Charlieho Lairda opäť mátajú zlé sny. A pritom ich nemal od čias, ako sa odvážne postavil svojim strachom. Zakaždým sa ocitne v Podsvetí na poli, obklopený stádom desivých čiernych oviec. Nie sú to obyčajné ovečky, aké počítame, keď nevieme zaspať. Okrem toho, že vyzerajú hrozivo, nerobia vlastne nič mimoriadne. Charlieho však najviac znepokojuje, že to nie je jeho vlastná nočná mora. Jednoducho uviazol v zlom sne niekoho iného. A dal by ruku do ohňa za to, že v tom majú prsty dvojčatá ICK a INK...
Charlie Laird žije život snov. Býva v tajomnom zámku s bránou do Podsvetia, plného priateľských nočných môr. A navyše sa mu práve začínajú letné prázdniny. Nemôže sa však zbaviť pocitu, že sa deje niečo čudné. Slávne herbárium jeho nevlastnej mamy odrazu zíva prázdnotou a zákazníci si chodia po bylinkové odvary do vedľajšieho mestečka! A ešte horšie je, že po uliciach toho mestečka sa ponevierajú čudné existencie, ktoré vyzerajú ako živé mŕtvoly. Zdá sa, že vo vzduchu visí poriadny malér..
Five delinquent Girl Scouts, a million hungry rats, one secret city beneath Manhattan and a girl superspy out for revenge. Welcome to the world of Kiki Strike!
Už nikdy nebudete spať ako predtým!
Charlie Laird sa už tri mesiace poriadne nevyspal. Len čo zavrie oči, ocitne sa vo svete, ktorý sa hemží čarodejnicami, škriatkami, hadmi, upírmi a všemožnými hrôzostrašnými výplodmi ľudskej fantázie. Strašia tu dokonca i klauni či huňaté biele králiky s vražednými zubami! Jedna nočná mora je však zo všetkých najhoršia a Charlie si s ňou musí poradiť, inak sa z ríše zlých snov už nikdy nedostane a privedie do záhuby aj svojich kamarátov, rodinu a celé mesto... Podarí sa mu nabrať odvahu a čeliť tomu, čo ho najviac desí?
Haven must infiltrate the Ouroboros Society, charm Adam Rosier, and lure him into a trap. It's a plan the underground group known as the Horae believe will save the world--but Haven and Iain fear that it may destroy the happiness they've been chasing for two thousand years.
When Rachel’s brother disappears under mysterious circumstances, she must come to terms with his apparent death, though there is no body.She travels to Joburg to support her sister-in-law, Maya, with the memorial – also to escape her stifling life as a wife and mother.Rachel is unsettled when Max, her ex-lover, arrives. Despite poet Sizwe’s efforts to steady her, Rachel reels from grief and longing.Then Rachel, Maya, Max and Sizwe are involved in a confrontation that will change them forever.
A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You'll love it' Marian Keyes. 'I loved this wild mystery about a group of midlife women who have just about had enough. I couldn't put it down' Erin Kelly. 'A feminist thriller for our times' Nina Pottell, Prima. 'A propulsive plot and characters that roar off the page, this is a novel that's unafraid to take on societal misogyny while being satirical and even funny at the same time' Guardian. 'An addictive, fast-paced crime novel like nothing you've ever read before' Red magazine.
Nessa, Jo, and Harriett, each grappling with their own struggles, find newfound powers and decide to take matters into their own hands. Widowed Nessa hears voices of the dead, while Harriett, on the cusp of fifty, undergoes a stunning transformation after her marriage and career collapse. Jo, battling her body image and menopause-induced rage, learns to channel her anger. Together, they discover the abandoned body of a teenage girl, ignored by the police. Their investigation uncovers more victims and a world of wealth where the rules protect villains rather than the vulnerable. Now, these three women are determined to avenge the innocent and punish the guilty. IT'S TIME. Readers and authors are GRIPPED: 'A proper smash-the-patriarchy read with tension and a compelling plot to boot . . . Loved it' Harriet Tyce. 'An exceptionally well-written, vivid, and powerful piece
All the yearning, the passion, and the wantonness of lust are explored in this broad-ranging anthology of sensual stories, poems, and fables on a perennially hot topic. From Italo Calvino's humorous observations in The Loves of the Tortoises and Simone de Beauvoir's bittersweet reflections in The Prime of Life to the dark desires of The Vampire Lestat and the taboo obsession of Lolita, Lust offers an uncensored collection by some of the world's most respected writers, both classic and contemporary. With an elegant, two-color design as alluring as its contents are captivating, Lust makes a thoroughly pleasurable gift for a lover, or a perfect literary bedside companion.
