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<p>Return to the captivating world of Elfhame and the book that started it all with this deluxe collectors edition of the New York Times bestselling The Cruel Prince, from award-winning author Holly Black. Featuring a gorgeous new cover, luminous full-color endpapers, and more! Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.</p>

<p>Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'IAN RANKIN'The best mystery writer in the world'GQ'A superb natural storyteller'LEE CHILD'A master'STEPHEN KING'America's greatest living crime writer'DAILY EXPRESS'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</p>

<p>Pejsek a kočička se po letech vracejí, aby potěšili malé i velké čtenáře. V novém příběhu se dozvíte, jak si splnili svoje velké přání a oslavili Vánoce podobně jako lidé. O Štědrém dnu u nich nechyběl zářící stromeček plný ozdob, také krásně zabalené dárky se našly a celý dům byl prosycen lákavými vůněmi. Jak se jim podařilo všechno zařídit, jaká dobrodružství při tom zažili a s kým se seznámili? Začtěte se do vlídného vyprávění plného lásky, úcty a respektu napříč generacemi...</p>

<p>Vzrušujúci detektívny román, ktorý pod pseudonymom Robert Galbraith napísala J. K. Rowlingová. Keď sa slávna modelka Lula Landry vrhne dolu z balkóna v londýnskej štvrti Mayfair, vyšetrovatelia usúdia, že šlo o samovraždu. Lenže jej brat má stále pochybnosti – a aby zistil pravdu o jej smrti, najme si súkromného detektíva. Cormoran Strike je vojnový veterán, ktorý opustil službu v Afganistane. Počas riešenia prípadu preniká do sveta módy a mediálnych celebrít, londýnskej smotánky, ale aj spodiny.</p>

<p>V starej vile to zvláštne vonia – mnohými vôňami súčasne. To si Luci všimne vo svojom novom domove ako prvé. Nedokáže však zistiť, odkiaľ tie neobyčajné pachy prichádzajú. Ani kľúč, ktorý nájde pod drevenou doskou v schodisku, nepasuje do žiadnej zámky. Existuje vo vile tajná izba? Luci sa pustí do pátrania spolu so svojím malým bratom Bennom a chlapcom od susedov Matsom. Keď sa im podarí preniknúť do skrytej časti vily, nemôžu uveriť vlastným očiam...</p>

<p>At ten years old, the Heir of Jasad flees a massacre that takes her entire family.At fifteen, she buries her first body.At twenty, the clock is ticking on Sylvia's third attempt at home. Nizahl's armies have laid waste to Jasad and banned magic across the four remaining kingdoms. Fortunately, Sylvia's magic is as good at playing dead as she is.When the Nizahl Heir tracks a group of Jasadis to Sylvia's village, the quiet life she's crafted unravels. Calculating and cold, Arin's tactical brilliance is surpassed only by his hatred for magic. When a mistake exposes Sylvia's magic, Arin offers her an escape: compete as Nizahl's Champion in the Alcalah tournament and win immunity from persecution. In exchange, Arin will use her as bait to draw out the Jasadis he's hunting.To win the deadly Alcalah, Sylvia must work with Arin to free her trapped magic, all while staying a step ahead of his efforts to uncover her identity. But as the two grow closer, Sylvia realizes winning her freedom as Nizahl's Champion means destroying any chance of reuniting Jasad under her banner. The scorched kingdom is rising again, and Sylvia will have to choose between the life she's earned and the one she left behind.</p>

<p>Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out—the perfect summer with her boyfriend, Nate, and then a fun senior year with their friends. But then Nate does what everyone else in Hannah’s life seems to do—he leaves her, claiming they have nothing in common. He and all her friends are newly obsessed with K-pop and K-dramas, and Hannah is not. After years of trying to embrace the American part and shunning the Korean side of her Korean American identity to fit in, Hannah finds that’s exactly what now has her on the outs. But someone who does know K-dramas—so well that he’s actually starring in one—is Jacob Kim, Hannah’s former best friend, whom she hasn’t seen in years. He’s desperate for a break from the fame, so a family trip back to San Diego might be just what he needs…that is, if he and Hannah can figure out what went wrong when they last parted and navigate the new feelings developing between them.</p>

<p>A deluxe art book showcasing Haruichi Furudate's incredible artwork from the hit manga series Haikyu!!Ever since he saw the legendary player known as "the Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else?The Art of Haikyu!! collects the dynamic and lush color art from the hit manga series, including chapter title pages, illustrations, bonus sketches, and more from creator Haruichi Furudate!</p>

From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, and the Sunday Times bestseller What If?, even more hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. <p> </p> <p>WHAT IF you still had so many more strange questions about the universe?And WHAT IF Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and xkcd creator, were prepared to move mountains, fill the solar system with soup and alter the space-time continuum to answer them?Whether it's how to make a lava lamp out of lava or feeding the inhabitants of New York to a T. Rex, welcome to the weird, wonderful (and sometimes terrifying) world of WHAT IF? 2</p>

