Hľadanie: Stuart Torton

A month before graduating from Willowgrove Christian Academy, the principal's perfect daughter, prom queen Shara Wheeler, kisses Chloe Green and vanishes. On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she's not the only one Shara kissed. There's also Smith, Shara's long-time sweetheart, and Rory, Shara's bad-boy neighbour with a crush. Thrown into an unlikely alliance, Chloe, Smith and Rory follow Shara's trail of annoyingly cryptic clues, and Chloe starts to suspect that there might be more to this small town - and to Shara - than she thought. Fierce, funny, and frank, Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places.

These uncanny stories feature secret rooms, spinning wheels, phantom carriages, haunted portraits, hidden messages, unsolved murders and thwarted love affairs. Set in Scotland, Cornwall and Spain, each is told by an eyewitness narrator, including a gardener, a tutor and a governess, but the identity of the author remains a mystery. The collection starts with a macabre house party and ends with a haunting on New Year's Eve. First published in 1886 and reprinted here with a bewitching introduction by Kirsty Logan, the spooky tales in this little book are guaranteed to send a tingle down your spine. Whatever you do, don't read them after midnight!

Slavný sci-fi román, známý také z moderního filmového zpracování S. Spielgerga. Anglie na sklonku 19. století. Obyvatelé Země, zaslepení pýchou na vyspělost své civilizace, netuší, že deset krátkých vzdálených záblesků kdesi na planetce Mars znamená dosud největší ohrožení lidstva v jeho dějinách. Deset dutých kovových válců s nezvanými návštěvníky z kosmu dopadá postupně poblíž Londýna a začíná válka o vládu ve vesmíru. Početní převaha Pozemšťanů s jejich těžkopádnými bojovými mechanismy se ukáže být nicotným argumentem ve srovnání se zkázonosnými bojovými metodami Marťanů. Ale ani Marťané nejsou nezranitelní. Podaří se Pozemšťanům odkrýt slabé místo protivníků? Zvítězí lidská disciplína, organizace a tradiční morální hodnoty nad mnohonásobně vyspělejší marťanskou technikou a chladnou inteligencí?

Since Lightroom 1.0 first launched, Scott's Kelby's The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world's #1 best-selling Lightroom book (it has been translated into a dozen different languages), and in this latest version for Lightroom 5, Scott uses his same award-winning, step-by-step, plain-English style and layout to make learning Lightroom easy and fun. Scott doesn't just show you which sliders do what (every Lightroom book will do that). Instead, by using the following three simple, yet brilliant, techniques that make it just an incredible learning tool, this book shows you how to create your own photography workflow using Lightroom: * Throughout the book, Scott shares his own personal settings and studiote sted techniques. Each year he trains thousands of Lightroom users at his live seminars and through that he's learned what really works, what doesn't, and he tells you flat out which techniques work best, which to avoid, and why.* The entire book is laid out in a real workflow order with everything step by step, so you can begin using Lightroom like a pro from the start.* What really sets this book apart is the last chapter. This is where Scott dramatically answers his #1 most-asked Lightroom que stion, which is: "Exactly what order am I supposed to do things in, and where does Photoshop fit in?" You'll see Scott's entire start-to-finish Lightroom 5 workflow and learn how to incorporate it into your own workflow.* Plus, this book includes a downloadable collection of some of the hottest Lightroom Develop module presets to give you a bunch of amazing effects with just one click!Scott knows first-hand the challenges today's digital photographers are facing, and what they want to learn next to make their workflow faster, easier, and more fun. He has incorporated all of that into this major update for Lightroom 5. It's the first and only book to bring the whole process together in such a clear, concise, and visual way. Plus, the book in cludes a special chapter on integrating Adobe Photoshop seamlessly right into your workflow, and you'll also learn some of Scott's latest Photoshop portrait retouching techniques and special effects, which take this book to a whole new level. There is no faster, more straight-to-the-point, or more fun way to learn Lightroom than with this groundbreaking book.

This fantastic book of sports photography has proven an international bestseller since its first release in 2007. This new edition brings the content up-to-date with all the biggest sports stories since the book was first released: the Beijing Olympics; the spectacular rise of new stars, as well as equally dramatic falls from grace. Some 80 new images have been added, the introduction rewritten, and the text updated throughout, guaranteeing a captive audience among all sports and photography fans.

In 1982, two teenagers-serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell-are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and provide insight and advice on cold cases. From the start, Emma and Travis develop a quick friendship, gaining information from juvenile murderers that even the FBI can't crack. But when the team is called in to give advice on an active case-a serial killer who exclusively hunts teenagers-things begin to unravel. Working against the clock, they must turn to one of the country's most notorious incarcerated murderers for help: teenage sociopath Simon Gutmunsson. Despite Travis's objections, Emma becomes the conduit between Simon and the FBI team. But while Simon seems to be giving them the information they need to save lives, he's an expert manipulator playing a very long game...and he has his sights set on Emma. Captivating, harrowing, and chilling, None Shall Sleep is an all-too-timely exploration of not only the monsters that live among us, but also the monsters that live inside us.

