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The Hunger Games Deluxe (PB)
There is only one rule: kill or be killed.
Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games.
When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.
All four Hunger Games books have been made into feature films, the first three starring Jennifer Lawence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland.
The fourth movie of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, released November 2023 and has an all-star cast including Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage.
Veliké když: Dlouhý Londýn I.
Legendární komiksový a v posledních letech i literární čaroděj Alan Moore přichází s první částí plánované fantasy pentalogie o magii, mordech a maniacích, zasazené do Londýna těsně po hrůzách druhé světové války. Dennis Knuckleyard je osmnáctiletý zoufalec, který žije a pracuje v knihkupectví a antikvariátě. Jednou jej majitelka krámku Ada Bensonová pošle pro krabici vzácných knih; oba pak ale zjistí, že jedna z nich prostě nemůže existovat. „Procházka Londýnem“ od reverenda Thomase Hampola je totiž fiktivní dílo, které se objevilo jen v románu od Arthura Machena! Ukáže se, že kniha pochází z jiného Londýna, zvaného také Veliké Když; z verze města, která leží mimo čas a v níž historické éry splývají jedna do druhé a realita se prolíná s nerealitou. A abstraktní pojmy, jako Zločin nebo Poezie, tu jsou ztělesněné coby úchvatné a strašlivé bytosti. Navíc se Dennis dozví, že pokud knihu do toho druhého Londýna nevrátí, zabijí ho.br> Tím začínají Dennisova dobrodružství v Dlouhém Londýně. V tajuplném prostředí plném výstředních čarodějů, gangsterů a vrahů se Dennis ocitne v epicentru výbušných událostí, jež ohrožují jej samotného, ale i oba Londýny.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Deluxe
With beautiful artwork by Freya Betts, this paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stencilled artwork. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or new Hunger Games reader.
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games.
In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin.
Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute… and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
Three books, four films and one WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON, The Hunger Games changed the face of global YA.
All four Hunger Games books have been made into feature films, the first three starring Jennifer Lawence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland.
The fourth movie of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, released November 2023 and has an all-star cast including Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage.
Catching Fire Deluxe
With beautiful artwork by Freya Betts, this paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stencilled artwork. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or new Hunger Games reader.
Catching Fire: the second book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy.
After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future.
But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ... and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay.
As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless they can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.
Then comes the cruellest twist: the contestants for the next Hunger Games are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced into the arena once more.
All four Hunger Games books have been made into feature films, the first three starring Jennifer Lawence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland.
The fourth movie of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was released in November 2023 and had an all-star cast including Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage.
Black Woods, Blue Sky
Where there is wonder, there is love - a magical story of a family encountering the Alaskan wilderness from the author of the million-copy international bestseller, The Snow Child. ⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐ ''I was blown away. Still haunting me days later'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''It moved me to tears. My first top ten book of this year!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Hauntingly beautiful. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''I read with my heart in my mouth, filled with wonder'' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry''An enthralling novel about the endurance of love, the power of forgiveness and the savage, irresistible allure of wild places'' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainBirdie''s keeping it together, of course she is. So she''s a little hungover on her shifts, and has to bring her daughter to the lodge while she waits never tables, but it''s a tough town to be a single mother, and Birdie just needs to get by.And then Birdie meets Arthur, who is quieter than most men, but makes her want to listen; who is gentle with Emaleen, and understands Birdie''s fascination with the mountains in whose shadow they live. When Arthur asks Birdie and Emaleen to leave the lodge and make a home, just the three of them, in his off-grid cabin, Birdie''s answer, in a heartbeat, is yes.Out in the wilderness Birdie''s days are harsher and richer than she ever imagined possible. Here she, and Emaleen, will learn the whole, fearful truth about Arthur.
All Better Now
From New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes a young adult thriller about a world where happiness is contagious but the risks of catching it may be just as dangerous as the cure.
