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Six thousand years ago, in the time before the first megaliths and stone circles, Druids appeared in small numbers throughout Europe. They began an inexplicable migration toward the Western Isles of Scotland. Among these was a Druid prophet, Lazwin. Lazwin predicted the coming of the Beltane child. The child would reunite the rune casters, gather the Druid faithful, and set in motion a series of events that would alter the history of Druid healing...
22) The Assignment
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THE ASSIGNMENT
When Brina Louise Grant, recent graduate of Cyclops (their equivalent of West Point), accepted a one way mission from her 25th century world into the wild west of their mid 1800's, she had no idea it would take her on a journey far and beyond what her wildest imagination could concoct.
With a mystical entity by her side, Brina's assignment is to follow the assassin Jesse Loame to the past, tracking him down with orders to...
23) A Friend in Need
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Faith is visited by her late Aunt Geraldine after more verbal abuse from her boyfriend, Darren. Geraldine says she needs a friend in deed to confide in, so Faith talks to her colleague, Jenny, who suggests she takes self-defence lessons with their other colleague, Ben. As Ben teaches Faith, they fall in love. She begins to come out of her shell and grabs life with enthusiasm again. Being a victim of abuse, Faith decides she wants girls to not become...
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Some, it is said in the legends of Aesgard, shall die, and then come to the feasting board of Valhalla- to sit by the side of Wotan, chief of the gods!
There, they shall fight again each day amongst old enemies- and then feast again that night. These are the everyday, yet valiant fighters…
But there are… others-
Who are so extreme in prowess that when they should die and go to Hel- each shall be reborn.
Always it will be, saith Wotan, king...
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Centré sur la vie d'une famille de colons dont la plantation est frappée par une malédiction naturelle, Balai de sorcière est un roman foisonnant o la réalité tragique est travaillée par la magie du carnaval.
Traduit de l'anglais par Christine Pagnoulle
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Balai de sorcière Balai de sorcière retrace l'histoire de la malédiction coloniale d'une île des Caraïbes. Le roman raconte les traversées, dévoile mémoires et archives, chemine...
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This is a collection of magic realism.
In the title story, sometimes letting go just isn't possible. You've loved the same soul down through the ages, but just before you can be together forever, he is ripped away yet again. The eerily weeping heavens combine with the sea and a departed love to ease the burden of the one who has been left behind. "Carmen, Whose Face Was Cracked, the kindest and most beautiful woman in all of Mexico suffers a cracked...
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Sixteen-year-old Cody Forester has a secret identity. He's a werewolf. Kind of like a superhero with fangs. But when he wolfs out while protecting the girl he loves, he does more than make the front-page news. He comes to the attention of Storey Evans, a popular blogger who views herself as an investigative reporter.
When she was young, Storey witnessed her father being torn to shreds by a pack of werewolves. The horror of that night turned into...
28) Bred by Magic
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What do you get when you mix magic with one of the most prestigious dogs in Germany? You get something special and powerful. In a time when witches were hunted down and burned a famous alchemist devised a plan to help protect them. One particular puppy who is predestined for someone in our time learns all she can before heading on the journey of her life. My mother always told me and my siblings that we were special. But, that's something all mothers...
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As dawn approaches on the hillside, a solitary rider sits and looks down on the Kingdom of Haddon. He ponders whether his travels and endeavors will ever allow him to return. He must leave and must conquer his fears and find what has escaped him for all the years of his life. He cannot rest until he finds the boy. A boy who he has never met or had any knowledge. Why MUST he find him? How can he find him? Where will this journey take him?
He will...
30) Sam Is Bored
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Sam is bored and looking for something fun to do. Her brothers are playing video games and not paying any attention to Sam. Sam is so bored, she decides to ask her Auntie Sandy for something fun to do. Her aunt has been watching them so their mother can work extra hours.Auntie Sandy is a little different. Sam refuses to give up asking Auntie Sandy for something fun to do and finds out it's not wise to pester an aunt who's different.
31) 4:39
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Whether it's raising her daughter, adapting to life in Germany, or finding a new mosque, Lujayn never seems to have enough time. That changes when she inherits a minute from her grandfather. The minute, a timeless dimension only accessible during 4:39 AM, provides Lujayn respite from the demands of daily life. But 4:39 contains more than peaceful gardens and a rustic cottage-it also holds clues to her grandfather's mysterious past. Lujayn is soon...
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Faith decides to visit her friend, Angel, after another relationship goes wrong as yet again because they don't understand her Asperger's Syndrome. She meets Stan, the local mechanic. He stands up for her when the local residents start criticising her work. Then magical and ghostly things happen: her pictures are seen as misty to 3D to beautiful, and the people who criticise her are scared by mysterious weather in the park. Stan getting to understand...
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A chance meeting in the local pharmacy transforms the life of lonely, illiterate Octavio. He begins reading lessons and finds love and happiness for the very first time. But Octavio's destiny lies elsewhere, as he will discover on a journey into the Venezuelan rainforest. Shortlisted for the Goncourt first novel award, this short but epic fable is both a hymn to Venezuela and the magical story of an extraordinary hero.
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Are we ever really walking alone? Facing a health crisis, Marielle sets out on her 55th birthday to walk the wooded Maine trails she grew to love. She did not imagine her walk would take her to the streets, hillsides and porches of generations of her family. Alone, finding herself journeying on an isolated stretch of abandoned trail etched out of twigs and time, Marielle encounters an eerily familiar person who ushers her forward on the journey of...
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How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?When Dr Amanda Jones finds herself alone in the world with only the vaguest of memories of who she is, she has to piece together everything about her life before she can move forward in the world. A world which she finds filled with various allies and enemies from her past life who still have plans for her…
36) Blue Country
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Unexpected twists and turns keep the reader guessing about what will happen next. Throughout this entertaining novel is weaved a one-way dialogue between a dying prisoner who tells repeatedly his sad story to a hungry jailhouse rat, which only lives to eat. The story moves from the death and destruction of one town to the amazing rebuilding of a new town by survivors who lived to tell the tale. The human foibles of many of the book's characters are...
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Noche de cuentos... y poesía, es el resultado de las historias contadas en cada pueblo de la serranía peruana, historias que se repiten de boca en boca con los matices propios de quien las cuenta. Estos cuentos escuchados y guardados a lo largo del tiempo, hoy salen a la luz con el agregado que aporta la imaginación y estilo del autor, iniciando así una serie de cuentos cortos en complicidad con el aval del lector. Noche de Cuentos... y poesía...
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In a world torn apart by the chaos of rebellion and war already, magic and essence began to permeate their way through society as a precursor to a series of a single future conflict with hell. As the conflicts escalated, new methods of travel were discovered to other worlds. Leading to new allies and alliances while complicating everything with old enemies.
40) Isla de Lobos
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Hombres de mar habitan el enclave de Isla de Lobos, al que llega un náufrago sin memoria pero con pasado. Poco más que una lengua de lava y piedras negras, un peñasco entre mares es aquel lugar, donde son personajes principales un geógrafo, un santero, un contador de olas y una señora que gobierna con mano de hierro los destinos de la ínsula, además de la mulata Esmeralda y su hija Albabella, que habla con los lobos de mar y vive en una gruta.
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