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In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark's first assault, but at a terrible cost.A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances, and revealing the shocking secrets of the past.But Will is carrying a dark secret of his own--his true identity. Drawn to the beautiful and deadly James St. Clair, Will is pulled ever deeper into the web of the past, and finds himself tempted by the darkness within. As the ancient world threatens to return, can Will and his friends fight their fate? Or will the truths they learn tear their world apart?Dark Heir is the explosive and highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Dark Rise, from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat."I simply couldn't put it down." --V. E. Schwab, New Yor

A picture book with holes in the pages, exploring a little boy's fear of the Dark.When the sun goes down, the Dark stretches out. The Dark can be scary, but it can be other things too - it depends on how you see it... This gorgeous picture book tells the story of a little boy's fear of the Dark. Ingenious holes cut in the illustrations help to explore his feelings. When he goes camping with his dad, he discovers that it's only when it's really Dark that you can see all the beautiful stars. Maybe the Dark isn't so bad after all... This friendly, heartwarming story with a wonderful, cut-out starry sky, is a comforting, helpful book to share with young children.

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Mog sat in the dark. Mog thought in the dark. But the dark was not where Mog wanted to be! And who else was there in the dark? One night Mog's imagination takes her on a hilarious twilight adventure t

Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! Regarded as one of the greatest Batman stories of all time, master storyteller Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns is the perfect graphic novel for longtime comic book fans and new readers alike! Writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in this saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, 10 years after the Dark Knight's retirement. Forced to take action, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their levels of violence. He is soon joined by a new Robin--a girl named Carrie Kelley, who proves to be just as invaluable as her predecessors. Can Batman and Robin deal with the threats posed by their deadliest enemies after years of incarceration have turned them into perfect psychopaths? And more importantly, can anyone survive the coming fallout from an undeclared war between the superp

本書是一場結合時空穿越與解謎的刺激冒險。Hallie 和 Martha 原本只是過著平凡的一天，卻意外喚醒沉睡千年的兩名騎士，被捲入一場跨越過去與現在的任務。為了阻止神祕的 Dark Dark Knight，她們必須回到古老的 Hamalot 王國，尋找唯一能拯救一切的 Good King Stan。隨著旅程展開，讀者將和主角一起破解暗號、推理線索，穿越地圖與迷宮，在閱讀中動腦前進。A lively time travel mystery packed with puzzles and intrigue.It's an ordinary day for Hallie and Martha... until they accidentally wake two knights from a thousand-year sleep and find themselves on a daring and dangerous quest.Flung back in time, they must travel through the ancient kingdom of Hamalot in search of Good King Stan. For only Good King Stan can save both the past and the present from the evil threat of the mysterious Dark Dark Knight.Full of coded messages plus logic, map and maze puzzles to unravel as you read, this Usborne classic has been updated and enhanced for a whole new generation of puzzle adventurers.

With an increasing concern of personal data privacy in Hong Kong and around the world, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), Hong Kong publishes this third edition of Personal Data (Privacy) Law in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide on Compliance to provide practical guidance on the law of privacy, and the ways to protect personal data in everyday life.This third edition will guide readers through the recent developments of personal data privacy in the local, regional and global contexts with updates on recent Administrative Appeals Board and Court decisions, and investigation reports and materials from the PCPD. In addition, some most-concerned issues are discussed, such as ethical development and use of AI, the collection and use of personal data by employers during COVID-19, data protection under work-from-home arrangements, data security measures for ICT systems, guidelines on doxxing offences and data breach handling. This book will certainly provide readers a

This book illustrates and explains the key concepts of business data analytics from scratch, tackling the day-to-day challenges of a business data analyst. It provides you with all the professional tools you need to predict online shop sales, to conduct A/B tests on marketing campaigns, to generate automated reports with PowerPoint, to extract datasets from Wikipedia, and to create interactive analytics Web apps. Alongside these practical projects, this book provides hands-on coding exercises, case studies, the essential programming tools and the CRISP-DM framework which you'll need to kickstart your career in business data analytics.The different chapters prioritize practical understanding over mathematical theory, using realistic business data and challenges of the Junglivet Whisky Company to intuitively grasp key concepts and ideas. Designed for beginners and intermediates, this book guides you from business data analytics fundamentals to advanced techniques, covering a large number

Three siblings embark on an epic quest for a mythic grail in this first installment of Susan Cooper’s epic and award-winning The Dark Is Rising Sequence, now with a brand-new look!All through time, the two great forces of Light and Dark have battled for control of the world. Now, after centuries of balance, the Dark is summoning its terrifying forces to rise once more…and three children find themselves caught in the conflict.The Drew siblings—Simon, Jane, and Barney—are on a family holiday in Cornwall when they discover an ancient map in the attic of the house they are sharing with their Great Uncle Merry. They know immediately that the map is special but have no way of knowing how much. For the map leads to a grail: a vital weapon for the Light’s fight against evil. In taking on the quest to find the grail, the Drews will have to race against the sinister human beings who serve the dreadful power of the dark—an adventure that puts their own lives in grave peril.

From sunset to sunrise, discover the secrets of night time - why it happens, where the Sun goes... and what the night sky can tell us about the universe. Playful flaps, delightful illustrations and friendly text explain the science behind the cycle of day and night, summer and winter. Find out why it's not always dark at bedtime, how night animals find their way and why the dark doesn't have to be scary.

