'Unique and uniquely beautiful... A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes.'—Los Angeles Times'These are the bad dreams of the modern world submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously.'—New York TimesA groundbreaking atlas and milestone of graphic reporting, this statistically meticulous presentation of trends in maps and charts explains the most challenging issues facing the world today.Authored by leading international peace researcher Dan Smith OBE, it has sold over 800,000 copies in different languages around the world.With the economic, global health and geopolitical reverberations of Covid-19 referenced throughout, other topics for this new 10th edition include: health – education and gender inequalities – human rights abuses – financial corruption – military might – chemical warfare – plastic waste – climate change.

The State of the World Atlas

After caring for his mother in her last days, Alex has gone off round the world - with no plan other than to travel and maybe recapture some of his lost youth. Beginning his travels in Indonesia, the idea of finding himself sounds appealing...but soon, he finds himself in real trouble. It starts with a bus crash on a terrifying mountain road. Lucky to escape with his life, Alex loses everything else - even his identity. But then he meets Domino, a beautiful girl who takes Alex under her wing. At first it's an intoxicating adventure, but Alex starts to realise that danger seems to follow her around. As they approach the magnificent Lake Toba, and head to the remote community of free spirits that Domino calls home, it seems there's trouble in paradise. The ideals of the camp seem honourable - a simple life, shared by friends in a beautiful place hidden from the world. But Domino has no answers for the questions that are forming in Alex's mind: Why do the local villagers hate them so much? Why are people leaving the camp in the dead of night? And what are the strange shapes lurking just beyond the clearing? A taut, atmospheric and emotive thriller, DARK HORIZONS transports you to the lush landscapes of Sumatra, and the twisted ideals and deadly secrets lying in wait there... (p) 2017 Orion Publishing Group

Dark Horizons

Russia, 1920. Kolya has deserted his Red Army unit and returns home to bury his brother and reunite with his wife and sons. But he finds the village silent and empty. The men have been massacred in the forest. The women and children have disappeared. In this remote, rural community the folk tales mothers tell their children by candlelight take on powerful significance and the terrifying legend of The Deathless One begins to feel very real. Kolya sets out on a journey through dense, haunting forests and across vast plains as bitter winter sets in, in the desperate hope he will find his family. But there are very dark things in his past - and there's someone, or something, on his trail... Read by Nigel Carrington (p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group

Red Winter

There were times I felt I would always be death's passenger. It moved one step ahead of me wherever I went, letting its shadow fall across me. It carried me on; shaded me from the world other people lived in.' Leaving behind his life of violence in Brazil's darkest shadows, Zico is determined to become a better man. But it seems his old life isn't quite done with him yet when he's tasked with making one last kill. It's one that could get him everything he has ever wanted; a house, some land, cash in his pocket, a future for him and his girlfriend, Daniella. But this one isn't like all the others. This one comes at a much higher price. THE DARKEST HEART is a journey through the shadowy heart of Brazil and the even darker mind of a killer, where fear is a death sentence and the only chance of survival might mean abandoning the only good thing you've ever known. Read by Daniel Philpott (p) 2014 Orion Publishing Group

The Darkest Heart

From out of the whiteness, a dark figure comes... December, 1930, Ukraine. After the horrors of war, Luka wants a quiet life with his family. His village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality - but everything changes the day a stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing a terrible cargo: the bodies of two children. When the villagers' fear turns deadly, they think they have saved themselves. And then a little girl vanishes. Luka is the only man with the skills to find the stolen child in these frozen lands. And though his toughest enemy is the man he tracks through the harsh winter landscape, his strongest bond is a promise to his family back home... Read by Nigel Carrington (p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group

