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The Food of the Gods - Herbert George Wells

<p>Two scientists develop a foodstuff that causes unparalleled growth in animals and humans. The results of their experimentation lead to chaos and unforseen consequences throughout the land. THE FOOD OF THE GODS deals with many issues which are still present in science today and is a both witty and disturbing tale.</p>

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Revolution 1989 : The Fall of the Soviet Empire - Victor Sebestyen

<p>For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying democratic freedoms; and militarily, by two mighty, distrustful power b...

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Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the complete tales of the mysterious Stephen Leeds.

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Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea. Includes six novels, short stories and non-fiction, and with over fif

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The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson

<p>The impossible has happened. The Lord Ruler is dead has been vanquished. But so too is Kelsier the man who masterminded the triumph. The awesome task of rebuilding the world has been left to his protege Vin; a one-time street urchin, now the most powerful Mistborn in the land.Worryingly for her Vin has become the focus of a new religion, a development that leaves...

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Tales From the End of Time

The Michael Moorcock Collection presents, for the first time, definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by th

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Call the Midwife - A Labour of Love

A beautiful anniversary book marking ten years of Call the Midwife, featuring personal reflections, anecdotes and insights from the cast, writers and

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Mistborn 2. The Well of Ascension (0575089938)

Kniha 800 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 800 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Book 2 in the Mistborn series. Although the Lord Ruler is dead, so to is the man who masterminded the triumph, and the task of rebuilding the world has fallen to his protégé, Vin. But she has become the focus of a new religion, and a strange entity is stalking her....

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Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

A bold new contemporary fantasy from an awards-winning author, reminiscent of Master of Djinn and The City We Became.

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History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to WW2, by world renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins

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Dancers at the End of Time

An omnibus volume containing satire at its sharpest and most colourful by one of the genre's best-loved writers

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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath - Garth Nix

A wintry and wonderful return to the alternate 1980s England of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. <p>There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity who inhabits the ancient hot spring. Yet this time it is not from Sulis Minerva that trouble starts. It comes from ...

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The Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch

<p>After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins, the Bonds Magi. It is a fallout that will pit both men against Locke's own long-lost love. Sabetha is Locke's childhood sweetheart, the love of ...

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

A revelatory new history of the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments, by bestselling author and TV historian Bettany Hughes

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Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura

An epic conclusion to the Elves trilogy - can centuries of war be overcome, or will hatred ultimately be allowed to win...?

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In The Moon of Red Ponies

A fourth novel featuring former Texas Ranger turned lawyer turned crime fighter, Billy Bob Holland, set in the savage and beautiful landscape of Monta

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Little Cafe at the End of the Pier

A warm, feel-good novel perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley and Holly Hepburn

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Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson

<p>#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere Universe with a standalone adventure that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listeni...

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The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson

<p>Tricked into releasing the evil spirit Ruin while attempting to close the Well of Ascension, new emperor Elend Venture and his wife, the assassin Vin, are now hard-pressed to save the world.This adventure brings the Mistborn epic fantasy trilogy to a dramatic and surprising climax as Sanderson's saga offers complex characters and a compelling plot, asking hard qu...

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The Physics of Sorrow - Georgi Gospodinov

<p>From the International Booker Prize-winning author of Time Shelter, this kaleidoscopic 'novel of beginnings' offers a portrait of a man who can wander uninvited into other people's memories</p> <p>In the small and the insignificant - that's where life hides, that's where it builds its nest.Our unnamed narrator is not well. He suffers from attacks of '...

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Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves

The action-packed new thriller from SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Matthew Reilly. This time the world's on fire!

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To Say Nothing of the Dog

A HUGO AWARD-winning time travel novel from the SFWA grandmaster.

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Guide To The Architecture Of London

'The definitive guide to London's architecture' INDEPENDENT Fully updated for this edition.

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To Say Nothing of the Dog

A HUGO AWARD-winning time travel novel from the SFWA grandmaster.

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Clash of Empires: The Great Siege

A brutal combat. A test of courage. A battle that will change history.

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For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

In these ten delightfully irreverent stories, Nathan Englander spins a bold, funny, irresistibly inventive vision of modern orthodox Judaism.

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City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish

How an ancient rubbish dump has given us a unique view of life 2,000 years ago

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The End of the Wasp Season, 1. vydání - Denise Mina

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The Ferryman: The Brand New Epic from the Visionary Bestseller of The Passage Trilogy - Justin Cronin

<p>'Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.' STEPHEN KING*****The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives, attended to by the support staff who live on a cramped neighbouring island, where whisp...

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Wycliffe and the House of Fear

A troubling disappearance leads to a new investigation for Detective Wycliffe.

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Dancers at the End of Time

A glorious and exuberant fin de siecle world reaches its end in Moorcock's most inventive novels.

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Wycliffe And The Guild Of Nine

A murder at an artists' colony - but not everyone wants Chief Superintendent Wycliffe to investigate . . .

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Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a new novella collection, including a brand new, never-been-published story.

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The Way of Kings: The first book of the breathtaking epic Stormlight Archive from the worldwide fantasy sensation - Brandon Sanderson

<p>'I loved this book. What else is there to say?' Patrick RothfussAccording to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. And the Voidbringers followed...They came against man ten thousand times. To help them cope, th...

