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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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Волонтеры вечности by Max Frei
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMax Frei is a dreamer. But sooner. Or later. We. All. Wake. Up And that's exactly what's about to happen to him ...Max used to be a useless loafer, whose dreams were the most interesting thing about him. At least, up until Sir Juffin Halli, Head of the Department of Absolute Order, summoned him to the magical city of Echo... -
Ficciones / El Aleph / El informe de Brodie by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSi hay juego en esa álgebra metafísica con que Borges captura el universo, también lo hay en la praxis de su elaboración narrativa... -
Unstoppable Liv Beaufont Complete Series Boxed Set by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis giant boxed set included all 12 books in the original series!Olivia Beaufont likes fixing things and keeping to herself. She’s simple like that—but her life is about to drastically change.Liv is a rebel with royal blood who abdicated her birthright... -
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For Witch's Sake by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDylan Apel can't stay out of trouble… When Southern witch Dylan Apel finds herself stripped of her powers and under house arrest, she's got no one to blame but herself. But that doesn't stop trouble from knocking on her door. When a convicted murderer winds up dead outside Dylan's house, there's a short list of suspects, including her own grandmother... -
Дар Шаванахолы by Max Frei
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsПолное название: Дар Шаванахолы. История, рассказанная сэром Максом из ЕхоВ этой книге читатель найдет множество ответов на вопросы, которые он не раз задавал, не слишком, впрочем, рассчитывая, что ему вдруг вот так – ррраз! – и все честно расскажут. И еще больше ответов на вопросы, которые даже в голову не приходили - ни читателю, ни автору. Разве только некоторым, особо дотошным персонажам... -
The Encore Lives of Effie Edenson: A Middle Falls Time Travel Story by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEffie Edenson is many things. A best-selling author. A runaway bride. A woman who cannot see the gifts she possesses.Though she is an adult, her mother dominates her life to a point that she feels she will never be able to break free.But Effie lives in Middle Falls, where all things are possible. After an untimely death, Effie wakes up at a critical juncture in her life...Categorized as:
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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... -
The Affectionate Monster by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is a mystery…But if Agent Paris Beaufont doesn’t solve it, then it could perish worldwide.Promoted to the Director of Advanced Love, Paris finds more responsibility on her shoulders than ever before.She must be careful though because now her decisions can lead to big changes—good and bad for love...Categorized as:
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By the Orchid and the Owl: The Esholian Institute Book 1 by Mariah Montoya
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the island of Eshol, a ruling council gifts magic to all its citizens — whether they want it or not.Eighteen-year-old Rayna Drey should be excited for her Branding, when the island’s Good Council will infuse her blood with one of five sanctioned the ability to wield elements, summon objects, shift forms, talk to wildlife, or manipulate minds. The Good Council is good. The Branding doesn’t hurt...Categorized as:
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A Witch's Legacy by Isabel Campbell, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you piss off the high and mighty some get righteously angry.By day, Anastasia "Stacy" Drakethorn wields her Juris Doctorate as a blade of justice, carving through the corruption festering in the heart of the city... -
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... -
Тубурская игра by Max Frei
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsИз этой книжки читатель узнает так много тайн и секретов, что даже непонятно, как справится с этим бедная его голова. Новая книга знаменитого Макса Фрая о тубурских Мастерах Снов, их азартных играх и опасных сновидениях станет не только логичным финалом дружеских посиделок в "Кофейной гуще", в городе, который сам еще недавно был просто сном, но и началом чего-то нового...Categorized as:
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Strong is Her Hope by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlison is a Drow with growing powers and a teenager with dark forces after her. It’s a lot when you’re just a sophomore trying to navigate being fifteen. Doesn’t help when you’re attracted to a young wizard who tried to take out a classmate and your new dad is a bounty hunter named, Brownstone. Most teenagers have to deal with grades, school dances, and curfews...Categorized as:
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When the Sky Is Like Lace by Elinor Lander Horwitz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when it's bimulous and the sky is like lace? Strange and splendid things! Otters sing, trees dance, and the grass is like gooseberry jam. There's a special party that anyone can attend. Anyone, that is, who knows the rules and isn't afraid of plum-purple shadows, can cook spaghetti and would like to teach a new song to the otters...Categorized as:
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Country Mage 2: A Slice of Life HaremLit Fantasy Adventure by Jack Bryce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames is living the life he always wanted. He has his own rustic cabin in the countryside, peace, quiet, and some lovely companions to share his joy with.But there is much left to do! James will need to expand his cabin to make it more comfortable for his — ahem — lady friends... -
The Elemental’s Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***INCLUDES A BONUS CHAPTER*** Elemental Earth Magic. Intergalactic Consequences. Maggie Parker holds the compass and her magic can change everything - but time is running out. Maggie’s still searching for answers...Categorized as:
