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Marigold Mind Laundry
The sensational Korean bestseller
For fans of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY and THE ALCHEMIST
Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry where we wash away the stains from your heart.
After young Jieun accidentally misuses her powers, causing her beloved family to vanish, she lives a million restless lives in search of them.
Overnight, in the village of Marigold on top of a hill, she conjures up her Mind Laundry, where she cleanses painful experiences from the heart, transferring them into stains on a T-shirt and turning them into dazzling red petals.
We meet five wounded souls: a frustrated young filmmaker; a tortured social-media influencer; a distraught mother who has discovered her husband’s other family; a young woman two-timed by her lover, and Yeonghui, a victim of bullying, who works as a delivery man to escape his pain in routine.
After washing the pain and ironing their creases, Jieun discovers an astonishing revelation that will change her life.
As we laugh, wonder and grow, MARIGOLD MIND LAUNDRY shows how we too can tap into the positivity and magic that lies in us all.
Which bad memories would you like to wash away?
The Stars are Dying
A USA Today and B&N bestseller, don't miss this tale of star-crossed lovers in a world full of magic, mystery, and betrayal.
'The brightest star needs the darkest night.'
In a world abandoned by its celestial guardians and left to suffer a tyrant king's reign, all Astraea can recall are the fragmented memories of the past five years. She's determined to discover more about her past, even if that means leaving behind the only safety and security she has ever known by venturing out into a world where bloodthirsty vampires are rumoured to roam.
Making her way in an unfamiliar world, she encounters the mysterious Nyte, who makes her an offer she cannot refuse. As Astraea accepts Nyte's help, she is drawn in by his darkness and she begins to wonder if she has struck a deal with one of the ruthless beings her people have always feared.
Astraea's opportunity to escape this deal presents itself when she has to decide whether to take her friend's place in centenary celebrations of the Libertatem - a succession of trials hosted by the king in which the five human lands compete for safety against vampires who hunt them down to drink their blood.
Is fighting for the safety of her kingdom worth more than answering questions about her past?
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Stranger Things 3: Ikarův pád
Hawkins je jedno z mnoha idylických městeček v Indianě. Čisté, pěkné, spořádané. Jediný, kdo to tu nemá rád, je Eddie Munson. Hawkinskou střední školu ale naštěstí dokončí už za pár měsíců a tu chvíli to tady ještě nějak přežije – má přece svůj Klub pekelného ohně a svou metalovou kapelu.
Eddie ovšem potkává Paige, které se podařil zázrak – utekla z Hawkins a našla si práci v Los Angeles. Navíc je jediná, kdo v něm nevidí ztroskotance a člověka, s nímž jsou a vždycky budou jen problémy, nýbrž hudebníka, z něhož by se mohla stát hvězda. A Paige mu tu šanci opravdu nabídne – pracuje totiž pro hudební vydavatelství, a tak ho přemluví, aby se svou kapelou Zkorodovaná rakev nahrál demo a poslal ho jejímu šéfovi.
Jenže každá legrace něco stojí a Eddie nemá žádné peníze. Když se mu proto do života nečekaně vrátí táta a nabídne mu „prácičku“, plácne si s ním. Tuší, že na několikrát trestaného Ala Munsona by se spolehl jen hlupák, ale je to jediný způsob, jak si může splnit své sny. Pokud to vyjde, bude odtud konečně moct odejít a stane se profesionálním hudebníkem. A pokud ne, bude mrtvý dřív, než si to stihne začít vyčítat.
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The Tapestry of Time
Love, heroism and the supernatural collide in the midst of war.
There's a tradition in the Sharp family that some possess the Second Sight. But is it superstition, or true psychic power?
Kit Sharp is in Paris, where she is involved in a love affair with the stunning Evelyn Larsen, and working as an archivist, having inherited her historian father's fascination with the Bayeux Tapestry. He believes that parts of the tapestry were made before 1066, and that it was a tool for prediction, not a simple record of events.
