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Hidden Warrior (The Tamir Triad, Book 2)
Hidden Warrior (The Tamir Triad, Book 2)
Lynn Flewelling
¥59.94
A trick of magic, a twist of fate. As the orphaned nephew of the king, trusted companion to his cousin, and second heir to the throne of Skala, Prince Tobin’s future is clear. But not as clear as the spring in which a hill witch shows him his true face--and his secret destiny.... Now Tobin carries a burden he cannot share with even his closest friend, Ki, his squire. He is to rule--not as he is but as he was born: a woman. Given the shape of a boy by dark magic, Tobin is the last hope of the people of Illior--those who desperately seek a return to the old ways, when Skala was ruled by a line of warrior queens. They still believe that only a woman can lift the war, famine, and pestilence that have run rampant through the land since the king usurped his half sister’s throne. It is these outlaw wizards and witches who protect Tobin--and it is for them that Tobin must accept his fate. With the unsuspecting yet fiercely loyal Ki at his side, Tobin must turn traitor against the only blood ties he has left. He must lift the masks of Skala’s rulers to show their true colors--before he can reveal the power of the woman within himself. From the Paperback edition.
A Sweet Obscurity
A Sweet Obscurity
Patrick Gale
¥59.94
A moving and intensely felt examination of the lengths to which we will go to seek protection and security in others. Returning to haunted Cornish landscapes familiar from other Gale novels, it is the story of individuals in search of a family. Dido, the nine-year-old heroine and emotional centre of Patrick Gale’s latest painful comedy, knows that the adults who surround her, the adults who should know better, depend on her for happiness. So who is she to turn to when her short life turns upside down and tragic family history threatens to repeat itself. Eliza, the clever, depressive aunt who has brought Dido up, and whose brilliant academic career has foundered due to the demands of unlooked-for motherhood, tries and fails to give Dido the happy normal childhood she never had herself. Her ex-husband Giles needs Dido back in his life, feeling it has lost all meaning, all substance, without her. Then there is Pearce, the new love interest in Eliza’a life, desperate to give Eliza and Dido the security and protection they need. But will Eliza let him? Does she love him or is she using him to restart a stalled career? Only Dido, unheard of in the clamour of others’ needs, has the power to make or break the happiness of these children in adult clothing.
Silence & Lies (A Short Story):A Throne of the Caesars Story
Silence & Lies (A Short Story):A Throne of the Caesars Story
Harry Sidebottom
¥59.94
A tense and brilliantly dramatic 20-page short story from the bestselling author of The Throne of the Caesars Series. AD238. Emperor Maximinus’ reign is under threat as Gordian the Younger and Elder are proclaimed as Emperor. Julius Burdo, official of the Empire, must accompany the knife-boy Castricius north, to assassinate Maximinus. The order is from the new Augusti; death is a certain fate to both men, whether they succeed or fail. But as the two men journey north, they have plans to survive this deadly mission. A fascinating insight into a scheme that happens offstage in Iron & Rust, this is a taut and thrilling short story.
The Bone Doll’s Twin (The Tamir Triad, Book 1)
The Bone Doll’s Twin (The Tamir Triad, Book 1)
Lynn Flewelling
¥59.94
The first volume of a thrilling fantasy adventure trilogy filled with necromancy and bone-chilling magic from the bestselling US author of the Nightrunner series.
The Mapmaker’s Opera
The Mapmaker’s Opera
Bea Gonzalez
¥59.94
In the tradition of Allende, this is a magical novel, written in the form of an opera, and set in Seville and Mexico in the late 1800s. Act I opens in Seville. Emilio has been forced by his overbearing mother into the priesthood. Monica is a governess in a wealthy household who falls pregnant by the head of the house. A chance meeting in Seville cathedral suggests a solution to both their predicaments – they decide to marry, though it is not a love match. Emilio raises Monica's son Diego as his own, and they form a close bond over their mutual love of language, books, maps and birds. When Emilio dies, Monica reveals that he was not Diego's father. She grows ever more embittered and eventually dies, leaving Diego to pursue his true calling – his love of birds. Act 2 follows Diego's life in Mexico – his apprenticeship to an American who is mapping the birds of Mexico; his love for Sofia, the beautiful, independent daughter of a Mexican farmer; and his obsession with saving the Passenger Pigeon from extinction. The cities of Seville and Mérida are so central to the narrative, and evoked so beautifully, that they are almost characters themselves. Taking in many of the stock characters that appear in the best operas – the philanderer, the wronged wife, the harassed servant, the star-crossed lovers – The Mapmaker's Opera is an original and magical novel which will appeal to lovers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende.
