Дэвид Визнер5.0 Mr Wuffles ignores all the toys people buy for him. He's not lazy, he's just very picky. Now Mr Wuffles has the perfect toy and he's ready to play. But it's not really a toy at all. It's something much more interesting . . . 'Expertly imagined, composed, drawn and coloured, this is Wiesner at his best' - Kirkus (Starred Review)
Bridget Heos0.0 When Baby Billy is born with a mustache, his family takes it in stride. They are reassured when he nobly saves the day in imaginary-play sessions as a cowboy or cop and his mustache looks good-guy great. But as time passes, their worst fears are confirmed when little Billy’s mustache starts to curl up at the ends in a suspiciously villainous fashion. Sure enough, “Billy’s disreputable mustache led him into a life of dreadful crime.” Plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor and cartoonish illustrations make this the perfect baby-shower gift for a mustachioed father-to-be.
Эрин Дили0.0 Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la la. How wonderful the old carol sounds. A vision of warm family gatherings peacefully celebrating the holiday season comes to mind. But wait, this doesn’t sound like a peaceful family get-together. What is happening here? Deck the walls with mashed potatoes! Fa la la la la la la la la. Make a snowman with tomatoes. Fa la la la la la la la la. Author Erin Dealey has taken the old holiday classic and turned it on its head. In her riotous, raucous rendition of a family meal gone hilariously awry, you’ll find food hockey, vegetable sculptures, crashing dishes, and grown-ups wondering what has gone wrong. From “Feed the dog our peas and carrots” to “Food tastes better when you wear it,” readers young and old will never forget this new take on an old holiday carol!
Джули Фоглиано5.0 If you want to see a whale, you will need to know what not to look at.
Pink roses, pelicans, possible pirates . . .
If you want to see a whale, you have to keep your eyes on the sea, and wait . . .
and wait . . . and wait . . .
In this quiet and beautiful picture book by Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead, the team that created the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor book And Then It's Spring, a boy learns exactly what it takes to catch a glimpse of an elusive whale.
Пэт Цитлоу Миллер0.0 On a trip to the farmers' market with her parents, Sophie chooses a squash, but instead of letting her mom cook it, she names it Bernice. From then on, Sophie brings Bernice everywhere, despite her parents' gentle warnings that Bernice will begin to rot. As winter nears, Sophie does start to notice changes.... What's a girl to do when the squash she loves is in trouble?
Гарри Дрезден, новый Зимний Рыцарь, возвращён к жизни и вынужден приступить к своим обязанностям. Первое же задание Мэб можно описать одним словом: «Невозможно». Одновременно смертоносная угроза нависает на островом Предела Демона, который на самом деле не то, чем кажется. Как Гарри сможет распутать клубок интриг Зимнего Двора и спасти Чикаго в очередной раз?
Саманта Шеннон4.1 Середина двадцать первого века. Девятнадцатилетняя Пейдж Махоуни, вторгаясь в умы людей, добывает ценные сведения для главарей лондонских банд. Ведь эта девушка — «черный» ясновидец, она же призрачный странник. Уже само существование такого человека — преступление в новом мире, где реальное смешалось с потусторонним, где правят рефаиты — чужаки-поработители, чья свирепость сравнима разве что с их могуществом.
Но однажды жизнь меняется навсегда. Пейдж арестована и доставлена в запретный город, вот уже двести лет хранящий свои тайны. И рефаит, совершенно не похожий на других представителей этой мистической расы, теперь ее господин, ее страж и наставник. И ее естественный враг.
Centuries ago Acheron saved the human race by imprisoning an ancient evil bent on absolute destruction. Now that evil has been unleashed and it is out for revenge.
As the twin to Acheron, Styxx hasn’t always been on his brother’s side. They’ve spent more centuries going at each other’s throats than protecting their backs. Now Styxx has a chance to prove his loyalty to his brother, but only if he’s willing to trade his life and future for Acheron’s.
The Atlantean goddess of Wrath and Misery, Bethany was born to right wrongs. But it was never a task she relished.
Until now.
She owes Acheron a debt that she vows to repay, no matter what it takes. He will join their fellow gods in hell and nothing is going to stop...
