Literatura obcojęzyczna - Little Brown Book Group

• ISBN9780316376747
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron144
• Rok wydania2014

As the second term of high school winds down, Tomoko Kuroki's life continues to be full of awesome...nothing. But ever the optimist, she pins her hopes on the possibilities that winter break will bring. Unfortunately, there's a cold breeze blowing in more ways than one, and Tomoko's in for a disappointment. Is she doomed to spend her theoretically monumental first year as an HSG without any friends at all?!

• ISBN9780316336093
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron144
• Rok wydania2014

After an unforgiving and grueling introduction to high school, Tomoko's now finally a second-year. One with a tough, sports-crazed homeroom teacher, a somewhat friendly classmate, and a kid brother now stalking the halls of the same school with an even colder attitude toward his big sister...With all these things shaking up her high school life, will Tomoko be able to stick it out through her second year...?!

• ISBN9780316229487
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• Ilość stron496
• Rok wydania2014

After endless cycles of tragedy, Rika at last finds herself in an incarnation where she knows the true culprit behind her murder. But with only a week before the Cotton Drifting Festival - and her demise - she and Hanyu are going to have to work fast to devise a counterstrategy. The past has shown that Rika can count on her friends for support if she is open with them about her fears. Even so, if she wants to unravel the plot that will ultimately destroy Hinamizawa, she's going to need help in higher places - but what evidence would convince an adult that the little girl's fear of death is founded?

• ISBN9781444000948
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• Ilość stron32
• Rok wydania2010

All of the Asterix stories feature references to Obelix falling into the Druid's Cauldron of magic potion when he was about six years old. This was the event through which he derived his phenomenal physical strength. Here is the full story of how it happened.

• ISBN9781780338286
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron544
• Rok wydania2014

Offers a collection of real-life accounts of both well-known and less well-known air disasters and near misses, while covering scientific factors and the political backgrounds to terrorist and military in-air incidents, focuses on the human element. This book covers the ingenious, painstaking work done aby air-accident investigators.

• ISBN9780316077644
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• Ilość stron256
• Rok wydania2010

When his parents are killed by a hostile alien called "The Prayer," three-year-old Daniel is left alone--alone with his parents' list of every intergalactic criminal who threatens Earth's safety. Now a teenager, Daniel has spent the last several years picking up where his father left off.

• ISBN9781444008364
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron156
• Rok wydania2014

In this special collector's edition, books 19 to 21 are brought together in one fabulous volume. In ASTERIX AND THE SOOTHSAYER, a sinister figure arrives in the Gaulish village. Prolix claims to be a soothsayer and the villagers believe every word he says, but Asterix isn't convinced...In ASTERIX IN CORSICA, the Corsican chieftain, Boneywasawarriorwayayix, needs Asterix and Obelix's help to foil the evil designs of Praetor Perfidius and oppose Julius Caesar's army. In ASTERIX AND CAESAR'S GIFT, Legionary Tremensdelirius gets the title deeds to the Gaulish village as a bonus - then swaps them with tavern landlord Orthopaedix for a drink. But Asterix and his friends aren't keen to hand over their village!

• ISBN9781908974235
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• Ilość stron224
• Rok wydania2014

This book will guide you through creating your own liquid and bar soap. Design and create bars of soap using traditional methods that incorporate moisturising oils and butters, and make fun and funky glycerine soaps that look almost too fabulous to use. If you prefer liquid soaps then this book also explains how to create liquid and cream soaps from scratch as well as how to design body washes using many of the easily obtainable surfactants. In this book you will discover how to: choose soap making ingredients that will be most beneficial for your skin type; design and create a range of soapy products including hand and body washes; scent your soaps using essential and fragrance oils; make glycerine melt and pour soap from scratch; and understand different soap making methods and techniques.

• ISBN9781408725320
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• Ilość stron448
• Rok wydania2023

The second in the Ashmore Castle historical family drama series, set at the turn of the twentieth century, żeby the author of the acclaimed Morland Dynasty novels.

