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Super Happy Magic Forest is a prize-winning series for budding fantasy fans. In this latest title, winter is coming - and the residents of the forest do not like it one little bit. The snow is too cold, the ice is too slippery, and the frost isdestroying their prize winning gardens. Five brave heroes (a unicorn, a mushroom, a faun, a fairy, and a gnome) must travel to the Frozen North to overthrow the Snow Queen and save the forest. But will they be able to outwither army of snowmen?'Matty's books make me SUPER HAPPY! They are super funny, super inventive and super silly'. Chris Riddell

ERIC is Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend starring many of the Discworld's most popular characters.Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld's most popular characters.Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff.But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc's most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind's Luggage (the world's most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain. The outcome is an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more - this time, quitefervently - that he'd never been born.

Before he was Ciri's guardian, Geralt of Rivia was a legendary swordsman. Season of Storms is an adventure set in the world of the Witcher, the book series that inspired the hit Netflix show and bestselling video games.Geralt. The witcher whose mission is to protect ordinary people from the monsters created with magic. A mutant who has the task of killing unnatural beings. He uses a magical sign, potions and the pride of every witcher - two swords, steel and silver.But what would happen if Geralt lost his weapons?Andrzej Sapkowski returns to his phenomenal world of the Witcher in a stand-alone novel where Geralt fights, travels and loves again, Dandelion sings and flies from trouble to trouble, sorcerers are scheming ... and across the whole world clouds aregathering.The season of storms is coming...Translated by David French.

Book of the Year 2019For years, rumors of the Marsh Girl have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspectKya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl.But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand.Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.'A painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature . . . Owens here surveys the desolate marshlands of the North Carolina coast through the eyes of an abandoned child. And in herisolation that child makes us open our own eyes to the secret wonders-and dangers-of her private world.' The New York Times Book Review

C'est pour l'enfant auquel il n'a jamais voulu donner naissance qu'Imre Kertész prononce ici le kaddish - la pricre des morts de la religion juive. D'une densité et d'une véhémence peu communes, ce monologue intérieur est le récit d'une existenceconfisquée par le souvenir de la tragédie concentrationnaire.Proférée du fond de la plus extreme souffrance, la magnifique oraison funcbre affirme l'impossibilité d'assumer le don de la vie dans un monde définitivement traumatisé par l'Holocauste. Ce que pleure le narrateur, ce n'est pas seulement l'enfant qui nenaŒtra pas : c'est l'humanité tout enticre.

'Pray, pray be composed,' cried Elinor, 'and do not betray what you feel to every body present. Perhaps he has not observed you yet.'For Elinor Dashwood, sensible and sensitive, and her romantic, impetuous younger sister Marianne, the prospect of marrying the men they love appears remote. In a world ruled by money and self-interest, the Dashwood sisters have neither fortune norconnections. Concerned for others and for social proprieties, Elinor is ill-equipped to compete with self-centred fortune-hunters like Lucy Steele, whilst Marianne's unswerving belief in the truth of her own feelings makes her more dangerouslysusceptible to the designs of unscrupulous men.Through her heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope, Jane Austen offers a powerful analysis of the ways in which women's lives were shaped by the claustrophobic society in which they had to survive.

The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER.There are stories about people who want to live forever.This is not one of those stories.This is a story about someone who wants to stopAlfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy - except he's 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England.Obviously no one believes him.

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like hermother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in theshadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strangeherbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone will never be left in peace for long - and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor: the mortal Odysseus, for whom Circe will risk everything.So Circe sets forth her tale, a vivid, mesmerizing epic of family rivalry, love and loss - the defiant, inextinguishable song of woman burning hot and bright through the darkness of a man's world.A novel to be gobbled greedily in a single sitting - ObserverCirce is poised to become the literary sensation of the summer, as much for the quality of its writing as its timeliness - Sunday Times MagazineAz Akhilleusz dala szerzőjének merész, káprázatos és várva várt új regénye, amely kiválóan rajzolja újra azOdüsszeiából ismert hatalmas varázslónő, Kirké életét.A leghatalmasabb titán, a Napisten, Héliosz házában egy kislány születik. Kirké furcsa gyermek - nem rendelkezik hatalommal, mint az apja, sem azzal a rosszindulatú vonzerővel, mint az anyja.Ám amikor társaságért a halandók világa felé fordul, felfedezi, hogy mégiscsak van egy különleges tehetsége: a varázslás képessége, amelynek révén szörnyekké tudja változtatni a riválisait, ráadásul még az istenekre is veszélyt jelenthet.Fenyegetettségében Zeusz száműzi őt egy lakatlan szigetre, ahol az istennő tökéletesíti titkos tudományát, vadállatokat szelídít, és a híres mitológiai alakok közül többel is találkozik: a vérszomjas Minótaurosszal, az ügyes kezű Daidalosszal, a gyilkosMédeiával és persze a fortélyos Odüsszeusszal is.Ám egy nőnek veszélyes egyedül élni, Kirké pedig akaratlanul is magára vonja mind az emberek, mind az istenek haragját, és végül az egyik legrettegettebb olümposzi istennel találja szemközt magát. Hogy megvédje, amit a leginkább szeret, minden erejétössze kell szednie, és egyszer s mindenkorra választania kell az istenek és a halandók világa között.Madeline Miller regénye mámorító eposz a családi vetélkedésről, intrikáról, szerelemről és veszteségről, illetve a férfiak uralta világban is rendíthetetlen női erőről.

MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the creators of the illustrated Jungle Book and Peter Pan, reimagine the beloved French fairy tale The Beauty and the Beast in this deluxe unabridgededition illustrated with stunning full-color artwork and nine 3-D interactive features?published to coincide with the release of the blockbuster Disney live-action musical film starring Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, and EmmaThompson.

A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University's Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars.Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market ofstolen books and manuscripts.Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of moneyconvinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable's circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets.

C'est la vie des jumeaux Dukay, nés le jour ou s'ouvre le Congrcs de Vienne, que va nous conter Le siccle écarlate. Comme c'est alors souvent la coutume dans les familles nobles de l'empire austro-hongrois, l'aŒné, Flexi - mais est-ce bien l'aŒné ? dansl'excitation du double accouchement, il y a peut-etre eu une erreur... -, Flexi, donc, charmant, docile, poli, sera élevé a Vienne, ainsi qu'il convient a l'héritier du nom et de la fortune, tandis que Dali, le cadet, est expédié a Budapest. Tete brulée,bagarreur, Dali va connaŒtre un destin tumultueux, traŒnant tous les cours aprcs lui. Une flamboyante fresque de l'histoire européenne.

It began with Eragon . . . It ends with Inheritance.Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And ifthey cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances.The Rider and his dragon have come farther than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaesia? And if so, at what cost?Featuring spectacular artwork by cult artist John Jude Palencar, this stunning book brings the bestselling Inheritance cycle to a breathtaking conclusion.

But when you're the son of a Greek God, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a Goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster. Oh and guess what. The Oracle has predicted that notallof us will survive...

A skillful portrayal of the cruelty and emptiness of bourgeois life, Anna Edes was first published in 1926 and enthusiastically received by the intellectual coffee-house society through which it circulated. The novel was later acknowledged by authorssuch as Thomas Mann as a model of language and form, and in turn established Dezso Kosztolanyi as one of the most significant writers of Eastern European fiction. Anna is the hard-working and long-suffering heroine, the unhappy maid destroyed by herpitiless employers. Her tragic relationship with them is played out against the political turbulence in Budapest following the First World War. Yet her endurance and revenge are depicted with keen psychological as well as historical insight, becoming, inthe words of the translator, not merely an argument about social conditions but raised to genuine tragedy.

Part of the bestselling saga about childhood friends following different paths by one of the great novelists of our time (The New York Times).In the third book in the New York Times-bestselling Neapolitan quartet that inspired the HBO series My Brilliant Friend, Elena and Lila have grown into womanhood. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son

This Hufflepuff House Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince celebrates the noble characters of the Hogwarts house famed for its dedication, patience and loyalty. Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts is packed with more great Hufflepuff moments andcharacters - not least Tonks's rescue of Harry from the Hogwarts Express, and the intense Hufflepuff-Gryffindor Quidditch match.Each Hufflepuff House Edition features vibrant sprayed edges and intricate silver foiling. The stunning cover design has a cameo-style portrait of the Half-Blood Prince as the central icon, framed by beautiful house-themed iconography. In addition to abespoke introduction, the Hufflepuff Edition also contains new illustrations by Kate Greenaway winner Levi Pinfold, including a portrait of proud Hufflepuff student Ernie Macmillan, and a fascinating image of Newt Scamander out in the field researchingFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to accompany a feature on magical books. All seven books in the series will be issued in these highly collectable, beautifully crafted House Editions, designed to be treasured and read for years to come.