A deadly and unprecedented virus is spreading. But those who survive it experience long-term effects no one has ever seen before: utter contentment. Soon after infection, people find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone.
More and more people begin to revel in the mass unburdening. But not everyone. People in power - who depend on malcontents and prey on the insecure to sell their products - know this new state of being is bad for business. Surely, without anger or jealousy as motivators, productivity will grind to a halt and the world will be thrown into chaos. Campaigns start up to convince people that being eternally happy is dangerous. The race to find a vaccine begins. Meanwhile, a growing movement of Recoverees plan ways to spread the virus as fast as they can, in the name of saving the world.
It's nearly impossible to determine the truth when everyone with a platform is pushing their agenda. Three teens from very different backgrounds who've had their lives upended in very different ways find themselves at the center of a power play that could change humanity forever.
The Morrigan
RULER. MOTHER. GODDESS. WARRIOR.
They called me The Morrigan. I was magnificent. I was multitudes.
They twisted my story, stripped me away. But I will tell it now in my own voice.
It begins, as all the best stories do, in darkness.
From an ancient, storm-tossed sea, a tribe of gods reach the rocky shores of Ireland.
Among them, a strange, hungry, red-haired girl. A girl who can change shape, from bird to beast to goddess. A girl who dreams of battle, of blood, of death and power.
She does not know yet that a woman who seeks to rule will always be in danger - or that there are far more treacherous figures in this land than the gods who raised her.
She does not know that one day love will burn so deep in her heart that its scars will never heal. That she will know pain so raw and pure it will almost tear her apart.
She does not know that her journey will take a thousand years. That her name will be remembered for a thousand more.
She is The Morrigan, and she is waiting: a girl with rage coiled in her chest. Beautiful, powerful, ravenous rage. A rage that will live forever.
An electric debut retelling of Ireland's mythic goddess of war, from a bold and powerful new voice.
Star Wars: Scoundrels
To make his biggest score, Han's ready to take even bigger risks. But even he can't do this job solo.
Han Solo should be basking in his moment of glory. After all, the cocky smuggler and captain of the Millennium Falcon just played a key role in the daring raid that destroyed the Death Star and landed the first serious blow to the Empire in its war against the Rebel Alliance. But after losing the reward his heroics earned him, Han's got nothing to celebrate. Especially since he's deep in debt to the ruthless crime lord Jabba the Hutt. There's a bounty on Han's head - and if he can't cough up the credits, he'll surely pay with his hide. The only thing that can save him is a king's ransom. Or maybe a gangster's fortune?
That's what a mysterious stranger is offering in exchange for Han's less-than-legal help with a riskier-than-usual caper. The payoff will be more than enough for Han to settle up with Jabba - and ensure he never has to haggle with the Hutts again.
All he has to do is infiltrate the ultra-fortified stronghold of a Black Sun crime syndicate underboss and crack the galaxy's most notoriously impregnable safe. It sounds like a job for miracle workers… or madmen. So Han assembles a gallery of rogues who are a little of both - including his indispensable sidekick Chewbacca and the cunning Lando Calrissian. If anyone can dodge, deceive, and defeat heavily armed thugs, killer droids, and Imperial agents alike - and pull off the heist of the century - it's Solo's scoundrels. But will their crime really pay, or will it cost them the ultimate price?
Charming Devil - Gilded Monsters 2
The Picture of Dorian Gray gets a Southern gothic makeover in this spicy retelling of Oscar Wilde's classic.
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He's the most beautiful man I've ever seen…and the most dangerous. Eternally young and full of a brilliant passion that may ultimately be the end of me: my perfect Dorian Gray.
The painting that's kept Dorian Gray flawless for over a century is beginning to fall apart, rotted by his life of reckless decadence. Desperate, he seeks out the only person who might be able to save him: a talented young painter descended from Dorian's first love.