Taking Liberties
Taking Liberties
Diana Norman
¥59.94
A remarkable, sparkling historical novel by the author of A Catch of Consequence. Two women, both searching for apparently missing people, meet in the chaos of wartime Plymouth. Britain is at war with the French and the rebellious American colonies. But where the French captured by the British navy are recognized prisoners of war, the Americans are the non-combatants of their era. Diana Stacpoole a young aristocrat recently saved by the death of her husband from a brutal marriage, is searching for the imprisoned son of a colonial friend: Makepeace Burke, a self-made woman, is looking for her daughter and companions, rescued from their destroyed ship but somehow lost on arrival in Britain. The journey of discovery both women make through docks and prisons, government offices and brothels, palatial houses and smugglers hideaways, not only allows them to find the missing persons but also to forge an unlikely friendship and to find remarkable lovers. Finding liberty for others leads them to splendid liberty for themselves.
The Halloween Tree
The Halloween Tree
Ray Bradbury
¥59.94
A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the persecution of witches in the Dark Ages, and the gargoyles of Notre Dame, they catch up with the elusive Pipkin in the catacombs of Mexico, where each boy gives one year from the end of his life to save Pipkin's. Enhanced by appropriately haunting black-and-white drawings.---Booklist
The Last Ride
The Last Ride
Thomas Eidson
¥59.94
A novel of the American West narrates the story of a dying man's attempts to make peace with his daughter, their struggle to rescue his granddaughter from renegades and slave traders, and his lifelong search for inner peace. The Last Ride is the story of Maggie Gilkeson, a young woman raising her two daughters in an isolated and lawless wilderness. When her oldest daughter is kidnapped by a psychopathic killer with mystical powers, Maggie is forced to re-unite with her long estranged father to rescue her. The killer and his brutal cult of desperados have kidnapped several other teenage girls, leaving a trail of death and horror across the desolate landscape of the American Southwest. Maggie and her father are in a race against time to catch up with the renegades and save her daughter, before they cross the Mexican border and disappear forever. The Last Ride is the story of a race against time and death, a powerful tale of rescue and reconciliation that provides a haunting insight into our instincts of kinship and need for beliefs.
The Dead Town (Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein, Book 5)
The Dead Town (Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein, Book 5)
Dean Koontz
¥59.84
The cataclysmic conclusion to Koontz’s brilliant reworking of the classic tale. The war against humanity is raging. As the small town of Rainbow Falls, Montana, comes under siege, scattered survivors come together to weather the onslaught. Victor Frankenstein’s nihilistic plan is to remake the future: a future in which mankind will be annihilated. To accomplish this aim he has created nothing less than the shock troops of the Apocalypse. Now the alliance of the good must make their last, best stand and do battle against overwhelming odds. And Deucalion, Frankenstein's original and flawed attempt at replicating life, must finally confront his evil creator. In a climax that will shatter every expectation, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance…
Z?r?s hétvége
Z?r?s hétvége
Tolnai Panka
¥59.84
EGY FONTOS ?ZENET ROSSZ KEZEKBE KER?L. S?T?T TERV L?P M?K?D?SBE. ?M A K?T TOLVAJ MOST IS A CSELSZ?V?K ?TJ?BAN ?LL. A Riyria egyik fele, Hadrian Blackwater Novron elveszett ?r?k?sének felkutatására indul. Egykori társa életét féltve, Royce Melborn ismét csatlakozik hozzá egy utolsó küldetésre, így együtt szállnak tengerre. A sikerre egyetlen esélyük, ha szembeszállnak a kíméletlen Merrick Mariusszal, a mesterb?n?z?vel, aki barátból Royce legádázabb ellenségévé vált. ?tjuk csapdák és árulás ingoványos vidékén át vezet, és Hadrian arra kényszerül, hogy szembenézzen rég eltemetett múltjával. A Smaragdvihar a magával ragadó Riyria-krónikák negyedik k?tete. A hatk?tetes sorozatot írója egyetlen, eposzi magaslatokra t?r? t?rténetként alkotta meg, amit kül?n epizódokra bontott. A cselekményszálak egybefonódnak, de minden egyes k?tet a saját t?rténetét meséli el, és kül?n, kerek egészként is élvezhet?. Az eredetileg magánkiadásban megjelent sorozatra felfigyelt egy nagy kiadó is, és az új kiadás révén az utóbbi évek legsikeresebb új fantasyjévé vált.
