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Warren Trinásty je späť! Titul je dostupný aj v kolekcii za skvelú cenu! Warren a jeho slávny „cestujúci hotel“ vozí hostí na potulkách vidiekom. Keď ich však neočakávaná havária zavedie do nebezpečného lesa, Warren sa stretáva zoči-voči s nebezpečným dvojníkom – zlomyseľným „Worrinom“, ktorý je odhodlaný ovládnuť hotel! Ak chce Warren hotel a jeho návštevníkov zachrániť, musí najprv rozlúštiť niekoľko záhad: Kto je Worrin a aké je jeho pravé meno?1 Prečo v lese šepkajú tajomné hlasy?2 A čo, dopekla, je šťavožrút?3 Warren Trinásty a šepkajúci les je plný hádaniek, tajných kódov, výnimočných dobrodružstiev a stoviek zložitých ilustrácií, a poteší aj ohromí čitateľov každého veku.

A brilliant survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.

After is the fourth shocking, funny and heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's Second World War series. After The Nazis took my parents I was scared After They killed my best friend I was angry After They ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determined to get to the forest, to join forces with Gabriek and Yuli, to be a family, to defeat the Nazis after all 'Haunting . . . dangerous and desperate, but also full of courage and hope' - Guardian 'You will laugh . . . prepare for shock and tears' - Sunday Times After is the fourth in a series of children's novels about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust, from Australian author Morris Gleitzman - author of Bumface and Two Weeks with the Queen. The other books in the series, Once, Then and Now are also available from Puffin.

A new fantasy classic from the Newbery Medal winning and New York Times bestselling author of THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON.

My name is Felix. This is my story. Felix has been living in an orphanage for three years and eight months when the men in armbands arrive to burn the books. Going on the run in search of his parents, Felix soon learns that Poland in 1942 is not a safe place for Jewish boys. But can his gift for storytelling keep him one step ahead of the Nazis and help him find his parents? After all, everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once. 'Morris Gleitzman has a rare gift for writing very funny stories and an even rarer gift of wrapping very serious stories inside them' - Guardian Once is the first in a series of novels about Felix and his family. The sequels - Then, After, Soon, Maybe and Now - are also available from Puffin.

Ogni anno, all'alba del Giorno del Sacrificio, gli Anziani del Protettorato abbandonano un neonato ai margini della città. È un'offerta di pace per la strega che si nasconde nella foresta. Quello che gli Anziani non sanno, però, è che Xan, la strega, è buona. Così buona da dividere la sua casa con il vecchio Mostro dello Stagno e un dispettoso Drago Perfettamente Piccolo. Così buona da prendersi cura, anno dopo anno, dei piccoli abbandonati. Li raccoglie, li protegge, li nutre con la luce delle stelle e li accompagna dall'altra parte della foresta per affidarli a genitori amorevoli. Ma tutto cambia la notte in cui Xan commette un terribile errore: invece della luce delle stelle, fa bere alla bambina che ha appena salvato la luce della luna, regalandole così meravigliosi poteri magici. Incapace di separarsi da quella piccina con gli occhi neri come lo spazio infinito e la pelle luminosa come ambra, la strega decide di allevarla come una figlia e la chiama Luna. Luna cresce felice in riva allo Stagno, circondata dall'amore di Xan, dall'amicizia del Drago e dalle poesie del saggio Mostro, ma ignara degli straordinari poteri ricevuti in dono. Fino al giorno del suo tredicesimo compleanno, quando la magia si sprigiona in tutta la sua forza... Luna sarà in grado di gestirla? E riuscirà a smascherare la vera strega cattiva, decisa a prosciugare il mondo di ogni felicità? Età di lettura: da 10 anni

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ..._______________Winner of the Children's Book PrizeWinner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2017Winner of the London Book Fair Children's Travel Book of the Year_______________'I loved The Explorer' - Jacqueline Wilson'Rundell is now unarguably in the FIRST RANK' - Philip Pullman'Read everything she writes' - Daily Mail_______________From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him.As the plane crashes into the canopy, Fred is suddenly left without a choice. He and the three other children may be alive, but the jungle is a vast, untamed place. With no hope of rescue, the chance of getting home feels impossibly small.Except, it seems, someone has been there before them ...

