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At the edge of the city, in the ruins of an old amphitheatre, there lives a little homelss girl called Momo. Momo has a special talent which she uses to help all her friends who come to visit her. Then one day the sinister men in grey arrive and silentlytake over the city. Only Momo has the power to resist them, and with the help of Professor Hora and his strange tortoise, Cassiopeia, she travels beyond the boundaries of time to uncover their dark secrets.

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run -and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves  But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are o

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harryis amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive!These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then,on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about tobegin!These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

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 secondyear, 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.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

Arthur Conan DoyleA Vörös Hajúak Ligája - The Red Headed LeagueKétnyelvű klasszikusokOlvasd, hallgasd, gyakorold!Szeretsz olvasni?Élvezed az angoltanulást?Itt egy nagyszerű lehetőség, hogy e két szenvedélyt összekösd!A Vörös Hajúak Ligája (más fordításban A Rőt Liga, 1892) Doyle korai alkotói korszakához tartozik. Watson meglátogatja Holmest, aki elmélyülten hallgatja egy furcsa, lángvörös hajú úr elbeszélését. A nyomozót fellelkesíti a különös történet.Megkéri a barátját, hogy maradjon és hallgassa meg ő is Jabez Wilsonnak, egy londoni zálogház tulajdonosának rendkívüli történetét.Ez akkor kezdődött, amikor a zálogos fiatal segédje felhívta főnöke figyelmét egy újsághirdetésre: a rejtélyes Vörös Hajúak Ligája heti négy fontot fizet annak, aki a legvörösebb hajjal rendelkezik. Wilson sikerrel jelentkezik az állásra: a fizetségértnapi négy órát kell eltöltenie egy irodában az Encyclopedia Britannica másolásával. Két hónappal később, miután zárva találja az irodát, és az ajtón egy szűkszavú felirat tudatja a Vörös Hajúak Ligájának a feloszlását, Wilson a detektívhez fordul. Holmesrövid helyszíni szemle után, pusztán következtetéseire alapozva rájön, hogy aznap este valami súlyos dologra kerül sor, és elhatározza, hogy meghiúsítja

F. Scott FitzgeraldBenjamin Button különös élete - The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonKétnyelvű klasszikusokOlvasd, hallgasd, gyakorold!Szeretsz olvasni?Élvezed az angoltanulást?Itt egy nagyszerű lehetőség, hogy e két szenvedélyt összekösdA Benjamin Button különös élete szürreális történet: Roger Buttonnak, a baltimore-i felső osztály jeles tagjának fia a mindennapitól igencsak eltérő újszülött - hetvenéves férfiként jön a világra, nemcsak külsőre és az öregkor betegségeivel együtt, de akorához illenek magatartása jellemzői és az időtöltései is. Apja tagadja a nyilvánvalót, belemenekül az illúzióba, elhiteti magával hogy egy normális fiút nevel. Bár a rákényszerített életmód igencsak untatja a gyermeket, a szülői tekintélyttisztelve mindennek aláveti magát.Az életét visszafelé élő Benjamin gyorsan fiatalodik, és idővel pontosan az az ifjú lesz, akit Roger áhított: betársul a családi üzletbe, gyönyörű feleséget kap, és gondos apja a saját fiának. A folyamat azonban megállíthatatlan: ahogy mások nemkerülhetik el a felnőtté válást és az öregedést, Benjamin sem tudja megállítani a fiatalodását, és ez számos groteszk következménnyel jár. Benjamin ekkor már megint nincs összhangban a többiek elvárásaival, s bár mindenki őt kárhoztatja, nincsválasztása, nem tud elmenekülni. Amikor a tükörben a saját megfiatalodott képét szemléli, nem tesz fel magának kellemetlen kérdéseket. Ennek ellenére a válasz nem késik sokáig!

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers atGrimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON 

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe.Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny.These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASSTHE MAGIC ON The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards

James JoyceEllenfelek / Anya - Counterparts / A MotherKétnyelvű klasszikusokAz itt olvasható két elbeszélés James Joyce 1914-ben megjelent Dublini emberek című novelláskötetéből való.

Between the Acts is Virginia Woolf's last novel, and in her own opinion it was `more quintessential' than any of her others. Set in the summer of 1939 on the day of the annual village pageant at Pointz Hall, the book weaves together the musings ofseveral disparate characters and their reactions to the imminence of a war which is to change the pattern of history. Before the book was published in the spring of 1941, Virginia Woolf had taken her own life.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: General, students and teachers of English Literature, women's studies.

