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One winter night in Prague, Helen Franklin meets her friend Karel on the street.Agitated and enthralled, he tells her he has come into possession of a mysterious old manuscript, filled with personal testimonies that take themfrom 17th-century England to wartime Czechoslovakia, the tropical streets of Manila, and 1920s Turkey. All of them tell of being followed by a tall, silentwoman in black, bearing an unforgettable message.Helen reads its contents with intrigue, but everything in her life is about toc hange.

Renowned 19th-century author Nathaniel Hawthorne writes fully in his own time, not haunting his characters with the American past as in his more famous works THE HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES and THE SCARLET LETTER. Published in 1852, THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCEremains a captivating work about

King novellája egy kisvárosról szól, amely fölött hirtelen egy a levegőből formálódott, áthatolhatatlan pajzs jelenik meg. A történet különös pikantériája, hogy a benne szereplő Maine város valóban létezik az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban. Stephen King jószokása szerint egyre jobban keveri majd a szálakat. Hisz a külvilágtól így elzárt település lakói előbb a túlélésre rendezkednek be. Majd az egység egyre inkább felbomlik a közösségben, és egyre több érdekcsoport alakul, akik előbb-utóbb egymássalkezdenek hadakozni. Ahelyett, hogy az őket fenyegető, külső erőkkel törődnének.Celebrated storyteller Stephen King returns to his roots in this tour de force featuring more than 100 characters - some heroic, some diabolical - and a supernatural element as baffling and chillingas any he's ever conjured. On an entirely normal,beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as thedome comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet, teams up with a few intrepid citizens against the town's corrupt politician. But time, under thedome, is running out...UNDER THE DOME is King at his epic best and will capture a brand new readership as well as thrilling his existing fans.

®Consegnatemi Harry Potter¯ prosegui la voce di Voldemort, ®e a nessuno verra fatto del male. Consegnatemi Harry Potter e lascero la scuola intatta. Consegnatemi Harry Potter e verrete ricompensati¯. Il confronto finale con Voldemort c imminente, unagrande battaglia c alle porte e Harry, con coraggio, compira cio che dev'essere fatto. Mai i perché sono stati cosi tanti e mai come in questo libro si ha la soddisfazione delle risposte. Giunti all'ultima pagina si vorra rileggere tutto daccapo, perchiudere il cerchio, per riscoprire tutti i segreti e i significati profondi, ma soprattutto per ritardare il piu possibile il distacco dai meravigliosi personaggi che ci hanno accompagnato per cosi tanto tempo e che non hanno ancora smesso diincantarci. Edizione speciale con contenuti inediti: la mappa di Hogwarts, il glossario, curiosita sui fondatori di Hogwarts. Eta di lettura: da 12 anni.

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas's side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the #1 Sunday Times bestseller It Ends with UsLily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil co-parenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately saysyes when Atlas asks her on a date.But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life-and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter's life.Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas's past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance attrue love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover (Anna Todd, bestselling author).

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN, IDRIS ELBA, KEVIN COSTNER, MICHAEL CERA AND CHRIS O'DOWD, AND DIRECTED BY AARON SORKIN. Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world -an insider's story of excess and danger, glamour and greed. Molly Bloom formed the most elite high-stakes poker game Hollywood had ever seen - she was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to thetable. In the late 2000s, Molly Bloom, a twentysomething from Loveland Colorado, ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game in existence. Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly's game became the game for those in theknow-celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires. Molly staged her games in palatial suites with beautiful views and exquisite amenities. She flew privately, dined at exquisite restaurants, hobnobbed with the heads of Hollywood studios, was courted byhandsome leading men, and was privy to the world's most delicious gossip, until it all came crashing down around her and she lost everything. Molly's Game is a behind the scenes look at Molly's game, the life she created, the life she lost, and what shelearned in the process.

The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger - set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island. There they camp under open skies, swim in clear water and go fishing for their dinner. But theirdays are disturbed by the Blackett sisters, the fierce Amazon pirates. The Swallows and Amazons decide to battle it out, and so begins a summer of unforgettable discoveries and incredible adventures.