<p>Discover your new TikTok obsession, a reverse grumpy x sunshine college baseball sports romance - with plenty of steamy encounters! Perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Lucy Score and Elsie Silver.-----How can I focus on baseball, when I'm falling for my gorgeous, grumpy roommate . . .?SebastianIt's my final season to prove myself before the MLB Draft. The last thing I need is a distraction -especially not one as tantalising as Mia di Angelo. She's the drop-dead gorgeous astrophysicist-in-training who ditched me the moment I wanted to take us from casual to committed. But when she needs somewhere to stay for the summer . . . I can't help but offer her my place.Being roommates can't be that hard, can it . . .?MiaI have two goals this summer: get into a study abroad program and get over baseball god Sebastian Miller-Callahan. It's not easy to stop thinking about him, but he deserves better than a prickly, career-focused girl like me. And the last thing I need is to play roommates with the only man who can set my body ablaze, when our futures could not be more different.But why do all the feelings I pretend that I never had come rushing back, far too strong for either of us to ignore . . .?-----READERS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH STEALING HOME:'Fun, heartfelt and so so sexy' Real Reader Review'5 FREAKING STARS! Grace did it yet again!' Real Reader Review'Mia and Seb are definitely my new favourite Beyond the Play couple' Real Reader Review'I don't think words can describe the love I have for this book and this series' Real Reader Review</p>

<p>Discover your new TikTok obsession, a spice coaching, coach's daughter, college hockey sports romance - with plenty of steamy encounters! Perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Lucy Score and Elsie Silver.-----Nothing screams captain material like messing around with the coach's daughter . . .CooperAs a pro-bound college ice hockey player, I usually have my pick of puck bunnies. But lately, I've been in a dry spell that feels more like a curse, and the stress is affecting my game - the one thing that can't happen if I'm going to make team captain.Enter Penny Ryder.She's my coach's daughter, but from the moment she grabs me on the ice rink, she's the only thing on my mind. She wants me to introduce her to all the things she's been dying to experience in the bedroom. If I say yes, I'll be relaxed on the ice again - but if her dad finds out, I can kiss any chance of being captain goodbye.PennyThanks to the ex from hell, I'm a long way from being ready for a relationship - but it's finally time to reclaim my agency, one sexual experience at a time.Enter Cooper Callahan.He's the most casual guy I can think of - but he just so happens to be my hockey coach dad's star defenseman. The agreement is simple: become secret friends-with-benefits until he makes captain, whilst I cross off all the experiences on my list. Yet the longer our connection goes on, the less I want to say goodbye.I know love can lead to heartbreak, but what if it could also clear the ice for a breakaway . . .?-----READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH BREAKAWAY:'This was sports romance perfection' Real Reader Review'The spice. The love. The humour. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK WAS PERFECT' Real Reader Review'Cooper 100% stole my heart' Real Reader Review'Grace Reilly's writing is excellent . . . it was like magic' Real Reader Review</p>

<p>The extraordinary, gloriously uplifting and hotly-anticipated debut novel from Samuel Burr - available to pre-order now!Clayton Stumper is an enigma...He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt.Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles and finds himself amongst the last survivors of a fading institution. When the esteemed crossword compiler, Pippa Allsbrook, passes away, she bestows her final puzzle to him: a promise to reveal the mystery of his parentage and prepare him for his future. Yet as Clay begins to unpick the clues, he uncovers something even the Fellowship have never been able to solve - and it's a secret that will change everything...</p>

<p>Seirin High's greatest basketball superstar was the one no one literally saw coming-the invisible Kuroko! Tetsuya Kuroko doesn't stand out much. In fact, he's so plain that people hardly ever notice when he's around. Though he's just as unremarkable on the basketball court, that's where his plainness gives him an unexpected edge-one that lets him execute awesome moves without others noticing! Seirin's taken the lead in the semifinal match against Kaijo, but it's in for a bad time when Kise returns to action with his Perfect Copy move. Can Kuroko and the rest of the team come up with a strategy to stop Kise before the final buzzer sounds?! Which team is destined to move on to the finale?! Shonen Jump series that became an international sensation.</p>

<p>Kniha věnovaná tzv. horským duchům mapuje mytologické bytosti našich hor. Do pomyslné Krakonošovy družiny, tedy druhů nejslavnějšího z těchto horských patronů, patří třeba brdský Fabián, Kačenka a Rampušák z hor Orlických nebo podobné bytosti z Jeseníků, Krušných hor či západočeských pohoří. Kde se vzali, jak s nimi pracuje lidová tradice i další její umělá přetváření a nápodoby? Tomu se věnuje kniha Jana Pohunka, odborníka současný folklor, tramping a další témata regionální historie Čech.</p>

<p>Worldwide bestselling author Wilbur Smith will take you on an incredible journey on the thrashing seas off the coast of Africa in this glorious return to the series that made him who he is: The Courtney series.</p>

<p>Sada šesti barevně odlišených písanek k procvičování grafomotoriky a k nácviku psaní písmen a slov. Je připravena především po leváky. Proto jsou písmena, která se žáci právě učí psát, vyznačena tučně a umístěna na pravé straně stránky. Dále je vhodná také pro žáky, kteří potřebují důkladnější přípravu pro samostatné psaní písmen a slov. Za tímto účelem jsou řádky doplněné písmeny či slovy určenými k jejich obtahování.</p>