The house by the lake

George Saves The World By Lunchtime

George is determined to save the world by lunchtime, but he's not quite sure how. A bike trip to the recycling bank, charity shop and local farmers' m

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The Tunnels

Based on access to the Stasi archives, long-secret U.S. documents, and new interviews with tunnellers and refugees, this thrilling Cold War narrative book explores the harrowing attempts to rescue East Germans by tunnelling beneath the Berlin Wall. It provides both rich history and high suspense.

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The Stranger - Albert Camus

<p>Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed -the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.- First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.</p>

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The Maze Runner

When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there \- or what's happened to the world outside. All they know is that ev...

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What to Look For by the Shore

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Cambridge četba 3-The House by the Sea - Aspinall Patricia

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Carl begins to worry when his wife Linda does not arrive for the weekend at their seaside house in the east of England. When he asks local people whether they have seen her, they appear helpful, but he soon begins to wonder whether they are hiding information from him about his missing wife.

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The House by the Sea Level 3 - Aspinall Patricia

Anotace: Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student`s capabilities.

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Magic the Gathering Book Ravnica by Greg Weisman *English Versio

Experience the first official adventure in Magic: The Gathering's multiverse in nearly a decade as an epic conflict engulfs the world-spanning city of Ravnica.\n \nPlaneswalkers, powerful mages from many disparate realities, must unite against the elder dragon Nicol Bolas, who has claimed dominion over Ravnica and is perilously close to completing the spell that will gran...

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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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The Content Trap - Bharad Anand

<p>For readers of The Innovator's Dilemma comes an incisive new approach to one of the key questions of our time--how to thrive rather than be destroyed by digital transformation--from Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand. Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, Bharat...

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The Making of Star Wars

After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pursue a longtime dream project: a space fantasy movie unlike any ever produced. Lucas envisioned a swashbuckling SF saga inspired by the Flash Gordon serials classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original ti...

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Tom Lake: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

<p>THIS SUMMER, DIVE INTO TOM LAKE - THE BREATH-TAKING NEW NOVEL FROM ANN PATCHETT 'One of our greatest living chroniclers of love and marriage ... Expect wonder; Patchett always delivers' ELLE This is a story about Peter Duke who went on to be a famous actor. This is a story about falling in love with Peter Duke who wasn't famous at all. It's about falling so wil...

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (0345391810)

Kniha - autor Douglas Adams, 256 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Douglas Adams, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná "DOUGLAS ADAMS IS A TERRIFIC SATIRIST."--The Washington Post Book WorldFacing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Ar...

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Anna, the Voice of the Magdalenes

Anna, the Voice of the Magdalenes, by Claire Heartsong and Catherine Ann Clemett, is the sequel to Claire Heartsong's first book, Anna, Grandmother of

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Living the Wisdom of the Tao

Offers you an opportunity to internalize and directly experience the great wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, a collection of verses authored by the Chinese

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From the Earth to the Moon

Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes ...

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The Sound and the Fury (0099475014)

Kniha - autor William Faulkner, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A towering, intense novel of family from the winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureWith an introduction by Richard HughesEver since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disinte...

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The Winter of the Witch (1785039733)

Kniha - 384 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 384 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A magical and captivating coming of age novel set in medieval Russia - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. One girl can make a difference... Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answer...

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Prisoners of the White House

Looks at the isolation experienced by presidents of the United States in the White House.

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The House in the Cerulean Sea (1529087945)

Kniha - autor T. J. Klune, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place - and realizing that family could be yours. He expected nothing. But they gave him everything . . . Linus Baker leads a qui...

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House of the Hanged Woman

The third and final historical crime thriller in the Albert Lincoln series by Kate Ellis, the award-winning author of the 2019 CWA Dagger in the Libra

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House of the Hanged Woman

The third and final historical crime thriller in the Albert Lincoln series by Kate Ellis, the award-winning author of the 2019 CWA Dagger in the Libra

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Notes from the Dream House

A `best of' selection of reviews by the trail-blazing English film critic and BBC editor.

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Little House on the Prairie

Classic tales by Laura Ingalls Wilder about life on the frontier and AmericaÂ’s best-loved pioneer family.

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The Pretty Village: Gambrel House

"Gambrel House" is one of seventeen buildings in The Pretty Village, a wildly popular Victorian toy, originally published by McLoughlin Brothers of New York in 1897. At the "Gambrel House," named for the type of roof the house has, you will meet young peop

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Lucy by the Sea: From the Booker-shortlisted author of Oh William! - Stroutová Elizabeth

Anotace: `A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own` Hilary Mantel FROM THE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR `It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits us`In March 2020 Lucy Barton`s ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agre...

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Bringing Forth the Bard

Written by Zoe Enser, Bringing Forth the Bard: A guide to teaching Shakespeare in the English classroom links together the golden threads which run th

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Eye of the I

Delve deep into the mysteries of consciousness and the spiritual realm in this classic by Dr. David Hawkins. This groundbreaking work illuminates your

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Invest In The Best

The book will concentrate on the investment style of Business Perspective Investing, as practiced by Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. It will take

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Lost Lake

An enchantingly romantic and magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of GARDEN SPELLS and THE GIRL WHO CHASED THE MOON.

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Spinners Lake

The final novel in the heartwarming Lancashire-based Gibson Family series by beloved saga author Anna Jacobs.

