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901) Blackbird Rising
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Witch king's crown volume 1
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English
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A modern fantasy novel inspired by the King Arthur legend...For hundreds of years, the Witch King's sword has been buried in stone awaiting the next hand to draw it.Many have tried. None have succeeded.Gwen is the last in a long line of De Montfort witches whose duty it is to protect the sword of all power. But when she returns to King Island to perform the blessing, a mysterious pulse of blue light tells her that someone has attempted to draw the...
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In The Song of the Sirin, Voran, a young warrior of Vasyllia, seeks a miraculous cure for his dying city. As his quest falters, he is faced with an impossible question: what if the only way to save his world... is to let it be destroyed?
In The Curse of the Raven, Llun, a swordmith with an artist's heart, forges an object of great power that can heal thousands... or lead to a war that will never end.
In The Heart of the World, Khaidu, a crippled...
903) Queen of Shades
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A wanderer. An outcast. A Queen. Against the customs of the land, Kigal is amongst the few still willing to bury the dead. It is a life that has left her wandering, without friend or home, but she spreads her message of justice for the deceased wherever she can. However, when targeted by those who loathe her, she narrowly escapes execution and tumbles into the Underworld.There Kigal is met with the impossible: the souls of the dead proclaiming her...
904) Mother of Chaos
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A lost soul. An imposter. A killer. As Queen of the Underworld, Kigal's life has at last fallen into place. Her worship has spread, she has the respect of the Heavens, and is married to a god she loves-when she finds evidence of an atrocity. When the culprit is identified as the long-dead Anzu, the Hosts of Heaven balk, saying they slew its kind along with the ancient goddess Tiamat-until Kigal discovers treachery deep within their ranks. As she and...
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A fine exclusive edition of one of literature's most beloved stories with full page call-outs with quotes from summer.
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close to her.
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books...
906) Deerskin
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English
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The story of Princess Lissar, who flees her father's wrath and is granted an unexpected new life Princess Lissla Lissar is the only child of the king and his queen, who was the most beautiful woman in seven kingdoms. Everyone loved the splendid king and his matchless queen so much that no one had any attention to spare for the princess, who grew up in seclusion, listening to the tales her nursemaid told about her magnificent parents. But the queen...
907) The Songweaver's Vow
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She tells Greek legends to entertain Norse gods-until one of her stories leads to murder.
When Euthalia's father trades her to Viking raiders, her best hope is to be made a wife instead of a slave. She gets her wish-sort of-when she is sacrificed as a bride to a god.
Her inhuman husband seems kind, but he visits only in the dark of night and will not allow her to look upon him. By day Euthalia becomes known as a storyteller, spinning ancient Greek...
908) Anachrony
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English
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Arianh had one wish.
Yewlow made it real.
And Time turned it into a regret.
Anachrony takes you on a journey to the bleak future of Aegea and the darkest places of the mind.
Can fate be avoided or is the future just someone else's past?
Anachrony is a novella set in the Timelessness universe.
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Wicked years volume 4
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English
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Bestselling author Gregory Maguire's remarkable series, The Wicked Years, comes full circle with this, his fourth and final excursion across a darker, richer, more complex landscape of "the magical land of Oz." Out of Oz brilliantly reimagines L. Frank Baum's world over the rainbow as wracked with social unrest-placing Glinda the good witch under house arrest and having the cowardly Lion on the lam from the law as the Emerald City prepares to make...
910) Golden Crown
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A rebellious queen. A dying king. Etta once thought she wanted to kill Alexandre. Now, she will do anything to save him. She never wanted to be a queen, never thought of restoring her long-dead kingdom. Bela is in ruins, destroyed by years of abandonment and a recent battle, but still, it is the only safe place for her people. La Dame lurks on the border in Dracon, waiting for her revenge. In Gaule, magic folk are hunted and punished for their Belaen...
911) Morning's Journey
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In a violent age when enemies besiege Brydein and alliances shift as swiftly as the wind, stand two remarkable leaders: the Caledonian warrior-queen Gyanhumara and her consort, Arthur the Pendragon. Their fiery love is tempered only by their conviction to forge unity between their disparate peoples. Arthur and Gyan must create an impenetrable front to protect Brydein and Caledonia from land-lusting Saxons and the marauding Angli raiders who may be...
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The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature." It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters and telling observations on the life and social structures of 18th century China and is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the classical Chinese novel. The "Red Chamber" is an expression used for the sheltered area where the daughters of wealthy Chinese families lived. Believed to be based...
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The idea that aliens might visit our planet has gripped Earthlings for a long time. Extraterrestrials are popular in science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. UFO hunters of every kind are searching Earth, sky, and space for answers to the question: Are we alone in the galaxy?
914) Unicorn Selfies: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure: Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series, Book 15
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Phoebe and her unicorn volume 15
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Phoebe and Her Unicorn is the most stunning unicorn feature around! With over 2 million copies sold in the series, Phoebe and Her Unicorn will delight middle grade readers and unicorn lovers of all ages.
Phoebe Howell and her best friend, the dazzling unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, have all kinds of exciting things planned for the summer. Their adventures include constructing a secret clubhouse with Phoebe's friend Max...
Phoebe Howell and her best friend, the dazzling unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, have all kinds of exciting things planned for the summer. Their adventures include constructing a secret clubhouse with Phoebe's friend Max...
915) Unicorn Playlist: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure: Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series, Book 14
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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From newspapers to Nickelodeon, Phoebe and Her Unicorn is the most stunning unicorn feature around! This latest collection of Phoebe comics will delight middle grade readers and unicorn lovers of all ages.
Best friends Phoebe Howell and Marigold Heavenly Nostrils march to their own beat, but life isn't all rainbows and unicorns. With so many problems in the world and drama at school, Phoebe wonders why unicorns aren't in...
Best friends Phoebe Howell and Marigold Heavenly Nostrils march to their own beat, but life isn't all rainbows and unicorns. With so many problems in the world and drama at school, Phoebe wonders why unicorns aren't in...
916) Little sister death
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David Binder is a young, successful writer living in Chicago and suffering from writer's block. He stares at the blank page, and the blank page stares back harder. So when his agent suggests maybe a lighter sophomore novel, maybe something genre that they can sell real quick and buy him some more time to pen his magnum opus, he's quick to recall an old ghost story he once heard. With his pregnant wife and his young daughter in toe, he sets out for...
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"Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for producing brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the Majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as Undermajordomo, Lucy soon discovers the place harbors many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts...
918) The burning bridge
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Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces.
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Español
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Historias de los Profetas (contadas a los niños) presenta las vidas de los principales Profetas de Dios. Estas historias han sido usadas como material didáctico en todo el mundo árabe e islámico, pues no sólo los adultos deben ser instruidos en las enseñanzas puras del Islam, sino que también los pequeños necesitan de ese alimento, para iluminar y nutrir la fe en sus almas, la luz en sus corazones y la alegría en su espíritu.
920) The Legend of Toof
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An ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE about the MOST FAMOUS, YET MOST MYSTERIOUS, fairy in the world. Yes, the FIRST tooth fairy has an EXCITING to tell A reluctant, swashbuckling hero that saves the Hidden World, and the Human World, and starts it all. Our parents introduced us to the tooth fairy, but here is the amazing tale that has never been told-until now.
FULL OF DANGER, DARING, HUMOR, MEANING, and FUN, The Legend Of Toof follows Toof, a native woodland...
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