Morrigan Crow is cursed, destined to die on her eleventh birthday. But, as the clock strikes midnight, she's whisked away by a remarkable man called Jupiter North and taken to the secret city of Nevermoor.There she's invited to join the Wundrous Society. Mystery, magic and protection are hers - if only she can pass four impossible trials, using an exceptional talent. Which she doesn't have...Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive. "Funny and delightful." Sunday Times "A full- ... |
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Secrets. Betrayal. Seduction. Welcome to the Alexandrian Society. When the world's best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations. Their members enjoy a lifetime of power and prestige. Yet each decade, only six practitioners are invited - to fill five places. Contenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind's deepest secrets. Reina Mori is a naturalist ... |
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Dana Schwartz's Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal ... |
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Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket - sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by David Stuart Davies and original illustrations by H. K. Browne. Bleak House is not only a love story and a tightly plotted murder mystery, but also a condemnation of the corruption at the heart of English society. The inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been going on for generations involving myriad characters from all walks of life. There's Esther ... |
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Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. In this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves into everything from ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Widely accepted as Henry James great masterpiece, "The Portrait of a Lady" is a poignant and intense exploration of freedom and identity. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an introduction by Costa Award-winning author Colm Toibin. Intelligent, beautiful and vivacious, Isabel Archer fascinates and ... |
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Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2021. In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises in the night. These disparate cases are some of the most remarkable diagnostic mysteries of the twenty-first century, as both doctors and scientists have struggled to explain them within the boundaries of medical science and - more crucially - to treat them. What unites them is that they are all examples of a particular ... |
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Проявете детективския си потенциал с пъзела от Professor Puzzle. Той е изработен от дърво и е вдъхновен от литературния герой Шерлок Холмс. В дъното на кутията е разположена монета. Целта е да подредите пъзела в правилната позиция, така че да вземете монетата. Частите могат да се плъзгат и са илюстрирани с карта на Лондон. Подобрете вашата логика и въображение, докато се забавлявате. Размерите на кутията са 14 / 10.5 / 3 cm. ... |
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Металната играчка от "Jada Toys" пресъздава до най-малкия детайл "The Mystery Machine" от анимационния сериал "Scooby Doo". Благодарение на въртящите се гуми, количката може да се движи напред и назад. Освен за игра, металната играчка може да бъде част от декорацията в детската стая или офиса. Количката е с приблизителна дължина 20 cm. ... |
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Разказите в "Мистерията живот" са въз основа на преживяванията ми с Клод. Писал съм ги, когато бяхме заедно и сега като ги препрочитам, в съзнанието ми изплуват ярки спомени, а сърцето ми болезнено се свива от носталгия по щастливите дни… Водех приятно и безметежно съществуване; отделях по четири часа за работа, седем дни седмично. Доставяше ми удоволствие и сега осъзнавам какъв късметлия съм бил, че всеки път, когато ми потрябваше нов сюжет, успявах да го намеря. Ежедневният четиричасов режим на работа, нито минута повече, ми осигуряваше доста време да се заигравам и с други неща. Заиграването ми много скоро ... |
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Educational cards ... The box contains 50 cards with 100 games about the nature and the numbers. Your children will have fun but also learn how to count, add, subtract and compare in an easy and enjoyable way. The ink of the marker can easily be erased from the cards and they can be reused. Use the marker which you will find in the box. Wipe it out with a dry material. ... |
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Следващата генерация от магически войни те чакат с настолната игра от "Hasbro" "Magic: The Gathering" и арената на "Planeswalkers". В играта могат да се включат между 2 и 5 играча над 10 годишна възраст. В нея ще откриеш 5 могъщи плейнсуокъри - Гиден, Джейс, Лилиан, Чандра и Ниса, всеки от тях със своята уникална способност. Освен това вътре ще и откриеш и фигурки с отрядите на всеки герой, карти, 6 елемента за сглобяване на терен, два 3-шестнадесетични фигурки на пясък, две 1-шестостенни пясъчни плочки, 2 руини, 4 глифа, 30 демидж маркери, 20 двустранни зарчета, 10 бойни зарове, 15 карти за ... |