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Clary Sage by Victoria Goddard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNorthwest Oriole is a land of small countries and many universities, where scholarship is greatly regarded. Choosing a school is thus a matter of great weight, no matter your rank or wealth.Hal has always known where he’s going, because he is the Imperial Duke of Fillering Pool, and the dukes have always gone to either Zabour or Tara. Since Zabour fell into the sea, it’ll have to be Tara... -
Storms Of Magic Boxed Set: by P.T. Hylton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a time when magic rules the sea, she only trusts her sword. Buy the complete four-book Storms of Magic Series at a discounted box set price. Storm Raiders Abbey has always been an outsider in Holdgate. While the people of her adopted city dominate the seas with their weather-controlling storm magic, she prefers the work in her father’s blacksmith shop...Categorized as:
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Storm Warrior: Age Of Magic - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by P.T. Hylton, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe greatest threat to the future comes from the secrets of the past. Abbey and her friends return home after their long journey west to find Holdgate threatened by both an enemy to the south and a hidden Barskall army to the east.Lucky for Holdgate, Abbey and the crew of The Foggy Day are more than ready to defend their home.But there’s an even greater threat to the city… one nobody sees coming... -
Отдай мое сердце by Max Frei
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsКогда тебя просят отдать чье-то сердце, предполагается, что ты его перед этим похитил. Похитить сердце – величайшее одолжение, которое может сделать один человек другому. Потому что любовь – источник самой сладкой разновидности силы, и одновременно – мост, соединяющий нас с жизнью, смертью, иными Мирами и временами, со всем свершившимся и несбывшимся. И, в конечном итоге, с самими собой...Categorized as:
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How To Be A Badass Witch: Book Three by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs it possible to be too successful?Kera is getting better at the witch stuff, and much too good at curtailing gang activities.She knows that’s the case because every gang in her area is after her now, egged on by the Startup.Plus, the reporters are about to break the big story, and the publishers of How to be a Badass Witch are on her trail... -
How To Be A Badass Witch: Book Two by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVirtutis gloria merces.Translation: Glory is the reward of valorBelieving is just the beginning.Kera has run into a bit more trouble since purchasing ‘How to be a Badass Witch’ on a famous online bookstore. Now, there are plenty of people looking to make her life significantly more problematic and perhaps deadly... -
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Мастер ветров и закатов by Max Frei
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsСамый популярный автор начала ХХI века Макс Фрай дарит своим поклонникам новую серию книг! Таким образом, МАСТЕР ВЕТРОВ И ЗАКАТОВ - первая книга новой серии Макса Фрая "Сновидения ЕХО", которая раскроет ранее неизвестные стороны жизни сэра Макса из Тайного Сыска города Ехо... -
How to be a Badass Witch by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVirtutis gloria mercesTranslation: Glory is the reward of valorFed up with playing the normal game, recent university graduate, ex-cum laude, ex-soccer star, ex-popular and mostly broke Kera MacDonagh changes her life when she decides to research how to be a witch... And believes it.Kera didn’t want to go back east and deal with her overbearing Mom... -
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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The Heretic Lives by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou cannot murder a person who never existed.It is not impossible to rewrite history. In fact, when one computer runs the world, changing history happens faster.Those who were heroes have been labeled villains. The alien Melagorns and Dreth, once friends, are now competitors at best.The Regime works to instill loyalty to humanity. Loyalty to brotherhood. Loyalty to the state... -
Zypheria's call by Nathan Lowell
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSometimes the longest journeys are within.Tanyth must make her way across the ocean to continue her voyage to find the hermit of Lammas Wood. Storms and ice block her path, but her most serious enemy may be people she has never met.As her power grows, she must come to grips with the changes within her even as she must answer the Zypheria's Call... -
Up the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final book in the extraordinary Faraway Tree series, published as a stand-alone edition for the first time in more than three decades! One day, Robin and Joy read about the Magic Faraway Tree in a book and decide to go meet Joe, Beth and Frannie themselves...Categorized as:
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The Adventures of Finnegan Dragonbender and The Lone Valkyrie 7 Book Boxed Set: A Terranavis Universe Urban Fantasy Action Adventure by Charley Case, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA broken ship. A missing friend. A whole new world of magical artifacts for the taking. A cosmic vacation for our intrepid treasure hunter Finnegan Dragonbender and his Faerie Dragon Penny. They team up with Mila Winters and meld as a team to save Earth...Categorized as:
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Call to Quarters by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince the days of Merlin, there have been magicians that aid king and country. In modern times, they are known as the Gældorcræft Forces. They do everything that needs to be done, from disaster relief to keeping giant cities afloat – like Los Angeles. Investigating explosions at Air Force Research Labs are outside of the norm, but this explosion doesn’t follow the rules either... -