In September 1969, Sportcoat, a cranky old church deacon, enters the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn and shoots the local drug dealer at point-blank range. This act of violence sets off a chain of events that lies at the heart of the story. McBride vividly portrays the lives of those affected by the shooting: the victim, the African American and Latinx residents who witnessed the incident, white neighbors, local cops, members of the Five Ends Baptist Church, the neighborhood's Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the narrative unfolds, it reveals the interconnectedness of these characters in the tumultuous landscape of 1960s New York. When the truth finally surfaces, McBride illustrates that not all secrets should remain hidden and that facing change with courage is essential for growth. He emphasizes that love's seeds are found in hope and compassion. With masterful storytelling and a deep faith in humanity, McBride crafts a novel that is as engaging as his previous works, showcasing that love and faith reside within us all.

Warren the 13th is the lone bellhop, valet, waiter, groundskeeper, and errand boy of his family’s ancient hotel. It’s a strange, shadowy mansion full of crooked corridors and mysterious riddles—and it just might be home to a magical object known as the All-Seeing Eye. Can Warren decipher the clues and find the treasure before his sinister Aunt Annaconda (and a slew of greedy hotel guests) beats him to it? This middle-grade adventure features gorgeous two-color illustrations on every page and a lavish two-column Victorian design that will pull young readers into a spooky and delightful mystery.

Duncan Thaw, the narrator, has to cope with a loveless family and the drudgery of growing to maturity in Glasgow. Elsewhere the author moves Thaw into fantasy when he sends him to Unthank, a city he is condemned to after his death. From the author of "Something Leather".

Žid Avram Halevi se narodil v Toledu za jedné krvavé noci na sklonku čtrnáctého století. Již od malička toužil změnit svět i svůj život a jedinou spásu spatřoval v medicíně. Po absolutoriu se z něj stal věhlasný lékař, kterému lidé přezdívali "Muž se stříbrným nožem." Gabriela Hasdaiová je Avramova přítelkyně z dětství a první láska. Celá léta čekala na Avramův návrat ze studií a těšila se na společný život, ale čekalo ji trpké zklamání. Avram se cele oddal vědě, a tak se jejich cesty na dlouho rozdělily. Gabriele nezbylo nic, než využít své inteligence a krásy, aby dokázala v krutém světě přežít. Z výbojného mladíčka a bezvěrce Avrama Haleviho se v průběhu let stane muž s čistým a pokorným srdcem, které neudolalo vězení ani následná ztráta majetku a postavení. S Gabrielou se znovu setká až ve stáří, a teprve tehdy dospěje k nejdůležitějšímu poznání svého bytí....

Kniha švédského amerikanisty se zabývá rituálními a etnickými aspekty náboženství Indiánů Severní Ameriky. Soustřeďuje se především na žité religiózní projevy, se kterými měl autor možnost se seznámit i během svých terénních výzkumů. Hlavní pozornost je věnována dvěma základním modelům indiánského náboženství - loveckému modelu, reprezentovanému kulturou Šošonů, a zemědělskému, který zde zastupují Zuniové. Lovecký model prérijních Indiánů se zakládá na šamanismu, zvířecím ceremonialismu, uctívání nejvyšší bytosti mužského pohlaví a na obřadech kosmického omlazování. Hlavním obřadem je zde proslavený Sluneční tanec (obřad Sundance). Pro zemědělský model jsou naopak typické obřady plodnosti, slavnosti deště, při kterých významnou roli hrají místní kouzelníci, uctívání bohů a bohyň. Zajímavá kniha s cennými religionisticko-etnografickými informacemi.

L'autrice si racconta in una spietata autobiografia dalla quale emerge la gravità dei suoi disturbi alimentari. I suoi problemi con il cibo, iniziati nell'infanzia, si aggravano con l'adolescenza: oscillerà per anni fra bulimia e anoressia. A 26 anni, quando scrive il suo romanzo, ha finalmente imparato a chiedere aiuto, ad accettare il suo corpo e le inevitabili sfide della vita

In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and live alone without the protection of a male guardian. Some of them even rose to rule Egypt as ‘female kings’. Joyce Tyldesley’s vivid history of how women lived in ancient Egypt weaves a fascinating picture of daily life – marriage and the home, work and play, grooming and religion – viewed from a female perspective, in a work that is engaging, original and constantly surprising.

