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花樣年華 HYYH The Notes 1 by Big Hit Entertainment
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe memory pieces of the feelings being lost, absence, suffering and insecurity, of the boys facing their fate. Would I be able to straighten out the errors and mistakes and save all of us? I didn't grasp the depth and weight of this question. It was true that I desperately wanted to save all of us. No one deserves to die, to despair, to be suppressed, and be despised...Categorized as:
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Hood by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis tale of healers with “talents” is the seventh in a series of stories that follow the psychically talented members of the Hyllis family. Hundreds of years after a plague induced apocalypse collapsed civilization back to iron and horsepower, the Hyllises have a genetic tendency to inherit “talents” such as telekinesis, teleportation and telepathy...Categorized as:
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Lois Lowry Giver Series: The Giver, Messenger, Gathering Blue by Books LLC
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChapters: The Giver, Messenger, Gathering Blue. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Giver is a 1993 soft science fiction novel by Lois Lowry... -
The Confusion, Part I by Neal Stephenson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this compelling adventure, Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in the late 1600s on the high seas. It is a time of breathtaking genius and discovery for men and women whose exploits define an age known as Baroque...Categorized as:
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Paranoid Mage by Inadvisably Compelled
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCallum had seen things all his life. There are monsters and beasts living among people, but he learned very early not to admit such things, not if he didn’t want people to think him crazy.It turns out that the supernatural is real, but at thirty Callum has no desire to be part of that secret... -
The Rebel Beneath the Stairs by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshes, ashes, they'll all fall down...The death of a Resistance leader has thrown Post-Rift London into upheaval, and Eliza Braxton, a Riftborn lady’s maid with exceptional magic, has promised her help to the rebel cause. But she quickly realizes that her role as a spy in the powerful Hallewell household will place her— and perhaps even those she loves— in near-constant peril... -
Faded Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Cori Munroe, carrying a surrogate baby shouldn’t be any big deal. She’s got magic on her side, right? Wrong. Pregnancy is fritzing her magic, while she has to deal with a variety of work issues, up to and very much including a huge medal ceremony involving the United States and China for saving D.C. and China’s reputation. Then the Council of Lords wants her to represent Earth’s mages... -
Вся правда о нас by Max Frei
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsСледует признать, что в названии книги содержится некоторое преувеличение. Вся правда обо всех сразу в одну книгу просто не помещается. Но мы очень старались и рассказали столько правды, сколько смогли: о персонажах, о Мире, о магии, о времени, о смерти и бессмертии, о проклятьях, об отчаянии и любви... -
The Oversoul Seven Trilogy: The Education of Oversoul Seven, The Further Education of Oversoul Seven, Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time by Jane Roberts, Robert F. Butts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Roberts has contributed to The Oversoul Seven Trilogy as an author.Roberts was considered one of the most important psychics of the twentieth century...Categorized as:
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Stara Słaboniowa i Spiekładuchy by Joanna Łańcucka
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWy to, Słaboniowa, zawsze tak zakręcicie, że człowiek sam nie wie, w co wierzyć, i widzi rzeczy, których nie ma.W mroźny zimowy wieczór stara kobieta staje przy drewnianym płocie i jak co dzień spogląda bystrym okiem na rodzinną wieś. Gdzieś z nieprzeniknionych ciemności nadciąga zło, jakiego jeszcze mieszkańcy Capówki nie doświadczyli... -
Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsImagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect day. Imagine a day when the ordinary becomes the extraordinary...a day when anything is possible...Categorized as:
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The Magic of the Lost Temple by Sudha Murty
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCity girl Nooni is surprised at the pace of life in her grandparents' village in Karnataka. But she quickly gets used to the gentle routine there and involves herself in a flurry of activities, including papad making, organizing picnics and learning to ride a cycle, with her new-found friends. Things get exciting when Nooni stumbles upon an ancient fabled stepwell right in the middle of a forest...Categorized as:
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Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey by Emily Winfield Martin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIdeal for bed time reading, this book will appeal to parents and children who love Grandfather Twilight and On the Night That You Were Born. Author, illustrator, and creator of The Black Apple Etsy shop, Emily Martin convinces children to close their eyes and discover who their dream animal might be—and what dream it might take them to...Categorized as:
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Parno's Company by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE WORLD DIED LONG AGO The world died long ago, leaving only a few here and there to rebuild. Their world had once been grand and magnificent, but too much was lost in the years after the time known as the Dying. Knowledge that had been gained over centuries disappeared from the world, lost when those who carried that knowledge died with it...Categorized as:
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Our Lady of the Harbour by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: 5th , 1992 and in Dreams Underfoot , 1993, which was collected in The Newford Stories ,... -
Familiar Trials - Fledgling by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSlave or partner? Bond or shackles? Dascha swore that she would never become a slave to a Witch, used for energy and reduced to the role of an animated battery. Zhanna never thought that she would have a Familiar since none of the Russian Witches seemed to have them. Now Dascha has found her Witch and Zhanna has found her Familiar... -
