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Connie Rydert az éjszaka közepén rabolják el az otthonából. A rémült lány először azt hiszi, emberkereskedők markába került, amikor azonban a Silver Lake Akadémiára szállítják, be kell látnia, hogy a helyzete még annál is kétségbeejtőbb, mint gondolta. Az édesapja és a nevelőanyja íratta be a távoli, szigorúan őrzött, problémás tinédzserek számára létrehozott intézménybe. A bentlakásos akadémia nevelési programja rendkívül egyszerű: a renitens kamaszok viselkedésének javítása. Minden eszközzel, bármi áron. Connie nem sokkal az érkezése után szembesül a sötét titokkal, hogy egy olyan lány ágyát kapta meg, aki nyomtalanul tűnt el az intézményből. A kötet díszletét ugyan egy elképzelt amerikai intézmény adja, a sodró erejű regény mondanivalója azonban általános: az elnyomó hatalom működésének túlkapásai és az annak kiszolgáltatottak sorsa.
Dubliners
James Joyce's earliest major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. The stories within Dubliners are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Joyce writes of social decline, sexual desire and exploitation, corruption and personal failure, yet creates a brilliantly compelling, unique vision of the world and human experience.
'Joyce redeems his Dubliners, assures their identity, and makes their social existence appear permanent and immortal, like the streets they walk' Tom Paulin
With a new introduction and notes by Anne Fogarty.
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The Secret of Secrets
The long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon's world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far from home and out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves.
But Prague is an old and dangerous place, steeped in folklore and mystery. Little can Langdon know that he is being stalked by a spectre from that dark past. He must use all of his arcane knowledge to navigate a shadow city hiding in plain sight, a city which has successfully kept its secrets for centuries and will not readily give them up.
The Secret Of Secrets is Dan Brown's first novel for over eight years and sees the stunning return of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time pitting his wits against a conspiracy which will test even his considerable brainpower and take him to the edge of losing all that he holds dear…
The Maserati Book
* Unique inspiration for Maserati enthusiasts: Perfect for celebrating your passion in style
* Authentic expert knowledge: Providing exciting background stories, in-depth knowledge and special perspectives on Maserati
* Stylish design object and collector's item: with its elegant and cool design, this book will be a prestigious highlight in your home
In the latest volume of The Car Book Series, teNeues presents The Maserati Book, an exquisite illustrated book that impressively showcases the fascinating history and incomparable elegance of the Italian car brand founded in 1914. Breathtaking photographs show legendary models such as the exclusive Sebring of the 1960s and the Ghibli designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro – a masterpiece that even inspired Henri Ford to make the famous request to his designers: "Build a more beautiful car." The book not only sheds light on Maserati's evolution from a traditional family business to its current role as a major player in the luxury car industry, but also offers exclusive insights, captivating stories and interviews with experts and insiders. An essential work for connoisseurs and enthusiasts who appreciate the perfect symbiosis of high-end automotive design, lifestyle and technical excellence.
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Druhá autorova kniha přináší tentokrát soubor kratších textů. Vyhýbají se pointám, potlačují význam příběhu – a naopak cílí k zachycení „záchvěvů duše“, jež podprahově určují naše životy.
A Tale of Two Cities
A gorgeously giftable special hardback edition of A Tale of Two Cities, abridged for readers aged 9-12 years.
Bound in high-quality cloth with a dazzling new foil-stamped cover design, Puffin's Clothbound Classics are a gift that book lovers of all ages will treasure forever.
'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
Charles Darnay is an exiled French aristocrat, fleeing a Paris torn apart by the French Revolution. Sydney Carlton lives a decadent life in London, where the wealthy waste and the poor starve. The two couldn't be more different. Except they happen to look alike - and love the same woman. When Charles is captured after returning to Paris to save his servant, Sydney might be his only hope - but will their resemblance be enough to save his life?
Gift the best-loved classics to a new generation with Puffin's stunning Clothbound Classics. Bound in high-quality cloth with dazzling new foil-stamped designs, these coveted and highly collectable hardback editions will be treasured forever. The perfect gift for book lovers and new readers alike.
This is an abridged edition of the classic novel, designed for younger readers.
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Pride and Prejudice
A gorgeously giftable special hardback edition of Pride and Prejudice, abridged for readers aged 9-12 years.
Bound in high-quality cloth with a dazzling new foil-stamped cover design, Puffin's Clothbound Classics are a gift that book lovers of all ages will treasure forever.
'My good opinion once lost is lost forever.'
When two rich young gentlemen move to town, they don't go unnoticed - especially when Mrs Bennett vows to have one of her five daughters marry into their fortunes. But love, as Jane and Elizabeth Bennett soon discover, is rarely straightforward, and often surprising. It's only a matter of time until their own small worlds are turned upside down and they discover that first impressions can be the most misleading of all.
