HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: AFTER THE FEAST is the SECOND part of the fifth volume in the series.
This illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and HBO's Game of Thrones.
Two years on from the events in THE GOLEM'S EYE, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with strikes, riots and general unrest. The Prime Minister is largely controlled by two advisors, 17-year-old Nathaniel and the theatrical impresario, Quentin Makepeace. Meanwhile, living under a false identity, Kitty has been researching djinn; she has come to believe that the only way to destroy the magicians is for an alliance of some kind between djinn and ordinary people. Kitty seeks out Bartimaeus and embarks on a terrifying journey into the djinn's chaotic domain - The Other Place - which no human being has ever survived. But even as she does so, Makepeace engineers a dramatic coup d'etat. The outcome is a shattering of the magicians'control and all magical laws are turned upside down. Can Bartimaeus, Nathaniel and Kitty settle old scores if they are to survive and prevent the earth's destruction?
It is 950 BC, and King Solomon rules Jerusalem with a steely hand on which gleams a mystic ring of immense and unforgiving power. One of Solomon's magical slaves, the irrepressible djinni Bartimaeus, is stuck doing dead-end jobs for the king. But when Asmira, a young Sheban assassin, arrives to kill Solomon, steal the ring and save her country from his attack, she makes Bartimaeus an offer he can't refuse. If he helps her succeed, she will give him his freedom. What could possibly go wrong? Set in an alternate world controlled by magicians, this hilarious and electrifying bestseller will enthral readers of all ages. As funny as ever. Stroud has lost none of his dazzle - Financial Times Deservedly shortlisted for the Costa Prize - Sunday Time
A century before A GAME OF THRONES, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros... A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne there was Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve but courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals - in stature if not experience. Tagging along with him is his diminutive squire, a boy called Egg - whose true identity must be hidden from all he and Dunk encounter: for in reality he is Aegon Targaryen, and one day he will be king. Improbable heroes though they be, great destinies lie ahead for Dunk and Egg; as do powerful foes, royal intrigue, and outrageous exploits. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, and featuring more than 160 illustrations by Gary Gianni, one of the finest fantasy artists of our time, this beautiful volume will transport readers to the world of the Seven Kingdoms in an age of bygone chivalry.
Everything fans want to know about the hotly anticipated Twilight movie and much more! Designed as a celebration of the film, this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of the special effects, and much more.
THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF NETFLIX HIT THE SANDMAN'With the deftest of touches, the characters are once again brought to life' JOANNE HARRIS'The halls of Valhalla have been crying out for Gaiman to tell their stories' OBSERVERThe great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by Neil Gaiman. Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic, and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who spurns those who seek to control her. From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, bestselling Neil Gaiman.*This book has been printed with two different cover designs. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random*
Stardust is an enchanting and enthralling novel from Sunday Times bestseller and master storyteller Neil Gaiman. 'Charming in every sense of the word, and deeply satisfying' (Time Out), it will delight fans of Terry Pratchett and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, as well as those who loved the feature film starring Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett and Michelle Pfeiffer among others. Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall - named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, Tristran vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining . . . Includes extra material exclusive to this Headline edition.
Situada en la Primera Edad, cuando elfos, hombres y enanos llevaban pocos siglos sobre la tierra. La última novela de Tolkien narra una historia trágica de amores imposibles, pasiones y guerras sin cuartel entre la Luz y la Oscuridad, mientras hombres, elfos, enanos, orcos y dragones luchaban por el dominio de la Tierra Media. La novela más esperada de Tolkien.
Nathaniel, un aprendiz de mago, quiere vengarse del todopoderoso Simon Lovelace robándole el Amuleto de Samarkanda. Todo empezó aquel fatídico día en que un niñato escuálido y tembloroso se atrevió a invocarme a mí , ¡yo, el mismísimo Bartimeo, espíritu privilegiado donde los haya, genio para muchos, diablo para unos pocos! A pesar del tartamudeo de su voz y del sudor que le empapaba, su orden no pudo ser más tenía que robar el amuleto de Samarcanda a Simon Lovelace, uno de los hechiceros más poderosos y temidos de Londres... ¿Quién era ese mocoso mequetrefe que se atrevía a darme semejante orden? Y ¿por qué querría el Amuleto?
