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The Houseplant by Jeremy Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGeorge, a fern, doesn’t appreciate being bought by Brenda at Garden Palace.And he certainly doesn’t appreciate being trapped in her house of humans. He yearns to be with the plants outside in the garden. With time, George learns to trust Brenda and think of her as his human. Then one day, tragedy strikes and George’s life will never be the same...Categorized as:
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The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTranslation to English of the Spanish short story "El Aleph", originally published in 1945...Categorized as:
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The Book of Fantasy by Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Book of Fantasy began one night when three friends fell to talking about fantasies and ghost stories...Categorized as:
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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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The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt turns whimsical, dark, and mystical, this extraordinary collection of retold fairy tales and new, modern myths redefine the boundaries of magic. Compiling favored stories suggested by the author and his fans, this delightful treasury contains the most esteemed and beloved selections that de Lint has to offer...Categorized as:
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The Dream Travelers Ultimate Boxed Set : Includes 3 Complete Series (9 Books) PLUS Exclusive Bonus Material by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis mega collection includes 3 complete series PLUS exclusive bonus material never seen anywhere before. A total of over 2000 pages of fantasy adventures!This huge set includes the Lucidites, Reverians and Vagabond Circus, all set in the magical world of the Dream Travelers. The bonus material includes the lost chapters from Awoken, the first novel in the Lucidites series... -
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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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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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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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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... -
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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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Your Absence is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most beloved novelists. A man comes to awareness in a church in rural Iceland, not knowing why he’s there or how he arrived... -
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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... -
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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...Categorized as:
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With by Donald Harington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA sensual, irresistible tale full of unexpected twists and turns in the wilds of the Ozarks, The Boston Globe calls With a life-affirming, surprising, beautifully written novel, and Raleigh News names it the Best Novel of the Year... -
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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... -
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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... -
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In a Thousand Different Ways by Cecelia Ahern
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFinding your way is never a simple journey…Alice sees the best in people.She also sees the worst.She sees a thousand different emotions and knows exactly what everyone around her is feeling.Every. Single. Day.But it’s the dark thoughts.The sadness. The rage.These are the things she can’t get out of her head. The things that overwhelm her...Categorized as:
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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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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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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... -
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The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA quirky collection of short sci-fi stories for fans of Kij Johnson and Kelly Link Assimilation is founded on surrender and being broken; this collection of short stories features people who have assimilated, but are actively trying to reclaim their lives. There is a concert pianist who defies death by uploading his soul into his piano... -
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Love & Sleep by John Crowley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe long-awaited new novel by one of the most important American authors of magical realism. In Aegypt Crowley opened the gates on a world of magic and mystery lying just beyond our own. In Love & Sleep, the second novel in a projected tetralogy, he renews his claim on the exalted territory of the imagination...Categorized as:
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Timeskipper by Stefano Benni
