Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present and future, Scrooge learns to love Christmas and the people all around him.

This book is very close to my heart. It\'s about no-nonsense, simple cooking with great flavours all year round. When I began writing it, I didn\'t really know what recipes I would come up with, but something began to inspire me very quickly... my vege table patch! I came to realise last year that it\'s not always about looking out at the wider world for inspiration. Being at home, feeling relaxed

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir - half-human, half-vampire - and the only way she can stay sane is by unleashing her sometimes uncontrollable rage on demons and vampires that deserve killing. After the fortunate demise of her insane uncle Dracula, Dory is back home in Brooklyn, hoping that life will calm down for a while.

At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world...Black holes have long been a topic of fascination, from pop culture to science fiction. Stephen Hawking\'s discoveries and research on black holes and cosmology have made him an academic celebrity and perhaps the best-known scientist of our time. His book, \"A Brief History of Time\", was a record-breaking, worldwide bestseller and

It\'s Jake\'s birthday. He is sitting in a small plane, being flown over the landscape that has been the backdrop to his life - his childhood, his marriage, his work, his passions. Now he is in his early sixties, and he isn\'t quite the man he used to be. He has lost his wife, his son is in prison, and he is about to lose his past. Jake has Alzheimer\'s. As the disease takes hold of him, Jake struggles

It starts as a game at a book group one night. Never Have I Ever... done something I shouldn\'t. But Amy Whey has done something she shouldn\'t. And Roux, the glamorous newcomer to Amy\'s suburban neighborhood, knows exactly what that is. Roux promises she will go away. She will take herself and her son, who is already growing dangerously close to Amy\'s teenage stepdaughter, and she will go. If Amy

Enact your favourite lightsaber battles from all six Star Wars films! Simply attach the two plastic lightsabers - one blue and one red - to duelling thumbs with Velcro, and enact your favourite battle scenes. Each of the seven spreads acts as a \'game board\', or a stage for battle.

Roman Polanski\'s ability to wring laughter from the most degrading heartbreaks will carry the same wealth of healthy shocks in a hundred years. He creates a macabre beauty to be wooed by and wondered at. But behind the laughter and the beauty is the ghostly truth that Polanski was orphaned by the Nazis and wandered Poland alone from ages 9 to 13. Consider the isolated intensity that bridges Knife

In Letters of Note: Sex, Shaun Usher collects together some of the most noteworthy missives ever written on the subject, from euphemism-laden, flirtatious exchanges and desire-driven expressions of passion to sincere and thoughtful meditations on the meaning of sex. Includes letters by: John Cheever, Dorothy Day,Frida Kahlo, Margaret Mead,Henry Miller, Anais Nin,Mae West & many more

From the daring and critically acclaimed master of historical fiction Conn Iggulden, DARIEN is the first book in the Empire of Salt, an epic new fantasy series of spellbinding imagination . . . TWELVE FAMILIES. ONE THRONE. The city of Darien stands at the weary end of a golden age. Twelve families keep order with soldiers and artefacts, spies and memories, clinging to a peace that shifts and crumbles.

A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation. The advent of the French Revolution confirmed the worst fears of the rulers of Europe. They saw their states as storm-tossed vessels

V knihe nájdete skrátenú verziu príbehu Winnetoua, jeho pokrvného bieleho brata Old Shatterhanda a statočného lovca Old Firehanda. Príbeh je spracovaný pre začiatočníkov a mierne pokročilých čitateľov, ktorí si chcú vyskúšať, ako si poradia so súvislým textom v nemčine. Slovenský zrkadlový preklad umožní záujemcom obratom skontrolovať, či cudzojazyčnému textu správne porozumeli. Audionahrávku vo formáte

The iconic Ian Rankin returns with a new Detective John Rebus novel - this year\'s essential must-read bestseller. IN A HOUSE OF LIES... Everyone has something to hide A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still - both for his family and the police - is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. Everyone has secrets Detective Inspector

When Henry James died he left behind a series of notebooks filled with ideas for novels and stories that he never wrote. Now ten of our best contemporary authors and James enthusiasts have written new short stories based on these \'germs\' of ideas. Differing dramatically in setting and style, these stories are modern interpretations of the richly suggestive and enticing notes that Henry James left

Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet\'s Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and intelligent study of clothing ever published. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through the end of the 19th century, the great work—\"consolidated\" in 1888 into 6 volumes containing nearly 500 plates—remains, to this day, completely unique

In this third volume of highly original \'detective\' stories with a unique setting and characters, the irrepressible, Precious Ramotswe faces supreme problems at home and at work.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí , kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obálka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické,

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Make the most of your city break with the best of Vienna in your pocket. From Gothic St. Stephen\'s Cathedral to the Imperial Palace to finding your way back to your hotel - find everything you need in this great value, quick reference map and guide that slips easily into your pocket or bag. Great for on-the-go navigation, discover Vienna\'s Top 5 must-sees, great restaurants, bars and shops, plus

Director no more, Nick Fury is a plain ol\' Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. - but that won\'t stop him from calling the shots! And there are plenty to be fired, because Baron Strucker has a new vision for Hydra...and S.H.I.E.L.D. As Strucker strikes and Nick Fury faces treachery and betrayal from within his own ranks, he reunites with the Howling Commandos and Captain America - as well as a few faces he never