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Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1-3) by Ransom Riggs
18 ratingsThe New York Times #1 best selling series Includes 3 hardcover novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 collectible peculiar photographs. The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters December 2016...Categorized as:
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![Герой должен быть один by Henry Lion Oldie]()
Герой должен быть один by Henry Lion Oldie
11 ratingsМиф о подвигах Геракла известен всем с малолетства. Но не все знают, что на юном Геракле пересеклись интересы Олимпийской Семьи, свергнутых, в Тартар титанов, а также многих людей – в результате чего будущий герой и его брат Ификл с детства стали заложниками чужих интриг...Categorized as:
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![The Blood of Gods by Conn Iggulden]()
The Blood of Gods by Conn Iggulden
18 ratingsThis eBook edition features exclusive bonus content, Conn Iggulden’s original short story “Fig Tree.”One of history’s most notorious assassinations sets the stage for a riveting tale of political intrigue, epic battle, and righteous retribution in a new novel of ancient Rome from #1 New York Times bestselling author Conn Iggulden. THE BLOOD OF GODS Julius Caesar has been cut down...Categorized as:
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![Mary Bennet and the Beast of Rosings Park by Joyce Harmon]()
Mary Bennet and the Beast of Rosings Park by Joyce Harmon
8 ratingsThere’s a monster in the woods! Or so claim the legends. Mary Bennet hopes it’s not true. She might be a magician, rewarded by the Prince Regent himself for service to the crown, but she’s also weak, still recovering from magical injuries sustained in the Battle of the British Museum. She hasn’t performed so much as a particle of magic in months... -
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![The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson]()
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
8 ratings‘My father had spelt it out to me. Choice was a luxury I couldn’t afford. This is your story, Red. You must tell it well . . .’A girl known only as Red, the daughter of a Cornish fortune-teller, travels with her father making a living predicting fortunes using the ancient method: the Square of Sevens. When her father suddenly dies, Red becomes the ward of a gentleman scholar...Categorized as:
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![Bone Walker by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
Bone Walker by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
12 ratingsW. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, award-winning archaeologists and international bestselling authors, break extraordinary new ground in the riveting sequal to their bestselling The Summoning God. Bone Walker is more than a murder mystery, it is a psychological thriller filled with the action that have made this the dynamic duo of the historical... -
![Aztec by Gary Jennings]()
Aztec by Gary Jennings
25 ratingsAztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America... -
![The Goldsmith's Conspiracy by C.J. Archer]()
The Goldsmith's Conspiracy by C.J. Archer
6 ratingsTensions between the artless and magicians are flaring, but India and Matt discover someone is deliberately fuelling the flames. Relentlessly pursuing his own agenda, Lord Coyle employs the former master of the Watchmaker’s Guild to make trouble and be a thorn in India’s side... -
![Nemesis by Kat Ross]()
Nemesis by Kat Ross
6 ratingsIn the fourth volume of the Fourth Talisman series, Nazafareen risks everything on a desperate gamble to stop the Vatras once and for all…With Meb safely among her own people, Nazafareen has finally embraced her dangerous fire magic. She is the Fourth Talisman, destined to free the heirs from the wards binding their own extraordinary power... -
![Gullah Secrets by Susan Gabriel]()
Gullah Secrets by Susan Gabriel
8 ratingsA family legacy in danger. A stranger in their midst. Do they have the strength to survive the gathering storm of secrets? For the Temple women, the winds of change are blowing. And if they’re not careful, it could sweep them all away…After rising from Temple servant to tea shop owner, Violet finally feels in charge of her destiny... -
![The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith]()
The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith
24 ratingsA spellbinding novel of bloodlines, self-discovery, and redemption by the author of the Washington Post bestseller The Vine Witch.Abandoned as a child in turn-of-the-century Paris, Yvette Lenoir has longed to uncover the secrets of her magical heritage and tap her suppressed powers. But what brave and resourceful Yvette has done to survive the streets has made her a fugitive... -
![Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver]()
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
26 ratingsSix thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined... -
![The Dawn Country by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
The Dawn Country by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
10 ratingsThe epic tale that began in "People of the Longhouse "continues in this second book of the thrilling new Iroquois quartet by "New York Times "and "USA Today "bestselling authors and archaeologists Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear. War Chief Koracoo and Deputy Gonda of the Standing Stone People have successfully rescued their children, Odion and Tutelo, from Gannajero the Trader... -
![Tarikshir: The Awakening by Khayaal Patel]()
Tarikshir: The Awakening by Khayaal Patel
10 ratingsA small princely state in Rajasthan is the last bastion of resistance against the might of the British Empire. While unrest surrounding the sudden death of the king of Devangarh grows, young prince Rudra Pratap Chauhan prepares to ascend the throne.But the kingdom is in turmoil. The Devangarh army is outnumbered and the British forces are closing in... -
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![The Summoning God by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
The Summoning God by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
12 ratingsStep back into the year A.D. 1263...and the secret lair of a killer. He walks the ruins of a dying civilization, stalking the weak, the chosen, stalking them into terror.When War Chief Browser stumbles into a subterranean ceremonial chamber filled with headless bodies, he know it is just the beginning. The darkness that has haunted him for most of his life has returned... -
![People of the Lightning by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
People of the Lightning by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
