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Kuninkaan Anna

Mon, 6 May 2013 19:41:51 PST

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Siilin eleganssi

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 2:00:49 PST

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Renée Michel on pariisilaisen hienostokerrostalon portinvartija. Hän on lyhyt ja pyylevä leskinainen, joka pyrkii olemaan kuin ei olisikaan. Renée vastaa niin hyvin yleistä mielikuvaa rehellisestä mutta tyhmästä portinvartijasta, ettei kukaan osaa aavistaakaan hänen olevan tosiasiassa talon koppavia asukkaita sivistyneempi. Useita kerroksia ylempänä asuu Paloma Josse, kaksitoistavuotias omiin ...

Kun kyyhkyset katosivat

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:45:41 PST

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Kirja kertoo ihmisten valinnoista, uskollisuudesta ja uskottomuudesta, sopeutumisesta tai sopeutumattomuudesta maassa, jonka kohtalona on joutua miehittäjien armoille. Romaanissa liikutaan 1930-luvulta 1960-luvulle, terrorin ja rauhan vuosina. Kun kyyhkyset katosivat on Viron lähihistoriaa ja Euroopan kahtiajakoa käsittelevään Kvartetti-sarjan kolmas osa. Edelliset osat ovat Stalinin lehmät ...

Jäätelökauppias

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 3:21:38 PST

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Teemestarin kirja

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:36 PST

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Perinnönjakajat

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:19:02 PST

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Wolf Hall

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:00:06 PST

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The Homeward Bounders

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:02:01 PST

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"You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but it will be against the rules for you to enter play in any world. If you succeed in returning Home, then you may enter play again in the normal manner." When Jamie unwittingly discovers the scary, dark-cloaked Them playing games with human's lives, he is cast out to the boundaries of the worlds. On ...

Jää

Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:37:24 PST

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Ylitys

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:57:20 PST

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Suljettu maa

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:25:32 PST

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How to be a Woman

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:35:52 PST

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1913 - Suffragette throws herself under the King's horse. 1969 - Feminists storm Miss World. Now - Caitlin Moran rewrites "The Female Eunuch" from a bar stool and demands to know why pants are getting smaller. There's never been a better time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few nagging questions do remain...Why are we suppo ...

Wishing for Tomorrow

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:33:22 PST

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Hilary McKay revisits Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies after the events of A Little Princess and Sara Crewe's happily ever after. But Sara is much missed - and most acutely by best friend Ermengarde, who laments that 'nothing is the same as it was before'. But life must go on at Miss Minchin's as new friendships are made, rivalries continued, lessons learned and, most importantly, ...

The Magicians of Caprona

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:19:36 PST

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Pienen lapsen sosiaalisuus

Fri, 9 Nov 2012 14:29:02 PST

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The Grand Tour

Tue, 6 Nov 2012 2:20:13 PST

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Kate and Cecy and their new husbands, Thomas and James, are off on a leisurely tour of the Continent. But once they arrive in France, strange things start to happen. Cecy receives a mysterious package, Thomas's valet is assaulted, and Kate loses a glove. Soon it becomes clear that the newlyweds have stumbled upon a magical plot to take over Europe, and they must embark on a daring chase to thwart ...

Shades of Milk and Honey

Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:18:01 PST

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This is a fantasy novel you wish Jane Austen had written. "Shades of Milk and Honey" is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth of Dorchester, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality. Despite the prevalence of magic in everyday life, other aspects of Dorchester's society are not that differen ...

Kafka rannalla

Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:17:02 PST

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Sorcery and Cecelia

Tue, 9 Oct 2012 19:15:09 PST

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A great deal is happening in London and the country this season. For starters, there's the witch who tried to poison Kate at the Royal College of Wizards. There's also the man who seems to be spying on Cecelia. (Though he's not doing a very good job of it--so just what "are his intentions?) And then there's Oliver. Ever since he was turned into a tree, he hasn't bothered to tell "anyone where h ...

The Spellcoats

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:05:28 PST

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Tanaqui, and her brothers and sister, are left alone to fend for themselves. But the people in the village turn against them. They must flee their home and begin a terrifying journey to the sea.

Kosmonautti

Thu, 6 Sep 2012 20:25:21 PST

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The Marriage Plot

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 1:56:42 PST

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"There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel." Anthony Trollope It's the early 1980s. In American colleges, the wised-up kids are inhaling Derrida and listening to Talking Heads. But Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. As ...