Baz may have the same magical gift as her ancestor, but she's vowed never to paint anyone's likeness again. Haunted by the memory of the terrible price her talent can exact, she swears she will not be swayed - not even by the seductive words dripping like venom from the lips of the most beautiful man she's ever met.
Yet as Dorian tries to persuade Baz by any means possible, they become aware of a darker, deadlier magic awakening around them. Dangerous forces, long dormant, have been stirred by Baz's presence…and are determined to have her no matter the cost.
As tensions rise and desire flares ever-hotter, Baz and Dorian become trapped in a complex web of conflicting motives, messy emotions…and a growing, desperate passion that may well consume them both.
The second book in the GILDED MONSTERS series, featuring fantasy romance retellings of classic tales, is a new adult romance to be devoured by fans of steamy romance, classic literature and gothic fiction.
Tropes
Spicy Romance
Romantasy
Supernatural & Paranormal
Bad Boy Romance
Family Secrets
Modern Retelling
The Gilded Monsters Series:
Beautiful Villain (The Great Gatsby)
Charming Devil (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
A Poisoner's Tale
Rome, 1656
In Rome’s shadowy backstreets lies an apothecary’s shop – a place for women to take their heartbreaks and troubles. Herbs for childbirth. Tarot readings to tell their fortunes. An undetectable poison that can kill in four drops.
Alongside her circle of female poisoners, Giulia Tofana dispenses her deadly potion to free the downtrodden women of the city from their abusive husbands. A path she’s determined to follow after a harrowing childhood in Palermo.
But even in a time of plague, it does not go unnoticed when the men begin to fall like flies.
With the Holy Office of the Inquisition on her tail, Giulia is in more danger than ever. . How far will she go for the women who need her help?
MURDERER OR SAVIOUR? YOU DECIDE.
A POISONER'S TALE explores the realities of what it is like to be a woman who rebels against society and takes the reader on a tense, challenging but spellbinding journey.
Az Alfa hold klánjai
A holdat őrültek lakják. De azok sem normálisak, akik el akarják foglalni.
Az Alfa III M2 holdon elmegyógyintézetből kiengedett telepesek élnek klánokba szerveződve, és mivel az égitest senkit nem érdekel, az emberek skizofrén, paranoiás, mániákus, hebefrén, rögeszmés-kényszeres, depresszív vagy polimorf élete viszonylagos nyugalomban telik. De a látomások most valami kívülről érkező, szörnyű veszély eljövetelét jelzik.
Chuck Rittersdorf a CIA ügynökeként dolgozik a Földön. A házassága darabokra hullott, pszichiáter felesége pedig az Alfa III M2 holdra készül utazni. Chuck azonban nem törődik bele ilyen könnyen a helyzetbe, és a saját kezébe próbálja venni az események alakítását. Az eddig békés hold hamarosan pedig nemcsak kettejük ádáz harcának, hanem egy galaktikus összecsapásnak is a helyszínévé válik.
Philip K. Dick ezen klasszikusában épelméjűség és őrület feszül egymásnak olyan lebilincselő módon, amire csak a 20. század sci-fi-zsenije volt képes.
Battle Spire
Jack Kross only wanted to play the game. Now he's fighting for his life.When a mysterious hacker takes control of Hundred Kingdoms, Jack is trapped inside the fantasy VR world along with millions of other players. But Jack is in a worse predicament. He's cornered in the very tower the terrorists have taken as their base; the only free player left within its walls. Even worse, in the real world, his body lies in a sweltering room with no hope of relief.Playing the profession-based Scavenger class, and at a low level, Jack's prospects of fighting his way out are next to impossible. Crafting gear, traps, and weapons, allied with a deadly dungeon master and an AI he can't fully trust, Jack is in a race against time to save not just himself but the millions of players held hostage.World of Warcraft meets Die Hard in this standalone LitRPG adventure!