Rupi Kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present and the potential of the self. home body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself -reminding readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family, and embrace change. illustrated by the author, themes of nature and nurture, light and dark, rest here.i dive into the well of my bodyand end up in another worldeverything i needalready exists in methere's no needto look anywhere else- home

Hard-core, fast paced science fiction, John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale is the fourth in The Old Man's War series.She won't go down without a fight.It's not every day you up sticks and move to another world. But then, Zo‰ Boutin-Perry's life has never been ordinary. She's the adopted teenage daughter of two former super-soldiers. She's also a holy icon to a race of alien warriors who track her everymove. So she's used to the quirks of being a human in space.However, this time something's different. Betrayed by the authorities, Zo‰ - along with her parents and fellow colonists - finds herself stranded on a deadly pioneer planet. The Colonial Union has also set them up as a target for hostile alien action.Zo‰ must become a player (and a pawn) in an interstellar battle, which will determine the fate of humanity.Her father's side of this story was told in The Last Colony, but Zoe's Tale reveals a whole new dimension.It's a story you may think you know, but you don't really know it at all.Continue the gripping space war series with The Human Division.'John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today' - Joe Hill, author of The Fireman

Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy.There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after.

'I have lately written...a tale, to illustrate an opinion of mine, that a genius will educate itself.'Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for her pioneering views on the rights of women to share equal rights and opportunities with men. Expressed most forcefully in her Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), her forthright opinions also inform her twoinnovative novels, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman, a fictional sequel to the Vindication. In both novels the heroines have to rely on their own resources to establish their independence and intellectual development. Mary learns to take control of herdestiny and become a social philanthropist, while Maria, in The Wrongs of Woman, fights imprisonment and a loveless marriage to claim her rights.Strongly autobiographical, both novels powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolution and the social upheavals that followed.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.

Egy ember, egy kutya, behavazott vidék, metsző hideg. A Tüzet rakni című novellában nem nehéz felfedezni Jack London legklasszikusabb történeteinek alkotóelemeit. Azokról az elbeszélésekről van szó, amelyek döntően hozzájárultak London irodalmiarcélének kialakításához. A Yukon folyó barátságtalan vidéken vagyunk, Alaszka és Kanada határán, ahol 1896-ban kitört a klondike-i aranyláz. Ekkor London személyesen is megtapasztalta, milyen az élet az Északi sarkkör mentén.Itt az író egy egyedi történeten keresztül - egy aranyásó tragikus, de végül is banális eseténél - valami általánosabbat akar bemutatni: az ember és a természet küzdelmét. London műveiben ez visszatérő téma, de a Tüzet rakni elbeszélője különösenmeggyőző, talán éppen mert ez nagyon szikár és elvont írás. Az elbeszélésben, amely a végletekig kiaknázza az irodalmi naturalizmus eszközeit, szinte kizárólag a tények hideg felsorolására szorítkozik.A túlélésért folytatott küzdelem látszólag nem több, mint a tűzgyújtás apró mozdulatainak kínos erőfeszítése. Bár a novella címe úgy hangzik, mintha egy túlélési kézikönyv egy tárgyilagos fejezete volna, mely arról szól, hogyan kell leküzdeni arettenetes téli hideget a Yukonnál, hamar nyilvánvalóvá válik: nincs mód arra, hogy az ember épségben kikerüljön ebből a harcból.

30 kedves, rövid mese az okosságról és a ravaszságről. A történetek egyrészt kiváló esti mesék a legkisebbeknek, másrészt segítség a nyelvtanulásban a nagyobbaknak, hiszen minden mese két nyelven, angolul és magyarul is megtalálható a kötetünkben. Amesék angol nyelven meghallgathatóak a kiadó YouTube oldalán!

Ann Prentice falls in love with Richard Cauldfield and hopes for new happiness. Her only child, Sarah, cannot contemplate the idea of her mother marrying again and wrecks any chance of her remarriage. Resentment and jealousy corrode their relationship aseach seeks relief in different directions. Are mother and daughter destined to be enemies for life or will their underlying love for each other finally win through?

CAN A KILLER EVER BE ABOVE THE LAW?Deputy Stuart Kofer is a protected man. Though he's turned his drunken rages on his girlfriend, Josie, and her children many times before, the police code of silence has always shielded him. But one night he goes too far, leaving Josie for dead on thefloor before passing out. Her son, sixteen-year-old Drew, knows he only has this one chance to save them. He picks up a gun and takes the law into his own hands. In Clanton, Mississippi, there is no one more hated than a cop killer - but a cop killer'sdefence lawyer comes close. Jake Brigance doesn't want this impossible case but he's the only one with enough experience to defend the boy. As the trial begins, it seems there is only one outcome: the gas chamber for Drew. But, as the town of Clantondiscovers once again, when Jake Brigance takes on an impossible case, anything is possible ...