The Nazis are also obsessed with the tapestry: convinced that not only did it predict the Norman Conquest of England, but that it will aid them in their invasion of Britain.
Ivy Sharp has joined the Special Operations Executive – the SOE – a secret unit set up to carry out espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance. Having demonstrated that she has extraordinary powers of perception, she is dropped into Northern France on a special mission.
With the war on a knife edge, the Sharp Sisters face certain death. Can their courage and extrasensory gifts prevent the enemy from using the tapestry to bring about a devastating victory against the Allied Forces?
The Dagger and the Flame - The City of Fantome 1
In the dark underbelly of a beautiful city, two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge, where the most dangerous mistake of all is falling in love...
In Fantome, a kingdom of cobbled streets, flickering lamplight, beautiful buildings, and secret catacombs, Shade-magic is a scarce and deadly commodity controlled by two enemy guilds: the Cloaks and the Daggers - the thieves and the assassins. On the night of her mother's murder, 17-year-old Seraphine runs for her life. Seeking sanctuary with the Cloaks, Sera's heart is set on revenge. But are her secret abilities a match for the dark-haired boy whose quicksilver eyes follow her around the city? Nothing can prepare Sera for the moment she finally comes face-to-face with Ransom, heir to the Order of Daggers. And Ransom is shocked to discover that this unassuming farmgirl wields a strange and blazing magic he has never seen before... As the Cloaks and the Daggers grapple for control of Fantome's underworld, Sera and Ransom are consumed by the push and pull of their magic, and the deadly spark and terrible vengeance that keeps drawing them back together...
Maska smrti
Cyrus byl ještě chlapec, když na jeho rodnou Thanet připlula flotila everlornské říše se svými vojáky a mocnými paragony, zmasakrovala obránce, popravila ostrovní bohy a zavraždila jeho rodiče. Po letech mladý dědic trůnu díky náhodě uprchne z vězení a dostane se do domu muže, který zasvětil celý svůj život vyvolávání povstání proti říši. Dosud vždy byla jeho snaha nakonec utopena v krvi. Ale na Thanet se věci možná změní. Daleko od srdce říše je možné formovat víru lidí v lepší zítřky i hrdiny. Cyrus bude muset podstoupit brutální výcvik a utopit vlastní svědomí v krvi, pokud chce přinést svým poddaným svobodu. Jenže hrají s ním jeho spojenci férovou hru?
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Kolo času: Pán chaosu, 3. vydání
Jak se kolo času otáčí, dují zemí větry osudu. Bitva, k níž dojde, až se Temný konečně osvobodí a zničí pasti, které nesmrtelní Zaprodanci nachystali na důvěřivé lidstvo, se blíží. Bílá věž v Tar Valonu rozhodla, že Draka znovuzrozeného je třeba ovládnout – v nejnutnějším případě zkrotit – a to okamžitě! Sucho a letní žár přetrvávají do zimy a Nyneiva s Elein, dědičkou Andoru, se v zoufalství vydávají hledat bájný ter'angrial, jenž by jim mohl pomoci nastolit normální počasí. Hledání je zavádí mezi bělokabátníky, kteří hodlají všechny Aes Sedai smést z povrchu zemského
The Great When: A Long London Novel
A propulsive tour through a fantastical London, where history and myth collide, murder stalks the streets and the mundane becomes very magical indeed.
The year is 1949, the city London. Amidst the smog of the capital is Dennis Knuckleyard, a hapless eighteen-year-old employed by a second-hand bookshop. One day, on an errand to acquire books for sale, Dennis discovers a novel that simply does not exist. It is a fictitious book, a figment from another novel. Yet it is physically there in his hands. How?
Dennis has stumbled on a book from the Great When, a magical version of London beyond time and space, where reality blurs with fiction and concepts such as Crime and Poetry are incarnated as wondrous, terrible beings. But this other, magical London must remain a secret: if Dennis cannot find a way to return this book to where it belongs, he risks bizarre and disastrous repercussions, such as his body being turned inside out (or worse).
