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Some things you feel before they happen. Especially when you¥re expecting a baby. I wasn't interested in what it would be, because I knew that it could only be a boy. But when I heard that I really truly was a mummy, and I had a baby girl, it neverentered my head that I¥d been expecting a boy, I was just so happy that it was born at last and healthy and when she cried outI knew that only she could be our child, and no-one else. How could it have been a boy when it was a girl?Translated by Andrew C. RouseIllustrated by László Réber

Astonishing . . . Genius . . . A masterpiece' EMMA WATSONChristopher Reese has been through a lot by the age of seven. He will go through much more before he turns eight.All his mother Kate Reese ever wanted to do is protect him. She will have to do that more than she ever imagined.Their new home, the town of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, is sleepy, ordinary, and isolated. In other words: perfect for what is about to happen.Something that will deeply mark everyone: from Christopher and his mother, to the local sheriff, the residents of the retirement home, and every student at the school.Something which no one can explain, but everyone can feel. Something that will change everything . . .'Haunting and thrilling' JOHN GREEN'Unputdownable. You'll fall in love with these characters.' R. J. PALACIO'Warms the heart, freezes the blood . . . First class' DAILY TELEGRAPH

By examining the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, internationally bestselling author Jon Krakauer explores theobsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature. An astonishingly gifted writer: his account of 'Alex Supertramp' is powerfully dramatic,eliciting sympathy for both the idealistic, anti-consumerist boy - and his parents - Guardian. A compelling tale of tragic idealism - The Times

Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer's daughter, James Herriot thinks he's finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictablecolleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, he must contend with new-fangled medical techniques, delivering calves after far too much home-made wine, and a grudge-holding dog called Magnus who never forgets. And then, with Britain on the verge ofwar, James faces a decision that could separate him from Darrowby - and Helen - for ever . . .

Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures thewinged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.

HARRY HOLE'S DEADLIEST ENEMY IS BACK... AND OUT FOR BLOODHarry is in a bad place: Rakel has left him, he's working cold cases and notorious murderer Svein Finne is back on the streets.THE FIRST KILLER HARRY PUT BEHIND BARS IS OUT TO GET HIM.Harry is responsible for the many years Finne spent in prison but now he's free and ready to pick up where he left off.A MAN LIKE HARRY BETTER WATCH HIS BACK.When Harry wakes up with blood on his hands, and no memory of what he did the night before, he knows everything is only going to get worse...

'I was twelve years old the first time I walked on water . . .'So begins Mr Vertigo, the story of Walt, an irrepressible orphan from the Mid-West. Under the tutelage of the mesmerising Master Yehudi, Walt is taken back to the mysterious house on the plains to prepare not only for the ability to fly, but also for thestardom that will accompany it.At the same time a delighted race through 1920s Americana and a richly allusive parable, Mr Vertigo is a compelling, magical novel - a work of true originality by a writer at the height of his powers.'A virtuoso piece of storytelling by a master of the modern American fable.' The Independent

How do you catch a killer when you're the number one suspect?A man is caught on CCTV, shooting dead a cashier at a bank. Detective Harry Hole begins his investigation, but after dinner with an old flame wakes up with no memory of the past 12 hours. Then the girl is found dead in mysterious circumstances and hebeings to receive threatening emails: is someone trying to frame him for her death?As Harry fights to clear his name, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery..

A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The CorrectionsIn The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigour to the themes - both human and literary - that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring hiscomplex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis, these pieces contain all the wit and disabused realism that we've come to expect from Franzen.Taken together, these essays trace the progress of a unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature and with some of the most important issues of our day, made more pressing by the current political milieu. The End of the End of the Earthis remarkable, provocative and necessary.

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

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. Thereason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt inthe name of the greater good. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le Carre has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality

The third book in the globally bestselling Bridgerton Family series, the inspiration behind the Netflix series Bridgerton. Welcome to Benedict's story . . .

Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthfulexperiences. It describes the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady

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 Red Pyramid: the first book in Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles.Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...'I GUESS IT STARTED THE NIGHT OUR DAD BLEW UP THE BRITISH MUSEUM . . .'CARTER AND SADIE KANE'S dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos . . .Set imprisons Dr Kane in a golden coffin and Carter and Sadie must run for their lives. To save their dad, they embark on a terrifying quest from Cairo to Paris to the American South-west and discover the truth about their family's connection to theHouse of Life: an Egyptian temple of magic that has existed for thousands of years.The pharaohs of ancient Egypt are far from dead and buried. And neither, unfortunately, are their gods . . .Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 55 million copies of his books worldwidePraise for the Percy Jackson series:'Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical...This is most likely to succeed Rowling. Puffin is on to a winner' - Amanda Craig, The Times'Puns, jokes and subtle wit, alongside a gripping storyline' - Telegraph'Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats' - New York TimesRick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006.The Percy Jackson series:The Lightning Thief

The classic story of the extraordinary animal doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh - Doctor Dolittle.Once upon a time, many years ago - when our grandfathers were little children - there was a doctor, and his name was Dolittle - John Dolittle M.D.Doctor Dolittle likes animals. In fact, he likes them so much he fills his house with every kind of creature imaginable and even learns to talk their language. And when the Doctor hears of a terrible sickness among the monkeys in Africa, soon he and hisanimal friends are setting off on the most unforgettable

Folytatódik a Clifton és a Barrington család huszadik századon átívelő története, amelyben a főszereplőket minden eddiginél több próbatétel elé állítja az élet.Harry és Emma Clifton két gyermekük miatt is aggódhatnak: fiuk, Sebastian a barátjával, Brunóval épp az országutat rója, amikor szinte a semmiből előbukkan egy teherautó, és karambolt okoz. Vajon mindez véletlenül vagy szándékosan történt így? Abalesetet csak egyikük éli túl Úgy tűnik, Cliftonék fogadott lányának, Jessicának az élete sem érhet révbe. A rendkívül tehetséges festő lány képeit nem sokkal a kiállítást követően összekaszabolják. Ráadásul épp az esküvője előtt bukkan fel egy asszony,aki mindenáron tönkre akarja tenni a boldogságát. A halál karmai a fiatal lányt sem kímélikA Barrington Hajótársaság időközben luxus-óceánjáró építésébe kezd. Valaki azonban bosszút esküszik, és semmitől sem riad vissza, hogy a vállalkozást meghiúsítsa. Olybá tűnik, tervét siker koronázza: a társaság a csőd szélére kerül, és az elnök, RossBuchanan kénytelen lemondani. Posztjára többen is pályáznak, és az elnökválasztó gyűlésen mindössze egy szavazaton múlik a vállalat sorsa Az óceánjáró is elindul első és egyben talán utolsó útjáraVajon mi történik a Cliftonokkal? Mi lesz a hajótársaság sorsa? Véghez tudja vinni akaratát a bosszúálló? Sikerül megmenteni a társaságot a csődtől, vagy a kockázatos vállalkozás az egész családot magával rántja?Jeffrey Archer mesterien szőtt regényfolyamának (Majd az idő eldönti, Apám bűne, Féltve őrzött titok) negyedik kötete bővelkedik meglepő fordulatokban, szövevényes intrikákban, és az utolsó pillanatig fogva tartja az olvasót. A Clifton-krónika befejezőrészét 2015-ben vehetik kézbe olvasóink.

Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and Zoey Redbird's adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Her best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Zoey finds herself in the very unexpected and raresituation of having three boyfriends. Mix a little bloodlust into the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social disaster. Just when it seems things couldn't get any tougher, vampyres start turning up dead. Really dead. It looks likethe People of Faith are tired of living side-by-side with vampyres. But, as Zoey and her friends so often find out, how things appear rarely affects the truth

Dark and witty tales from the gleefully inventive Margaret Atwood . Witty verve, imaginative inventiveness and verbal sizzle vivify every page' Peter Kemp, Sunday TimesA recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathersto burn down her retirement residence. A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire, and a crime committed long ago is revenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatalite.

