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With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Andrew Frayn, Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University. In these two compelling novels H.G. Wells imagines terrifying futures in which civilisation itself is threatened. The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to discover that what appeared to be a falling star was, in fact, a metallic cylinder landing from Mars. Six million people begin to flee London in panic as tentacled invaders eme...

Klasyka polskiego komiksu w nowym wydaniu!Maurycy Beniowski już za życia stał się legendą. Ten urodzony w 1746 roku węgiersko-polski szlachcic, mając zaledwie dwadzieścia dwa lata, dołączył do konfederacji barskiej – czyli zbrojnego wystąpienia przeciwko protektoratowi Imperium Rosyjskiego. Uwięziono go za to w Kazaniu, skąd jednak zdołał uciec.Złapany ponownie w trakcie próby dostania się na statek odpływający do Holandii, tym razem został zesłany aż na Kamczatkę. Ucieczka s...

Wzruszająca, pełna magii opowieść o córce wyruszającej na ratunek ojcu, który samotny i zagubiony utknął na odległej wyspie.Dziewczynka ma dar widzenia więcej i głębiej, dostrzega swojego ojca daleko, hen za górami, siedzącego samotnie na skale pośrodku morza. Wyrusza w podróż, aby go odnaleźć i pocieszyć. Zabiera to, co jej najdroższe – skrzypce. Po drodze napotyka wiele wyzwań, a skrzypce okazują się nieodzownym towarzyszem podróży.Książka wydana w projekcie Witamina Czy.**...

I have burned down the court of King Midas and from those flames, I will rise and wield my own power.The problem is, the world won't let me.Because when you turn against a King - everyone turns against you.But with Slade by my side we will fight the monarchs that come for us.And if we need to become the villains, then so be it.Because as long as I live in this world, I won't be used again.I must be strong. I must be undefeatable. I will shine like the sun - and blind my enemi...

I've left the grips of one king to fall into the hands of another.Rip's name is whispered in taverns and street corners throughout the kingdoms.But as I get to know him, I realise he is not what he seems...He is Fae.Part of the powerful and magical people who abandoned this world hundreds of years ago.But here one stands before me. And when he turns his onyx eyes upon me, I fall captive.For an entirely different reason.As his army marches towards a battle with the king I once...

With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury. Translation by James Carroll Beckwirth (1899). Set in 1482, Victor Hugo’s powerful novel of ‘imagination, caprice and fantasy’ is a meditation on love, fate, architecture and politics, as well as a compelling recreation of the medieval world at the dawn of the modern age. In a brilliant reworking of the tale of Beauty and the Beast, Hugo creates a host of unforgettable characters – amongst them, Q...

Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University. 'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh...

With an Introduction and Notes by Karl Ashley Smith, University of St Andrews. Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. 'Girls' said Mr Dombey, 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son'. When Walter Gay, a young clerk in her father's ...

Pełnometrażowa historia ze świata serii „Wydział 7”!Rok 1968. Helena Kwiatkowska jako wróżbitka i medium świadczy usługi warszawskim elitom. Jednak nagle duchy zaczynają pojawiać się nieproszone, a plaga opętań zatacza coraz szersze kręgi…Helena wraz ze swoimi towarzyszami, lokajem Szawłem i boginką Kaliną, muszą stawić czoła zmarłym i rozwiązać zagadkę zapomnianego epizodu tragicznej historii stolicy.„Medium” rozwija świat przedstawiony w nagradzanej serii komiksowej „Wydzia...

This is the story of King Midas...Or that's what we were always told. The Golden King with his palace of riches and me, his golden touched girl.I'm kept locked away. For my safety, I'm told. No one can get in. Apart from him.But when political upheaval becomes strife in our kingdom, I am sent with the royal court to be with my King.And everything I know starts to change. My love for Midas is challenged, my trust is broken. Everything I knew about him was wrong.We are told it'...