Edgar Allen PoeA kút és az inga - The Pit and the PendulumKétnyelvű klasszikusokA kút és az inga Poe egyik remekműve. A spanyol inkvizíció egy halálra ítélt foglyát ájultan zárják a toledói pincebörtön egyik cellájába. Amikor feleszmél, a legteljesebb sötétség veszi körül. Megpróbálja kideríteni, hová is zárták be: tapogatózvakörbejár a falak mentén, igyekszik megjegyezni a sarkokat. Amikor megbotlik és elesik, észleli, hogy a cella közepén verem tátong. Utána elalszik, ébredéskor érzi, hogy szorosan egy padhoz kötözték. Rémülten látja az időközben beeresztett gyenge fényben,hogy felette egy bárdszerű inga mozog...

On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country: fifty foot brutes who gallop farand wide every night to find human beans to eat. Sophie decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!

Exclusive Gryffindor house edition to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the first publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - a highly collectable must-have for all Harry Potter fans!Available for a limited period only, these highly collectable editions will be a must-have for all Harry Potter fans in 2017.

Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads:Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the samekindergarten class as Madeline's youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline's teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline's ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.

A beautiful, thought-provoking collection of quotes on the eternal subject of love, selected from the works of one of the most popular authors in the world.Love contains inspirational quotes from such beloved Coelho titles as Eleven Minutes, The Valkyries, The Zahir and, of course, the international bestseller The Alchemist.

Who could tell the true stories of the gods and goddesses of Olympus better than modern-day demigod Percy Jackson?In this action-packed tour of Greek mythology, Percy gives his hilarious personal views on the feuds, fights and love affairs of the Olympians.Want to know how Zeus came to be top god? How many times Kronos ate one of his own kids? How Athena literally burst out of another god's head?

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughoutMiddle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.From Sauron's fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, his power spread far and wide. Sauron gathered all the Great Rings to him, but always he searched for the One Ring that would complete his dominion.When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into theCracks of Doom.The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard

'How delightful it would be to be a governess!'When the young Agnes Grey takes up her first post as governess she is full of hope

Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway a Bond Streeten és más elbeszélések - Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street & other storiesKétnyelvű klasszikusokHangoskönyvként letölthető- Virginia Woolf, a modern próza egyik úttörője első művei megjelenése után egyre merészebb elbeszéléstechnikai kísérletekbe kezdett. Egyik fő célja az volt, hogy az élmény folytonos áramát, a jellem és a külső körülmények meghatározhatatlan voltát adjavissza. Foglalkoztatta az idő érzékelésének kettőssége is: az ember számára az idő egyfelől különálló pillanatok egymásutánja, másfelől évek, évszázadok folyama. Az 1920-as évek elejétől kezdve az egyéni létezésben megtapasztalt jelen és múló idő éppúgyvisszatérő témája lett, mint a szereplők időtudata.- Woolf elbeszéléseinek nincs hagyományos meseszövése, csak egy sor látszólag jelentéktelen részlet egymásutánját látjuk, amelyek azonban váratlanul az igazság hordozói lesznek, egy titkos történet elemeit alkotják, amelyek jobban lekötik az olvasót,mint egy konvencionális történet. Virtuóz írástechnikáját számos költői eszköz gazdagítja, például a vissza-visszatérő képek használata, a cselekmény idejének sajátos összesűrítése. Az így létrehozott forma az irodalmi modernség egyik legnagyobbteljesítményének bizonyult, amit remekül példáz kötetünk három rövid elbeszélése is.

The hallucinatory, unforgettable account of a moment - or an eternity - in an uncertain love affairThe man has actually come to tell his lover that he wants to leave her, but as soon as he walks in he realizes he won't be able to tell her. The woman rolls a joint. They smoke it. And as they drift into another state of mind, he approaches the borderzones between being and nonbeing, between living and imagining, or is it between life and death?From the acclaimed author of A Book of Memories we now have this unsettling and strangely beautiful exploration of the impossibility of love. The mysterious musicality and physical intensity of the narration will be familiar to readers of Nadas's otherfiction, but Love is a radical new departure.

How do you punish an immortal?By making him human.After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modernworld until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favour.

To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry, Maine was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part. A good place to live.It was the children who saw - and felt - what made Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes IT reached up, seizing, tearing, killing . . .The adults, knowing better, knew nothing.Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of IT was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until they were called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to maketheir past nightmares a terrible present reality.

Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: The Demon in the Wood (a Darkling prequel story) and a Q&A with Leigh Bardugo. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive herfirst trek across the Shadow Fold - a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed.

The unforgettable new novel from the award-winning author of THE BUBBLE BOY.Dan is angry. Nothing has been the same since his big brother left, and he's taking it out on the nearest and weakest target: Alex.Alex is struggling. His severe OCD makes it hard for him to leave the house, especially when Dan and his gang are waiting for him at school...When the two boys' mums arrange for them to meet out of school and finish building the raft that Dan started with his brother, it seems like the end of the world. But could it be the start of an unlikely friendship?