• ISBN9780751584561
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• Ilość stron288
• Rok wydania2023

THE INSTANT NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe stunning new novel from the bestselling author of global phenomenon Tuesdays with Morrie'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecelia Ahern____________Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, ten strangers try to survive while they wait for rescue. After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him on board - and the survivor claims he can save them.But should they put their trust in him?Will any of them see home again?And why did the ship really sink?The Stranger in the Lifeboat is not only a deeply moving novel about the power of love and hope in the face of danger, but also a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end.

• ISBN9780316336109
• Oprawatwarda
• Ilość stron196
• Rok wydania2014

In the year since his marriage, Karluk has grown a good deal, but Amir can't help but feel overprotective of her much younger husband. Karluk wants nothing more than to prove that he can be a strong and competent man - and he may soon have the opportunity to prove just that. Desperate for land to feed their flocks, Amir's former tribe prepares to attack the village with a fearsome arsenal of cannons and guns provided aby their new allies. This time the Halgals are not interested in capturing Amir - no one is safe from their terrible assault!

• ISBN9780316339100
• Oprawatwarda
• Ilość stron496
• Rok wydania2014

In the spring of 1998, Koichi Sakakibara transfers to Yomiyama North Middle School. In class, he develops a sense of unease as he notices that the people around him act like they're walking on eggshells, and students and teachers alike seem frightened. As a chain of horrific deaths begin to unfold around him, he comes to discover that he has been placed in the cursed Class 3 in which the student body head count is always one more than expected. Class 3 is haunted aby a vengeful spirit responsible for gruesome deaths in an effort to satisfy its spite.To stop the vicious cycle gripping his new school, Koichi decides to get to the bottom of the curse, but is he prepared for the horror that lies ahead...?

• ISBN9781472111326
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron368
• Rok wydania2014

This is a novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England and featuring stolen antiquities, betrayal and murder. For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her stifling home life so when her new husband dies on safari, she feels little grief for she barely knew the man. Now, two years on, when she finds his journals she discovers a very different man to the one she thought she had married - one who was a gentleman scholar who was very much in love with his new wife. Emily becomes fascinated with this new image of her dead husband and immerses herself in his intellectual pursuits, studying Greek and spending time in the quiet corridors of the British Museum. But there, amid priceless ancient statues, she uncovers a dark, dangerous secret involving stolen artifacts from the Greco-Roman galleries...and as she sets out to solve the crime she discovers even more surprises about her dead husband...

• ISBN9780749954611
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron432
• Rok wydania2010

Ihre beste Freundin wird des Mordes an einer der schönsten Frauen der Welt verdächtigt und Eve Dallas, Lieutenant bei der New Yorker Polizei, nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Gemeinsam mit ihrem mächtigen Freund Roarke schleust sie sich ein in die Welt der Reichen und Schönen, stochert im Sumpf der Besessenheit nach Ruhm und ewiger Jugend. Eve stößt auf die Spur von bisher unbekannten Designer-Drogen, die absolut süchtig machen und zu jedem Verbrechen befähigen. Jetzt droht Eve von allen Seiten Gefahr.

• ISBN9781841499642
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• Ilość stron624
• Rok wydania2010

Although the architect of the White

• ISBN9780751543872
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• Ilość stron448
• Rok wydania2010

Es ist die Woche vor Weihnachten und Kay Scarpetta erhält eine eigene Show im Fernsehen. Doch in kürzester Zeit scheint ihre Präsenz im Fernsehen sich in einer Reihe von dramatischen und beunruhigenden Ereignissen niederzuschlagen, die ihr Leben bedrohen.

• ISBN9780349139098
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron336
• Rok wydania2014

An engaging and provocative look at culture, from one of our best-known historians.

• ISBN9780356503974
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• Ilość stron352
• Rok wydania2014

It is three hundred years since the world toppled on its axis and civilisation was destroyed. In this savagely reshaped world ruled żeby brigands and war-makers, a rider seeks a lost city. Pursuing a dream to calm the violence in his soul, Jon Shannow, the brigand slayer, desires only peace. But from the Plague Lands emerges a fresh terror. The Lord of the Pit and his hellborn army seek to plunge mankind into a new demonic era. Seemingly invincible, they make a fatal mistake: they take Shannow's woman for blood sacrifice. And find themselves facing the deadliest warrior of the new age. Jon Shannow - the Jerusalem Man.

