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Hear Ye Mortals
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard From the award-winning author of Furia—two brothers struggle against a totalitarian regime in this historical YA about fighting for what you believe in, even when the world around you tries to silence your voice. In 1976 Rosario, Argentina, brothers Daniel and Adrián Aguirre share a passion for music and a bond as best friends. However, under the authoritarian military government, artists and musicians are considered enemies of the state, even if they're just teenagers playing at home. When one of their songs unexpectedly gains popularity on the radio, Daniel and Adrián, along with their band Río Babel—comprised of children of immigrants from Spain, Palestine, and Germany—face a daunting choice. They must decide whether to pursue their dream of becoming musicians or to remain silent to protect their families. Ready to challenge the military regime, their resolve is tested when one of their own goes missing. This novel delves into the power of music in the fight for a better tomorrow, making it a compelling read for those who appreciate stories of courage, family, and the enduring spirit of resistance against a totalitarian regime.
Greatest Football Stars: Mohamed Salah
Mo Salah is an inspirational goalscorer who has helped Liverpool achieve victory after victory. He’s won almost everything there is to win, both for his team and as a player. He’s competed all over the world, causing trouble for defenders all over the pitch. About the Greatest Football Stars series:Greatest Football Stars dives into the incredible journeys of the world’s greatest players of all time. Featuring talents from all around the globe, this series covers their unique journeys to stardom – from playing football in the park to performing in front of capacity crowds on the biggest stage and in the biggest leagues.
Ordinary Love
A STYLIST BEST NEW RELEASE OF 2025''An exquisitely tender portrayal of enduring love'' OBSERVER''A sweeping, decades-spanning tale of queer desire'' MARIE CLAIRE''Profoundly moving'' EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL, bestselling author of STATION ELEVEN''Almost unbearably beautiful'' EMILIA HART, bestselling author of WEYWARD''Had me hooked from the first page'' JENNIE GODFREY, bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS_________________________________________________________________________There''s no such thing as an ordinary love storyWhen Emily catches sight of Gennifer Hall at a party, she is transported back to the moment they fell in love as teenagers. Their connection was electric, and they thought it was forever.Twenty years later, Gen is an Olympic runner, the career she strived for, while Emily is living a picture-perfect life: Manhattan townhouse, two young children and a wealthy husband, Jack. But Jack''s controlling behaviour is spiralling, and Emily has lost sight of who she once was.Now, despite Emily''s fracturing marriage and the pressures of Gen''s career, they are drawn back together by a magnetic attraction. After years of heartbreak, missed chances and misunderstandings, will they finally get a second chance at first love?A sweeping love story about desire, friendship, mistakes and the possibility of second chances, for fans of The Paper Palace and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow_________________________________________________________________________''I''m obsessed with this novel. It demands obsession'' HOLLY BRICKLEY, author of DEEP CUTS''Funny and moving and sexy'' J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, bestselling author of THE CLIFFS''A gorgeously written love story'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING''I loved this moving, tender story about lost love and second chances'' RED''Immersive and insightful'' LISA OWENS, author of NOT WORKING''[A] raw, gorgeous debut'' THE i PAPER''A tender romance'' WOMAN & HOME''Shining with rare clarity'' SAINSBURY''S MAGAZINEREADERS ARE RAVING:????? ''So raw and so real . . . If there''s one book you read this year, it should be this one'' ????? ''I absolutely devoured this . . . Clear your afternoon to read this one straight through'' ?????''The characters were so real that I miss them now the book''s over. This novel is one for the ages'' ????? ''Boy did this pack a punch, have a box of tissues by your side - you will need these'' ????? ''Sexy and sensual . . . I found myself not wanting to stop reading'' ????? ''So emotionally wrecked by this book [that I''m] still thinking about it obsessively months later'' ????? ''I fell in love with this story and these characters right from the beginning''
