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Cosy up with Mog at bedtime in this collection of 3 best-loved stories featuring everyone's favourite family cat Mog fills her day with adventures and unexpected mishaps, but she ends every day curled up in her basket. Join Mog for bedtime with three of Judith Kerr's most memorable Mog tales brought together in this sleepytime story collection. Each story features the complete text with accompanying illustrations throughout. Contains: Mog the Forgetful Cat Mog and the Baby Mog and Bunny

From the powerhouse creator of Nimona comes a breathtaking illustrated novel, the start of a duology, following two orphans who leave the only home they've ever known to sail with an eccentric crew of pirates. Viola and Wilmur have been waiting for their parents for fifteen boring years in the colorless town of Caveat. Their lives are a drudge of salt, trash, pirate stories, and what-ifs . . . until one very stormy night, when Captain Cadence Chase breaks down their door. They cut a deal with the captain: Chase can take their most prized possession, a mysterious book, but only if she takes them, too. After all, if their parents aren't coming, Viola and Wilmur might as well have a grand adventure to find them. Setting sail into the treacherous and beautiful world beyond Caveat, the two inseparable friends must uncover the facts behind legend-and the key to saving all of Dickerson's Sea from obliteration-before the truth tears them apart. Wickedly funny, deeply emotional, and sharply incisive, Scarlet Morning is a tale of love, betrayal, and the extraordinary lengths we'd go to save a world broken beyond repair.

Prepare yourself for a double dose of Grinch mischief in this glorious two-book slipcase, containing How The Grinch Stole Christmas! and How The Grinch Lost Christmas! Delve into the world of The Grinch with this two book-collection featuring Dr. Seuss's best-known Christmas character. From the classic story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, to the recent return of the Grinch in How the Grinch Lost Christmas!, be immersed in all the mischief and mayhem of this beloved (un)festive character. This Grinch Collection slipcase is perfect for Grinch fans and Dr. Seuss readers, containing two hardback books with beautiful endpapers and exquisite illustrations, nestled within a striking slipcase design with wraparound artwork.

From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. For years, Nigel Slater has kept notebooks of curiosities and wonderings, penned while at his kitchen table, soaked in a fisherman's hut in Reykjavik, sitting calmly in a moss garden in Japan or sheltering from a blizzard in a Vienna Konditorei. These are the small moments, events and happenings that gave pleasure before they disappeared. Miso soup for breakfast, packing a suitcase for a trip and watching a butterfly settle on a carpet, hiding in plain sight. He gives short stories of feasts such as a mango eaten in monsoon rain or a dish of restorative macaroni cheese and homes in on the scent of freshly picked sweet peas and the sound of water breathing at night in Japan. This funny and sharply observed collection of the good bits of life, often things that pass many of us by, is utter joy from beginning to end.

Jung Chang's Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation, an epic personal history of Jung, her mother and grandmother - 'three daughters of China'. The book opens in 1909 with her grandmother's birth - and foot-binding - when China was under the last emperor, moving through Mao Zedong's rule, especially the Cultural Revolution during which Jung's parents were subjected to horrendous ordeals because of their courage. It finishes in 1978 when Deng Xiaoping officially ended the Mao era and started the 'reforms'. Jung, at that propitious juncture, became one of the first Chinese to leave Communist China for the West. Nearly half a century on, China has risen from a decrepit and isolated state to a global power, the challenger to the United States' dominant position in the world. Through those decades, Jung's life has been intimately entwined with her native land. Her experiences dealing with the regime in those years were rich and revealing - especially so because all her books were (and are) banned. Fly, Wild Swans is the follow-up to Wild Swans and brings the story of Jung's family - along with that of China - up to date. The book is in many ways Jung's love letter to her mother. It is inevitably also about her grandmother and father, both of whom died tragically in the Cultural Revolution but are often recalled in this book. In fact, the past is never far away in Jung's subsequent life. It has shaped her, and moulded the present China, and what's more, it promises to herald the future. China is now at another watershed moment with the era of Chairman Xi Jinping greatly affecting the lives of Jung and her mother. Fly, Wild Swans is Jung's heartfelt response to that experience, and a book filled with drama, love, curiosity and incredible history - both personal and global. Ultimately uplifting, told in Jung's clear, honest and compelling voice, it is memoir writing at its best.