Kirjeitä Jekaterinburgiin

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 3:14:10 PST

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Norwegian Wood

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:31:16 PST

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Aina kuullessaan lempikappaleensa, Beatlesin Norwegian Woodin, Toru Watanabe muistaa ensirakkautensa, parhaan ystävänsä Kizukin tyttöystävän. Muistot vievät hänet opiskeluaikojen Tokioon, missä hän ajelehti ystävyyden, seksin, intohimon ja surun vietävänä. Hän muistaa myös Midorin, päättäväisen nuoren naisen, joka marssi hänen elämäänsä ja pakotti hänet valitsemaan menneen ja tulevaisuuden väli ...

Brideshead Revisted (Film Tie In Edition)

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:10:24 PST

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Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric, artistic inhabitants the Marchmains, becoming infatuated with them and the life of privilege they inhabit -- in particular, with Sebastian's remote sister, Julia. But, as duty and desi ...

Nothing to Wear and Nowhere to Hide

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 1:31:41 PST

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A spiky, feisty, hilarious collection of stories that expose women's clumsy, often doomed, attempts to negotiate a smooth path through life. Abandoned wives remain as lingering presences in the homes of their ex-husband's new girlfriends; beautiful young models find their misdemeanours exposed for all the world to see in the tabloids; middle-aged women get swept off their feet and into the crimin ...

Drowned Ammet

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:10:54 PST

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Drowned Ammet is the story of Mitt, a boy who joins a band of Freedom Fighters in a bid to try and crush the tyrannical ruler of Holand, and at the same time, to get revenge on the people who killed his father. This is the second book in the best-selling Dalemark quartet, which consists of four fantasy novels by acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones set in the mysterious world of Dalemark. The Dalem ...

The Skiver's Guide

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:32:37 PST

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Skiving is getting out of things you do not want to do. It is shirking work and avoiding all boring things. It is a skill no one should be without! It is also an art, which can be carried to a high pitch of perfection. This book is designed to help beginners learn the skills of skiving and also to help those who have been skiving for years to carry these skills to new heights. It is the result of ...

Älä käy yöhön yksin

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:30:47 PST

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Dogsbody

Tue, 15 May 2012 3:22:00 PST

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A powerful being fights for his life within the body of a humble, earthbound puppy. Sirius, immortal Lord of the Dog Star and infamous for his quick temper, cannot believe it when he is falsely accused of murder and banished to Earth. There he is reborn into the body of a puppy and learns that he has the life-span of that creature to recover the missing murder weapon. If he fails, he will die. ...

Charmed Life

Tue, 15 May 2012 3:16:31 PST

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Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.

Kerjäläinen ja jänis

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:08:12 PST

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Romanialainen Vatanescu haluaa itselleen tulevaisuuden ja pojalleen nappulakengät. Matka kerjäläiseksi kylmään ja pimeään maahan alkaa. Vatanescu tuntee Suomen Arto Paasilinnan romaaneista, mutta kovin toisenlaiselta maa asvaltin pinnasta polvillaan katsottuna vaikuttaa. Tulee konflikti, jonka jälkeen Vatanescun on paettava niin kansainvälistä rikollisuutta kuin suomalaista poliisiakin. Pakom ...

Stopping for a Spell

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:49:21 PST

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How do you get rid of unwelcome visitors? Three stories which show that magic might be the answer, but you should always be careful about what you wish for! The Four Grannies When Erg and Emily's parents go away, they arrange for Granny to come and look after them. Unfortunately, they forget to say which granny, and all four turn up. Individually they're manageable, but when 'Strict', 'Worrier', ...

Cart and Cwidder

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:48:23 PST

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"Cart and Cwidder" is the first in the best-selling Dalemark Quartet of books and tells the story of Moril and his brother and sister who are travelling musicians journeying through Dalemark, until one day they pick up a mysterious passenger. Somehow Moril's family and the stranger are becoming bound together in terror, flight, and music.* Diana Wynne Jones is an outstanding writer of fantasy. * ...

Eight Days of Luke

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 1:43:23 PST

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When David hurls terrible curses at the guardians who are making his life a misery, he is totally unprepared for the consequences. Huge snakes emerge from the ground and a strange boy named Luke appears from nowhere. The author's other books include "Archer's Goon" and "Howl's Moving Castle".