• ISBN9780316083812
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• AutorCinco Paul
• WydawnictwoHachette Book Group Usa

Three little kittens aren't sleepy at all! One wants to jump, another wants to play, and the last wants a bite to eat. But after Mama Cat brushes their fur, gives them some milk, and sings them a lullaby, one, two, three little kittens drift off to sleep.With gentle, rhythmic verse, little ones will love to snuggle up with these soft, cozy kitties at bedtime. The book Sleepy Kittens is read aloud in a pivotal emotional scene of the animated movie Despicable Me.Our board book will include adorable fuzzy kitten finger puppets!

• ISBN9780751544220
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• Ilość stron416
• Rok wydania2010

A lost child. A shattered past. A life going under...Vincent Ruiz is lucky to be alive. A bullet in the leg, another through the hand, he is discovered clinging to a buoy in the River Thames, losing blood and consciousness fast. It takes six days for him to come out of his coma, and when he does, his nightmare is only just beginning. Because Vincent has no recollection of what happened, and nobody believes him. A mile away from his body, a boat was found covered in blood -- Vincent's and that of three others. Forensics say at least one of them must be dead. Vincent, a police detective, had signed his service pistol out of the station armoury, despite being on leave. Many murder suspects fake amnesia, and the investigating team are not sure this case is any different...The only clue is a picture in his pocket, a photograph of a young girl, Mickey Carlyle, who disappeared three years ago. And though Mickey is presumed dead, Vincent has the nagging doubt that she is alive and in terrible danger...

• ISBN9781975367862
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• Ilość stron184
• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9781472109156
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• Ilość stron320
• Rok wydania2023

"Sacred, ferocious, and businesslike, Adelstein describes the Japanese mafia like nobody else". (Roberto Saviano, on Tokyo Vice). When acclaimed journalist Jake Adelstein hires a former Yakuza boss, known as the 'Tsunami', to be his driver and bodyguard, he soon finds himself swept into the violent heart of Tokyo's organised crime syndicates. From gambling rackets and ritualised killings, to the forbidden pleasures of 'soapland', Adelstein's unlikely friendship with the 'Tsunami' gains him unprecedented access to the Yakuza - now under threat after years of tacit acceptance from Japanese society. But in a culture that prizes loyalty and honour above all else, how far can they go in their quest for truth about Tokyo's criminal underworld? A riveting history of the Japanese mafia, featuring an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, The Last Yakuza is an electrifying - but ultimately uplifting - story of one man's life of crime. "Terrific, expertly told and highly entertaining". (George Pelecanos, on Tokyo Vice).

• ISBN9780356503998
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• Ilość stron336
• Rok wydania2014

The tyrannical rule of the Deacon and his Jerusalem Riders has unleashed upon the world a sea of bigotry and hatred, where Unbelievers and Mutants are massacred in the name of God and Peace. And the long-vanished Jerusalem Man is now considered a saint of the new order. To speak ill of his memory is heresy. But when the church in Pilgrim's Valley is burnt to the ground and its congregation is slaughtered, a rider appears and hunts down the killers. And word spreads - the Jerusalem Man is back! Hunted and alone, Jon Shannow must battle the forces of the Deacon - and face a terrible enemy from another universe, a dark god who feeds on the souls of worlds.

• ISBN9780751543346
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron416
• Rok wydania2014

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 worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) is doing everything in his power to prevent a developer from building a new tourist resort on the island, with deadly consequences...Outrageous, hilarious and addictive, this is the unique Carl Hiaasen at his absolute best. Bad Monkey will have you on the edge of your seat and laughing out loud.

• ISBN9780356501932
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• Ilość stron528
• Rok wydania2014

THE ENEMY IS INSIDE US. The SymboGen-designed parasites were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the parasites are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is and how they can be stopped.

