Myra has a gift many would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control: she's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra if she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor's dead son.
Once she arrives at the legendary stone mansion, however, it becomes clear the boy's death was no accident. A killer stalks these halls – one disturbingly obsessed with portrait magic. Desperate to get out of the manor as quickly as possible, Myra turns to the governor's older son for help completing the painting before the secret she spent her life concealing makes her the killer's next victim.
What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?
Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside.
But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.
Caught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances’ dreams come crashing down. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past…
She has to confess why Carys disappeared…
Meanwhile at uni, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets.
It’s only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. And it’s only by being your true self that you can find happiness.
Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has.
A YA coming of age read that tackles issues of identity, the pressure to succeed, diversity and freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.
Agentka FBI Maggie O'Dell widziała już wiele w swojej karierze. Ścigając morderców i psychopatów, zagłębiała się w najbardziej mroczne zakamarki ludzkiego umysłu. Ale kiedy na Florydzie straż przybrzeżna wyłowiła pojemnik wypełniony częściami ludzkiego ciała, nawet ona była wstrząśnięta tym, co zobaczyła. Tors, stopa, trzy ręce... Maggie zaczyna niezwykle trudne śledztwo. Odkrywa, że tors należy do mężczyzny, który zaginął w tajemniczych okolicznościach. Sprawę komplikuje fakt, że ostatnio widziano go setki mil od miejsca, gdzie został znaleziony fragment jego ciała. W tym samym czasie znad Kuby nadciąga potężny huragan, który może spustoszyć całą Florydę. Jest coraz mniej czasu na rozwiązanie makabrycznej zagadki.
An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring prison breaks and heroic adventure on shark-infested seas. Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charriere, nicknamed Papillon, was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break for freedom, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat.
He was recaptured and put into solitary confinement but his spirit remained untamed: over thirteen years he made nine incredible escapes, including from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. This edition of Papillon, one of the greatest adventure stories ever told, includes an exclusive new essay by Howard Marks.
It is wartime and four children are evacuated to live with a professor in the country, where they make an incredible discovery. Generations of children have followed Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy through the wardrobe into the magical land of Narnia. There are epic battles, fantastical creatures, perilous adventures and dangerous quests, as well as fiendish villains and unforgettable acts of love, bravery and betrayal. Age 7+
In a world that’s increasingly chaotic and uncertain, Create your own calm sets kids on a path to becoming emotionally resilient and helps them to take practical, positive steps towards being calm and happy.
300 years before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash.
So began the Targaryens’ bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against dragon.
Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel, this thrilling and bloody history of Westeros tells the story of where the battle for the Iron Throne began…
Presented for the first time as a standalone work, the epic tale of The Fall of Gondolin reunites fans of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Balrogs, Dragons & Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien’s Middle-earth. This brand new audio book is read by Timothy West & Samuel West.
Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of two of the greatest powers in the world.
Morgoth of the uttermost evil seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city of his Elven enemies, while the gods in Valinor refuse to support Ulmo Lord of Waters' designs to protect it.
Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, and guided unseen by Ulmo he sets out on the fearful journey to Gondolin to warn them of their coming doom. Then Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs.
Jeden fałszywy krok może wszystko zmienić. Melanie Starks żyła dotąd niezgodnie z prawem. Jako samotna matka, wraz z siedemnastoletnim synem Charliem, utrzymywała się z drobnych kradzieży i oszustw. Gdy w końcu wydawało się, że sprawy przybiorą inny obrót… w jej drzwiach pojawia się Jared Barnett. Oskarżony o gwałt i morderstwo właśnie wyszedł z więzienia dzięki sprytnym zabiegom swego obrońcy. Przybywa z opracowanym planem napadu na bank. Teraz potrzebuje tylko pomocy siostry i jej syna. To ma być ich ostatni skok, który zapewni im dostatnie życie. W końcu Melanie godzi się wziąć udział w napadzie. Jednak nic nie idzie zgodnie z ich planem. Napad, zamiast przynieść łup, kończy się krwawą jatką. Giną niewinni ludzie. Pozostaje tylko ucieczka… Zbiegli napastnicy nie mają odwrotu, nic nie może ich powstrzymać. Czy mają coś jeszcze do stracenia, kiedy już raz zabili?