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The Party House - Anderson Lin

Anotace: `A real page-turner` Ian RankinThe Party House by Lin Anderson is a deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware and Sarah Pearse´s The Sanatorium.Devastated by a recent pandemic brought in by outsiders, the villagers of Blackrig in the Scottish Highlands are outraged when they find that the nearby es...

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Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)

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Crossing the Street

This is a candid, actionable guide to investing in Vietnam, written by an investor with almost two decades of experience in navigating the challenges

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Milton the Mighty

When little spider Milton discovers he's been branded deadlyon social media - and is targeted by pest-killers BugKILL - hefears for his life and the f

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Tails from the Classroom

Written by Helen Lewis and Russell Grigg, Tails from the Classroom: Learning and teaching through animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) is a fascinatin

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Kissing the Rain

Moo Nelson walks through life alone with his eyes down, avoiding the rain - being pushed and laughed at by others - and wishing things were

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Getting in the Gap

Dr Wayne W. Dyer guides you step-by-step through the ancient, healing meditation technique of Japa for making conscious contact with God. You will lea

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The Railway Man

Winner of the NCR Book AwardA naive young man, a railway enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942. He was put to work on the 'Railway of Death' - the Japanese line from Thailand to Burma. Exhaustively and brutally tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio, Lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences. Almos...

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House in the High Hills

'I was warned by all those who knew me that to take on a project like this was madness.'At the peak of her fast-paced career, presenter and interviewe

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Madman in the White House

In 1932 Sigmund Freud and diplomat William Bullitt completed a well-informed psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson, inspired by his irrational handling of

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The Girls (1784701742)

Kniha - autor Emma Cline, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá The bestselling debut that took 2016 by storm - a brilliant coming-of-age story with a dark heart. California, 1969. Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. Until she sees them. Hair, long and uncombed. The girls. And at the centre, Russell and the ranch. Rumours of sex, frenzied gatherings, teen ...

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Anatomy of the Bear

By looking at how markets really did work in these bear-market bottoms, rather than theorising how they should work, Napier offers investors a financi

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The Testaments (9781784742324)

Kniha - autor Margaret Atwood, 400 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu matná More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially ...

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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (1524711098)

Kniha - autor Michael Finkel, 204 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. A remarkable tale of survival and solitude- the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by steali...

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The Starless Sea (1784702862)

Kniha - autor Erin Morgenstern, 512 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Are you lost or are you exploring? When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain something...

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War of the Spark: Forsaken - Greg Weisman

<p>Return to the multiverse of Magic: The Gathering as the hunt for Liliana Vess is on in the aftermath of the War of the Spark. The Planeswalkers have defeated Nicol Bolas and saved the Multiverse—though at grave cost. The living have been left to pick up the pieces and mourn the dead. But one loss is almost too great to bear: Gideon Jura, champion of justice and...

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The Lost Symbol (9780552161237)

Kniha - autor Dan Brown, 688 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Impossible to put down . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story' New York Times A mysterious invitation brings Robert Langdon to Washington DC. There, he is presented with a sequence of bloody clues which he must unravel if he is to prevent a terrible plan. But all is not as it seems in th...

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The Mosquito - Mark Winegardner

<p>A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate. Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to than...

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The Toymakers (1785036351)

Kniha - autor Robert Dinsdale, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Do you remember when you believed in magic? An enchanting, magical novel set in a mysterious toyshop - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Stephanie Garber's Caraval by way of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist It is 1917, and while war wages across Europe, in the hear...

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Batman: The World (1779512279)

Kniha - autor Various; Brian Azzarello, 184 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá The Dark Knight's fight for justice goes global! Batman has long fought his war on crime within the dark and twisted confines of Gotham City. But when he looks beyond the bridges, alleys, and skyscrapers, the Dark Knight realizes that the call for justice knows no borders, and there ar...

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Orbiting the Giant Hairball

There is no denying the creativity of someone who can persuade one of the 50 largest private companies in the U.S. to create a position for him called "creative paradox," or someone who can convince the accounting department of that same company to write off to the company art collection the purchase of more than a dozen roll-top desks to be used in his "creative lab," or...

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The Book Thief (1909531618)

Kniha - autor Markus Zusak, 584 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still.By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed forever when she picks up a single object, abandoned in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, and this is her fir...

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The Spear Cuts Through Water - Simon Jimenez

<p>The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace. But that god cannot be contained forever. Wit...

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The Spy, 1. vydání - Paulo Coelho

<p>When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Soon she was feted as the most elegant woman in the city. A dancer who shocked and delighted audiences, as a confidante and courtesan who bewitched the era's richest and most powerful men. But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari's lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917 she was arrested ...

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Women Who Run with the Wolves

UPDATED, WITH NEW MATERIAL BY THE AUTHOR"WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom, and love. An oracle from one who knows." - Alice WalkerWithin every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature...

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The Alienist (Film Tie In) - Caleb Carr

<p>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES "A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages."--Entertainment Weekly "Caleb Carr's rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern idea of the serial killer became available to us."--The Detroit News When...

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Tila Lake

Madika dreams of recreating a once beautiful lake. Faced with a world strangled by an oppressive and corrupt government, she struggles to trace the cl

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Lake District

A brand new title with 28 circular, graded walks selected from four new regional Lakeland titles, all tried and tested by seasoned walkers. The routes

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Swan Lake

This beautifully produced new Royal Ballet branded book with photographs by Bill Cooper is a collection of exclusive photographs which shines the spot

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