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Čtrnáctiletý David už není schopen snášet dusné prostředí v rodině, uteče z domova a po několika dnech živoření ve městě se ho shodou náhod ujímá skupinka squatterů. Zdánlivě vyřešená situace se zkomplikuje tím, že za ním uteče jeho dívka. Od tohoto okamžiku nabírají události rychlý spád. Okolnosti oba mladé lidi přivedou až k heroinu a drogové zavislosti. Výmluvný příběh bez planého moralizování vyprávějí čtenářům ze svého úhlu pohledu sami aktéři, jejich přátelé a pozorovatelé zvenčí, kteří se snažili zabránit tragédii.

V roce 1613 bylo v anglickém Lancaster upáleno osm lidí. To bylo jen několik ze statisíců nebožáků, kteří zemřeli ze stejného důvodu po celé Evropě. Byli shledáni vinnými z čarodějnictví. Mnozí ze zabitých byli docela chytří nebo oškliví nebo chudí nebo oběti náboženské bigotnosti a vyděšených sousedů. Nebyli ani mocní ani bohatí, neuměli číst ani psát a nezanechali po sobě žádné zprávy. Toto je pozoruhodný a poutavý příběh o takových lidech. O tom, jak tehdy mohl život vypadat, jak ho oni viděli a jak mu věřili. Vraťte se tedy o staletí zpět a sledujte osud nebohého nalezence, dvanáctileté dívky Issy a těch, s nimiž onu dobu žila.

Sandře Francové je sedmnáct let a života si užívá plnými doušky. Všichni se jí snaží zklidnit, ale problém je, že jí se způsob života, jaký vede, líbí. Když se záhadně promění v psa, je nejdříve zděšená, ale pak začíná pochybovat, jestli vlastně stojí za to, být člověkem. Její snaha chovat se i v psí kůži jako člověk je neuskutečnitelná a často hodně komická. Ale na druhou stranu jí život psa přináší radosti, o kterých ani nevěděla. A tak se snaží si najít další psí přátele. Když nějaké najde, zjistí, že i oni jsou proměněni a bývali kdysi lidmi. Někdy zatouží stát se zpátky člověkěm, ale postupně zjišťuje, že být psem je mnohem lepší...

Nevybereš si, do koho se zamiluješ, Prostě se to stane, jako když se ze skály uvolní kámen nebo když se nabourá auto. To na vlastní kůži poznávají tři velcí přátelé Jon, Dino o Ben. Mají jedno společné: jsou mladí, je jim sedmnáct, chodí do jedné třídy o otáčejí se po děvčatech. V tiché ulici poblíž školy pod větvemi rododendronů o cypřišů mají spoustu příležitostí poznávat všechny krásy o taje nejen sexuálního života. Sem přichází první polibek o tady poprvé vidí dívčí klín. Je tu spousto vhodných úkrytů, kde už jejich otcové o matky kouřili, popíjeli, líbali se. Tak tedy Jon, Dino o Ben. Poznejte jejich osudy. Nepodezírejte je z lehkomyslnosti. Brzy krutě poznají, že k rozkoši patří i odpovědnost, k touze upřímnost a k sexu láska. Jinak se dostane člověk do velkých problémů.

Fifteen-year-old Sigurd, son of King Sigmund, is the last surviving member of the Volson clan. His father's kingdom - the former city of London - is gone. And his father's knife, a gift from the gods, has been shattered to dust.

Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is given new depth by best-selling author, Melvin Burgess. Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and his father before him. But Billy is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet and is determined to dance his way to a different future. Told from the differing viewpoints of Billy, his father and brother and his friend Michael, Melvin Burgess has captured the spirit of the original film screenplay while demonstrating the skill and inspiration he showed in his award-winning novel, Junk.

When Nick's mother dies suddenly, the fourteen-year-old is sent straight into a boys' home, where he finds institutional intimidation and violence keep order. After countless fights and punishments, Nick thinks life can't get any worse - but the professionally respected deputy head, Mr Creal, who has been grooming him with sweets and solace, has something much more sinister in mind. The scarring, shaming experience he suffers at the hands of Mr Creal can never quite be suppressed, and when the old hatred surfaces, bloody murder and revenge lead to an unforgettable climax.

Set in northern England during the 1984 miner's strike, "Billy Elliot" tells the story of a young working class boy who chooses not to follow his widowed father's instructions to train to be a boxer. Instead, fascinated by the ballet class sharing the same building as his gym, Billy hangs up his gloves to pursue dreams of being a dancer. But even as he discovers his virtuoso gift for ballet he must hide his triumph from his father and brother -- both miners on strike struggling to keep food on the table. A hit at last years Cannes Film Festival and a smash success in the UK just one week into its premiere, "Billy Elliot" is being hailed as one of the best films of the year.

Someone mad was screaming at them from the upstairs window of a house next to the station. It was a girl. "Oh, that's April. Don't mind her... deaf and dumb, see." Abandoned by his father to a life of poverty, Tony is angry with everyone, and desperately lonely. April Dean, the deaf girl, needs friends too. But their growing relationship arouses deep prejudices which threaten to engulf not only Tony and April but also the whole village. This moving and powerful love story is about two very different people, worlds apart.

THE FIRST ADULT NOVEL BY THE CARNEGIE PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF JUNK'A spirited retelling... witty and insightful.' i PAPER'His prose is electrical, crackling with a mischievous charge.' BUZZ MAGAZINE'Told with wit [and] verve... it's a book that exerts a curious charm.' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Burgess recounts Loki's genius . . . with great gusto, pulling together many tales into one sometimes beautifully lyrical masterwork.' SFX MAGAZINE'a mischievous, unpredictable and clever book that breathes new life into an already fascinating character and godly race.' CULTUREFLYStep into the ancient fir-tree forests of Scandinavia and bear witness to legends as epic as those of the Greeks and the Romans.Melvin Burgess revolutionised children's literature with the infamous cult novels Junk and Doing It. In his first adult novel, Loki, he breathes new life into Norse myths.Starting with the Norse creation myths, the trickster god Loki takes the reader on a wild ride through Norse mythology, from the time the gods - the founders of Asgard - defeated races of monsters, and hurtling through famous stories, including Odin hanging himself on the World Tree, the theft of the corrupting gold ring and the murder of Baldr, the god of love and the Sun. This narrative may seem familiar enough at first, but the reader should beware. Born within the heart of a fire in the hollow of a tree- trunk, Loki arrives in Asgard as an outsider. He is a trickster, an unreliable narrator, the god of intelligence and politics. In spite of his cleverness and sparkling wit (or, perhaps, because of this...) Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder - Thor. Alongside the politics of Asgard, it charts the course of Loki's many loves and families, from his mothering of Odin's famous horse to his intense, turbulent, and, eventually, fatal relationship with Baldr the Beautiful - a tender and moving story of love that goes wrong, jealousy and a transitioning that is forbidden by society. This is a retelling that is contemporary in tone, at once amusing and relatable. It is a heartfelt plea to overthrow the old gods of power and authority and instigate a new era ruled by love and intelligence.