Dazzling entertainment, seamless storytelling - Torak must defy demons and tokoroths and make a shattering choice in this epic, prize-winning finale to his quest to vanquish the terrifying Soul-Eaters.
A boy. A wolf. A legend for all time. The third book in the internationally bestselling WOLF BROTHER (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) series by renowned author Michelle Paver. Torak has survived the summer and his heartstopping adventure in the Seal Islands. He and Wolf are together once more. But their reunion is short-lived. As mid winter approaches, Torak learns that Wolf has been snatched. In a desperate bid to rescue him, Torak and Renn must brave the frozen wilderness of the Far North and step into a world of deceit, treachery and lies, coming face to face with a terrifying evil. Another step is taken on his quest to destroy the Soul-Eaters, but with it comes the burden of an utterly chilling secret of his own ... Audio edition also available, read by Sir Ian McKellen.
Ever since Jennifer exchanged her high-flying career for a life by the sea with her little boy, Charlie and their dog, Sausage, she hasn't looked back. Not even once. Not on the emotional debris of her broken engagement to fiance, Dave, nor the one night of stupidity that caused it. But all that is about to change...Four-year-old Charlie's new life at school has started so well: he's made friends, settled in, is beginning to make his own little way in the world. But when a casual trip to the doctor leads to Charlie facing the biggest challenge of his young life, Jennifer has to confront the past she thought she could safely forget.
6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.
1st book in this series. Miri refuses to use her witchy skills for the benefit of humankind, which is a drag, given that Rachel has an urgent need of some serious dance talent - not to mention a boyfriend like gorgeous, unobtainable Raf.
Bond is back! De familie van een schoolgenoot van James verdwijnt op de Middellandse Zee. James ontdekt een duister genootschap dat samenkomt op een verborgen plek op zijn kostschool Eton En ver van Groot-Brittanni in het ruige binnenland van Sardini heeft een sinistere Italiaanse graaf een bizar fort in de bergen gebouwd. Is er een connectie? Toeval zorgt ervoor dat James zijn zomervakantie op Sardini doorbrengt. Hij komt steeds meer te weten over het complot dat daar wordt gesmeed.Opnieuw beleeft Bond een avontuur dat je bloed doet koken!
From the high seas of the Indian Ocean to the dark jungles of Southeast Asia, from the canals of Venice to the crypts of ancient kings, SIGMA Force must piece together a mystery that, unless solved, will end all life on our planet... But even this challenge may prove too large for SIGMA Force alone. With a worldwide pandemic growing, Painter Crowe and Commander Gray Pierce turn to their deadliest adversaries for help, teaming up with a diabolical foe that has thwarted them in the past. But can the enemy be trusted even now? Or will they prove to be another Judas...?
A boy is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own. But soon that journey turns out to be more of a challenge than anyone could have imagined as the train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and a mysterious woman in white helps the boy while away the hours by telling him stories - stories with a difference.
Time is slipping away... Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to the middle of nowhere for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying - and she's helpless to change anything. Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness. But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race. The jungle is terrifying, the clock is ticking and Tella knows she can't trust the allies she makes. And one big question emerges: Why have so many fallen sick in the first place?
An ancient artefact is stolen from beneath Temple Mount. With 13 Israeli soldiers dead, and the Palestinians outraged over the desecration of the sacred ground, tensions are running high. Detectives must work against the clock to identify the stolen relic and the thieves, before civil unrest escalates to deadly proportions.
During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of blood and destruction. But the killers have not come for gold; they seek a more valuable prize: the bones of the Magi who once paid homage to a newborn savior . . . a treasure that could reshape the world. With the Vatican in turmoil, SIGMA Force leaps into action. An elite team of scientific and Special Forces operatives under the command of Grayson Pierce and accompanied by Lieutenant Rachel Verona of Rome's carabinieri, they are pursuing a deadly mystery that weaves through sites of the Seven Wonders of the World and ends at the doorstep of an ancient, mystical, and terrifying secret order. For there are those with dark plans for the stolen sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind . . . when science and religion unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time.
Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house and his regular visits from his nephew give him the opportunity to retell some of the most frightening stories he knows. But as the stories unfold, another even more spine-tingling narrative emerges, one that is perhaps the most frightening of all. Uncle Montague's tales of terror, it transpires, are not so much works of imagination as dreadful, lurking memories. Memories of an earlier time in which Uncle Montague lived a very different life to his present solitary existence.
Can the past save the future? asks the latest SIGMA Force thriller from the king of the genre.
Tijden van goden en gevechten
Het is 3500 jaar geleden in een land aan de Middellandse Zee. Vulkanen spuwen, de aarde beeft en de zon brandt. Hylas wordt achtervolgd door een groep zwaarbewapende mannen. Hij is gewond, zijn hond is dood en hij weet niet waar zijn zusje is. Waarom zouden de krijgers achter hem aan zitten? Hylas is vastbesloten zijn zusje terug te vinden...