When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted bya mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity.Robin decides that the agency can't help with this - and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.Robin and her business partner Cormoran Strike become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie's true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in acase that stretches their powers of deduction to the limits - and which threatens them in new and horrifying ways . . .A gripping, fiendishly clever mystery, The Ink Black Heart is a true tour-de-force.

Nova is 32 years old and she is about to see the world for the very first time.Jillian Safinova, Nova to her friends, can do many things. She can speak five languages. She can always find a silver lining. And she can even tell when someone is lying just from the sound of their voice. But there's one thing Nova can't do. She can'tsee.When her brother convinces her to have an operation that will restore her sight, Nova wakes up to a world she no longer understands. Until she meets Kate.As Kate comes into focus, her past threatens to throw them into a different kind of darkness. Can they each learn to see the world in a different  and open their eyes to the lives they could have been living all along?

Meet Mr Bones, the canine hero of Paul Auster's remarkable novel. Bones is the sidekick of Willy G. Christmas, a brilliant but troubled poet-saint from Brooklyn. Together they sally forth across America to Baltimore, Maryland, on one last greatadventure, searching for Willy's old teacher, Bea Swanson. Years have passed since Willy last saw his beloved mentor, who used to know him as William Gurevitch, son of Polish war refugees. But is Mrs Swanson still alive? And if not, what will preventWilly from vanishing into that other world known as Timbuktu?

Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling Shatter Me trilogy, this book collects the first two companion novellas, Fracture Me and Destroy Me, for a thrilling insight into the minds of Juliette's two great loves - Adam and Warner.Destroy MeThe mind-blowing events between Shatter Me and Unravel Me are told here from Warner's point of view. Even though Juliette shot him in order to escape, Warner can't stop thinking about her - and he'll do anything to get her back. But when the SupremeCommander of The Reestablishment arrives, he has very different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner cannot allow.Fracture MeWatch through Adam's eyes as he bridges the gap between Unravel Me and Ignite Me. As the Omega Point rebels prepare to fight the Sector 45 soldiers, Adam is more focused on the safety of Juliette, Kenji, and his brother. The Reestablishment will doanything to crush the resistance ... including killing everyone Adam cares about.Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard and Leigh Bardugo.Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. She is also the author of the ravely reviewed A Very Large Expanse of Sea. he was born in a small citysomewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, and their young daughter. She can usually be found overcaffeinated andstuck in a book. You can find her online at @TaherehMafi.Praise for the Shatter Me series:Dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense. I dare you to stop reading. - Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures seriesAddictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down. - Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen seriesTahereh Mafi's bold, inventive prose crackles with raw emotion. A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young adult literature - or any literature! -Ransom Riggs, #1New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenPraise for A Very Large Expanse of Sea:'This is a gorgeous book. It's tender and fierce, beautiful even as it depicts some ugly truths. The prose is passionate and honest, unsentimental and big-hearted. The very best books move you to reconsider the world around you and this is one of those.I truly loved it.' - Nicola Yoon, bestselling author of Everything, Everything'A raw yet astoundingly elegant examination of identity, loneliness and family that is unflinching in its honesty and power. Tahereh Mafi holds nothing back - and the reader is better for it.' - Sabaa Tahir, New York Times bestselling author of Ember inthe Ashes'A Very Large Expanse of Sea reads like a beautiful heart - one that shines and aches and yearns, and above all else, one that loves fiercely against all odds. Years from now, you will remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when youexperienced this. A transcendent story about truth, love and finding joy.' - Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series.'