Odżyw ciało, uzdrów mózgProgram wyjścia z anoreksji i innych zaburzeń odżywiania dla zdeterminowanych dorosłychMasz prawo do pełnego wyzdrowienia. Twoje zdrowienie zależy od ciebie.„Odżyw ciało, uzdrów mózg” to książka dla dorosłych, którzy chcą wyrwać się z pułapki zaburzeń odżywiania. Autorka, Tabitha Farrar, nie proponuje psychologicznej analizy ani skomplikowanych teorii – stawia na pragmatyczne podejście oparte na dwóch kluczowych filarach: rehabilitacji żywieniowej i re...

When Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her sourtempered aunt after her father’s death, things seem bad enough, but then a dreadful accident ensues. However, Pollyanna’s sunny nature and good humour prove to have an astonishing effect on all around her, and this wonderful tale of how cheerfulness can conquer adversity has remained one of the world’s most popular children’s books since its first publication in 1913. In Pollyanna Grows Up, the only sequel written by Porter he...

This volume brings together Virginia Woolf’s last two novels, The Years (1937) which traces the lives of members of a dispersed middle-class family between 1880 and 1937, and Between the Acts (1941), an account of a village pageant in the summer preceding the Second World War which successfully interweaves comedy, satire and disturbing observation. Rewriting the traditional family saga and the pageant, these unsettling novels provide extraordinary critiques of Englishness and...

With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury. Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yaho...

Monkey Punch’s immortal creations are among the most beloved characters of all time, from master thief Lupin III to his trusted partners-in-crime Fujiko Mine, Goemon, and Jigen, and even his persistent adversaries like Inspector Zenigata. hick as Thieves is another curated collection featuring thirteen more of Monkey Punch’s best stories and chapters of Lupin III from throughout the classic manga’s history, featuring all-new translations in a beautiful oversized hardcover....

Limited Edition--one printing only! In this thrilling high fantasy adventure set in ancient China, a naive young man must join hands with an unlucky general to protect the mortal world from evil spirits. This danmei novel series takes place in the same universe as Dinghai Fusheng Records and inspired multimedia adaptations, including the animated series/donghua!

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng narrowly escaped death in the depths of Xuanwu Cave—only to once again suffer misfortune when Lotus Pier is assaulted by agents of the Wen Clan. Severely wounded in the attack, Jiang Cheng loses his golden core, the source of much of his power as a cultivator.

Enter a city of the dead in this manhua adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel series! Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian arrive at a desolate city where the bodies of massacred clan members rest uneasily in their graves. A cold case here once shocked the major cultivation clans–and the murderer may still be at large. But to rescue the junior clan members trapped in the city, the two men must battle their way through fierce corpses that Wei Wuxian can’t control.

Experience this historical fantasy tale of two powerful men who find each other through life and death in this deluxe English version of the beautiful, full-colour comic! Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei Wuxian–the grandmaster of demonic cultivation–was driven to his death when the most powerful clans united to destroy him.

This compact, pocket-sized Warsaw travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination’s highlights and really get a flavour of the place. It includes ready-made walking and driving itineraries, with detailed directions, that allow you to organise your visit to Warsaw without losing time planning. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility.This Warsaw pocket guidebook covers: Warsaw Old Town, Sou...

Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter. Illustrations by George Cruickshank. Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity. Oliver Twist features some of the author's most enduring characters, such...

The manhua adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel series continues as Wei Wuxian’s cover is blown! Wei Wuxian’s studies come to an abrupt end when he picks a fight with a young master of the Jin Clan. A lifetime later, he wakes from his dream of days gone by to find he’s still unraveling the mystery of the ghost arm.

This compact, pocket-sized Kraków travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination’s highlights and really get a flavour of the place. It includes ready-made walking and driving itineraries, with detailed directions, that allow you to organise your visit to Kraków without losing time planning. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility.This Kraków pocket guidebook covers: Wawel Hill, Old Town...

Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his ‘Poop-poop-poop’ road-hogging new motor-car), have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall. Grahame's book was later dramatised by A. A. Milne, and became a perennial Christmas favourite, as Toad of Toad Hall....