The Child Thief

A meteorite harbouring an alien lifeform crashes to Earth with horrifying consequences in this gruesome and gripping tale from master of creepy sci-fi Dan Smith. The fifth and final adventure in the Crooked Oak series. What’s slithering about deep underground …? When a meteorite crashes to Earth near Crooked Oak, Pete, Nancy and Krish are determined to find it. But they’re not the only ones … After spotting one of their teachers up on the moor where the meteorite landed, they start to wonder if his strangely altered behaviour and appearance might be connected to the arrival from outer space. But nothing could prepare them for the horror they uncover deep down in Killburn Mine … Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

The Crooked Oak Mysteries

Stranger Things meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this thrilling sci-fi adventure from bestselling author Dan Smith Stranger Things meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this fast-paced, horror adventure with an ecological twist. Something sinister is happening in Crooked Oak … Ever since the fracking site closed, Nancy’s parents have been acting weird. Their eyes are blank, they won’t eat – it’s like they’re no longer themselves. And now the symptoms are affecting others as well … Nancy and her friends Pete and Krish are determined to find out what’s going on. But the deeper they dig, the scarier the mystery gets. A dark presence is spreading its tendrils across Crooked Oak. Can they stop it before it takes over the whole town?

Master of sci-fi horror Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the terrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster. Kyle and Lauren Dempsey believe their soldier stepdad is dead, killed in action in Northern Ireland. But then he turns up at their flat in the Alpine Heights tower block, terrifying changed. One day later, a mysterious virus seems to be running rampant through the building and many residents are dead. Nobody has ever discovered what really happened – until now …

The Night House Files

A school camping trip takes a turn for the sinister in this page-turning thriller for fans of mysteries and the supernatural. What’s hiding in Harwood Forest? When Pete, Nancy and Krish arrive at Heathland Camp for a school trip, they’re in for an adventure – just not the kind they were expecting. Nearby sits the abandoned Harwood Institute. The crumbling buildings are out of bounds but strange screams come from the surrounding forest at night. Mystery shrouds the events that took place at the institute during the war, so Pete and his friends make it their mission to find out the truth. But the forest is hiding a sinister secret, and the trio could be in real danger … Are some mysteries best left undisturbed?

13-årige Oskari skal gennemgå en oldgammel manddomsprøve: Han skal overleve alene i den finske skov, kun bevæbnet med bue og pil. Og han skal bringe et jagtoffer med tilbage. Oskari tvivler på, om han er mand nok for opgaven. Men i stedet for byttedyr finder han ved et tilfælde en redningskapsel fra et brændende fly: Air Force One. Terrorister har skudt USA’s præsident ned over skoven, og nu er de på vej for at slå ham ihjel. Drengejægeren og verdens mægtigste mand er nu jaget vildt. Indtil de beslutter sig for selv at gå på jagt …

Big Game - Jagten går ind

HET LEVEN VAN DE MACHTIGSTE MAN VAN DE WERELD LIGT IN DE HANDEN VAN EEN DERTIENJARIGE JONGEN Voor zijn dertiende verjaardag moet Oskari de Test doorstaan. Volgens een eeuwenoude traditie van zijn dorp is hij pas echt een man als hij een nacht doorbrengt in de ruige bossen van Finland. Gewapend met pijl-en-boog trekt hij op zijn quad de wildernis in. Maar in plaats van wild vindt hij de restanten van een neergeschoten vliegtuig: Air Force One. Met als enige overlevende de president van Amerika... Oskari moet de machtigste man van de wereld helpen te ontsnappen aan zijn achtervolgers. Zullen ze deze bloedstollende race in de Finse wildernis overleven? Groot wild is gebaseerd op het originele verhaal van regisseur Jalmari Helander en producent Petri Jokiranta. In het voorjaar van 2015 verschijnt de spectaculaire film met Samuel L. Jackson en Onni Tommila in de hoofdrollen. De film is geproduceerd door Subzero Film Entertainment in samenwerking met Altitude Film Entertainment en Egoli Tossell Film.