So begins a journey delving deep into the city's occult underbelly and tarrying with an eccentric cast of sorcerers, gangsters, and murderers - some from legend, some all too real, and all with plans of their own. Soon Dennis finds himself at the centre of an explosive series of events that may alter and endanger both Londons forever.
Thrilling, lyrical and sparkling with dark humour, The Great When is the first book in a new series by Sunday Times-bestseller and icon, Alan Moore.
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21,90 €
A Pirate's Life for Tea - Tomes & Tea 2
"You asked for this, Rain. Let's go capture a pirate."
While searching for stolen dragon eggs, newly engaged couple Kianthe and Reyna find themselves smack-dab in the middle of a swashbuckling love story.
On one side is Serina, a failed farmer turned river pirate. Her booty? Wheat, grains, and the occasional jar of imported tea leaves. It's quite the embarrassment to Diarn Arlon, the powerful lord of the Nacean River, and he'll conscript anyone to bring her to justice. Especially Kianthe, the elemental mage who just crashed his party, and her somewhat-scary fiancée.
Begrudgingly, the couple joins forces with Bobbie, one of Arlon's constables—who happens to be Serina's childhood friend. Bobbie is determined to capture the pirate before anyone else, but it would be a lot easier if Serina didn't absolutely loathe her now.
As Kianthe and Reyna watch this relation-shipwreck from afar, it quickly becomes apparent that these disaster lesbians need all the help they can get. Luckily, matchmaking is Reyna's favorite past time. The dragon eggs may have to wait.
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Fourth Wing
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general?also known as her tough-as-talons mother?has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away…because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter?like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom’s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda?because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
Book #3 Onyx Storm
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23,95 €
A Dark and Drowning Tide: A Novel
A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor's murder in this lush and enthralling sapphic fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic.
Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a fabled spring. The magical spring promises untold power, which the king wants to harness to secure his reign of the embattled country of Brunnestaad. Lorelei is determined to use this opportunity to prove herself and make her wildest, most impossible dream come true: to become a naturalist, able to travel freely to lands she's only ever read about.
The expedition gets off to a harrowing start when its leader—Lorelei's beloved mentor—is murdered in her quarters aboard their ship. The suspects are her five remaining expedition mates, each with their own motive. The only person Lorelei knows must be innocent is her longtime academic rival, the insufferably gallant and maddeningly beautiful Sylvia von Wolff. Now in charge of the expedition, Lorelei must find the spring before the murderer strikes again—and a coup begins in earnest.
But there are other dangers lurking in the dark: forests that rearrange themselves at night, rivers with slumbering dragons waiting beneath the water, and shapeshifting beasts out for blood.
As Lorelei and Sylvia grudgingly work together to uncover the truth—and resist their growing feelings for one another—they discover that their professor had secrets of her own. Secrets that make Lorelei question whether justice is worth pursuing, or if this kingdom is worth saving at all.
Buried Deep and Other Stories
A thrilling anthology of short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy and Uprooted, spanning each of her realms and including a sneak peak into the world of her next series.
From the gothic, magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, and the dragon-filled Temeraire series, this stunning collection takes us from fairy tale to fantasy, myth to history, and mystery to science fiction as we travel through Naomi Novik’s most beloved stories. Here, among many others, we encounter:
A mushroom witch who learns that sometimes the worst thing in the Scholomance can be your roommate.
The start of the Dragon Corps in ancient Rome, after Mark Antony hatches a dragon’s egg and bonds with the hatchling.
A young bride in the middle ages who finds herself gambling with Death, for the highest of stakes.
A delightful reimagining of Pride & Prejudice, in which Elizabeth Bennet captains a Longwing dragon.
The first glimpse at the world of Abandon, the setting of Novik’s upcoming epic fantasy series?a deserted continent populated only by silent and enigmatic architectural mysteries.
