City of dreaming books

City of Spells: A Sequel to Into the Crooked Place (1471408434)

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Dangers of Smoking in Bed

A city seethes with murderous intentions, family betrayals and morbid desires in this masterpiece of contemporary Gothic.

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Child of Galaxies

Your body was made from the stuff of the stars, You're a child of galaxies dreaming.

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Inheritance of Loss

High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. Around the house swirl the forces of revolution

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Killing of Osama Bin Laden

Electrifying investigation of White House lies about the assassination of Osama bin LadenIn 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama's first term and played a major ...

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LEGO® City: Fun to Colour

Use your choice of pens, pencils or crayons to bring these fun LEGO® CITY® scenes to life.

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Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere

A homage to the city of Trieste, rich with history and tinged with the melancholy of remembrance. "Morris at the peak of her form." -The Atlantic Mont

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Night Terrors

A history of dreaming.

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The Wizard of Oz: and Other Wonderful Books of Oz: the Emerald City of Oz and Glinda of Oz - Lyman Frank Baum

Anotace: This is the complete and unabridged story of "The Wizard of Oz", in which Dorothy, together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the cowardly Lion, makes her journey along the Yellow Brick Road in search of the wonderful wizard. Bringing together traditional handicraft with cutting-edge book design, the "Penguin Threads" series has already crea...

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Visitors to the House of Memory

As one of the most visited museums in Germany’s capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish his

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London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People

Reveals and illustrates the lives of our 'ordinary' ancestors.

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Forty Sieges of Constantinople

Identifies and narrates 40 sieges of the city that was Byzantion, then Constantinople and now Istanbul.

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Making of London

An accessible and intriguing account of the city of London, from Roman origins through to the 21st Century.

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Early History of Rome

The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after the Gallic invasion of the

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (0141983310)

Kniha - autor Matthew Desmond, 432 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Now in paperback, this is a true account of those living in poverty in the USA, from abandoned slums to shelters, eviction courts and ghettos. 'A monumental and vivid study of urban poverty...' Ed Caesar, "Sunday Times"

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Before I Met You Arrow Books (UK)

London, 1920. Arlette works in Liberty by day, and by night is caughty up in a glamorous whirl of parties, clubs, cocktails and jazz. But when tragedy strikes she flees the city, never to return. Over half a century later, in the grungy mid-´90s, her granddaughter Betty arrives in London. She can´t wait to begin her new life. But before she can do so, she must find the my...

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Story of the Amulet

From an encounter with Julius Caesar to a visit of the lost city of Atlantis, The Story of the Amulet - the final instalment in the Psammead Trilogy -

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Conquest of New Spain

Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other tr

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Confederacy of Dunces

The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots i

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House of Mirth

Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City. In this aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings f

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Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine´s Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

<p>The New York Times #1 best-selling series. The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is now a major motion picture from visionary director Tim Burton, starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Samual L. Jackson, and Judi Dench. Like its predecessors, Library of Souls blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage ...

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Masked City

The second instalment of an adventure featuring stolen books, secret agents and forbidden societies – think Doctor Who but with librarian spies!

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Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories - Terry Pratchett

Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork...

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Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City

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Folk and Fairy Tales of Azeroth - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: The power of stories is felt and known in every corner of Azeroth. From the windswept fields of the Eastern Kingdoms to the bustling city of Gadgetzan, differences were bridged by common tales of average people overcoming incredible odds. Lessons learned from cautionary tales tempered many brave heroes and brought them safely home, while stories of adventure spu...

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Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit

Captures the essence of Marrakesh: the crowds, the smells - of spices, camels and the souks - and the sounds of the city, from the cries of the blind

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Killing of Osama Bin Laden - Seymour M. Hersh

<p>In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama's first term and played a major part in his reelection victory of the following year. But much of the story of t...

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Rise and Fall of the House of Medici

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody politi

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Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Four (Music of the Spears, Berserker)

MUSIC OF THE SPEARS by Yvonne NavarroNew York City, 2124, and the streets are swarming with Alien Jelly addicts and homeless people. The powerbrokers look down from their high-rise offices with disgust. One of them-an entertainment mogul-is planning spectacular revenge on a maniac musician. Damon Eddington will shock the world with his latest opus-the Symphony of Hate-and...

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Glass of Lead and Gold

It's a Christmas story set in the Mirrorworld reflection of the city of London - Londra - a fairy-tale-like story of magic and discovery by one young,

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Sometime Embarrassments of Petty Veniz

A vision, a peculiar international movement flooding the city, an Empress, and a strange artefact called the ChimaeraÂ… Petty Veniz will never be the

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Gate of the Hundred Sorrows

'Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas that you can find all over the City.' Kip

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Lord Of Souls - Greg Keyes

<p>Reeling from a devastating discovery, Prince Attrebus continues on his seemingly doomed quest to obtain a magic sword that holds the key to destroying the deadly invaders. Meanwhile, in the Imperial City, the spy Colin finds evidence of betrayal at the heart of the empire - if his own heart doesn't betray him first.</p>

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Book of Harlan

Harlan and his best friend are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre, but after the City of Light falls under

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Book of Harlan

Harlan and his best friend are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre, but after the City of Light falls under

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The Shadow of the Wind : The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 1 - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

<p>The international bestseller and modern classic - over 20 million copies sold worldwide 'Shadow is the real deal, a novel full of cheesy splendour and creaking trapdoors, a novel where even the subplots have subplots. One gorgeous read' STEPHEN KING 'An instant classic' DAILY TELEGRAPH The Shadow of the Wind is a stunning literary thriller in which the disc...

