Books

Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist is such a book With over a million and a half copies sold in Latin America and Europe, The Alchemist has already achieved the status of a modern classic. Now this charming fable has been translated into English to enchant and inspire an even wider audience for years to come.

We plug in anything we can to the internet. We can control our entire lives, economy and grid via a remote web control. But over the past decade, as this transformation took place, we never paused to think that we were also creating the world's largest attack surface. And that the same nation that maintains the greatest cyber advantage on earth could also be among its most vulnerable.

Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. If she is to locate the missing piece, she must turn to the blood relatives she's never known, learn about their secret powers, and take her place in their ancient lineage. Briseis is not the only one who wants the Heart, and her enemies will stop at nothing to fulfill their own ruthless plans. The fates tell of a truly dangerous journey, one that could end in more heartache, more death. Bolstered by the sisterhood of ancient magic, can Briseis harness her power to save the people she loves most?

Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.

The tenth Dog Man adventure from the worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey. You'll howl with laughter! Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of doing good.

When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would.

Disney: 365 Stories

Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books. Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he's Nora's work nemesis. Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the woman men date before they find their happy-ever-after. That's why Nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her desk in the city for a month's holiday in Sunshine Falls, North Carolina. It's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute bartenders, Nora keeps bumping into...Charlie. She's no heroine. He's no hero. So can they take a page out of an entirely different book?

“أرى أطيافًا… زوجي يعتبرني مجنونة، ماذا عنك.. هل تصدقني؟” في هذه الرواية تخرج نهى داود عن المألوف في كتاباتها الواقعية لتقدم للقارئ خلطة شيقة تمزج فيها الواقع بالخيال. بطلة الرواية هي “صفاء” القاطنة بالعقار 47 والتي عانت مع الاكتئاب المرضي لسنوات وتكافح للتعافي من أجل زوجها وأبنائها. تقع صفاء على خاصية جهنمية تمكنها من كشف المستور. وما أن تبدأ باستخدامها محمومة حتى تقع جريمة مروعة في الشقة المقابلة لتفترش الأرض بالدماء. فهل تنجح صفاء في استخدام خاصية “الأطياف” للكشف عن غموض الحادث؟

“تُذبح طالبة بطريقة بشعة، وتُترك في سيارتها بميدان التحرير. صحفي شهير يتحول إلى رماد، والعجيب أن النيران لم تمس شيئًا آخر في شقته، ورسالة من مجهول مكتوبة على الحائط وراءه: «الله أكبر». زوجة منتج شهير تُلقى من شرفتها ليلة رأس السنة. وأخيرًا، تسمُّم 15 من أطفال الشوارع في ظروف غامضة. ضابط عادي كان سيقف عاجزًا أمام ملابسات هذه القضايا، لكن نوح الألفي – الذي تعرَّض لحادث جعله يبصر غوامض لا يراها غيره – وزميله قطز، ليسا ضابطين عاديين. معهما نبدأ الكتاب الأول من سلسلة «تحقيقات نوح الألفي».”