Fra forfatteren av New York Times-bestselgeren «Jonathan Strange og herr Norrell» kommer en berusende, hypnotiserende ny roman som foregår i en drømmeaktig, alternativ virkelighet. «Piranesi» tar leseren med inn i en fantastisk ny verden, en uendelig labyrint, full av forbløffende syn og uvirkelig skjønnhet, hjemsøkt av tidevann og skyer. Piranesi bor i Huset. Det er ikke noen vanlig bygning: rommene er uendelige, korridorene endeløse, veggene er dekket av tusenvis av statuer, og ingen av dem er like. Et hav er fanget i labyrinten av saler - bølger dundrer oppover trapper, og saler oversvømmes på et øyeblikk. Men Piranesi er ikke redd. Han forstår mønsteret i labyrinten. Han lever for å utforske huset. Det finnes ett annet menneske i Huset, en mann som heter den Andre, som besøker Piranesi to ganger i uken og ber ham hjelpe til med forskningen på en Stor og Hemmelig Kunnskap. Men etter hvert som Piranesi utforsker sin verden, dukker det opp tegn til enda et menneske, og en skrekkelig sannhet begynner å avsløres - og å avdekke en verden utenfor den Piranesi bestandig har kjent. «Piranesi var verdt å vente på. Den mest vidunderlig underlige boken jeg har lest på mange år.» -Guardian «På svært skarpsindig vis gir Clarke oss litt etter litt detaljene i bakgrunnshistorien for begivenhetene hun forteller om, og avdekker et lumsk, okkult renkespill som bygger seg opp til et crescendo av uforfalsket skrekk. Denne utsøkt fortalte beretningen vil ganske sikkert bli anerkjent som et av årets mest nyskapende romaner.» - Publishers Weekly

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous. The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.

En dag stopper Richard Mayhew for å hjelpe den unge jenta Door, som ligger såret i en av Londons gater. Etter det blir livet aldri det samme igjen. Gjennom en rift i virkeligheten havner han i Neverwhere et skyggefylt og underjordisk vrengebilde av London. Hvis Richard skal kunne vende tilbake til sin egen verden, må han slutte seg til Door selv om det innebærer å risikere livet.

Året er 1806. England er i en utmattende krig mot Napoleon. Nyheten om den sky og tilbaketrukne magikeren herr Norrell fra Hurtfew Abbey sprer seg gjennom landet, og herr Norrell reiser til London med et ønske om å bistå regjeringen i kampen mot franskmennene. I London møter han en lysende ung magiker som blir hans elev. Jonathan Strange er sjarmerende, rik og arrogant, herr Norells rake motsetning. Snart vendes samarbeidet til rivalisering. Kampen mellom disse to mennene utvikler seg til å overskygge krigen mellom England og Frankrike, og deres egne personlige besetteleser og hemmelige befatning med magiens mørke krefter og den mystiske Ravnekongen kommer til å få uante konsekvenser.

All is going well for rich, reclusive Mr Norell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr Norrell's pupil, in a witty fantasy set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century England. Reprint.

Året er 1806. England er i en utmattende krig mot Napoleon. Nyheten om den sky og tilbaketrukne magikeren herr Norrell fra Hurtfew Abbey sprer seg gjennom landet, og herr Norrell reiser til London med et ønske om å bistå regjeringen i kampen mot franskmennene. I London møter han en lysende ung magiker som blir hans elev. Jonathan Strange er sjarmerende, rik og arrogant, herr Norells rake motsetning. Snart vendes samarbeidet til rivalisering. Kampen mellom disse to mennene utvikler seg til å overskygge krigen mellom England og Frankrike, og deres egne personlige besetteleser og hemmelige befatning med magiens mørke krefter og den mystiske Ravnekongen kommer til å få uante konsekvenser.

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has? Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell transported over four million readers into its mysterious world. It became an instant classic and has been hailed as one of the finest works of fiction of the twenty-first century. Fifteen years later, it is finally time to enter the House and meet Piranesi. May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty.

Illustrasjoner Av Portia Rosenberg. Hvit Utgave. Bokklubben.

Året er 1806. England er i krig mot Napoleon, og magien har forsvunnet inn i nasjonens fortid. Men det finnes én praktiserende magiker igjen i England: den sky og tilbaketrukne herr Norrell. Herr Norrell reiser til London for å bistå regjeringen i kampen mot Frankrike. Her imponerer han alle ved å vekke den vakre, unge hustruen til en minister opp fra de døde. Han møter unge Jonathan Strange, en sjarmerende, rik og arrogant magiker, og tar han som elev. England blendes av de to svært ulike magikernes bedrifter, men samarbeidet vendes til en rivaliserende kamp som overskygger krigen. Deres personlige besettelser og hemmelige befatning med magiens mørke krefter og den mystiske Ravnekongen kommer til å få uante konsekvenser. Susanna Clarkes bemerkelsesverdige og prisbelønte debut er blitt en internasjonal suksess og er solgt i over en halv million i Storbritannia og USA.

