Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This isprimarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it's just frustrating, being a kid trapped in...

dubious, ready-made people hunt for the canvas of the unknown Alexander Berg? How is the image of an unremarkable house connected with the fate of the disappeared father, a lover of riddles, ciphers and hidden meanings? The 19-year-old hero, a journalism student, became interested in the picture only in order to write an educational report, and as a result, he was drawn into a detective story....

Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets.This is another thrilling, triumphantly imaginative series from Garth Nix, the best-selling author of The Seventh Tower, Sabriel, Lirael, Frogkisser!, and the Troubletwisters series.

Приезд Нэнси и ее подруги Хелен к их общим друзьям в «Сиреневую гостиницу» не предвещал ничего плохого, скорее наоборот: их друзья, хозяева гостиницы, помолвлены и готовятся к свадьбе. Совсем скоро они собираются заново открыть отель после обновления. Но странное напряжение и тревога в лицах друзей и работников гостиницы наводят Нэнси на мысль, что не все так хорошо, как кажется на первый...

Приезд Нэнси и ее подруги Хелен к их общим друзьям в «Сиреневую гостиницу» не предвещал ничего плохого, скорее наоборот: их друзья, хозяева гостиницы, помолвлены и готовятся к свадьбе. Совсем скоро они собираются заново открыть отель после обновления. Но странное напряжение и тревога в лицах друзей и работников гостиницы наводят Нэнси на мысль, что не все так хорошо, как кажется на первый...

Nancy is given a beautiful gold bracelet and finds that one of the charms is missing. When she learns the unusual story behind the jewelry, she sets out to solve the fascinating mystery. The bracelet had been presented to a former circus performer by a queen who loved horses. For some reason the performer had to sell the bracelet but would not reveal her true identity. Clues lead Nancy to Sims’...

Orphan Elizabeth Somers's malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms most notably its massive library. It's not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But the deeper she...

at once, Persiforest and the heather swamps. The peace between her subjects, humans and faerie folk, is fragile as ever. However, Aurora believes that she will be able to draw up an agreement that will be signed by both parties, and then the fairies and people will live together again. But not everyone is ready to support the young queen. Her godmother Maleficent is still in no hurry to trust...

Долгожданное продолжение международного бестселлера и бестселлера New York Times 'Жестокий принц'. Одна из самых ожидаемых книг 2019 года! Неповторимая история о смертной девушке, которая благодаря своему упорству, хитрости и коварству, поднялась на трон мира фейри! Джуд связала Кардана обещанием подчиняться ей, обещанием, которое продлится ровно год и один день. Теперь она главная фигура за...

A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author.Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories.One day Tilly realises that classic...

It's the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse. For Jack and his buddies, that means sled catapults, epic snowball battles, and one monstrous Christmas celebration. But their winter wonderland turns dark when a villainess begins hunting them. And this villainess is different-she's a human. When the villainess steals Jack's prized monster-slaying tool, the Louisville Slicer, he vows to get...

The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue's youth are long behind her-or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia's College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their...