Just released from prison, Shadow meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who offers him a job as his bodyguard. Accepting the offer, Shadow is drawn into a dark and dangerous world filled with secrets and intrigue.
In Destined, the forces of Light and Dark collide as their epic struggle focuses on Tulsa’s House of Night. Zoey is home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side – and preparing to face off against Neferet. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx’s gift of a human form, he and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together – if Rephaim can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father’s shadow.But is Zoey really safe? Does she truly know those who are closest to her? And will love win when it is tested by the very soul of Darkness?
Siglos antes de los eventos de Juego de Tronos, la Casa Targaryen, la única familia de señores dragón que sobrevivió a la Perdición de Valyria, se estableció en Rocadragón. Fuego y Sangre comienza su relato con el legendario Aegon el Conquistador, creador del Trono de Hierro, y continúa narrando las generaciones de Targaryen que lucharon por mantener ese icónico asiento, hasta la guerra civil que casi destruye su dinastía. ¿Qué sucedió realmente durante la Danza de los Dragones? ¿Por qué era tan mortal visitar Valyria tras la Perdición? ¿Cuáles fueron los peores crímenes de Maegor el Cruel? ¿Cómo era Westeros cuando los dragones dominaban los cielos? Estas son solo algunas de las preguntas respondidas en esta crónica esencial, contada por un erudito maestre de la Ciudadela. Fuego y Sangre es el primer volumen de la definitiva historia en dos partes de los Targaryen, ofreciendo a los lectores una nueva apreciación de la dinámica, a menudo sangrienta, y siempre fascinante historia de Westeros.
Y'all need to get yourselves together. Here's a newsflash from the only High Priestess you have left at this dang school: Zoey isn't dead. And believe me, I know dead. I've been there, done that and got the fricken tee-shirt. Zoey Redbird is the youngest High Priestess in House of Night history and is the only person - vamp or fledgling - that can stop the evil Neferet from raising all kinds of immortal trouble. And she might just have a chance if she wasn't so busy being dead. Well, dead is too strong a word. Stevie Rae knows she can bring her BFF back from her unscheduled va-cay in the Otherworld. But it's going to take a lot more than hoping to bring Zoey back. Stevie Rae will have to give up a few secrets of her own . . .
Karou es una estudiante de arte de 17 años que vive en Praga. Pero ese no es su único mundo. A veces, Karou desaparece en misteriosos viajes para realizar los encargos de Brimstone, el monstruo quimera que la adoptó al nacer. Tan misteriosa resulta Karou para sus amigos, como lo es para ella su propia vida: ¿cómo es que ha acabado formando parte de una familia de monstruos quimera? ¿Para qué necesita su padre adoptivo tantos dientes, especialmente de humanos? Y, ¿por qué tiene esa recurrente sensación de vacío, de haber olvidado algo? De pronto, empiezan a aparecen marcas de manos en las puertas, señal de que la familia de Karou corre grave peligro. Karou tratará de cruzar al mundo quimérico para ayudarles, pero es perseguida por los serafines. Entre ellos se encuentra Akiva, un ángel arrebatadoramente hermoso al que Karou está unida de forma que ni ella misma puede imaginar.
Ein Kellner gewinnt in der indischen Version von „Wer wird Millionär?“ eine Milliarde Rupien (15 Millionen Euro). Doch wie kann dies so einem gelingen? Einem, der gar keine Schulbildung hat? Die Polizei verhaftet ihn wegen Betrugs und versucht seine „Masche“ aus ihm herauszufoltern. Doch dann taucht Smita auf. Sie erklärt, sie sei seine Anwältin. Er erzählt ihr zu jeder Frage eine Geschichte aus seinem Leben, eine Geschichte, die begründet, warum er jede Frage korrekt beantworten konnte. Die Geschichten stehen zunächst unverbunden nebeneinander, Geschichten aus Indiens Slums, von denen, die nicht am indischen Technologie-Boom teilhaben. Brutale, traurige, aber oft auch witzige Geschichten, voller Leben, von Menschen, die immer wieder auf die Nase fallen und doch wieder aufstehen. Aber am Ende werden diese Geschichten von Swarup auf wunderbare Weise zusammengewebt. Abiturempfehlung zum Themenbereich India
En una semana, Zoey ha pasado de tener tres novios a cero, y de estar rodeada de un montón de amigos elegidos que confiaban en ella y la apoyaban a ser una marginada. Y hablando de amigas; de las dos que no la abandonan una está no muerta y la otra no está marcada. Y Neferet le ha declarado la guerra a los humanos, cosa que Zoey sabe en lo más hondo de su corazón que está mal. Pero ¿acaso alguien va a hacerle caso? Al final del curso las aventuras de Zoey en la escuela de vampiros toman un rumbo salvaje y peligroso al poner a prueba las lealtades, sacar a la luz las verdaderas intenciones y despertar un antiguo mal en la fascinante cuarta novela de ‘La Casa de la Noche’.
Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster for her - so she can kill him with her bare hands. In this thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade private eye teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as the basements.
Best-selling crime fiction author James Ellroy returns with the fourth in his LA Quartet.Klein's been hung out as bait, a bad cop to draw the heat, and the heat's coming from all sides: from local politicians, from LAPD brass, from racketeers and drug kingpins--all of them hell-bent on keeping their own secrets hidden.
Elektra Natchios, usually referred to only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics. She is a kunoichi - female ninja assassin - of Greek descent. She wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapon. She is a love interest of the superhero Daredevil, but her violent nature and mercenary lifestyle divide the two. She is one of Frank Miller's best-loved creations, and subsequent writers' use of her is controversial as Marvel had originally promised to not resurrect the character without Miller's permission. She has also appeared as a supporting character of the X-Men's Wolverine. According to Marvel Comics, Elektra is the world's most lethal woman and one of Marvel's most cold-blooded characters. She has killed more men than just about any other Marvel character while remaining one of the most popular heroines in the Marvel Universe.
Describes the world of the Avatar film, written as a manual.
Merry meet, fledgling. Welcome to a new life, a new world, and a new you. Welcome to the House of Night!This might seem like a scary time, Fledgling, but never fear! As you start your journey through the ancient halls of the House of Night, this indispensable handbook will aid you in your transition from human to fledgling. Within these pages you will find invaluable information about the history of vampyres. You will also come to a better understanding of your body's transformation, as well as read words of hope from great vampyres of the past and learn essential foundations of rituals and lore. Now, Fledgling, read on. A new life awaits you; your path to that magickal future begins here!
El 35 años Robert Fleming es propietario de una tienda de discos que no va muy bien y acaba de ser dejado por su exitosa novia Laura debido a su falta de dirección y motivación, ya que se niega a madurar. Su vida gira en torno a la música pop, y no respeta a quienes no poseen al menos 500 discos. Tras la partida de Laura, busca consuelo reorganizando su colección de discos de manera autobiográfica. Rob intenta hacer un balance de su vida y se pregunta por qué sus relaciones siempre fracasan. Para responder a esta pregunta, busca y se reúne con las cinco mujeres que más dolor le han causado en el amor. A pesar de sus intentos de convencerse de que el desamor a su edad no es significativo, sino solo una molestia, y que la vida de soltero tiene sus ventajas, se enfrenta a sus emociones y reflexiona sobre su pasado.
The club where James Bond is asked to settle the dispute over ungentlemanly behaviour is embarrassed. The accused is the unimpeachable Sir Hugo Drax, head of the multi-million-pound Moonraker missile programme on which Britain's future depends.
Después de ser «marcada», la joven Zoey se une a La Casa de la Noche, una escuela donde se entrenará para convertirse en un vampiro adulto. Eso, si consigue superar el Cambio; y no todos los marcados lo logran. Es un rollo comenzar una nueva vida, en especial lejos de sus amigos. Además Zoey no es la típica iniciada. La diosa vampira Nyx la ha elegido como alguien especial. Pero no es la única iniciada de La Casa de la Noche con poderes especiales. Cuando descubre que la líder de las Hermanas Oscuras, el grupo de élite de la escuela, abusa de los dones concedidos por la diosa, Zoey debe buscar en su interior el valor para abrazar su destino... Con algo de ayuda de sus nuevos amigos vampiros.