Nova Swing
"An awesomely fluent and versatile prose stylist" - INDEPENDENT"Amazing achievement ... Harrison pulls off the almost impossible feat of seamlessly blending hard sci-fi, cyberpunk, noir crime ... while doing what all the best literature does" - Goodreads ReviewerSet in the unique world, first featured in the award-winning Light, here is a story of love, murder, and intergalactic noir on the razors edge of the imagination, as envisioned by the incomparable M. John Harrison. In a neighbourhood of underground clubs, body-modification chop shops, adolescent contract killers, and sexy streetwalking Monas, you'll find the Saudade Event - a zone of strange geography, twisted physics, and frightening psychic onslaughts. Vic Serotonin is a travel agent, arranging illegal travel to and from Saudade. His latest client wants a tour and she is a woman as unpredictable as the site itself, and maybe just as dangerous. Coincidentally, a troubling new class of semi-biological artefacts start finding their way out of the site, transforming the real world in unsettling ways. Pursued by a detective intent on collaring him for his illegal tours, and hunted by a gangster convinced that the travel agent has infected him with a rogue artefact, Vic must make one final trip as the universe around him rapidly veers toward viral chaos
Halcyon Years
A superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the 'mastersinger of space opera' (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe, strap in for a gripping murder mystery. Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He's aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away. Only his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He's hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon's most elite families . . . and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he's about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim. Gripping, fast-paced fun this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing, and on the edge of your seat, to the end. 'A hugely entertaining film noir pastiche set on a generational spaceship' - SFX'Alastair Reynolds is a genre adventurer . . . Halycon Years is a novel composed of nested mysteries and riddles' - Locus
Reading Champion: Graphics: Kid Pirate: Monkey Trouble
Join Kid Pirate and his crew - Salty, Meg, Bo and Vane - marooned on a desert island. In this adventure,the crew notice their food supplies are going missing and a trail of banana skins are left behind ... Reading Champion Graphic readers is a new strand in the Reading Champion programme. Each story follows the adventures of the same set of characters in exciting comic book form, perfect for encouraging reluctant readers. The books have been book banded to support children's reading in the classroom. The Kid Pirate books have all been banded at book band 7 Turquoise.
Kingston? Přece nalevo od Oxfordu, 2. vydání
Vyprávění z autorčiny humoristické série přibližuje dění v rázovité vísce ležící nedaleko Oxfordu, do níž se autorka přistěhovala se svým anglickým manželem a jejíž poklidnou atmosféru každou chvíli rozčeří nečekaná událost, ať už je to sněhová kalamita, milostné trampoty zdejšího zámeckého pána či záhada oranžového karavanu.
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The Republic of Memory
The Safina is a city ship, two hundred years into its voyage from the ruins of Earth towards a new habitable world. Its crew maintain the ship, generation after generation, while protecting their 'ancestors' - the final remnants of Earth's doomed Network Empire - by keeping them alive in cryostasis.
But a lot can change in two hundred years, and people are starting to ask questions. Why should the crew continue to toil for people none of them remember? What exactly gives Administration its authority over everyone else?
And when the blackouts start, they set in motion a chain of events that will change life on the Safina forever. A reckoning is coming. The system is only secure so long as those in power maintain the obedience of those beneath them.
And the crew has had enough.
A science fiction odyssey of breathtaking scope, The Republic of Memory is a gripping examination of what divides us, and what brings us together. This is an ambitious work of Arabfuturism, and is perfect for fans of The Expanse, A Memory Called Empire or Children of Time.