The Adventures of Maggie Parker Complete Box Set: The Magic Compass, The Gnome's Magic, The Elemental's Magic, The Magic Quest by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrab the entire boxed set of The Adventures of Maggie Parker today!If smart phones and GPS rule the world - why am I hunting a magic compass to save the planet?Austin Detective Maggie Parker has seen some weird things in her day, but finding a surly gnome rooting through her garage beats all.Her world is about to be turned upside down in a frantic search for 4 Elementals.Not 3, not 5…but 4... -
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... -
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Fantastic Tales by Mircea Eliade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree stories with parallel Romanian/English texts share a common quality - fantasy - but their backgrounds differ. One is set in Bucharest in 1944, another in the Transylvanian Alps, and the third in the Greek Isles. As a study aid this is intended primarily for English speaking people who have some knowledge of Romanian, but it could also be useful to Romanian students of English... -
Storm Callers: Age Of Magic - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by P.T. Hylton, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the storm clouds gather, only the bravest answer the call. Abbey and Dustin head to the Storm Wall to investigate a series of Barskall attacks. They arrive in the midst of a battle and discover an unlikely ally. They soon learn of a powerful weapon they can use to stop Dahlia and her seafaring pirates... If they can find it in time...Categorized as:
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Mindscape by M.M. Vaughan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTelekinetic preteens use their powers for good—and evil—in this mind-bending sequel to The Ability, which Publishers Weekly called a “fast-paced, superhero-tinged spy novel.”Everywhere that Christopher Lane turns, he sees the face of the boy he killed...Categorized as:
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Birthright by A.P. Jensen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJordan Parker becomes an obsession for William, a man who believes she is the only being on the planet that can save him. When Jordan goes on the run it culminates in a bloody massacre where Jordan is the sole survivor. This forces Mr. Parker, the father who abandoned her before she was born to appear and bring her into his world- a world filled with magic, wonder and danger... -
Farvernes uge by Elena Garro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRunde, orangefarvede torsdage. Den fattige skomager fra Guanajuato, der kan gå på en måde, så ingen ser ham. Tavse, lilla fredage. Kong Filip II, der kigger strengt fra sit portræt på væggen. Myrerne med deres grønne parasoller. Tiden, der har vendt sig om, som når man ser på et postkort og vender det for at se, hvad der står bagpå. Honningfarvede tæpper og hjorte, der spiser cigaretter... -
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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Слишком много кошмаров by Max Frei
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsВ этой книге слишком много не только кошмаров, а вообще всего. Страшных тайн и просто чужих секретов, городских улиц, новых домов, крепких напитков, друзей, сновидений, разговоров до утра, красавиц и, конечно, ужасных чудовищ, куда без них.В этой книге слишком много жизни — столько, что хватит всем персонажам и останется на долю читателя... -
Steel Dragon 5 by Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mage uprising has been put down, but it wasn’t enough. Dragons have become aware that humans can arm themselves with weapons deadly to even dragonkind.Dragons are living in fear of humans for the first time in living memory, and they hate it.The war has arrived. Lord Boneclaw will lead the armies of dragonkind to decimate humanity... -
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... -
Promises to Keep by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter Widdershins, I thought I wouldn't write at length about Jilly again. I'd promised one more short story about her for Bill at Subterranean Press, but that would be it. Having left her in a good place at the end of Widdershins, I didn't want to complicate her life yet again, so I planned to set the story earlier in her life, during her first year as a student at Butler University...Categorized as:
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The New Witch by Nancy Smith Gibson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA woman learns deeply hidden family secrets when she inherits Broussard Court Apartments in New Orleans from a great-aunt she didn’t know existed. Madame’s extraordinary powers, helping those in need as well as punishing evil doers, are held in awe throughout her neighborhood and even in the greater city of New Orleans... -
Evergreen Academy by Heather Schneider
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Evergreen Academy, the secret college for Magical Botanists.I’d always sensed something peculiar about the reclusive Evergreen Academy, tucked deep in the woods of my hometown. But I never could have imagined it was a college for magical botanists–and that I am one of them... -
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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School of Potential by W.J. May
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a continuation of the international bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan! Come back and enjoy the famous characters, or step into the series right here...Categorized as:
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The Magic Legacy by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the best selling author of The Leira Chronicles Witches are being murdered in Austin. But how do you put the monster back in the vault? The three witches of Pressler Street are the city's only hope but they are running out of time. A deadly creature has been locked away for millennia in plain sight... -
The Stars of Whistling Ridge by Cindy Baldwin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIvy Mae Bloom, whose name is one letter away from a complete sentence, has lived her entire life on the road. Her mama is a fallen star who travels near and far to tend to the magic that underpins our world...Categorized as:
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