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The Principle of Moments: The biggest SF fantasy debut of 2024 and the first ever winner of the Future Worlds Prize - Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

<p>'My favourite kind of grand space opera'BEN AARONOVITCH, Sunday Times-bestselling author of the Rivers of London series6066: In Emperor Thracin's brave new galaxy, humans are not citizens but indentured labourers, working to repay the debt they unwittingly incurred when they settled on Gahraan - a desert planet already owned by the emperor himself. Asha Akindele ...

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Mistborn Quartet Boxed Set, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning, The Lost Metal Orion Publishing Co

The second era of the Mistborn series, from worldwide fantasy phenomenon Brandon Sanderson, brought together in this collectible boxed set....

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ASTERIX AND MANSIONS OF THE GODS ORION PUBLISHING GROUP

Zábavné příběhy Asterixe a Obelixe v anglickém originále....

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Heretics Of Dune, The inspiration for the blockbuster film Orion Publishing Co

The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic DUNE continues ......

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Children Of Dune, The inspiration for the blockbuster film Orion Publishing Co

The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE continues ......

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God Emperor Of Dune, The inspiration for the blockbuster film Orion Publishing Co

The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic DUNE continues ......

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Ajax, The Dutch, The War

The Holocaust, Dutch football and World War II - from the bestselling author of the award-winning FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY. Updated with a new after

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Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose

The wry and amusing second volume of the journals of royal biographer and Sunday Telegraph journalist Kenneth Rose, one of the most astute observers o

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Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose

The wry and amusing journals of royal biographer and Sunday Telegraph journalist Kenneth Rose, one of the most astute observers of the Establishment i

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Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn

The true story of a sensational marriage and murder in 17th-century London. For fans of THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER, GEORGIANA: DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE

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Steps of the Sun and Far From Home

Two classic SF works from the acclaimed author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.

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William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll

William Burroughs' life and art, situated in the context of the most radical and influential rock n roll stars of the late twentieth century

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The Citadel of Forgotten Myths, 1. vydání - Michael Moorcock

<p>Elric and his companion Moonglum return in this prequel set within the early days of Elric's wanderings. Elric rides again to investigate the history of Melnibone and its dragons, known as the Phroon, in this exciting new addition to the Elric Saga from World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock.The estranged emperor of the Melnibonean e...

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Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood

Written with approval of the help of her family and closest friends - including Julie Walters, Dawn French, Celia Imrie and many others - this is the

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Children of the Lens - E.E. 'Doc' Smith

<p>It was beginning to look as though no one could prevent the annihilation of the civilized Universe. For a weird intelligence was directing the destruction of all civilization from the icy depths of outer space. Kim Kinnison of the Galactic Patrol was one of the few men who knew how near the end was. And in the last desperate stratagem to save the Universe from t...

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History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900

Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century - 'Magnificently provoking' New Statesman

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The King of Elfland´s Daughter - Dunsany Lord

<p>'He contrasted the mortal world, in wonder, with the deep calm of his home, where the moment moved more slowly than the shadows of the houses here, and did not pass until all the content with which a moment is stored had been drawn from it by every creature in Elfland...'The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of t...

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A Fisherman of the Inland Sea - Ursula K. Le Guin

<p>The award-winning stories in this collection range from the everyday to the outer limits of experience, where the quantum uncertainties of space and time are resolved only in the depths of the human heart. Featuring such objects of the imagination as a starship that sails on the wings of song, musical instruments that are played at funerals only, and orbiting ark...

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and h

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Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean - Katherine Pangonis

<p>Its name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures. Here, history has blurred with legend. The glittering surface of the sea conceals the remnants of lost civilisations, wrecked treasure ships and the bones of long-drowned sailors, traders and modern refugees.Of the many ...

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Unnatural Murder: Poison In The Court Of James I

Royal scandal, set against the background of the Jacobean court, involving love, bribery, poison, treachery and black magic - 'a hugely enjoyable book

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Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade

A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks

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Against the Fall of Night - Arthur Charles Clarke

<p>In the year ten billion A.D., Diaspar is the last city on Earth. Agelss and unchanging, the inhabitants see no reason to be curious about the outside world. But one child, Alvin - only seventeen and the last person to be born in Diaspar - finds that he is increasingly drawn to what lies outside the city walls. Even though he knows the Invaders, who devastated the...

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The October Man: A Rivers of London Novella (1473224322)

Kniha - 128 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Ben Aaronovitch, 128 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. Fortunately this is Germany, where t...

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The Alloy of Law : A Mistborn Novel - Brandon Sanderson

<p>The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a natural choice to complete Robert Jordan's epic wheel of time sequence. But with Mistborn, his standalone fantasi...

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Stormlight Archive 01. The Way of Kings (0575097361)

Kniha - autor Brandon Sanderson, 608 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The brand new epic fantasy series from the international bestseller, who is currently completing Robert Jordan's "Wheel Of Time" series. The legends say that mankind used to live in Heaven, but the Voidbringers captured it and throw out both man and God. But is it true?

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