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WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIESThe Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fictionas we know it today.The Galactic Empire has prospered for twelve thousand years. Nobody suspects that the heart of the thriving Empire is rotten, until psychohistorian Hari Seldon uses his new science to foresee its terrible fate.Exiled to the desolate planet Terminus, Seldon establishes a colony of the greatest minds in the Empire, a Foundation which holds the key to changing the fate of the galaxy.However, the death throes of the Empire breed hostile new enemies, and the young Foundation's fate will be threatened first.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open...'Victor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the limbs of the dead, taken from 'the dissecting room and the slaughter-house'. The result is a grotesque being who, rejected by his maker and starved of human companionship, sets out on a journeyto seek his revenge. In the most famous gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness.Begun when Mary Shelley was only eighteen years old and published two years later, this chilling tale of a young scientist's desire to create life - and the consequences of that creation - still resonate today.

A dentist lies murdered at his Harley Street practiceThe dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic.A clear case of murder and suicide.But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us: there have been many circulations of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud.'Set in the agricultural town of Raveloe in the English countryside, Silas Marner is a tragic figure. Exiled from a religious community because of a wrongful accusation of theft, he works from day to day as a weaver, saving his money and living a lonelylife as a recluse.It is only when his money is stolen and a small orphan girl, Eppie appears in his life that Silas's fortunes begin to change and he truly begins to learn what it means to regain his faith in life.

Things have changed for 17-year-old Zoe ever since the dramatic events that brought her together with the mysterious X took place. To save Zoe and her family, X did the unthinkable - he won their freedom by giving himself up to captivity in the Lowlandsforever.But being back in the Lowlands has its advantages. It gives X the chance to discover his past, which could be the key to breaking the Lords' hold on him for good. Little does X know that Zoe has a plan to reunite them ... one that will see her risk herlife and bring her perilously close to losing all that she and X are fighting for.Gripping and full of heart, this epic continuation of Jeff Giles's series, which already has rave reviews from Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson and New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and James Dashner, will bring readers right to theedge of everything.

The Number One New York Times-bestselling phenomenon Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of 'The Lightning Tree'. Expanded to twice its previous length and lavishly illustrated byNathan Taylor, this touching stand-alone story is sure to please new readers and veteran Rothfuss fans alike. Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-out of breathing

There was only one woman who could set me free. But I would rather set myself on fire than ask Sloane Walton for anything. Lucian Rollins is a lean, mean vengeance-seeking mogul. On a quest to erase his father's mark on the family name, he spends everywaking minute pulling strings and building an indestructible empire. The more money and power he amasses, the safer he is from threats. Except when it comes to the feisty small-town librarian that keeps him up at night . . . Sloane Walton is a spitfiredetermined to carry on her father's quest for justice. She'll do that just as soon as she figures out exactly what the man she hates did to - or for - her family. Bonded by an old, dark secret from the past and the dislike they now share for each other,Sloane trusts Lucian about as far as she can throw his designer-suited body. When bickering accidentally turns to foreplay, these two find themselves not quite regretting their steamy one-night stand. Once those flames are fanned, it seems impossible toput them out again. But with Sloane ready to start a family and Lucian refusing to even consider the idea of marriage and kids, these enemies-to-lovers are stuck at an impasse. Broken men break women. It's what Lucian believes, what he's witnessed, andhe's not going to take that chance with Sloane. He'd rather live a life of solitude than put her in danger. But he learns the hard way that leaving her means leaving her unprotected from other threats. It's the second time he's ruthlessly cut her out ofhis life. There's no way she's going to give him a third chance. He's just going to have to make one for himself.

Ye Ice-Falls! Ye that from the mountain's browAdown enormous ravines slope amain -...'A selection of Coleridge's poems, including 'This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison' and 'Frost at Midnight'Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride overVictorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.'Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey downthe Mississippi River. Raising the timeless and universal l issues of prejudice, bravery and hope, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was and still is considered the great American novel.

What would you change if you could go back in time?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.In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onsetAlzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .Toshikazu Kawaguchi's beautiful, moving story - translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot - explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one lasttime?

