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Demon Thief (The Demonata #2), Darren Shan Kernel Fleck is a lonely child. He has always been different: he can see strange patches of light in the air around him. Other kids think he's mad. But when he manages to link some of the lights together, he creates a window into another universe, and disappears for several days. When he returns, his memory completely blank, his panicked parents whisk Kernel and his younger brother, Art, away from their home, off to an isolated village, to start a new life. One year later, Kernel is enjoying himself. Life is good. Until one day a crazy old woman summons a demon. The beast slaughters many of the children, then kidnaps one of them and retreats back to its own universe. The child it has kidnapped is Art. Can Kernel find the courage to step through the window after the demon in a desperate attempt to rescue his brother? And if so, what wonders and terrors will he discover in the barbaric universe of the evil, twisted Demonata?!?عنوانها: دزد ش‍ی‍طان؛ دزد ش‍ی‍طان؛ نویسنده: دارن‌ ش‍ان‌؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز نخست ماه مارس سال 2006 میلادیعنوان: دزد ش‍ی‍طان؛ نویسنده: دارن‌ ش‍ان؛ مت‍رج‍م: ف‍رزان‍ه‌ ک‍ری‍م‍ی‌؛ ت‍ه‍ران‌: ق‍دی‍ان‍ی‌، ک‍ت‍اب‍ه‍ای‌ ب‍ن‍ف‍ش‍ه‌‏‫، چاپ اول تا سوم 1385؛ در 360 ص؛ شابک؛ 9645360412؛ چاپ چهارم 1387؛ شابک: 9789645360410؛ چاپ پنجم 1388؛ چاپ ششم 1389؛ چاپ هشتم 1390؛ چاپ یازدهم 1394؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان ایرلندی - سده 21 معنوان: دزد شیطان؛ نویسنده: دارن شان؛ مترجم: سمیه پزشکی (نازنین)؛ ویراستار: سمیه مطاعی؛ تهران : انتشارات اردیبهشت‏‫، 1397؛ در 309 ص؛ شابک: 9789641712770؛عنوان: دزد شیطان؛ نویسنده: دارن شان؛ مترجم: فاطمه ملکی؛ ویراستار: فرهاد اسکندری؛ تهران: متن دیگر‏‫، 1397؛ در 309 ص؛ شابک؛ 9786008699606؛عنوان: دزد شیطانی؛ نویسنده: دارن شان؛ مترجم: سمیه یوسفی؛ تهران: آسو، ‏‫1397؛ در 368 ص؛ شابک: 9786008755630؛جلد دوم از سری «نبرد با شیاطین» با عنوان: «دزد شیطانی»، درباره ی پسری است به نام «کرنل (کورنلیوس)»، که لکه‌ های نور بسیاری را می‌بیند. خیلی‌ها به این خاطر که او قضیه نورها را فاش کرده، او را دیوانه می‌دانند، و از او فاصله می‌گیرند. به همین علت او بسیار تنها شده‌ است. تا اینکه روزی، به‌ طوری اتفاقی، نورها را کنار یکدگر می‌چیند، و ناگهان پنجره‌ ای به سوی دنیای «دموناتا»، باز می‌شود، و اربابی شیطانی «لرد لاس»، از آن بیرون می‌آید، و «کرنل» را با خود می‌برد. «کرنل» که از موضوع تنهاییش خیلی ناراحت بوده، با استفاده از استعداد خود در جادوگری، یکی از دستیارهای «لرد لاس» را، با جادوی دگردیسی تغییر می‌دهد، و به یک کودک تبدیل می‌کند، و اسم او را از «آرتری» به «آرت» تغییر می‌دهد؛ اما برخی صفات، همچنان در او باقی مانده است. «کرنل» باور می‌کند که «آرت» واقعا برادرش است. تا اینکه روزی «آرت»، توسط موجودی شیطانی به نام «کاداور»، به سرزمین «دموناتا»، باز گردانده می‌شود، ولی «کرنل»، دست از تلاش برنمی‌دارد، و به دنبال «آرت»، پا به دنیای «دموناتا» می‌گذارد. در بین راه، با جادوگری بسیار قوی، به نام: «برانابوس»، و سه مرید (آدم‌هایی که قدرت جادوگری دارند ولی جادوگر نیستند، و همچنین برانابوس رهبرشان است) دیگر، به نام های: «شارمیلا»، «راض» و «نادیا» برمی‌خورد. «برانابوس»، «کرنل» را، بعد از اتفاقی که افتاد، در گروه خود راه می‌دهد، تا بتوانند «آرت» را پیدا کند. پس از یک درگیری، «برانابوس» پی میبرد، که «کرنل» می‌تواند تکه‌ های نوری که پنجره‌ ها (وسیله‌ ای برای عبور و مرور از سرزمین‌های مختلف) را میسازد، ببیند، و سریعتر از هر کس دیگری، میتواند پنجره بسازد، با او عهد میبندد، اگر او پنجره‌ ای به سمت «کا - گاش» (سلاحی افسانه‌ ای است که قادر است دنیا را از بین ببرد؛ چه دموناتا، چه دنیای انسانها) باز کند، به او یاری می‌کند، که برادرش «آرت» ر،ا پیدا کند، و او را با خود می‌برد. تا بعد، که آن‌ها به قلمرو «لرد لاس» پا میگذارند، و «کرنل» به یاد می‌آورد، که چگونه «آرتری» را، به «آرت» تبدیل کرده بود؛ و بعد از این، به دلیل خلق و خوی هیولایی «آرت»، دیگر او را با خود به دنیا برنمیگرداند، و خودش تنهایی نزد پدر و مادرش برمیگردد. ولی پس از برگشت به خانه، می‌فهمد که هفت سال از زمانیکه خانه را ترک کرده می‌گذرد، در حالیکه او فکر می‌کرده تنها چند هفته از آن روز گذشته، کمی بعد متوجه می‌شود، که جز دردسر برای خانواده اش چیزی نیست، پس دوباره نزد «برانابوس» باز می‌گردد، در آن هنگام به حقیقتی پی می برد که رازهای این ماجرا را حل می‌کند...؛ نقل نمونه متن از ص سه کتاب: «مردم فکر میکنند که من دیوانه ام، چون لکه های نور میبینم، از اول زندگی ام، همیشه آنها را دیده ام. لکه های عجیب و رنگارنگ نور که توی هوا میچرخند، اندازه شان با هم فرق دارد. بعضی به کوچکی یک سکه اند، و بعضی به بزرگی یک قوطی شیر خشک بچه. همه جور شکلی هم دارند - هشت ضلعی، مثلثی، ده ضلعی. بعضی از آنها سی یا چهل تا سطح دارند. اسم چنین شکلی را نمیدانم. چهل وجهی؟» پایان نقل از ص سه کتاب؛ ا. شربیانی

