Mal and the crew take receipt of a sealed crate which they are being paid to transport to Badger, no questions asked. Yet once their cargo is safely stowed aboard, River insists Mal should space it out of the airlock, for it contains, she insists, ghosts. The crew desperately need another pay day, but soon find themselves paralysed by hallucinations of their deepest hopes and desires, so vivid they cannot be distinguished from reality.
Rosie lived peacefully in Moscow and her mother told her fairy tales. One summer night, all that came abruptly to an end when her father and sister were gunned down. Now, Rosie's only inheritance from her reclusive mother is a notebook full of eerie, handwritten tales, but there is another story lurking between the lines.
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart tells the story of eighteen-year-old Spence who is trapped in a time-loop. He wakes up to the same Friday every morning, a day that always ends with the death of classmate Clara Hart. To save Clara and get time back on track, Spence will have to untangle the nights events, but first hell have to confront his own complicity in the tragic accident.
An ingenious, dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society, from the inventive imagination of Joyce Carol Oates
Living among the flowers of Kew Gardens, Katy has always dreamed of adventure. Unfortunately, her father says girls should be content to stay at home, not go off gallivanting around the world. So when news reaches London of a meteorite falling in the faraway land of Brazil and an expedition being put together to find it, Katy knows it's her chance to follow her dreams and prove her father wrong.
Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistibly drawn towards a group of sexy demon hunters, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City - and the dangers of forbidden love. Graphic novel adaptation by Mike Raicht; penciller, Nicole Virella.
Ruth is taken off to the isolated Crow Farm when her mother is called to excavate a Roman treasure. But their arrival at the farm is rather strange. The farmer's son, Joe, is hostile, and nothing is quite as it seems... But before she can investigate, the treasure goes missing, and Joe's mother falls ill. Ruth must uncover who has stolen the treasure, and what secrets it holds...
The Battle of Britain is a thrilling full-colour graphic novel following the pilots of the Royal Air Force and German Luftwaffe during World War II as they battled for supremacy in the conflict that saw the fate of Britain hanging in the balance.
The stunning prequel to the Spellslinger series - an intoxicating blend of high adventure and rivetting philosophical quest. A brilliant origin story of adventure, wit and philosophy to enrapture devotees as well as newcomers to the SPELLSLINGER series. Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher.
Numbers are building blocks and this book playfully teaches us how maths can explain everything, right from the origins of the universe. Distilled from decades of teaching experience, and written in a lively, irreverent style that is consistently engaging and lucid,this bookwill appeal to both math-savvy audiences and beginners alike.
The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a vivid psychological account of a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War, based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle. The other stories collected in this volume draw on Crane's subsequent experience of war reporting and include `The Open Boat, `The Monster' and `The Blue Hotel'. This edition is the most generously annotated available of Crane's work, focusing on his place as an
experimental writer, his modernist legacy and his social as well as literary revisionism.
From Costa Prize winner Jasbinder Bilan, Aarti has lived on the island with Aunt for as long as she can remember. Her only comforts are a book of Indian myths, a fox's friendship, and a toy rabbit she finds in a locked room. Then, she learns Aunt has been feeding her lies. Fate intervenes when a half-drowned boy washes up nearby. With his help, can Aarti remember who she really is?
The gripping new novel from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Mercies, The Dance Tree</i> is a transporting story of lust, family secrets and women under the eye of the Church.
The watering holes of the Plain are drying up, the fearsome fanghorn grow more numerous, and bad omens abound. Wulfgar, a leader of the Altaii people, must contend with twin queens, warlords, prophets and magic in hopes of protecting his people and securing their future. Elspeth, a visitor from another world, holds the answers, but first Wulfgar must learn to ask the right questions.