James Patterson sokkoló tényfeltáró riport-könyve az amerikai futball egyik csillagáról, Aaron Hernandezről. Mint egy üstökös tűnt fel Hernandez az amerikai futtball történetében, s amilyen gyorsan felemelkedett, olyan gyorsan el is bukott. Hernandezt, -akárcsak egykor O.J. Simpsont - gyilkosság vádjával állították bíróság elé, de Hernandez nem úszta meg a börtönt. Idő előtt meghalt a szupersztár. Ebben a lebilincselő műben Patterson a regényeiből már megszokott alapossággal tárja fel valóságot AaronHerandez életéről.Ripped from the headlines . . . Combining in-depth, investigative reporting and fresh interviews, the authors effectively tabloid-proof this shocking, celebrity-driven story by lining up the facts and labeling rumors. --USA TodayAaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached the Super Bowl. His every move as a tight end with the New England Patriots played out the headlines, yet he led a secret life--one that ended in amaximum-security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast?Between the summers of 2012 and 2013, not long after Hernandez made his first Pro Bowl, he was linked to a series of violent incidents culminating in the death of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who dated the sister of Hernandez's fiancée,Shayanna Jenkins.He had it all. A $40 million NFL contract. Fame. Adoration.Until he was convicted of murder, and jailed for life without parole.A true story told by the master of crime fiction, All-American Murder is the tale of Aaron Hernandez, once the NFL's youngest player, a star for the New England Patriots, and a Super Bowl veteran. His every move played out in the headlines, and yet heled a secret life - one that ended in a maximum-security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast?He'd courted trouble since school, and trouble followed him to the NFL. Between the summers of 2012 and 2013, Hernandez was linked to a series of violent incidents culminating in the death of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro American football player who dated thesister of Hernandez's fiancée.This explosive account of the rise and fall of a life cut short in the dark shadow of fame, culminating in Hernandez's own untimely death behind bars, is built on original, in-depth reporting. Was Hernandez a victim himself, suffering violence-inducingbrain damage from the sport that meant everything to him - or was he just a heartless killer?

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narratorcaught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and out comes Dance Dance Dance. It is an assault on the sense, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation

The author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero continues to shock and haunt us with his incisive and brilliant dissection of the modern world.In his most ambitious and gripping book yet, Bret Easton Ellis takes our celebrity obsessed culture andincreases the volume exponentially.Set in 90s Manhattan, Victor Ward, a model with perfect abs and all the right friends, is seen and photographed everywhere, even in places he hasn't been and with people he doesn't know. He's living with one beautiful model and having an affair withanother onthe eve of opening the trendiest nightclub in New York City history.And now it's time to move to the next stage. But the future he gets is not the one he had in mind.With the same deft satire and savage wit he has brought to his other fiction, Bret Ellis gets beyond the facade and introduces us, unsparingly, to what we always feared was behind it. Glamorama shows us a shadowy looking-glass reality, the juncture wherefame and fashion and terror and mayhem meet and then begin to resemble the familiar surface of our lives.

Frank Derrick is 81. And he's just been run over by a milk float. It was tough enough to fill the hours of the day when he was active. But now he's broken his arm and fractured his foot, it looks set to be a very long few weeks ahead. Frank lives withhis cat Bill (which made more sense before Ben died) in the typically British town of Fullwind-on-Sea. He watches DVDs, spends his money frivolously at the local charity shop, and desperately tries to avoid cold callers continually knocking on his door.Then a breath of fresh air comes into his life in the form of Kelly Christmas, home help. With her little blue car and appalling parking, her cheerful resilience and ability to laugh at his jokes, Kelly changes Frank's extra ordinary life. She remindshim that there is a world beyond the four walls of his flat and that adventures, however small, come to people of all ages. Frank and Kelly's story is sad and funny, moving, familiar, uplifting. It is a small and perfect look at a life neither remarkablenor disastrous, but completely extraordinary nonetheless. For fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 by J. B. Morrison is a quirky, life-affirming story that has enormous appeal. And it'sguaranteed to make you laugh.About the AuthorJ.B. Morrison is a musician and the author of two novels, Storage Stories and Driving Jarvis Ham. Goodnight Jim Bob is an autobiographical account of his 10 years as singer with punk-pop band Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. J.B. Morrison had 14 top40 singles and a number one album. He's also made a ton of solo albums and written the screenplay for a film. Plus he was in a musical, in 2010 at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The Kill List: a top secret catalogue of names held at the highest level of the US government. On it, thosemen and women who would threaten the world's security. And at the top of it, The Preacher, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire hisfollowers to kill high profile Western targets in the name of God. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out.Tasked with what seems like an impossible job is an ex-US marine who has risen through the ranks to become one of America's most effective intelligence chiefs. Now known only as The Tracker, he must gather what scant evidence there is, collate it andunmask The Preacher if he is to prevent the next spate of violent deaths. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out the bait and see whether his deadly target can be drawn from his lair.

