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A collection of twelve darkly disturbing, twisted stories from the author of Roofworld, Spanky and the acclaimed Bryant and May novels. But don't expect to read about vampires, werewolves, or ghouls or ghosts, or dolls coming to life or brain-eating zombies. And as for...
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Transworld Digital
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2016-10-28
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'A wonderful book. Salley Vickers spins a spellbinding account of a family in distress' Elizabeth Strout on 'Cousins'Spring, 1918. Nine-year-old Charlotte Tye wakes up unusually early the night before her brother's wedding, and steals out down the familiar track leading...
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Penguin
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2016-10-18
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Tuttavia, il Ministero della Magia era fortemente convinto che la costruzione di una nuova stazione per maghi nel centro di Londra avrebbe messo a dura prova la famosa ostinazione dei Babbani a non notare gli incantesimi neanche quando gli esplodono in faccia. – J.K....
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-10-11
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Pottermore Presents (Italiano)
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Das Zaubereiministerium war jedoch der Meinung, dass die Errichtung eines weiteren Zaubererbahnhofs mitten in London selbst die notorische Entschlossenheit der Muggel, alles Magische zu ignorieren, überstrapazieren könnte. – J.K. Rowling
Pottermore Presents ist eine...
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-10-11
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Pottermore Presents (Deutsch)
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‘The Ministry of Magic felt strongly, however, that to construct an additional wizarding station in the middle of London would stretch even the Muggles’ notorious determination not to notice magic when it was exploding in front of their faces.’ – J.K....
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-10-05
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Pottermore Presents
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‘No Muggle Prime Minister has ever set foot in the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): “their puir wee braines couldnae cope wi’ it.”’ – J.K. Rowling
Pottermore Presents is a collection of...
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-10-05
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Pottermore Presents
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A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave to do it.A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever.Two newlyweds find their dream country cottage, unaware of an ancient...
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Penguin
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2016-09-29
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FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE (1996) AND THE WHITBREAD PRIZE (2003)'The Mackay vision . . . as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house' GUARDIAN'Her style has a lyric elegance that has deceived critics into describing her, with...
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Virago
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2016-09-15
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Virago Modern Classics
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From beautiful lyrics to madcap waggery, from the prime suspect in a partridge killing in ancient Greece to the medieval monk's cat Pangur Bán and encompassing odes, fables, stories, limericks, songs, nursery rhymes and more, Mark Bryant has compiled a wonderfully...
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Robinson
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2016-09-08
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‘Minerva was the Roman goddess of warriors and wisdom. William McGonagall is celebrated as the worst poet in British history. There was something irresistible to me about his name, and the idea that such a brilliant woman might be a distant relative of the buffoonish...
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-09-06
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Pottermore Presents
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Er waren twee bronnen van inspiratie voor de Engelse naam Minerva McGonagall (Minerva Anderling). Minerva was de Romeinse godin van de krijgers en de wijsheid. William McGonagall wordt gevierd als de slechtste dichter in de Britse geschiedenis.Er was iets...
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-09-06
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Het Ministerie van Toverkunst was er echter sterk van overtuigd, dat de aanleg van nog een tovenaarsstation in hartje Londen de sterke overtuiging van Dreuzels om magie zelfs niet op te merken wanneer het recht voor hun neus ontplofte, wel heel erg op de proef stelde. -...
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Pottermore from J.K. Rowling
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2016-09-06
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‘I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.’ So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during a period living in Toyko. These exotic, sensuous stories represent Carter’s first major achievement in the short story...
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Vintage Digital
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2016-08-11
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A Granta Best Young American Novelist1930s Leningrad: a failed portrait artist employed by Soviet censors must erase political dissenters from official images and artworks. One day, he receives an antique painting. The mystery behind this painting threads together each...
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Vintage Digital
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2016-08-04
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Everyman's Library CLASSICS
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Funny, irreverent, dark, and tender - a startling and sexy debut collection. Women (and men) cope with foreign marriages in Elena Lappin's shrewd domestic comedies of the absurd, set in London, New York, and a constellation of European and Israeli cities. Transplanted...
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Virago
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2016-07-21
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For well over a quarter of a century, Gardner Dozois has been defining the field with his annual selection of the very best of recently published science fiction. Every year he showcases truly exceptional contemporary writing, both by undisputed masters of the genre and...
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Robinson
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2016-07-07
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Mammoth Books
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Raw, lyrical and blazing with intensity, these short stories are a potent distillation of the genius of Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.'He saw the dark bird glide into the sun and glow like a bird of flaming gold'Ranging from the Jim Crow South to a Harlem bingo...
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Penguin
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2016-07-07
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A New Yorker, trying not to be jaded, accompanies a cash-strapped pot grower to a 'Clothing Optional Resort' in California.A nerdy high schooler has her first sexual experience at geology camp. On the night of her father's funeral, a college student watches an old video...
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Jm Originals
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2016-06-30
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In 1955, aged twenty-three and fresh from a Master's in English Literature, Joe Gores knew he wanted to be a writer.In the meantime, he had to pay the bills.He became a repo man for L. A. Walker, later going into partnership with Walker's San Francisco manager, Dave...
Editeur :
The Murder Room
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2016-06-14
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DKA Files
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THE RED CARPET by Lavanya Sankaran is collection of entwining short stories, as rich and absorbing as any novel. For any readers who love Jhumpa Lahiri or Arundhati Roy. 'I recommend this book so highly' Washington PostFrom traditional mothers trying to marry off their...
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Tinder Press
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2016-06-09
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