Egy nyár, amit sosem felejtesz
Egy nyár, amit sosem felejtesz
Victoria Connelly
¥59.84
AZ UT?BBI ?VEK LEGNAGYOBB SCI-FI SZENZ?CI?JA, AMELYB?L RIDLEY SCOTT FORGAT FILMET HAMAROSAN. A GRAVIT?CI? C?M? FILMHEZ HASONL?AN EZ A K?NYV IS MEGH?D?TOTTA A SZ?LESEBB K?Z?NS?GET. Hat nappal ezel?tt Mark Watney az els?k k?z?tt érkezett a Marsra. Most úgy fest, hogy ? lesz az els? ember, aki ott is hal meg. Miután csaknem végez vele egy porvihar, ami evakuációra kényszeríti az ?t halottnak gondoló társait, Mark a Marson ragad. Még arra is képtelen, hogy üzenetet küldj?n a F?ldre, és tudassa a világgal, hogy életben van – de még ha üzenhetne is, a készletei elfogynának, miel?tt egy ment?akció a segítségére siethetne. Bár valószín?leg úgysem lesz ideje éhen halni. Sokkal valószín?bb, hogy még azel?tt vesztét okozzák a sérült berendezések, a k?ny?rtelen k?rnyezet vagy egyszer?en csak a jó ?reg ?emberi tényez?”. De Mark nem hajlandó feladni. Találékonyságát, mérn?ki képességeit és az élethez való hajthatatlan, makacs ragaszkodását latba vetve, rendíthetetlenül állja a sarat a számtalan leküzdhetetlennek t?n? akadállyal szemben. Vajon elegend?nek bizonyul-e leleményessége a lehetetlen véghezviteléhez? ?Egyszer?en letehetetlen ez a k?nyv! A marsi a jól megírt, eredeti sztori, az érdekes, valószer? karakterek, és az elképeszt? technikai hitelesség ritka kombinációja… olyan, mintha a MacGyver-t keresztezték volna A rejtelmes szigettel. ? Chris Hadfield asztronauta, a Nemzetk?zi ?rállomás parancsnoka ?A marsi rendesen odacsapott! Weir iszonyúan szórakoztató és nagyigény? túlél? thrillert írt, egy ?MacGyver a Marson”-sztorit, ami épp olyan valóságos és szívfacsaró, mint az Apollo 13 igaz t?rténete. ? Ernest Cline, a Ready Player One szerz?je Lebilincsel?… olyan, mint Defoe Robinson Crusoe-ja egy intelligensebb szerz? tollából. Larry Niven, t?bbsz?r?s Hugo- és Nebula-díjas író “?sid?k óta nem olvastam ennél jobb k?ny vet! Miel?tt felt?r?d a pecsétet, ürítsd ki a menetrended. Ett?l a t?rténett?l jobban beléd fojtja a lélegzetet, mint leveg?szivárgás egy ?rhajón. Szórakoztató, okos és p?rg?s – A marsi megad mindent, amit csak egy regényt?l vársz!” Hugh Howey, New York Times bestseller szerz? “Er?s, üt?s és t?k?s. Robinson Crusoe a Marson, huszonegyedik századi stílusban. Miel?tt ezt a k?nyvet elkezded, gondoskodj magadnak szabadid?r?l – kelleni fog, mert eszedben sem lesz letenni.” Steve Berry, New York Times bestseller szerz?
