** NOW A MAJOR NEW BBC TV SERIES - this edition contains an exclusive Q&A with lead actor Paterson Joseph** \'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be\' - Stormzy \'Stop it! You\'re all behaving like animals! Worse than animals - like blankers!\' Sephy is a Cross: dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege

E könyvecske 1934-ben jelent meg először. Jelen kiadvány ennek átdolgozott kiadása. A könyv eredetileg a magyar konyha iránt érdeklődő külföldi szakácsok és háziasszonyok részére íródott, s így lehetséges, hogy a mai hazai Olvasók számára talán csalódást okoz majd. De a külföldre szakadt hazánkfiainak a legegyszerűbb ételek leírása is lényeges, és az éppen főzni tanuló honleányok részére is nélkülözhetetlen.

Dickens\'s classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England\'s Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, and the Artful Dodger, to name a few Dickens\'s second novel is a compelling social satire that has remained popular since it was first

On the night of the St Patrick celebrations in 1990, some of the world’s most famous and valuable paintings were stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. They were never recovered, and there were no clues as to their whereabouts – that is until now. When Boston attorney Scott Finn takes on well-known thief, Devon Malley as a client, he gets much more than he bargained for. Not only

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It\'s Summer, 1991, the dawning of the New World Order; a post-MTV, pre-AOL generation. Jerome Shafir and Sylvie Green, two former New Yorkers who can no longer afford an East Village apartment, set off on a journey across the entire former Soviet Bloc with the intention of adopting a Romanian orphan. Unflinchingly dark, hilarious and moving - Torpor is at once a satire and philosophy of cultural history,

A novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder in 2000 BC It is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a Ka-priest. Young, beautiful and venomous, most agree that she deserved to die like a snake. Yet Renisenb, the priest\'s daughter, believes that the woman\'s death was not fate, but murder. Increasingly, she

The provocative international bestseller about two young girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of Italy They were always a pair: daring, intelligent Anna and breathtakingly gorgeous Francesca. Just shy of fourteen, their newly acquired curves and skimpy bathing suits have earned them celebrity status on the beaches of their gritty town, where the glittering resort island of

In a frozen dystopia where inhabitants eat flesh to survive, can the destructive powers of fire bring salvation? In the not-too-distant past, the Ice Witch blankets the world in snow, starvation, and madness, leading the inhabitants to seek their salvation in fire. With that, an unusual destiny unfolds for two young orphans, Agni and Luna, blessed with the ability to regenerate. But will this ability

Folded road and travel map in color. Scale 1:1,500,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from highways to other roads. Legend includes railways, winter trails, ferry routes, pipelines, international airports, local airports, seaplane bases, air force bases, border crossings, points of interest, marine protected areas, glaciers, recreation sites, viewpoints, hot springs, boat launch, fishing areas, ski areas,

A group of FBI Agents and Eddie Brock/Toxin lure Carnage to an abandoned mine to try to trap him. Things quickly go wrong, and the agents end up trapped with Carnage in the mine. What\'s worse, their control over Toxin is set to a ticking clock, and time\'s almost up. COLLECTING: Carnage 1-5, All-New, All-Different Point One 1 (Carnage story)

God only knows what fate befell Vicky after, cold and alone at that bus stop, she accepted a lift home. I don\'t want to imagine what she went through. It\'s just too painful. To think of my beautiful Vicky lying alone, buried in a garden four hundred miles away from home just crushed me. In a strange way I think the fact she was found at the other end of the country made it worse. On her own for nearly

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours\" comes a new thrilling and thought-provoking masterpiece. \"Specimen Days\" is a novel made up of three linked visionary narratives about the relationship between man and machine. The first narrative, a ghost story set at the height of the Industrial Revolution, tells the story of man-eating machines. An ecstatic boy, barely embodied in the physical

‘The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.’ Centred around a glorious yellow diamond that carries with it a menacing history, The Moonstone tells the story of Rachel Verinder, who inherits the stone on her eighteenth birthday. That very evening, the diamond is stolen and there begins an epic enquiry into hunting down the thief. At the same time,

Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help

This comprehensive collection illustrates the world of graphic design country by country, featuring the best graphic designers from all over the world. An amazing reference, this book provides insight into how designers from varied backgrounds approach their work, how different cultures associate communication and creativity in different ways, and how we see this reality used, pushed to its limits,

Early on a grey November morning in 1941, only weeks after the German invasion, a small Ukrainian town is overrun by the SS. This new novel from the award-winning author of the Booker Prize short-listed The Dark Room tells of the three days that follow and the lives that are overturned in the process. Penned in with his fellow Jews, under threat of deportation, Ephraim anxiously awaits word of his

In a flat near Reykjavik city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in: the only clues are a woman\'s purple shawl, found under the bed in the next room, and a vial of prescription drugs in the victim\'s pocket. With Detective Erlendur away in a remote part of Iceland, Detective Elinborg, who is already struggling to juggle family life and the relentless demands

Ma a magyar történelemben, de főleg az őstörténet-kutatásban két, egymásnak tökéletesen ellentmondó szemlélet hadakozik egymással. Az egyik a hivatalos, akadémikus történettudomány, amely szerint az Urál környéki őshazából származó kis finnugor népecske vagyunk, akik primitív és pogány idegenként érkeztek a X. században a Kárpát-medencébe, a művelt Európába. A másik megközelítés szerint mi vagyunk

When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn\'t add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own.Andrew\'s search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey (who allegedly