Clea nie jest grzeczną dziewczynką. Od dziecka uczyła się złodziejskiego fachu, dwa razy trafiła za kratki. Teraz postanawia rozpocząć nowe, uczciwe życie, ale wplątuje się w groźną międzynarodową aferę. Policja nie wierzy w jej wersję wydarzeń, dla przestępców jest niewygodnym świadkiem. Musi zdobyć dowody swej niewinności, dlatego włamuje się do posiadłości jednego z podejrzanych. Na miejscu zaskakuje ją… inny włamywacz. Złodziej, zabójca czy niespodziewany sprzymierzeniec?
Nikt nigdy nie miał poznać tej tajemnicy…. Przez dwadzieścia lat śmierć jej rodziców, agentów brytyjskiego wywiadu, otaczała zmowa milczenia. Gdy Beryl Tavistock przypadkowo poznaje przebieg dramatycznych wydarzeń, przeżywa szok. Ojciec brutalnie zamordował matkę, a następnie popełnił samobójstwo? Oboje byli komunistycznymi szpiegami? Beryl nie może w to uwierzyć. Postanawia odkryć, co stało się naprawdę.Śledztwo rozpoczyna w Paryżu, gdzie przed laty wydarzyła się tragedia. Z bratem i zaprzyjaźnionym agentem CIA wpada w sam środek szpiegowskiej afery i bezwzględnej gry służb. Nie zdaje sobie sprawy, że szukając prawdy, wydaje na siebie wyrok śmierci.
Isaac Asimov's ROBOT series - from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day. On Aurora, the first and greatest of the Spacer planets, Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw investigate yet another seemingly impossible crime - this time, a roboticide. Someone has destroyed the positronic mind of R. Jander Panell, a humanoid twin to Daneel. His creator, the master roboticist Han Fastolfe, denies all involvement. So does Gladia Delmarre, the robot's owner. And lover.Working in the heart of Spacer politics and civilisation, Baley and Daneel soon realise that their decisions will have profound consequences not only on relations between Earth and the Outer Worlds, but on mankind's place in the galaxy.
ANGIELKA W NOWYM JORKUAngielska studentka Cynthia Hammonds przyjeżdża na tydzień do Nowego Jorku na zaproszenie przyjaciela. Spodziewa się, że Jonathan pokaże jej miasto, lecz on całe dnie spędza na planie serialu, a wieczorami zabiera ją na przyjęcia z udziałem nowojorskich elit. Na jednym z przyjęć pijany Jonathan robi jej awanturę. W obronie Cynthii staje właściciel stacji telewizyjnej Lucien Steele. To dzięki niemu od tej pory nowojorska przygoda Cynthii nabierze zupełnie innych barw…PRZYJĘCIE NA MANHATTANIEMilioner Lorenzo D’Angeli prosi swoją asystentkę Faith Black, by towarzyszyła mu podczas przyjęcia wydanego dla nowojorskiej elity. Dla Faith to bardzo niezręczna sytuacja. Publiczne pojawienie się u boku Lorenza, sławnego mistrza rajdowego, oznacza zdjęcia na pierwszych stronach gazet. A Faith ma powody, by unikać rozgłosu…
George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary epic fantasy. Labelled by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world, Martin has conjured a world as complex and vibrant as that of J.R.R. Tolkien, populated by a huge cast of fascinating, complex characters, and boasting a history that stretches back twelve thousand years. Three great storylines weave through the books, charting the civil war for control of the Seven Kingdoms; the defence of the towering Wall of ice in the uttermost north against the unearthly threat of the Others; and across the Narrow Sea the rise to power of Daenerys Targaryen and the last live dragons in the world. Seasons one and two of the HBO adaption of A Game of Thrones aired world-wide to critical acclaim. The box set includes: A GAME OF THRONES A CLASH OF KINGS A STORM OF SWORDS, 1: STEEL AND SNOW A STORM OF SWORDS, 2: BLOOD AND GOLD A FEAST FOR CROWS A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, 1: DREAMS AND DUST A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, 2: AFTER THE FEAST
As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?
Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning ‘Americanah’ is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world.
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
AN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR
The first-ever collection of short stories from Jeffrey Eugenides, the bestselling author of Middlesex, The Virgin Suicides and The Marriage Plot, explores characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies.
Kendall has failed as a poet, and now embezzlement seems like his next-best career option. Rebecca has failed to find customers for her mouse figurines, now the bailiffs are coming for her husband. Diane has failed to meet ‘the one’, but is thrilled to have found her path to motherhood through a turkey baster.
With his trademark humour, compassion and complex understanding of what it is to be human, Jeffrey Eugenides’ stories elevate muddling through into something triumphant.
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