aftermath of his first real tempest, the young mage's life is about to end before it can truly begin-until it doesn't. In a flash, a power he didn't know he had whisks him away from his home, to a world of stone, glass, and wonder: Ravnica. Teyo is a Planeswalker, one of many to be called to the world-spanning city-all lured by Nicol Bolas, the Elder Dragon. Bolas lays siege to the city of ... |
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Melissa is a nobody. Wilf is a slacker. Bondi is a show-off. At least that's what their middle school teachers think. To everyone's surprise, they are the three students chosen to compete for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, solving clues that lead them to various locations around Chicago. At first the three contestants work independently, but it doesn't take long before each begins to wonder whether the competition is a sham. It's only by secretly joining forces and using their unique talents that the trio is able to uncover the truth behind the Ambrose Deception - a truth that involves a lot more than ... |
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The Emporium opens with the first frost of winter. While the Great War wages across Europe, there is a place of hope and enchantment in the heart of London. The Emporium sells toys that capture the imagination of children and adults alike: patchwork dogs that seem alive, toy boxes that are bigger on the inside, soldiers that can fight battles on their own. Into this family business comes young Cathy Wray, running away from a shameful past. But Cathy is about to discover that the Emporium has secrets of its own... "Engaging and enchanting, a fairytale for adults, with all the wonder - and terror - that that entails... ... |
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If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? ... It;s 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. The four Gold children, too young for what they're about to hear, sneak out to learn their fortunes. Such prophecies could be dismissed as trickery and nonsense, yet the Golds bury theirs deep. Over the years that follow they might attempt to ignore, embrace, cheat or defy the "knowledge" given to them that day - but it will shape the course of their lives forever. & ... |
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The great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by Neil Gaiman . Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic, and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who spurns those who seek to control her. From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, ... |
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The awesome final step of "The Long Earth" series. Authors of the No. 1 bestseller "The Long Earth". ... 2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in ... |
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За големите почитатели и малките пънкари! Кои са най-важните творци в световен мащаб? Как са започнали със своите групи и кариери? Какво те прави рок звезда? Книгата Историята на рока е разделена на глави, всяка от които започва с въведение в определен жанр. Успоредно с илюстрациите ще откриете любопитни факти за музикантите от съответното музикално течение, смешни случки, информация за произхода на изпълнителите и за жанровете, в които творят. Споменават се и песни на други важни изпълнители, които не са включени в книгата. ... |
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Compiled by: Tig Thomas. ... "Illustrated Treasury of Bedtime Stories" is a beautiful hardback book for children aged 7+ to enjoy timeless short stories by renowned storytellers such as Rudyard Kipling . Each story has been chosen as perfect for bedtime reading, to allow your child to enter an exciting dream world while they are calm and open to storytelling. Take a trip to a magical land, where bold boys and brave girls join a host of curious creatures, and where dreams really do come true. "Illustrated Treasury of Bedtime Stories": Enchanting stories you and your child to read and enjoy together; ... |
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Дървените фото карти на Pearhead ще бъдат чудесен подарък за всяка бъдеща майка. Комплектът съдържа 8 двустранни карти, с които може да направите страхотна поредица от снимки, проследявайки седмичното нарастване на бременното коремче през всеки от вашите триместри. Картите са гравирани с надписи „8 weeks“ до „28 weeks“ на интервали от 4 седмици и „30 weeks“ до „40 weeks“ на интервали от 2 седмици, заедно с „BABY coming soon“, „hello WORLD“, „it's a BOY” и „it's a GIRL”. Всяка карта е с приблизителен диаметър ∅ 11 cm. ... |
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Книгата е част от поредицата "Здраве, дълголетие, естествено оздравяване" на издателство "Скорпио". ... Бронхиалната астма е заболяване, което понастоящем се счита за нелечимо. Но човек никога не трябва да се предава - дори при астма може да се радвате на пълноценен и щастлив живот. Как да постигнете това? Възползвайте се от уникалната информация, която авторът предлага на вниманието на читателя. Всичко, което е нужно да знаете за: причините и симптомите на бронхиалната астмата; различните видове астма; най-съвременните методи на лечение - официални и алтернативни; най-ефективните средства на ... |
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75 рецепти за комбуча, кефир, джинджифилова бира и други естествено ферментирали напитки. ... Добре дошли в удивителния свят на пробиотичните напитки! Ако търсите забавен и вкусен начин да подобрите здравето си, то вие сте попаднали на точното място. В тази книга ще намерите повече от седемдесет и пет рецепти за приготвяне на десет различни вида пробиотични напитки. Тук ще откриете как да заквасвате питиета в домашни условия, какъв е здравословният ефект от приема на пробиотици от различните билки, плодове, зеленчуци и чайове и как да приготвяте ваши собствени пробиотични напитки. Разделите в тази книга са организирани ... |