Though the stories are vastly different, there is a unifying theme: wrestling with destiny, and the lengths some will go to find their own and fulfill its promise.
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20,95 €
Goldfinch
THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE EPIC ROMANTASY THAT HAS SOLD 3 MILLION COPIES ACROSS THE WORLD.
AUREN'S STORY ISN'T OVER YET.
SHE WILL FLY. SHE WILL SOAR.
One king caged my body.
Another has caged my mind.
War has broken out between Annwyn and Orea, though that’s not the only battle being waged.
There’s a fight inside me, and it’s one I’m determined to win, no matter how much they try to strip me down and hollow me out.
Yet they’ve forgotten one thing. The ancient magic of the pair bond. One can never truly be lost when two souls are already bound.
Because Slade and I? We are connected by more than just fated magic, and we will always find each other.
In any life.
The fae king is trying to destroy me. My heritage. My memory. But what he hasn’t realized is this: gold bends, but stone breaks.
And a Goldfinch does not fall.
It flies.
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A Tide of Black Steel
The land of Ascarlia, a fabled realm of bloodied steel and epic sagas, has been ruled by the Sister Queens for centuries. No one has dared question their rule.
Until now.
Whispers speak of longships of mysterious tattooed warriors, sailing under the banners of a murderous cult of oath-breakers long thought extinct. A tide of black steel that threatens to vanquish all in its path.
Thera of the Blackspear, favoured servant of the Sister Queens, is ordered to uncover the truth.
As Thera sails north, her reviled brother, Felnir, sets out on his own adventure. He hopes to find the Vault of the Altvar - the treasure room of the gods - and win the Sister Queens' favour at his sister's expense.
Both siblings - along with a brilliant young scribe and a prisoner with a terrifying, primal power - will play a part in the coming storm.
The Age of Wrath has begun.
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Sekáč
Upíři neexistují. To ví každý. Proto je značně nemilé, když se různě po Manchesteru najednou začnou objevovat…
Nikdo z toho nemá radost. Ani Zakladatelé, tajná organizace, kterou měli upíři coby alegorie původně reprezentovat, ani Kmen, lidé obdaření magickými schopnostmi, kteří si chtějí jen nerušeně žít vlastní život. A už vůbec ne obyvatelé Manchesteru, protože vražedné řádění takové alegorie utržené ze řetězu opravdu není nic příjemného. Někdo musí hodně rychle zasáhnout – a kdo jiný by to měl být než redakce Podivné doby!
Ne že by neměli svých starostí dost. Redaktorka Hana se právě vrátila po rozvodovém řízení a hned se dozvídá, že se kdosi pokouší unést jistého člena jejich týmu. Šéfredaktor Vincent Banecroft by se sice rád s leckým ze své družiny rozloučil, ale nesnese představu, že se ho tu někdo snaží obrat – jde o princip.
Když k tomu připočteme prekérní situaci s nefunkční koupelnou, dluhy z hazardu, zcela nový způsob používání vulgarit a jistého inspektora, získáme další hektický týden v životě novinové redakce, která se zavázala informovat o pravdě, s níž nikdo jiný nechce mít nic společného.
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27,45 €
Lacná kniha Tenká hranice touhy (-10%)
Bast je mistrem směnného obchodu. Vyjednávání, jak výhodně dostat něco za něco, je pro něj stejně přirozené jako dýchání. Sledovat ho při tom je jako sledovat umělce při práci. Jenže i mistr tesař se někdy utne. Když Bast přijme dar a získá cosi zadarmo, celý jeho svět se převrátí vzhůru nohama, protože on moc dobře ví, jak obchodovat – ale neumí dlužit.
Sledujte nejoblíbenější postavu slavné Kroniky Královraha v průběhu jediného dne při jejích nadpřirozených kouscích, úkladech a úskocích. Buďte svědkem toho, jak se lehkým tanečním krokem vrhá do nejsvízelnějších problémů a následně se z nich jako zázrakem zase vymaní. Jak hledá a nachází starodávné cesty k tvoření a ničení. Následuje srdce, i když rozum mu velí něco jiného. Konec konců, proč si dávat pozor, když pak přijdete o veškeré napětí a potěšení?