Ким Харрисон4.5 Безвременье — демонический мир, параллельный миру людей, сжимается. Если он полностью исчезнет, то исчезнет и вся магия. Все в руках ведьмы, ставшей ходящим днем демоном — предотвратить катастрофу и спасти жизнь от изменения… в худшую сторону. Сохранение мира не единственная мотивация Рэйчел. Есть также небольшой факт, что это она вызвала утечку лей-линии. Эта маленькая ошибка сделала ее жизнь неустойчивой, до тех пор, пока она не исправит это. Это также прибавило ей еще несколько врагов, в том числе самого мощного демона в безвременье, вселяющего ужас существа, который поедает души и теперь у него ненасытный аппетит к ней. Он уже похитил ее подругу и крестницу, чтобы заманить ее, и если Рэйчел не сдастся в ближайшее время, они умрут. Но у самой Рэйчел тоже есть много впечатляющих и устрашающих способностей, и она не собирается отдавать ее душу и свою жизнь без адского боя. Она также получила сюрприз: эльфийского магната Трента Каламака. С этим малоприятным союзником, который одновременно вызывает трепет и нервирует, она собирается вернуться в безвременье, надрать кое-чью демонскую задницу, спасти своих любимых… и предотвратить апокалипсис пока не стало слишком поздно. Или, по крайней мере, таков план…
Ilona Andrews4.5 Atlanta is a city plagued by magical problems. Kate Daniels will fight to solve them—no matter the cost.
Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack’s shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by the European packs, and there’s little available in Atlanta.
Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they’ll pay him in medicine. With the young people’s survival and the Pack’s future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they’re heading straight into a trap…
Даринда Джонс4.6 Рейес Фэрроу переезжает в соседнюю квартиру. Мало того, он – главный подозреваемый Чарли в деле о поджогах. Чарли поклялась самой себе держаться от него подальше, пока не выяснит правду… Однако в ее квартире одна за другой начинают появляться мертвые женщины. Растерянные, сбитые с толку, напуганные без всякой, казалось бы, на то причины. Когда становится ясно, что следующая цель серийного убийцы – родная сестра Чарли Джемма, у Чарли только один выход – попросить помощи у Рейеса. Поджигатель он или нет, но Рейес – единственный живой человек на земле, который может защитить Джемму от того, кто на нее охотится. Однако он хочет кое-что взамен. Чарли. Всю ее целиком – и тело, и душу. И ради спасения сестры она готова заплатить эту цену.
Kelley Armstrong4.3 #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong begins her new series with Omens, featuring a compelling new heroine thrust into a decades-old murder case and the dark mysteries surrounding her strange new home.
Twenty-four-year-old Olivia Taylor Jones has the perfect life. The only daughter of a wealthy, prominent Chicago family, she has an Ivy League education, pursues volunteerism and philanthropy, and is engaged to a handsome young tech firm CEO with political ambitions.
But Olivia’s world is shattered when she learns that she’s adopted. Her real parents? Todd and Pamela Larsen, notorious serial killers serving a life sentence. When the news brings a maelstrom of unwanted publicity to her adopted family and fiancé, Olivia decides to find out the truth about the Larsens.
Olivia ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, an old and cloistered community that takes a particular interest in both Olivia and her efforts to uncover her birth parents’ past.
Aided by her mother’s former lawyer, Gabriel Walsh, Olivia focuses on the Larsens’ last crime, the one her birth mother swears will prove their innocence. But as she and Gabriel start investigating the case, Olivia finds herself drawing on abilities that have remained hidden since her childhood, gifts that make her both a valuable addition to Cainsville and deeply vulnerable to unknown enemies. Because there are darker secrets behind her new home and powers lurking in the shadows that have their own plans for her.
Kevin Hearne4.0 For a two-thousand-year-old Druid, Atticus O’Sullivan is a pretty fast runner. Good thing, because he’s being chased by not one but two goddesses of the hunt—Artemis and Diana—for messing with one of their own. Dodging their slings and arrows, Atticus, Granuaile, and his wolfhound Oberon are making a mad dash across modern-day Europe to seek help from a friend of the Tuatha Dé Danann. His usual magical option of shifting planes is blocked, so instead of playing hide-and-seek, the game plan is . . . run like hell.
Crashing the pantheon marathon is the Norse god Loki. Killing Atticus is the only loose end he needs to tie up before unleashing Ragnarok—AKA the Apocalypse. Atticus and Granuaile have to outfox the Olympians and contain the god of mischief if they want to go on living—and still have a world to live in.
Includes Kevin Hearne’s novella “Two Ravens and One Crow” in the back of the book
Anne Bishop4.1 No one creates realms like New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop. Now in a thrilling new fantasy series, enter a world inhabited by the Others, unearthly entities—vampires and shape-shifters among them—who rule the Earth and whose prey are humans.
As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others.
Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.
Хлоя Нейл4.0 В городе полно вампиров, беда никогда не спит. Мерит в раннем возрасте 27 лет, стала сильным вампиром. С тех пор она стала защитником своего дома, смотрела как Чикаго почти сгорел дотла, и видела падение и подъем ее Мастера. Все началось с двоих. Двое жуликов исчезают без следа. Кто-то ориентирован на вампиров Чикаго, и любой может быть следующим. Их дом в опасности, его Мастером веками был Этан Салливан, они должны спешить, чтобы остановить исчезновение. Но как распутать паутину тайных союзов и древних зол, они понимают — их врагом является более знакомый, и кто-то более мощный, чем они могли бы себе представить.