Battle Spire
Jack Kross only wanted to play the game. Now he's fighting for his life. When a mysterious hacker takes control of Hundred Kingdoms, Jack is trapped inside the fantasy VR world along with millions of other players. But Jack is in a worse predicament. He's cornered in the very tower the terrorists have taken as their base; the only free player left within its walls. Even worse, in the real world, his body lies in a sweltering room with no hope of relief. Playing the profession-based Scavenger class, and at a low level, Jack's prospects of fighting his way out are next to impossible. Crafting gear, traps, and weapons, allying with a deadly dungeon master and an AI he can't fully trust, Jack is in a race against time to save not just himself but the millions of players held hostage. Battle Spire is a meeting of World of Warcraft and Die Hard, using crunchy LitRPG mechanics with a heavy focus on crafting. Listeners can expect to find in depth item and spell descriptions, along with stat tables and profession recipes.
A holló dala
Gordo Livingstone jól megtanulta a leckét. A bőrébe vésődött. Amikor a falka elárulta és magára hagyta, megfogadta, hogy soha többé nem ártja magát a farkasok ügyeibe. Ennyinek elégnek kellett volna lennie. És elég is volt, mígnem a farkasok visszatértek Green Creekbe, köztük Mark Bennett is.
Együtt néztek szembe a fenevaddal... és legyőzték, együtt, falkaként.
Egy évvel később az élet visszatér a normál kerékvágásba. Gordo újfent a Bennett-klán boszorkánya, s nehezére esik figyelmen kívül hagynia Markot, és a kettejük között üvöltő dalt.
De fogytán az idő. Valami történni fog. A veszély ezúttal belülről fenyeget.
És vannak kötelékek, amelyek bármilyen erősek is, arra ítéltettek, hogy elszakadjanak.
T. J. Klune egyszerre szívmelengető és vérfagyasztó, világhírű fantasy-sorozatának második kötete szenvedélyről, hűségről, árulásról és családról mesél. De mindenekelőtt a szerelemről - ami néha olyan, mint egy durva pokróc a bőrödön, ám mégsem tudsz élni nélküle.
Az Örökláng szikrája - Az Eredet átka - (Különleges kiadás)
KÜLÖNLEGES, ÉLDEKORÁLT KIADÁS
Amikor a régi titkok lángra lobbannak, minden velük ég.
Egy halandó világban, melyet az istenek elfoglaltak, és varázserejű, gonosz ivadékaik, a Leszármazottak irányítanak, Diem Bellator arra vágyik, hogy elhagyja szegény faluját. Édesanyja hirtelen eltűnése - és egy múltbéli, veszélyes titkának leleplezése - váratlan lehetőséget nyújt Diemnek, hogy belépjen a Leszármazottak sötét, nemesi világába, és kibogozza az anyja által hátrahagyott rejtélyek hálóját.
Míg a haldokló király jóképű és titokzatos örököse figyeli minden lépését, és egy könyörtelen, lázadó szövetség hívja, hogy csatlakozzon az egyre inkább elhatalmasodó polgárháborúhoz, Diemnek el kell igazodnia a szerelem, a hatalom és a politika íratlan szabályai között, ha meg akarja menteni a családját - és a halandókat.
Az Örökláng szikrája Penn Cole Az Eredet átka című regénysorozatának első része; sikerére jellemző, hogy a magyar a nyolcadik nyelv, amelyen (alig másfél év leforgása alatt) megjelenik.
Vaják III. - The Witcher - Tündevér
Több mint egy évszázada élnek viszonylagos békében az emberek, törpök és tündék. Az idők azonban változnak, és ahogy az indulatok egyre magasabbra csapnak, ismét vér áztatja a földet.
Ríviai Geralt, a vaják, egy megjövendölt gyermek születésére vár, akinek hatalma az egész világot képes lesz megváltoztatni – de hogy jobbá vagy rosszabbá teszi, még nem tudni.
