The Serpent - format ePub

'AN EERILY PLAUSIBLE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE' Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN'AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL . . . with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale' Cory Doctorow***SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHILIP...

The first installment of the Gameshouse, a mesmerising tale of a mystical gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires.In seventeenth century Venice exists a mysterious...

'Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth - darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne***A Sunday Times Historical...

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD***'Funny, ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache' Sunday Times'Extraordinary . . . wildly impressive" Lucy...

'CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller AriadneFrom the author of the critically acclaimed Ithaca - A Sunday Times...

'CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller AriadneFollowing the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes...

The electrifying new thriller from the author of the acclaimed The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.Kepler is like you, but not like you. With a simple touch, Kepler can move into any body, live any...

'MESMERIC, TERRIFYING AND WONDERFUL' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by blood. The shadow took to me, and we have been together since.'From...

'ONE OF THE FICTION HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DECADE' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book ClubFeatured in the Richard and Judy Book Club, the BBC Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club Winner of the...

The second installment of the Gameshouse, a mesmerising tale of a mystical gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires.The Gameshouse is an unusual institution. Many...

The third and final installment of the Gameshouse, a mesmerising tale of a mystical gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires.The Gamehouse is an unusual institution....

'ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ IN RECENT YEARS . . . PACKS A HELL OF AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH' Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of TimeFrom one of the most imaginative writers of her generation comes...

'NORTH IS AN ORIGINAL AND EVEN DAZZLING WRITER' KirkusFrom the award-winning, bestselling Claire North comes a brand new stand-alone novella - a clever and unnervingly plausible dystopian tale set five...

***WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD******CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD***My name is Hope Arden. I am the girl the world forgets.It started when I...

Everyone has heard of the Gameshouse. But few know all its secrets . . . It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost though chess, backgammon - every game under the sun.But those whom fortune...

Théo Miller connaît la valeur de la vie humaine - jusqu'au dernier centime.Au Bureau d'audit des crimes, son rôle consiste à évaluer chaque dossier qui lui est confié et à s'assurer que les criminels...

De nos jours. Ici, ailleurs et partout. Le haut joueur connu sous le nom d’Argent a défié la Maîtresse des Jeux elle-même : le temps du Grand Jeu est advenu, et comparé à lui, tous les autres sont désormais...

BEAU, RÉJOUISSANT ET BRILLANT. La Maison des Jeux. Cet établissement mystérieux inspire autant la crainte à ceux qui lui sont redevables, que l'excitation aux habitués qui s'exercent en son sein. Dans...

Dans la Venise du XVIIe siècle, il existe un établissement mystérieux connu sous le nom de Maison des Jeux, accueillant deux ligues. Dans la ligue basse, des fortunes se font et se défont en jouant aux...

Bangkok, 1938. Remy Burke, membre madré de la Haute Loge, qu’il pratique depuis un demi siècle, reprend conscience dans la moiteur de sa chambre d’hôtel après une nuit trop arrosée. Beaucoup trop. Il...

Harry August se trouve sur son lit de mort. Une fois de plus. Chaque fois qu'il décède, il naît de nouveau, au lieu et à la date exacts auxquels il est venu au monde la première fois, possédant tous les...

« Je suis Kepler. Je pourrais être vous. »Alors que la vie s'échappait de mon corps, j'ai tendu la main vers mon assassin. Et tout à coup, je voyais le monde à travers ses yeux, mon corps étendu, brisé...

De nos jours. Ici, ailleurs et partout. Le haut joueur connu sous le nom d’Argent a défié la Maîtresse des Jeux elle-même : le temps du Grand Jeu est advenu, et comparé à lui, tous les autres sont désormais...

Par l'auteure des Quinze premières vies de Harry August Mon nom est Hope Arden. Je suis la fille que tout le monde oublie. Tout a commencé quand j'avais seize ans. Mon père qui omet de m'emmener au lycée....

Au-delà des rivages d'Ithaque, les caprices des dieux dictent les guerres des hommes. Mais sur l'île, ce sont les choix des femmes abandonnées - et de leurs déesses - qui changeront le cours du monde....

LONDRES. Bientôt. Jeune et belle, Harmony Meads est promise à un avenir radieux. Sa carrière d’agente immobilière pour yuppies file vers les sommets, et le couple qu’elle forme avec Jiannis fait sensation...

Venise, 1610. Au cœur de la Sérénissime, cité-monde la plus peuplée d’Europe, puissance honnie par le pape Paul V, il est un établissement mystérieux connu sous le nom de Maison des Jeux. Palais accueillant...

Bangkok, 1938. Remy Burke, membre madré de la Haute Loge, qu’il pratique depuis un demi siècle, reprend conscience dans la moiteur de sa chambre d’hôtel après une nuit trop arrosée. Beaucoup trop. Il...

Il est temps que les femmes d'Ithaque racontent leur histoire.Le roi Ulysse est parti il y a de nombreuses années en guerre contre Troie, emmenant tous les hommes en âge de combattre de l'île d'Ithaque....

La Maison des Jeux. Cet établissement mystérieux inspire autant la crainte à ceux qui lui sont redevables, que l'excitation aux habitués qui s'exercent en son sein. Dans la Basse Loge, les fortunes se...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

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For the readers who are moody, feisty, and in another world may also be stabby. She's her Captain's protector, and he's a rival Captain who just couldn't mind his own business.A Grim Pirates Fantasy With...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

From the author of TikTok sensations and global bestsellers The Love Hypothesis and Love on the BrainRival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

"One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world." —D. H. Lawrence "‘Moby-Dick’ is the book which I put down with the unqualified thought, 'I wish I had written that'…" —William Faulkner "What...

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured...

Is it ever too late to leave the friend zone? Friends-to-lovers TikTok sensation, The Cheat Sheet, is the rom-com that has readers laughing and rooting for these lovable best friends from the first page!...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP BESTSELLER#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE'An utterly mesmerising novel..I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin. Joyce masterfully...

Wilde’s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence....

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

The lives and losses of slaves in the American south are portrayed in Harriet Beecher Stowe's unflinching indictment of slavery. When a benevolent landowner decides to sell two slaves—Uncle Tom and Eliza—in...

In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

This volume collects the complete writings of Virginia Woolf: 8 novels, 3 'biographies,' 46 short stories, 606 essays, 1 play, her diary and some letters. Contents: THE NOVELS The Voyage Out Night...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

An enchanting collection containing the first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series set in Regency England—The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me,...

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