A brand-new revised and expanded hardcover edition of the bestselling graphic novel based on the enchanting prelude toThe Lord of the Rings.J.R.R. Tolkiens enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-loved books of all time. Carefully abridged and beautifully painted, David Wenzels graphic novel has become a bestselling classic in its own right.This new edition also includes additional content from the artist revisiting the original version of The Hobbit Graphic Novel and telling the story of how it came to be. With insights and never-before-seen artwork, David Wenzel reveals a process that will delight lovers of The Hobbit and graphic novels alike.

As owner of her beloved Gingerbread Bakery, Annie Andrews should have a love life to match her business; sugary and sweet. But instead, she's locked in a game of words with the irritatingly upbeat bar owner down the street. Mac Sullivan has everything he wants, except the girl he dreams of. It's easier to argue with Annie than get her to talk to him but with Jeanie and Logan's wedding coming up, they're about to spend a lot more time together. As the snowflakes fall and with romance in the air, will Annie see that the one she loves to hate, might just be her perfect match after all? The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy romantic novel with an enemies to lovers dynamic, small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed! Tropes: Enemies to lovers Found family Small Town Forced Proximity

Glumfoot saves the day once again in another brilliantly disgusting story about hungry bellies, bogey broth and human-eating ogres from award-winning author Mikey Please. Every night, Glumfoot dreams of delicious meals and every night he is served the same thing: his dad’s bogey broth. He is overjoyed one day to discover the new café at the edge of the woods – but when one very hungry ogre decides he’ll eat the owner, it’s down to Glumfoot to save the chef, and with it, his dreams of ever having a good meal. Revisit the Cafe at the Edge of the Woods and rejoin Rene and Glumfoot in this return to their gloriously gruesome culinary world where you're never quite sure what's on the menu – or who the customer will be…

One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out - with beasts, murder, and magic- in this first book in a thrilling locked-room whodunnit YA fantasy duology by Andrea Hannah and New York Times bestseller Rebecca Mix. After a decade of war, the kingdoms of Avendell and Istellia have finally agreed to peace. As nobles and magic wielders from both countries arrive at remote Castle Avendell for a historic all-night masquerade to celebrate, King Costis summons an unlikely group to his chambers: the crown prince, his Istellian bride-to-be, his personal guard, a wild beast tamer, and the palace's questionable new healer. But before Costis can reveal why he has gathered them, the castle goes dark. When the lights come back, the king is dead - murdered with the princess's knife, in a weak spot only his guard knew of, and with venom from one of the beast tamer's monsters lacing the blade. With no clear killer - and everyone a suspect - they make a risky pact: tell no one until the treaty is signed. But when a winter storm seals everyone inside and someone aware of the king's untimely death begins to pick off guests one by one, the six suspects must work together to discover who killed the king … before one of them is next.

Blockbuster bestseller Rebecca Ross returns to the world of international sensation Divine Rivals with her most epic story yet. Before Iris sat at her typewriter and before Enva sang her song, a young goddess wandered dreams… Born to the firelit domain of the underworld, Matilda is the youngest goddess of her clan, blessed with humble messenger magic. But in a land where gods kill each other for magic, Matilda must come of age sooner than most. She may be known to carry letters through the realms, but she also carries secrets of her own: one of them deadly, the other a mortal boy who dreams of her, despite the fact they have never met… Ten years ago, Vincent of Beckett wrote to Matilda on the darkest night of his life - begging the goddess he befriended in dreams for aid. But his prayer went unanswered, forever hardening his heart against the gods. That is until the same goddess comes tumbling through his window, bearing a letter to change both their destinies. For Matilda and Vincent are tangled together by threads of fate and the promise of a future beyond dreams, one that might rewrite the dark, blood-soaked ways of the gods…or end them.

