Come face to face with Smaug the Magnificent, the most realistic, breathtaking and destructive dragon ever to appear on screen, in this gallery of exclusive images that tell the story of how he was created.
Smaug is possibly the most memorable character in JRR Tolkiens The Hobbit: a huge, malevolent, fire-breathing, talking dragon! But while he makes quite an impact in the book, in Peter Jacksons film adaptation he is definitely the most spectacular creature ever to appear on screen.
So how did the filmmakers manage to take the dragon that has lived in millions of readers imaginations and turn him into a totally unique and unforgettable living, breathing character?
The answer can be found in Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon. Packed with stunning, exclusive new images, it reveals how he grew out of thousands of detailed and fantastical concept designs into the beast that is unleashed in awesome digital glory.
Compiled by the Academy Award-winning teams at Weta Digital and Weta Workshop, who provide fascinating insights telling the story of the dragons creation, this is the perfect companion for every fan who was blown away by Smaug, the Magnificent!
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.
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.
The legendary relationships guide that mothers recommend to their daughters, friends give as gifts and brothers steal from their sisters, MEN ARE FROM MARS AND WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS is inarguably the definitive book on having a happy relationship.
‘A treasure’, ‘a bible’ and ‘an heirloom’ are some of the words used to describe the book that has saved countless relationships and improved innumerable others. Now repackaged to relate to a new generation of readers, this phenomenal book continues to carry its legacy of understanding and trust into the world.
Since its first publication, over a staggering 15 million copies of MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS have sold globally to single men and women looking for guidance on how to find the perfect partner, married couples seeking to strengthen their bond, and divorcees hoping to fathom where it all went wrong.
Gray’s insights into how to allow your other half to “pull away” like an elastic band, prevent your emotional baggage from polluting your current relationship, and translate the phrases of the opposite sex are as relevant now as when they were first published.
With straightforward, honest writing from that precious male perspective, Gray unlocks the secrets hidden in your partner’s words and actions to enable you both to reach true mutual understanding and a lifetime of love. Discover for yourself why thousands believe that MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS should be mandatory reading for everyone.
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