Fiction Genres

But New York is a powder keg of soldiers and spies, and soon Aiden will be drawn into the fight for freedom in a way he could never have predicted...

The boys at school are excited. The Olympic games are coming to the city. They may be too young to compete, but their teacher suggests the school should have its own games. Of course, girls have no part at all in these festivities but Elena discovers her twin brother, Cypselis, has made a bet with Big Bacchiad (the school bully). If Cypselis wins he will get a new goat. If he loses then Elena will become Bacchiad''s slave. Elena''s freedom is at stake - she needs all her cunning to make sure…

This is a tale of Neria, who works in the House of Death helping her father to make mummies. Neria enjoys her work, but when the pharaoh dies, everyone is so busy that Neria is given the responsibility of mummifying the pharaoh''s cat, to accompany him to the afterlife. The trouble is, Neria doesn''t want to kill and gut the cat! Can she find a way to save it - without being caught and punished?

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. At least, he's not a beast all the time. As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through…

An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Muggles who have seen the eponymous film or read the Harry Potter novels will be familiar with some of these beasts – the Niffler, the Thunderbird, the Hippogriff ... This new paperback edition features the recently revised 2017 text, which includes six curious new creatures that inhabit the…

Emma is considered by many readers to be Jane Austen's crowning achievement, a timeless comedy of manners that lays bare the limits on women's autonomy in Regency England. The disparity between Emma Woodhouse's self-confidence and self-knowledge, and her determination to arrange marriages for her friends while avoiding one for herself, leads to a painful series of misunderstandings for everyone who suffers from her well-meaning altruism – and with Mr Knightley being the only person of her…

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This classic story is a favorite with toddlers, who will cheer on the three clever billy goats who outsmart a mean troll. With plenty of repetition, this adventure is perfect for reading aloud and for joining in, and a satisfying ending provides a reassuring touch.

وفيما كان حد السكين يغوص في رقبة الخروف، راح مختار ولد أختي يفرد فرخ ورق سميكًا – من ورق اللحمة الذي اشتريناه لنلف فيه الأنصبة – فوق رقبة الخروف ليمنع نافورة الدم من الوصول إلى وجوهنا. أما أنا فقد ثبتُّ عيني على رسغ اليد اليسرى للجزار وهو يعيد ترديد الشهادتين عدة مرات ليريحني ويرضيني، فرأيت رسمًا دقيقًا باللون الأخضر الغامق مدقوقًا في رسغ الجزار؛ حينئذٍ داخَلني شعور فائق بنشوة عظيمة لا أستطيع وصفها على الإطلاق، وقد امتلأ سمعي بما يشبه زغاريد مدوية تجلجل في سماء الكون بغير انقطاع.

تدور أحداث الرواية في مرحلةٍ بالغة الأهمية من تاريخ مصر المعاصر، من خلال موظف في إدارة المراسم عمل لسنوات بمعيّة الرئيسين السادات ومبارك ، فاقترب بما يكفي ليصبح شاهدًا على كواليس عصرٍ كامل؛ تكشف الرواية في واقعيةٍ مشوّقة عن مرحلة الانتقال من دهاليز المراسم إلى أروقة السلطة.. حيث تُدار الأمور في صمتٍ مُحكم، وتُحاك المؤامرات بدهاء. هذه الرواية عن إنسان عادي حين تفتك به سلطة المناصب، وتمزّقه التناقضات ويظلله الخوف. وبين قسوةٍ تربّى عليها منذ طفولته، ورقّة الموسيقى التي يُجيد عزفها على آلة…