Miközben háború árnyéka borul a világra, a gyermeket különleges hatalma miatt többen is üldözőbe veszik, és Geraltra hárul a feladat, hogy megvédje – a vaják pedig soha nem adja fel.
Andrzej Sapkowski 1948-ban született Lengyelországban. Hazája egyik leghíresebb és legsikeresebb szerzőjének számít. A World Fantasy Életműdíjjal kitüntetett szerző Vaják-sorozatával nemzetközi sikert aratott, könyvei alapján képregények és számítógépes játékok is készültek, 2019-ben pedig a Netflix forgatott belőlük sorozatot Henry Cavill főszereplésével. A Tündevérrel egy ötkötetes saga veszi kezdetét a Vaják-sorozaton belül.
Carmilla
In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest – the beautiful Carmilla.
So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day…
Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.
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Annie Bot
She's human in every way that matters.
Annie is the perfect girlfriend. She has dinner ready for Doug every night, wears the outfits he buys for her, and caters to his every sexual whim. Maybe her cleaning isn't always good enough, but she's trying really hard.
She was designed that way, after all.
Because Annie is a robot. But what happens when she starts to rebel against her stifled existence and imagine the impossible - a life without Doug?
Roverandom
Brand-new paperback edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy story about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog, written before The Hobbit. While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire.
To console him, his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, was Tolkien’s first full-length children’s book, written before The Hobbit.
Now, nearly 100 years later, the adventures of Rover – or, for reasons that become clear in the story, ‘Roverandom’ – are published in this delightful new paperback edition. Rich in wit and wordplay, Roverandom is edited and introduced by Tolkien experts Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, and includes Tolkien’s own delightful illustrations.
Sci-fi žáner poznáme aj pod pojmom vedecko-fantastická literatúra, poprípade science fiction. V týchto dielach sa dostaneme do budúcnosti, pričom dej sa opiera o súčasnú vedu, techniku a o predpoklady jej ďalšieho vývoja. Medzi hlavné témy sci-fi patrí pokročilá veda a technológia, prieskum vesmíru, cestovanie v čase, paralelné vesmíry a mimozemský život. Sci-fi má pravdepodobne svoje korene v antickej mytológii. Súvisí s fantasy, hororom a fikciou o superhrdinoch. Sci-fi v literatúre, filme, televízii a iných médiách sa stala populárnou a vplyvnou vo veľkej časti sveta. Nazýva sa tiež „literatúra myšlienok“ a často skúma potenciálne dôsledky vedeckých, sociálnych a technologických inovácií.
Medzi najznámejších autorov sci-fi žánru patrí Isaac Asimov, Octavia E. Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson, Herbert Frank, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwoodová a Karel Čapek.
Fantasy literatúra sa zaoberá fiktívnymi svetmi, bytosťami a udalosťami Tento žáner obsahuje prvky nadprirodzena, mágie, mýtov, legend a imaginárnych bytostí, ako sú napríklad draci, víly, čarodejníci, orkovia a ďalší.
Fantasy literatúra vytvára bohaté a detailné fiktívne svety, ktoré sa líšia od realistického prostredia. Príbehy z tohto žánru sa často zameriavajú na hrdinské cesty, dobrodružstvá, boje medzi dobrom a zlom, epické konflikty a príbehy o nadprirodzených schopnostiach a magických predmetoch. Fantasy literatúra má dlhú a bohatú históriu, pričom mnohé jej klasické diela vznikli už v 19. a 20. storočí.
K najznámejším autorom fantasy pattrí J. R. R. Tolkien, autor kultového fantasy Pán prsteňov. Určite poznáte tiež J.K. Rowlingovú, ktorá vytvorila zázračný svet Harryho Pottera.ďalšími známymi autormi sú napríklad George R.R. Martin a jeho Pieseň ľadu a ohňa známejšia pod názvom sfilmovaného seriálu Hry o tróny, C.S. Lewis, ktorá napísal Kroniky Narnie, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. Le Guin, či Robert Jordan.
