Man who lost his shadow

Man Who Lost His Shadow

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Man Who Lost his Language

When Sir John Hale suffered a stroke that left him unable to walk, write or speak, his wife, Shelia, followed every available medical trail seeking kn

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Man Who Lost His Pen

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Lost a Found

A warm-hearted, moving and utterly hilarious book about a man who has lost his way- and the little twists of fate that help him find it again.

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The Shadow of What Was Lost: Book One of the Licanius Trilogy (0356507777)

Kniha - autor James Islington, 608 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor James Islington, 608 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná OLD POWERS AWAKENIt has been twenty years since the god-like Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vas...

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The Mountain Shadow (0349121702)

Kniha - autor Gregory David Roberts, 874 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Shantaram introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long-awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different gener...

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Shadow Warrior 3 Definitive Edition

Experience the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and a spectacular free-running movement through a mythical Japanese realm. Test your skills in Survival Mode, New Game Plus, and Hardcore Mode, and WATCH OUT FOR THAT DRAGON! Fallen corporate shogun Lo Wang and his former nemesis Orochi Zilla retur...

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The Shadow of Perseus: A compelling feminist retelling of the myth of Perseus told from the perspectives of the women who knew him best - Claire Heywood

<p>'A page-turning retelling . . . so interesting and thought-provoking' JENNIFER SAINT'A fresh and original take on the myth of Perseus . . . I was gripped by the human drama at the novel's heart' ELODIE HARPERMyth remembers Perseus as one of its greatest heroes. A slayer of monsters. A rescuer of damsels.But the women who knew him best have a different story to te...

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Shadow Gambit: Yuki’s Wish

Avast, ye cursed souls! Set the Red Marley's sails for the DLC expansion Shadow Gambit: Yuki's Wish and embark on a new adventure in the mysterious Lost Caribbean, as the echoes of an ancient dragon call upon you. The Shadow Gambit: Yuki's Wish DLC presents a fresh adventure set within Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. Reunite with Yuki and tanuki K...

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Shadow Gambit: Yuki’s Wish (PC)

Avast, ye cursed souls! Set the Red Marley's sails for the DLC expansion&nbsp;Shadow Gambit: Yuki's Wish&nbsp;and embark on a new adventure in the mysterious Lost Caribbean, as the echoes of an ancient dragon call upon you.The&nbsp;Shadow Gambit: Yuki's Wish&nbsp;DLC presents a fresh adventure set within&nbsp;Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Cr...

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The Book of Lost Things. 10th Anniversary Edition (1473659140)

Kniha - autor John Connolly, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná 'A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel' Daily Mirror'A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood' The Times'This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that's perfect for long winter nights' Daily MailThis illustrated edition incl...

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Shadow Warrior 3 Definitive Edition (PC)

Experience the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and a spectacular free-running movement through a mythical Japanese realm. Test your skills in Survival Mode, New Game Plus, and Hardcore Mode, and WATCH OUT FOR THAT DRAGON!Fallen corporate shogun Lo Wang and his former nemesis Orochi Zilla return...

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The Shadow of the Wind : The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 1 - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

<p>The international bestseller and modern classic - over 20 million copies sold worldwide 'Shadow is the real deal, a novel full of cheesy splendour and creaking trapdoors, a novel where even the subplots have subplots. One gorgeous read' STEPHEN KING 'An instant classic' DAILY TELEGRAPH The Shadow of the Wind is a stunning literary thriller in which the disc...

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The Shadow of the Wind : The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 1 - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

<p>The international bestseller and modern classic - over 20 million copies sold worldwide 'Shadow is the real deal, a novel full of cheesy splendour and creaking trapdoors, a novel where even the subplots have subplots. One gorgeous read' STEPHEN KING 'An instant classic' DAILY TELEGRAPH The Shadow of the Wind is a stunning literary thriller in which the disc...

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Y: The Last Man Book Five

Features Yorick and Agent 355 who prepare for their ultimate quest to reunite the last man with his lost love, while the person, people or thing behin

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Tuesdays with Morrie: 'An old man, a young man, and life''s greatest lesson' (0385496494)

Kniha - autor Mitch Albom, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. Someone older who understood you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a more profound place, and gave you advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly ...

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Lucky Luke 37 - Fingers

Meet Fingers, the man who can steal Luke's pistol faster than his own shadow!

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Kafka on the Shore

Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recove

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Lucky Luke 20 - The Oklahoma Land Rush

The man who shoots faster than his own shadow is back. On 22 April 1889, the American government opened the new Oklahoma Territory to settlement. In t

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Face of Another

The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident - a man who has lost his face and, with it, connection to other people. Even h

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Largo Winch 9 - The Price of Money

A man shoots himself in front of Largo, live on TV. He was a guest on a financial talk show who had lost his company because of a Group W decision.

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Kafka On The Shore - Haruki Murakami

<p>Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. Their parallel odysseys are enriched th...

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Kafka On The Shore - Haruki Murakami

Anotace: Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father`s dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. Their parallel odysseys are enriched t...

