Fantasy Languages

Rebellion happens in the shadows. In the sequel to the New York Times bestseller A Language of Dragons, language is the greatest weapon in a war between humans and dragons—and one translator has the power to change the world. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel. Who is Vivien...

يَروِي هذا الكتابُ مُغامَرةَ إيفا الطَّيِّبةِ وصَديقَيْها، القَزَم مينو والذِّئب رول، لإنقاذِ مَعشرِ الأقزام الذين حوَّلَتهم الساحِرةُ الشِّرِّيرةُ إلى حجارة. فكيف نجَحَ الأصدقاءُ في قلبِ السِّحْرِ على الساحِرة؟

تتناول سلسلةُ قِصَصِ «روبينيا ذات القلب الشُّجَاع»، مغامراتِ جِنِّيَّةٍ صغيرةٍ جريئة، مُستعِدَّة دائمًا لمساعَدةِ أصدقائِها وجميعِ حيواناتِ الغابة. تُدافِع عن الطبيعة والأشجار والنباتات والجان، وبلَمْسةٍ من السِّحر والكثيرِ من الشجاعة، تَحلُّ كلَّ المشاكل. «سِرُّ الريشة السوداء» كتابٌ سِحري وجَرِيء ومُمتِع! استيقَظَ سكَّانُ الغابةِ ذاتَ يومٍ على أحداثٍ غريبة: مَن يا تُرى سرَقَ الفراولةَ، وثقَبَ الملابسَ المغسولةَ حديثًا؟ تبدأ روبينيا بالبحث، ثم تَعثر على ريشةٍ سوداءَ لامِعة. فهل يَقُودها ذلك إلى الجاني؟ في أثناءِ بحثها ستَلتقِي بزائرٍ خَجُول من الجزء المُظلِم من الغابة. مَن هو؟ وما علاقتُه بالأحداثِ الأخيرةِ الغريبة؟

تتناول سلسلةُ قِصَصِ «روبينيا ذات القلب الشُّجَاع» مغامراتِ جِنِّيَّةٍ صغيرةٍ جريئة، مُستعِدَّة دائمًا لمساعَدةِ أصدقائِها وجميعِ حيواناتِ الغابة. تُدافِع عن الطبيعة والأشجار والنباتات والجان، وبلَمْسةٍ من السِّحر والكثيرِ من الشجاعة تَحلُّ كلَّ المشاكل. «الحَجَر البرَّاق السِّحري» كتابٌ مُدهِش وجَرِيء ومُمتِع! تَتطلَّع روبينيا بحماسٍ إلى استلامِ عَصاها السِّحرية، ومعرفةِ المهمةِ التي ستُوكَل إليها. لكِن، على عكسِ توقُّعاتها، لم تَتلقَّ سِوى تَمِيمةٍ ذاتِ حَجَرٍ أحمرَ برَّاق. أمَّا مهمَّتُها فهي أن تُحافِظَ على الانسجامِ في الغابة! فَجْأةً، اندلَعَ قِتالٌ في الغابة، فأضاءَ الياقوتُ الأحمرُ على تميمةِ روبينيا، وشعرَت بأنها وَحْدها القادِرةُ على المساعَدة …

Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn't looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she'd escaped. Confronted with her great-aunts legacy, Gwen must finally face up to her past. The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but, gift or burden, for Gwen it always spells trouble. She has to stay—she has nowhere else to go—but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch?

Wild Cards now in development for TV! Dead Man's Hand combines the writing talents of George R. R. Martin & John Jos. Miller Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, has been found brutally murdered in her popular restaurant, the Crystal Palace. Now two men are out to find...

A child is born in a tin can. A switchboard operator finds himself in hell. Three corpulent women float somewhere beyond time. Welcome to the weird world of Karin Tidbeck, the visionary Swedish author of literary sci-fi, speculative fiction, and mind-bending fantasy who has captivated fans around the world. Originally published by the tiny press Cheeky Frawg - the passion project of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer - Jagannath has been celebrated by listeners and critics alike, with rave reviews from major outlets and support from lauded peers like China Mieville and even Ursula K. Le Guin herself.