Coven Codex by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZhanna has a vision, one that will return honor to the Witches and Mercenaries of Russia. Making that hope a reality is more difficult as time goes on, as the young woman battles prejudice from her neighbors and attacks from other Magic users... -
Country Mage 5: A Slice of Life HaremLit Fantasy Adventure by Jack Bryce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames is living the life! The company keeps getting better (and bigger), and his cabin in the woods is the perfect place to spend the colder months.The place is getting a little… crowded , though, but James might find a way to deal with that...Categorized as:
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The Lumberjack's Dove by GennaRose Nethercott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Serious art does not need to be weighty or explicitly topical. It can be, as it is here, apparently as light as a feather: The Lumberjack’s Dove is, in its manner, a folktale; it is also a meditation on attachment, on loss, on transformation... -
Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen Fisher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thoroughly uplifting novel about a neurodivergent young man who unexpectedly builds a community and saves a friend in need by following—in a way only he can—his mother’s words of wisdom.Joe-Nathan likes the two parts of his name separate, just like dinner and dessert. Mean Charlie at work sometimes calls him Joe-Nuthin. But Joe is far from nothing...Categorized as:
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Epilogue by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Unbinding Love by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Atlanta-based psychic medium-turned amateur sleuth Angela Panther teams up with her best friend Mel and celestial super sleuth—and Angela's dead mother—Fran to help Detective Aaron Banner find a lost boy, the trio heads into ghostly territory they’ve never experienced. The mob and magic aren't part of the psychic medium handbook, and the trio's not sure they'll make it out of it alive... -
At the Lucky Hand: aka The Sixty-Nine Drawers by Goran Petrović
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAt The Lucky Hand is an account of the different love stories that revolve around a very peculiar book: My Legacy, by Anastas Branica. At first glance, this is a book where there is no plot or characters, only descriptions...Categorized as:
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Sebastian and the Troll by Fredrik Backman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is a short story I wrote in December 2017. It’s about pain. It’s been translated by my friend Vanja Vinter and is published here on my blog for now because I’m not really sure where else to put it yet. If you read it and find something you like with it you’re welcome to donate whatever you think it’s worth to a charity of your choice...Categorized as:
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Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advance Soul by Richard Bach
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere is never-before-seen wisdom, taken from many of Richard Bach's extraordinary books....profound wisdom. From the author of seventeen books, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Illusions, his books have sold tens of millions of copies no over 40 languages... -
Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales by Tasha Tudor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRepresentative fairy tales by master...Categorized as:
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Thru the Badger Hole by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesolation and grief can leave you floating, unable to find a new shape to your existence. Who knew that it was possible to be shocked out of the morass of sorrow by a well-timed push?! Madrik was reeling from the loss of his family and unable to find his way into the new reality. Then something happened that sent him further than he ever thought to travel... -
Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail by Kelly Luce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail is a debut collection of stories from Kelly Luce. Hana Sasaki will introduce you to many things—among them, an oracular toaster, a woman who grows a tail, and an extraordinary sex-change operation. Set in Japan, these stories tip into the fantastical, plumb the power of memory, and measure the human capacity to love... -
Poppy Mayberry, The Monday by Jennie K. Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if your teacher could read your mind just because she was born on a Thursday? Or the kid next to you in class could turn back the clock just because he was a Wednesday? In the quirky town of Nova, all of this is normal. Poppy Mayberry, an almost-11-year-old Monday, should be able to pass notes in class or brush her dog, Pickle, without lifting a finger...Categorized as:
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Sakthi by Vignesh SV
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWar, coupled with impending doom, lurks in the distance as the trio of Kings get ready for the battle to save the world – Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma must race against time and fulfil the prophecy that calls for the six members of the Chosen Hexad to face the ominous threat, death, and destruction promised by the Greater Evil...Categorized as:
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Czerwona baśń by Wiktoria Korzeniewska
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsW pewnej wiosce był obyczaj. Obowiązywał w czasach, kiedy jeszcze słyszano w lesie klaskanie, w południe unikano wychodzenia w pole, a kobiety szeptały o wilku, który uśmiechał się jak człowiek. Każdego roku, pierwszego dnia lata, wieś wspólnie wybierała jedną dziewczynkę. Nie najładniejszą, nie najzdolniejszą. Wybór zawsze padał na najbrzydszą w wiosce. Taką, której nikt nie chciał...Categorized as:
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Miss Peregrine's Journal for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRecord your thoughts or create your own peculiar stories in this beautifully designed journal, filled with vintage black-and-white photos and quotes from all three novels in the Peculiar Children series. Life is full of surprises. Things are rarely what they seem. We all have secret hidden talents. These are some of the lessons that Miss Peregrine’s students learn, sometimes the hard way... -