Ignatius Perrish sokáig a kiváltságosok életét élte, megvolt mindene, még a gyönyörű, életteli Merrin Williams szerelme is. Aztán a fiatal nőt rejtélyes körülmények között megerőszakolták és meggyilkolták, és Ignatius volt az egyetlen gyanúsított. Végülnem emeltek vádat ellene, de a közvélemény szemében mindig is bűnös maradt.Ignatius egyik este rendesen berúg, és mindenféle szörnyűséget művel. Másnap reggel pokolian hasogat a feje és észreveszi, hogy szarvai nőttek.Vadiúj kinézetéhez vadiúj hatalom társul - elég egyetlen érintés, és belelát mások legsötétebb gondolataiba -, ezt pedig arra akarja használni, hogy megtalálja Merrin gyilkosát. Világéletében jól viselkedett, és kötelességtudóan imádkozott, de semmiresem ment vele. Eljött hát a bosszú ideje - most kapja meg az ördög, ami jár neki.Az 1972-ben született Joe Hill népszerű, többszörös díjnyertes író, A szív alakú doboz, a Szarvak, a NOS4A2 és a Spóra című regények, a Furcsa időjárás című elbeszélés-gyűjtemény, valamint számos novella és képregény szerzője. Szarvak című regényéből2013-ban játékfilm készült Daniel Radcliffe és Juno Temple főszereplésével, amelyet Magyarországon DVD-n forgalmaztak.

An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot's interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items - including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, aslashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup - he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a 'unique and beautiful problem'.The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief at work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both

In summer 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who becamethe most famous man on earth. It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capones reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness ofover-the-hill baseball player Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more.

From the New York Times-bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, this novel of a deserted wife's descent into despair--and rage--is a masterpiece (The Philadelphia Inquirer).The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman's experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she usedto: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even refrain from assaulting him physically.In a raging, torrential voice (The New York Times), Olga conveys her journey from denial to devastating emptiness--and when she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts,the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal.Intelligent and darkly comic. --Publishers WeeklyRemarkable, lucid, austerely honest. --The New Yorker

It is a freezing December night and Christmas shoppers have gathered to listen to a Salvation Army carol concert Then a shot rings out and one of the singers falls to the floor dead Detective Harry Hole and his team are called in to investigate but havel

'A veritable treat' Daily MailThe first novel in Julia Quinn's worldwide bestselling Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. This is the story of Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke: welcome to the ballrooms of Regency London . . .________________________________________Can there be any greater challenge to London's Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke? Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1813By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's sister, the lovely - and almost-on-the-shelf - Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth - it's all an elaborate plan to keep Simon free from marriage-mindedsociety mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable . . .Their ruse works like a charm - at first. But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, it's hard to remember that their courtship is a complete sham. Maybe it's his devilish smile, certainly it's the way his eyes seem to burn everytime he looks at her. It wasn't the plan, but it seems she's falling for the duke, for real. And amidst the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London's elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule . . .Find out why readers love Julia Quinn . . .'Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines' Guardian on the Bridgerton series'Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love . . . and gives them a thoroughly modern twist. I can't focus on anything else' Stylist'Quinn is a master of historical romance' Entertainment Weekly'A smart, funny touch' Time Magazine'Like an episode of Downton Abbey mixed with a great rom-com' iBooks Best Books of March'Powered by a surfeit of dazzling wit and graced with a cast of unforgettable characters' Booklist'A romance readers will not want to put down . . . Hooray Julia!' Romance Reviews Today'Quinn writes delightfully fast-paced, funny, sparkling and bright romance' Romantic Times'The next best thing to Georgette Heyer' Gloss'Julia Quinn is one of the best historical romance novelists of our time' Heroes and Heartbreakers'Quinn excels in writing stories full of joy and delight, where laughter trembles on the edges' Happy Ever After'Full of wit, charm and smouldering attraction . . . an unputdownable story that I think romance fans will treasure' Harlequin Junkie'Quinn is incomparable! The latest addition to her beloved Bridgerton series is funny, charming, witty and wildly romantic' RT Book Reviews

Would you rather know a truth that makes you feel hopeless, or keep believing the lies? Beloved and bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with the spellbinding story of two young people with devastating pasts who embark on a passionate, intriguingjourney to discover the lessons of life, love, trust ? and above all, the healing power that only truth can bring. Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter,he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she?s tried so hard to bury. Though Sky is determined to stay far away from him, his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile break down her defensesand the intensity of the bond between them grows. But the mysterious Holder has been keeping secrets of his own, and once they are revealed, Sky is changed forever and her ability to trust may be a casualty of the truth. Only by courageously facing thestark revelations can Sky and Holder hope to heal their emotional scars and find a way to live and love without boundaries. Hopeless is a novel that will leave you breathless, entranced, and remembering your own first love.

It happens when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to an ancient prophecy, I turn sixteen and the fate of the entire world is on me. But no pressure.Now Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning his attack on New York City. And thedreaded monster Typhon is also heading our way. So it's me and forty of my demi-god friends versus untold evil . . .