Året er 1806. England er i en utmattende krig mot Napoleon. Nyheten om den sky og tilbaketrukne magikeren herr Norrell fra Hurtfew Abbey sprer seg gjennom landet, og herr Norrell reiser til London med et ønske om å bistå regjeringen i kampen mot franskmennene. I London møter han en lysende ung magiker som blir hans elev. Jonathan Strange er sjarmerende, rik og arrogant, herr Norells rake motsetning. Snart vendes samarbeidet til rivalisering. Kampen mellom disse to mennene utvikler seg til å overskygge krigen mellom England og Frankrike, og deres egne personlige besetteleser og hemmelige befatning med magiens mørke krefter og den mystiske Ravnekongen kommer til å få uante konsekvenser.

Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates, or with endless paths in deep dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairytales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell": Strange, himself, and the Raven King.

A hugely engaging adventure set in a Victorian-style world - a fantastical version of Dickens - that will appeal to fans of Susanna Clarke and Philip Pullman.Two orphans are more than they seem. And one megalomaniac will stop at nothing to find them...When Molly Templar witnesses a brutal murder at the brothel she has just been apprenticed to, her first instinct is to return to the poorhouse where she grew up. But there she finds her fellow orphans butchered, and it slowly dawns on her that she was in fact the real target of the attack. For Molly carries a secret deep in her blood, a secret that marks her out for destruction by enemies of the state. Soon Molly will find herself battling a grave threat to civilization which draws on an ancient power thought to have been quelled millennia ago.Oliver Brooks has led a sheltered life in the home of his merchant uncle. But when he is framed for his only relative's murder he is forced to flee for his life. He is accompanied by Harry Stave, an agent of the Court of the Air - a shadowy organization independent of the government that acts as the final judiciary of the land, ensuring that order prevails. Chased across the country, Oliver finds himself in the company of thieves, outlaws and spies, and gradually learns more about the secret that has blighted his life, but which may also offer him the power to avert the coming catastrophe.Their enemies are ruthless and myriad, but Molly and Oliver are joined by indomitable friends in this endlessly inventive tale full of drama, intrigue and adventure.

THE EXTRAORDINARY FIRST NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF STORYTELLING ACCLAIMED BBC RADIO 4 DRAMATISATION WITH ALL-STAR CAST INCLUDING JAMES MCAVOY, NATALIE DORMER, DAVID HAREWOOD, SOPHIE OKONEDO AND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH 'Prose that dances and dazzles . . . Gaiman describes the indescribable' SUSANNA CLARKE 'It's virtually impossible to read more than ten words by Neil Gaiman and not wish he would tell you the rest of the story' OBSERVER 'Much too clever to be caught in the net of a single interpretation' PHILIP PULLMAN --- 'I love doors. Anything that leads to possibilities' NEIL GAIMAN --- Under the streets of London lies a world most people could never dream of. When Richard Mayhew stops to help a girl he finds bleeding in the street, his unremarkable life changes in an instant. This act of kindness leads him to a place filled with murderers and angels, pale girls in black velvet, a Beast in a labyrinth and an Earl who holds Court in a tube train. It is strangely familiar yet utterly bizarre. Here is London Below, the city of people who have fallen between the cracks. And for Richard Mayhew, it's just the beginning. NEIL GAIMAN. WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES. --- **Includes an introduction to the author's preferred text, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back short story, reading-group discussion questions, an 'Altogether Different Prologue' and an interview with Neil Gaiman**

Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates or with endless paths in deep, dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairy tales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell": Strange himself and the Raven King.

A journey into Moroccan culture, revealing its day-to-day rhythms, its customs and festivals; its history, Islam, and Sufi rituals; the lore of djinns and spirits; the vibrant life-filled market places; the irresistible Moroccan cuisine; and, its people - warm and friendly. This work presents an account of one couple's adventures in Morocco.

(Banjo). The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome This banjo book features video and print lessons by author and banjo master Kristin Scott Benson on: banjo fundamentals; music reading; tuning; three-finger Scruggs style; bluegrass banjo rolls; chords & scales; and slides, hammer-ones & pull-offs. Includes lead & backup banjo parts for these bluegrass songs: Boil Them Cabbage Down * Cripple Creek * Oh Susanna * Old Joe Clark * When the Saints Go Marching In.

Child Development and Learning integrates concepts of learning and development into one comprehensive text for understanding child development. At its core is the belief that learning and development are intertwined. As children learn, they also develop. As children develop, they also learn. With an understanding of how children develop, specific activities can be implemented to support the learning of all children. The text explores both classical and emerging theories and assists pre-service teachers to grasp the details of the historical references to current understandings of development. The intention is to highlight the importance of understanding how child development theories can be implemented within the field of education. With its clear and engaging style, the text presents up-to-date research while offering practical applications that will relate to pre-service teachers' personal andprofessional lives. Child Development and Learning is comprised of six sections. Five of the sections cover the developmental domains, and within each domain there are four chapters based on chronological age, from birth to 18 years. Each section consists of activities to foster engagement by allowing the reader to learn through critical reflection and analysis. The final sixth section provides an overview of how to plan for schooling starting with early childhood education and ending with seniorschooling, and draws together the learning techniques necessary to support children within different age ranges. Complete with examples that are research-focused, real-world and cross-cultural, students are provided with practical strategies to help them program and plan for learning and development.