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Fear the Flames
An exiled princess teams up with the last man she thought she could trust in the start of an immersive debut fantasy series filled with a sizzling reluctant allies-to-lovers romance, a world to get lost in, dangerous quests, and dragon bonds.
She is vengeance. He will be her sword.
No one in Imirath had ever seen a dragon, until five eggs long thought fossils hatched in the presence of their young princess, Elowen Atarah. Fearing the power his daughter would wield through her soul-bond with the creatures, King Garrick imprisoned her for many years, desperately trying to break the bond that united them, until a daring rescue saved Elowen from his clutches - but left her five precious dragons at his mercy.
Years later, Elowen is now a woman determined to free her dragons. Having established a queendom of her own, she is ready to do whatever is necessary to save her people from starvation and seek vengeance against her father. Even if that means leaving the home she built for herself. Or having to align herself with the Commander of Vareveth, Cayden Veles, the most feared and dangerous man in all the kingdoms of Ravaryn and her father's sworn enemy.
Cayden promises to help Elowen if she will stand with him and all of Vareveth in the pending war against Imirath. Despite their contrasting motives, Elowen can't ignore their undeniable attraction as together they plot to infiltrate her father's impenetrable castle to steal back her dragons and seek revenge on their common enemy.
The pull between Elowen and Cayden becomes impossible to resist, even when trusting each other seems both reckless and essential. But with the threat of war looming over them, the imminent heist will be their most dangerous adventure yet.
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Ronin 47
ZRADA. ZNOVUZROZENÍ. ZÁŠŤ. ZÁPOLENÍ.
Píše se rok 2121 a apokalypsa dosáhla svého vrcholu již před nějakou dobou. Mezi troskami starého světa bojují zbytky lidské rasy o přežití proti obřím, supervyvinutým kaidžú. Nejúčinnější zbraní lidstva proti těmto nestvůrám jsou kolosální mechové vytvoření v rámci programu Strážce.
Jsi velitel Óiši, pilot mecha třídy Samuraj a velitel jednotky Fénix sídlící na základně Akó ve Filipínském moři. Příšerná zrada odsoudí tvé spolubojovníky k smrti a bude záležet jen na tobě, zda se ti podaří pronásledovat zrádce a vykonat pomstu.
Jenže když si Zemi podmanili mohutní kaidžú, jak velkou naději na úspěch můžeš mít?
RÓNIN 47 je interaktivní sci-fi román inspirovaný japonskou legendou o 47 róninech. TY v něm rozhodneš o tom, jakou cestou se vydáš, jak moc budeš riskovat tváří v tvář nebezpečí a se kterými nestvůrami či zlotřilými mechanickými protivníky, na něž při své cestě narazíš, se utkáš v boji. Zda se ti podaří splnit své poslání a pomstít smrt svých druhů ve zbrani, pilotů mechů typu Samuraj, aniž bys podlehl zuřivým Kaidžú, bude záležet jen a jen na TVÝCH rozhodnutích.
JSI RÓNIN 47!
The Cursed - Coven of Bones 2
“There is no end for you and I, Witchling.”
For hundreds of years, the Coven has presided over Hollow’s Grove University, their skeletal fingers grasping for control over the witches who pass through the gates.
Now, after a bloody and violent coup, Willow Madizza must come to terms with the role she was forced to play in the Coven’s demise.
And face the demons she has unwittingly unleashed upon the world.
Preparing to fight for the future of the Coven, Willow has no choice but to ally with Gray, the man who betrayed her and her fellow witches. Even through her fury at the bargain that binds her to Gray, Willow can’t ignore the soul-deep connection between them. And together, their magic could have the power to right centuries of wrongs . . .
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.