Whether he's making an unexpected discovery in the Bahamas, smashing an international drugs ring in Rome, on the trail of a murderous secret in the Caribbean, enjoying New York's special pleasures or foiling a surprisingly alluring assassin in Berlin's sniper's alley, dangerous missions and seductive women come with the job for James Bond
Science fiction. What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when this forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution? This is a tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation
Bella está a punto de ver cumplido su sueño: pasar el resto de su existencia con el amor de su vida, el vampiro Edward Cullen. Para ello, él sólo ha puesto una condición: ¡el matrimonio! Para Bella, casarse es apenas un pequeño esfuerzo que debe hacer para enfrentarse al cambio que verdaderamente anhela: convertirse por fin en vampiro, aunque ni ella ni Edward se imaginan cómo será exactamente cuando se convierta en una vampiresa neófita. Mientras tanto, Jacob, licántropo y su mejor amigo, se hace a la idea de la ardua tarea de dejar ir a Bella, de quien sigue profundamente enamorado. Jacob, sin embargo, sabe que ella ya ha hecho su elección… y que ésta conlleva que dejará de ser humana, por mucho que a él le duela. Edward, por su parte, aún duda de que su amada Bella deba transformarse, aunque sabe que la decisión ya está tomada. Sin embargo, su determinación no va a pasar desapercibida, pues, sin saberlo, ambos van a desencadenar una serie de asombrosos acontecimientos sin precedentes que alterarán para siempre sus vidas y las de quienes les rodean. Las consecuencias de todo ello serán nefastas y pondrán en peligro el «felices para siempre» que, tan ansiosamente, Bella espera para Edward y ella.
A gripping tale of magic, adventure and Norse mythology from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of CHOCOLAT and THE GOSPEL OF LOKI.
Klara and the Sun is the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017
Un amor peligroso
Nada es fácil en el amor, pero mucho menos para un vampiro enamorado de una mortal. El joven y atractivo Edward Cullen ama a Bella con locura. Hierve de pasión, pero también sabe que puede llegar a matarla en un deseo irrefrenable de sed de sangre. No puede besarla, no puede tocarla, ni abrazarla siquiera. Sólo le queda cuidar de ella a distancia. Pero, ¿hasta cuándo podrá resistirlo?
'Ring Magic Is Different From The Magic Of The Theatre, Because The Curtain Never Comes Down - Because The Blood In The Ring Is Real Blood, And The Broken Noses And The Broken Hearts Are Real, And Sometimes They Are Broken Forever. Boxing Is The Magic Of Men In Combat, The Magic Of Will, And Skill, And Pain, And The Risking Of Everything So You Can Respect Yourself For The Rest Of Your Life.'The Hermetic World Of Boxing Is Notoriously Difficult For Outsiders To Understand, Though It Has Provided A Source Of Fascination To Numerous Writers, Including Norman Mailer, A. J. Liebling, Joyce Carol Oates And Ernest Hemingway. F. X. Toole Is A Dazzling New Writer With A Fresh And Original Voice, Who Has Been A Boxing Professional For Over Twenty-Five Years. Rope Burns, A Collection Of Short Stories And A Novella, Is Written From This Unique Perspective.
There's a caste system even in murder. Seven years ago, Vivek 'Vicky' Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai is dead, killed at his farmhouse at a party he had thrown to celebrate his acquittal. The police search each and every guest. Six of them are discovered with guns in their possession. In this elaborate murder mystery we join Arun Advani, India's best-known investigative journalist, as the lives of these six suspects unravel before our eyes: a corrupt bureaucrat; an American tourist; a stone-age tribesman; a Bollywood sex symbol; a mobile phone thief; and an ambitious politician. Each is equally likely to have pulled the trigger. Inspired by actual events, Vikas Swarup's eagerly awaited second novel is both a riveting page turner and an insightful peek into the heart and soul of contemporary India.
"Cuando el papel me cortó el dedo, solo salió una gota de sangre del pequeño corte. Entonces, todo pasó muy rápido. "¡No!", rugió Edward... Aturdida y desorientada, miró la brillante sangre roja que salía de mi brazo y después a los ojos enfebrecidos de seis vampiros repentinamente hambrientos..." Para Bella Swan, hay una cosa más importante que su propia vida: Edward Cullen. Pero enamorarse de un vampiro es más peligroso de lo que Bella nunca podría haber imaginado. Edward ya ha rescatado a Bella de las garras de un diabólico vampiro, pero ahora, a medida que su arriesgada relación amenaza todo lo que es cercano y querido para ellos, se dan cuenta que sus problemas puede que sólo están empezando...