Gift the best-loved classics to a new generation with Puffin's stunning Clothbound Classics. Bound in high-quality cloth with dazzling new foil-stamped designs, these coveted and highly collectable hardback editions will be treasured forever. The perfect gift for book lovers and new readers alike.
This is an abridged edition of the classic novel, designed for younger readers.
The Penguin Book of the International Short Story
The best in short fiction from around the world, from celebrated anthologist and author John Freeman and award-winning novelist Rabih Alameddine
In The Penguin Book of the International Short Story, writers from different nations, languages and sensibilities come together in a globe-spanning and long overdue tour of modern fiction. In 'Super-Frog Saves Tokyo', Haruki Murakami presents a man who believes a giant amphibian is enlisting him to protect his city from an impending earthquake. In 'War of the Clowns', Mozambique's Mia Couto sketches a perfect allegory for our divided culture. In the predecessor story to her iconic novel The Vegetarian, Han Kang depicts a protagonist quietly undergoing an unlikely transformation in a high-rise in Seoul. A Colm Tóibin character thinks, 'I do not even believe in Ireland', while Carol Bensimon reflects from Brazil, 'All great ideas seem like bad ones at some point'. Salman Rushdie brings us to unsettled rural India, Olga Tokarczuk to a circus exhibit, Abdellah Taia to the queer Arab world, Ted Chiang to a far-off galaxy.
For a long time, it was the norm for three quarters of the stories in international anthologies to be American or English. In this collection, the work of thoughtful and accomplished translators opens the door wide for those curious about what lies beyond the Western canon and classroom. Writers from six continents, ranging from new voices to literary icons, each offer a window into a distinct point of view, both transcending and illuminating their place of origin. They offer not only captivating prose, but a reminder of the power of the imagination across space and time.
Users
WE ARE NOT USING TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IS USING US.
In USERS, legislator and campaigner Beeban Kidron takes you on a journey from the halls of Parliament and the UN to the White House and Silicon Valley. Through her encounters with specialist police officers, bereaved parents, lobbyists and tech bros, you'll witness the unchecked power of Big Tech, as they avoid rules and regulations, and capture governments that are meant to protect us.
You'll see how the issue is not technology itself, but its use and abuse. How tools built to connect people are redeployed to divide, punish, distract, and control; while our tech overlords come to own everything - but continue to be held responsible for nothing. Now that we know their game, it's time to fight back.
This book will show you what went wrong, what is really going on, and what we can do about it.
Green City Wars
In a city of sunshine and secrets, the shadows belong to the animals.
In a solar-powered future, humans live in luxury, served by unseen Little Helpers - artificially enhanced animals who maintain their perfect green cities. The animals' number one rule: 'do not bother the humans'. Yet, beneath this tranquil facade, a complex underworld of animal politics, crime and conflict thrives.
Enter Skotch, a freelance raccoon investigator. Until now, his biggest problem has been a lack of work. Now, his work may get him killed. His latest case? Finding a fugitive mouse scientist. But powerful forces are also after Doctor Meece, and they're willing to kill for his secrets.
Can Skotch navigate this treacherous web, outsmart rat gangsters, beat a deadly weasel assassin and keep his pelt intact? More importantly, can he find his quarry before the elusive rodent breaks Rule One in the most apocalyptic way - and shatters their fragile world?
For those who loved John Scalzi's Starter Villain and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model, Green City Wars is a crime-inspired adventure that will draw you deep into an incredible new world . . .
The Art of Invincible Season Two
The Art of Invincible Season Two features exclusive character, background, and vehicle designs along with key art and more! This volume takes fans behind the scenes and includes interviews with key creatives, including INVINCIBLE creators Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker.
Hayao Miyazaki - Little People, Big Dreams
Discover the inspiring story of legendary animator and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki.
Born in 1941 in Tokyo during World War?II, young Hayao moved home many times with his family and grew up surrounded by the sights and sounds of a country at war. He loved nothing more than drawing, especially planes, ships and characters from his favourite manga stories. As he got older, he dreamed of creating his own films, and that dream eventually led him to help create Studio Ghibli.
Today, Miyazaki is known around the world for magical films like My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. This book shows how his imagination, love of nature and belief in kindness shaped his animations, leading him to become one of the most beloved storytellers of all time. Young fans will be fascinated to discover the real life story of their favourite film maker.?
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
Whistleblower - The Paladin Series 1
When you find something precious... you defend it with your life.
EDEN
Where I come from, there's no forgiveness for a whistleblower, even if I saved countless lives. Unemployed, with a wrecked reputation, my only option is a pity job as a leadership consultant for a secret, government-employed team of assassins.
After moving clear across the country, I thought I'd feel safe from the ones who want revenge, but then I meet him. Linc. The ghost in the shadows and the most lethal assassin PALADIN employs. I should be intimidated by him, except he has the kindest eyes when he's looking at me.
Still, the question remains of who should I fear more, the ones who are after me or the ones who promised to protect me?