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of Margherita Dolce Vita One late-winter morning as he is "hop-hiking" downhill toward his character-building destination, a vomit-yellow cube surrounded by a garden of barbarously unkempt weeds known as the Bisacconi elementary school, Stefano Benni's young hero encounters a peculiar man--as big as a mountain and as filthy as a garbage dump, with a vast beard the color of a...Categorized as:
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O by Eka Kurniawan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTentang seekor monyet yang ingin menikah dengan Kaisar Dangdut... -
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Сказки старого Вильнюса by Max Frei
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Сказки старого Вильнюса. Том 1" - сборник из 24 рассказов, тёзок улиц Вильнюса. Невероятные истории происходят прямо на наших глазах: вроде бы, частично автобиографичные записки самого Фрая, но если присмотреться – столько волшебства и чарующей магии трудно встретить на улицах какого-нибудь другого города. Данная книга - первая часть задуманного литературного цикла об улицах Вильнюса...Categorized as:
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Курильщик by Mariam Petrosyan, Мариам Петросян
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsНа окраине города, среди стандартных новостроек, стоит Серый Дом, в котором живут Сфинкс, Слепой, Лорд, Табаки, Македонский, Черный и многие другие. Неизвестно, действительно ли Лорд происходит из благородного рода драконов, но вот Слепой действительно слеп, а Сфинкс - мудр. Табаки, конечно, не шакал, хотя и любит поживиться чужим добром... -
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The Federal Witch by T.S. Paul
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the First Box Set of the Series. Imagine a world where Witches, Weres, and Vampires work among us. The Paranormals "came out" to the world during World War one. History as we know it took a left turn as world events changed. World war two never happened as we remember it. The Empire of Japan still exists. As does the British Empire. America is finding itself overwhelmed by magic... -
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![Тайна Клуба Дубовых Листьев by Max Frei]()
Тайна Клуба Дубовых Листьев by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsСамое большое счастье для того, кто давно уже пустился в путь по бескрайнему океану свободы и одиночества, - знать, что на берегу уже топчутся новые желающие - не повторить твой маршрут, но проложить собственный. И самое большое искушение - броситься на помощь новому пловцу, который как ни крути, а должен выбираться самостоятельно... -
![Возвращение Угурбадо by Max Frei]()
Возвращение Угурбадо by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNekotorye sobytija nachinajutsja, kak komedija, a zakanchivajutsja katastrofoj. Zato i nekotorye katastrofy, kotorye, kazalos by, pochti ne ostavljajut shansov vyzhit, zavershajutsja - esli ne smekhom, to khotja by ulybkoj. Potomu chto poka chelovek zhiv, nichego ne propalo - dazhe esli propalo absoljutno vse... -
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Дорот - Повелитель Манухов by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsЕсли книги - сны, которые снятся нам наяву, то Макс Фрай - не то напарник, не то и вовсе наследник Оле Лукойе... -
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Темные вассалы Гленке Тавала by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRussian Book. Amfora, SPb. 286. 2012. Paperback... -
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Очки Бакки Бугвина by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsВ этой повести о гении, помноженном на злодейство, особом зрении, кровавых жертвах на алтарь искусства и несостоявшемся конце света нет, по большому счету, ни правых, ни виноватых - только живые и мертвые. Как всегда... -
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Магахонские Лисы by Max Frei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsЭта история - о живых и мертвых. То есть не только об этом, конечно, но о живых и мертвых - в первую очередь. О том, что быть живым больно, но чертовски увлекательно - настолько, что за возможность остаться в живых не грех заплатить даже собственной жизнью... -
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The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne photograph, one treasured memory, one chance to go back . . . In a cosy photography studio in the mountains between this world and the next, someone is waking up as if from a dream. A kind man will hand them a hot cup of tea and gently explain that, having reached the end of their life, they have one final task...Categorized as:
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The View from the Seventh Layer by Kevin Brockmeier
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKevin Brockmeier--award -winning author of The Brief History of the Dead--has been widely praised for the richness of his imagination, the lyrical grace and playfulness of his language, and the empathic emotional complexity of his storytelling. And this dazzling collection once again affirms his place as one of the most creative and compassionate writers of his generation...Categorized as:
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![The Knife Thrower and Other Stories by Steven Millhauser]()
The Knife Thrower and Other Stories by Steven Millhauser