Advises the reader on many aspects of being eight, from how to make rubber
cement boogers to how to smell delightful or where to hunt for fairies and
gnomes.
Prague is a city outside of time. This concentric metropolis mixes the ancient, the merely old, and the modern in a most enigmatic and luminous way. In Prague, the selection of excerpts, essays, and poems perfectly captures this juxtaposition - baroque churches with twenty-five cents beer, gas lamps with neon, Kafka's Castle with cement skyscrapers - in the writing of eleven international authors. This wide-ranging anthology collects unexpected pieces, such as Bruce Chatwin on dwarf and porcelain collecting and Janet Malcolm on a surreal night in modern Prague, as well as the work of Vaclav Havel and Josef Skvorecky, writing about the former Czechoslovakia with candor and humor. Patricia Hampl provides a patchwork look from an overseas admirer, while transplanted Englishwoman Rosemary Kavan writes about her life in Communist Czechoslovakia in the late '40s and early '50s. Each facet of this prismatic city is illuminated and revealed in this richly textured anthology.contentsArticle 202 / Vaclav Havel --The castle / Franz Kafka --Utz / Bruce Chatwin --The house of Doctor Faust / Alois Jirasek --Bohemia / Ingeborg Bachmann --Pirates / Josef Skvorecky --A night in Prague / Janet Malcolm --The good soldier S[c]hweik / Jaroslav Hasek --Freedom at a price / Rosemary Kavan --The book of laughter and forgetting / Milan Kundera.
Set in a thrilling, futuristic world reminiscent of HBO's Westworld, this second installment of a fast-paced trilogy offers an engaging narrative filled with adventure and intrigue. Co-authored by New York Times bestselling writers Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller, it continues to explore complex themes of technology and reality, appealing to fans of immersive storytelling akin to Ready Player One. Expect captivating characters and a gripping plot that keeps readers on the edge of their seats.
Haven Moore has always known she's different: there are the talents that can't be explained; the knowledge of places she's never been; and then there are the visions that overwhelm her - terrifying visions of a life that ended tragically two decades earlier and more than a thousand miles away in New York City. The citizens of Haven's rural, highly religious community, believe that she's been possessed by a demon. But this is no demon: it's reincarnation. Haven journeys all the way to Manhattan in search of clues about her past life and a decades-old murder. One wrong move could lead her into the clutches of the sinister villain at the center of a conspiracy much larger than she could have ever imagined. But if she makes the right choices, Haven will find the answers she's been seeking her entire life. This is an epic and thrilling romance set in the snake-handling churches of Appalachia, the dusty ruins of ancient Rome, and the grand mansions of Manhattan. The Eternal Ones tells the story of the first battle in a war between undying love and eternal evil.
At the Mandel Academy, a prestigious school for young criminals, a teenage pickpocket named Flick excels until a fierce rival, his former flame, is recruited. With only one of them allowed to graduate, they must decide whether to save each other or succumb to the school's ruthless competition.
After watching a nature documentary, a young girl believes she is part tiger, unleashing a new identity on friends and family.After watching a nature documentary, Saira comes to believe that she is part tiger, a fact she is not at all ashamed to reveal to friends and family. When the children at school tell her she's wrong, she roars at them. At home she slinks from room to room, hunting and protecting her territory. Getting her fed and into bed is a challenge for mom until she reveals a shocking truth. She's a tiger, too! Every page is colorful, eye-popping collage, carefully handmade and capturing both the wild and sweet side of our tigress.
