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This second novel in the Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children series begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other surprises. Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly creepy) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight fantasy fans of all ages.

The last survivors of humanity have just been deposited on Pandora, a horrific, poisonous planet rife with deadly nerve-runners, hooded dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent kelp. The determined colonists attempt to establish a bridgehead on the deadly, inhospitable planet, but more trouble arises. Their sentient ship - backed up by an impressive array of armaments - has decided it is God and is insisting the colonists find appropriate ways to worship it.

Jacob Portman, 16 ans, a grandi avec les récits fabuleux de son grand-père, juif polonais, envoyé sur une île du pays de Galles pour échapper à la menace nazie. Recueilli par Miss Peregrine Faucon, la directrice d'un orphelinat pour enfants "particuliers", il a côtoyé des enfants doués de capacités surnaturelles. Un soir, Jacob trouve son grand-père mortellement blessé par une horrible créature. En partant sur l'île en quête de vérité, il découvre l'ancien pensionnat en ruines et n'a plus aucun doute : les enfants particuliers ont existé. Et s'ils étaient toujours en vie ?

An instant best seller, A Map of Days launched listeners into the previously unexplored world of American peculiars, one bursting with new questions, new allies, and new adversaries. Now, with enemies behind him and the unknown ahead, Jacob Portman’s story continues as he takes a brave leap forward into The Conference of the Birds, the next installment of the beloved, best-selling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.

Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They'll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever. Will Jacob come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be?

In The Jesus Incident, Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite--because Pandora's original owner is returning to life.

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets 16-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery - a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob’s grandfather, Abe.

The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face. Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather’s house. Jacob doesn’t know how they escaped from V’s loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned. After a narrow getaway from a blood-thirsty hollow, Jacob and Noor reunite with Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children in Devil’s Acre. The Acre is being plagued by desolations....

Pandora's humans have been recovering land from its raging seas at an accelerated pace since The Lazarus Effect. The great kelp of the seas, sentient but electronically manipulated by humans, buffers Pandora's wild currents to restore land and facilitate the booming sea trade. New settlements rise overnight, but children starve in their shadows. An orbiting assembly station is near completion of Project Voidship, which is the hope of many for finding a better world.

Dans le Londres d'aujourd'hui, Jacob Portman et Emma Bloom se lancent à la recherche de leurs amis enlevés par les Estres. Ils retrouvent leur trace grâce au flair aiguisé d'Addison, l'illustre chien particulier doué de parole. Bientôt, au bord de la Tamise, ils font la connaissance de Sharon, un géant bourru qui, moyennant une pièce d'or, propose de leur faire traverser le fleuve.

In this psychological thriller with supernatural overtones, a young couple, Conrad and Joanna Harrison, attempt to save their marriage by starting anew in a rural turn-of-the-century former birthing house.

Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. These are but a few of the truly brilliant stories in Tales of the Peculiar - the collection of fairy tales known to hide information about the peculiar world, including clues to the locations of time loops - first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his number-one best-selling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.

Using understandable metaphors and easy to follow language, Stephens gives listeners of any scientific level an introduction to neuroscience and shows them how things like creativity, skill, and even perception of self can grow and change by utilizing the body's most important muscle. Fans of Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson will love Stephens' down-to-earth attitude, and those interested in science will appreciate his thoughtful explanations of scientific terms.

Les dix enfants particuliers sont désemparés : Miss Peregrine, changée en oiseau, est prisonnière de son état, suite à l'attaque des Estres, des âmes damnées. Ils n'ont plus qu'un espoir : trouver une Ombrune susceptible de redonner à la directrice de l'orphelinat sa forme humaine. Le petit groupe d'enfants échoue sur une rive de Grande-Bretagne, en 1940, alors que la Seconde Guerre mondiale fait rage. Aussitôt pris en chasse par des Estres déguisés en soldats, ils se réfugient in extremis dans une boucle temporelle.

The end of a relationship doesn't have to mean despair. Discover how to move past separation and embrace independence, positivity, authenticity, and new beginnings. In eight parts and 111 accessible learnings, The Soul-Soaring Virtues of Separation combines the law of attraction - the idea that we can attract positivity into our lives - and self-help with Amy's own experience to help you find your way back home to you.

Jacob Portman est de retour chez lui, en Floride. Et cette fois, son rêve est devenu réalité : "Miss Peregrine et les enfants particuliers" sont à ses côtés. Ces derniers découvrent, fascinés, le monde moderne. Afin de faciliter leur intégration, Jacob est chargé de leur donner des cours de normalité. Au programme : plage, baignade, et leçons particulières... Mais la découverte d'un mystérieux bunker dans la maison de son grand père va tout changer.

Seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry is seeing weird things around Los Angeles. A man who pops a tooth into a parking meter. A glowing trapdoor in a parking lot. A half-mechanical raccoon with its tail on fire that just won’t leave him alone. Every hallucinatory moment seems plucked from a cheesy 1990s fantasy TV show called Max's Adventures in Sunderworld—and that’s because they are. Not a good sign.

Eve is tired of slaving away at her job while less qualified employees get promotions. So, she confronts her boss, and her boss suggests she meet with a group of bigwigs to let them see how great she can be. Of course, it isn't until she shows up that she realizes she won't be giving a presentation!

Alors que les ténèbres sont sur le point d'envahir le monde, Noor et Jacob se retrouvent à l'endroit où tout a commencé, la maison d'Abe Portman, en Floride. Ils n'ont aucun souvenir de la façon dont ils ont réussi à fuir la boucle de V, mais ils sont certains d'une chose : Caul est revenu. Après avoir échappé de justesse à un Creux sanguinaire, Jacob et Noor parviennent à rejoindre Miss Peregrine et les enfants particuliers à l'Arpent du Diable. Mais l'ancien quartier général des Estres est en proie à de terrifiantes désolations.