'No one lives for ever. But the truth survives us all'. Kate Murray is deeply troubled. In front of her lies a dead man, a stranger who only minutes before had approached her wanting to tell her about a mystery, a long-forgotten murder. The crime was old, he'd told her, but still deserving of justice.
Adviezen aan vrouwen boven de 35 om een echtgenoot voor het leven te vinden.
Persoonlijke ervaringen en interviews met vrouwelijke ruiters uit de hele wereld van een Amerikaanse paardenfluisteraar.
Bestselling author Marian Keyes has delighted readers with the lives, loves, and foibles of the irrepressible Walsh sisters and their eccentric mammy. In this Life in the Big Apple is perfect for Anna. She has the best job in the world, a lovely apartment, and great friends. Then one morning, she wakes up in her mammy's house in Dublin with stitches in her face, a dislocated knee, hands smashed up, and no memory at all of what happened. As soon as she's able, Anna's flying back to Manhattan, mystified but determined to find out how her life turned upside down. As her past slowly begins coming back to her, she sets out on an outrageous quest--involving lilies, psychics, mediums, and anyone who can point her in the right direction. Marrying life's darker bits with wild humor and tender wit, "Anybody Out There?" is a strange and wonderfully charming look at love here and ever after.
My sister lives on the mantelpiece. Well, some of her does. Everyone kept saying it would get better with time, but that's just one of those lies that grown ups tell. Five years on, it's worse than ever: Dad drinks, Mum's gone and Jamie's left with questions that he must answer for himself
In the sands of the Arabian desert lies a force of immense power! In this latest adventure of his imagination, James Rollins weaves together serious science and lightning-fast action, propelling the reader through the pages and immersing them in the mysterious sands of the Arabian Peninsula. Twenty years ago, a wealthy British financier disappeared near Ubar, the legendary lost city buried beneath the sands of Oman. Now, a scientific expedition led by the financier's daughter is preparing to unveil the secrets of the desert. However, they will discover something more beautiful than their wildest dreams... and more deadly. Ubar conceals a powerful energy source that could power the entire upper world... if it can be harnessed and contained. But before they can surface, the researchers find themselves trapped. For the same life-giving force that could energize the whole world is about to unleash an unprecedented, devastating storm, sweeping away everything in its path...
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes, and keep him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans, and it's not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they're dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including the biggest gamble of all-true love. Bet Me is the winner of a 2005 RITA Award.
A sinister fire in a Copenhagen book shop ignites a relentless hunt across four continents . . . a superb SIGMA Force thriller from the bestselling author of MAP OF BONES and SANDSTORM
An action-packed new series set in the mysterious, dangerous Bronze Age Young Hylas, a Goatherd, outsider, and thief, is hunted by powerful warriors who want him dead and have kidnapped his sister. Hylas is forced to flee his home, but not before a mysterious stranger gives him a bronze dagger. While on the run, Hylas must use his skill and wits to survive a shipwreck and a great white shark attack, befriend a dolphin, and help Pirra, the runaway daughter of a High Priestess. Together with Pirra, the dolphin, and the valuable bronze sword, Hylas fights to discover why he's being hunted and find his sister before the warriors find them.
A novel about a woman who can't speak, a man who is deaf, and a widow who finds herself suddenly caring for a newborn baby.
Elite Waverly Academy's standards of conduct are strained when Callie and Tinsley recruit a prospective student who is visiting campus to spy for them, in order to implicate Jenny as the arsonist who burned down an antique barn at the Miller farm.
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul. Mare Barrow's blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
UNFORGETTABLE is the fourth book in the totally outrageous IT GIRL series about GOSSIP GIRL favourite Jenny Humphrey
This compelling, centuries-spanning novel interweaves the lives of two women: a modern writer in academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible eighteenth-century journey. At thirty-eight, Brigitte Nicholson enjoys her job, loves her partner Ted, and is determined to finish her book—someday. However, a snowy day in Boston jolts her life, prompting her to reassess everything. As she helps her mother with a genealogy project, Brigitte uncovers a stunning connection to the French aristocracy through her mysterious ancestor, Wachiwi, a Dakota Sioux. This discovery raises questions about how Wachiwi traveled from the Great Plains to the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and how she married into Brigitte's family. With fragmented records as her guide, Brigitte embarks on a journey from South Dakota to Paris, tracing Wachiwi's life. As she delves deeper into her family's legacy, Brigitte realizes that the concept of "someday" is no longer a distant promise but a present reality. In this mesmerizing tale, the past and present converge, revealing the courage to embrace change and the power of heritage.
La 4ème de couv. indique : "And Clay looked back, one last time, before diving - in, and outwards - to a bridge, through a past, to a father. He swam the gold-lit water."
