The sewing girl s tale

The Sewing Girl's Tale

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride: the haunting, atmospheric gothic page-turner - Chokshiová Roshani

Anotace: Every fairy tale must come to an end. In the tradition of sumptuous gothic novels like The Cloisters and The Bloody Chambers comes a dark fairy tale-infused story about a cursed friendship and a marriage steeped in secrets - from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi. Once, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman na...

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What Once Was Mine : A Twisted Tale - Braswell Liz

Anotace: The 12th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Rapunzel`s mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. Th...

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Girl One - Murphy Sara Flannery

Anotace: Her birth was mankind`s greatest breakthrough. Her life is man`s greatest threat.Josephine Morrow is Girl One, the first of nine Miracle Babies conceived without male DNA on an experimental commune known as the Homestead.The Girls were raised at the Homestead in the shadow of controversy - plagued by zealots calling them aberrations - until a suspicious fire cla...

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Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Bashardoust Melissa

Anotace: SOMETIMES THE PRINCESS IS THE MONSTERFrom the author of Girls Made of Snow and Glass, this captivating and utterly original Persian-inspired fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch is perfect for fans of Natasha Ngan and Naomi Novik.`Monstrously beautiful and enchanting` Tasha Suri, author of Empire of SandThere was and there was not, as all ...

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The Liar´s Girl - Catherine Ryan Howardová

<p>Shortlisted for the Edgar Award, Best Novel 2019Irish Times' Best Book of the Year, 2018 </p> <p>'Dark, yes, but tender too. The Liar's Girl is tightly plotted and crackles with suspense.' Ali Land, author of Good Me Bad Me'A killer premise that totally delivers. A creepy, claustrophobic tale that never lets up on the tension while also managing to st...

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Girl Who Became a Fisch

Anotace: Another spectacular collaboration from the Maiden's Bookshelf series, this dark and intense fable by the great giant of postward literature is brought to vivid life by contemporary master Nekosuke. Suwa, a charcoal burner's daughter, lives together with her father in a small village at a foot of a mountain so remote it doesn't even appear on maps...

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Girl, Serpent, Thorn Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

SOMETIMES THE PRINCESS IS THE MONSTER From the author of Girls Made of Snow and Glass, this captivating and utterly original Persian-inspired fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch is perfect for fans of Natasha Ngan and Naomi Novik. 'Monstrously beautiful and enchanting' Tasha Suri, author of Empire of Sand There was and there was not, as all stor...

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The Girl Who Became A Fish: Maiden´s Bookshelf - Osamu Dazai

<p>What dark fate awaits beneath the roaring falls? Suwa and her father live alone on the slopes of Horsebare Mountain, eking out the most meager of existences. During the warmer months the beautiful waterfall brings a few sightseers, but when winter comes there is only solitude. Suwa would do anything to escape the life to which her father has resigned himself. An...

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To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods - Chang Molly X.

Anotace: Red Queen meets These Violent Delights and Iron Widow in an epic anti-colonial YA fantasy from debut author Molly X. Chang.`A thrilling tale of magic and murder, intrigue and betrayal.` Cassandra Clare`Hauntingly poetic prose` Xiran Jay Zhao`A tender and brutal fantasy that will leave readers breathless and eager for more` Rebecca RossKnown as The Girl Blessed B...

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The Treekeepers - Larwood Kieran

Anotace: An epic tale of trees of power and a world under threat, from the author of the bestselling Five Realms series.Here come the roots of the Shadow Tree.Whatever they touch will never get free.Liska lives in Arborven, a city surrounding an extraordinary tree that gives all those living there special powers. As a shapeshifter, Liska is training as a warrior. When sh...

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The Baddies - Donaldsonová Julia

Anotace: "Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the Lennon and McCartney of children`s publishing" Sunday Times The brand-new picture book from superstar author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a riot of slapstick fun and silliness. The Baddies are the meanest, nastiest ghost, witch and troll in the land. They just...

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The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey

Anotace: A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey's THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback, and went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, and Mabel is haunted by the baby sh...