Tiffany Case, a cold, gorgeous, devil-may-care blonde, stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa to London to the United States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Agent 007 is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter, the ice maiden herself.
Nakon što ga djevojka Louise ostavi zbog Foya, Albert, koji je do tada na sve načine izbjegavao opasan život kauboja, pokušava je pridobiti natrag. U trenutku gnjeva izazove Foya na dvojboj, a da ne zna ni zapucati iz pištolja, pa će mu dobro doći pomoć Anne, prekrasne revolverašice čija će tajna uzburkati cijelo mjesto i promijeniti Albertu život iz temelja. Roman je nastao prema scenariju za film ekraniziranom 2014. godine.
Katie Carr es madre de dos hijos, ejerce la medicina y le gustaría estar convencida de que es buena persona porque ayuda a los demás. En un viaje a Leeds, tiene una aventura con un hombre más joven que ella y a partir de ese momento todo su mundo se transforma en un mar de dudas. Y es que su cínico marido toma la repentina decisión de cambiar radicalmente y, tras una terapia, se transforma en un dechado de virtudes. Pero su enloquecida bondad no tiene freno y Katie se ve obligada a tomar el papel de cínica... Una mirada maliciosamente irónica sobre la vida familiar, la crisis de la mediana edad, la buena conciencia liberal y la obsesión por ser buenas personas, escrita por uno de los más agudos y divertidos cronistas de la Inglaterra contemporánea.
Otkako je za Djecu ponoći 1982. godine nagrađen najuglednijom britanskom književnom nagradom Booker, Salman Rushdie prepoznat je kao romanopisac izvanserijskog formata čiji se svaki idući roman ovjenčao nekim vrijednim književnim priznanjem. U devet priča objedinjenih naslovom Istok, zapad ovaj virtuozni pripovjedač—rođen u Indiji, školovan u Engleskoj—pokušava pisanjem premostiti pukotine između suprotnih strana svijeta i naizgled nepomirljivih poimanja života. Ova je zbirka svijet-u-malom motiva razrađenih u Rushdiejevim opsežnim romanima i odškrinut prozor u intimni zemljopis jednog od najpoznatijih pisaca s engleskog govornog područja.
Velike promjene dočekuju Zoey Redbird, najdarovitiju početnicu od pamtivijeka, nakon buđenja iz smrskane obamrlosti i povratka s Onog Svijeta u zamak Sgiach na otoku Skye. Oboružana Mrakom, Nadsvećenica Neferet dobila je od Visokog vampyrskog vijeća ovlast za povratak u Kuću Noći u Tulsi, gdje se nedavno ukazao onaj bijeli bik čija se prethodna pojava na ovome svijetu gubi u maglama povijesti. Ondje je čeka škola gdje uglavnom nisu svjesni njezine mračne preobrazbe, kao i najdraži sin njezina besmrtnog priležnika Kalone – Rephaim, nazovigavran koji u sebi nastoji zatomiti klicu ljubavi prema Stevie Rae, ljubavi koja bi mogla nepovratno promijeniti svijet Zoey i njezinih prijatelja…
Blood Fever Mladi Bond: suvremeni pojam književne pustolovine. Serija romana Charlieja Higsona napeto, uzbudljivo i domišljato oblikuje doživljaje iz mladosti junaka Iana Fleminga. Eton, uoči ljetnog raspusta. Trinaestogodišnji James Bond dobro se uklopio u život gimnazije koju odnedavno pohađa – i više nego dobro. Kao najmlađi član Vratolomne družine, tajnog društva učenika koji smiono prkose strogim pravilima škole, napokon je počeo stjecati ugled među kolegama. Novi školski profesor predložio je mnogima od njih da pođu na studijsko putovanje po arheološkim nalazištima Sardinije, jednog od najzabitijih otoka na Sredozemnome moru. Kad stigne onamo, James će otkriti kakvih sve tajnih društava još na svijetu ima, i zateći se u borbi za goli život protiv naizgled nepobjedivih neprijatelja – od izdajnika u vlastitim redovima do najvećih zločinačkih umova Europe…