Dream of the Jet-Black City
This exciting and innovative debut fantasy features intricate worldbuilding, political intrigue, a magic system based on dreams, a mythic storm raging above a city - and secrets from the past that threaten an entire nation. Perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson, Mark Lawrence and Adrian Tchaikovsky. 'A powerful debut ... This book is well worth your time' JOHN GWYNNE'This was absolute catnip for me!' MARIE BRENNANAll such Nightmares were born out of Dreamers' minds - angry, cruel, terrible Dreamers, yes, but still men and women. Here, in the Library, the Nightmares have sparked from dying stories, from the anguished echoes of poets and scribes carved into the crevasses of codexes. Ash and his crew race across rooftops in pursuit of living lightning from the perpetually raging Motherstorm. This energy the jet-black city of Onyxia depends upon is all that stands between them and starvation. When a monstrous nightmare attacks, death is all but certain - until Ash Dreams a shadow panther into existence to protect himself. But this new power comes with a price: either conscription to the harrowing Academy or indebtment to a wealthy patron. Daerna belongs to a devout sisterhood who sing canticles to pacify the eternal storm. When she learns of a mysterious sickness spreading through the city's populace, she feels it is her duty to help, even though her order has abandoned the afflicted to their fate. With fellow rebel sisters, her search into the root cause will lead her away from the light into the dark heart of the city where danger lurks. Geil is a creature born of Dream and bound to the Drake form she conjured to survive her Academy training. While Nightmare-Hunting she encounters a young girl with the dreamer gift and feels compelled to save her from enduring the same cruel fate she faced. But this means returning to the jet-black city, home to the past she has tried to outrun and navigating the political turbulence in the wake of an election. As each pursues their own ends, they soon discover that they share common interests. But can they find a way to learn from the secrets the city has buried within its past before their whole world turns into a living nightmare?'What a great read. This is a powerful debut with beautifully sharp prose, distinct characters that leap out of the page, a complex and realistic world full of unpleasant personalities and a magic system that is wonderfully imaginative. This book is well worth your time' JOHN GWYNNE'Dreams of beauty and nightmarish beasts; skyships and sunken libraries; the mother of all storms . . . This was absolute catnip for me! I cannot wait to see what magic Valcárcel spins next' MARIE BRENNAN
Magic Tree House: Night of the Ninjas
Rediscover the bestselling Magic Tree House series with easy-to-read full-colour graphic novels, packed with adventure and perfect for readers aged 5–7. Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Ninjas!!When siblings Jack and Annie discovered a magic, time-travelling tree house at the end of their garden, they stumbled upon an adventure that would launch them through time and space. This time, Jack and Annie have been whisked back to ancient Japan, where there are whispers in the shadows ... Their friend, Morgan le Fay, has disappeared, so it’s up to the siblings to learn the secrets of the ninja and rescue them. But how do you find a warrior that hides in the shadows? Simple! You DON’T find a ninja . . . a ninja finds YOU! This fun-filled series of graphic novel adaptations allows younger readers to develop their reading confidence while solving exciting magical mysteries alongside Jack and Annie. Perfect for young readers aged 5–7.
Mariborská hypnóza
Kniha o bílé a černé magii, smyslu psaní, životě mouchy a hypnotizérovi, o mariborském zázraku. Stroboskopicky rozostřená milostná novela plná magického realismu. Advokacie mouchy domácí. Hyperrealistický text brojící proti digitálním parazitům světa, oslava lásky, té nejvyšší hypnózy.
Tanečnice
Klaudie bojuje. Táňa se hněvá. Laura sní. Vendy uniká. Každá má svůj hřích, svůj bolestný tón. Před deseti lety je rozdělilo traumatické tajemství. Když se rozhodnou obnovit slávu své taneční skupiny, vyberou si velkolepou barokní choreografii. Zjišťují ale, že comeback nebude snadný. Až Oliver, excentrický taneční mistr, se pokusí najít společnou melodii pro čtyři rozladěné tanečnice. Příběh pro každého, kdo někdy ztratil rytmus a hledá cestu zpátky.
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The Invention of Good and Evil
For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of 'Good' and 'Evil', and weaving them into our cities, laws and customs.
Morality is a concept that can feel joyless and claustrophobic, associated with restraint and coercion, restriction and sacrifice, inquisition, confession and a guilty conscience. For many, it is a device used to shame us into compliance. This impression is not necessarily incorrect, but it is most certainly incomplete.
Hanno Sauer traces humanity's fundamental moral transformations from our earliest ancestors through to the present day, when it can often seem that we have never disagreed more over what it means to be good, and what it means to be right. But we can use our past as a basis for a new understanding of our future. Our current political disagreements may feel like the end of the world, but where will the evolution of morality take us next?