Unconditional Parenting

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:28:41 PST

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"Most parenting guides begin with the question ""How can we get kids to do what they're told?""--and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. In this truly groundbreaking book, nationally respected educator Alfie Kohn begins instead by asking ""What do kids need--and how can we meet those needs?"" What follows from that question are ideas for working with children rather tha ...

All Wound Up

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:22:42 PST

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This new essay collection of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's contains hilarious and poignant stories surrounding her favourite topics: knitting, knitters, and what happens when you get those two things anywhere near ordinary people. For the millions of knitters, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (a.k.a. the Yarn Harlot) shares stories of knitting horrors and triumphs, knitting successes and defeats, but, mostly, s ...

Nelikätisen soiton mahdottomuus

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:55:54 PST

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Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden uutteran saksantajan Stefan Mosterin Saksassa arvostelumenestykseksi noussut romaani kertoo äidin ja pojan tarinan. Almut ei ole kuullut pojastaan mitään puoleen vuoteen, eikä pestautuessaan luksusristeilijälle psykologiksi tiedä poikansa Sebastianin olevan saman laivan baaripianisti. Almut, viittäkymmentä lähenevä avioliittoneuvoja, joutuu matkan aikana kasvotusten D ...

Earwig and the Witch

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:54:34 PST

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Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald's Home for Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga! Earwig was left at St Morwald's as a baby. Unlike the other children, she loves it there, mostly because she has the run of the place and seems ...

The Ogre Downstairs

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 19:34:25 PST

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Diana Wynne Jones at her finest - family feuds and chaos, magic with hilarious results and some of the most original ideas ever to appear between the covers of a book. Casper, Johnny and Gwinny get a big shock when their mother marries the Ogre. The Ogre is large and stern and not at all interested in children, although this doesn't prevent him from adding his own two awful sons, Douglas and Malc ...

Layla

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 3:14:06 PST

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Wilkins' Tooth

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:22:17 PST

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OWN BACK LIMITED REVENGE ARRANGED, PRICE ACCORDING TO TASK, ALL DIFFICULT TASKS UNDERTAKEN, TREASURE HUNTED, ETC. It seemed like a marvellous scheme at the time! Frank and Jess had set up the business because they needed money - their pocket-money had been stopped just when Frank owed Buster Knell ten pence. Their father had put a quick stop to ERRANDS RUN, so why not try something that was bad i ...

River of Smoke

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 23:28:28 PST

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In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita, an opium carrier heading towards Ca ...

Sea of Poppies

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:20:45 PST

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At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical ...

Marie

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:13:45 PST

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:41:07 PST

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There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, AND the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: NO CHARGE.

Powers

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:28:18 PST

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Voices

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:26:59 PST

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Gifts

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:25:50 PST

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Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability--with a glance, a gesture, a word--to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another. Two young people, friends since ch ...

Alkulukujen yksinäisyys

Tue, 17 May 2011 20:46:29 PST

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Alkuluku voidaan jakaa vain itsellään ja ykkösellä. Muulloin tulos on repaleinen, siinä on häiritseviä pilkkuja ja ylimääräisiä elementtejä. Alicen ja Mattian on niin ikään vaikeaa löytää ketään jakamaan itseään. Alice kantaa hiihtoturman arpia sielussaan, Mattia on aiheuttanut vaikeasti vammaisen sisarensa katoamisen. Kahdesta rikkoutuneesta tulee erottamattomat, mutta yhtä heistä ei saa. To ...

Litium6

Tue, 17 May 2011 20:43:31 PST

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Started Early, Took My Dog

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:02:07 PST

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A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. Witnesses to Tracy's Faustian exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of h ...

Ihmisen osa

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:00:47 PST

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The Word for World Is Forest

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:05:52 PST

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The award-winning masterpiece by one of today's most honored writers The Word for World is Forest When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the ...

Swordspoint

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:05:29 PST

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The classic forerunner to The Fall of the Kings now with three bonus stories. Hailed by critics as "a bravura performance" ("Locus) and "witty, sharp-eyed, [and] full of interesting people" ("Newsday), this classic melodrama of manners, filled with remarkable plot twists and unexpected humor, takes fantasy to an unprecedented level of elegant writing and scintillating wit. Award-winning author ...