Райчел Мид4.1 Новый роман от автора культового цикла «Академия вампиров» в модном жанре «постапокалипсиса»!
"Истина такова, что когда вы изгоняете из мира богов, те возвращаются – и начинают мстить. Люди не могут жить без богов, а боги – без людей".
Много лет назад опаснейший вирус «Мефистофель» уничтожил половину населения земли. Выжившие образовали новое общество: патриции и плебеи, принудительные браки, полный запрет любых религиозных верований. Расследуя ритуальные убийства Джастин Марч, служитель комитета Сект и Культов, и боец элитного подразделения, преторианка Мэй Коскинен, столкнутся с ужасной истиной. Силы, мощь которых невозможно себе представить, готовятся вернуть себе мир, отказавшийся от божественного начала, и люди – лишь фигуры на шахматной доске богов.
Seanan McGuire4.2 Things are starting to look up for October "Toby" Daye. She's training her squire, doing her job, and has finally allowed herself to grow closer to the local King of Cats. It seems like her life may finally be settling down...at least until dead changelings start appearing in the alleys of San Francisco, killed by an overdose of goblin fruit.
Toby's efforts to take the problem to the Queen of the Mists are met with harsh reprisals, leaving her under sentence of exile from her home and everyone she loves. Now Toby must find a way to reverse the Queens decree, get the goblin fruit off the streets--and, oh, yes, save her own life, since more than a few of her problems have once again followed her home. And then there's the question of the Queen herself, who seems increasingly unlikely to have a valid claim to the throne....
To find the answers, October and her friends will have to travel from the legendary Library of Stars into the hidden depths of the Kingdom of the Mists--and they'll have to do it fast, because time is running out. In faerie, some fates are worse than death.
Jennifer Estep0.0 When I say you’re a dead man, take that literally.
To me, killing people is like a day at the salon: cut and dry. Well, more like rinse and repeat when you moonlight as the assassin the Spider. But my last spa day ended redder than my freshly painted nails after a twisted Fire elemental and his goons kidnapped my close friend Sophia Deveraux and nearly killed her sister Jo-Jo in the process.
Up Ashland’s most dangerous mountains, and deep into the heart of its blackest woods—I’ll track these thugs no matter where they take Sophia. It doesn’t matter what kinds of elemental magic they try to throw at me, my Ice and Stone powers can take the heat and then some. I will get Sophia back, over their dead bodies.
Because anybody that hurts Gin Blanco’s family becomes a body.
Laurell K. Hamilton4.3 Micah’s estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about “zombie disease.”
Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies—but these aren’t the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast and strong as vampires. If they bite you, you become just like them. And round and round it goes…Where will it stop? Even Anita Blake doesn’t know.
Diana Rowland4.5 Kara Gillian is in some seriously deep trouble.
She’s used to summoning supernatural creatures from the demon realm to our world, but now the tables have been turned and she’s the one who’s been summoned. Kara is the prisoner of yet another demonic lord, but she quickly discovers that she’s far more than a mere hostage. Yet waiting for rescue has never been her style, and Kara has no intention of being a pawn in someone else’s game.
There’s intrigue to spare as she digs into the origin of the demonic lords and discovers the machinations of humans and demons alike. Kara is shocked to discover that she has her own history in the demon realm, and that the ties between her and the demonic lords Rhyzkahl and Szerain go back farther than she could have ever imagined. But treachery runs rampant among all the lords, and she’s going to have to stay sharp in order to keep from being used to further their own agendas. The lords have a secret that dates back to earth’s ancient history, and it could have devastating repercussions for both worlds.
Yet more than anything else, Kara’s abilities as a homicide detective will be put to the test—because this time the murder she has to solve is her own.
Faith Hunter4.0 The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe that humans should be nothing more than prey to be hunted—are terrorizing his city. Luckily, he knows the perfect skinwalker to call in to take back the streets.
But what he doesn’t tell Jane is that there’s something different about these vamps. Something that makes them harder to kill—even for a pro like Jane. Now, her simple job has turned into a fight to stay alive…and to protect the desperately ill child left in her care.
Ilona Andrews4.5 The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…
Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.
Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan—and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them. The slavers’ operation, however, goes deeper than Richard knows, and even working together, Charlotte and Richard may not survive...
Карен Чэнс0.0 Being a goddess is a lot less fun than you might think. Especially when you’re only a half goddess, and you only found out about it recently, and you still don’t know what you’re doing half the time. And when you’ve just used your not-so-reliable powers to burglarize the booby-trapped office of a vampire mob boss.
Yeah, that part sucks.
But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for Cassandra Palmer, aka the Pythia, the freshly minted chief seer of the supernatural world. After all, Cassie still has to save a friend from a fate worse than death, deal with an increasingly possessive master vampire, and prevent a party of her own acolytes from unleashing a storm of fury upon the world. Totally just your average day at the office, right?
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