January is a hopeless romantic who narrates her life like she's the lead in a blockbuster movie. Gus is a serious literary type who thinks true love is a fairy-tale. But January and Gus have more in common than you'd think: They're both broke. They've got crippling writer's block. And they need to write bestsellers before summer ends. The result? A bet to swap genres and see who gets published first. The risk? In telling each other's stories, their worlds might be changed entirely...
Jenny has left her Manhattan school to attend Waverly Academy, an elite boarding school where glamorous rich kids don't let the rules get in the way of an excellent time. Jenny sets off to Waverly with big plans of reinventing herself. She'll be a goddess - she's a sophisticated city girl, after all! - and will find a boy who can properly worship her. But that's going to be a little tricky since her self-absorbed new roommates, Callie Vernon and Brett Messerschmidt, aren't exactly there to help - unless there's something in it for them. But if getting caught with boys and going up against the Disciplinary Committee is what it takes, Jenny's ready - she'll do all that and more to become The It Girl.
Clover, Addison, Mia, and Jane were roommates at Harvard until their graduation in 1989. Twenty years later, their lives are in free fall. Clover, once a securities broker, is out of a job and struggling to reproduce before her fertility window shuts. Addison's marriage to a writer's-blocked novelist is as stale as her so-called career as a painter. Hollywood closed its gold-plated gates to Mia, who now stays home with her children, renovating and acquiring faster than her husband can pay the bills. Jane, the Paris bureau chief for a newspaper whose foreign bureaus are now shuttered, is caught in a vortex of loss. Like all Harvard grads, they've kept abreast of one another via the red book, a class report published every five years, containing alumni autobiographical essays. But there's the story we tell the world, and then there's the real story, as these former classmates will learn during their twentieth reunion, a relationship-changing, score-settling, unforgettable weekend.
The first installment in a new teen thriller series by international celebrity Hilary Duff.
Priya Rao verliet India toen ze twintig was om in Amerika te gaan studeren. Nu, zeven jaar later, op het hoogtepunt van het mangoseizoen, keert ze voor het eerst terug naar huis. Ze moet haar traditionele familie gaan vertellen dat ze hun vertrouwen heeft beschaamd en dat ze verloofd is met Nick, een buitenlander. De terugkeer naar Hyderabad is een overweldigende ervaring voor Priya. Er is veel veranderd in die tijd – behalve haar familie. Priya’s ouders vinden dat het tijd wordt voor kleinkinderen en hebben al een ‘aardige Indiase jongen’ voor hun dochter uitgezocht.
Lizzy Harrison heeft geen vriend en ook geen kat. Daar heeft ze allemaal geen tijd voor met haar drukke pr-baan en haar volle agenda. Volgens haar beste vriendin Lulu moet Lizzy nodig eens uit haar dak. Wanneer ze door haar baas in de armen van de ruige internationale megaster Randy Jones wordt gedreven, ontwaakt er een vlammetje in Lizzy’s hart. En het besef dat je niet alles in het leven tot in de puntjes kunt regelen. Sex-on-legs Randy blijkt onverbeterlijk en Lizzy’s romantische taak om hem uit de problemen te houden wordt bijna onmogelijk. De roddelbladen zitten haar op de hielen. Waar is Lizzy’s redder in de nood?
Een gedegradeerde verslaggeefster komt een grootschalige oplichting in de kunstwereld op het spoor.
Roger Kilbourne has the ability to cross over into the land of the dead and speak with its residents. Roger is soon using his gift as a way to get the life of his dreams--even it means bringing the dead back to the land of the living. HC: Viking Children's Books
Refreshing and insightful, this is the story of a spirited woman who crosses foyers and moral boundaries to snoop in people's apartments while walking their dogs.
Too young to get whisked away by a Stannah Stairlift, or to enjoy the luxury of a walk-in bath, Marie is all the same getting on in years - and she's thrilled about it. She's a bit preoccupied about whether to give up sex, but there are compensations, like falling in love with her baby grandson, and maybe falling in love with someone else too.
Paul en Sara Callaway, hoogopgeleide dertigers, verruilen hun universitaire banen in Boston voor andere aan de universiteit van een klein stadje in het middenwesten van de VS. Ze betrekken een riant huis in een veilige buurt en passen zich zoveel mogelijk aan de gewoonten aan. Ze worden geaccepteerd, denken ze, maar op een buurtfeestje bij hen thuis, wordt Paul gearresteerd op verdenking van seksueel misbruik van een 12-jarig buurmeisje. Wie van hun buren heeft hier de hand in gehad? Een nachtmerrie begint die hen uit elkaar drijft. Paul, op borgtocht vrij, gaat zelf op onderzoek uit en ontdekt allerlei zaken uit het verleden van de buurt.
Tips voor het intenser beleven van seks.
