From the author of "Small Great Things" and "A Spark of Light" comes a "powerful" novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives. Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She's on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong. Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. ... |
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This edition is American. For the English edition, click here. ... Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon - a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful ... |
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This edition is English. For the American edition, click here. ... Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon's world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves. But Prague is an old and dangerous city, steeped in folklore and mystery. For over two thousand years, the tides of history have washed back and forth over it, leaving behind echoes of everything that has gone before. ... |
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Pack your suitcase for the final magical adventure at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency! Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers in their roles as part of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the Society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it's up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of ... |
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Sydney's dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around in their small Ohio town. He is also unexpectedly dead. Sydney believes the crash was anything but an accident. And when the threatening texts begin, and June Copeland - homecoming queen and golden child - appears at his funeral out of nowhere, she's sure of it. But through Sydney's newfound relationship with June, she's given a glimpse of a life without the darkness of an unresolved grief and the chance, just maybe, of a fresh start. Until it's clear that the secrets won't go away, and the truth might bring everything crashing down... ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Conduct! Is conduct everything? One may conduct oneself excellently, and yet break one's heart." Doctor Thomas Thorne is guardian to his beautiful but impecunious niece, Mary, whose parentage he has always kept secret. Mary falls in love with Frank Gresham, heir to the dwindling Greshamsbury estate, but when Frank proposes, his parents insist that he must marry for money to restore his family's fortunes. Frank is torn between his love for Mary and his sense of familial duty, whilst Doctor Thorne must decide whether to reveal the secret he ... |
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Prepare to be dazzled by this new edition of Joanne К. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, designed and illustrated by MinaLima. With over 150 full-colour illustrations and eight exclusive, interactive paper-engineered elements, readers can travel via the Floo Network, encounter the Whomping Willow, reveal the spiral staircase to Dumbledore's office and even pull Mandrakes from their pots! This spectacular edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages, a wonderful addition to any collector's bookshelf and an enchanting way to introduce this beloved series to a new generation ... |
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Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start. Students are found as though turned to stone... Dobby's sinister predictions seem to be coming true. "J. K. Rowling's second book is just as funny, frightening and unexpected as her first." The Daily Mail ... |
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New York Times bestseller. From the )1 bestselling author of "Drive" and "A whole new mind". "Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." The Wall Street Journal ... The groundbreaking book that unlocks the scientific secrets of good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home. Every day we confront a never-ending stream of "when" decisions. When to change jobs. When to schedule a meeting or a class. When to get serious about a person or a project. Yet we make such decisions haphazardly-based on intuition and guesswork. In "When", ... |
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История за невинна любов, вълнуващи моменти и опасни тайни... На дванайсет Касандра Медън се влюбва в Джеферсън Емис, с когото се среща на поредната бизнес конференция на майка си. Минават години, в моментите на самота и на борба с трудностите Каси намира сили и утеха в тази несподелена любов. Дори когато пораства, постъпва в колеж и се запознава с човека, за когото смята да се омъжи, сърцето ѝ копнее за Джеф. Тя разваля годежа, заминава за Уилямсбърг, където овдовелият Джеф живее с дъщеричката си, и става бавачка на детето. Толкова е близо до любимия, а той сякаш не я забелязва... Един ден в съседната къща, ... |
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Роуз очаква семейството си във вилата им в Тоскана, когато случаен поглед към мобилния телефон на съпруга ѝ преобръща целия ѝ свят с главата надолу. Краткото съобщение гласи: "Липсваш ми. Обичам те. Връщай се скоро". Даниъл винаги е бил харесван от жените и тя го знае. Но до този момент не е имала никакъв повод за ревност, нито съмнение за изневяра. Да не би в живота му да се е появила друга жена, без тя да разбере? Когато голямото семейство се събира за лятната почивка, доверието на Роуз в Даниъл е разклатено. Колко добре го познава всъщност? Тя се страхува, че след десетилетия брак и две деца мъжът, ... |
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Всичко започва с лекция в старо кино. Фолклор 517 съдържа местни легенди и градски митове, и се преподава от жена, наричана Професорката. Повечето студенти смятат, че историите на Професорката са просто измислица, но Холанд Сейнт Джеймс открай време е убедена, че магията съществува. Когато намира местна легендарна фигура, наречена Мъжа с часовника, който уж може да ти разкрие кога ще умреш, всичко най-сетне си идва на мястото. Само че Мъжа с часовника ѝ предсказва, че тя ще умре в полунощ на другия ден, освен ако не намери древен предмет, наречен Алхимичното сърце. Докато времето ѝ изтича, Холанд прониква ... |