LINC
I love the way she screams my name, but I like how she whispers it too.
I vowed to never get attached, but Eden has a hold on me that no one has before. Forget PALADIN's rules. I refuse to let her go. I've finally found what's precious to me and now I have to keep her close. She's mine to pleasure and protect.
And whoever keeps threatening Eden's life, is going to lose theirs.
Football Sticker Book
A fun-filled sticker book packed full of sporty scenes and over 350 colourful stickers to complete the pictures.
Scenes include: the training ground, getting ready for a match, a penalty shootout and a victory parade.
And there's more! The book also includes blank football kit stickers for children to colour in with their own team strip.
- Perfect gift for football fans
- Helps develop fine motor skills
- Hours of screen-free fun
- Ideal for ages 5 years and above
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Loved One
'For years I'd known exactly who I was to Gabe. It was a long story but I could tell it confidently, like a bartender sharing a recipe for her signature cocktail. Now things were so jumbled, I didn't know where to begin…'
When Julia's first-love-turned-close-friend Gabe, a successful indie musician, dies unexpectedly aged 29, Julia is launched into an intercontinental quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world.
The search for these items leads Julia to Elizabeth, the last woman Gabe loved, in an interaction that leaves Julia with more questions than answers. Both women, it turns out, have something to hide, and soon find themselves engaged in a complex dance of withholding and revelation.
Together, the two must reconcile their conflicting memories of Gabe and who he was to each of them…and who they now are to each other.
From the Emmy Award-winning writer behind Hacks and Parks and Recreation,?Loved One is a wise, witty and profoundly moving coming-of-age story with a powerful love at its heart, set to become an instant classic.
Little Blue Dot
In this thrilling and utterly unique work of narrative non-fiction, Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of the GPS satellite system - in a book that lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our pockets
This is the story of the Global Positioning System, the network of U.S. government satellites that encircle the earth: a vast web that, in a matter of decades, has transformed the way we understand space and time, making us critically dependent on vulnerable technology we often forget is even there.
It is a system that was conceived of as a military product designed for war, but which has since evolved into a vital everyday tool that tells us where we are and when at any given point. But its use doesn't stop there: GPS has transformed our navigation systems and our global trade, our farms and our supermarkets, our stop lights, banking networks, and our energy systems. It overturned online dating, exercise regimens, travel planning and takeaways. It reshaped our daily lives, and then it transformed us. When GPS took away our familiarity with getting lost, it also stripped us of our ability to hide - turning our place in the world into a mappable, knowable entity, and put us, a blinking blue dot on a screen, at its centre.
In this thrilling, page-turning work of narrative non-fiction that touches on tech, geopolitics, international relations and economics - Katherine Dunn explores the acute vulnerability of an essential global system that touches all our lives. With echoes of Kleptopia, The Fifth Risk and Prisoners of Geography, as well as echoes of Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flynn and Entangled Life by Merlion Sheldrake in the way it exposes a hidden, esoteric system that we all rely on - this is a book that lifts the lid on the invisible connections of the globe, from the space race to the phone in our pockets.
Romeo and Juliet
A gorgeously giftable special hardback edition of Romeo and Juliet
Bound in high-quality cloth with a dazzling new foil-stamped cover design, Puffin's Clothbound Classics are a gift that book lovers of all ages will treasure forever.
'Parting is such sweet sorrow.'
Shakespeare's timeless tale of ill-fated love is the most well-known love story ever told. After a chance meeting at a ball, young Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall desperately in love. But their families are locked in a bitter rivalry, their love forbidden. When blood is spilled, Romeo is banished, forcing Juliet to take desperate measures that spell tragedy for the star-crossed lovers.
Gift the best-loved classics to a new generation with Puffin's stunning Clothbound Classics. Bound in high-quality cloth with dazzling new foil-stamped designs, these coveted and highly collectable hardback editions will be treasured forever. The perfect gift for book lovers and new readers alike.
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The Phantom of the Opera
A gorgeously giftable special hardback edition of The Phantom of the Opera
Bound in high-quality cloth with a dazzling new foil-stamped cover design, Puffin's Clothbound Classics are a gift that book lovers of all ages will treasure forever.
'I am dying of love.'
Christine Daaé grew up in the Paris Opera, surrounded by art and music - and rumours of a mysterious, dangerous phantom haunting its darkest depths. As Christine's beautiful singing voice develops, she begins to hear the whispers of her 'Angel of Music', the Phantom, teaching her to sing ever more beautifully. But when she falls for her childhood friend, the Phantom's admiration spirals into an obsessive, violent jealousy and a tragic desire for revenge.
Gift the best-loved classics to a new generation with Puffin's stunning Clothbound Classics. Bound in high-quality cloth with dazzling new foil-stamped designs, these coveted and highly collectable hardback editions will be treasured forever. The perfect gift for book lovers and new readers alike.
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