The First Night by Stuart Grosse
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe System has come online, and, with it, the world has been changed forever.Zayn Greene, using the knowledge he gained from his former life as the Black Knight, a hero who slayed the Demon Lord, has become a demon himself in this new world, hoping to break the chains of fate that bound him in his last life...Categorized as:
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Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thomson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you can imagine a place, you can go there. Imagine a place that makes you feel as free as a bird. Imagine a place where getting there is worth whatever it takes. Imagine a place that makes you feel like it's always been your destination. Imagine a place made out of pure imagination...Categorized as:
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Newford Stories: Crow Girls by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The Crow Girls and their kind, once seen, are impossible to forget. Wild, but curiously childlike; wise and yet playful; existing outside the confines of conventional morality, and yet bringing hope and clarity to everyone whose lives they touch.” —Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, from her introduction to this book... -
Artificios by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBRAND NEW softcover (see our CORRECT cover image), free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent... -
The Kite of Stars and Other Stories by Dean Francis Alfar
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book collects sixteen wondrous stories of fantasy, science fiction, horror and things in between from the imagination of award-winning fictionist Dean Francis Alfar... -
Imagine a Night by Sarah L. Thomson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsImagine a night when you can ride your bike right up the stairs to your bed. Imagine a night when your toy train rumbles on its tracks out of your room and roars back in, full sized, ready for you to hop on for a nighttime adventure. Imagine a night when a farmer plays a lullaby on his fiddle, and his field of sunflowers begins to dip and sway to the rhythm...Categorized as:
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Зеленые воды Ишмы by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsТот, кто пробовал себя и в роли охотника, и в роли жертвы может рискнуть и попробовать себя в роли обычной приманки. Если повезет, можно не только выяснить, что снится червяку, пока он на крючке, но и сорваться с этого крючка — в самый последний момент. Но это если очень, очень повезет... -
Корабль из Арвароха и другие неприятности by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsПуть самурая ведет, говорят, к просветлению и нередко завершается ритуалом харакири; путь дурака ведет в пропасть и завершается, как правило, непродолжительным испуганным воплем. Кажется, наш герой умудряется следовать обоими маршрутами одновременно: редкая птица, что с него взять.И вот вам результат его ухищрений: хороший сэр Макс - мертвый сэр Макс... -
Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmerging from a unique and powerful voice, this innovative collection offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies hidden just beyond the ordinary, skirting the border between childhood and adulthood...Categorized as:
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The House of Fear by Leonora Carrington
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeonora Carrington, an artist of the Surrealist Movement, here joins fiction with autobiography in a collection of work including accounts of her life before and after she met Max Ernst as well as short stories, a novella and original artwork... -
Loki's Daughter The Opal Dungeon (Tales of the Opal Dungeon #1) by Marty Myers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex Washington will be tried and tested as never before as she suffers under the cruel torture of the gods in order to earn a chance to escape and outlive the eradication of humanity. Her one chance comes at the hands of Loki who offers her a devil's bargain if there ever was one... -
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Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw...Categorized as:
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Web of Lies by Thomas K. Carpenter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhoever controls the Hundred Halls, controls the world. Aurelia "Aurie" Silverthorne has high hopes for her second year in the Hundred Halls, the world's only magical university, but her expectations are destroyed when she accidentally unleashes a plague of faez-eating thralls and spends week after week getting killed in the Grand Contest... -
Большая Телега by Max Frei
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsЭта книга Макса Фрая связывает географию и астрономию, земное и небесное. 22 города — 22 новеллы, один герой-путник, путешествующий по Старому Свету запутанными сюжетными линиями и небесными орбитами. Книга Макса Фрая открывает читателю совершенно иную Европу, лишенную глянцевого блеска открыток и не описанную в путеводителях, где каждый город словно зачарован волшебством автора... -
The Journey of Joseph Winter: A Christmas Fairy Tale by John Anthony
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Christmas fairy tale for all ages! The Journey of Joseph Winter is a heartwarming holiday story in the tradition of It’s a Wonderful Life and A Miracle on 34th Street. Joseph Winter is a good and gentle man, but he carries with him the pain and regret of a childhood mistake. When a package mysteriously arrives on his doorstep, he is invited on a trek that defies logic... -
Genesis Academy: The Seer's Legacy by Barbara Hartzler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day I’m the darling of the Guardians and the next our whole family is running for their lives.All because I saw my first premonition ever …Now they want me to go undercover at Genesis Academy, the Guardian’s school for rebels and rejects. Me—the goody-goody science nerd with the brand new powers. Oh, and I have to keep my budding Seer powers a secret. Too bad they manifest at the worst times...Categorized as:
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