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‘Your world is about to be rocked.’ Elena Armas, author of The Spanish Love Deception ‘Hopelessly, brilliantly, wonderfully romantic. I loved it even more than The Love Hypothesis, and I didn’t think that was possible’ Cressida McLaughlin From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis – with explosive results. Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What ...

Powieść jednej z najważniejszych współczesnych pisarek i autorka świetnie przyjętej w Polsce powieści „Normalni ludzie”! Mieszkająca w Dublinie Frances ma dwadzieścia jeden lat i chłodny umysł obserwatorki. Jest studentką i początkującą pisarką; ze swoją najlepszą przyjaciółką i byłą dziewczyną Bobbi występuje na slamach poetyckich. Przypadkowa znajomość z Melissą, popularną dziennikarką, której mąż Nick jest aktorem, otwiera im drzwi do świata pięknych domów, hałaśliwych pr...

Un pobre vagabundo tras el que se oculta un gran tzadik, un odiado avaro que resulta ser un santo, unos taimados comerciantes de carne no kosher que finalmente se convierten, la celebración de una boda a la que pone fin la ira divina... En estas historias, a menudo, las cosas no son lo que parecen y todo tiene un toque como mágico y misterioso. Las diferentes leyendas de nuestro libro han sido acompanadas de comentarios que sitúan las historias en el marco de la tradición ju...

?Por qué una de las torres de la Iglesia de Santa María es más baja? ?Quién nos mete el miedo en el cuerpo en los sótanos del Palacio de los Krzysztofory? ?Qué hay de extraordinario en la Iglesia de El Salvador? ?Qué mangas dieron origen a la llamada Manga del barrio de Podgórze? Este libro responde a estas y a otras muchas preguntas. Llévalo en tus paseos por Cracovia; nuestras leyendas cuentan de forma amena la historia de diferentes lugares y de distintas tradiciones....

Why is one of the towers of St Mary's Church lower? Who haunts the dungeons of the Krzysztofory Palace? Something extraordinary lies in a Salwator church; what is it? What do sleeves have to do with an Easter folk fair in Podgórze?   These and many other questions are answered in this book. Take it for a walk round Krakow – our legends are vividly told stories of places and customs preceded by brief historical introductions and containing practical maps. With these, you ...

You do not mess with Jack Reacher. He is as close to untraceable as a person can get. A loner comfortable in his anonymity and solitude. So when a member of his old Army unit finds a way to contact him, he knows this has to be serious. You do not mess with the Special Investigators. In the past the elite team always watched each other's backs. Now one of them has shown up dead in the California desert and six more are missing. Reacher's old buddies are in big trouble,...

Now with a stunning new cover look, King's classic No. 1 bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as the inspiration for HBO Max's upcoming Welcome to Derry. We all float down here.Derry, Maine is just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live. It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurks, ...

Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley's seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the power and philosophical resonance of the original. Composed as part of a challenge with Byron and Shelley to conjure up the most terrifying ghost story, Frankenstein narrates the chilling tale of a being created by a bright young scientist and the catastrophic consequences that ensue. Considered by many to be the first s...

One of the true classics of horror, now with a new stunning cover look. THE SHINING is regarded as one of Stephen King's masterpieces. Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage.When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control. As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty.So who is the lady in...

THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'If power is your ultimate goal, this is the book you need' The TimesAmoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distils three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and ...

  NOW A MAJOR FEATURE FILM STARRING TOM BLYTH, RACHEL ZEGLER, VIOLA DAVIS and PETER DINKLAGE. "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the best Hunger Games movie of them all" USA TODAY "Everything you would expect from Collins is here: fraught teenage love; plenty of violence... the themes of friendship, betrayal, authority and oppression will please and thrill" The Guardian "It works beautifully...please don't make us wait another decade" The Times Ambition will fuel him. Co...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD'Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller' Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and d...