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You know what it's like when your mum goes away on a business trip and Dad's in charge. She leaves a really, really long list of what he's got to do. And the most important thing is DON'T FORGET TO GET THE MILK. Unfortunately, Dad forgets. So the next morning, before breakfast, he has to go to the corner shop, and this is the story of why it takes him a very, very long time to get back. Featuring: Professor Steg (a time-travelling dinosaur), some green globby things, the Queen of the Pirates, the famed jewel that is the Eye of Splod, some wumpires, and a perfectly normal but very important carton of milk. The award-laden, bestselling Neil Gaiman, author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Stardust, Neverwhere, The Graveyard Book and Coraline, brings his biggest ever publishing year to a spectacular conclusion with this gloriously entertaining novel about time-travel, dinosaurs, milk and dads.

It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang. THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac - as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly's wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark.

Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-colour edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"- a haunting story of family, the otherworld, and a search for hidden treasure. The text of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection Stories: All New Tales (Headline, 2010). This gorgeous full-colour illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist Eddie Campbell, who brought to vivid life the characters and landscape of Gaiman's story. In August 2010, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was performed in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House to a sell-out crowd - Gaiman read his tale live as Campbell's magnificent artwork was presented, scene by scene, on large screens. Narrative and art were accompanied by live music composed and performed especially for the story by the FourPlay String Quartet.

Stín trávil tři roky ve vězení, kde se držel zpátky a snažil se přežít. Všechno co chtěl, bylo vrátit se do náručí své milující ženy a po zbytek života se vyhýbat malérům. Několik dní před svým propuštěním se však dozvídá, že jeho manželka zahynula při automobilové nehodě. Svět se pro něj změnil v chladné místo. V letadle, cestou na pohřeb, se Stín setkává s postarším mužem, který si říká pan Středa, ten mu nabídne práci. Stín, muž, který už nemá co ztratit, ji nakonec přijme. Pracovat pro tajemného Středu však není bez rizika a Stín brzy zjistí, že jeho místo ve Středových plánech je mnohem nebezpečnější, než si kdy představoval. Podniká rušnou cestu tajemným světem Ameriky, jak ji nezná, a jeho společníky jsou mimo jiné i vražedný Černobog, charismatický pan Nancy nebo půvabná Ester – ti všichni vědí o něm víc, než on sám. Postupně se Stín dozvídá, že minulost neumírá, že každý – jeho ženu nevyjímaje – má svoje tajemství a že sázky jsou vyšší, než si kdo dokáže představit. Schyluje se k bouři epických rozměrů. Stín a Středa se stávají centrem konfliktu starého jako lidstvo samo. Pod povrchem každodenního života se schyluje k válce – a bojovat se bude o samotnou duši Ameriky... Nové, autorem preferované vydání k desátému výročí.

Sequel to New York Times bestseller INTERWORLD by award-winning writers Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. Joey Harker is a hero...After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, Joey helped save the Altiverse from destruction. But rival powers of magic and science are still out there, seeking to control all worlds. InterWorld's peacekeeping mission is far from finished. And when a stranger follows Joey back to BaseTown things get even more complicated. No one knows who she is or where she's from and, more importantly, why she knows so much about InterWorld. Dangerous times lie ahead...

Kövér Charlie Nancy normális élete kizökken abban a pillanatban, ahogy apja meghal egy karaoke-színpadon Floridában. Charlie nem tudta, hogy az apja egy isten. És nem is sejtette, hogy van egy testvére. Ez a testvér most bekopogtat hozzá, hogy sokkal érdekesebbé tegye Kövér Charlie életét. És sokkal, de sokkal veszélyesebbé...

The second volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book, adapted by P. Craig Russell and illustrated by an extraordinary team of renowned artists.Inventive, chilling, and filled with wonder, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book reaches new heights in this stunning adaptation. Artists Kevin Nowlan, P. Craig Russell, Galen Showman, Scott Hampton, and David Lafuente lend their own signature styles to create an imaginatively diverse and yet cohesive interpretation of Neil Gaiman's luminous novel.Volume Two includes chapter six to the end of the book.

A young boy stumbles across a Punch and Judy show at the pier one day and thus enters a world of extraordinary magic. A story unfolds in which the boy is forced to confront family secrets, strange puppets and a nightmarish world of violence and betrayal in this dark fable of childhood and growing up.

Global phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things, which includes a never-before published American Gods story, BLACK DOG. In this new volume, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction-stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013-as well as BLACK DOG, a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods. Trigger Warning is a rich cornucopia of horror and ghosts stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry that explores the realm of experience and emotion. In Adventure Story-a thematic companion to The Ocean at the End of the Lane-Gaiman ponders death and the way people take their stories with them when they die. His social media experience A Calendar of Tales are short takes inspired by replies to fan tweets about the months of the year-stories of pirates and the March winds, an igloo made of books, and a Mother's Day card that portends disturbances in the universe. Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his award-nominated mystery tale The Case of Death and Honey. And Click-Clack the Rattlebag explains the creaks and clatter we hear when we're all alone in the darkness. A writer whose creative genius is unparalleled, Gaiman entrances with his literary alchemy, transporting us deep into the realm of imagination, where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday incandescent. Trigger Warning engages the mind, stirs the heart, and shakes the soul. Neil Gaiman is one of the most original and popular literary artists of our day.