In una città stravolta e allucinata, in cui ogni cosa si confonde e chiunque è sostituibile, i protagonisti di queste storie conducono ciascuno un'inchiesta misteriosa e dall'esito imprevedibile. Tutto può cominciare con una telefonata nel cuore della notte, come nel caso di Daniel Quinn ( Città di vetro ), autore di romanzi polizieschi che accetta la sfida che gli si presenta e si cala nei panni di un detective sconosciuto. Ma può anche capitare che chi debba pedinare si senta a sua volta pedinato ( Fantasmi ); o, ancora, che ci sia qualcuno che s'immedesima a tal punto nella vita di un amico da sposarne la vedova e adottarne il figlio... ( La stanza chiusa ). Tre detective-stories eccentriche e avvincenti in cui Paul Auster inventa una sua New York fantastica, un «nessun luogo» in cui ciascuno può ritrovarsi e perdersi all'infinito. Ed è proprio nell'invenzione di questa solitudine che i personaggi della Trilogia misurano il proprio io e scoprono il loro vero destino.

Walt meets Master Yehudi, a dark and mysterious character who sets him on the road to stardom. He is taken to a strange house where he learns first to walk on water and, eventually, to fly.

Román pro ženy s kriminální zápletkou vypovídá o vzájemném vztahu dvou povahově zcela rozdílných dcer významného právníka. Obě sestry spolu od dětství nevycházely dobře a v dospělosti se každá z nich dala jinou cestou. Sblíží je až společný zármutek nad smrtí matky, která odešla od rodiny, v New Yorku se stala úspěšnou výtvarnicí a za záhadných okolností byla zavražděna. Sestry se snaží přijít na motiv vraždy, najít pachatele a zbavit tak starší z nich podezření, které na ní ulpívá. Jejich úsilí je sice završeno úspěchem, přinese jim však šokující odhalení.

Dětská lékařka a maratonská běžkyně Emory Charbonneauová se při tréninku na odlehlé horské stezce v Severní Karolíně stává obětí útoku. Zachrání ji tajemný cizinec, jehož chování vzbuzuje jak hrůzu, tak zvědavost. Emory se probouzí v jeho srubu, kde se její pocity mísí s obavami o vlastní bezpečnost. Elizabethina matka je zavražděna, a podezření padá na jejího bratra Ronnieho, který má Downův syndrom. Elizabeth, přesvědčená o jeho nevinně, se snaží zjistit pravdu. Při prozkoumávání matčiny poslední vůle objeví neznámé jméno, které by mohlo být klíčem k vyřešení záhady. Studentka práv Becca Eckersleyová se v letním domě svých rodičů stává obětí brutální vraždy. Policie ji považuje za náhodnou, ale investigativní novinářka Kelsey Castleová je přesvědčena, že za tímto zločinem je více než se zdá. Rozhodne se pátrat na vlastní pěst, přičemž zjistí, že policejní vyšetřování je sabotováno. Filmový kritik Michael O'Dell po autonehodě prochází psychickou krizí, která ovlivňuje jeho rodinu a práci. Když se dostává na dno, začíná se vyrovnávat s bolestivou minulostí, která ho pronásleduje. Je čas udělat si v duši pořádek a čelit svým démonům.

“This spellbinding fantasy begs for a cozy chair and several hours of uninterrupted reading time.” —The Washington Post When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Across the forest that borders Ned’s village, Áine, the daughter of the Bandit King, is haunted by her mother’s last words: “The wrong boy will save your life, and you will save his.” When the Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned’s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, Áine and Ned meet. Can they trust each other long enough to cross a dangerous enchanted forest and stop the war about to boil over between their two kingdoms? “Barnhill is a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “[The Witch’s Boy] should open young readers’ eyes to something that is all around them in the very world we live in: the magic of words.” —The New York Times “This is a book to treasure.” —Nerdy Book Club A Washington Post Best Book of 2014 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 A Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2014 A Chicago Public Library “Best of the Best” 2014

In 1984 Vineland County, California, Zoyd Wheeler, who collects state disability checks by jumping through plate-glass windows, navigates a world shaped by mass and mall culture. His daughter, Prairie, is fixated on her mother, Frenesi Gates, who left with Brock Vond, a manipulative Federal prosecutor. Frenesi, once a radical filmmaker from a blacklisted family, has become an F.B.I. operative, and her absence looms large in the narrative. Vond, who seeks to use Prairie against Frenesi, prompts Zoyd to hide her. Prairie's journey leads her to a band called Billy Barf and the Vomitones and an encounter with her mother's friend, Darryl Louise Chastain. As she delves into Frenesi's past through computer records and film archives, Prairie uncovers dark secrets from the 1960s at Trasero County's College of the Surf, where her mother betrayed a revolutionary leader, Weed Atman, who now exists as a Thanatoid, trapped in the afterlife. The climax unfolds with Prairie's search intertwining with Vond's pursuit, culminating in dramatic confrontations involving helicopters and family reunions. The narrative critiques America's political evolution and the erosion of radical ideals, highlighting a moment when a school for subversion is deemed unnecessary, as the youth already conform to state ideologies. This major political novel reflects on America's impact on its own legacy and future generations.

