Land of the long night

Land of the Long Night

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Long Night at the Vepsian Museum

This book takes readers to the village of Sheltozero in northern Russia. It highlights a tiny community of indigenous people called Veps, known colloq

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To the Land of Long Lost Friends

The next charming and heartwarming installment in the classic THE NO.1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY series, from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith.

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Haunting of Barney Thomson

As Barney Thomson is closing up the barbershop for the night, an old man enters looking for a Cary Grant cut and a bit of a chat. The following day, B

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The Land Breakers - John Ehle

<p>Set deep in the Appalachian wilderness between the years of 1779 and 1784, The Land Breakers is a saga like the Norse sagas or the book of Genesis, a story of first and last things, of the violence of birth and death, of inescapable sacrifice and the faltering emergence of community. Mooney and Imy Wright, twenty-one, former indentured servants, long habituated t...

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Long Land War

A definitive history of ideas about land redistribution, allied political movements, and their varied consequences around the world

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In the Land of the Long White Cloud

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Long Night's Stories

Short stories and poems by Rudolf Dobias ("the Slovak Solzhenitsyn") based on his experience of persecution in communist Czechoslovakia.

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Of Land, Bones, and Money

The oral poets of the amaXhosa people have long shaped understandings of history and offered a forum for grappling with change. This book examines the

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Of Land, Bones, and Money

The oral poets of the amaXhosa people have long shaped understandings of history and offered a forum for grappling with change. This book examines the

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Land of Nod

But every night I go abroad, Afar into the land of nod...

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Land of Painted Caves

#1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER In this, the extraordinary conclusion of the ice-age epic series, Earth's Children(R), Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte to a spiritual leader and begins arduous training tasks. Whatever obstacles she faces, Ayla finds inventive ways to les...

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Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns

Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother. Against the will of their grandmother (the one and only Fairy Godmother), the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy...

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I Knew Hitler: The Lost Testimony by a Survivor from the Night of the Long Knives

An insider's account of life with Adolf Hitler - now back in print for the first time in 75 years. A riveting personal account of the life of Hitler

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Day of Fallen Night

Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose. To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hroth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trail...

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Shadow of Night

In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past. When Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, discovered a significant alchemical manusc...

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Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning

From the winner of The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, a spiritual guide to restoring yourself from racial trauma and committing

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The Night Ship

An epic and imaginative historical novel, based on the true story of the wrecked Batavia from the Costa Award-winner and twice BBC Radio 2 Book Club author1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. During the long voyage, this curious and resourceful child must find her p...

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Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

From the author of â€Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’ come stories of hardship and hope in post-war Britain.

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The Land Breakers - Ehle John

Anotace: Set deep in the Appalachian wilderness between the years of 1779 and 1784, The Land Breakers is a saga like the Norse sagas or the book of Genesis, a story of first and last things, of the violence of birth and death, of inescapable sacrifice and the faltering emergence of community. Mooney and Imy Wright, twenty-one, former indentured servants, long habituated ...

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Barrow of Winter - Long H. M.

Anotace: Thrilling epic fantasy adventures set in the world of HALL OF SMOKE and TEMPLE OF NO GOD, featuring murderous conspiracies, howling icy wastelands and the Children of Winter, for readers of Claire LeGrand, Margaret Owen, V. E. Schwab and Melissa CarusoThray is the Last Daughter of Winter, half immortal and haunted by the legacy of her blood. When offered a chanc...

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Insomnia

This book is an eloquent guide to, and companion through, the long sleepless hours of the night. We come away from its soothing pages informed, consol

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The Long Dark

Bright lights flare across the night sky. The wind rages outside the thin walls of your wooden cabin. A wolf howls in the distance. You look at the meagre supplies in your pack, and wish for the days before the power mysteriously went out. How much longer will you survive? Welcome to THE LONG DARK, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine calls "...

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Long Night of the Watchman – Essays by Vaclav Benda, 1977–1989

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Barrow of Winter - H. M. Long

<p>Thrilling epic fantasy adventures set in the world of HALL OF SMOKE and TEMPLE OF NO GOD, featuring murderous conspiracies, howling icy wastelands and the Children of Winter, for readers of Claire LeGrand, Margaret Owen, V. E. Schwab and Melissa Caruso</p> <p>Thray is the Last Daughter of Winter, half immortal and haunted by the legacy of her blood. W...

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The Long Dark (PC)

Bright lights flare across the night sky. The wind rages outside the thin walls of your wooden cabin. A wolf howls in the distance. You look at the meagre supplies in your pack, and wish for the days before the power mysteriously went out. How much longer will you survive?Welcome to&nbsp;THE LONG DARK, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine call...

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Enchantress Returns - The Land of Stories - Colfer Chris

Anotace: Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother. Against the will of their grandmother (the one and only Fairy Godmother), the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save...

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Night on the Orient Express

Get ready for the journey of a lifetime. The wonderful award-winning novel from the bestselling author of THE LONG WEEKEND.

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Shadow of Night - Harknessová Deborah

Anotace: Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling. In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidd...

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Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness

<p>Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling.In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love ...

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The Night Ship - Kiddová Jess

Anotace: A SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. During the long voyage, this curious and resourceful child must find her place in the ship`s busy world, and she soon unco...

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The Night Ship - Jess Kiddová

<p>A SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. During the long voyage, this curious and resourceful child must find her place in the ship's busy world, and she soon uncov...