The third book in the Harry Potter series, illustrated in brilliant colour by the iconic design house MinaLima and featuring interactive paper-engineered elements, including the Marauder's Map!Return to Hogwarts in this stunning edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. J.K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by full-colour illustrations on nearly every page and eight paper-engineered interactive elements. Readersare invited to explore the Knight Bus, reveal the Grim in a teacup, spin the Time-Turner and more!Designed and illustrated by MinaLima - the award-winning studio behind the graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films - this keepsake edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages, a beautiful addition to any collector'sbookshelf and an enchanting way to share this beloved series with a new generation of readers.

Negli anni Trenta una coppia di Budapest parte in luna di miele per l'Italia. I due nascondono irrequietezza sotto un'apparenza borghese. Ma l'incontro con un'Italia oscura e magica spezza il loro razionale equilibrio. Lui inizia un viaggio mistico eallucinato, prima alla ricerca di un amico d'infanzia diventato monaco in un'Umbria oscura e arcaica

CHARLIE: I have been going out with Nick Nelson for two years. He likes rugby, Formula 1, dogs, the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain and drawing on shoes. He also likes me.NICK: Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that'sfine with us.Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple - that they're inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone's asking if they're staying together, which is a stupid question -they're 'Nick and Charlie', for God's sake!But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . .From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes Tales from the Cafe, a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to:The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years agoThe son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeralThe man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marryThe old detective who never gave his wife that gift . . .This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?

'The book of the summer ... Kept me rapt until the final page' THE TIMES'A sharp, smart, witty modern love story. I loved it' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY'More than lives up to the hype ... Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers' lives' IRISH TIMES'Droll, shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut' Hilary Mantel, author of WOLF HALL'I've been pushing Exciting Times on everyone I know. Some of Dolan's pithy observations of her characters are the best I've read since Edward St Aubyn' OBSERVER'A frankly sensational book' Pandora Sykes on THE HIGH LOW'In the tradition of Dorothy Parker, Joan Rivers and Nora Ephron ... I found myself purring with pleasure. ...This is comic writing at the highest level' Craig Brown, DAILY MAILWhen you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents' money, it's called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she's not sure what to call it, but it involves:- a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children

Coming home for Christmas... Returning to her home town of Wishing Tree is definitely temporary for Camryn. She can?t wait to leave and get back to her ?real life?. Until she meets Jake. Suddenly Camryn starts to see the town, and it?s Christmastraditions, differently. She thought she?d put her future on hold?but maybe her real life was here all along, waiting for her to come home. New in town, River is charmed by Wishing Tree?s Christmas traditions and warm-hearted people, especially DylanTucker whose snow melting kisses bring her to the brink of love. But Dylan has a secret and River can?t risk falling for him until she uncovers it, even if that means losing him forever. Both women find themselves faced with difficult decisions. But ifthey are prepared to risk their hearts, they might find they are about to have a Christmas to remember?

Lab Girl is a book about work and about love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there

'No one does it better than Grisham' - TelegraphHe was betrayed by the FBI. Now he wants revenge . . .Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered.Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five.His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning, his law clerks panicked, called the FBI, and in due course the agents found thecrime scene. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies - Judge Fawcett and his young secretary.I did not know Judge Fawcett, but I know who killed him, and why.I am a lawyer, and I am in prison.It's a long story.Praise for THE RACKETEER'Hooked from start to finish!' - 5-star Reader Review'Excellent read' - 5-star Reader Review'A super yarn' - 5-star Reader Review350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM