Where the universe came from

Where the Universe Came From

A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding

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Where the Saints Came From

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Eyes over the World

A stunning collection of images offering an unexpected look at our Earth from the wildly popular From Where I Drone Instagram account.

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Truth about Language – What It Is and Where It Came From

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History of English Place Names and Where They Came From

A heart-warming story which celebrates the importance of family

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Universe From Nothing

A provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical questions: where did the universe come from and how will it end?

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A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage - Marcus Chown

<p>What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes. A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. This can occur when a star approaches the end of its life. Unable to generate enough heat to maint...

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A Universe From Nothing - Lawrence M. Krauss

<p>Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why does anything exist? And how is it all going to end? 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is the question atheists and scientists are always asked,and un...

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The Guide to the Treehouse: Who's Who and What's Where?

Lots of laughs at every level in the world's most awesome treehouse! An essential guide to the Treehouse universe from the creators of the bestselling

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The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule - Sainiová Angela

Anotace: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 `I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book` Sathnam Sanghera `By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see ...

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Loki: Where Mischief Lies (136802615X)

Kniha - autor Mackenzi Lee; Stephanie Hans, 432 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná An instant New York Times best seller! This is the first of three young adult novels from New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee that explores the untapped potential and duality of heroism of popular characters in the Marvel Universe. Before the days of going toe-to-toe...

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Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe - Cham Jorge, Whiteson Daniel

Anotace: You`ve got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here.As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can`t I travel back in time? Where did the universe ...

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The Conjuring Universe Roto Plyšák The Nun (The Nun Movie)

Mezco introduces a spine-tingling doll from the Warner Brothers film 'The Nun'.Standing at approximately 18 inches tall, The Nun doll might just be as scary as the film. Her bright, piercing eyes stare directly into your soul and she features a film-accurate habit complete with a tunic, cowl, and veil. First introduced in The Conjuring 2, horror fans got a quick glimpse o...

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Cat Who Came to Breakfast (The Cat Who… Mysteries, Book 16)

Where does the key to the deaths on Breakfast Island lie? Koko and Yum Yum, with a little help from Jim Qwilleran, are on the case

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How to Bake a Universe

This whimsical and informed debut picture book takes a leaf from a cookbook to show readers how the universe came into being

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We Have No Idea : A Guide to the Unknown Universe - Cham Jorge, Whiteson Daniel

Anotace: In our small corner of the universe, we know how some matter behaves most of the time and what even less of it looks like, and we have some good guesses about where it all came from. But we really have no clue what`s going on. In fact, we don`t know what about 95% of the universe is made of. So what happens when a cartoonist and a physicist walk into this strang...

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Einstein´s Fridge : The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe - Sen Paul

Anotace: Einstein`s Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice.The laws of thermodynamics govern everything from the behaviour of atoms to that of living cells, from the engines that power our world to the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Not on...

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Mytkozavr from Yurkivka

This story began quite naturally. Fifth graders Serhiy and Mytko came to the village for a summer holiday. The botany teacher gave them a task - to collect a set of insects. Thus, who could have imagined that instead of insects, witty and restless boys would hunt... for a terrible chimera that lives in the lake? But where did that monster come from and how to catch it? An...

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Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline - Anthony Breznican

<p>Become a master of the Marvel Cinematic Universe!The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is vast, incredibly varied, and richly complex. Different worlds, different timelines, countless characters. This is the guide to that universe. Created in close collaboration with Marvel Studios, it will frame the MCU's biggest events: what happened, when, where, and why. Follow...

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Marvel Studios The Marvel Cinematic Universe An Official Timeline - Breznican Anthony

Anotace: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is vast, incredibly varied, and richly complex. Different worlds, different timelines, countless characters. This is the guide to that universe. Created in close collaboration with Marvel Studios, it will frame the MCU's biggest events: what happened, when, and where. Follow the entire story of the MCU from before the Big Ba...

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Kay´s Incredible Inventions: A fascinating and fantastically funny guide to inventions that changed the world (and some that definitely didn´t) - Kay Adam

Anotace: Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from eBay. I mean, who had the amazing idea of making a mobile phone or the annoying idea of building a school? For example, did you know that Velcro was invented by a dog and WiFi by a movie star? (Spoiler alert - it wasn`t Zendaya.)In the fourth laugh-out-loud book from Adam Kay and Henry Pak...

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King of Dead Things - Holness Nevin

Anotace: Magical contemporary London. Two lives are about to collide. A journey of self-discovery.For fans of dark fantasy like Cemetery Boys, Noughts and Crosses and Threads that Bind from major new YA talent Jamaican British author Nevin HolnessThe first time Eli had tried taking magic that wasn`t his, it had wrapped around his palms like razor wire, tight enough that ...

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Straight From the Heart: BONNIE TYLER´S LONG AWAITED AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Bonnie Tyler

Anotace: We all know the name, and we all know that voice, but what the world doesn't know is how Bonnie Tyler came to be the vocal powerhouse that took the music industry by storm. Now, after nearly 50 years in the limelight, Bonnie will lift the lid on her private life: her 50-year marriage, health, family, friendships, and fallouts with the world's biggest stars. Bonn...

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Poster Girl: a haunting dystopian mystery from the author of Chosen Ones - Veronica Roth

<p>A fallen regime. A missing child. A chance at freedom. Ten years ago, Sonya was the face of an oppressive regime. Then it was toppled by rebels and she was thrown into prison - where she has been locked up ever since. When an old enemy comes to her with a deal, it seems too good to be true: find a missing girl who was stolen from her parents, and earn her freed...

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Beyond the Black Swan

The intent of the book is to tell the stories of how a corresponding White Swan came out of the 3-year period from when the pandemic started -where CO

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The Hand, the Eye and the Heart - Zoe Marriott

<p>“A rising star of fantasy fiction.” The Times</p> <p>"Richly imagined yet sharply topical. You’ll fall in love with Zhi.” L. A. Weatherly, author of the Angel trilogy</p> <p>"Zoë Marriott has created something truly special.” Lauren James, author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe</p> <p>Zhilan was assigned female ...

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Reflexo-therapy From Kuznetsov's Applicator to Shakti Mat: Forty year-long success story

It was the Moscow Institute of Experimental surgery where I first heard about the "Applicator of Kuznetsov". My husband worked for the institute and one day came home very excited about a new method for pre-op treatment of patients resistant to regular med

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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (PC)

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum&trade; is an official adaptation based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien.He's got nothing more to lose&hellip; How far will he go to retrieve his Precious?Taking place in parallel to the events described in The Fellowship of the Ring &trade;, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game and an epic interact...

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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ is an official adaptation based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He's got nothing more to lose… How far will he go to retrieve his Precious? Taking place in parallel to the events described in The Fellowship of the Ring ™, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game and an epic interactive experience....

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The Morningside - Obreht Tea

Anotace: There`s the world you can see. And then there`s the one you can`t. Welcome to The Morningside.When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia`s aunt, Ena, serves as the superin...

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Punk Science – Inside the Mind of God

Demonstrates that ideas from science explain phenomena that have been thought of as "paranormal". This book offers a model of the universe, where cons

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The Secret Hours - Montefiore Santa

Anotace: The enchanting new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Santa Montefiore. The perfect summer read for 2020!`Let the wind take me and the soft rain settle me into the Irish soil from where I came. And may my sins be forgiven.`Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her death, she leaves unexpected instructions. Instead ...

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Magicians of the Gods

Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returned with the sequel to his seminal work filled with completely new, scientific and archaeological evidence, which has only rece...

