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Однажды Хэтти Браун открыла холодильник, не ожидая найти в нём что-нибудь новенькое, и увидела… слона. Крохотного слона из другого мира. Это её друг Виктор, и он снова забрал девочку в свой причудливый мир. Но там Хэтти встретила ещё одного слона, который сказал, что это он – настоящий Виктор. А потом появились ещё и ещё слоны и каждый твердил, что он Виктор. Хэтти запуталась. Она не понимает, зачем фальшивый Виктор затащил её в свой мир, почему этих Викторов столько, кому из них можно верить...
| Автор | Клэр Харкап |
Великая армия драконов летела, никем не замеченная, сопровождаемая лишь шипением воздуха, который они так грациозно взрезали. Как такое может быть? Легко, если драконы размером с воробья, а жители страны не любят смотреть в небо. Все равно ничего хорошего оттуда упасть не может, ведь уже много лет в этой земле не было дождя. Чтобы добыть хоть несколько капель воды, обитатели страны воруют облака из нашего мира. И однажды вместе с облаком они случайно забирают Хэтти Браун…
| Автор | Клэр Харкап |
Чёрные рыцари приходят ниоткуда и уходят в никуда. И кажется, что нет от них никакого спасения, даже если на твоей стороне Добрыня Никитич, Илья Муромец и Алёша Попович.
Но когда на пути чёрного рыцаря появляется обычный мальчик Вольга Игнатов – всё меняется. Потому что не такой уж он и обычный.
Каждый богатырь когда-то был маленьким. Вольга научится стрелять из лука, биться на мечах, а храбрости и смекалки ему не занимать. Вольга – ученик богатырей, и его врагам – не позавидуешь.
| Автор | Александр Княжевич |
Что делать летом в деревне? Без телефона и интернета? Варя совсем было собралась скучать по городской жизни, когда простая игра в прятки привела её в сказочное царство. И началось! Новые друзья, детективное расследование, козни злодеев и тайна Жар-птицы! Заяц Гром, Серый Волк, Василиса Премудрая – все нуждаются в Вариной помощи!
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| Автор | Маруся Хмельная |
This revised and expanded edition of Tolkien’s own Hobbit-inspired poetry includes previously unpublished poems and notes, and is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes.‘Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people – a selection [of verses] offered as an ‘interim report’ to those interested in Hobbit-lore, and to any others who may find amusement in this mixed bag of old...
| Автор | Christina Scull |
Egil’s Saga is the 10th-century Nordic equivalent of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Translated from the Icelandic withan introduction, notes and an essay, this is the first time Eddison’s version of this epic heroic saga has been made available as a digital book.The saga of Egil, son of Grim the Bald, tells the exciting tale of a medieval warrior-poet and his many Viking adventures. Challenged by his ugly appearance and haunted by rumours that his grandfather was a werewolf, Egil devotes himself to...
| Автор | E. Eddison R. |
One night will change their lives forever…Georgia Bailey is closing up her little charity shop in Oakbarrow when she gets a mysterious late night call from a stranger, threatening to jump off the town’s bridge.Something about the man’s voice is faintly familiar but all she can do is stay on the line and after talking for hours, losing sense of time passing, coax him back from the edge.The next morning, Georgia walks to work, buys a festive latte from Leo (who she’s had a crush on for months!) at...
| Автор | Jaimie Admans |
Have you been bad enough?When her stepmother dies unexpectedly, Caro returns to her childhood home in the rural English countryside. She hadn’t seen Elizabeth in years, but the remote farmhouse offers refuge from a bad relationship, and a chance to start again.But going through Elizabeth’s belongings unearths memories Caro would rather stay buried. In particular, the story her stepmother would tell her, about two little girls and the terrible thing they do.As heavy snow traps Caro in the...
| Автор | Sophie Draper |
A chilling, haunting ghost story that delves into the dark past of the 16th century Essex witch trials. So scary you’ll sleep with the lights on…Sadie Asquith has been fascinated by the dark past of Essex’s witch hunts for as long as she can remember. And for good reason: between 1560 and 1680, over 500 women were tried for witchcraft in the county of Essex. But as she researches a book on the subject, Sadie experiences strange, ghostly visions. She hears noises at night, a sobbing sound that...
| Автор | Syd Moore |
An extraordinary collection of short stories from an author who is set to become one of America’s leading literary voices.In the tradition of Raymond Carver or Tobias Wolff, these are all-encompassing stories of the American psyche, of love and loss and of the landscape and its people.A goldfish circles in its bowl, refusing to die, becoming the silent focus of a difficult family life; a pianist loses his talents as he is forced to question the meaning of love and commitment. Through a blend of...
| Автор | David Means |
A profound tale of love, loss and the lore of the sea.The islanders of Parla are still mourning the loss of one of their own. Four years since that loss, and a man – un-named, unclothed – is washed onto their shores. Some say he is a mythical man from the sea – potent, kind and beautiful; others suspect him. For the bereft Maggie, this stranger brings love back to the isle. But as the days pass he changes every one of them – and the time comes for his story to be told…Tender, lyrical and...
| Автор | Susan Fletcher |
A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien’s major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings.What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by Tolkien to suggest an early work by P.G. Wodehouse. Composed almost a decade after The Lord of the Rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the ‘Silmarillion’ was winding down, Smith of Wootton Major was the...
