When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the internet and beyond
Read the book that inspired the full-length animated feature produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli and directed by Goro Miyazaki. Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage’s doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents.Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness—with a lot of help from a talking cat—she decides to show the witch who's boss. A young middle grade novel by World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement–winner Diana Wynne Jones, beautifully and humorously illustrated in black and white by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky.“I would like to declare Diana Wynne Jones an international treasure," Neil Gaiman, Newbery Medal–winning and best-selling author
Two college sweethearts are living a happy, rather ordinary life in New York but there's a slight twist - she's the breadwinner, supporting her musician boyfriend. Until the tables are turned when he's discovered by a Sony exec and their worlds are turned upside down.
Georgia Walkerová nerobí celý život nič iného, než sa večne naháňa okolo svojho obchodu s pletacími potrebami na Manhattane a navyše vychováva svoju dvanásťročnú dcérku Dakotu. Jej otec James ju opustil ešte pred narodením a na pamiatku jej zanechal len čokoládový odtieň pleti - bol totiž černoch. Všetko, samozrejme, naberie úplne iný spád, keď Georgia s pomocou svojej priateľky a radkyne Anity založí večerný pletací klub...
Cassie Cavanagh has never minded being 'just a PA'. She has a city job she kind of enjoys - after all she is indispensable, you know. She has a boyfriend who showers her with gifts - what more could a girl want? And she earns enough to (just about ) finance the luxuries she's become used to.
Zábavný príbeh dvojice anglických autorov o tom, ako vzniká ľúbostný vzťah, je písaný striedavo z pohľadu zúčastneného mladého muža a ženy. Jack a Amy sa zoznámia na večierku. Zatiaľ čo Amy uvažuje, že Jack by mohol byť ten pravý, Jack sa na stretnutie díva ako na záležitosť na jednu noc.