Hľadanie: Monstrous Affections
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The Ickabog
The Ickabog is coming... A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children's bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world's best storytellers.
The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect - except for the misty Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog.
Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth, to scare children into behaving. But the funny thing about myths is that sometimes they take on a life of their own. Could a myth unseat a beloved king? Could a myth bring a once happy country to its knees? Could a myth thrust two children into an adventure they didn't ask for and never expected?If you're feeling brave, step into the pages of this book to find out...
A beautiful hardback edition, perfect for sharing and gift-giving. Brought to life with full-colour illustrations by the young winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition.
Gerritsen - Keeping the Dead (Rizzoli)
HE HIDES. When an ancient mummy is discovered in the basement of a museum in down-town Boston, excitement starts to mount. Under the glare of a media frenzy, the mummy is taken to hospital for a CT scan. Forensic pathologist Maura Isles is also invited to attend. HE KILLS. As the CT scan proceeds everyone in the room leans in - and gasps in horror as an image of a bullet is revealed. Maura declares it a possible homicide, and calls in detective Jane Rizzoli. HE KEEPS. When the preserved body of a second victim is found, and then a third, it becomes clear that taking their lives is not enough for this terrifying killer. And that unless Maura and Jane can find and stop him, he will soon be adding yet another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
'Once upon a time.' Once upon a time there was a book, and inside the book were princes who had been turned into frogs or ferocious beasts, princesses so beautiful they astonished the sun, faithful sweethearts and evil stepmothers, giants taller than mountains and a boy no bigger than your thumb, houses made of bread and cake and birds made of gold - in fact, all manner of mysterious, monstrous and magical things. The book is in your hands. Read it happily ever after. It includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can learn to make your own gingerbread! Vintage Children's Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Lacná kniha A Map of Days - Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children (-70%)
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.
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Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami is arguably one of Japan's finest, modern writers and is, increasingly, being seen as one of the top authors working today. The last novel of his to find its way to these shores, Norwegian Wood, was a delightful, if slightly one-dimensional coming-of-age tale. The pyrotechnics of his previous, more surreal novels (Wind Up Bird Chronicle and A Wild Sheep Chase) had disappeared but something of his eccentricity, what made his books such a wonder, had disappeared too. Sputnik Sweetheart is a confident continuation of this more simple style yet one that retains the allegories, the depth of his best work. The narrator, a teacher, is in love with the beguiling, odd Sumire. As his best friend, she is not adverse to phoning at three or four in the morning to ask a pointless question or share a strange thought. Sumire, though, is in love with a beautiful, older woman, Miu, who does not, can not, return her affections. Longing for Sumire, K (that is all we are told by way of a name) finds some comfort in a purely sexual relationship with the mother of one of his pupils. But the consolation is slight. K is unhappy. Miu and Sumire, now working together, take a business trip to a Greek Island. Something happens, he is not told what, and so K travels to Greece to see what help he can offer. Themes of love, loss, sexuality, identity and selfhood are all interrogated, woven into a compelling, romantic, serious and sometimes sad book. It is a disarmingly simple, hugely satisfying, intelligent and moving work and one of Murakami's best. Simplicity, sprinkled with a dose of his magic, has enabled Murakami to write candidly, succinctly and beautifully about the complications and difficulties of love and loving.
Heroes
In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry gloriously retells the epic myths of the Greek heroes - which will be loved by young and old alike.
'This is a spirited retelling of stories that Fry clearly knows and loves' The Times
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Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.
In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales.
Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.
Filled with white-knuckle chases and battles, impossible puzzles and riddles, acts of base cowardice and real bravery, not to mention murders and selfless sacrifices, Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.
Horúca túžba
Môj život bol vždy plný extrémov. Nehľadám rovnováhu, chcem všetko, alebo nič.
Nezdá sa vám to normálne? Určite to ani normálne nie je.
Oddal som sa svojim chúťkam a to mi takmer zničilo život. Nedovolím, aby sa to zopakovalo.
Preto potrebujem mať pravidlá. Prísne opatrenia, aby som mal hlavu na svojom mieste, na krku.
Raz za rok. A zakaždým iné dievča. Nijaká exkluzívnosť, nijaká závislosť.
Laura však podnecuje môj hlad tak ako žiadna iná.
Lenže ona nie je v ponuke.
Ak ju unesiem, bude to proti mojim pravidlám.
Ak ju budem u seba držať nasilu, môže ma to zničiť.
Alebo to konečne utíši to monštrum driemajúce vo mne.
Laura pre mňa predstavuje veľké pokušenie, takže to skúsim a uvidím, čo povie na moje temné chúťky.
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Desire for the Star (EN)
Valerie was once saved from a life in a wheelchair by the charming Dr. Axel Anton. Years later, when looking after his young niece in Vienna, Valerie comes across the doctor again. Her long-standing affections towards him are soon rekindled, but their budding romance, though steamy and exciting, sets off some dramatic turns.
