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An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Zobeida and the Three Qalandars – with engaging illustrations throughout.

A porter in a marketplace, three holy beggars new to Baghdad and a caliph in disguise with his advisor, Jamal. Somehow, they all end up in the home of three beautiful sisters. Though sworn to mind their own business, each has questions. Why do the sisters punish their dogs? How did each holy man lose his left eye?

The answers will take them from a graveyard to a magnetic mountain, through betrayal and shipwreck, with a clever monkey, a jealous neighbour, princes and princesses.

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move. Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength. At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

تغوص سارة خاراميو كلينكيرت في أعمق ذكرياتها وتسعى إلى مواجهة مخاوفها وأشباحها بشجاعة مستعينة بالكتابة في محاولة التجرّد من الألم، فتحكي لنا بلغة مرهفة الأثر المهول الذي خلفه اغتيال قاتل مأجور لوالدها وهي في الحادية عشرة من عمرها.
اعتمدت المؤلفة في «كيف قتلت أبي؟» على كتابة ذاتية ينكيرت صادقة ستصدم القارئ وتلمس قلبه من السطر الأول. لا يرتبط الأمر فقط بالألم والهجران وكيفية تعاطي الإنسان معهما بكل الصور الممكنة؛ وإنما بصورة الأب والأم والأخ والعائلة ككل، وبأمور كثيرة ربما يظن المرء أنه يعرفها، لكنه لا يعرفها حق المعرفة.

عندما تُكتشف جثة الطبيب النفسي الشهير – زير النساء المعروف – هيثم سالم، بالقرب من مقهاه المفضَّل، تصاب الشرطة بالحيرة. فقد طعنه القاتل في قلبه ففارق الحياة فورًا، لكنه لم يكتفِ بذلك، بل طعنه أربعًا وثلاثين طعنة إضافية. هذه ليست جريمة قتل عادية، لقد قُتل غِلًّا وانتقامًا!
يكتشف المقدم علاء الغرباوي أن معظم مَن كانوا حول المجني عليه لديهم دافع لقتله، ودائرة المشتبه فيهم واسعة باتساع علاقات هيثم المتشعبة، بمن في ذلك زملاؤه ومريضاته وعشيقاته، وجميعهم لديهم أسرار يرغبون بشدة في الاحتفاظ بها.
فمن قتل الطبيب النفسي الشهير؟ وما الذي ارتكبه ليستحق عنه هذه الميتة البشعة؟
رواية بوليسية ممتعة ذات حبكة ذكية ونهاية صادمة.

A charming picture book for all families" - Booktrust With vivid illustrations and a heartwarming story, this picture book is the perfect Eid gift! It's the evening before Eid, and Hana is helping her mum lay the table. Hana loves the colourful decorations they've arranged around the house! But there is still much to do, so when Hana's mum asks her to get the Eid presents ready to take to Nani's house the next day, Hana is at the ready to help! There's just one problem: where are the Eid presents? With a gentle search-and-find element running alongside the story, this gorgeous picture book is a wonderful introduction to Eid.

Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters. Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class." It’s not easy, but she has a trick to keep her model-student smile plastered on her face at all times: she channels all her frustrations into her email drafts. She'd never send them of course -- she'd rather die than hurt anyone's feelings -- but it's a relief to let loose on her power-hungry English teacher or a freeloading classmate taking credit for Sadie's work. All her most vehemently worded emails are directed at her infuriating cocaptain, Julius Gong, whose arrogance and competitive streak have irked Sadie since they were kids. "You're attention starved and self-obsessed and unbearably vain . . . I really hope your comb breaks and you run out of whatever expensive hair products you've been using to make your hair appear deceptively soft..." Sadie doesn't have to hold back in her emails, because nobody will ever read them... that is, until they're accidentally sent out. Overnight, Sadie’s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It's her worst nightmare -- now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they're not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there's one person growing to appreciate the "real" Sadie -- Julius, the only boy she's sworn to hate...

When an impossible wish comes true, a wild adventure begins! Think your wildest wish can’t come true? Just wait! It’s his first day at a new school, and Stanley wishes he could disappear. He can hardly believe it when, after a big spill at the science fair, POOF! Stanley is invisible! It’s awesome! He can do anything he wants, and no one will know! But Stanley isn’t the only one who turned invisible. The inventor of the potion is not happy about the accident and takes his anger out on kids all over town. Stanley wants to use his power for good . . . which means going up against the one person who can make him visible again. Get ready for a battle of the ages.