Combining the suspense of THE OUTSIDER with the childhood camaraderie of IT, THE INSTITUTE is a powerful new novel from Stephen King destined to become the No. 1 blockbuster of Autumn 2019.Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where

The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Iron is aShadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She's engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James's charming companions, the MerryThieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero's blade.But the truth is far grimmer. James and Cordelia's marriage is a lie, arranged to save Cordelia's reputation. James is in love with the mysterious Grace Blackthorn whose brother, Jesse, died years ago in a terrible accident. Cortana burns Cordelia's handwhen she touches it, while her father has grown bitter and angry. And a serial murderer is targeting the Shadowhunters of London, killing under cover of darkness, then vanishing without a trace.Together with the Merry Thieves, Cordelia, James and Lucie must follow the trail of the knife-wielding killer through the city's most dangerous streets. All the while, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie, that she plans to raise Jesse from the dead

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining.Doctor Sleep is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting Doctor Sleep picks up the story of the now middle-aged Dan, working at a hospicein rural New Hampshire, and the very special twelve-year old girl he must save from a group of murderous paranormals.On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot arequasi-immortal, living off the 'steam' that children with the 'shining' produce when they are slowly tortured to death.Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AAcommunity that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant 'shining' power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep.'Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival...

Tibor Fischer legújabb regényének főszereplője, a született lúzer. Tyndale Corbett egy barátjától kölcsönzött bankkártyával érkezik Miamiba, ahol nem sokáig élvezi a luxushotelek és a névtelen gazdagság előnyeit, ugyanis úgy dönt, beadja a helyieknek,hogy ő maga az Isten. A kacagtatóan mulatságos szatirikus regény Angliában és Amerikában is remek kritikákat kapott.A könyv magyar kiadása Megváltás Miamiban címen jelent meg.Using the credit card and identity of a handcuffs salesman, professional failure Tyndale Corbett arrives inMiami for a law enforcement conference to discover the joys of luxury hotels and above all the delight of being someone else, someone successful. Feeling his previous lack of success might be due to insufficient ambition, Tyndale decides on a newmoney-making scheme. He will up the ante substantially, exponentially and pretend to be someone really important and successful: God. His mission to convince the citizenry of Miami that he is, despite appearances, the Supreme Being results in him takingover the Church of the Heavily Armed Christ. His duties there involve him in forming a private army, hiring call girls, trafficking coke, issuing death threats, beating off church-jackers and sorting out (as almightily as possible) various problems hisparishioners are having with pets. All the while he is working on his grand project, the clincher miracle, dying and coming back to life

What is more important? Friendship, loyalty, or love? Ridge and Sydney are thrilled to finally be together guilt-free. But as the two of them navigate this freedom, Warren and Bridgette's relationship is as tumultuous as ever, and Maggie grapples withher illness. When she comes across an old list of things she wanted to do maybe one of these days, Maggie decides to live life to the fullest and accomplish these dreams. Maggie keeps Ridge updated on her adventures, but he can't help but worry, even asSydney grows more and more suspicious about their friendship. But if she's going to move past this jealousy, she'll need to reconcile how she and Ridge came together with the fact that Maggie will always be in their lives somehow...or end up walking awayfrom the man she loves so much.

Oh dear! Silly George has gone outside in the rain without his rain hat on and now he's caught a cold. Luckily Dr Brown-Bear has some medicine to make him better.Another delightful Peppa Pig tale that is perfect for reading and sharing together. This storybook is perfect for helping pre-schoolers through those tricky first experiences.Based on the hit pre-school animation,Peppa Pig, shown daily on Five's Milkshake and Nick Jnr.

In The Last Wolf, a philosophy professor is mistakenly hired to write the true tale of the last wolf of Extremadura, a barren stretch of Spain. His miserable experience is narrated in a single, rolling sentence to a patently bored bartender in a drearyBerlin bar.In Herman, a master trapper is asked to clear a forest's last 'noxious beasts.' Herman begins with great zeal, although in time he switches sides, deciding to track entirely new game... In Herman II, the same events are related from the perspective ofstrange visitors to the region, a group of hyper-sexualised aristocrats who interrupt their orgies to pitch in with the manhunt of poor Herman...These intense, perfect novellas, full of Krasznhorkai's signature sense of foreboding and dark irony, are perfect examples of his craft.