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Gruffalo
Hlbokým lesom putuje myška, keď tu spod stromu vyskočí líška. Myška jedna rozpustilá, ach, to bolo divadlo, líšku, hada napálila, posledný bol Gruffalo. Toto leporelo sa vďaka svojmu originálnemu príbehu a ilustráciám stalo jednou z najčítanejších obrázkových kníh na svete. Radi by sme ju priblížili aj vám. Je určená predovšetkým „na prvé čítanie“ pre malých čitateľov, ktorí si znalosť čítania precvičujú. Vstúpte teda s nami do čierneho lesa, odhaľte, kto tam žije, a prežite neuveriteľné. Čítavo napísaný, moderný, zábavný, vtipný a podchvíľou možno aj trošičku strašidelný príbeh o príšere Gruffalovi deťom ukáže, že aj to najstrašnejšie monštrum nemusí byť v skutočnosti také desivé! Možno poznáte príbeh aj z oceneného animovaného filmu.
Lacná kniha Dawn of the Dreadfuls (-70%)
Readers will witness the birth of a heroine in Dawn of the Dreadfuls—a thrilling prequel set four years before the horrific events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. As our story opens, the Bennet sisters are enjoying a peaceful life in the English countryside. They idle away the days reading, gardening, and daydreaming about future husbands—until a funeral at the local parish goes strangely and horribly awry.  Suddenly corpses are springing from the soft earth—and only one family can stop them. As the bodies pile up, we watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. Along the way, two men vie for her affections: Master Hawksworth is the powerful warrior who trains her to kill, while thoughtful Dr. Keckilpenny seeks to conquer the walking dead using science instead of strength. Will either man win the prize of Elizabeth’s heart? Or will their hearts be feasted upon by hordes of marauding zombies? Complete with romance, action, comedy, and an army of shambling corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls will have Jane Austen rolling in her grave—and just might inspire her to crawl out of it!
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Chuť krvi
Historická detektívka CHUŤ KRVI sa odohráva na jar v roku 1867 a v nej sa opäť stretávame s lekárom Leopoldom Sanitasom a jeho verným priateľom Andrejom Viestom. Tentokrát sa mladí muži zapletú do vyšetrovania brutálnej masovej vraždy horárovej rodiny. Jediný kto prežije besnenie netvora je mladé dievča. Práve jej slová, ktorými pomenuje vraha vtiahnu mužov do vyšetrovania. Pitva obetí ukáže desivú hrôzu zločinu, ktorého brutalita vedie k stopám po neľudskom tajomnom vrahovi. Vraždiace monštrum na základe svedectva vzbudzuje obavy z nadprirodzených síl. Upír, chodiaca mŕtvola, živý – mŕtvy? Netvor sa neštíti pred ničím. Bude viesť smäd po krvi k ďalším brutálnym vraždám? Vyšetrovanie komplikuje strach ľudí z nadprirodzených síl. Dokážu Leopold s Andrejom zastaviť bezohľadného vraha?
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Twisted Lies: Lži na ostří nože
Christian je okouzlující a hrozivý. Je to monstrum oblečené do dokonale ušitého obleku. Každé monstrum má svou slabinu. Tou jeho je ona.
Milá, plachá a introvertní Stella je navzdory své slávě na sociálních sítích romantička, která své srdce drží na uzdě. Když ji však hrozba z minulosti zažene do domu toho nejnebezpečnějšího muže, jakého kdy potkala, je v pokušení dovolit si něco cítit. Jejich láska je poznamenaná tajemstvím a poskvrněná lží... a když pravda konečně vyjde najevo, mohla by všechno zničit.
B. J. Harrison Reads Bernice Bobs Her Hair (EN)
"He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist. " Bernice is having a difficult summer trying to fit in with her popular cousin Marjorie and her friends. But when Marjorie helps her become a society girl and she wins the affections of a certain young man, a battle of wits and wills ensues between the two cousins.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Metamorphosis (EN)
Gregor Samsa is a travelling salesman who wakes up one morning to realize that he been transformed from a human being to a "monstrous vermin". He reflects back on his life, his work, his relationship with his family and his employer, and he realizes that each relationship he has been a part of has been fake.
