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"Гримуар Скулдуггери Плезант", являющийся неотъемлемым дополнением к всемирно известной серии "Скулдуггери Плезант", является одновременно захватывающим обзором книг на данный момент, справочным руководством по персонажам и сокровищницей бонусного контента • Поскольку серия "Скулдаггери Плезант" подходит к концу (снова), переживите приключение заново в этом богато иллюстрированном сборнике обо всем, что связано со Скулдаггерством. В нем представлено уникальное краткое изложение книг на данный момент, а также бесценный справочник по головокружительному составу персонажей, а также бонусы, сюрпризы и собственная мрачная история. Гримуар - незаменимая книга для любого поклонника мошенничества • Книга на английском языке • An unmissable paraquel to the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire is at once a thrilling recap of the books so far, a reference guide to characters, and a treasure-trove of bonus content

Знакомьтесь, мошенник Приятный: детектив, колдун, воин • О да. И мертв • Некромантам больше не нужна Валькирия в качестве Несущей Смерть, и это хорошо • Есть только одна загвоздка. Есть причина, по которой некроманты больше в ней не нуждаются - потому что они уже нашли своего Несущего Смерть, человека, который растворит двери между жизнью и смертью • И это очень, очень плохо • Книга на английском языке • Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior • Oh yes. And dead • The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, and that's a Good Thing • There's just one catch. There's a reason the Necromancers don't need her any more - because they've found their Death Bringer already, the person who will dissolve the doors between life and death

Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there`s his sidekick, Stephanie. She`s! well, she`s a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out!

Девятая книга оригинальной, ошеломляюще грандиозной серии "Скулдаггери Плезант" • Валькирия. Дарквесс. Стефани. Мир недостаточно велик для них троих. Конец наступит… • Война за Святилища была выиграна, но не обошлось и без жертв. После потери Валькирии Кейн Мошенница Плезант должна использовать любые средства, чтобы выследить и остановить Даркесс, прежде чем она превратит мир в обугленный, безжизненный пепел • И вот он собирает команду солдат, охотников на монстров, убийц, преступников… и собственное убийственное отражение Валькирии • Война, может быть, и закончилась, но последняя битва вот-вот начнется. И не все выберутся отсюда живыми… • Книга на английском языке • The ninth book in the original, jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The movements of his mind seemed to tend to the thought that some power was working against him.' When Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser gets drunk and sells his wife at a country fair, his life will never be the same. Eighteen years later, his wife and daughter return to Casterbridge to find that Henchard has become Mayor. Although he's spent most of his life attempting to repent for his actions, he remains a rash and impetuous man. Hardy portrays Henchard as a tragic hero, searching for love and acceptance from the community around him, posing the overarching question of whether we shape our own fate, or whether life deals us an inevitable hand

HarperCollins с гордостью представляет свой невероятный ассортимент самой любимой и незаменимой классики • "Исповедь" описывает обращение святого Августина в христианство и является основой его репутации одного из самых влиятельных мыслителей христианства • Книга на английском языке • HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics • Confessions describes Saint Augustine's conversion to Christianity and is the basis for his reputation as one of Christianity's most influential thinkers

The first novel by one of the legends of the Harlem Renaissance, a classic in the annals of Black fiction • When Black lawyer Fred Merrit purchases a house in the most exclusive white neighbourhood bordering Harlem, he has to hire the toughest removal firm in the area to help him get his belongings past the hostile neighbours. The removal men are Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown, who make the move anything but straightforward • This hilarious satire of jazz-age Harlem derides the walls people build around themselves—colour and class being chief among them. In their reactions to Merrit and to one another, the characters provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical scene of the times • First published in 1928, The Walls of Jericho is the first novel by Rudolph Fisher, author of The Conjure-Man Dies, whom Langston Hughes called ‘the wittiest of the Harlem Renaissance writers, whose tongue was flavoured with the sharpest and saltiest humour’

The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family’s fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia and to Britain • In November 1941, Peter Bradley's grandparents, Sally and Bertha Brandes, were deported from their home in Bamberg to their deaths in Latvia • The Last Train is a profound and moving homage to Peter’s lost family and to his father who rarely spoke of the traumas through which he lived • It is also his attempt to understand, through the prism of his family’s story, how the Nazis came to conceive and implement the Final Solution • Why did Sally and Bertha’s fellow citizens put them on the train that carried them to the killing fields? • Why did the democracies which so loudly condemned Hitler’s persecution of the Jews deny them sanctuary? • And why, when Peter's father finally reached Britain after five terrible months in a Nazi concentration camp, was he arrested as an 'enemy alien'? • The quest for answers led Peter to explore the origins and evolution of an ancient hatred and the struggles against it of each generation of his family, from the Reformation, through the Enlightenment and the Age of Reform, to the catastrophe of the Holocaust

The third volume in the acclaimed Emperor series, in which Conn Iggulden brilliantly interweaves history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar - an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, bravery and betrayal • The Gates of Rome, The Death of Kings and now The Field of Swords tell the powerful, dramatic story of the friendship and enmity between the two men who ruled the Roman world • Following the defeat of the Spartacus rebellion, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus, who have been sent to run the Roman colonies in Spain, return to challenge powerful senators to become one of the Consuls of Rome. Political opposition, family quarrels, armed rebellions and corruption make this a highly contemporary scene, fuelled by the intrigue of the major characters, who are now developing as full adults

The fifth and penultimate book in the bestselling bookwandering series for readers aged eight to twelve. As Tilly and Milo hurtle towards their final showdown with the Alchemist, the stakes are higher than ever – though there is always time for hot chocolate! • Milo Bolt is ready to be the hero of his own story. With Uncle Horatio trapped in an enchanted sleep by the power-hungry Alchemist, he sets off with his new friend Alessia to find a cure and save them all • Their journey leads them to the magical treehouse – home of the Botanist, the Alchemist’s sworn enemy. Against the clock, they hunt for the cure: foraging in the Secret Garden, challenging Robin Hood and confronting the mighty Jabberwock • But the Alchemist will stop at nothing to unlock the powerful secrets of The Book of Books, and Tilly, Pages & Co

The astonishing life of Julius Caesar is recreated in a magnificent new novel that brilliantly interweaves history and adventure • Emperor: The Gates of Rome is an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, bravery and betrayal, from an outstanding new voice in historical fiction • From the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the Senate, from the foreign wars that created an empire to the betrayals that almost tore it apart, the Emperor novels tell the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest Roman of them all: Julius Caesar • Brilliantly interweaving history and adventure, The Gates of Rome introduces an ambitious young man facing his first great test. In the city of Rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the Republic to its core

The first book in the dramatic new saga from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author • Holding the letter in trembling hands, Daisy’s future crumbled before her – the words engraved on her heart forever • The village of Little Creek, the long winter of 1867 • The first flakes of snow are falling when Daisy Marshall, secretly engaged to her master's son, finds herself jilted at the altar • Heartbroken, Daisy flees to the small village of Little Creek, nestled on the coast of Essex. There she is warmly welcomed – but the village is poverty-stricken, suffering under a cruel Lord of the manor. And when cholera hits, the villagers are truly in dire straits • Determined to help, Daisy makes new friends in earnest doctor Nicholas and dashing smuggler Jay – but also dangerous new enemies, who threaten to destroy everything she’s built