Thomas the Rhymer

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:00:09 PST

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Award-winning author and radio personality Ellen Kushner’s inspired retelling of an ancient legend weaves myth and magic into a vivid contemporary novel about the mysteries of the human heart. Brimming with ballads, riddles, and magical transformations, here is the timeless tale of a charismatic bard whose talents earn him a two-edged otherworldly gift. A minstrel lives by his words, his tun ...

Tuhma tyttö

Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:48:06 PST

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Herran tarhurit

Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:47:53 PST

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Revolutionary Road

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:00:40 PST

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The rediscovery and rejuvenation of Richard Yates's 1961 novel Revolutionary Road is due in large part to its continuing emotional and moral resonance for an early 21st-century readership. April and Frank Wheeler are a young, ostensibly thriving couple living with their two children in a prosperous Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. However, like the characters in John Updike's similarly themed ...

All Clear

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:00:18 PST

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Blackout

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:59:37 PST

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In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, ...

Nukkekaappi ja muita kertomuksia

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 19:25:47 PST

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Damaskoksen rakastavaiset

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:50:56 PST

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Nooan kompassi

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:50:36 PST

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Lincoln's Dreams

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 0:27:57 PST

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"A novel of classical proportions and virtues...humane and moving."–The Washington Post Book World "A love story on more than one level, and Ms. Willis does justice to them all. It was only toward the end of the book that I realized how much tension had been generated, how engrossed I was in the characters, how much I cared about their fates."–The New York Times Book Review For Jeff Johnston ...

Her Fearful Symmetry

Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:18:38 PST

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Herra Darwinin puutarhuri

Fri, 7 May 2010 16:26:26 PST

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Eropaperit

Fri, 7 May 2010 16:25:38 PST

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Vanikan palat

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:41:38 PST

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Enchanted Glass

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:07:05 PST

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A brilliant, intricate and magical novel from the Godmother of British fantasy.

The Merlin Conspiracy

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:59:00 PST

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A glorious new fantasy from an award-winning author. The story is narrated by two very different teenagers, who each inhabit two extraordinarily different worlds. Arianrhod Hyde's world (or Roddy, as she prefers to be called) is very much the world of magic, pageantry and ritual. Not unlike Britain in King Arthur's Day, Roddy is daughter of two Court Wizards and therefore part of the King's Progr ...

When Will There be Good News?

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:57:54 PST

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In a quiet corner of rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime, Andrew Decker, is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her years, works as a nanny for a GP. But Dr. Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Lou ...

Virginie!

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:55:36 PST

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Taidehistorioitsija ja kirjailija Anna Kortelainen kiinnostui Albert Edelfeltin Virginieksi nimeämästä eroottisesti säkenöivästä nuoresta mallista, joka poseeraa lukuisissa Edelfeltin 1800-luvun teoksissa. Kuka oli tämä kiehtova nainen, jota Edelfelt niin aistikkaasti kuvaa?Tietoja Virginiestä on vähän, sillä Edelfeltin pikkusisko Berta hävitti kirjeet, jotka eivät tuntuneet sopivan kansallissank ...

The White Tiger

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 0:45:46 PST

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Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer. Balram, the White Tiger, was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to De ...

Puhdistus

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:11:35 PST

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Sofi Oksasen Puhdistus avaa Viron vaiettua lähihistoriaa yhden suvun naisten kokemusten kautta. Teos syntyi näytelmäksi, mutta sen muodonmuutos käsikirjoituksesta romaaniksi onnistuu yli odotusten. Hallittu, näytelmää syväluotaavampi ja jos mahdollista raastavampi kirja on tekijänsä tähänastisen tuotannon merkittävin työ. Puhdistus antaa äänen sodan, kommunismin ja sorron uhreille. 1940-luvulla k ...

A Sudden Wild Magic

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:50:41 PST

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For aeons the mages of Arth, a neighbouring universe, have been looting Earth of ideas, innovations and technologies, all the while manipulating events and creating devastating catastrophes for their own edification. Now this brazen piracy is threatening Earth with total extinction. It is up to the Ring, a secret society of witches and warlocks dedicated to the continuance and well-being of man ...

Deep Secret

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:49:39 PST

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All over the universe, Magids are at work to maintain the balance of magic, using their own talents to push the right people into doing the right things at the right time. And on Earth, the Magids are working hard to coax the world into its rightful place Ayewards, towards magic. Rupert Venables has been the junior Magid here for only two years when his sponsor dies; it's up to him to find a repl ...

