The Day I Swapped my Dad for 2 Goldfish (+CD)

Кошмарные сны и странная, сюрреалистическая реальность, далеко эти сны превосходящая. Здесь в сэконд-хенде можно по сходной цене купить Святой Грааль… Здесь Черный Кот, из милости подобранный обитателями загородного дома, платит за их доброту ВЕСЬМА НЕОЖИДАННЫМ СПОСОБОМ. Здесь в лавкрафтовском городе Инсмуте веселый турист пьет горькую в компании жрецов Ктулху… Здесь борьба ангелов с демонами превращается в эстетское «дело об убийстве», вервольф становится частным детективом, а сказка о...

I bought the milk, said my father. I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: t h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road. Hullo, I said to myself. That's not something you see every day. And then something odd happened. Find out just how odd things get in this hilarious New York Times bestselling story of time travel and breakfast cereal, expertly told by Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Neil Gaiman and...

The 10th anniversary edition of The Graveyard Book includes a foreword by Margaret Atwood as well as sketches from the illustrator, handwritten drafts, and Neil Gaiman's Newbery acceptance speech. IT TAKES A GRAVEYARD TO RAISE A CHILD. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy--an...

"I'll swap you my dad," I said. "Oh-oh," said my little sister. What if you wanted your best friend's two goldfish so much that you'd swap anything for them, even your father? What if your mother came home and found out what you'd done?

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