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Brilliant. . . I think Blake Crouch just invented something new.' - Lee Child'Are you happy in your life?'Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back.'In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wif...

‘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....

10 wybranych krakowskich legend, od najstarszej o wawelskim smoku, przez Boże miłosierdzie, Lajkonika, i pozostałe, aż do najnowszej o czakramie wawelskim. Opowiedziane na nowo - dla odwiedzających miasto turystów - mogą stać się interesującą lekturą nie tylko dla dzieci i młodzieży. Koncepcja książki umożliwia korzystanie z niej jako nietypowego przewodnika po Krakowie ubarwiającego poznanie miasta. Interesująca szata graficzna oraz załączone plany stanowią o dodatkowej wart...

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 ...

THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN‘The rightful king of crime’ i News'Deeply moving... some of his best writing yet' TelegraphShocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing.As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartach...

Welcome to Lapvona. In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself at the centre of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test . .. Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of TikTok sensation My Year of Rest and Relaxation. 'One of the most provocative reads of the year'i NEWSPAPER'Disturbingly funny'OBSERVER, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'An addictive read .. . with a chequered cast of mi...

Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics’ Shakespeare Series, with Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and The Merchant of Venice as its inaugural volumes, presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare’s works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.Its lyricism, comedy (both broad and subtle) and magical transform...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, BooklistIn late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa.The...

‘What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it.The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100’ IRVINE WELSHCapitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new syste...