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Tntesean and the Music of the Armenian Hymnal - Haig Utidjan

Anotace: This monograph documents Haig Utidjian's research of recent years on the formation of the extant melodies of the Armenian Hymnal on the basis of the corpus of writings and transcriptions of the nineteenth-century Constantinopolitan musician and musicologist Ełia Tntesean (1834-1881). It serves to position the study of the nineteenth-century transcriptions o...

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Tntesean and the Music of the Armenian Hymnal

This monograph documents Haig Utidjian’s research of recent years on the formation of the extant melodies of the Armenian Hymnal on the basis of the corpus of writings and transcriptions of the nineteenth-century Constantinopolitan musician and musicologist Ełia Tntesean (1834–1881). It serves to position the study of the nineteenth-century transcriptions of the melodies ...

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Tntesean and the Music of the Armenian Hymnal - Haig Utidjan

<p>This monograph documents Haig Utidjian’s research of recent years on the formation of the extant melodies of the Armenian Hymnal on the basis of the corpus of writings and transcriptions of the nineteenth-century Constantinopolitan musician and musicologist Ełia Tntesean (1834–1881). It serves to position the study of the nineteenth-century transcriptions of the ...

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Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition

UNLEASH YOUR DARKNESS Experience the thrill of taking on hordes of fearsome yokai in a battle to the death in this brutal masocore Action RPG. Create your own original protagonist and embark on an adventure that will take you through devastated locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Much like the previous title which garnered much praise from fans and critics ali...

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The Heart's Invisible Furies (0857523481)

Kniha - autor John Boyne, 368 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the i...

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Hold Up the Sky - Cch´-Sin Liou

Anotace: A Financial Times Book of the Year From the author of The Three-Body Problem, a collection of award-winning short stories - a breath-taking selection of diamond-hard science fiction. In Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physics to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mines ...

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Hold Up the Sky - Liou Cch´-Sin

<p>A Financial Times Book of the Year From the author of The Three-Body Problem, a collection of award-winning short stories - a breath-taking selection of diamond-hard science fiction. In Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use physics to prevent an alien invasion; to coal mine...

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The Periodic Table Book : A Visual Encyclopedia of the Elements

<p>This eye-popping encyclopedia takes you on a tour of all the world's elements. From argon to zinc, each and every one of the 118 chemical elements are explored in dazzling detail. With the periodic table celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019, you'll be in your element as you discover the incredible variety of building blocks that make up our Universe and lea...

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Planet of the Apes Socha Apes Through the Ages 29 cm

With Planet of the Apes came the discovery of a distant planet where apes dominated humankind. Created to celebrate 50 years of the critically acclaimed franchise, this highly detailed miniature statue features eight legendary apes from the films, designed in the iconic Mount Rushmore style.Perfect for display on your desktop or bookshelf.Size: 29 x 14 x 17 cm...

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Bringing the High Scope Approach to your Early Years Practice

Have you ever wondered what High/Scope is, where it came from, and how it can be used with young children in your setting? Well this book will answer

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The Periodic Table Book - neuveden

Anotace: This eye-popping encyclopedia takes you on a tour of all the world`s elements.From argon to zinc, each and every one of the 118 chemical elements are explored in dazzling detail. With the periodic table celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019, you`ll be in your element as you discover the incredible variety of building blocks that make up our Universe and lear...

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Paris: The Memoir - Hilton Paris

Anotace: PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAME Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created. The labels attached to Paris Hilton. Founder. Entrepreneur. Pop Culture Maker. Innovator. Survivor. Activist. Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mother. The roles Pa...

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The Sunlit Man - Sanderson Brandon

Anotace: #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson shows us a future in the Cosmere Universe where a perpetual planetary wanderer must decide whether to keep running, or stay and make a difference on a struggling planet. Years ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now the man who calls himself Nomad knows only a life on the run. Forced ...

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The Lord of The Rings: Gollum - Precious Edition (PC)

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum&trade; is an official adaptation based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien.He's got nothing more to lose&hellip; How far will he go to retrieve his Precious?Taking place in parallel to the events described in The Fellowship of the Ring &trade;, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game and an epic interact...

