''The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick,'' said the Witch; ''so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you.'' A cyclone hits Kansas and whirls away Dorothy and her little dog Toto to the magical Land of Oz, where wild ...
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn. As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin ...
HBO s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A FEAST FOR CROWS is the fourth volume in the series. The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne. The war in the Seven Kingdoms ...
A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ‘ the typical old maid of fiction’, Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an ...
'I know you, don't I?' Five words - that's all it takes to plunge Mike Wingate and his family into mortal danger. Mike doesn't recognise the crippled stranger who approaches him at a party.but the stranger seems to know all about him. What has Mike done? Do they have the wrong man? ...
This stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.§Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student ...
The eighth book in the Discworld series. "Of all the cities in the world it could have flown into, it flew into mine.. " Some night-time prowler is turning the citizens of Ankh-Morpork, greatest city of the fantasy Discworld*, into something resembling small charcoal biscuits. And that''''s a real problem ...
Kniha - 240 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná This No.1 US bestseller encompasses business and self-help, guiding readers to get more satisfaction out of their lives, determining one thing to deliver extraordinary results in every area of life - work, personal, family and spiritual.
Britská spisovatelka J.K. Rowlingová, která se po celém světě proslavila sérií o mladém čaroději Harrym Potterovi, před časem napsala knihu zcela odlišného žánru - detektivku.A aby ji nezatížila vlastním jménem, vydala ji coby "začínající spisovatel Robert Galbraith". Kniha The Cuckoo's Calling ...
The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and ...
Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth exciting adventure in Rick Riordan''s bestselling series. Now with a thrilling new cover look. Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. Honestly, blowing up another school was the last thing I wanted to do. As the son of a Greek God, I''ve had my share ...
Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian is the fifth awesome adventure in Rick Riordan''s top-ten bestselling series. Now with a thrilling new cover look. Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world. It happens ...
In this action-packed collection, runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face untold dangers on their way to Camp Half-Blood. Percy Jackson and Annabeth must rescue stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn''t take kindly to intruders. And Leo, Piper, and Jason have to dodge a band of party-loving ...
Fresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow, James Herriot''''s first job is not panning out exactly as expected.To a Glaswegian like James, 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village ...
