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The Concord has been broken, and a war of magic engulfs the world • In France, the brilliant young battle-mage Napoleon Bonaparte and has all but conquered Europe. Britain fights back, protected by the gulf of the channel and powerful fire-magic, but Wilberforce's own battle to bring about free magic and abolition has met a dead end. In Saint Domingue, Fina watches as Toussaint Louverture navigates these opposing forces to liberate the country • But there is another, even darker war being fought beneath the surface. A blood magician is using the Revolutionary Wars to bring about a return to dark magic. Across the world, only a few know of his existence and the choices they make will shape the new age of magic

Brittany, 1741: There hasn't been a witch born in the Orchiere clan for generations. According the elders, that line is dead, leaving the clan vulnerable to persecution. Ursule Orchiere has been raised on stories of the great witches of the past. But the only magic she knows are the false spells her mother weaves over the women who visit their fortune-telling tent • All of that changes when Ursule comes of age and a spark of power flares to life. Thrilled to be chosen, she has no idea how magic will twist and shape her future. Guided by the whispers of her ancestors and an ancient grimoire, Ursule is destined to walk the same path as the great witches of old. But danger hovers over her. Will she be able to escape the bloodlust of the mob or the flames of the pyre?

Jack Sparks died while writing this book • It was no secret that journalist Jack Sparks had been researching the occult for his new book. No stranger to controversy, he'd already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed • Then there was that video: forty seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet was posted from his own YouTube account • Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed - until now

When Mabel Jones unknowingly commits 'The Deed' she finds herself swiftly bundled into a sack and carried off to the pirate ship the Feroshus Maggot! • Crewed by the strangest bunch of pirates you would ever want to meet, and captained by the dreaded Idryss Ebeneezer Split (a wolf with a false leg carved from a human thighbone, a rusty cutlass sheathed in his belt and a loaded pistol tucked in his pants with no fear of the consequences), the Feroshus Maggot whisks Mabel Jones off on the adventure of a lifetime

Grab your passport and let the Shergill sisters take you on a journey… • Meet the Shergill Sisters • The know-it-all, Rajni • The drama queen, Jezmeen • The golden child, Shirina • They have never been close. But their mother’s dying wish was for them to take a pilgrimage across India together, to carry out her final rites. And so, the sisters are thrown together for one last (and very strange) family holiday • The three women seem to have nothing in common, apart from the fact that each of them has a secret she would prefer to keep hidden. But as one unlikely adventure follows another, it’s not long before they start to realise that they might need each other now more than ever. After all, there are no secrets between sisters…

Гарольд Фрай – самый обычный человек, который всю свою жизнь чувствовал себя личным и ненужным. В один день он пошел отправлять письмо…и просто продолжил идти дальше • Данное издание романа Рейчел Джойс «Невероятное паломничество Гарольда Фрая» содержит кадры из одноименного фильма, а также эксклюзивные материалы об экранизации книги от писательницы и продюсеров • Книга на английском языке • Harold is an ordinary man who has passed through life, living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day...and just keeps walking • This edition includes stills from the film; also exclusive material about adapting novel to book by Rachel Joyce; Rachel Joyce in conversation with the producers; and insights from the producer about the challenges of making the movie

Resident: I feel I want to keep talking • Me: Of course! What do you want to talk about? • Resident: My heart • Me: What about your heart? • Resident: I feel I want to touch it • Me: Your heart? You want to touch your heart? • Resident: Yes, but I'm too frightened • Me: What are you frightened about? • Resident: Everything. People. Things • Me: What's frightening you at this very moment? • Resident: (Closes eyes). That I'll never be touched again. That I won't be able to get to my heart • Me: Metaphorically? • Resident: More carrots please • Whether he's initiating a coup d'etat against new regulations with the residents, or forging a bond with the 98-year old who once called him a fat slut, Pope Lonergan's work is infinitely varied. This no-holds-barred account shows what life inside a care home is really like, for both residents and carers

Покидая свой дом одним прекрасным утром, Гарольд Фрай даже не подозревает, что отправится в путешествие на другой конец страны • У него нет ни специальной обуви, ни карты или компаса, дождевика или даже мобильного телефона. Но он знает, что должен идти дальше. Чтобы спасти чью-то жизнь • Гарольд Фрай – самый обычный человек. Но может стать нашим героем • По мотивам романа Рейчел Джойс «Невероятное паломничество Гарольда Фрая» был снят фильм Вторая жизнь Гарольда Фрая • Книга на английском языке • When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other • He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking

Гарольд Фрай – милый, но не особо эмоциональный мужчина, недавно вышедший на пенсию. Из пассивного состояния его выводит неожиданное письмо от старой знакомой. Куини Хеннеси, от которой он не получал вестей вот уже 20 лет, пишет, что находится в хосписе и что хочет попрощаться. Гарольд выходит из дома и заворачивает за угол, чтобы бросить ответное письмо в почтовый ящик, однако случайная встреча убеждает его в том, что он должен вручить его лично. Пусть Куини и живет за 600 миль от него, но пока он идет, она не умрет. Так начинается паломничество Гарольда – без специальной обуви, оборудования, телефона или даже карты…По пути он будет встречать людей, которые напомнят ему о эпизодах из прошлого – о браке, который не оправдал ожиданий; о его недостатках как мужа и отца…В то же время его жена Морин поймет, что ей не хватает мужа

The saga of mortals and immortals continues in this spectacular and highly original fantasy epic • In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a homeless man who glows like a living sun to her strange sight • However, this act of kindness is to engulf Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city. Oree's peculiar guest is at the heart of it, his presence putting her in mortal danger - but is it him the killers want, or Oree? And is the earthly power of the Arameri king their ultimate goal, or have they set their sights on the Lord of Night himself?

The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women • Essun has inherited the phenomenal power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every outcast child can grow up safe • For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed

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