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Remnants of Filth: Yuwu 4 - Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

Anotace: The wildly popular danmei/Boys` Love novel series from China set in the universe of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun!A historical fantasy epic about two war generals who were once close...until dark circumstances ripped them apart.Noble-born Mo Xi is the foremost general of Chonghua, known for his ruthless temper and ascetic air. Once he was one of two promisi...

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Remnants of Filth: Yuwu 4 - Bao Bu Chi Rou Rou

<p>The wildly popular danmei/Boys' Love novel series from China set in the universe of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun!A historical fantasy epic about two war generals who were once close...until dark circumstances ripped them apart.Noble-born Mo Xi is the foremost general of Chonghua, known for his ruthless temper and ascetic air. Once he was one of two promisin...

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Before Your Memory Fades - Kawaguči Tošikazu

Anotace: Toshikazu Kawaguchi's touching Before Your Memory Fades, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling v...

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Before Your Memory Fades, 1. vydání - Tošikazu Kawaguči

<p>The million-copy bestselling series.Toshikazu Kawaguchi's touching Before Your Memory Fades, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna ...

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The Cipher - Maldonado Isabella

Anotace: To a cunning serial killer, she was the one that got away. Until now...FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera escaped a serial killer`s trap at sixteen. Years later, when she`s jumped in a Virginia park, a video of the attack goes viral. Legions of new fans are not the only ones impressed with her fighting skills. The man who abducted her eleven years ago is watching. ...

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The Librarianist - deWitt Patrick

Anotace: **AN INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER****Selected as a Washington Post Book of the Summer**`I absolutely adored it` NINA STIBBEFrom bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life`s surprises were behind him - until a chance encounter changed everythingBob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary da...

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Winterberg´s Last Journey - Jaroslav Rudiš

<p>Winterberg's Last Journey follows its two main characters on an eclectic, tragicomic train journey through Central Europe - 'the beautiful landscape of battlefields, cemeteries and ruins'. When Czech nurse Jan Kraus is charged with the care of 99-year-old Wenzel Winterberg, a Sudetenland German expelled from his Bohemian homeland after the Second World War, he be...

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King of Greed (Kings of Sin 3) - Ana Huang

Anotace: He had her, he lost her . . . and he'll do anything to win her back. Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything - a beautiful home, a beautiful wife and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In hi...

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Elon Musk : How The Billionaire Ceo Of Spacex And Tesla Is Shaping Our Future -

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring R...

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We Hunt the Flame - Faizal Hafsah

Anotace: Set in a richly detailed world inspired by ancient Arabia, Hafsah Faizal`s We Hunt the Flame is a breathtaking debut about discovery, conquering fear and taking identity into your own hands. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo`s Shadow and Bone series.People lived because she killed. People died because he lived.Zafira is the Hunter. Forced to disguise herself as ...

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The Whisperer in Darkness and Other Tales - Howard Phillips Lovecraft

<p>When strange things are reported to be floating in rivers in rural Vermont after a flood, old myths about hill-dwelling monsters who abduct humans resurface in subsequent debates, much to the annoyance of local academic Albert N. Wilmarth. However, when he starts receiving letters from a man named Henry Wentworth Akeley about the supposed presence near his farmho...

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We Hunt the Flame - Hafsah Faizal

<p>Set in a richly detailed world inspired by ancient Arabia, Hafsah Faizal's We Hunt the Flame is a breathtaking debut about discovery, conquering fear and taking identity into your own hands. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series. People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter. Forced to disguise herself ...

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In the Serpent's Wake (0593487206)

Kniha - autor Rachel Hartman, 512 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Seraphina comes a piercing new fantasy adventure that champions our resilience and humility. MIND OF THE WORLD, OPEN YOUR EYES. At the bottom of the world lies a Serpent, the last of its kind. Finding the Serpent will change lives. ...

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Room to Dream - David Lynch

Anotace: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many hearta...

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Anthem - Rand Ayn

Anotace: Ayn Rand`s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great "We"--a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence--that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home of the Useless. From cradle to grave, the crowd...

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Kulti - Zapata Mariana

Anotace: "Trust me, I´ve wanted to punch you in the face a time or five."When the man you worshipped as a kid becomes your coach, it´s supposed to be the greatest thing in the world. Keywords: supposed to.It didn´t take a week for twenty-seven-year-old Sal Casillas to wonder what she´d seen in the international soccer icon-why she´d ever had his posters on her wall, or e...

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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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The Library of Heartbeats: A sweeping, heart-rending Japanese-set novel from the author of The Phone Box at the Edge of the World, 1. vydání - Laura Imai Messina

<p>From the international bestselling author of The Phone Box at the Edge of the World: a powerful, moving novel of grief, hope, friendship and love based around a real archive on an island in Japan, where people travel to record their heartbeats.To find what you have lost, you must listen to your heart . . . On the peaceful Japanese island of Teshima there is a lib...

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The Complete Maus - Art Spiegelman

<p>The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman - the Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust survivor story 'The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust' Wall Street Journal 'The first masterpiece in comic book history' The New Yorker The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his so...

