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"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
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Petralist volume 4
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Whipsaw Press
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[2018]
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English
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"War is coming... Intense student battles, Shona's manipulations, and even the deadly fight to the death against an elemental monster couldn't keep Connor and Verena apart. Now all he wants is to outrun trouble for a while. That's less likely than Hamish refusiung dessert. Even if he can reach Granadure, can Connor trust them? If war breaks out, will Verena and her and her country force him to fight for them against his homeland?"--Provided by publisher....
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Colegio de poderes secretos volume 4
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Alfaguara Infantil
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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Axel has a gift. And he also has Thirteen, a grumpy talking cat. Two important reasons to be able to study at the School of Secret Powers, where he makes incredible friends, like Lola and her mouse named Goliath. When a baby with extraordinary powers shows up at school, Axel and his friends will discover a new mystery through space and time.
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Salamandra en colaboracin̤ con Obscurus Books
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2023.
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Español
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J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of...
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"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to...
6) Wind
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). Starless clan volume 5
Warriors. Starless clan volume 5
Warriors a starless clan volume 5
Warriors. Starless clan volume 5
Warriors a starless clan volume 5
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Frostpaw has returned to the lake just in time to reveal all she knows at the Gathering--but the Clans are reluctant to believe an apprentice who's already admitted to lying about her visions in the past, and she is forced to take refuge in ShadowClan as Splashtail seizes control of her home. While the other Clan leaders debate whether to interfere any further in RiverClan affairs, Nightheart has his paws full teaching Clan ways to the two park cats...
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Aceptar la oscuridad es la única manera de enfrentarla
Simón Pálafox ha sido invadido por algo oscuro y maligno. Una sombra arcaica que araña su alma y lo conduce al límite de la locura. Él intenta sobrellevar su vida tras la catástrofe del virus Inframantis, al tiempo que –a su alrededor– el mundo no logra abandonar el miedo constante de saber que Cielo e Infierno son una realidad.
Tras varios meses de confinamiento, Adrián y los demás...
8) Campout
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An abandoned town, a forgotten graveyard and sleeping demons waiting to trap the unwary await a group of teens preparing for a memorable summer campout.
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The world is cruel. Lycans have enslaved humans. Killing them as they please, calling their slaves toys. The king and his sons, known to be the worst of them all. But in all that cruelty, a girl was born. Deep in the woods, amongst a group of humans calling themselves the resistance. Elizabeth was stubborn, fearless and never strayed from danger. But Elizabeth was also born blind. Due to her puny and innocent appearance most felt a need to protect...
10) Midnight Fear
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Even the strongest of vampires has a breaking point: for Marcelle, it was being tortured by a witch in New York and trying to return to her regular existence as if nothing had happened. She has too much to do to allow herself to focus on something as trivial as trauma. Occult hunters accost her witch allies; an aggravating pyromancer needles a fiery thorn in her side; and the coronation of one of her lovers, the vampire crown prince of New Ulster,...
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Step into the haunting world of Havoc: The Rise of Ɖavo, where the brutal war that gripped Croatia in 1991 is just the beginning of a genocidal wave that threatens humanity's very existence. But one man has been planning for this all along. To him, the Battle of Vukovar and the spread of violence symbolize an imperfect world that needs to be torn down and rebuilt from the ground up. He sees himself as a hero, a psychopath, an invincible death machine,...
12) Tumba de brujas
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El mal siempre encuentra la manera de regresar
El aquelarre entra en alerta ante la noticia de que un grupo de brujos está tratando de traer al plano físico a un poderoso demonio. Atemorizados por la idea de que Asmodeo esté buscando reencarnar, suman esfuerzos para proteger a la nueva integrante de su clan, quien podría convertirse en el vehículo perfecto para que este ser regrese a la vida. Entonces, el coven se divide para cumplir con su...
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The old man had treasures to sell and a scary secret to keep. This collection of eleven short occult stories tells his tale of bloodcurdling horror.Ten people buy treasures from the flea market with one common thread. The vendor is a mysterious old man selling off his collection of old stuff. This short story collection chronicles the nightmare of the buyers endured.One by one, the buyers discover that their treasure is really a horror in disguise....
14) Shades of War
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THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ROAD TO REDEMPTIONIt began as a simple request: Journey to Asur's Pass, an isolated military fort in the savage wilds of the Northern Jungles and escort a wayward son back to the safety of his family farm before the tensions building between humans and dark elves erupt into a full-blown civil war.But nothing is ever simple for someone who finds trouble as easily as Sevy does. There's a madman roaming the jungles, and the ghosts...
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Saga of the unfated volume 1
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"After discovering that she is a shield maiden who can repel any attack, a fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath to protect Skaland"--
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband's back. Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region's jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive,...
16) Without a Shadow
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You can only teach your shadow one trick . . .
Adlai Bringer remembers going to the desert market with her father: The colorful tents, the wink of gold, and her father's shadow, black as night, as it moved of its own accord and stole whatever trinket she wanted. He called it the Shadow Game.
After her father disappears, Adlai keeps going back to the market determined to find some trace of him and stealing what she can with her shadow. Until one...
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Stoneheart volume 1
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After being exiled, wiped of her memory, and relocated, vivacious Shayde Whisper falls down a rabbit hole of her own making when a sinister voice emerges in her head, triggering powerful magic beyond her control and unraveling the forgotten memories of her past. Follow Shayde Whisper in the first arc of her journey as she begins to discover the darkness that lurks beneath the mythical land of Athea-and within herself!
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Uncanny Valley volume 1
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Oliver is a seemingly typical 12 year old boy… except for a mysterious family history that seems to start and end with his mother, and unexplainable powers, that is.
He can do things other boys can't, to the point of landing him in some trouble. Baffled by the surreal cartoonish nature of his abilities and followed by a murder of peculiar crows, the mystery behind Oliver's family history finally unfolds!
Written by fan-favorite writer Tony Fleecs...
19) Soggy Landing
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Not very long ago, Soggy Landing was an island paradise. Now, it's a brutal settler city. A group of wealthy, magical cultists rules from the top. A leafy plague afflicts all but the most privileged, and it never stops raining. Our hero, Otso, is a self-sufficient stoner wizard bear who comes to understand community and camaraderie when she arrives in Soggy Landing. A battle between the haves and the have-nots is coming to a head, and Otso and her...
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Wanting to go into business with his best friend, Evie, Calon never could have expected how his lift would turn in an instant. Rushing into the burning home of a neighbour, the unthinkable happens and our fearless main character dies a hero. Only... He doesn't quite make it to the afterlife. Thrust back in time, and into an alternate reality of South East Queensland, Australia, Calon finds himself in a world, familiar in only the vaguest sense....
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