In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell… Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls… There Sophie meets Michael, Howl’s apprentice, and Calcifer the fire demon, with whom she agrees a pact. Her entanglements with Calcifer, Howl and Michael and her quest to break her curse come alive with Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combination of magic, humour and imagination. From one of the most beloved, bestselling and award-winning fantasy writers of all time.

To, že se stala princeznou, Maddi děsilo. Stejně jako její sestru, korunní princeznu, Laiu děsila představa už desítky let domluveného manželství s králem Aristidem. A stačilo by pár dnů, aby ta směšná smlouva pozbyla platnosti! A tak se Maddi rozhodla neodbytného Aristeda rozptýlit… a sestru zachránit! Protože Laia naštěstí vypadá, jako by jí z oka vypadla! Aristedovi trvalo dlouho, než snoubenku, kterou viděl naposledy před čtyřmi roky, našel. A je rozhodnut ji dovést k oltáři… a stát se panovníkem obou jejich zemí. Jenže ta dívka, kterou si dovedl do paláce, je úplně jiná, než jakou si ji pamatoval. A úplně jiná, než by chtěl, aby byla. Předně by v něm neměla vzbuzovat touhu!

Zara se stane nástrojem Vitaleho pomsty! Že by měl kvůli tomu cítit nějaké výčitky? Směšné! Zara je ale jiná, než jak si ji představoval. Něžná, křehká, čistá… a vášnivá. To vše ale Vitale raději vidí jako její přetvářku. Jen aby se nemusel vzdát odplaty. Ale pomsta je hořké ovoce. A Vitale toho bude muset hodně, hodně napravit…

Tucka Tuckera považovali za bezstarostného boháče. Když však jeho starší bratr zmizel a ani otec už nemohl řídit rodinnou korporaci, byl nucen ujmout se řízení firmy sám. Věděl, kdo mu může pomoct. Získat si ale na svou stranu bratrovu osobní asistentku není nijak snadné. Amber je chytrá, sexy, a taky odhodlaná neprozradit, kam šéf zmizel. Tuck si však našel překvapivý způsob, jak krásnou Amber přimět, aby s ním uzavřela výhodný obchod. Najde si i cestu k jejímu srdci?

Uprostřed mrazivých fjordů odlehlého Islandu se všichni snaží přežít, jak nejlépe dovedou. Nejinak je tomu i u Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, která se vydává surfovat do ledových vod Atlantiku, aby zapomněla na traumatické dětství a tíhu případů, které ji zaměstnávají jako vedoucí oddělení pohřešovaných dětí policie v Ísafjör?uru. Její kolega, praktikant z Finska Jakob Johanson, který uprchl na Island před složitou životní situací, si brzy uvědomí, že malebné fjordy mají i svou temnou stránku. Přitahují vyloučené, násilnické osoby a ty, které ovládá touha po moci. Tato dvojice policistů se nečekaně ocitá uprostřed podivné spleti zločinů. Lidé umírají a jejich propojení vyšetřovatelům stále uniká. Nakonec překvapí i je samotné! Mlha zahalující dávná tajemství se pomalu začíná rozplývat. Říká se, že pomsta je sladká – ale může vůbec něco vyřešit?

Krásná Tilly se dostala do nepříjemné situace, kdy se nevhodně sblížila s londýnským floutkem Richardem Coulsonem, který – zhrzen z jejího odmítnutí – jí prakticky zničil pověst. Její bratři se proto rozhodli, že ji na nějaký čas pošlou do Devonu, do domu zemřelého strýce, aby se na skandál postupně zapomnělo. Když hrabě Lucas Kingsley potká Tilly, je velice brzy zasažen její krásou i silou její osobnosti, jejím vtipem, pohotovostí a inteligencí. Krůček po krůčku se s ní sbližuje, a dokonce začne uvažovat i o tom, že by ji mohl požádat o ruku. Vtom ale zasáhne osud a on se dozví o Tillyině skandálu, který jeho úmysly povážlivě rozkolísá…