One mistake by space linguist Jalila could cost an alien species their lives. The crew of the starship IBN BATTUTA has 24 hours to prepare the people of planet Vox to face an approaching invasion fleet. But when Jalila mistakenly uses a forbidden slur, the Vox locals attack their supposed saviors. Drawn into a violent revolution, a "war of words" to decide language dominance, Jalila must rely on other resources when deprived of communication technology and even the power of speech.

The first English translation of celebrated Swiss-German novelist Sibylle Berg, Grime is a manifesto for fury, escape, and individual...

التلالُ بَيْضاء، والأكواخُ بَيْضاء، والثلجُ كذلك أبيض. كَمْ هذا مُمِل! يريد الدبُّ القُطْبي الصغير بعضَ الألوان مِن حوله؛ فخطَرَت له فكرةٌ رائعة، ولكن من أجلِ تطبيقِها عليه أن يُصبِح دبَّ توتِ العُلَّيْق! المحقِّق «لاسلو» دائمُ البحثِ عن مُغامَراتٍ جديدة. عندما يَشتمُّ رائحةً مَشْبوهة، يَـتـتـبَّع أثَرَها دُونَ تَردُّدٍ؛ فتُواجِهه مُفاجأةٌ كبيرة. تَرغَب نملةٌ في تسلُّقِ برجِ إيفل! إنَّها «فريدا»؛ النملةُ المُغامِرة الشجاعة، فهل ستَنجَح في ذلك؟ هذه لمحةٌ من بعضِ قِصصِ هذا الكتاب الموجَّه إلى الأطفالِ مِن عُشَّـــاق الخيالِ والمُغامَرات.

The prescient feminist fable and international classic described as “The Handmaid’s Tale for our age” (The Economist), from the Booker-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional When the women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the...

The City Inside, a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large—yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential of the future. “They'd known the end times were...

Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Mussoorie. Through vivid images and lucid writing, Bond evokes the everyday sights and sounds, and captures the essence of mountain life. The...

Set in the mist-laden realm of Elderglen, The Hollow Vale: Short Stories: The Seer of Velden tells the story of a younger Caelwyn and Velden Nan, a figure of mystery and reverence known for her silence and her connection to the Wyrd. Through half-spoken truths and glimpses of forgotten threads, her journey as a seer explores the weight of prophecy and memory in a land shaped by both history and myth.

In Search of Hua Ma is one of a series of novels in Chinese that are fun to listen to and proven to accelerate language learning. Every book in the Mandarin Companion series is carefully written to use characters, words, and grammar that a learner is likely to know. The breakthrough level is written using only 150 unique Chinese characters and is intended for Chinese learners who have obtained a low elementary or novice level of Chinese.

Longlisted for the National Book Award Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Shortlisted for the 2025 Housatonic Book Award for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award in Memoir A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music...

This volume brings together the best of Ruskin Bond’s prose and poetry. For over four decades, by way of innumerable novels, essays, short stories and poems, the author has mapped out and peopled a unique literary landscape. This anthology has selections from all of his major books and...

A lyrical fantasy tale woven with nature’s wisdom, The Riddle Forest is a meditative story about listening beyond words, finding home in connection, and healing the bond between humankind and the natural world.

Londres, 1923. Los dragones surcan los cielos y las protestas estallan en las calles, pero Vivien Featherswallow no está preocupada. Ella se ha propuesto seguir acatando las reglas, conseguir una beca de prácticas para estudiar los idiomas de los dragones durante el verano y asegurarse de que su hermana pequeña no crezca como miembro de la tercera clase. A medianoche, Viv ha desatado una guerra civil.

In this spellbinding fantasy debut set in a future where language magic reigns, a young Hawaiian woman must solve a murder to clear her name. Kea Petrova is dealing with more than her fair share of trouble. At just twenty-five years old, she’s the youngest of five Hawaiian clan leaders living...