Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny. A powerful necromancer plans to seize control of all things Magykal. He has killed the Queen and locked up the Extraordinary Wizard. Now with Darke Magyk he will create a world filled with Darke creatures. But the Necromancer made one mistake. A vital detail he has overlooked means there is a boy who can stop him - the only

\"You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story ...fantastic\". (Zadie Smith). Pak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents - it was obvious from the way his father singled him out for beatings. He knows he is special when he is picked as a spy and kidnapper for his country, the glorious Democratic Republic

\"Curiouser and curiouser!\" cried Alice (she was so surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). \"Now I\'m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!\"\' \'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ...without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,\' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one \'golden afternoon\'

A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel. Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he\'s back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck... Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he has a job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach

The multi-million copy selling, international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking. The life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all. A GUARDIAN \'ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR 2020\' A RED MAGAZINE \'CAN\'T WAIT TO READ\' BOOK

Agatha Christie\'s first Tommy & Tuppence book is a thrill-packed novel of international intrigue, murder and suspense. Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme - Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are \'willing to do anything, go anywhere\'. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges

From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, THE TIMES COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WORLD is the book that has all the answers, the detail and the authoritative text in one breathtaking single historical source.With over 600 full-colour maps and charts on a wide range of historical subjects and representing the

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Considered one of Shakespeare\'s most haunting tragic-comedies, The Winter\'s Tale is an in-depth analysis of the psychology of family and friendship, jealousy and love, art and nature, all illustrated in rich poetry. Based on Robert Greene\'s story Pandosto, the play tells the story of Leontes, king of Sicilia,

More than 100 spectacular illustrations introduce more than thirty dragons, each accompanied by engaging accounts of their origins, habitats, behaviour, and their confrontations with mankind. \"Dragons: A Natural History\" is a splendid tableau, full of the latest dracontological research, that will bewitch and bedazzle, offering captivating insight into the world of these majestic and sometimes comic

When Penguin published What a Carve Up! in 1994, Jonathan Coe\'s lasting fame was assured. There followed a string of widely acclaimed novels that together chart the changing social fabric of Britain over the last thirty years. 9th and 13th brings tog ether several uncollected pieces of fiction and non-fiction, some of which never before published in the UK, from the master of comedy and pathos.Upozornenie:

This text offers students the opportunity to learn about daily life and culture in the different countries where English is spoken as a first language. It shows the similarities and differences between life in Britain, the USA, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and Trinidad. The book provides information through a wide variety of reading texts, colour photographs and illustrations. Also

This book contains a vast collection of some 1.000 images of coiffures from ancient times until the present day. Styles from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Oceania, North and South America are illustrated, and all types of hair are represented. This unique visual encyclopedia is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in hairstyles.

This collection contains stories about the sport of love - Don Juanism, ageing, male and female power and seductions undertaken for all kinds of intriguing motives. Milan Kundera is author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being\" and \"The Book of Laughter and Forgetting\".\"

City of Thebes. The Festival of Osiris. Loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader, but Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave - sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom\'s fading glory. By the author of Where the Lion Feeds\".\"

Stockholm. Zwei Todesfälle geben der Polizei große Rätsel auf. Ein Mann wird erhängt in einem leeren Zimmer gefunden, eine Frau liegt ertrunken auf einem Boot, das nie untergegangen ist. Zwei Morde, deren Hergang nicht zu erklären ist. Bis Kommissar Joona Linna schließlich eine Verbindung zwischen den Fällen entdeckt. Die Spur führt zu einem Mann, der die Violinen des \"Teufelsgeigers\" Paganini sammelt

Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche\'s own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a short introduction to the whole of his philosophy, and the most synoptic of all his books, bristles with a register of vocabulary derived from physiology, pathology, symptomatalogy and medicine. This new translation is supplemented by an introduction and extensive notes, which provide close analysis

\'He\'s not mine, is he?\' That\'s the question I fear the most. You see, I have a secret. My son is not fathered by my boyfriend, but by one of the most famous rock stars that ever lived. And he doesn\'t even know it. One-time celebrity personal assistant to

Your life is dominated by your unconscious mind: by thoughts you\'re unaware of and movements you don\'t realise you are making. Words, colours, mannerisms and other cues you don\'t realise are affecting you, change what you think. The confidence you have in your ability to reason and to consciously choose what to do is caused by a series of illusions that scientists are only just beginning to understand.

Rabbit at Rest, the delightful last novel in the rabbit sequence, is both comic and moving. Rabbit, now in his middle fifties, is living in a condo in Florida. Nelson and his wife and children come to stay and disaster ensues, Rabbit has a serious heart attack after a boating attack with his granddaughter and Nelson is discovered to have been embezzling the family firm to feed his cocaine habit. The