On 14 February 1989, Valentine's Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been 'sentenced to death' by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses. So begins Rushdie's extraordinary memoir of how a writer was forced underground.

It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers

** The new Bridget Jones novel ** 8.45 P.M. Realise there have been so many times in my life when have fantasised about going to a scan with Mark or Daniel: just not both at the same time. Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget, with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the eleventh hour: a joyful pregnancy which is dominated, however, by a crucial but terribly awkward question - who is the father? Mark Darcy: honourable, decent, notable human rights lawyer? Or Daniel Cleaver: charming, witty, notable fuckwit? 9.45 P.M. It's like they're two halves of the perfect man, who'll spend the rest of their lives each wanting to outdo the other one. And now it's all enacting itself in my stomach. In this gloriously funny, touching story of baby-deadline panic, maternal bliss, and social, professional, technological, culinary and childbirth chaos, Bridget Jones - global phenomenon and the world's favourite Singleton - is back with a bump.

Londra, 1939. Ada Vaughan ha diciotto anni quando capisce che bisogna avere un sogno per disegnare il proprio destino. E il suo è creare abiti, aprire una casa di moda. Lavora già presso una sartoria di grido, e la vita sembra sorriderle. Un viaggio a Parigi le fa conoscere stoffe preziose e celebri atelier. Ma scoppia la guerra, e Ada resta bloccata in Francia. Come altri prigionieri inglesi, è deportata in Germania. Tra mille privazioni resta aggrappata al suo sogno, che la tiene in vita portandola a cucire per la moglie del comandante del campo di Dachau. Gli abiti prodotti da Ada sono sempre più belli, nonostante le ristrettezze belliche. La sua fama arriva fino alle più alte gerarchie naziste, e le viene commissionato un abito che dovrà essere il più speciale di tutti. Quello che Ada non sa è che si tratta dell'abito da sposa di Eva Braun, l'amante del Führer...

A compelling literary murder mystery from the author of The Cutting Room

Originální dílo „fan fiction“ Kdes byla včera v noci, napsané emocionálně evokativním jazykem Lynn Crosbieové, je imaginativním, dojemným a černohumorným románem o neústupnosti lásky. Evelyn Grayová je osamělá šestnáctiletá holka z maloměsta nedaleko Seattlu. Spolužáci ji šikanují, a tak většinu času tráví ve svém pokoji a povídá si s plakátem Kurta Cobaina. Její matka je alkoholová troska seattleské grungeové scény, jejíž vzpomínky, knihy a hudba podnítí Evelynin zájem o Kurta Cobaina – lásku tak hrozně silnou, že mrtvého zpěváka přivolá zpět mezi živé. Ti dva rychle propadnou jeden druhému a drogám. Proslaví se jako hudebníci, které provázejí skandály, navzdory vzájemné oddanosti je sžírá vášeň, žárlivost a násilí.

Disillusioned with life as a literary publicist in London and sick of her hotshot TV presenter boyfriend, twenty-something Rosie Richardson decides to give up glitz for good deeds and escape to Africa to run a refugee camp. When famine strikes and a massive refugee influx threatens to overwhelm the camp, officials drag their heels. The only way to get food fast is to bring the celebrities first, so Rosie returns to London to organize a star-studded and risky emergency appeal. Deftly skewering the world of celebrity fundraising, Fielding's debut novel is both comic and thought-provoking. Cause Celeb crackles with insights into the nature of fame, passion, and altruism in our time, all the while following an unlikely-but hugely likeable-heroine.

Wenn das Herz Ja sagt, kann der Kopf einpacken Nina liebt Kuchen, den kleinen Buchladen Love Books und ihren Freund Will. Vor allem aber liebt sie den Film Harry und Sally . Die sympathische, tollpatschige junge Frau hat sich deshalb in den Kopf gesetzt, die Fortsetzung zu ihrem Lieblingsfilm zu schreiben. Als sie herausfindet, dass Will sie betrügt und verlassen will – und ihr dabei noch an den Kopf wirft, sie könne nie etwas zu Ende bringen –, ist klar: Jetzt erst recht! Doch dann wird ihr ein professioneller Drehbuchschreiber zur Seite gestellt, Hipster Ben, den sie auf Anhieb nicht leiden kann. Aber ihr bleibt gar nichts anderes übrig, als sich mit ihm zu arrangieren und natürlich fliegen bald die Funken in jeder Hinsicht …