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The Lord of The Rings: Gollum - Precious Edition

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ is an official adaptation based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He's got nothing more to lose… How far will he go to retrieve his Precious? Taking place in parallel to the events described in The Fellowship of the Ring ™, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game and an epic interactive experience....

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The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson

<p>#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson shows us a future in the Cosmere Universe where a perpetual planetary wanderer must decide whether to keep running, or stay and make a difference on a struggling planet.Years ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now the man who calls himself Nomad knows only a life on the run. Forced to ...

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A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI - Max Bennett

<p>A Brief History of Intelligence bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the evolutionary story of how the brain came to be.</p> <p>The entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way to the modern human brains. Ea...

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Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition (PC)

UNLEASH YOUR DARKNESSExperience the thrill of taking on hordes of fearsome yokai in a battle to the death in this brutal masocore Action RPG. Create your own original protagonist and embark on an adventure that will take you through devastated locales across Japan during the Sengoku period.Much like the previous title which garnered much praise from fans and critics alike...

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Frostpunk Game of the Year Edition

Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition consists of: Frostpunk – the full version of the highly acclaimed society survival game, which sold over 3 000 000 copies worldwide and won a number of critics awards. Frostpunk Season Pass - a set of three expansions of the Frostpunk universe: The Last Autumn is a turning point in the Frostpunk universe. Revealing the restless ev...

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The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

<p>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama, with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman.'To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.'Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another...

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The Do-Over - Painter Lynn

Anotace: FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BETTER THAN THE MOVIES!Emilie has the worst Valentine`s Day ever-only to relive it over and over again. Perfect riotous romantic YA fiction where 50 First Dates meets Groundhog Day. After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine`s Day, Emilie escapes to her grandmother`s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & J...

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The Doors of Eden - Adrian Tchaikovsky

<p>They thought we were safe. They were wrong.Lee and Mal went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor four years ago, and only Lee came back. She thought she'd lost Mal forever, now miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has Mal been all this time? Mal's reappearance hasn't gone unnoticed by MI5 either, and their officers also have qu...

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White Holes: Inside the Horizon - Carlo Rovelli

<p>CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN'A miniature masterpiece by one of the most entertaining scientists on the planet ... I would give this book to anyone, young and old, interested in thinking, science and literature' Robert Fox, Evening Standard'Everyone's talking about White Holes' Daily MailA mesmerizing trip to the strange ne...

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Sanderson Brandon

Anotace: The Sanderson book for readers who have never picked up a Sanderson book before... Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson returns to his beloved Cosmere Universe in this exquisitely romantic standalone adventure perfect for fans of This Is How You Lose the Time War and genre-blending anime and manga sensations like Your Name. 'This was utterly brillian...

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The Haunter of the Dark: Collected Short Stories Volume Three - Lovecraft Howard Phillips

Anotace: Selected and Introduced by M J Elliott.`They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And then, as the breach became large enough, they came out into the laboratory in single file; led by a stalking thing with a beautiful head made of wax.`From the dark, mind-expanding imagination of H P Lovecraft, Wordsworth presents a third volume...

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The Haunter of the Dark: Collected Short Stories Volume Three - Howard Phillips Lovecraft

<p>Selected and Introduced by M J Elliott. 'They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And then, as the breach became large enough, they came out into the laboratory in single file; led by a stalking thing with a beautiful head made of wax.' From the dark, mind-expanding imagination of H P Lovecraft, Wordsworth presents a third volum...

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brandon Sanderson

<p>The Sanderson book for readers who have never picked up a Sanderson book before...Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson returns to his beloved Cosmere Universe in this exquisitely romantic standalone adventure perfect for fans of This Is How You Lose the Time War and genre-blending anime and manga sensations like Your Name.</p> <p>'This was utter...

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