NOBODY PAYS MUCH ATTENTION TO JOHN. He’s just a normal teenager at a very not normal high-school where the social elite possess extraordinary powers and supernatural abilities. John prefers it that way – the more he stays under the radar, the safer he is in the intimidating halls of Wellston High.
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us
Explore the incredible world of anime and manga with this comprehensive, accessible handbook for kids. Celebrate your okatu spirit with this inclusive, illustrated guide to anime and manga.
In the ice-hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the star goalie discovers the family he’s always wanted when he falls in love with a single mother. When it comes to dating, Adam Lockwood wouldn’t know luck if it hit him in the face.
In the ice-hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, a dedicated player struggles with the number one team rule: don’t go near the captain’s sister. Garrett Andersen knows that playing professional hockey requires absolute dedication to the rules. There’s just one rule he’s finding very difficult to follow: stay away from the captain’s younger sister.
In the ice-hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the ultimate player turns romantic in order to win over the woman he is desperate to be with. Carter Beckett is the NHL’s best player – both on and off the ice. His career is at its peak, his team is performing better than ever, and there’s no shortage of women to spend the night with. What more could he want?
Por primera vez en lengua española,se reúne una generosa selección de los cuentos de tradición oral de uno de nuestros vecinos europeos no demasiado lejanos. Pequeñas obras para deleitar a pequeños y mayores así como para suscitar el interés de etnolingüistas, literatos e historiadores. Unos cuentos que abrirán una nueva puerta a la que asomarnos para conocernos mejor.
Sinopsis de CUENTOS ESLOVACOS DE TRADICION ORAL II: CUENTOS Y LEYENDAS Una vez abierta la puerta del mundo de la tradición oral de nuestros vecinos centroeuropeos al lector español, completamos nuestra primera selección de cuentos, publicados en el año 2012, con esta nueva aportación de catorce títulos.
Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, C harlie C olbert fled. The press and the police called C harlie a 'witness' to the shocking events at her elite graduate school on C hristmas Eve - events known to the public as 'Scarlet C hristmas' - though C harlie knows she was much more than that.
A strange new philosophy is gaining popularity amongst the Roman soldiers. When its enchanting influence reaches the Gauls, everything they once held dear is turned upside down.
FRANCES ALWAYS SAID SHE'D BE MURDERED... SHE WAS RIGHT. In 1965, when Frances Adams was seventeen, a fortune teller told her that one day she'd be murdered. Thus began a lifetime of trying to prevent the crime that would be her eventual demise. No one took Frances seriously for sixty years - until, of course, she was murdered.
A richly imagined and spellbinding story set in the Spanish Golden Age, The Familiar is a gorgeously written historical novel with a dusting of magic brimming with peril and dark deeds. When Luzia, a servant in the household of a Spanish nobleman reveals a talent for domestic magic, her social-climbing mistress demands she use her gifts to win over the royal court.
One boy and his toy are about to change everything... Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one C hristmas Eve, something terrible happens - DP is lost. But C hristmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys.
Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing social situations, and to escape, she turns to her treasury of Sicilian folklore.
Meet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional family of Fox News. Until recently, they formed the most powerful media and political force in America. Now their empire is cracking up and crashing down.
Kenergy. The phrase on everybody's lips. But what actually is Kenergy? And how can you unlock your own Kenergy from within?
Weaving a complex web of stratagem, subterfuge, philosophy and physics across light years of space and 18.9 million years of time, this tale of humanity’s struggle to reach the stars is a visionary masterwork of unprecedented scale and momentum. A boxed set of Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem trilogy, containing The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End
Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.
