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**From the Costa Award winning, bestselling author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM, comes an intense, breathtakingly accomplished story of a woman's life stolen, and reclaimed.** **'Unputdownable' Ali Smith** --- \*\*\*\*Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Lennox family is having trouble w
Finnegan May has had an eventful time in Manhattan since she first moved to New York City. Her unique profession and quirky, bubbly personality endear her to everyone who meets her.Finnegan can't seem to help herself from getting embroiled in trouble. It just seems to follow her around. On a simple
**A classic fantasy/mystery from critically acclaimed novelist John Bellairs** Lewis thought the amulet would bring him good luck--instead, it brought nothing but evil. Lewis is sure that Grandpa Barnavelt's 1859 lucky coin is really a magic talisman in disguise. With its power, he could do anyt
A painfully overweight sixth-grade boy receives a magic amulet which brings him luck, but also terrifying side effects
Simon Serrailler is back in the fifth installment of this extremely popular series. Simon Serrailler has just wrapped up a particularly exhausting and difficult case for SIFT - Special Incident Flying Task force and is on a sabbatical couple of months on a far-flung Scottish island, Tallansay, walki
Simon Serrailler is back in the fifth installment of this extremely popular series. Simon Serrailler has just wrapped up a particularly exhausting and difficult case for SIFT Special Incident Flying Task force and is on a sabbatical couple of months on a far-flung Scottish island, Tallansay, walkin
"A fabulously imaginative historical fantasy."--_Publishers Weekly_ , starred review of _The Inquisitor's Apprentice_ At the turn of the twentieth century, New York's Bowery District becomes the scene of a terrible murder when the Klezmer King gets fried to a crisp by his Electric Tuxedo--on stage!
A magical read by the bestselling author of _The Shadow of the Wind_. A mysterious toymaker, Lazarus, lives as a recluse in a crumbling mansion by the sea, surrounded by the mechanical beings he has created. Strange lights seem to shine through the mists that envelop the small island where the old
The third chilling tale from New York Times bestselling author Carlos Ruiz ZafΓ³n, translated from the original Spanish by acclaimed translator Lucia Graves.
_It was an unforgettable summer.... _ When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ishmael, and the two soon f
_**'I was the shadow child no one ever saw...'**_ From the day she was born until she escaped aged 30, Katy Morgan-Davies knew nothing but a life in captivity. Her father was the deluded and cruel leader of a cult based in South London who brainwashed those around him. Her father's paranoia and hi
Paris, 1633: Cardinal Richelieu is on his guard. France is under threat, and a secret society is conspiring against him from the heart of the greatest courts in Europe. To counter the threat, Richelieu has put his most trusted men into play: the Cardinal's Blades, led by Captain la Fargue. When la F
### Product Description Camp is supposed to be fun, but Sarah hates Camp Cold Lake. The lake is gross and slimy. And she's having a little trouble with her bunkmates. They hate her.So Sarah comes up with a plan. She'll pretend to drown -- then everyone will feel sorry for her.But things don't go ex
### Product Description Camp is supposed to be fun, but Sarah hates Camp Cold Lake. The lake is gross and slimy. And she's having a little trouble with her bunkmates. They hate her.So Sarah comes up with a plan. She'll pretend to drown -- then everyone will feel sorry for her.But things don't go ex
Struggling to solve the mystery of her parents' murder, Cor comes across a mystery much deeper--a secret society who predicted that someday their world would be devastated. That time is now. In a world where women are not allowed to read, live alone, or pursue knowledge Cor presses forward, discover
Review 'Relentless and powerful. This is damned good stuff.' Glen Cook, Bestselling author of the Black Company Series on The Sword of Shadows Product Description In the frigid wasteland of the north, Raif Sevrance, Watcher of the Dead, has endured many trials to lay claim to the renowned swor
Raised to adulthood during the end of the war between the human Polity and the vicious arthropoid race, the Prador, Ian Cormac is haunted by childhood memories of a sinister scorpion-shaped war drone and the burden of losses he doesnt remember. In the years following the war he signs up with Earth C
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: Brian Aldiss marked the centenary year of H G Wells' birth with this ingenious novella combining comedy, terror and, intriguingly, late nineteenth-century period charm. In a sleepy East Anglian town we meet Bruce Fox and Gregory Rolles - two young men who have sworn to Think L
Sul ciglio di una strada, una donna stringe tra le mani un mazzo di fiori azzurri. Γ il giorno di San Valentino, ma ad attenderla non c'Γ¨ un appuntamento romantico. Γ trascorso un anno esatto dalla morte di suo marito, e quei fiori sono destinati al luogo in cui l'uomo ha perso la vita. Ma quando ar
Numa manhΓ£ de votação que parecia como todas as outras, na capital de um paΓs imaginΓ‘rio, os funcionΓ‘rios de uma das seçáes eleitorais se deparam com uma situação insΓ³lita, que mais tarde, durante as apuraçáes, se confirmaria de maneira espantosa. Aquele nΓ£o seria um pleito como tantos outros, com a
*The Planet of Dante's Joy* Join John Carmody of Earth on an unforgettable adventure on the weirdest planet in the galaxy. Just when Carmody had given up understanding this weird world and decided simply to accept whatever happened, it was the Night of Light. All the citizens of Dante's Joy slumber
Invisible aliens invade the bucolic English countryside in Brian W. Aldiss & rsquo;s Nebula Award & ndash;winning science fiction novella, plus nine other stories of the fantastic and the odd A meteor shower in the skies above the rolling English countryside late in the nineteenth century fires the
Β‘CONOZCA A JACK LEVINE! Es el detective privado mΓ‘s divertido y astuto de Nueva York. Es 1947 y ha ido a Hollywood a ayudar a un guionista de cine amigo suyo. CorrecciΓ³n: un guionista de cine amigo suyo muerto. LeVine se ha metido en un caso de asesinato polΓtico protagonizado por Humphrey Bogart,
Β‘CONOZCA A JACK LEVINE! Es el detective privado mΓ‘s divertido y astuto de Nueva York. Es 1947 y ha ido a Hollywood a ayudar a un guionista de cine amigo suyo. CorrecciΓ³n: un guionista de cine amigo suyo muerto. LeVine se ha metido en un caso de asesinato polΓtico protagoniz
'This is not a love story I ever wanted to tell, because I hoped it would just go on and on, and never end. I thought that we'd grow old together. I never wanted it to be a tale.
Two best friends. Ten Christmases. One happy ending. When best friends Alexandra and Lucas share a first kiss on Christmas night their senior year of high school, it feels like the best years of their lives are ahead of them. Then Alex goes off to college, and Lucas stays behind to work at his dad's
### From Publishers Weekly A historical figure already larger than life, Capt. Sir Richard Francis Burton, pursues a legendary and violent Victorian creature, Spring Heeled Jack, at the behest of the prime minister in this convincingly researched debut. Fans of steampunk will be intrigued by the al