Gregor and the code of claw

Everyone has been trying to keep Gregor from seeing The Prophecy of Time. That is because the final prophecy calls for the warrior's death. With an army of rats quickly approaching and time running out, Gregor must defend Regalia and get his family back home safely. There is a code that muse be cracked or all will be lost. It is war designed to end all wars. The fates of the Underland and the …

And the mountains echoed

Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to…

The wind through the keyhole

Join Roland Deschain, gunslinger from Gilead that was, knight errant of a decayed civilizatin, as he and his companions journey towards the distant Dark Tower. Leaving behind the Emerald City, they are confronted by a starkblast, an icy, terrifying storm that stops them in their trakcks. Roland begins to spin a story...

Firefly lane

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the buttom of the social food-chain at school. Then, to her amazement, the 'coolest girl in the world' moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it hall-beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be, but they make a pact to be best friends forever; …

Percy Jackson and the titan's curse

IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU FIND YOURSELF IN COMBAT WITH A HALF-LION, HALF-HUMAN. But when you're the son of a Greek god, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday moster. Oh, and guess what. The Oracle has predicted that not all of us will survive... 'Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching a…

Percy Jackson and the sea of monsters

YOU CAN'T TELL BY LOOKING AT ME THAT MY DAD IS POSEIDON, GOD OF THE SEA. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. Even a simple game of dodgeball can turn into a death match againts an ugly gang of cannibal giants-and that's just the beginning. Now Camp Half-Blood is under attack and, unless I can get my hands on the Golden Fleece, the whole camp will be invaded by monsters. Big ones... …

Percy Jackson and the lightning thief

LOOK, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A HALF-BLOOD. I NEVER ASKED TO BE THE SON OF A GREEK GOD. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Now I spend my time battling monsters and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, god of the sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt-and making Zeus an…

The Prophet

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ISBN/ISSN

9780394404288

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96 hal.; 21,5 cm.

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821 Gib p

Atonement

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have benn changed for ever, as Briony commits a crime for which sh…

Animal Farm

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned - a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolutions against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When A…