Žďárské vrchy známé i neznámé
Skaliska podivuhodných tvarů, hluboké lesy, osluněné stráně a stinné louky s cennou květenou, historická města i městečka, aleje protínající krajinu a památné stromy opředené tajemnými příběhy – to vše tvoří malebný kraj, který ocení milovníci přírodních krás, vznosného baroka i lidové architektury.
Reach In!
From the creator of the New York Times bestselling Press Here, the whimsy and joy of dots and colors meet the added fun of a truly interactive book with tactile flaps, folds, and more!
Reach right in . . . for an amazing, hands-on adventure! Turn pages filled with flaps, folds, holes, and more to discover color, fun, and magic that could only come from the brush and brain of the brilliant artist, performer, and author Hervé Tullet.
A perfect extension of the beloved Press Here and Mix It Up!, Reach In! brings fun to a third dimension as, once again, Hervé proves anything is possible if you just put your mind-and a little imagination-to it!
Mosaics and Micro Mosaics
From the earliest mosaics in 4th century BCE Greece and the Byzantine splendour of Hagia Sophia to the celebratory frieze encircling the Royal Albert Hall, and Eduardo Paolozzi's commission for the London Underground, this book reveals the technical and stylistic evolution of mosaic, and its prominence in political, public and civic spaces.
Drawing on a conference at the V&A, supported by the Gilbert Trust for the Arts, this volume provides both a sweeping history of the craft and fascinating insight into key events. These include the competition judged by Titian, Tintoretto, Schiavone and Veronese in 16th century Venice to choose a mosaicist for St Mark's Basilica and the prominence of mosaic in Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia.
The volume also considers the practical - the collection and preservation of micromosaics and also their creation through an interview with Maurizio Fiorvanti, a jeweller who has mastered the technique of micromosaics and continues to create exquisite pieces from his studio in Rome.
Good Evening Rituals
Embrace the gentle power of evening rituals with this beautiful book, filled with soothing self-care practices and calming reflections to help you relax, reflect and reconnect with yourselfEvery evening can be a good evening. Whether you choose to close your day with a mindful journalling session, release tension through gentle stretching, or savour a moment of stillness before sleep, this little book will show you how taking just a few intentional, nourishing moments at night can bring clarity, comfort and calm that will carry into tomorrow. Within these pages, you will find:- Over 50 ritual ideas to try, each designed to ease you out of the day and into a state of deep relaxation- An introduction to the art of evening rituals, including gentle guidance for creating your perfect nighttime routine- Reflective quotes from wise voices and affirmations to help you feel rested, relaxed and renewedLet these rituals help you to end each day feeling grounded, peaceful, and ready to relax.
The World According to Sharks
This is a laugh-out-loud guide to the weird and wonderful world of sharks – from sharks that can walk on land, to sharks that glow in the dark, to sharks that fart to swim deeper (yes, really). Did you know... There's a species of shark that can swim faster than a jet sk? r that some sharks like eating vegetable? r that playing 'Baby Shark' is the most effective way to annoy a shark?(OK, maybe that last one isn't scientifically proven...)From the creators of popular webcomic The Life of Sharks, this is a funny and almost 100% factual guide to the ocean's most misunderstood creature. Perfect for landlubbers aged 7+ who want to learn more about their finned friends!
Tree
'Trees are not just living things, but feeling beings, like us. Better keep a watchful eye over them…'
Ezo spruce, hinoki, cherry blossoms. Persimmon, maple, cypress. The trees of Japan cast a spell on those who visit its landscape. But as a child, writer Aya Koda realized they were more than objects of beauty. Gifted a sapling by her father, she learned that we depend on trees as much as they do on us - and spent a lifetime trying to understand them.
Mesmerising and poignant, Tree is written in a Japanese genre called zuihitsu which means 'following the brush'. Here we follow Aya Koda on a journey to discover Japan's most remarkable trees. As she witnesses landslides and forests of falling ash, she encounters fresh saplings and ancient, ungovernable roots, learning how each tree contains its own unique story.
Now translated into English for the first time, Koda's work echoes down the generations, reminding us that trees hold a mirror to who we are, and what we leave behind.
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