On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka’s storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the Magic World, encountering a slew of phantasmagorical obstacles along the way,

When a high-level intelligence source reveals that Iranian agents are planning to bomb the United Nations, US Intelligence begins desperate counter-measures. Only maverick CIA agent, Ryan Kealey, sees it as a smokescreen for another, far more terrifying plot. But no-one is prepared to follow his hunch. Worse still, it would seem that even the halls of the CIA are no longer safe from possible espionage

\'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

A cat-and-mouse suspense thriller featuring Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is tormented by \'the Mercedes massacre\', a case he never solved. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of that notorious crime, has sent Hodges a taunting letter. Now he\'s preparing to kill again. Each starts to close in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time.

\'A bold anthology ...alive with provocations and insights\' John Carey, Sunday Times \'The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I\'ve had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see\' The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its writers,

Spinning directly out of X-MEN: SCHISM, the X-Men are split in two. In the oversized debut issue of the new ongoing flagship X-series, Wolverine takes one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again with a new school, a new student body and a lot of surprises up his sleeve. But when the new Hellfire Club decides they don\'t like what the ol\' Canucklehead has started, and decide to burn

The origins of the Jedi order are revealed! Journey all the way back to the beginning, more than 25,000 years before the saga of the Skywalkers, and discover how the Jedi began! Before lightsabers, before hyperspace travel, before the Jedi\'s message spread throughout the galaxy. When connections to the Force were strange and new. There, on a distant planet, a group of beings strive to balance the

Intended for ELT teachers and trainers on pre-service courses. This book takes account of views on training and is matched to Cambridge ESOL\'s guidelines for CELTA.

Philippa Fisher tries and fails to summon a fairy, but is taken aback when Daisy, the new girl at school, announces that she is her fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are the same age. Daisy is not best pleased with Philippa, but she has a mission to fulfil and is obliged to stick with her until she has granted her three wishes. The three wishes are at the heart of a traditional story in a

Publikace představuje 16 nejpozoruhodnějších australských mladých architektonických ateliérů a jejich 60 projektů. This book explores the sixteen most exciting young architectural studios in Australia, and the progressive projects built in Australasia tha

It´s a deadly game of blackmail. And they´re making him play. Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he´s good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret

A collection of macabre short stories. Ian McEwan received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for a previous collection of short stories entitled First Love, Last Rites\".\"

In search of the unpublished manuscript of a martyred Yiddish writer, American novelist Nathan Zuckerman travels to Soviet-occupied Prague in the mid-1970s. There, in a nation straightjacketed by totalitarian Communism, he discovers a literary predicament marked by an institutionalised oppression that is rather different from his own. He also discovers, among the subjugated writers with whom he quickly

In Melbourne in the late 1940s, a young conservative poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. But over the ensuing years his audacious act of literary ventriloquism takes on a much darker resonance. Having fled Melbourne for the seedy, sweaty streets of Kuala Lumpur, Chubb finds himself, just as Frankenstein was, haunted and pursued by his

This book brings together a colorful mixture of various works focusing on themes of the fantastic and surreal, starting with Böcklin\'s \"Toteninsel\" and including Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer’s dolls, the Australian painter Sidney Nolan, Giger\'s monsters, Cattelan\'s pope, and the Chapman brothers’ hybrids, as well as surreal painting from Magritte and Delvaux, the mystical and sensual

Yoshio thinks Tokyo sounds like a symphony hall! He delights in everyday sounds--shoes squishing through puddles, raindrops pattering down, and lots of giggles! But one day he meets a musician who tells Yoshio that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for the sound of silence. Yoshio must hear this! But how can he find it amid the hustle and bustle of the city? In the vein of Wabi Sabi, this

´Few writers have captured the grandeur and cruelty of the American frontier more vividly than Cormac McCarthy...´

\'I\'m not afraid of storms, for I\'m learning how to sail my ship.\' Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - four \"little women\" enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England The charming story of the March sisters, Little Women has been adored by generations. Readers have rooted for Laurie in his pursuit of Jo\'s hand, cried over little Beth\'s death, and dreamed of travelling through Europe

Vienna, 1938: Trudi Miller, young, beautiful and chic, designs hats for the smartest women in the city. She is falling in love with Walter, a charming and charismatic businessman. But their idyll is about to end. Trudi and Walter are Jewish, and as Hitler\'s tanks roll into Austria, they know they have to flee. Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler is an incredible true story that moves from Vienna to Prague

For the last time, the dwarves are going to war - and the outcome will decide the fate of their race. There has been no word from the brave warrior Tungdil since the vicious battle at the Black Abyss. Dragons, magicians, and the malevolent älfar have advanced far into the kingdom of Girdlegard, ruthlessly seizing vast areas of land. The dwarves seem to be facing their next battle with little hope of