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15 years after The Dunwall Plague, the Empire begins to plunge into chaos after Empress Emily Kaldwin is suddenly dethroned by an ‚otherworldly usurper‘, and becomes an outlaw to society. Determined to claim it back, Emily follows the steps of her fa ..

An in-depth analysis of the major battles of Tolkien's works, from The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings. Find out how each battle came about and how it shaped the course of Middle-earth's history in this beautifully-bound leatherette volume, the third title in a successful trilogy.

Third edition. A series of new title and new edition GCSE revision guides.

Lyndall, Schreiner

Berserk is a manga which stands out for its rich, twisted and dark universe. It is a clever alchemy between the stories of Elric of Melnibon ©, Hieronymus Bosch €™s paintings and Gustave Dor © €™s engravings. This book reviews Berserk &

Arranged in a handy A-Z format, Tolkien: A Dictionary explores and explains the creatures, plants, events and places that make up these strange and wonderful lands. It is essential reading for anyone who loves Tolkien's works and wants to learn more about them.

Comprising elements of the avant-garde, science fiction, cutting-edge hip-hop, black comix, and graphic novels, Afrofuturism spans both underground and mainstream pop culture. With a twofold aim to entertain and enlighten, Afrofuturists strive to br

A gorgeous four colour volume for true Tolkien fans.

Marta McDowell combines the skills of a historian, biographer and gardener as she explores Beatrix Potter's passion for plants. Her book combines rich visuals with quotations from the writer's works, letters and diaries, to introduce the reader to ..

The first systematic account of crime fiction as a global genre, offering unprecedented coverage of distinct traditions across the world.

The complete 12-book History of Middle-earth, printed in three volumes and set in a matching box.

A historical and critical introduction to the genre of crime fiction, this book concentrates chiefly on three branches of crime stories: the classic detective ‚whodunit‘, the thriller in which the protagonist is opposed either to a powerful conspirac ..

Der Journalist Rudolf Lebius (1868–1946) griff seit 1904 mit allen denkbaren publizistischen Mitteln den erfolgreichen Schriftsteller Karl May (1842–1912) an. Die Fehden beider Kontrahenten gehörten zum gesellschaftlichen Alltag in der zeitgenössisch ..

Una travesía inolvidable alrededor del mundo para descubrir junto a un viajero fantástico los monumentos más famosos en las situaciones más insólitas. Una excursión al humor organizada por el genial Ramón Gómez de la Serna.

Since it was first published, this famous study of the Black Problem in America has become a classic. Powerful, haunting and prophetic, it sounds a clarion warning to the world.

„Five Spice Street“ is a novel about a street in an unnamed city whose inhabitants speculate on the life of a mysterious Madam X. The novel interweaves their endless suppositions into a work that is at once political parable and surreal fantasia. Som ..

The Many Children of ConanLittle did then-obscure Texas writer Robert E. Howard know that with the 1929 publication of „The Shadow Kingdom“ in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, he had given birth to a new and vibrant subgenre of fantasy fiction.

In this book, Walter Judd and Grant Judd give detailed species accounts of every plant found in Tolkien's universe, complete with the etymology of the plant's name, a discussion of its significance within Tolkien's work, a description of the plant's ..

One overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out in quest of the „infraordinary“: the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday–„what happens,“ as he put it, „when nothing happens.“ His choice of locale was Place Saint-Sulpice, where, ensconce ..

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of this good book must be in want of a drink. In six enduring novels, Jane Austen captured the fancies and foibles of Regency England, and every delightful page of this book cel

In these fictional accounts, Ancient Egypt is made accessible, revealed through the eyes of young Her-Bak, candidate for initiation into the Inner Temple.

In "Swann's Way, the themes of Proust's masterpiece are introduced, and the narrator's childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most memorably in the evocation of the famous maternal good-night kiss. The recollection of the narrator's love for Swa ..

Back in print after more than twenty years, this cult classic of underground British fiction tells the story of young Black men coming of age among the raves and jungle music of London in the 1990s.Back in print after two decades, Junglist tells the ..

Kniha Living and the Rest autora Jose Eduardo Agualusa vydaná v nakladatelství Quercus Publishing v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 208, ISBN-13: 9781529421750, zařazení do kategorie: Afrika.