A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships - at least, that's what she tells herself. Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It's how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes. So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...

My plan when I win a date in Vegas with my brother's hockey star best friend? Poker and go to sleep early. Instead, I wake up with a ring on my finger and the sexy athlete naked in my bed. Asher's my best friend too so we'll get this annulled and laugh about this secret for years. Trouble is our wedding pics went viral overnight. And for the sake of our careers we need to look like we meant to tie the knot. We'll claim we've been secretly in love, while staying in separate rooms for the rest of the hockey season. The last thing we want is to ruin a decade-long friendship by falling into bed again. Except, the more he calls me his wife, the more I start to wonder if Asher was ever pretending? And if my heart is ready to take the biggest risk of all. Tropes: - ice hockey romance - brother's best friend - friends to lovers - marriage of convenience - marriage pact - he's been secretly in love with her for years - forced proximity - my wife - pro hockey

Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery - a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob's grandfather, Abe. Clues to Abe's double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited - truths that were part of him long before he walked into Miss Peregrine's time loop. Now, the stakes are higher than ever as Jacob and his friends are thrust into the untamed landscape of American peculiardom - a world with few ymbrynes, or rules - that none of them understand. New wonders, and dangers, await in this brilliant next chapter for Miss Peregrine's peculiar children. Their story is again fully illustrated by haunting vintage photographs, but with a striking addition for this all-new, multi-era American adventure - full colour.

A TikTok sensation, get ready for your new obsession - meet Summer and Aiden. When Summer Preston's professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an unexpected collision course with hockey captain, Aiden Crawford. Summer hates everything about hockey, for good reason, but she isn't going to let that stand in the way of her becoming a sports psychologist. Aiden loves being the hockey captain, except when his team's reckless mistakes risk jeopardizing their entire season. When coach puts him forward for a research paper as punishment, he has no choice but to accept. Summer can't stand his blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn't understand her uptight, scheduled one. They are off to a rocky start, and provoking each other – it turns out – is what they do best. But losing isn't something either of them does well. Maybe there's a way for both of them to win? If you love... Ice hockey College setting Reverse grumpy meets sunshine Forced proximity No third act breakup Multi-racial characters He falls first Dual POV ... you're going to love Collide

Passionate, violent, sexy and daring ... A true page-turner - USA TodayThe tantalising start to a seductive high-fantasy series from global #1 bestselling author Sarah J. MaasFeyre is a huntress. And when she sees a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she kills the predator and takes its prey to feed herself and her family. But the wolf was not what it seemed, and Feyre cannot predict the high price she will have to pay for its death ... Dragged away from her family for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding even more than his piercing green eyes suggest. As Feyre's feelings for Tamlin turn from hostility to passion, she learns that the faerie lands are a far more dangerous place than she realized. And Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever. Sarah J. Maas's books have sold more than nine million copies and been translated into 37 languages. Discover the sweeping romantic fantasy for yourself.

There's a murderer on the loose in an elite boarding school... But who is going to be next? This Book Kills is the YA thriller of 2023, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus. "I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help. Well, not intentionally." When Hugh Henry Van Boren, one of the most popular and richest kids in Jess Choudhary's school, is found dead, the student body is left reeling and wondering who the murderer could be... Jess, a student under strict instructions to keep her record clean or risk losing her scholarship, finds herself at the centre of the investigation when it's revealed that Hugh died in the exact same way as a character in a short story she wrote. And then Jess receives an anonymous text thanking her for the inspiration. With time running out, Jess knows if she doesn't solve this mystery she'll finally have something in common with Hugh Henry. She'll be dead too.

We all binged on YOU when it became a major hit Netflix series last Christmas. ***Now the major Netflix series is back for SERIES TWO, based on the even more twisted HIDDEN BODIES***JOE GOLDBERG IS BACK . . . Joe came to Los Angeles to start over, to forget about what happened in New York. But in a darkened room in Soho House everything suddenly changed. She is like no one he's ever met before. She doesn't know about his past and never can. The problem is, hidden bodies don't always stay that way. Praise for You: 'THRILLER OF THE YEAR' Daily Mail 'I am RIVETED, AGHAST, AROUSED you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious' Lena Dunham 'Hypnotic and scary' Stephen King'Brilliant thriller with attitude, guts and true insight into the nature of obsession' Sophie Hannah 'A fantastically creepy thriller.... The kind of book you put your life on hold for' Glamour 'Clever and chilling' Elle 'A brilliant tale ... It's Gone Girl meets a sinister version of Girls' Marie Claire 'An addictive thriller!' Closer

Grumpy cowboys and steamy romance . . . Welcome to Chestnut Springs: the big-hitting, small-town series from TikTok sensation Elsie Silver. Perfect for fans of Devney Perry, Lucy Score and B.K. Borison. Two childhood best friends. Two broken hearts. One impromptu road trip to get away from everything. I've been living in the friend zone for years now. To Jasper Gervais's fans, he's just the hockey heartthrob on TV. But to me, he's still the lost boy with sad eyes and a heart of gold. The man I've loved in secret for years. So when my life falls apart on my wedding day, it only makes sense that he's the one to swoop in and save me. And when his world comes crashing down around him, I'm there to return the favour. But the more time alone we spend together, the more I start to realise that Jasper isn't looking at me like a friend anymore. And he isn't touching me like one, either. He acts like he wants me. But after years of turning me away, he's going to need to prove it...

