The thrilling conclusion to "Scythe", the New York Times sci-fi bestseller. ... I do not speak with the voice of the thunder. But the thunder does speak through me. Everything has changed in the world of the scythes. Citra and Rowan have disappeared. The floating city of Endura is gone. It looks like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute power. Now that the Thunderhead is silent, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him? The answer lies in the Tone, the Toll, and the Thunder. ... |
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Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out — move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken and desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam’s phone just to listen to his voicemail recording. And Sam picks up the phone. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam’s voice makes Julie fall for him all over again, and, with each call, it becomes harder to let him go. What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye?"Have your tissues at the ready when you dive into Dustin ... |
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A former FBI hostage negotiator's fiel-tested tools for talking anyone into (or out of) just about anything. A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to negotiating - effective in any situation. After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, gang leaders and terrorists. Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most - ... |
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След смъртта на най-добрия му приятел светът на Ерик Ли се разпада. За да се спаси от болката, той се потапя в свят от въображаеми случки - измислени срещи, разговори и спомени, които никога не са се случили. Но един ден всичко се превръща в реалност. Когато най-малко е очаквал, той среща в едно кафене Хару Танака. Същото момче, с което се сприятелява при пътуването си в Япония. Хару сяда до него, усмихва се, но само Ерик може да го види. В този неочакван момент Ерик усеща, че не е сам за първи път от много време. Присъствието на Хару му напомня, че има на кого да разчита - да го разбира и да го избави от самотата. С ... |
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Two hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this highly-anticipated follow-up to the The Hurricane Wars. After a lifetime of war, Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands. Now Talasyn must play the part of Alaric's willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign. But a greater threat is rising - the Moonless Dark, a cataclysmic magical event that could devour everything. Only Alaric and Talasyn can stop it. For Alaric, helping Talasyn save their world from this disaster is a mere preface to his father's more sinister schemes. But Talasyn is a ... |
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A land ravaged by storms and conquerors... A refuge across the sea that comes at a price... A volatile alliance between two bitter enemies... A growing attraction as dangerous as it is irresistible... On opposite sides of a vicious war, a soldier who can channel light magic and a prince who summons shadows find themselves locked in a deadly dance that neither can seem to truly win. As the Continent falls to howling winds and violent lightning brought on by a ruthless emperor’s fleet of stormships, the only way for Talasyn to save countless lives is to reclaim her birthright in a mysterious archipelago over the Eversea ... |
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Седемнайсетгодишната Джули Кларк е направила своите планове за бъдещето - да се премести в големия град с приятеля си Сам, да отиде в колеж, да прекара лятото в Япония. Но Сам внезапно умира. И всичко се променя. Сърцето на Джули е разбито. Тя пропуска погребението му, изхвърля вещите му и прави всичко възможно да го забрави. Но едно съобщение, което Сам е оставил в годишника ѝ, кара спомените да се върнат с пълна сила. Джули отчаяно иска да чуе гласа на Сам още веднъж и се обажда на мобилния му телефон само за да прослуша записа на гласовата му поща. И Сам вдига телефона. Връзката е само временна, но когато чува ... |
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Преговаряй така, сякаш животът ти зависи от това. Бивш федерален агент предлага изпитан подход за преговаряне в ситуации с висок залог, независимо дали преговорите се водят в заседателната зала, или в собствения ви дом. Крис Вос започва полицейската си кариера като улично ченге в размирния Канзас, след което постъпва във ФБР, където ролята му на преговарящ го среща лице в лице с всевъзможни престъпници - от банкови обирджии до терористи. Достигайки върховете на своята професия, той става главен преговарящ в случаите на заложнически кризи. Книгата ни въвежда в света на преговорите с висок залог и разкрива начина на ... |
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The festive season isn't always happy for Tori Spring and her brother Charlie. And this year's going to be harder than most. I used to think that difficult was better than boring, but I know better now... I'm not going to think about the past few months, about Charlie and me, and all of the sad. I'm going to block it all out Just for today. "Happy Christmas," I say. With special bonus content - a Twelve Days of Nick and Charlie holiday sequence of illustrations by Alice Oseman. A short novella based on the beloved characters from Alice Oseman's acclaimed debut novel Solitaire and graphic ... |
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A short novella based on the beloved characters from Alice Oseman 's acclaimed debut novel Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper - soon to be a major Netflix series. From the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless. The festive season isn't always happy for Tori Spring and her brother Charlie. And this year's going to be harder than most. I used to think that difficult was better than boring, but I know better now... I’m not going to think about the past few months, about Charlie and me, and all of the sad. I’m going to block it all out Just for today. "Happy Christmas, " I say. ... |
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Filled with relentless drinking in seamy bars and glamorous nightclubs, wild, drug-fuelled parties, and dispassionate sexual encounters, Less Than Zero is narrated by Clay, an eighteen-year-old student returning home to Los Angeles for Christmas. Bret Easton Ellis's debut novel is a fierce coming-of-age story, justifiably celebrated for its unflinching depiction of hedonistic youth, its brutal portrayal of the inexorable consequences of such moral depravity, and its author’s refusal to condone or chastise such behaviour. In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis, stunned and disturbed with his debut novel, Less Than Zero. ... |
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Eine vereinfachte, aber fesselnde Version des berühmten Werkes von Schiller, das die Geschichte des Schweizer Nationalhelden erzählt, der die Freiheit seiner Nation erkämpft. Die Schweiz im 13. Jahrhundert. Überall im Land versuchen Vögte mit grausamen Mitteln den Widerstand der Schweizer Bevölkerung zu brechen. Allen voran der tyrannische Landvogt Gessler. Als dieser den couragierten Bogenschützen Wilhelm Tell zu einer schrecklichen Tat zwingt, geht er einen Schritt zu weit... Friedrich Schillers bekanntes Drama mit dem sagenumwobenen Rütlischwur und Tells legendärem ... |
