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Poppy wasn't like the other children. She was curious, yet quiet and always seemed to be away with the fairies. One day, when whispers draw Poppy into the forbidden forest, Poppy learns of a secret her grandmother desperately tried to prevent her from knowing about her mother. Once the secret that just behind the forbidden trees was a magical world, its inhabitants pleading Poppy to stay with them was discovered, Poppy found herself getting more curious...
2) Skyriders
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One decision can change the course of your life forever. When a stranger approaches Kai at his mothers funeral, Kai chooses to return to her old school hidden deep within the skies. It looks like hes agreed to a lot more than hes expected. Not only is it located deep within the sky on a group of floating islands, but once he realized his mother was hiding a lot more from him than hed ever expected he is plunged headfirst into an adventure of a lifetime...
3) A Fairy Tale
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The fairies trek a long and arduous way, chased from their home by fear of men. They are tired, downtrodden, and fl ightless. Eventually, they fi nd Weedy Lea and settle down, but their troubles are far from over. As the seasons pass, they are forced to adapt. Confl icts ensue which add to their worries. Will they overcome their fear and realise their potential? Or will they always stray in search of a place to call home?
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I present you small pieces of my soul, grown into this book with the help of my imagination, giving you an opportunity to delve into the worlds of the unknown, unpredictable, bizarre, thrilling magic. If you like to get puzzled, left thinking about the possible ways a story could've ended, or simply delve into the world of imagination, this just might be the book for you're looking for. The author.
5) The Wayfarer
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From the Wolds of the West, across the Seas of Lorth, came the long elf, Gyral. In wild and unfrequented realms he sought for truth and enlightenment of the mysteries of his world, a treacherous world infested with strange and evil life-forms, ferocious predators, riddled with countless perils. But for Gyral, curiosity was far more powerful than the fears that confronted him. Curiosity was his addiction; knowledge was his quest. He had heard of the...
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A four-thousand-year-old prophecy warned that when mankind had made certain advances over nature, it would face an unstoppable tide of evil unless certain bizarre events came to pass.
Jake King, an American forestry consultant, chanced upon a medieval shield while tracing his English ancestry. The shield began to glow, drawing him into a glen where an ancient thornbush unfurled a bedraggled Merlin, magicked there fifteen hundred years ago.
Merlin...
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The Hidden Land has a lot of twists and turns, the story starts with a peaceful land called Cassandra. Soon, Cassandra`s residents begin to be abducted by creatures known as Gangrians. A giant with a short temper and to make things worse they have pets called Thorax`s. Now when four teenagers end up in the Gangrians land, Gryon, things get messy and confusing. Two of them are taken by the Gangrians and the other two have to safe them, luckily, a little...
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It engages them on several level, specifically: an engrossing story educational references to our physical world. The series tells the story of: the mythological struggle between universal forces; a civilisations struggle for survival against the onslaught of relentless, unforgiving foe; & the mystery of Shadowfire. The story begins..
9) Sacrifice
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That bright star high up in the sky, symbolizes that small light at the end of the tunnel, that ray of hope in the darkness; that small chance that even in the hardest of times, things will get better. The creation of the Earth saw the life of new souls; humans, dwarves, elves and dragons. But the differences in the races brought war and destruction about this peaceful land. It was then that the Creator created a soul that had enough power to save...
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Leo was trapped in his own little world, trapped by his nightmares, when Ann appeared before him in a fantasy and told him that she could save him. Leo was there, Ann was there and when she shattered like glass before Leos eyes, he knew one thing: she was the one who could save him.
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In these charming pages, author Simi Moneer puts in your hands one of her childhoods treasures. They're some of the bedtime stories that her mother used to tell her before kissing her good night. She doesn't know the roots of these wonderful tales, which accompanied her through her early years and which she never tired of hearing or reading again and again. But she feels it would be a great loss if these tales might fade away someday. The stories...
12) Boyle-Breath
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Mr Boyle was a teacher, but smelly ~ VERY VERY smelly! Born on Zeronia, but brought up on the planet Earth, he could still come up smelling of roses? Couldnt he? Flying pigs, vampire twins ~ indeed dysfunctional families galore wouldnt help him. Neither would machine-guns, 7 nails, a firestarter, a wrestler, bullies or Nazi zombies. Bert from Sesame Street would try, religion, fostering, a dog, and Social Workers too, but School Refusers, anorexia,...
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It is the late twenty-first century. Each country is divided into four Hemispheres and one Non-Hemisphere, separated from one another due to the class riots that erupted during the year 2030. Kate Tiberius has originated from the affluent Eastern Hemisphere. At fifteen, shortly after having lost her father, she breaks the law by venturing into a sleazy nightclub in the Farmlands section of the Southern Hemisphere without wearing a disguise mac. On...
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When strange dreams of a beautiful woman disturbed his sleep night after night and severe pain caused Aaron Summer to be whisked off to hospital, the last thing he expected was the appearance of his dream beside his hospital bed. The touch of her hand caused a jolt of static to run the length of his arm before he snatched his hand away. You was all he could think to say. Her name was Aurora and she had the nerve to calmly inform him that the pain...
15) Believe
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They are the most brutal Empire we have known for generations. I am a seventeen year old slave boy, who must endure a life of servitude and sacrifice to keep my family alive. They took away my mother, my sister, my friends, everything I have cared for including my love. I inadvertently struck out and my actions started a chain reaction which led to war and a full scale rebellion. They have sent two armies to crush our resistance. I have an army of...
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High up in the sky military satellites are infiltrated. A petrified woman waits to give birth but to what? Three Enchantresses seduce and destroy. The Angel of Death unleashes terror and devastation. A Sanctifier is cruelly betrayed. A civil war threatens the entire planet. A secret and malevolent Gathering watch and plot. And that's only the beginning.
17) The Silicon Mind
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The Silicon Mind is a racy sci-fi thriller involving a very sophisticated neural chip implant by a robot on a human brain. It revolves around the intertwined lives of Ray, a leading neurosurgeon, sharp and flamboyant proprietor and driving force of Chetna, India's foremost coma clinic and Dr. Aman Kapoor, reputed physician and accident victim who falls into a coma... Aman becomes Ray's unsuspecting guinea pig Ray and his American collaborators successfully...
18) I Lit the Moon
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As if having to deal with her parents death wasn't enough, Payton is now a social outcast. Thinking that life couldn't get any worse she now has to face an ancient Egyptian goddess who will stop at nothing to kill her, a best friend who doesn't want to know her and an infuriating boy who seems to keep secrets and doesn't stop smiling in a town that it trying too hard to withhold information from her. Payton has some growing up to do and is about to...
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This book tells of unguessed worlds somewhere in the universe and offers extraordinary scenes of heaven, hell, and prebirth. A US spaceship, manned by a captain and twelve crew members of various backgrounds, nationalities, and gender, sets off on a mission to Mars. Unfortunately, long before it gets there, a sudden, violent, unidentified energy propels it off course to an uncharted location in the vacuum of the cosmos. This unexpected diversion is...
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This highly original fantasy adventure focuses on the natural world set against an undercurrent of superstition and folklore. It can be read as a children's musical mystery, full of suspense and intrigue, or as a modern adult crossover tale of the interplay between music, nature and mankind. The story follows the young heroes thrilling escapades at school and across the planet, as he deals with espionage, kidnap and a terrifying enemy in a desperate...
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