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Endless Night

Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl...

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Twelfth Night

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘If music be the food of love, play on;Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,The appetite may sicken, and so die.’A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian. Alone in a strange land, Viola disguises herse...

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Wedding Night

Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don't want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement - just a straight wedding march to the altar! Next comes the honeymoon on the Greek island where they firs...

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Night of the Lightbringer (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 28)

NIGHT OF THE LIGHTBRINGER is another mystery in Peter Tremayne's long-standing and much-loved series featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister F

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Long Valley

A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for the

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The Long Drop - Denise Mina

<p>A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist. (Daily Telegraph). "Relentlessly tense and exciting". (Sunday Mirror). William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Peter Manuel has them. But Peter Manuel is a liar. William Watt is an ordinary businessman, a fool, a social climber. Peter Manuel is a famous liar, a r...

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Song of Silver, Flame Like Night - Zhao Amélie Wen

<p>In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation's past - and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic new fantasy duology inspired by Chinese mythology. Once, Lan had a different name. Now, she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her. She spends her days scavenging for remnants of the past. F...

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A Promised Land (9780241491515)

Kniha - autor Barack Obama, 750 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu matná A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for h...

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A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannonová

The long-awaited second instalment in Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling series - 'The new Game of Thrones' (Stylist)

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A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon

Anotace: Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose. To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hroth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glo...

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Long Hot Summers: The Story Of The Style Council - The Style Council

Anotace: The Style Council byla britská kapela, kterou v roce 1983 ve Wokingu založil Paul Weller, bývalý zpěvák a kytarista The Jam, a klávesák Mick Talbot, dřívější člen Dexys Midnight Runners a The Merton Parkas. Poté se stálými členy stali i bubeník Steve White a Wellerova tehdejší manželka, zpěvačka Dee C. Lee. Obsah alba:<br><br> LP 1<br> A1. Head...

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Long Hot Summers: The Story Of The Style Council - The Style Council

<p>The Style Council byla britská kapela, kterou v roce 1983 ve Wokingu založil Paul Weller, bývalý zpěvák a kytarista The Jam, a klávesák Mick Talbot, dřívější člen Dexys Midnight Runners a The Merton Parkas. Poté se stálými členy stali i bubeník Steve White a Wellerova tehdejší manželka, zpěvačka Dee C. Lee. Obsah alba:<br /><br /> LP 1<br /> A1....

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It's a Long Way to the Moon

`It's a Long Way to the Moon' tells the story of a moth who one night decides to try and fly to the moon. Along the way, he meets several animal frien

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Lord of the Flies - Golding William

Anotace: What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What`s grown-ups going to think? Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now!A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon. At night, in the darkness ...

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Dark Sacred Night

At the end of a long night, Detectives Ren©e Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the first time. The new blockbuster crime thriller from the #1 b

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All The Lovers In The Night - Kawakami Mieko

Anotace: Bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami invites readers back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, extraordinary novel and demonstrates yet again why she is one of today's most uncategorizable, insightful, and talented novelists. Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone i...

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All The Lovers In The Night - Mieko Kawakami

<p>Bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami invites readers back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, extraordinary novel and demonstrates yet again why she is one of today's most uncategorizable, insightful, and talented novelists. Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a ci...

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Hammer of the Scots

The news of Henry III's death reached his son Edward on the long road home from the Holy Land. Through all the years of his reign, through stark perso

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A Promised Land - Barack Obama

Anotace: A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly p...

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Endless Night - Agatha Christie

<p>Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy.There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find...

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Devil's Night Dawning

For centuries, the monastic Order of St Argo has stood between the mortal vale and the dark forces of the Other Side. Now a mystery warlock seeks an ancient power to rule realms, and only two of its witch hunters can stop him - if they can stay alive long enough to identify him…When young novice Adelko is assigned to legendary adept Horskram, he rejoices at the cha...

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Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella

Anotace: Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don't want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement - just a straight wedding march to the altar! Next comes the honeymoon on the Greek island where...

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Lord of the Flies

What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What's grown-ups going to think? Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now! A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys.By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon. At night, in the darkness of the jun...

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Very Long Engagement

During the First World War five French soldiers, accused of a cowardly attempt to evade duty, are bundled into no man's land and certain death.

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Very Long Engagement

During the First World War five French soldiers, accused of a cowardly attempt to evade duty, are bundled into no-man's land and certain death. Five bodies are later recovered, the families are notified that the men died in the line of duty and the whole, distasteful incident appears closed.

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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

From the depths of darkness, a dragon soars. A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh. 184 AD, Later Han Dynasty China. The land is overcome by chaos and destruction. The imperial dynasty that prospered for many years is now about to collapse. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a dramatic, action-packed story of a nameless militia soldi...

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A Day of Fallen Night, 1. vydání - Shannon Samantha

A return to the world of Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree - 'The new Game of Thrones' Stylist <p>Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose. To...

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A Day of Fallen Night, 1. vydání - Shannon Samantha

<p>'A magnificent, sweeping epic' JENNIFER SAINT, Sunday Times-bestselling author of ARIADNE 'Shannon is simply a master of the genre' C. S. PACAT, New York Times-bestselling author of DARK RISE 'A tremendous triumph' LONDON SHAH, award-winning author of the LIGHT OF THE ABYSS series ____________________ A return to the world of Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and...

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