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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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Fish in the Bathtub

Eoin Colfer’s heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship and the bond between a girl and her grandfather – now in a standard paperback form

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You Belong with Me (Who´s That Girl) - Mhairi McFarlane

<p>She found The One. But when everyone wants him, can she keep him? When there's a ring on her doorbell on Christmas Day, there's only one person Edie Thompson wants it to be. The person who's still in her heart. The person who just might be The One. She and Elliot Owen called it quits once before - but aren't they too go...

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The Lying Life of Adults - Ferrante Elena

Anotace: From the author of My Brilliant Friend, a powerful new novel set in a divided Naples. Soon to be adapted into a NETFLIX original series.`Incendiary.` - Mail on Sunday`The most intense writing about the experiences and interior life of a girl on the cusp of adulthood that I have ever read.` - Financial Times`An astonishing, deeply moving tale.` - The Guardian`Mod...

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Midnight is the Darkest Hour - Winstead Ashley

Anotace: From TikTok sensation Ashley Winstead comes her newest thriller. For fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love, and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all... In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-b...

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The Rise & Fall of Great Powers - Rachman Tom

Anotace: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYNPR - The Seattle Times - The Globe and Mail - Kirkus Reviews - Daily Mail - The Vancouver Sun From the author of The Italian Teacher and The Imperfectionists comes a brilliant, intricately woven novel about a young woman who travels the world to make sense of her puzzling past. Look in the back of the book for a convers...

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Maddalena and the Dark: A sweeping gothic fairytale about a dark magic that rumbles beneath the waters of Venice - Fine Julia

Anotace: A darkness takes shape beneath the waters of Venice . . . and somewhere in the Ospedale della Pieta, there are two girls breathing beside each other, legs entwined.`Enchanting and suspenseful` `Rich and heartbreaking` `A lush, decadent fairytale` Maddalena and the Dark is an opulent and sensuous Venetian fairytale, full of music, magic...

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The Worst Princess - Kemp Anna

Anotace: Forget about all the things you think a princess is SUPPOSED to do - Princess Sue is not that kind of royalty! Princess Sue sits in a tower, waiting for her prince to come. But then she realises . . . she doesn`t need a prince at all! Find out how this feisty princess escapes the clutches of her twit of a prince in this funny, feminist twist on the traditional p...

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When Fishes Flew : The Story of Elena´s War - Morpurgo Michael

Anotace: This first new novel in two years from the Nation`s Favourite Storyteller is a sweeping story of love and rescue - an unforgettable journey to the Greek island of Ithaca, and back in time to World War Two...Australian-Greek girl Nandi travels to her ancestors` home in Ithaca, and discovers - through a friendship with an extremely unusual flying fish - the extrao...

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When Fishes Flew : The Story of Elena´s War - Michael Morpurgo

<p>This first new novel in two years from the Nation's Favourite Storyteller is a sweeping story of love and rescue - an unforgettable journey to the Greek island of Ithaca, and back in time to World War Two... Australian-Greek girl Nandi travels to her ancestors' home in Ithaca, and discovers - through a friendship with an extremely unusual flying fish - the extr...

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The Last Letter from Your Lover, 1. vydání - Jojo Moyes

<p>Spanning forty years, two women’s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller The Giver of Stars. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM** **** ‘Beautifully written . . . an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power of letter w...

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The Last Letter from Your Lover, 1. vydání - Jojo Moyes

<p>Spanning forty years, two women’s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller The Giver of Stars. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM** **** ‘Beautifully written . . . an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power of letter w...

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The Last Letter from Your Lover, 1. vydání - Jojo Moyes

<p>Spanning forty years, two women’s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller The Giver of Stars. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM** **** ‘Beautifully written . . . an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power of letter w...

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She Who Became the Sun, 1. vydání - Shelley Parker-Chan

<p>The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller.An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor.In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family’s eighth-born son, there’s greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345,...

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A Spool of Blue Thread - Tylerová Anne

Anotace: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 Sunday Times bestseller `It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon...' This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that day in July 1959. The whole family on the porch, relaxed, half-listening...

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Safiyyah´s War - Khan Hiba Noor

Anotace: `Safiyyah`s War has the soul of a classic & the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, and heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book` Kiran Millwood Hargrave`All at once, Safiyyah`s War broke my heart and filled me with immense hope. With its unforgettable characters and exquisite storytelling, this really is an extraordi...

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Little Thieves - Owen Margaret

Anotace: Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl . . .Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother`s love. The adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, Vanja has long made her own way in the world as the dutiful servant of Princess Gisele. Until a year ago, when her otherworldly mothers demanded payment for their care, and Vanja decided to ste...

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Geekerella - A novel - Poston Ashley

Anotace: Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savin...

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Ninth House - Bardugo Leigh

Anotace: The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and Goodreads Choice Award winner, that Stephen King calls 'Impossible to put down'. Leigh Bardugo's Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling adult debut is a mesmerising tale of power, privilege and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unl...

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Neverwhere: Illustrated Edition - Gaiman Neil

Anotace: National Bestseller Selected as one of NPR`S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time The #1 New York Times bestselling author`s dark classic of modern fantasy, beautifully illustrated for the first time by award-winning artist Chris Riddell, and featuring the author`s preferred text and his Neverwhere tale, "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back." Publ...

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Gothikana: A Dark Academia Gothic Romance: TikTok Made Me Buy it! - RuNyx

Anotace: An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an olden, secluded castle on top of a mount...

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Kingdom - neuveden

Anotace: A half-android, half-human girl is accused of murder in Jess Rothenberg's tautly-paced YA thriller, The Kingdom, perfect for fans of Westworld and The Lunar Chronicles. "Wildly addictive and beautifully terrifying... Readers will leave this glittering theme park forgetting what is real."?Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The ...

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Pachinko - Lee Min Jin

Anotace: `This is a captivating book ... Min Jin Lee`s novel takes us through four generations and each character`s search for identity and success. It`s a powerful story about resilience and compassion` BARACK OBAMA.Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple ha...

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Rival (Fall Away #2) - Douglasová Penelope

Anotace: Madoc and Fallon. Two estranged teenagers playing games that push the boundaries between love and war . . .She`s back.For the three years she`s been away at boarding school, there was no word from her. Back when we lived in the same house, she used to cut me down during the day and then leave her door open for me at night.I was stupid then, but now I`m ready to ...

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RIN-NE, Vol. 36

Manga legend Rumiko TakahashiÂ’s lighthearted tale of a girl who can see ghosts and a boy from the beyond.

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RIN-NE, Vol. 34

Manga legend Rumiko Takahashi’s lighthearted tale of a girl who can see ghosts and a boy from the beyond.

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RIN-NE, Vol. 39

Manga legend Rumiko Takahashi’s lighthearted tale of a girl who can see ghosts and a boy from the beyond.

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Safiyyah´s War - Hiba Noor Khan

<p>'Safiyyah's War has the soul of a classic &amp; the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, and heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book' Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'All at once, Safiyyah's War broke my heart and filled me with immense hope. With its unforgettable characters and exquisite storytelling, this really is an ...

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A Little Princess - Hodgson Burnett Frances

Anotace: This classic British tale tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl who grows up at a boarding school run by the unkindly Miss Minchin.Frances Hodgson Burnett`s A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl who has been left at a boarding school by her wealthy father. There, she displays all the attributes of an ideal pupil, treating the other ...

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Dune: House Harkonnen

Book Two of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune Sequel to the international bestseller Dune: House AtreidesBefore Dune . . . The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power . . . The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen . . . The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron s secret daughter, under the harsh training of the Sis...

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Lost in Random (PC)

Play the odds in Lost in Random, a gothic-fairy-tale-inspired action-adventure where every citizen&rsquo;s fate is determined by a roll of the dice.Ruled by a wicked Queen, the kingdom of Random is divided into 6 shadowy realms where life is dictated by a cursed black dice. In this story from the award-winning Swedish game studio Zoink and penned by Eisner Award-winni...