Dark Lord of Derkholm

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:48:09 PST

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Everyone - wizards, soldiers, farmers, elves, dragons, kings and queens alike is fed up with Mr Chesneys Pilgrim Parties: groups of tourists from the next-door world who descend en masse every year to take the Grand Tour. What they expect are all the trappings of a grand fantasy adventure, including the Evil Enchantress, Wizard Guides, the Dark Lord, Winged Minions, and all. And every year dif ...

Year of the Griffin

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:47:11 PST

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It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students' families--f ...

Hexwood

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:45:49 PST

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Hexwood is like human memory. It does not need to take events in their correct order. Hexwood Farm is full of machines that should not be tampered with and when one is, the after-shock is felt throughout the universe. Only Hume, Ann and Mordion can prevent an apocalypse.

Archer's Goon

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:45:22 PST

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Fact: A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there...When the Goon turns up demanding "Archer's two thousand", life turns upside-down. As Howard desperately tries to get to the bottom of this peculiar demand, he discovers that the town is run by seven crazy wizards (not all of whom live in the present!) and someone is trying to take over the world! Exciting, bizarre and truly ...

The Game

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:44:01 PST

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A dark castle in Ireland, a mysterious, secret game, and a host of magnificent characters - Diana Wynne Jones' latest magical offering is a splendid blend of the familiar and the unusual. Hayley's parents disappeared when she was a baby, so she has been brought up by her grandparents. Then one day she is packed off to Ireland to live with her aunts - and a whole host of cousins she never new abou ...

House of Many Ways

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:42:35 PST

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A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle. Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places - the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, t ...

Swanin tytöt

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:14:40 PST

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Power of Three

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:14:03 PST

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This is the story of Ayna and Ceri, who both had Gifts, and of Gair, who thought he was ordinary. Gair spent his time gazing out onto the Moor and brooding. Ayna could answer questions about the future, Ceri could find things which were lost. Gair seems to have no Gift and knew he was a disappointment to his jovial, heroic father - who is Chief. Perhaps his feelings of not fitting in was what mad ...

The Pinhoe Egg

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 2:47:02 PST

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Magical mayhem is afoot in a new adventure set in the worlds of the nine-lived enchanter Chrestomanci. As many people know already, it's Chrestomanci's job to control the magic in the related worlds. Using magic is always dangerous, and it always has consequences, so even the best-intentioned witch or warlock needs help and guidance from time to time. Not only that, but there are plenty of ordina ...

The Tea House on Mulberry Street

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 3:10:19 PST

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The old tea house on Mulberry Street in Belfast hasn't changed much over the years. But it's about to bear witness to some significant transformations Daniel Stanley might make the most glorious deserts in the whole of Ireland, but he won't support his wife Penny's desire to have at least one bun in the oven. And the owners of Muldoon's Tea Rooms are just two of the people inside hoping for chang ...

Uncharted Territory

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:23:26 PST

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Miracle and Other Christmas Stories

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 2:59:27 PST

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The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Connie Willis capture the timeless essence of generosity and goodwill in this magical collection if Christmas stories. These eight tales-two of which have never before been published-boldly reimagine the stories of Christmas while celebrating the power of love and compassion. This enchanting treasury includes: "Miracle," in which a young woman's ...

Bellwether

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 2:57:24 PST

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Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula winning author of Doomsday Book. Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly ba ...

Fire Watch

Sun, 10 May 2009 17:16:17 PST

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Winner of six Nebula and five Hugo awards, Connie Willis is one of the most acclaimed and imaginative authors of our time. Her startling and powerful works have redefined the boundaries of contemporary science fiction. Here in one volume are twelve of her greatest stories, including double award-winner "Fire Watch," set in the universe of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, in which a ...

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Sun, 10 May 2009 17:11:08 PST

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"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world." --John Brunner THE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . . Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time. By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained covete ...

Lavinia

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:56:39 PST

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Powers

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:55:44 PST

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Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes “remembers” things that are going to happen in the future. As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers secret, but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Gav, blinded by grief, flees the only world he has ever known. And in what becomes a treacherous journey for freedom, Gav’s greatest test of all is facing h ...

Nuttu

Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:53:19 PST

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Kaikki mitä rakastin

Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:46:30 PST

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