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Eden's so called friends locked her in the witch's house. The leader, Angelica, stole a knick knack from the witch's house to prove she was there. How can Eden get herself out of this mess, when Angelica dumps the knick knack on her? Can she get it back to the witch, or is she doomed to have wierd battle dreams forever?
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On New Year's Eve in 1969, a novelist in his forties meets the beautiful movie actress Diana Soren at a party and is fascinated by her oddly elusive charm. But in this novel from Carlos Fuentes, his infatuation turns into doomed pursuit as the fleeting object of his desire spurns him, and he is forced to reconsider the foundations of his life as a writer.
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Steve Harrah is an active man. A schoolteacher in his twenties. Marries a scintillating and mercurial Japanese beauty who divorced a rich and dangerous banker. Becomes a film editor in his thirties. Engages in a flirtatious relationship with his stepdaughter. Moves from Massachusetts to the Arizona desert when Kiko dies in an auto accident. His younger daughter joins him, while Yvonne, the stepdaughter, disappears from his life for 20 years. Fights...
5) Entitled
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"Cookie Boyle has written a smart, funny, and heartfelt novel that captures the unexpected adventures in the life of a book." - Blue Ink Review
Entitled is a love letter to books, travel and the people we meet along the way.
Life isn't easy when you're a book.
This charming, humorous, warm-hearted novel follows the extraordinary adventures of an extraordinary book. Entitled is told from the perspective of a book as it reluctantly travels from San...
6) The Hedgehog
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According to legend:Our world was filled with all manner of monstrosities, devouring us, cursing our very world, all because one girl, named Pandora, of a mythical peoples whom no longer live, opened a dreaded cursed box. That lid has since been lost, never found, and no archaeological evidence existing to it's whereabouts.What was one to do when a link to Pandora, and that manner of Hell plagued our world?None other than King Arthur Pendragon, who...
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In her utterly original novel about mothers, daughters, and love, Judy Budnitz gives the traditional folktale an electrifying twist as she follows four generations of women from an Eastern European village to the tenements of an American city. Elena, born into a family ruled by a formidable mother, embarks on an epic journey to the New World, met along the way by evil, magic, and good fortune. The daughter, grand-daughter, and great-granddaughter...
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Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's leading novelist, author of The Old Gringo, Terra Nostra and The Death of Artemio Cruz, has produced what is probably the first Third World spy thriller, an action-filled, quick-paced novel of intrigue as contemporary as a headline. The Hydra Head has a constant political reality as backdrop: the permanent tension in the Middle East and the vast new oil resources of Mexico, the setting for a brilliant attempt to portray the...
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Having been pulled across time to aid heroes in the past while protecting a future yet to come, Zaneta finds her way back to the present-and the people responsible for stealing her children. The pursuit leads her north into Skyrim, where she, with help from the empire, is on the heels of the kidnappers, steadily nearing the end of her nightmare. In this spectacular conclusion, Zaneta covers vast territory. And with aid from an ancient dragon and mysterious...
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My name is Long Xiyi, and I am eighteen years old. From a young age, I was overlooked by my family. Once, I overheard the elders in my family saying that I was some kind of cursed birth, doomed not to live past twenty. Despite this, I have steadfastly faced my imminent fate.In my eighteenth year, everything changed drastically in an instant, and I felt as though I had fallen into a dark and endless abyss! A cat-headed humanoid with nine lives, a spirit...
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In the title story, "A Betrayal," a doctor travels into the countryside to help a young patient, only to deliver a diagnosis with which the girl's family vehemently disagrees. The peculiar narrator of "Sedgefield's Diary" recoils in horror when he discovers that the hourly diary he keeps has taken on a life of its own and now threatens his very existence. The bereaved wife in "The Lake of Flies" takes matters into her own hands when she learns the...
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After adventures in sixteenth-century Scotland and 1980s Hollywood, Jennifer Cloud has become something of a seasoned time traveler. Her family's amazing abilities have allowed her to take a job with a time-traveling agency, the World Travel Federation, and stop "brigands," criminals dedicated to destroying history for their own selfish gain.Jennifer may have adjusted to her job at the World Travel Federation, but she can't adjust to the unfortunate...
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From Ireland to India, Hong Kong to London, join a cast of wanderers, ancient heroes, and more for adventures that go to the heart of what matters most in life. For the first time ever you can get 5 Rucksack Universe books in one e-book box set:
Wander
The Martini of Destiny
Home Sweet Road
Forever the Road
The Lotus and the Barley
The Rucksack Universe series combines alternate history, speculative fiction, myth, adventure, globetrotting, and intrigue-all...
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Some say all it takes is one day to change a life. Kyla Marshall would beg to differ. She knows all it takes is a single, fiery act of rebellion. When Kyla accidentally sets an ancient oak tree ablaze, she unknowingly triggers a series of events that would make even the Devil raise an eyebrow. Enter Azazel and Balthazar, two of Lucifer's most notorious Princes of Hell, currently on their annual three-month vacation in a sleepy English village. Wrapped...
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A Punk & Spiritual Magical Realism RomanceSet in the 90's when people didn't have cell phones, smoked in bars, and punk rock was thriving. Carlie, a wild, twenty-five year old drifter moves back to her parents' after surviving a traumatic accident. Back home, she starts seeing things she doesn't understand, and the feelings that come with them are overwhelmingly blissful. When chasing the source of her new joy starts to pull her closer to death, she...
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Embark on a thrilling journey in "Island of Secrets: The Quest for Treasure." A group of adventurers sets out to uncover an ancient treasure hidden on a remote island. When a cryptic package arrives, they unravel a code that leads them to a mysterious island filled with enigmatic caves and treacherous pathways, each step deepening the intrigue. As they navigate storms and encounter mystical creatures, the group uncovers clues to the treasure's location....
18) Lost Nowhere
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Young Lily is misunderstood. She's awkwardly shy and has difficulty making friends. Her behavior to the outside world seems somewhat peculiar and she spends much of her time being examined by professionals with no answers aside from the obvious-no mother figure. As per the doctors instructions, Lily and her father move to a new home to ignite a fresh beginning. Although Lily usually rejects change, the ancient mansion intrigues her, and she collects...
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"Des parcelles d'or" relate les aventures, amours et voyages de l'auteur qui ont eu pour témoins sept chats, des créatures connues pour leurs sept vies. Depuis le premier qui dormait dans son berceau jusqu'au dernier qui observe silencieusement derrière l'écran, ils ont été ses compagnons. C'est avec eux qu'il revoit son passé, sous leur regard constellé de parcelles d'or.
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Christian Wacrenier, auteur de recueils de...
20) In Scientia
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After moving to New York for her senior year of high school, Eva Nelson falls for a mysterious boy who leads her to discover a family she never knew she had.
When she flies to London to meet them, she's unwittingly inducted into an elite society of magic that puts her life in grave danger.
Hopelessly romantic and addictively suspenseful, In Scientia is a contemporary fantasy where magic is just as real as love.
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