Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There\'s Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There\'s Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon

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,

„Ha a három pompás köteten, a világirodalom regényes életén, mohón és szinte megállás nélkül átvágtuk magunkat, s az első kábulatból ocsúdva visszaidézzük a szinte fizikai jóérzést, amit a rohanás okozott, rájövünk, hogy fiatalságunk támadt fel, és sodort szeszélyes törtében magával... Csak a húszas éveink ismerték a céltalan vélemények, sommás ítéletek pergőtüzét, az értékelések és újjáértékelések,

\'Shot through with compassion . . . this dreamlike, winding tale is a joy.\' A. L. KENNEDY \'Moving and unconventionally wise\' Guardian This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the end. At a hotel bar in a quiet English town, two strangers meet by chance and share their stories. Hers is of an inconspicuous life, shaken

Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in. At six, she\'s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she\'s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi. And now that she\'s an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia. When an unspeakable

From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us and November 9 comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth. \'Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.\' The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives

An adult fantasy/horror epic of monumental proportions, Kentaro Miura\'s Berserk is now offered at its original published size in handsome deluxe hardcover editions each collecting three volumes of the acclaimed manga series. Marked with the unholy Brand of Sacrifice that draws the damned to him, Guts the Black Swordsman battles the minions of Hell that thwart his search for Casca, his former captain

As seen on the SERIAL podcast, season 2, episode 1 (\"Dustwun\") Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai\'s sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures within pictures, which will tease and delight readers of all ages.

The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman\'s own award-bedecked, bestselling fiction. Now he reaches back through time to the original source stories in a thrilling and vivid rendition of the great Norse tales. Gaiman\'s gods are thoroughly alive

Known as \'The Ice Queen\', Anneliese Zander de St Phalle is one of the world\'s most celebrated fashion designers. With an empire that stretches across continents, she\'s a truly global brand, in every sense. Yet despite her success, she\'s a mystery; a reclusive disciplined perfectionist who rarely grants interviews. She\'s successful and she\'s talented, and that\'s all anyone needs to know. Anneliese

It is midnight, October 31st 1758 and Giacomo Casanova has escaped from a Venetian prison after sixteen months consigned to darkness and the underworld. Shaking off the enforced solitude, Casanova makes his way to Bolzano - the small village where he was dealt a cruel hand. A place full of memories, Bolzano was the scene of a moonlit duel fought with the Duke of Parma when Casanova and he were both

Stunning three-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who’s who and chronology. The three volumes contained in this slipcase, written by two of the foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien, comprise the definitive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the

Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood and Kevin\'s horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her absent husband,

The 1970s: that magical era betwixt the swinging 60s and the decadent 80s, the epoch of leisure suits and Afros, the age of disco music and platform shoes. As war raged on in Vietnam and the cold war continued to escalate, Hollywood began to heat up, recovering from its commercial crisis with box-office successes such as Star Wars, Jaws, The Exorcist, and The Godfather. Thanks to directors like Spielberg

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Red House Children\'s Book Award, the Waterstones Children\'s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013, comes the seventh amazing instalment of Tom Gates\' adventures - now in paperback! Will Tom and his band DOGZOMBIES be LUCKY enough to win the Rockweekly Bandbattle competition? They just might be if they could find time to practice!

\"My Family and Other Animals\" is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. \'What we all need,\' said Larry, \'is sunshine...a country where we can grow.\' \'Yes, dear, that would be nice,\' agreed Mother, not really listening. \'I had a letter from

Walden is Thoreau\'s classic autobiographical account of his experiment in solitary living, his refusal to play by the rules of hard work and the accumulation of wealth, and above all the freedom it gave him to adapt his living to the natural world around him. This new edition traces the sources of Thoreau\'s reading and thinking and considers the author in the context of his birthplace and sense of

When you\'re a cop in Marseilles, threats of violence and revenge go with the territory. Usually they come to nothing, but when friends and colleagues start turning up dead it soon becomes clear that someone from Jacquot\'s past has a score to settle a nd intends to see it through. But this killer is different.

This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!