• ISBN9781975369019
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• Ilość stron164
• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9781975359980
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• Ilość stron164
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• ISBN9781975351540
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• Ilość stron194
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• ISBN9781975362935
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• ISBN9780316102407
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• Ilość stron192
• Rok wydania2010

Twenty-three years after the terrible Hinamizawa Disaster, five strangers are drawn together to the abandoned mountain village aby fate. One of them claims to be Mion Sonozaki, who was supposed to have died in the incident that claimed the lives of all the villagers. But only one thing is certain: Oyashiro-sama's curse did not die with the village. Will these five be able to survive the night?

• ISBN9781975351908
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• Ilość stron404
• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9781975348762
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• Ilość stron162
• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9781975338589
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• ISBN9780316097666
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• Ilość stron224
• Rok wydania2010

Following a lead on the kidnapping of the construction minister's grandson, Officers Ooishi and Akasaka spot a secluded outpost station that shows signs of recent traffic. A little poking around brings them face to face with the boy's abductors, and the criminals aren't going down without a fight. Once the boy is recovered, the dam project is put on hold, and it seems to be a happy ending for everyone. What could Rika's warning possibly have been about...?

• ISBN9780316086110
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron192
• Rok wydania2010

Five years before Keiichi Maebara moved to Hinamizawa, inspector Mamoru Akasaka was sent from the Tokyo police to investigate the kidnapping of another officer's grandchild. The investigation leads him further and further into the greater mystery surrounding Hinamizawa and Oyashiro-sama's curse.

• ISBN9780316336550
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• Ilość stron224
• Rok wydania2014

Kirito jumps into a new VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online (ALO) in search of Asuna, who still hasn't regained consciousness. On his quest to find the World Tree and reach Asuna, he meets a sylph girl named Leafa. A veteran player experienced with the sword, Leafa recognizes that Kirito is motivated aby serious circumstances and decides to help him. But...Leafa's identity in the real world is Suguha Kirigaya-Kirito's sister. And it's the glimmer of her beloved brother she sees in Kirito that prompts her to lend him a hand. Now, despite the conflicting interests guiding them on, the pair set off on a journey to the World Tree!!

• ISBN9780316339124
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• Ilość stron224
• Rok wydania2014

In Academy City, magic and science coexist in an unwavering power struggle. Toma Kamijo, an academically-challenged student in Academy City, wields the power of the Imagine Breaker in his right hand, which allows him to completely negate all supernatural powers - as well as his own luck. When he happens upon a mysterious nun named Index, whose mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum - 103,000 ancient texts banned żeby the Church - Toma's luck is about to be pushed to its limits when he finds himself in the middle of a war he never expected!

• ISBN9781845284473
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• Ilość stron144
• Rok wydania2010

In this book, author Andrea Shavick explains all there is to know about psychometric tests: what they are, what they measure, who uses them, why they're used, how they're changing, how to survive them, and even how to avoid them altogether! It includes 35 different, genuine, practice test from SHL Group pls, the world's biggest test publisher. It has 265 questions covering verbal, numerical, abstract and spatial reasoning; mechanical comprehension; fault diagnosis; acutness and personlaity. This book gives you the information, confidence and practice to pass psychometric tests.

• ISBN9781975340513
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• Ilość stron232
• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9780316336499
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• Ilość stron288
• Rok wydania2014

Over the course of a hundred years, Rika relived her brutal murder over and over again through countless fragments before finding the world where she could live in peace. But even without the threat of certain death hanging over her head, this world is fraught with dangers. When she's in a terrible accident, Rika wakes up to find herself in the nurse's office-however she's not in her peaceful new world, but rather in an alternate June 1983! Rika is desperate to find a way back to her ideal fragment, but it may require her to do something drastic...The thrilling continuation of Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY!

• ISBN9781975335069
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• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9781975367244
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• ISBN9781975350062
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• ISBN9781472147882
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• Ilość stron288
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• ISBN9781975369316
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• Ilość stron130
• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9780316508650
• Oprawatwarda
• Ilość stron320
• Rok wydania2023

• ISBN9780356519784
• Oprawamiękka
• Ilość stron448
• Rok wydania2023