Groot wild

What is happening to the children in Wintermoor? Secret organisation The Night House exposes the bone-chilling truth in this terrifying thriller from master of sci-fi Dan Smith. Tara Fisher’s best friend Zoe is the first to see the lights over Wintermoor – and she’s never the same again. Soon more and more teenagers are affected and start behaving strangely, often appearing to be trapped in some kind of trance, while talking about being “chosen”. The adults dismiss what is happening as some kind of hoax or mass hysteria. But will they finally listen when the kids start to disappear …?

Rouhevaa toimintaa Suomen Lapissa – lue kirja, katso elokuva Jalmari Helanderin ohjaamaan, Samuel L. Jacksonin ja Onni Tommilan tähdittämään huikeaan toimintaelokuvaan perustuva nuortenromaani, jossa USA:n presidentin lentokone ammutaan alas Lapin erämaassa! 13-vuotias suomalaispoika Oskari suorittaa miehuuskoetta metsästysretkellä Lapin erämaassa, kun hän kokee elämänsä yllätyksen. Alasammutun lentokoneen pelastuskapselista kömpii esiin Yhdysvaltain presidentti, jota terroristit jahtaavat. Metsästysreissu muuttuu hurjaksi pelastusoperaatioksi, jossa pelissä on sekä Oskarin oma että maailman mahtavimman miehen henki.Big Game on varhaisnuorillekin sopiva toiminnallinen seikkailutarina täynnä jännitystä ja täpäriä tilanteita, huumoria unohtamatta!Kuvat elokuvasta: Stephanie Kulbach, © 2014 Subzero Film Entertainment, Altitude Film Entertainment, Egoli Tossell Film. Dan Smith on Newcastlessa asuva brittikirjailija, joka on kirjoittanut sekä nuortenkirjoja että trillereitä aikuisille. Hänen jo 21 maahan myyty Big Game -romaaninsa on nuorille muokattu sovitus Jalmari Helanderin ja Petri Jokirannan elokuvakäsikirjoituksesta. Rare Exports -elokuvalla (2010) kannuksensa hankkineen Helanderin Hollywood-tähditetty uusi actionelokuva Big Game saa ensi-iltansa keväällä 2015.

Big Game

Det är något märkligt som sker i Old River där Peter, Nancy och Amit bor. Nancys mamma har betett sig konstigt ända sedan gasbolaget la ner sin anläggning. Mamman står inte ut med ljus. Fryser hela tiden. Äter inget. Och ögonen är som döda. Snart är hon inte ensam om att bete sig märkligt. Allt fler i byn blir bara allt konstigare och konstigare. Märkliga saker är den nya serien för alla som älskar det övernaturliga. Läskigt men lättsamt från den prisvinnande författaren Dan Smith. Aktuella teman som virus och miljöförstöring blandas med populära övernaturliga inslag från fantastiken. En spännande, ryslig bok om ett mysterium från underjorden. Hegas böcker – lätta att läsa. Svåra att motstå.

Märkliga saker

Levande smitta

I skogens mörker rör sig en skrämmande varelse. Är den anledningen till att ingen får gå in i den här delen av skogen? Peter, Amit och Nancy är på läger med sin klass. De ger sig in i skogen mitt i natten, trots att de inte får. Där inne hittar de något som kallas ”Institutet”. Det verkar vara ett övergivet laboratorium där försvaret har forskat. Men vad gjorde de för experiment?

I skogens mörker

Ett flygplan kraschar i byn och snart är inget sig likt. Först tystnar fåglarna. Sedan faller getterna i koma. Amit, Nancy och Peter misstänker att det har med flygplanet att göra. Och snart kommer hotet riktigt nära. Något farligt händer på Amits gård. Oförklarliga, övernaturliga saker fortsätter att drabba de tre vännerna och deras småstad. Det är spännande, och lagom läskigt, för den som behöver starkt framåtdriv i läsningen. Samtidigt som dramatiska saker sker gestaltas också viktiga teman som vänskap, syskonrelationer, hjälpsamhet och mod liksom människans påverkan på naturen. Fångade i skräckens nät är den prisbelönte författaren Dan Smiths tredje fristående del i serien Märkliga saker.

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