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Mačacia stopa
Detektívi z oddelenia vrážd práve vyriešili vraždu šoféra dodávky známej tabakovej firmy. Radosť z úspešnej akcie zatieňuje hanba, ktorú páchatelia vrhli na celý policajný zbor. Napriek rozpačitým pocitom vládne v kancelárii stoštyridsaťjeden pohodová atmosféra, no len do chvíle, kým šéf oddelenia nepošle Krauza a Chosého vyšetriť vraždu Lívie. Zistenie, že Lívia je v skutočnosti mačka, je prekvapivé, ale spojitosť a súvislosti so starou známou sú doslova desivé. Z hlbín minulosti opäť vyplávala Hilda Wolfová, psychologička s kamennou tvárou a prísne racionálnym myslením, chladnokrvné monštrum, ktorú Burger s Hanzelom podozrievajú z vrážd mladých chlapcov, zo série ťahajúcej sa ešte z čias socializmu. A aby toho nebolo dosť, v ten istý deň cestou zo školy unesú trinásťročného syna vysokého štátneho úradníka. Unesú ho iba pár krokov od domu Hildy, čo nikto z detektívov nepovažuje iba za náhodu. Dovtedy prominentná štvrť Zlatý trojuholník sa razom stáva diabolským trojuholníkom, v ktorom miznú chlapci ako na bežiacom páse. Detektívi z oddelenia vrážd musia zaloviť v pamäti, zalistovať v zaprášených poznámkach, skonfrontovať staré poznatky s novými, musia urobiť všetko preto, aby záhadu vyriešili, inak si bremeno minulosti ponesú so sebou ďalšie roky.
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Zjazvený kráľ 2: Vláda vlčíc
Ďalšia kniha z magického sveta gríš, ktorý ožil v seriálovom hite na Netflixe!
Ravka sa pripravuje na rozhodujúcu bitku s Fjerdou, a ak chce mladý kráľ Nikolai Lantsov jej obrovskú armádu poraziť, bude potrebovať všetok svoj dôvtip a šarm – a dokonca aj monštrum vo svojom vnútri. Krajinu však sužuje aj ďalšia, oveľa temnejšia hrozba, na ktorej ani jeho nadanie robiť z nemožného možné nestačí. Generálka, Búrková čarodejnica Zoja Nazjalenská už prišla vo vojne o veľa. Zočila smrť svojho mentora a vzkriesenie najväčšieho nepriateľa, povinnosť ju však núti prijať novonadobudnutú moc a stať sa zbraňou, ktorú jej krajina potrebuje. Bez ohľadu na to, čo to bude stáť. Kým sa jej priatelia a spojenci pripravujú na osudový boj, Nina Zeniková riskuje život počas práce v utajení – priamo v srdci nepriateľskej Fjerdy. Jej túžba po pomste však môže pripraviť Ravku o šancu na slobodu a Ninu o možnosť zahojiť jej trúchliace srdce. Kráľ. Generálka. Špiónka. Spoločne musia nájsť spôsob, ako v temnote vykročiť k budúcnosti. Alebo sledovať, ako ich krajina ľahne popolom a celý svet zahalia tiene.
Trinásť balád pre Lucifera
Na svete sú dva druhy ľudí: tí, ktorí vám povedia, že sú ochotní za niečo zabiť, a tí, ktorí by za to niečo pokojne položili život. Z prvých sa stávajú monštrá. A tí druhí? Tí jednoducho skončia mŕtvi.
Istého spisovateľa raz vyhľadal mysteriózny starec s ponukou, aby preňho napísal trinásť príbehov. Zadanie bolo jednoduché, no o to desivejšie: „Ukáž ľuďom temnotu. Nechaj ich pocítiť jej bezútešnú ťažobu. Cez ňu sa dostanem k ich duši. Inak si vezmem tú tvoju.“
Túto zbierku trinástich poviedok temného magického realizmu a hororu si vraj objednal sám diabol. Je však skutočne prekliata? Dokáže vám ukradnúť dušu alebo kvôli nej skončíte ako monštrum?
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Trinásť balád pre Lucifera bude obsahovať vyše 30 ilustrácií od Beáty Juritkovej. Šikovná umelkyňa vytvorila aj obálku knihy a nedávno ilustrovala Prekliatu zbierku od vydavateľstva Príbeh. Beáta Juritková sa umeniu venuje odmalička, študovala na strednej umeleckej škole, momentálne nastúpila na VŠVU v Bratislave. Má rada horory a temné príbehy, preto si prácu na zbierke užila.
The Awesome Adventures of Will and Randolph: The Killer Kipper (EN)
Audiobook The Awesome Adventures of Will and Randolph: The Killer Kipper by Jeffrey Archer. Buckle up for another unforgettable adventure with brave boy Will, his chatty bear Randolph, and their trusty upside-down bird! When Captain Halibut's pirate ship gets the heroes tangled in sticky situations - from candy convoy raids to thrilling food escapades with Tasty Morsel the cook - will they manage to escape? And prepare for bigger splashes when the monstrous 'Choc Mess Monster' awakens! It's going to take all their wit, courage, and maybe some chocolate slime to overcome this toothy titan.
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Unconvicted (EN)
In a razor-sharp legal thriller, Jack Kowalski must win two challenging trials to save his reputation and his career. Junior barrister Jack Kowalski is crushed. His client Timothy Smart appears to have committed a monstrous crime while on bail – a bail application Jack fought hard to win. When a high-profile Polish footballer is charged with rape and demands a fellow countryman represent him, Jack must overcome his guilt and get back to work.
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