Säugetiere im Waldnémet nyelvű 3D és 2D kiterjesztett valóság (AR) könyvA kiterjesztett valóság csodájával könyvünk lapjairól szó szerint életre kelnek az erdei állatok. Az AR Books LibrARy mobilapplikáció tartalmai a nyomtatott kiadványok illusztrációi alapján indulnak el és látványos 2D és 3D videókat jelenítenek meg. Agyerekek és felnőttek sok érdekességet tudhatnak meg 16 Európában őshonos erdei állat jellemzőiről.Az augmented reality technológiája valósághűen ábrázolja a könyv oldalpárjain bemutatott erdei állatokat, így az olvasható szövegek, a látható képek és videók, valamint a hallható narrációk egymást erősítve segítik a megértést és a memorizálást agyerekek számára. A kiadvány azonban nemcsak az új ismeretek megszerzéséről szól, hanem a szórakozásról is. Fejlesztéseink során szem előtt tartjuk, hogy ez a két dolog kéz a kézben járjon.Kiknek szól Az emlősök az erdőben könyvünk?Kiadványunkban 16, kontinensünkön megtalálható erdei állat jellemzőit mutatjuk be. Kezdjük a hím, a nőstény és a fiatal egyedek tulajdonságaival, majd megfigyeljük viselkedésüket, táplálkozási szokásaikat és a fajra jellemző érdekességeket. A könyvtartalmának összeállításakor figyeltünk arra, hogy az erdei állatok bemutatása egyszerre legyen szakszerű és könnyen érthető a gyerekek számára. Visszajelzések alapján sok olyan információt is tartalmaz, amit érdemes a szülőknek is feleleveníteni.A kötet figyelemfelkeltő módon tanítja a kicsiket az erdei állatok ismeretére és szeretetére. Bízunk abban, hogy ezáltal segíthetjük a szülőket és a pedagógusokat a természeti értékek megbecsülésére és óvására történő nevelésben.

Two rollickling tales of scoundrels and ne'er-do-wells from the Sketches by Boz that launched Dickens's career.

'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride overVictorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will...Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity andthe means to administer the fatal poison.Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...

Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1)It's the twenty-fifth century, and advances in technology have redefined life itself. A person's consciousnesscan now be stored in the brain and downloaded into a new body (or sleeve), making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen. Onetime U.N. Envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Resleeved into abody in Bay City (formerly San Francisco), Kovacs is thrown into the dark heart of a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that treats existence as something that can be bought and sold. For Kovacs, the shellthat blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning.

Az író több mint negyven története során mesélve tanít, észrevétlen csempészi sorai közé a népdalokat, saját verseit. Hősünk egy erdélyi kisfiú, aki szemünk láttára érik kisiskolássá. Bátyja segíti erkölcsi-értelmi fejlődésében, a világ megismerésében. Aváros mellett ott van a vidék, a falu és a ház udvara, ahol nyaranta izgalmas élményekkel gazdagodhat, melyeket Keresztes Dóra elevenít meg.

Georgette Castle?s family runs the best home renovation business in town, but she picked balloons instead of blueprints and they haven?t taken her seriously since. Frankly, she?s over it. Georgie loves planning children?s birthday parties and makingpeople laugh, just not at her own expense. She?s determined to fix herself up into a Woman of the World... whatever that means. Phase one: new framework for her business (a website from this decade, perhaps?) Phase two: a gut-reno on her wardrobe (fyi,leggings are pants.) Phase three: updates to her exterior (do people still wax?) Phase four: put herself on the market (and stop crushing on Travis Ford!) Living her best life means facing the truth: Georgie hasn?t been on a date since, well, ever.Nobody?s asking the town clown out for a night of hot sex, that?s for sure. Maybe if people think she?s having a steamy love affair, they?ll acknowledge she?s not just the ?little sister? who paints faces for a living. And who better to help demolishthat image than the resident sports star and tabloid favorite? Travis Ford was major league baseball?s hottest rookie when an injury ended his career. Now he?s flipping houses to keep busy and trying to forget his glory days. But he can?t even cross thestreet without someone recapping his greatest hits. Or making a joke about his? bat. And then there's Georgie, his best friend?s sister, who is not a kid anymore. When she proposes a wild scheme?that they pretend to date, to shock her family and help himland a new job?he agrees. What?s the harm? It?s not like it?s real. But the girl Travis used to tease is now a funny, full-of-life woman and there?s nothing fake about how much he wants her...