'I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone. I just miss you...' At a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat - and sapphist - Vita Sackville-West. Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn't think much of Vita's conversation, but she did think very highly of her legs. It was to be the start of almost twenty years of flirtation, friendship, and literary collaboration. Their correspondence ended only with Virginia's death in 1941. Intimate and playful, these selected letters and diary entries allow us to hear these women's constantly changing feelings for each other in their own words. Eavesdrop on the affair that inspired Virginia to write her most fantastical novel, Orlando, and discover a relationship that - even a hundred years later - feels radical and relatable. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM ALISON BECHDEL, AUTHOR OF FUN HOME AND CREATOR OF THE BECHDEL TEST.

The Salmon of Doubt is Douglas Adams's indispensable guide to life, the universe and everything. It includes short stories and eleven chapters of a Dirk Gently novel that Douglas Adams was working on at the time of his death, and features an introduction by Stephen Fry. This sublime collection dips into the wit and wisdom of the man behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, uncovering his unique comic musings on everything from his school-trousers to malt whisky and from the letter Y through to his own nose, via atheism, hangovers and fried eggs. These hilarious collected writings reveal the warmth, enthusiasm and ferocious intelligence behind this most English of comic writers; a man who was virtually an unofficial member of the Monty Python team. Douglas Adams on his passion for P. G. Wodehouse, The Beatles and the perfect cup of tea alone make this a must-have collection and a remarkable sign-off from one of the best loved writers of all time. Start from the beginning of the surreal Dirk Gently series with Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

S jistotou lze tvrdit, že tento komplet přináší „referenční” nahrávky děl Leoše Janáčka, od jehož úmrtí v srpnu 2018 uplynulo 90 let. Janáček: Glagolská mše (Mša glagolskaja) [1] I. Úvod (Introduction) [2] II. Gospodi pomiluj (Kyrie) [3] III. Slava (Gloria) [4] IV. V?ruju (Credo) [5] V. Svet (Sanctus) [6] VI. Agneče Božij (Agnus Dei) [7] VII. Verhany sólo (Postludium) [8] VIII. Intrada - Exodus Janáček: Sinfonietta [9] I. Allegretto - Allegro maestoso [10] II. Andante - Allegretto [11] III. Moderato [12] IV. Allegretto [13] V. Andante con moto CD 2 Janáček: Taras Bulba [1] I. The Death of Andrei [2] II. The Death of Ostap [3] III. The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba [4] Janáček: Šumařovo dítě Hibla Gerzmava soprán - Veronika Hajnová alt Stuart Neill tenor - Jan Martiník bass Aleš Bárta varhany Pražský filharmonický sbor Česká filharmonie JIŘÍ BĚLOHLÁVEK

Welcome to the quirky, romantic small town of Blue Moon Bend: home to this enticing romantic comedy series from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over and the fan-favourite Riley Thorn books. A sexy romantic comedy with an intriguing loner on the slow path to healing and an ambitious out-of-towner who just keeps slipping past his defences. "Are you calling dibs?" "She's a woman, not the last piece of f**king pie. And yes, I'm calling dibs if it keeps your hands off her." Carter Pierce wants to spend his days tending the family farm he inherited, and that's about it. After a tour of duty and a few bullet holes, he's looking forward to some peace and quiet in his hometown. Unfortunately, Blue Moon doesn't believe in peace and quiet. And his nosy neighbours sure as hell don't know how to mind their own business. As it turns out, neither does the big city journalist who arrives to interview him for a magazine article. Summer Lentz is out of place with her designer wardrobe and workaholic schedule. She asks too many questions and gets under his skin with her smart mouth and those denim-blue eyes. She's also typing his family's story a mile a minute at his kitchen table and sleeping in the bedroom across the hall. Carter's only chance for peace is to scare her away from farm life so he can go back to his comfortable, solitary existence. But Summer's got a stubborn streak and secrets of her own. And once Carter starts pulling at those threads, he's not so eager to send her packing. Will a nudge from the matchmaking Beautification Committee result in a Happily Ever After? Or a homegrown disaster? Lucy Score brings to life the "nosiest small town in upstate New York" in this charming and compelling romantic comedy - the first in a series of romcom romps through the small but lively town of Blue Moon Bend. Tropes Romantic Comedy Small Town Enemies to Lovers Opposites Attract Grumpy x Sunshine Contemporary Romance Military Romance The Blue Moon Series: No More Secrets Fall into Temptation The Last Second Chance Not Part of the Plan Holding on to Chaos The Fine Art of Faking It Where It All Began The Mistletoe Kisser

One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins. But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is quiet, he starts to feel lonely and realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all.