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in children's literature.The Hobbit is set within Tolkien's fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit, to win a share of the treasure guarded by Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's journey takes him from light-hearted, rural surroundings into more sinister territory.The story is told in the form of an episodic quest, and most chapters introduce a specific creature or type of creature of Tolkien's geography. Bilbo gains a new level of maturity, competence, and wisdom by accepting the disreputable, romantic, fey, and adventurous sides of his nature and applying his wits and common sense. The story reaches its climax in the Battle of Five Armies, where many of the characters and creatures from earlier chapters re-emerge to engage in conflict.

Adam Haines was an artist visiting the Fairchild mansion to do some undercover digging, and that was a problem for a man who preferred to be straightforward. An even bigger problem was Kirby Fairchild, daughter of the world-famous painter he'd been sent to investigate. She was part child, part elf, and the most fascinating woman he'd ever encountered. However, Kirby had a disconcertingly fluid sense of right and wrong -- one completely at odds with Adam's own code of ethics. Adam wished he wasn't wrapped quite so tightly around her little finger . . .

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. But her regime is disrupted by the arrival of McMurphy – the swaggering, fun-loving trickster with a devilish grin who resolves to oppose her rules on behalf of his fellow inmates. His struggle is seen through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a seemingly mute half-Indian patient who understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them imprisoned. Ken Kesey's extraordinary first novel is an exuberant, ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.

Chess is a board game between two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The current form of the game emerged in Spain and the rest of Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from chaturanga, a similar but much older game of Indian origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide.Chess is an abstract strategy game and involves no hidden information. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. The player controlling the white pieces moves first, followed by the player controlling the black pieces. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way for it to escape. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw.

A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

1975 drama film based on the novel by Ken Kesey

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

1995 German-American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Bryan Singer

A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100% of his brain's abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with many dangers.

The Illusionist (French: L'Illusionniste) is a 2010 animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film is based on an unproduced script written by French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati in 1956. Controversy surrounds Tati's motivation for the script, which was written as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, in collaboration with his long-term writing partner Henri Marquet, between writing for the films Mon Oncle and Play Time.The main character is an elderly version of Tati, with hints of his character Monsieur Hulot. The plot revolves around a struggling illusionist who visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician. Chomet relocated the film, originally intended by Tati to be set in Czechoslovakia, to Scotland in the late 1950s. According to the director, "It's not a romance, it's more the relationship between a dad and a daughter." Sony's US press kit declares that the "script for The Illusionist was originally written by French comedy genius and cinema legend Jacques Tati as a love letter from a father to his daughter, but never produced". The film received acclaim from critics, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, losing to Pixar's Toy Story 3.

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.

2010 science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan

Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.

After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

2006 Mexican-Spanish dark fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

1991 thriller movie directed by Jonathan Demme

With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation-owner in Mississippi.

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth

1994 American film directed by Robert Zemeckis

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

2007 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.

English singer and songwriter, founding member of The Beatles (1940–1980)

A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.

Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening

A young African-American teen attempts to survive with his dysfunctional family and his all-white school in the 1980s.

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.

A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.

Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.

American post-apocalyptic drama television series

An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an insane asylum, a witch coven, a freak show circus, a haunted hotel, a possessed farmhouse, a cult, the apocalypse, and a

American anthology horror television series

An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.

American TV series set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition era

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