Orion (579 kníh )
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Becky Smethurst SpaceThis book is for anyone who wants to easily understand the mind-blowing fundamentals of our extraordinary, expanding universe. Written by Oxford astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst and composed of ten captivating, simple essays, ...
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Alan Bradley Speaking from Among the Bones ENThe first thing I saw was a hand, and then the face, a ghastly inhuman mask...I do believe we've found Mr Collicutt, I said. When the tomb of St Tancred is opened, no one expects to find the body of the organist, lying in a pool of blood, his handsome features covered by a gas mask. Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce is intrigued. Why would anyone want to kill the much-admired organist in such a brutal and bizarre…
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Simon Sebag Montefiore Stalin ENThere have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great and her lover, prime minister and general Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not only ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as Beria, but men and women whose loyalty he trusted only until the next…
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Anjali Kumar Stalking GodLike millions of us, Anjali Kumar, a lawyer for Google, was not religious. But when her daughter was born, Anjali felt compelled to find God-or at least some form of enlightenment-that she could someday impart to her daughter...
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Ian Rankin Standing in Another Man's Grave ENREBUS IS BACK. The superb No.1 bestseller from 'Britain's best crime novelist' EXPRESS. A series of seemingly random disappearances - stretching back to the millennium. A mother determined to find the truth. A retired cop desperate to get his old life back... It's been some time since Rebus was forced to retire, and he now works as a civilian in a cold-case unit. So when a long-dead case bursts back to life, he can…
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Harlan Coben Stay Close ENMegan once walked on the wild side. Now she's got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer, but at age forty he finds himself in a dead-end job posing as a paparazzo pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Broome is a detective who can't let go of a cold case - a local husband and father disappeared seventeen years ago,…
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Brandon Sanderson Steelheart ENTen years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills. Nobody fights the Epics. obody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their…
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Denise Mina Still Midnight ENIt's a peaceful Sunday evening in suburban Glasgow until a battered van pulls up to one home and disgorges a group of armed men in balaclavas. They smash into the house and hold the family at gunpoint and demand millions of pounds. Baffled, the assembled people protest that they don't have access to that sort of money. The attackers kidnap the elderly grandfather and storm off into the night. Now senior policewoman…
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Terry Goodkind Stone of Tears ENFirst rate epic fantasy from the man who deserves to become the Tolkien of his day. The young hero is just beginning to understand the magic he has at his command, and only under the tutelage of the Sisters of Light can he control the Gift to combat the dark powers still arrayed against him.
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Joe Hill Strange WeatherFour short novels from the author of The Fireman and Horns, ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society. One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails, ...
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Erica James Swallowtail SummerA captivating story about friendship, making changes, and learning to live life to the fullest from SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Erica James. A cherished home, a circle of friends and a summer that will change everything...
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Andrzej Sapkowski Sword of Destiny ENA collection of stories from the world of the Witcher, basis for the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. A must-read for fans of the novels and games alike. Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the…
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Mira Grant Symbiont ENThe Enemy is Inside us. The SymboGen-designed parasites were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the parasites are taking over their…
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Josie Rusher Taylor Lautner: Me & You ENME & YOU reveals the boy behind the fangs as Hollywood's hottest young star, Taylor Lautner, is set for global superstardom. From his early days of appearing as a martial arts kid in a Burger King ad to appearing on TV shows and in 3D movies, Taylor fell in love with acting and landed the role of a lifetime, that of Jacob Black in TWILIGHT and NEW MOON. Read all about Taylor's loves and interests, his passion for…
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Harlan Coben Tell No One ENDavid Beck has just received an email from his dead wife... The thriller which made SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author Harlan Coben a household name. Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous email telling him to log…
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Coben Harlan Tell No OneTell No One is a story of loss and redemption. It begins innocently enough. Dr. David Beck and his beloved wife, Elizabeth, are celebrating the anniversary of their first kiss in the quiet of Lake Charmaine. They grew up together, first kissed at age...
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Terry Goodkind Temple of the Winds ENA stunningly inventive breakthrough novel that takes the fantasy genre into a new dimension; this fourth novel in the Sword of Truth sequence takes the series on to much darker ground without losing any of its powerful magic and mystery, any of its gripping storytelling quality.
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Edward Burman Terracotta WarriorsExciting investigations in north-west China are about to reveal more of the mysteries of the huge mausoleum of the Qin Emperor, a portion of which was accidently discovered in 1974 by farmers who were digging a well. The second phase of an international research project began in 2011 and is ongoing. More recently still, in March 2015, promising new excavations began in Pit 2, with exciting fresh discoveries already…
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Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett's Discworld 2016 DiaryGollancz: One part diary, one part guide to the arcane practices of the funniestcreation in modern fantasy, 100% Discworld goodness. With theirtrademark mix of cultural ephemera, background detail and hilariousone-liners, the Discworld diaries are back. And 2016's diary gives a long-awaited insight into the wit and wisdom of some of the Discworld's most-loved characters, the Witches.Or, as Granny Weatherwax puts it…
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Peter Dunne The 50 ThingsHumane, wise and funny letters to Peter's children; a blueprint for liberal, thoughtful living in the modern world...
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Jo Berry The Alfie and Zoella A-ZFREE EXCLUSIVE POSTER! THE ALFIE AND ZOELLA A-Z is the ultimate guide to one of the hottest and most popular new celebrity couples. As part of the vlogging super elite, Alfie Deyes and Zoe Sugg (aka 'Zalfie')...
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Robert Ludlum The Ambler Warning ENOn Parrish Island, off the coast of Virginia, there is a little known and never visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric state makes them a danger to their own government. One of these employees, former agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients -…
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Richard Dawkins The Ancestor's Tale ENA fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written, featuring new fractal diagrams, six new 'tales' and the latest scientific developments. The Ancestor's Tale is a dazzling, four-billion-year pilgrimage to the origins of life: Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong take us on an exhilarating reverse journey through evolution, from present-day humans back to the microbial beginnings of life…
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Richard Dawkins The Ancestor's Tale: a Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life ENOne of the most brilliant scientists of our age gives us his definitive work: a synthesis of his comprehensive vision of life.