The unforgettable conclusion to the instant New York Times bestselling Something Dark and Holy trilogy, now in paperback!The girl, the monster, the prince, the queen.They broke the world.And some thin

In the ninth DATA Set adventure, the kids blast off into outer space!When Laura hears a strange but familiar buzzing coming from her radio, she instantly knows who's trying to get in touch. It's none other than Fave, the DATA Set's alien friend who crashed down on Earth! The kids excitedly decode the message but learn that Fave is in trouble! Join the kids as they suit up and blast off into the galaxy on a mission to help an old friend. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the DATA Set chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

His Dark Materials: Northern Lights 1The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world... Rankin's lens has exquisitely captured the bond between character and daemon; the soul of the stories The His Dark Materials trilogy is award-winning, internationally bestselling and a modern classic.His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife 2"My hands shook, turning the pages." The Times "Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman The second volume in the ground-breaking His Dark Materials trilogy, now with a breath-taking new cover creatively directed and photographed by the legendary Rankin. "What is he? A friend, or an enemy?" "He is a murderer." Will has just killed a man.He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie

"An astonishing imaginative feat - Pullman has conjured a universe of intensity and beauty that leaves one gasping" The Times "Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman The third volume in the ground-breaking His Dark Materials trilogy, now with a breath-taking new cover creatively directed and photographed by the legendary Rankin. "We're going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back." Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated.But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been - and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned... Rankin's lens has exquisitely captured the bond between character and daemon; the soul of the stories The His Dark Materials trilogy is award-winning, internationally bestselling and a modern classic. Now a major BBC/HBO television se

Down at the bottom of the deep, dark sea, something big, mean and terribly greedy is stirring. . .It's the shark in the dark! The poor fish in the sea live in fear of the nasty shark. They don't want to be his dinner! Just as the shark is closing in, the fish meet a clever squid, who hatches a plan to teach the shark a lesson once and for all. It involves a shadowy head, a shadowy tail, and a huge amount of teamwork! Can the flustered fish pull it off?The Shark in the Dark is a tremendously funny book written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Ben Cort - with a biting twist!

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Rabbit doesn't want to go to bed, and thinks if it doesn't get dark he won't have to, so he decides to kidnap The Dark and trap it in a biscuit tin. Now he can stay up all night long. But The Dark rem

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Sunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare’s Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Timesand USA TODAYbestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.

Second-grade detectives Jigsaw, Mila, and their friends follow clues when a girl reports seeing a glow-in-the-dark ghost dancing at night in their school.

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In this dark and gripping sci-fi noir, an exiled police detective arrives at a lunar penal colony just as a psychotic android begins a murderous odyssey across the far side of the moon.Purgatory is th

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RITA Award-winning author Kresley Cole continues her bestselling Immortals After Dark series with this electrifying tale of a ruthless demon mercenary and the lovely young halfling who enchants him.A

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★創新的詛咒設定，舞者被控制成傀儡的形象極具視覺衝擊力和象徵意義。★故事氛圍濃厚，融合《歌劇魅影》和《黑天鵝》元素，吸引哥德式幻想和黑暗浪漫愛好者。《Girls of Dark Divine》是E.V. Woods所著的一部哥德式奇幻小說，故事圍繞著一群被殘酷詛咒束縛的美麗芭蕾舞者，被一位邪惡的劇團掌控者(Puppet Master )以魔法的「無形線索」操控，他們的肢體就像傀儡一樣聽從命令，但詛咒並不會隨舞台帷幕落下而結束。每位舞者都注定會在詛咒消耗她們的那一天化為灰燼。艾姆伯琳 (Emberlyn)是位優秀的芭蕾舞者，後來成為劇團的明星。她發現了這個詛咒的殘酷代價，決定不惜一切代價拯救她與劇團裡的芭蕾舞者....A puppet master wielding a dark curse.A boy made of shadows.And a girl who must sever the strings and set her sisters free...Emberlyn is a Marionette - one of a troupe of hauntingly beautiful girls who have been cursed to perform until they turn to dust... When another one of her sisters falls, Emberlyn decides she must fight back against their Puppet Master and free them from this violent dance.Whisked away to a new theatre, Emberlyn seizes the chance to escape, but instead brings dark secrets and a boy made of shadows to light... As her strings tighten, Emberlyn realizes the only way to break free is to end the Puppet Master once and for all. Except tearing the life out of his

Based on unproduced episodes ofStar Wars: The Clone Wars,this thrilling novel features Asajj Ventress, former Sith apprentice turned bounty hunter and one of the great antiheroes in theStar Warsgalaxy.The only way to bring down the Sith’s most dangerous warrior may be to join forces with the dark side.In the war for control of the galaxy between the armies of the dark side and the Republic, former Jedi Master turned ruthless Sith Lord Count Dooku has grown ever more brutal in his tactics. Despite the powers of the Jedi and the military prowess of their clone army, the sheer number of fatalities is taking a terrible toll. And when Dooku orders the massacre of a flotilla of helpless refugees, the Jedi Council feels it has no choice but to take drastic action: targeting the man responsible for so many war atrocities, Count Dooku himself.But the ever-elusive Dooku is dangerous prey for even the most skilled hunter. So the Council makes the bold decision to bringbothsides of the Force’s pow

Explore the secrets of the Bamboo Kingdom in the fourth installment of this thrilling new series from bestselling Warriors author Erin Hunter, perfect for fans of Wings of Fire and Endling.The Bamboo Kingdom is once again safely led by guidance of a real Dragon Speaker--three Dragon Speakers, in fact!But a troubling vision from the Great Dragon warns of a "Dark Sun" coming soon. And while Rain, Leaf, and Ghost argue amongst themselves about what it means, the monkeys are hatching a plan to use this moment of uncertainty to their best advantage...Unless the pandas learn to trust each other, their biggest challenges may still lurk on the horizon...