Garantált hepiend
Garantált hepiend
Katarina Bivald
¥59.84
Megvertek és elárultak, meglték az apámat. Bosszút állok – bármi áron” 1789. Párizs varázslatos városában felvirrad a Francia Forradalom hajnala . Az utcakvek vértl vrslenek, ahogy a nép fellázad az elnyomó arisztokrácia ellen. De a forradalmi igazságszolgáltatásért komoly árat kell fizetnie minden embernek… Mikzben a gazdagok és a szegények kztti választóvonal minden korábbinál szélesebbre nyílik, és egy nemzet nmagát tépi szét, két fiatalember, egy férfi és egy n, bosszút akar állni mindazért, amit elveszített. Arno és lise hamarosan az Orgyilkosok és a Templomosok évszázados küzdelme kells kzepén találja magát – egy olyan világban, amelynek halálos veszedelmei minden képzeletet felülmúlnak. Az Ubisoft díjnyertes videójátéka alapján.
Sülve-f?ve, mind?r?kre
Sülve-f?ve, mind?r?kre
Cat Lavoie
¥59.84
Mark Lawrence egy újabb trilógia erejéig visszatér a Széthullott Birodalomba, hogy ezúttal egy kevésbé ambiciózus hercegr?l regéljen… A v?r?s királyn? ?reg már, de a Széthullott Birodalom királyai így is mindenki másnál jobban tartanak t?le. Legfélelmetesebb fegyvere a titokzatos Néma N?vér, akit senki sem láthat, de a nevét rettegve emlegetik. A királyn? unokája, a gyáva és részeges n?csábász, emellett szenvedélyes szerencsejátékos Jalan Kendeth herceg mind?ssze tizedik az ?r?klési sorrendben, ám t?kéletesen elégedett jelentéktelen szerepével. A Néma N?vér által állított halálcsapdából megmenekülve sorsa ?sszefonódik Snorri ver Snagasonéval, az ádáz viking harcoséval. Hogy megt?rjék a kettejüket egymáshoz béklyózó varázst, útnak indulnak a Széthullott Birodalmon át a jeges észak felé. A Holt Király bérencei el?l menekülve számtalan veszéllyel, készséges n?kkel, Skilfarral, a jégboszorkával, s?t, még egy Jorg Ancrath nev? j?ttment herceggel és bandájával is találkoznak. ?m Jalan csak egyetlen dologra vágyik: szabadulni Snorritól, miel?tt a viking óriás küldetése sikerrel jár, és végre farkasszemet nézhet ellenségeivel a Fekete Er?dben, a Metsz? Jég peremén. A regényt a szerz? el?z? m?veihez hasonlóan a neves m?fordító Gy. Horváth László (Gépnarancs, A hobbit, Pi élete, stb.) ültette át magyar nyelvre. ?Mark Lawrence a legjobb dolog, ami a fantasy m?fajjal t?rtént az utóbbi években.” Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestseller szerz?
Snack Stories: 22 Short Tasty Stories
Snack Stories: 22 Short Tasty Stories
Rose Politi
¥59.82
Are you hungry for a new story? This selection of bite-sized short stories might just be the perfect treat for you.? Every man and one thought, every thought and one story. Romantic, humorous, entertaining and touching, the whole world in your hands. Ordinary and extraordinary people share their thoughts and their moments through the pages of 22 mini stories. Luke, Rosalie, little lady Lee, are may be some of your friends or your neighbors. Maybe your alter ego in a parallel universe. This is a chance to know them. Rose Politi's stories will make you laugh, cry and think about the world around us.?Bon Appétit!?