Anthology includes: Introduction / Bob Shacochis Death of a pirate / John James Audubon Gurdjieff in the sunshine state / Joy Williams The stone crab / Damon Runyon The long, lavender look / John D. MacDonald Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth / Nathaniel Hawthorne Miami / Joan Didion To have and have not / Ernest Hemingway How the three races were made / Seminole Tale The Walt "You Will Have Fun" Disney World themed shopping complex and resort compound / Dave Barry LaBrava / Elmore Leonard My birthplace / Zora Neale Hurston The diving bell / Tennessee Williams The exploration of Florida / Cabeza de Vaca Gregorio Valdes, sign painter / Elizabeth Bishop Los Gusanos / John Sayles The open boat / Stephen Crane Alone / Isaac Bashevis Singer Alligators fishing in the St. Johns River / William Bartram The idea of order at Key West / Wallace Stevens Key West / Alison Lurie.
After the newest set of virtual reality gear hits the market, Simon can't wait to test it out. But, when his friend Katherine suddenly disappears after being seen with men from the same gaming company, Simon must decide how far in the game he's willing to go to save her
Stay up all night with this modern day Rebecca! Perfect for fans of Truly Devious—a haunting story about a new girl in an old town filled with dark secrets . . . that might just kill her. People say the house is cursed. It preys on the weakest, and young women are its favorite victims. In Louth, they're called the Dead Girls. All Bram wanted was to disappear—from her old life, her family's past, and from the scandal that continues to haunt her. The only place left to go is Louth, the tiny town on the Hudson River where her uncle, James, has been renovating an old mansion. But James is haunted by his own ghosts. Months earlier, his beloved wife died in a fire that people say was set by her daughter. The tragedy left James a shell of the man Bram knew—and destroyed half the house he'd so lovingly restored. The manor is creepy, and so are the locals. The people of Louth don't want outsiders like Bram in their town, and with each passing day she's discovering that the rumors they spread are just as disturbing as the secrets they hide. Most frightening of all are the legends they tell about the Dead Girls. Girls whose lives were cut short in the very house Bram now calls home. The terrifying reality is that the Dead Girls may have never left the manor. And if Bram looks too hard into the town's haunted past, she might not either.
In einem kleinen Häuschen, irgendwo in der südafrikanischen Provinz, zieht eine Mutter drei Kinder alleine auf: Zuko, Honey und Ash. Der achtjährige Zuko spricht immer noch nicht, Honey kränkelt und auf den Schultern des 17-jährigen Ash lastet viel Verantwortung. Früher kam im Sommer jeweils ein Mann zu Besuch. Die Mutter schien dann jeweils glücklich, doch nach einem Streit tauchte der Mann eines Tages nicht mehr auf. Was mit Zuko los ist, wissen die Mutter und Ash nicht, aber sie kümmern sich mit viel Liebe und Geduld um das Kind, das die Welt auf seine eigene Art zu erleben scheint. Als Honey immer schwächer wird, gibt es keine Rettung für sie und kurze Zeit später stirbt auch die Mutter. Alles, was Ash nach dem Begräbnis bleibt, sind sein Bruder, der Name und die Adresse jenes Mannes in der Stadt - und die Annahme, dass dieser Mann ihr Vater ist. So machen sich die beiden Brüder zusammen auf - zu Fuss, denn für eine Busfahrt reicht das Geld nicht. Ein steiniger Weg voller Entbehrungen, Gefahren, aber auch Unterstützung und Liebe liegt vor ihnen
C'est une nouvelle aventure qui débute pour les Irrégulières. De Chinatown aux belles demeures de Manhattan en passant par les tunnels infestés de rats de la Cité Clandestine, voilà les six justicières embarquées dans une affaire de trafic humain, d'impératrice félonne et de fantômes surgis du passé. Leur amitié survivra-t-elle à ces nouvelles épreuves ?