o Númenoru i Međuzemlju
Tri godine nakon objave Silmarilliona, Christopher Tolkien uredio je zbirku preostalih tekstova svog oca, koji su razrađivali priče iz Triju doba Međuzemlja. Nedovršene priče o Númenoru i Međuzemlju nisu doživjele zaokružen oblik za života J. R. R. Tolkiena; stoga je sin pružio pouzdano vodstvo kroz slabo poznate krajolike kraljevstva Arde. U ovoj knjizi nalaze se pripovijesti o Tuoru i Túrinu, prvi put se upoznajemo s otokom Númenorom, njegovim uređenjem i vladarima, te jedinom postojećom pričom iz života njegovih stanovnika tijekom Drugoga doba. Otkrijemo i ranije nepoznate epizode iz Rata za Prsten. Kako je Gandalf prikazao dolazak Thorinove družine mirnom hobitu iz Vrećastog vijenca, koji se bojao pustolovina? Kako je Théodred junački stao na Isenske gazove pred Sarumanovom vojskom? Kako su Crni jahači pronašli Hobbiton, prateći samo riječi Shire i Baggins? Kako je Isildur izgubio Prsten Vladar u orkovskoj zasjedi? Kako su Prstenovi moći dospjeli u Sauronove ruke? Ova zbirka, u pažljivom hrvatskom prijevodu Vladimira Cvetkovića Severa, obogaćena je ilustracijama Igora Kordeja i zemljovidima Belerianda, Númenora i Međuzemlja iz pera Christophera Tolkiena.
Milijuni čitatelja oduševili su se debitantskim romanom indijskog diplomata Vikasa Swarupa "Q and A" ubrzo nakon što je objavljen 2005. godine. Milijunski izazov mladića iz slamova Mumbaija od kojeg je malotko ikad išta očekivao, ispripovijedan kroz zaokružene cjeline ravne najboljim kratkim pričama današnjice, stvorio je mozaik situacija, likova i zbivanja. Milijunske globalne naklade ubrzo su privuke filmske producente, i milijuni gledatelja očarali su se pričom o jednom mladiću, jednom kvizu, jednoj ljubavi i jednoj sudbini, i "Milijunaš s ulice" ubrzo je postao jedan od najgledanijih filmova godine, kao i jedan od najnagrađivanijih filmova stoljeća.
Izvorni naslovi: THE MINORITY REPORT, WE CAN REMEMBER IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE, SECOND VARIETY, PAYCHECK, IMPOSTER, THE KING OF THE ELVES, THE ELECTRIC ANT, FAITH OF OUR FATHERS, THE DAYS OF PERKY PAT, THE FATHER-THING, THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, THE STORY TO END ALL STORIES FOR HARLAN ELLISON'S ANTHOLOGY DANGEROUS VISIONS. Philip K. Dickov ugled i popularnost rastu iz godine u godinu, zahvaljujući ne samo kvaliteti njegovih priča i romana, već i brojnim ekranizacijama. Poznati režiseri poput Spielberga, Verhoevena, Scotta i Wooa natječu se u prenošenju njegovih djela na filmsko platno. Ova zbirka okuplja "filmske" priče, uključujući one koje su već adaptirane i one koje će to postati. Priče savršeno prikazuju Dickovu vrsnoću, bez obzira na to jesu li njegovi junaci na Marsu, u vremenskim koridorima, u svemirskim ratovima ili u orvelijanskim antiutopijama. Kulise su izvanjske, ali drame i lomovi zbivaju se u svijesti likova. Androidi, roboti, špijuni s ispranim mozgom predstavljaju metafore za nerazlučive tunele ljudskog uma. Dick se ne bavi čovjekom u prostoru, već prostorom u čovjeku.
Roman "Srce tame" smatra se jednim od prvih modernih romana engleske književnosti, a u povijest je ušao i kao jedno od prvih književnih djela u kojem se kritički progovorilo o imperijalističkim aktivnostima.
Ples zmajeva, poput prethodnih knjiga u serijalu, razvija zaplete još nekoliko koraka dalje i pritom produbljuje sve postojeće zavjere, kao i one o kojima do sada nismo ništa znali. Jon, Tyrion i Daenerys nose glavninu prvog dijela Plesa zmajeva u kojem se uglavnom radnja vremenski poklapa sa zbivanjima koja su opisana u Gozbi vrana, tako da tek čitanjem ove knjige stječemo cjelovitu sliku događanja.