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…
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.
An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy.
• This inspiring tale is based on the author's own search for life's true purpose, providing a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance and joy.
• It tells the story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life: following a heart attack, he decides to sell all his beloved possesions and trek to India. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he meets Himalayan gurus who offer powerful, wise and practical lessons that teach us to:
- Develop joyful thoughts
- Follow our life's mission
- Cultivate self-discipline and act courageously
- Value time as our most important commodity
- Nourish our relationships
- Live fully, one day at a time
The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili’s world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer.
When Nigeria is shaken by a military coup, Kambili’s father, involved mysteriously in the political crisis, sends her to live with her aunt. In this house, noisy and full of laughter, she discovers life and love – and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family.
This extraordinary debut novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, is about the blurred lines between the old gods and the new, childhood and adulthood, love and hatred – the grey spaces in which truths are revealed and real life is lived.
Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.
Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness.
Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through:
• How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements
• A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day
• A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth
• A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed
• ‘Insider-only’ tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world
No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg’s new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck – irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.
A missing child
When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods outside Fjällbacka, people are horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a child went missing from the same spot, and was later discovered, murdered.
A murder
Back then, two teenage girls were found guilty of the killing. Could one of them be the culprit this time? Detective Patrik Hedström starts investigating, with his wife, bestselling crime writer Erica Falck, by his side.
A community torn apart
But as Patrik and Erica dig deeper, it seems that everyone in the tight-knit community is hiding something. And soon, the residents must confront the fact that there could be a murderer in their midst…
WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION
A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II
Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.’
For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris. And a future which draws her ever closer to Werner, a German orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the Hitler Youth.
In this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories of
Marie-Laure and Werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.
ABBY GREEN - Przepis na sukcesWłaściciel firmy motoryzacyjnej Rafael Falcone zawsze stawia sobie ambitne cele i realizuje je bez względu na wszystko. Ponieważ Samantha Rourke jest najlepszym fachowcem, o jakim słyszał, postanawia ją zatrudnić. Nieważne, że kiedyś była jego kochanką, którą porzucił. Nie przyjmuje odmowy. Nie spodziewa się, że ta decyzja odmieni jego życie…LYNNE GRAHAM - Weekend w ToskaniiCristo Donakis chce dokupić do swojej sieci luksusowy hotel Stanwick Hall. Odkrywa, że w zarządzie tego hotelu jest Erin Turner, jego dawna kochanka, która zdradziła go i okradła. Cristo dostrzega szansę, żeby się odegrać. Stawia Erin warunek: nie wyjawi wydarzeń z przeszłości jej szefowi, jeśli ona spędzi z nim weekend w Toskanii…
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