Spirit, imagini ?i ?n?elesuri
Spirit, imagini ?i ?n?elesuri
Ion Papuc
¥59.68
Gndul c a fi putut-o sugruma pe sora mea mai mic, adormit n patul de sub mine i pe care o iubeam mai mult dect orice altceva pe lume. Nu o nebunie slbatic, ci una aproape n joac. O sugestie lene, somnoroas, maliioas, care prea s atepte acolo de mult vreme.“ Acolo, adic n pivnia ntunecoas a fiinei. Gnduri ceoase, impulsuri obscure, vinovii fr vin, acuzaii difuze. Inexplicabilul sau inavuabilul resimite ca reacie fireasc. Benign demonism infantil, dincolo de logic i de orice explicaie. i totul n caruselul Relaiei, cadrul obsedant al acestor istorii de via amar, pestri, derizorie. Relaii ntre prini i copii, surori i frai, bunici i nepoi, unchi, mtui, vecini. Cu avorturi, adultere, accidente, sinucideri, apendicite, bovarism, sex aiurea, decizii pripite de nunt i desprire. Gelozie ntre surori, ura fetiei fa de predicile mamei, Parkinson i Alzheimer, Toronto i Vancouver, baluri provinciale, paralizii, primele fantazri erotice ale vrstei nubile, rochia mamei, azilul, recuperri sentimentale dup jumtate de veac, apologia vieii neinhibate“, dar i rigorile inflexibile ale unui mediu intens irizat religios. Pe scurt, via. Mai precis: draga noastr via. Cea pe care adesea uitm s-o trim, necum s-o mai i gndim.
The Law of Nines
The Law of Nines
Terry Goodkind
¥59.65
The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers a stunningly original , high-octane thriller. They watch you through mirrors… ‘Your mother was twenty-seven when it came to her. Now you’re twenty-seven, and it’s come to you.’ The skin of Alex’s arms tingled with goose bumps. By her twenty-seventh birthday insanity had come to his mother… Turning twenty-seven may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the mid-western United States, it’s cataclysmic. Inheriting a huge expanse of land should have made him a rich and happy man; but something about this birthday, his name, and the beautiful woman whose life he just saved, has suddenly made him – and everyone he loves – into a target. A target for extreme and uncompromising violence… Where do you turn when your own reflection spells doom? In Alex, Terry Goodkind, the New York Times #1 bestselling author, brings to life a modern hero in a whole new kind of stunningly original, high-octane, page-turning thriller.
Daughter of the Forest: Book 1 of the Sevenwaters Trilogy
Daughter of the Forest: Book 1 of the Sevenwaters Trilogy
Juliet Marillier
¥59.65
A magnificent saga set in the Celtic twilight of 10th century Ireland, when myth was law and magic was a power of nature, brilliantly brought to life: the legendary story of an evil stepmother opposed by a seventh child. A wicked woman, an evil curse, and a love that must triumph over impossible odds Set in the Celtic twilight of ancient Ireland, when myth was law and magic a force of nature, this is the tale of Sorcha, seventh child of a seventh son, the forbidding Lord Colum, and of her six beloved brothers. The keep at Sevenwaters is a remote, strange, quiet place, guarded by silent men who slip through the woodlands clothed in grey, and keep their weapons sharp. For there are invaders outside the forest; raiders from across the seas, Britons and Vikings bent on destruction. But now there is also an invader inside the keep: the Lady Oonagh, a sorceress as fair as day, but with a heart as black as night. Oonagh captivates Lord Colum with her sensual wiles; but she cannot enchant the wary Sorcha. Frustrated in her attempts to destroy the family, Oonagh binds the brothers with a spell that only Sorcha can lift. If she fails, they will die. Then the raiders come, and Sorcha is taken captive. Soon she will find herself torn between her duty to break the curse, and a growing, forbidden love for the warlord who is her captor. Like Marion Zimmer Bradley’s MISTS OF AVALON or Jean Auel’s CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR, this is first-rate historical fantasy that can have the widest possible appeal, taking in also the readership of historical fiction writers like Mary Stewart , Mary Renault and Anya Seton.