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Knife Thrower introduces a series of distinctively Millhauserian worlds: tiny, fabulous, self-enclosed, like Fabergé eggs or like the short-story genre itself...Categorized as:
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The Book of Monelle by Marcel Schwob, Kit Schluter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Marcel Schwob published The Book of Monelle in French in 1894, it immediately became the unofficial bible of the French Symbolist movement, admired by such contemporaries as Stéphane Mallarmé, Alfred Jarry and André Gide... -
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The Wrong Heaven by Amy Bonnaffons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"In her amazing, wildly inventive collection, Amy Bonnaffons writes about transformation, each story further complicating the world as we know it. With a style that blends humor and sincerity in such strange, perfect ratios, Bonnaffons reveals the mysteries inside of us, just waiting to make themselves known. The Wrong Heaven, so wondrous, will alter you in all the necessary ways...Categorized as:
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Before You Go by Tommy Butler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this “dazzling debut” (Publishers Weekly), the moving story of one man’s quest for happiness is interwoven with speculative tales of the Before and After, resulting in a profound yet playful literary journey into the ache and wonder of being human.In the Before, humankind is created with a hole in its heart, the designers not realizing their mistake—if it was a mistake—until too late...Categorized as:
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Και οι νεκροί ας θάψουν τους νεκρούς τους by Michalis Albatis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsΑρχές της δεκαετίας του 1950, σ' ένα χωριό της Κρητικής ενδοχώρας, ένα νεαρό αγόρι ανακαλύπτει, στην κηδεία κάποιου συγγενή του, πως έχει την ικανότητα να ακούει τις σκέψεις των νεκρών... -
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In the Penny Arcade by Steven Millhauser
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe seven stories of In the Penny Arcade blend both the real and the fantastic in a seductive mix that illuminates the full range of Steven Millhauser's gifts, from 'August Eschenburg', the story of a clockmaker's son whose extraordinary talent for creating animated figures is lost on a world whose taste for the perverse and crude supersedes that of the refined and beautiful, to 'Cathay', a...Categorized as:
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May We Shed These Human Bodies by Amber Sparks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***Best Small Press Debut of 2012 -- The Atlantic Wire***May We Shed These Human Bodies peers through vast spaces and skies with the world's most powerful telescope to find humanity: wild and bright and hard as diamonds...Categorized as:
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![La Cité des hommes saints: Corps royal des quêteurs III by Luis Montero Manglano]()
La Cité des hommes saints: Corps royal des quêteurs III by Luis Montero Manglano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsL’organisation secrète du Corps royal des quêteurs part à la recherche d’une ville mythique d’Amérique du sud où sept moines ont autrefois caché certaines reliques des rois de Tolède afin de les soustraire à l’invasion arabe de la péninsule ibérique. Une course contre la montre pour trouver enfin la table du roi Salomon, avant les sbires de la multinationale Voynich...Categorized as:
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歡迎搭乘轉運計程車 by Yasushi Kitagawa, 喜多川泰
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings一輛神秘的計程車，將帶你前往讓你運氣變好的地方……數字不斷減少的計費表，在數字歸零前都可無限次搭乘。你能把握住改變命運的轉機，重新扭轉人生嗎？──歡迎上車 在保險公司任職的修一，某天遭到顧客大量的解約面臨薪水縮減、工作不保的困境下還要面對妻子的問題、女兒拒絕上學的問題、老家和母親的問題等。陷入事業、家庭兩頭燒的修一每天都煩躁不已。「為什麼就我這麼倒楣？」就在這時，他發現一輛計程車駛向自己。一段不可思議的轉運之旅就此展開。... -
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The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet by Kelly Link, Gavin J. Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnexpected tales of the fantastic, & other odd musings by Nalo Hopkinson Karen Joy Fowler Karen Russell Jeffrey Ford among many othersContains STORIES by the AMAZING Jeffrey Ford, the FABULOUS Karen Joy Fowler, the UNLIKELY Kelly Link, the THRILLING Nalo Hopkinson, the SHOCKINGLY GOOD Karen Russell, the UNNERVING James Sallis, and dozens of UNCANNY others, as well as USEFUL lists of many...Categorized as:
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Enshrined by Stuart Grosse
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith Adventurers making their way through the shifting maze of Goblin Town, Kuronoth turns his attention to creating new floors filled with devilish amusements and the first offering of enchanted goods made within the dungeon. Through his 'acquisition' of a Warlock, he now has access to demons which he can summon and bind to do his bidding... -
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Eve by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if Death fell in love with Life and they had a daughter...? Her unique parentage ensures Eve isn't like her angel siblings. She brings Death at the beginning of Life and Life to those meant to die. Her continuing failures create constant disaster for her parents and the mortals she tries so hard to serve...Categorized as:
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