Fiction Genres

Dive deeper into the history of the Old Kingdom in the brilliant prequel to Garth Nix's astonishingly successful fantasy series. Sixteen-year-old Clariel is not adjusting well to her new life in the city of Belisaere, the capital of the Old Kingdom. She misses roaming freely

This novel, set during World War II, sees Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appointed as spies by the intelligence service. Their mission: to seek out the Nazis in disguise, a man and a woman from among the colourful guests at a seaside hotel.

Inspired by Dostoevsky's own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his creditors and retain his rights to his literary legacy, The Gambler is set in the casino of the fictional German spa town of Roulettenburg and follows the misfortunes of the young tutor Alexei Ivanovich. As he succumbs to the temptations of the roulette table, he finds himself engaged in a battle of wills with Polina, the woman he unrequitedly loves.With an unforgettable cast of fellow gamblers…

Zoe's Rescue The Pesky Polar Bear [Paperback] Amelia Cobb and Sophy Williams

A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples. . . At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the `evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer. . . Author BiographyAgatha Christie was born…

تدور الرواية حول د.حازم أبو زيد الطبيب النفسى الشهير، الذى يقيم فى مدينة سياحية فاخرة بالإسكندرية وبسرد حالة نفسية غريبة وردت إليه من مهندس أحمد خشبة، ذلك المهندس الثرى الذى تربى على البذخ والترف، درس الهندسة فى بريطانيا على يد اشتراكى عتيق علّمه أنه كمهندس لابد أن يطبِّق ما تعلّمه من دينه وهندسته على الفقراء، ولقد حاول ذلك بالفعل ولكنه اصطدم بالروتين الحكومى العقيم الذى منعه من إكمال حلمه.  

كانت تريد أن تنطلق.. وقد انطلقت عدة مرات.. كانت تذهب إلى الحقول في شارع بين الجناين.. وكانت في كل مرة تعود من انطلاقها لتستقبلها عمتها بالشبشب، وكان أحياناً يتولى استقبالها زوج عمتها، وكانت في بادئ الأمر تبكي وتصرخ وتستغيث وهي تحت الصفعات وضربات الشبشب، ثم بدأت تدافع عن نفسها وتصرخ وتصد الضربات بذارعيها وتجادل عمتها وزوج عمتها، وقد صاحت في وجههما يوماً: -أنا حرة.. أعمل اللي أنا عايزاه.. ما حدث له دعوة بيّه.  

Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer, and wielder of the Dark Mirror. When Lirael finds Nicholas Sayre lying unconscious after being attacked by a hideous Free Magic creature, she uses her powers to save him

There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways ... their magical prowess – their daring – their powers of deduction – and, of course, their ability to cope with danger.' The TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn't stop Harry DREAMING that he will WIN the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is…