| Автор | Паулин Бэйнс |
Hard times ahead for the Harpers girls…It is two years since Harpers opened in Oxford Street and Ben is planning to expand the premises.Life is good for Sally and Ben as they look forward to their first child and hope for a prosperous future. Beth is settling into married life with Jack, gradually recovering from her aunt’s tragic death, though still unable to conceive a child.New girls have joined Harpers and Marion, Janice and Becky all become a part of the daily life at the busy store. Rachel...
| Автор | Rosie Clarke |
London, 1527. Marry or serve: for Honor Larke, the choice is clear. Unwilling to perish of boredom as an obedient wife, she leaves the home of her ward to attend Her Majesty, Queen Catherine of Aragon. But life at Henry VIII's court holds more than artifice for an intelligent observer, and Honor knows how to watch–and when to act. . .Angered by the humiliation heaped upon her mistress as Henry cavorts with Anne Boleyn and presses Rome for a divorce, Honor volunteers to carry letters to the...
| Автор | Barbara Kyle |
Rollo is tired of humans. Their cities are dirty, and their gizmos are dumb. He knows mankind is wrecking the planet. Rollo’s dream is to escape to the Sierra Nevada Mountains where he can live alone and be free of other people. There’s just one problem with his scheme: Rollo’s hungry human stomach. No matter how much food he carries in his backpack, he always runs out. Inevitably, Rollo has to come back to the “messed-up, man-made world” or starve. All this changes when Rollo finds an old,...
| Автор | Marta Maretich |
Fables from the Magic Tunnel are captivating mysterious visionary fiction trilogies that take place on Earth, and you will learn what is takes to be human in 2295 A.D.<br><br>Learn how life has changed for each child in the 23rd Century as you experience their "rites of passage" in a dark tunnel and meet strange characters. Experience their passage and what it is like to face the unknown and your deepest fears.<br><br>For children, (age 7-12)...
| Автор | Sandra Lee Stephens |
Springing from ancient Greek mythology, HOPE, A MYTH REAWAKENED invites the reader on a journey that is both epic in scope and deeply intimate in the questions it prompts us to ask ourselves about the nature of hope in a fragile world.<br><br>Both a love story and a modern philosophical investigation, even the essential question of who is narrating the story draws the reader in. We take this journey on the wings of allegorical figures Hope and Despair, as we see through their eyes...
| Автор | Lillian Moats |
After a storm sinks his ship, the laconic pirate Nagai Sho finds himself stranded alone, far from home, on an abandoned island. Or so he'd thought until the mysterious yet alluring denizen of this island appears before him: a vision of high cheekbones, dark catlike eyes that speak of grief, long hair black as an island night and enticing hips. But… Male. This evasive being, Rei, brings with him more questions than answers: Where did he come from, when there is nobody else here? And what...
| Автор | Y. Yoshi |
Dead Won't Stay Dead ***For a limited time, you can get a free copy of Craig's novel, Allied Zombies for Peace for free – click here to find out more > http://www.craignybo.com/freebook/ < (just copy and paste into your browser)*** A half-century-old curse lies over the small community of Ridgewater ever since Sarah Chase died in a car accident during a teen-angst-driven game of chicken back in 1962. She perished in the back seat of a 1961 Impala, accompanied by a group of...
| Автор | Craig Nybo |
Mayhem explodes when monsters mix with guns, rednecks and beer. Craig Nybo's second novel, Small Town Monsters, visits the town of DePalma Beach, Montana, a peaceful lake community with a five-star rating in any tour travel guide. Monster hunter isn't in the job description when Kurt McCammus, a Los Angeles homicide detective, leaves the big city and all its violence behind to take a job as chief of police in DePalma Beach. He falls in love with the clean air and peaceful community....
| Автор | Craig Nybo |
Throw a sassy whiskey slinger together with a down-on-his-luck cowboy and what do you get? A match made in the Last Chance Saloon. . . She's No Lady Lark Van Schuyler can take care of herself–and has ever since she ran away from home and wound up in Buck Shot, Oklahoma. Taking care of others is a novelty she can't afford. Until she sees a man deep in his drink and being cheated at poker. Lark decides to do him a favor. . . He's No Gentleman The last thing Larado needs is more...
| Автор | Georgina Gentry |
Temperance When Lacey Van Schuyler Durango and Blackie O'Neal stake their claim for the same piece of Oklahoma land, the battle lines are drawn. On Lacey's side: teetotaling, abstinence, and do-gooding. On Blackie's side: betting, boozing, and bedding. Versus The prim and proper Lacey is a newspaper woman on her own crusade to the tame the West. She plans to turn this nameless prairie town into a civilized piece of heaven. Dark and handsome, Blackie is a Texas gambler peddling...
| Автор | Georgina Gentry |
A Woman With A Will Miss Lillian Primm is beyond weary of polishing the manners of Boston's young ladies, so when she inherits half ownership of a «hotel» in Fort Floppett, Texas, she eagerly heads out West–only to discover that The Texas Lily is no less than a house of ill repute! A Man With A Plan Bradley O'Neal doesn't intend to change a thing about The Texas Lily, least of all the lovely ladies who keep customers coming back for more. It won't be the first time he turns...
| Автор | Georgina Gentry |
Her Heart Was Locked Away Rhyne Abbot is fierce, brave, and used to a life of isolation on her father's spread on the outskirts of Reidsville, Colorado. But when, overcome with sickness, she collapses, she knows she must return to town if she is to have any hope of recovery. Only there is no place for her but the new doctor's home, and he wants more than just to heal Rhyne. He wants her hand in marriage. Until One Man Found The Key Doctor Cole Monroe's hands are already more than...
| Автор | Jo Goodman |