"„My všichni máme svoje malé spouště… věci, které na nás čekají v temných chodbách našich životů,“ píše Neil Gaiman v úvodu Předběžného varování, pozoruhodného kompendia pětadvaceti povídek a básní, ve kterých zkoumá transformativní moc imaginace. V povídce ""Dobrodružný příběh"" – jistým způsobem spřízněné s knihou Oceán na konci uličky – se Gaiman zamýšlí nad smrtí a jak si lidé berou svoje příběhy s sebou, když umírají. „Kalendář příběhů“ je sestaven z minipovídek o měsících v roce – příběh pirátky a březnových větrů, iglú postaveného z knih a pohlednice ke Dni matek, která způsobí poruchu ve vesmíru. V povídce „Případ smrti a medu“ nabízí Gaiman možnost podívat se na legendárního detektiva Sherlocka Holmese trochu jinak. Ve sbírce najdete také „Bezčasí“, velice zvláštní příběh napsáný v roce 2013 pro oblíbený seriál Pán času, stejně jako dosud nepublikovaný příběh ze světa Amerických bohů „Černý pes“ o tom, co se stalo, když se Stín cestou zpátky do Ameriky zastavil v jedné vesnické hospodě. Gaiman, kreativní spisovatel s nenapodobitelným tvůrčím géniem, nás pomocí své literární alchymie přenáší hluboko do neprobádané země, kde se fantastické stává skutečným a každodenní jasně žhne. Předběžné varování, plné divů a hrůz, překvapení a pobavení, je pokladnice literárních požitků, které zaměstnají mysl, sevřou u srdce a zatřesou s duší. "

A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell - weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost Sleeping Beauty with a thread of dark magic, which will hold readers spellbound from start to finish. On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future - and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems. Twisting together the familiar and the new, this perfectly delicious, captivating and darkly funny tale shows its creators at the peak of their talents. Lavishly produced, packed with glorious Chris Riddell illustrations enhanced with metallic ink, this is a spectacular and magical gift.

Viete, čo všetko sa môže prihodiť, keď vaša mamka odíde na služobnú cestu a v rukách to má otec? Nevšedný a úsmevný príbeh z pera obľúbeného spisovateľa Neila Gaimana. Malým hrdinom knižky mama pred odchodom zanechá naozaj dlhý zoznam povinností. Na ňom je aj poznámka, aby nezabudli kúpiť mlieko. A tak sa poň otec vyberie pred raňajkami, no trvá mu to až podozrivo dlho. No aj obyčajný nákup sa môže zmeniť na veľké dobrodružstvo, počas ktorého stretnete napríklad dinosaury, zelených mimozemšťanov, pirátov či iné podivuhodné bytosti.

The heart-pounding conclusion to the InterWorld series, by award-winning writers Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves As the threat of FrostNight looms ever closer, Joey Harker seeks out more of his fellow Walkers across the Altiverse, training them as fast as he can. But even a solid team of recruits can't prepare Joey for the ultimate showdown with InterWorld's enemies, old and new. Joey never wanted to be in charge. But he's the one everyone is looking to now, and he'll have to step up if he has any hope of saving InterWorld, the Multiverse, and everything in between.

Další příběh ze světa Sandmana od Neila Gaimana! Tentokrát se vracíme do minulosti... a do Japonska. Gaiman, za pomocí kreslíře P. Craiga Russella, přichází s příběhem o mnichovi a magické lišce, která se do něj zamiluje. Jenže tu jsou ještě démoni a japonský císař, kteří usilují mnichovi o život. A taky Vládce snů, samozřejmě.

Chu is a little panda with a BIG sneeze and when his first day at school approaches he is nervous. Will the other boys and girls be nice? Will they like Chu? A fabulously warm and funny story about little Chu and his enormous sneeze!

Change The World When You Buy This Book. Think of Stick. This Book as the humanitarian's Wreck. This Journal - a book for those who want to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice and fix climate change, but don't know where to start. Stick. This Book is your way of getting your voice heard. The world's first post-it note book is a call-to-action to make the globalgoals - women's rights, ending world hunger and championing renewable resources - famous. The changes we need to make aren't unimaginable but they do require everyone to make some noise. The more famous the globalgoals are the more politicians will take them seriously, finance them properly, refer to them frequently and feel the pressure to make them work. Stick. This Book asks readers to use their creativity and get involved: tear it up, stick it to the walls and share it with your friends. Find the Post-It Ninja Within and: be the first generation to end extreme poverty; be the most determined generation to fight inequality and injustice; be the last generation to be threatened by climate change. Change The World One Post-It Note At A Time.