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Chasing Shadows: A true story of drugs, war and the secret world of international crime - Miles Johnson

<p>'Compelling, visceral and highly readable' Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of MoneylandA compulsive true crime thriller about modern-day international drugs trafficking, terrorism and geopolitical intrigue following an investigation driven by one DEA agent, Jack Kelly. Three very different men battle to control their destinies as they hurtle through the hall ...

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Beautiful Villain - Kenney Rebecca

Anotace: The Great Gatsby meets The Vampire Diaries in this spicy modern retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald`s classic.***Seven years ago, I lost him for good. Now he`s back, but is he still the Jay Gatsby I used to know...or is he something more? Something...darker.Daisy Finnegan is looking forward to a summer of fun on Glassy Mountain, North Carolina. She doesn`t want to ...

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Beautiful Villain - Rebecca Kenney

<p>The Great Gatsby meets The Vampire Diaries in this spicy modern retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic.***Seven years ago, I lost him for good. Now he's back, but is he still the Jay Gatsby I used to know...or is he something more? Something...darker.Daisy Finnegan is looking forward to a summer of fun on Glassy Mountain, North Carolina. She doesn't want to t...

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Zero 22: Danny Black Thriller 8 - Ryan Chris

Anotace: The SAS is operating covertly in the wartorn badlands of northern Syria. They know it will be gritty, bloody and dangerous. But when Regiment legend Danny Black`s unit, codenamed Zero 22, is tasked with a more routine operation, they don`t expect it to end the way it does: in compromise and massacre, orchestrated by the shadowy Wagner Group, a paramilitary organ...

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King of Greed (Kings of Sin 3) - Ana Huang

<p>A brand-new steamy billionaire romance from the bestselling author of the Twisted serie</p> <p>He had her, he lost her . . . and he'll do anything to win her back.Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street.He has everything - a beautiful home, a beautiful wife and more money ...

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The Waiting: Pre-order The Brand New Ballard & Bosch Thriller - Connelly Michael

Anotace: LAPD Detective Renee Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry`s daughter.Renee Ballard and the LAPD`s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty...

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Age of Vice - Kapoor Deepti

Anotace: This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill. New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the ...

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Age of Vice - Deepti Kapoor

<p> </p> <p>This is the age of vice, where pleasure and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also killNew Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the st...

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Winterberg´s Last Journey - Rudiš Jaroslav

Anotace: Winterberg`s Last Journey follows its two main characters on an eclectic, tragicomic train journey through Central Europe - `the beautiful landscape of battlefields, cemeteries and ruins`. When Czech nurse Jan Kraus is charged with the care of 99-year-old Wenzel Winterberg, a Sudetenland German expelled from his Bohemian homeland after the Second World War, he b...

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The God of that Summer - Rothmann Ralf

Anotace: `This book`s power lies in its depiction of civilians trying to lead ordinary lives during the horror of war . . . It is shattering stuff, but Rothmann is tender towards his characters and this book is as memorable as his last.` - The Times, `Historical Fiction Book of the Month`As the Second World War enters its final stages, millions in Germany are forced from...

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The God of that Summer - Ralf Rothmann

<p>'This book's power lies in its depiction of civilians trying to lead ordinary lives during the horror of war . . . It is shattering stuff, but Rothmann is tender towards his characters and this book is as memorable as his last.' - The Times, 'Historical Fiction Book of the Month'As the Second World War enters its final stages, millions in Germany are forced from ...

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The Three Golden Keys - Petr Sís

<p>Fascinující ilustrovaná kniha o Praze, v níž se prolínají historické legendy s osobními příběhy a vzpomínkami. Černá kočka nás provází křivolakými ulicemi Starého Města a Malé Strany, abychom našli klíče k zámkům vlastního dětství. Tři zlaté klíče otevírají tajemné dveře starých pražských pověstí o Bruncvíkovi, o Golemovi a o mistru Hanušovi. Legendární kniha, kt...

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

<p>'LINGERS LIKE A FEVER DREAM' V.E. SCHWAB'INTOXICATING' EMILY HENRYEvery 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 beli...

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We Hunt the Flame (9781250250797)

Kniha - autor Hafsah Faizal, 408 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Set in a richly detailed world inspired by ancient Arabia, Hafsah Faizal's We Hunt the Flame is a breathtaking debut about discovery, conquering fear and taking identity into your own hands. The first in the Sands of Arawiya duology, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series....

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Oxford Bookworms Library New Edition 3 Tales of Mystery and Imagination - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Published 2008.Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate CEF level B1 - 1,000 Headwords.Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality...

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Married to a Bedouin - van Geldermalsen Marguerite

Anotace: `"Where you staying?" the Bedouin asked. "Why you not stay with me tonight - in my cave?"` Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen`s story of how a New Zealand-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller from the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It was 1978 and she and a friend were travelling through the Middle East when...

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No Longer Human, 1. vydání - Osamu Dazai

<p>The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas.</p> <p>Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understandin...

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Royal - Danielle Steel

<p>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this spellbinding tale from Danielle Steel, a princess is sent away to safety during World War II, where she falls in love, and is lost forever. As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and Queen choose to quietly send their youngest daughter, Princess Charlotte, to liv...

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