Ξ?χωροι δρ?μοι
Ξ?χωροι δρ?μοι
Βασίλης Καραντζογιάννης
¥59.59
— Χ??ντη, ε?δα ?να παρ?ξενο ?νειρο, που με ?κανε να τρομ?ξω. Ε?δα, ?τι ?μουν στην ?κρη του γκρεμο?, με ε?χε? αγκαλι? και με φιλο?σε?. Κ?ποια στιγμ?, γλ?στρησα, ?πεσα μ?σα στον γκρεμ?, κατρακυλο?σα με τα λιθ?ρια. Π?γε? να με συγκρατ?σει? αλλ? δε μπ?ρεσε?. Εγ?, σου φ?ναζα ?Χ??ντη...,? δεν με ?κουγε?... Ξ?φνου, σε ε?δα δ?πλα μου να μου σκουπ?ζει? τα α?ματα, με ?να μαντ?λι που ?γραφε επ?νω, ?ντολφ ??χμαν. Με φ?λησε? και μου ειπε?. ?Γιατ? Κωνσταντ?; Σου τ? ’πα Κωνσταντ?, αυτο? ?χουν ?σχημα, με? το νου του??. Εγ?, Χ??ντη, σε παρακαλο?σα και σου ?λεγα ?αν κ?ποτε, σε βγ?λει ο δρ?μο? για τη Χρ?σα, και συναντ?σει? τον Κ?στα πε? του ?τι ?φταιξα?. Τι θα ε?χα κ?νει ?ραγε; ?πειτα, ρωτο?σε? του? χωριανο?? μ?πω? με ξ?ρουν, κ?τι χαροκαμ?νε? γυνα?κε?, σου ε?παν ?σχημα λ?για για μ?να, στον τ?πο μου. Χ??ντη, λ?νε ?τι το α?μα ε?ναι προδοσ?α. — Αυτ?, ε?ναι Κωνσταντ?; — Ναι. — Η ν?χτα, ?χει και καμ?ματα. Το βρ?δυ, θα κοιμηθο?με μαζ?, να δο?με θα βλ?πει? εφι?λτε?. Θα π?ω να ειδοποι?σω του? γονε?? μου για να μην ανησυχο?ν.
Nurse In Need (Mills & Boon Medical)
Nurse In Need (Mills & Boon Medical)
Alison Roberts
¥59.45
Needed: one family! Emergency nurse Amy Brooks doesn't need a man! She's decided to concentrate on her excellent career at Queen Mary's Hospital instead. Then suddenly Amy realizes she's missing out on something. A family of her own… Rushing into an engagement, Amy convinces herself she loves her fiance.Yet when Dr.Tom Barlow arrives, Amy recognizes the real thing. She has to end her engagement–and Tom's delighted! But is it because he returns Amy's love, or does he have a very different reason?
Reunited With The Billionaire (Mills & Boon Modern)
Reunited With The Billionaire (Mills & Boon Modern)
Sandra Marton
¥59.45
Welcome to Twin Oaks—the new B and B in Cooper's Corner. Some come for pleasure, others for passion—and one to set things straight… Check-in: When Wendy Monroe left Cooper's Corner, she'd been an Olympic hopeful in skiing…and madly in love with Seth Castleman. But an accident on the slopes shattered her dreams—and her heart. She fled from Seth rather than tell him the painful secret behind her injuries. Now Wendy has returned home with just one desire. She wants to be whole again. Checkout: A renowned surgeon staying at the Twin Oaks B and B could mend her leg. But only facing Seth again—and the truth—can mend her broken heart. Now, more than ever, she needs Seth's strength and passion…and the healing power of his love.
An Indecent Proposal (Mills & Boon Silhouette)
An Indecent Proposal (Mills & Boon Silhouette)
Margot Early
¥59.45
Bronwyn Davies is furious. Widowed, penniless and desperate, she came to Fairchild Acres looking for work–and to confront stockbroker Patrick Stafford, her son's real father. Sure, she wasn't expecting the red carpet rollout from her ex-lover…but insults and rudeness? Well, she'll show him exactly what she's made of–and what he's missing! Even after all these years, Patrick still hasn't forgiven Bronwyn for marrying another man for money. Now Bronwyn can see what life could have been, with him. Sure, he'll step up and acknowledge his son. But the cost will be far dearer than Bronwyn could ever have imagined….