Mina est amoureuse et sur le point d'épouser l'homme qu'elle aime. Sa meilleure amie, la jolie Lucy, est elle aussi sur le point de se marier. Les deux jeunes femmes décident de partir en vacances à la mer pour profiter de leurs derniers moments de célibat ! Mais l'arrivée dans leur vie d'un gentleman fascinant, ténébreux et sulfureux, va ébranler toutes leurs certitudes. Lucy tombe mystérieusement malade, et Mina, quant à elle, est soudain assaillie par des désirs inavouables...
Ethan Wate is in love with a caster girl. When he looks at Lena, it's like there's no one else in the world. But Ethan is mortal, and on her seventeenth birthday Lena made a choice that changed everything. The girl Ethan loves has broken the world with the supernatural powers she is struggling to control . . . Now, if they are to fix the chaos Lena has caused, one of them must make a terrible sacrifice. Sometimes there isn't just one answer. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending. Third instalment of the spellbinding love story that began with Beautiful Creatures 'This novel has been generating twlight-level buzz.' Teen Vogue 'A headlong read from start to finish.' She
Is death the end . . . or only the beginning? Ethan Wate always dreamed of leaving the stifling Southern town of Gatlin. But he never dreamt that finding love with Lena Duchannes would drive him away. Lena is a Caster girl whose supernatural powers unveiled a secretive and cursed side of Gatlin, so powerful it forced him to make a terrible sacrifice. Now Ethan must find a way to return to Lena - and Gatlin - as she vows to do whatever it takes to get him back. Even if it means trusting old enemies or risking their loved ones' lives. 'Hauntingly delicious, dark fantasy.' Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author of City of Bones 'Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric and original.' Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author or Wicked Lovely
For Joshua Mowll, it was the surprise of a lifetime. There, among the archives inherited from his great-aunt Rebecca MacKenzie, was a 1920's journal recounting the thrilling and dangerous adventures of fifteen-year old Rebecca and her younger brother, Doug, in the wake of their parents mysterious disappearance in the deserts of China. Now carefully re-created in a lavish volume complete with cloth binding and a journal-style elastic clasp, the siblings tale begins aboard the Expedient, their uncle's enigmatic research ship, and moves at a breathless pace through the streets of Shanghai and on to a terrifying island fortress. Along the way, Doug and Becca encounter an ancient order of Chinese mercenaries, a brutal pirate warlord, a feisty Texan heiress, and a stolen cache of a volatile explosive called zoridium. By their saga's end, the intrepid duo has exposed a murderous plot involving their parents and uncovered a high-minded secret society hidden from the world for hundreds of years. Interspersed are such archival elements as:elaborate diagram and maps vintage photos and illustrations documents with stamps, seals, and watermarks four full-color gatefolds, the largest a six-page foldout extensive appendices and notes
Some secrets are life-altering... others are life-ending. Sink your fangs into a story author Holly Black praises as "A lush southern Gothic" Makes for a great Young Adult (YA) novel and gifting!
Kate Mackenzie navigates the challenges of her demanding job under a tyrannical boss, Amy Jenkins, at the New York Journal. Struggling with her long-term boyfriend's reluctance to commit, she finds herself couch-surfing and grappling with the high cost of living in New York City. As her situation seems increasingly dire, Kate's resilience and determination will be tested in a city that never sleeps.
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection, and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Czytelnicy, których zauroczyły „Zmierzch” i „Księżyc w nowiu”, z pewnością z tą samą przyjemnością pochłoną „Zaćmienie”, wyczekiwany z niecierpliwością III tom wampirzej sagi miłosnej autorstwa amerykańskiej pisarki Stephenie Meyer. Kiedy media zaczynają donosić o serii tajemniczych morderstw w Seattle, a do lasów wokół Forks powraca żądna zemsty wampirzyca, Bella uświadamia sobie, że znowu grozi jej śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo. W dodatku, wiedząc, że jej decyzja może doprowadzić do odnowienia odwiecznego konfliktu pomiędzy wampirami a wilkołakami, zmuszona jest wybierać pomiędzy miłością Edwarda a przyjaźnią Jacoba. Zbliża się też zakończenie roku szkolnego, a więc termin przemiany – czy Bella ma wybrać życie czy śmierć?
Porywająca opowieść o miłości, łącząca cechy horroru, romansu i powieści o dojrzewaniu. Jej bohaterka, siedemnastoletnia Isabella Swan, przeprowadza się do ponurego miasteczka w deszczowym stanie Washington, gdzie spotyka tajemniczego, niezwykle przystojnego Edwarda Cullena. Chłopak ma nadludzkie zdolności - nie można mu się oprzeć, ale i nie można go przejrzeć. Bella usiłuje poznać jego mroczne sekrety, nie zdaje sobie jednak sprawy, że naraża tym siebie i swoich najbliższych na niebezpieczeństwo. Już niedługo może nie być odwrotu...
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
In the 1960s, off the coast of East Anglia, a disgruntled boarding school student develops an obsessive friendship with a boy livingby himself at the edge of the sea.
Strážce minulosti Jake Djones a jeho přátelé opět vyrážejí vstříc novému dobrodružství. Tentokrát je čeká cesta do Číny 16. století. Tam mají zneškodnit nebezpečného nepřítele Xi Xianga, který chce zničit obchodní vazby mezi Východem a Západem a uvrhnout celý svět do války. Xi Xiang navíc drží klíč k tajemství zmizení Jakeova bratra Filipa. Hodiny osudu odtikávají poslední vteřiny. Stačí strážci minulosti splnit svůj úkol? Dozví se Jake něco víc o svém bratrovi? Minulost je ohrožena; jen Jake Djones ji může zachránit!
" Cette nuit, il m'est arrivé quelque chose d'incroyable... " Voilà comment débute la merveilleuse histoire du film. Elliott raconte son inoubliable rencontre avec E.T. l'extraterrestre. Mais E.T. sait qu'il doit retourner sur sa planète. Elliott pourra-t-il aider son ami à rentrer chez lui ?