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The Shadow of the Wind : The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 1 - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

<p>The international bestseller and modern classic - over 20 million copies sold worldwide 'Shadow is the real deal, a novel full of cheesy splendour and creaking trapdoors, a novel where even the subplots have subplots. One gorgeous read' STEPHEN KING 'An instant classic' DAILY TELEGRAPH The Shadow of the Wind is a stunning literary thriller in which the disc...

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Crack in the Edge of the World

A burgeoning city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. In 1906 the dreams of this city, came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a

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The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black - E. B. Hudspeth

<p>Philadelphia. The late 1870s. A city of cobblestone sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages. Home to the famous anatomist and surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a "resurrectionist" (aka grave robber), Dr. Black studied at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mytho...

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Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Do

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Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Haroun's father is the greatest storyteller. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his f

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Adventures of Team Pom: The Last Dodo

The oddball adventures of Team Pom continue with another action-packed romp through New York City-this time with even more hilarious shenanigans, stic

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The Rise And Fall of Athens - Plutarch

<p>Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal workWhat makes a leader? For Plutarch the answer lay not in great victories, but in moral strengths. In these nine biographies, taken from his Parallel Lives, Plutarch illustrates the rise and fall of Athens through nine live...

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A History of My Times - Xenophon

<p>Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this is a fascinating chronicle of the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greece, and the wars with both Thebes and the might of Persia. An ...

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A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

<p>A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vic...

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The Women of Troy - Pat Barkerová

<p>Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept company by the women they stole from it. The women of Troy. Helen - p...

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The Island of Missing Trees (0241988721)

Kniha - autor Elif Shafak, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A rich, magical new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World - now a top ten Sunday Times bestseller It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tav...

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Story of Sheffield at War 1939 to 1945

The impact that the war had on the city of Sheffield.

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The Fragile Threads of Power - Victoria Schwab

<p>Launching a new trilogy in the Shades of Magic universe, an enchanting and thrilling epic fantasy from the international sensation, V. E. Schwab, perfect for fans of Samantha Shannon, Kerri Maniscalco, Leigh Bardugo and R. F. Kuang. Seven years have passed since the doors between the worlds were sealed. Seven years since Kell, Lila and Holland stood against Osar...

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A Column of Fire - Ken Follett

<p>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Absorbing . . . impossible to resist.” —The Washington Post As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? International bestselling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. In 1558, the ancient stones o...

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The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak

<p>A rich, magical novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World - now a top ten Sunday Times bestsellerIt is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, w...

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Under Ground: Subways and Metros of the World

A visual tour of the world's most fascinating underground city railways showcasing their architecture, art and history and the trains that run on them

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A Confederacy of Dunces : ´Probably my favourite book of all time´ Billy Connolly - John Kennedy Toole

<p>Meet the fat, flatulent and eloquent Ignatius J. Reilly in John Kennedy Toole's light and pithy comic tale A Confederacy of Dunces, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.</p> <p>'This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornograp...

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Pretty Books - Painted Editions) - Baum Lyman Frank

Anotace: This beloved children`s classic tale is now available in an exclusive collector`s edition, featuring beautiful cover art from artist Laci Fowler and decorative interior pages, making it ideal for fiction lovers, book collectors, and teachers.Delighting readers for more than 120 years, this time-honored classic is now available as a beautiful collector`s edition....

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Pretty Books - Painted Editions) - Lyman Frank Baum

<p>This beloved children's classic tale is now available in an exclusive collector's edition, featuring beautiful cover art from artist Laci Fowler and decorative interior pages, making it ideal for fiction lovers, book collectors, and teachers.Delighting readers for more than 120 years, this time-honored classic is now available as a beautiful collector's edition.W...

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The Last Hours: Chain of Thorns, 1. vydání - Cassandra Clare

<p>James and Cordelia must save London &amp;horbar; and their marriage &amp;horbar; in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to The Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short we...

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The Last Hours: Chain of Thorns, 1. vydání - Cassandra Clare

<p>James and Cordelia must save London &amp;horbar; and their marriage &amp;horbar; in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short we...

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Empire: Book 2 of The Golden Age - Conn Iggulden

<p>IN CONN IGGULDEN'S LATEST GOLDEN AGE EPIC, JOIN PERICLES, THE LION OF ATHENS, ON A JOURNEY TO SECURE THE FATE OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE----Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens, the empire's beacon of light in the dark.But even during times of peace, the threat of Sparta - Athens's legendary rival - looms large on the horizon. When a sudd...

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Bournville: From the bestselling author of Middle England - Jonathan Coe

<p>'A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become' RACHEL JOYCEIn Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven-year-old Mary and her family in 1945, it's the centre of the world. The reason their streets smell faintly of chocolate, the place where most of th...

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The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories - Bruce Fulton

<p>‘An ever-surprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come’ Literary ReviewThis eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and c...

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