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Lost in Random

Play the odds in Lost in Random, a gothic-fairy-tale-inspired action-adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by a roll of the dice. Ruled by a wicked Queen, the kingdom of Random is divided into 6 shadowy realms where life is dictated by a cursed black dice. In this story from the award-winning Swedish game studio Zoink and penned by Eisner Award-winning ...

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Golden Kamuy, Vol. 3

A tale of high adventure and survival!In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic map and a native Ainu girl to help him, Saichi must also deal with every murderous cutthroat, bandit and rogue who knows about the treasure!Captured by renegade soldiers from th...

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Together, Apart

Anotace: A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today`s most popular YA authors.Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a cute pizza delivery boy, Auriane Desombre captures a girl trying to impress her crush on TikTok, and Bill Konigsberg takes readers along on daily walks where every step brings two boys closer to love. ...

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This Woven Kingdom - Tahereh Mafi

<p>Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people&amp;horbar;New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s first novel in this epic, romantic fantasy series inspired by Persian mythology.</p> <p>To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to...

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Map of Salt and Stars

This powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart—a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmaker’s apprentice. This “beguiling” (Seattle Times) and stunning novel begins in the summer of 2011. Nour has just lost her father to cancer, and her mother mo...

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Map of Salt and Stars - Jennifer Zeynab Maccani

Anotace: This powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart-a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmaker's apprentice. <br> This "beguiling" (Seattle Times) and stunning novel begins in the summer of 2011. Nour has just lost her fathe...

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Sweetbitter - Danler Stephanie

Anotace: NATIONAL BESTSELLER o A thrilling novel of the senses and a coming-of-age tale, following a small-town girl into the electrifying world of New York City and the education of a lifetime at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Manhattan.Newly arrived in New York City, twenty-two-year-old Tess lands a job working front of house at a celebrated downtown restaura...

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Sweetbitter - Stephanie Danler

<p>NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A thrilling novel of the senses and a coming-of-age tale, following a small-town girl into the electrifying world of New York City and the education of a lifetime at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Manhattan. Newly arrived in New York City, twenty-two-year-old Tess lands a job working front of house at a celebrated downtown restaur...

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Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben 1 - Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

Anotace: Also known as BAB, the newest Chinese danmei/Boys` Love novel series from the blockbuster author of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun!A modern tale with a sci-fi edge: an elite young man with a dark side develops a deep, aggressive relationship with his former doctor.From the outside, He Yu seems to have everything going for him: he`s handsome, rich, and smart....

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Blacktail

Become the guardian of the woods or the terror nightmares are made of. Forge the legend of Baba Yaga and live out its origins in BLACKTAIL, a one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat, magic and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world. You play as Yaga, a 16-year-old girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from a medieval Slavic settlement. When living mem...

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Blacktail (PC)

Become the guardian of the woods or the terror nightmares are made of. Forge the legend of Baba Yaga and live out its origins in BLACKTAIL, a one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat, magic and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world.You play as Yaga, a 16-year-old girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from a medieval Slavic settlement. When living memo...

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Early Light - Dazai Osamu, Dazai Osamu

Anotace: Early Light offers three very different aspects of Osamu Dazai's genius: the title story relates his misadventures as a drinker and a family man in the terrible fire bombings of Tokyo at the end of WWII. Having lost their own home, he and his wife flee with a new baby boy and their little girl to relatives in Kofu, only to be bombed out anew. "Everythi...

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Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets - Bilger Burkhard

Anotace: A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain) `The book we need right now` Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal What do we owe the p...

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Disney Songs - Strum Together

Shromážděte všechny své "strunné" přátele a připojte se k této sbírce 53 písní uspořádaných s texty, melodiemi a akordy pro standardní ukulele, barytonové ukulele, kytaru, mandolínu a banjo! Aranžmá fungují s jakýmkoliv kombinací nástrojů, takže vy a vaši přátelé budete během okamžiku brnkat a zpívat klasiku od Disneyho. Knihy Strum Together jsou skvělým zdrojem pro hr...

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