14 ratingsPeople of the Lightning takes us to ancient Florida, to a village of fisher folk who must face their deepest fear: Pondwader, now a lanky boy of fifteen summers. He is the White Lightning Boy--the first of his kind to be born in tens of tens of summers... -
![People of the Mist by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
People of the Mist by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
14 ratingsWith People of the Mist, bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear take us to the Chesapeake Bay of six hundred years ago, when the unprovoked and brutal murder of a young woman on the eve of her wedding threatens to turn the entire Algonquin Nation against itself in a brutal war that could destroy them as a people...Categorized as:
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![My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison]()
My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison
16 ratingsIn prehistoric Alaska, an Aleut girl, unwanted and abused, changes the destiny of her tribe.Gray Bird wanted only sons. His daughter, Kiin, would have been killed at birth to make way for a male heir if not for the tribal chief, Kayugh, who claimed the infant as a future wife for one of his two young sons... -
![The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman]()
The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
20 ratingsFrom Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, comes a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to utilize their unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places in The Matchmaker's Gift...Categorized as:
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![Hand of Fire by Judith Starkston]()
Hand of Fire by Judith Starkston
6 ratingsA legendary war, an invincible warrior, a woman forced to defend her family and realm--and her independent spirit. Will she become the captive or the captor?Briseis struggles to protect her city, an ally of Troy, from marauding Greeks and her husband's arrogant violence. She finds strength in visions of a handsome warrior god until he appears before her in flesh and blood... -
![Bell of Eternity: A Celtic Legends Novel by Martina Boone]()
Bell of Eternity: A Celtic Legends Novel by Martina Boone
6 ratingsA timeless, modern romance in a magical castle in Cornwall, filled with food, memorable characters, and small town warmth, heart, and intrigue--perfect for fans of Poldark, Susanna Kearsley, Sarah Addison Allen, Nora Roberts, and Debbie Macomber. Emma Larsen put her life on hold after the accident that left her famous mother paralyzed and cost a man his life... -
![The Girl with No Face by M.H. Boroson]()
The Girl with No Face by M.H. Boroson
8 ratingsThe adventures of Li-lin, a Daoist priestess with the unique ability to see the spirit world, continue in the thrilling follow-up to the critically-acclaimed historical urban fantasy The Girl with Ghost Eyes.It’s the end of the Nineteenth Century. San Francisco’s cobblestone streets are haunted, but Chinatown has an unlikely protector in a young Daoist priestess named Li-lin...Categorized as:
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![Carling by L.C. Conn]()
Carling by L.C. Conn
8 ratingsThe spirit of Carling is reborn and she finds herself in the heart of enemy territory. Stolen as a child to be a slave in a Roman Fort, she is taken under the protection and wing of the Commander's wife. When her abilities come in late she is sent away from the only life she knows and must learn quickly to master them and who to trust...Categorized as:
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![Highland Healer by Florence Love Karsner]()
Highland Healer by Florence Love Karsner
10 ratingsScotland has just suffered the ravages of the Battle of Culloden and must heal itself physically and spiritually. Will the magickal touch of the Healer be needed? The story centers on the Healer who possesses magickal powers that appear at moments of great distress...Categorized as:
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![The Dead Letter Delivery by C.J. Archer]()
The Dead Letter Delivery by C.J. Archer
10 ratingsThe discovery of long-lost mail delivers a marriage proposal, a missing person, and a magical mystery.A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers... -
![Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4) by Sophocles]()
Sophocles II: Ajax / Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies, #4) by Sophocles
18 ratings"These authoritative translations consign all other complete collections to the wastebasket."Robert Brustein, The New Republic"This is it. No qualifications. Go out and buy it everybody."Kenneth Rexroth, The Nation"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase...Categorized as:
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![The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack]()
The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack
18 ratingsSemele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts—and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems...Categorized as:
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![To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey]()
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
24 ratingsSet again in the Alaskan landscape that she brought to stunningly vivid life in The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey's second novel is a breathtaking story of discovery and adventure, set at the end of the nineteenth century, and of a marriage tested by a closely held secret...Categorized as:
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![Excalibur Rising: Book One of an Arthurian Saga by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts]()
Excalibur Rising: Book One of an Arthurian Saga by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
6 ratingsA newscaster. A psychic. A legend brought to life…Marcus is losing his touch. The TV newscaster’s ratings are down and his job is on the line. So when he’s given the opportunity to leave Las Vegas and search for Excalibur, the missing artifact from one of the greatest legends ever written, he jumps at the chance. It doesn’t hurt that the mafia also gave him an offer he couldn’t refuse... -
![The Jade Bones by Lani Forbes]()
The Jade Bones by Lani Forbes
6 ratingsCast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home and reclaim the throne of the Chicome. A river of blood and demons disguised as children are only two of the challenges standing in their way. Fortunately, they are not unequipped... -
![Haiganu. Fluviul Șoaptelor by Marian Coman, Mihai Ionașcu]()
Haiganu. Fluviul Șoaptelor by Marian Coman, Mihai Ionașcu
6 ratingsCând, într-o iarnă năpraznică, Zourazi, copilul prin vinele căruia curge sângele sacru al magilor, fuge din temnița căpcăunului Dekibalos pentru a întâlni un zeu aruncat pe pământ, lumea întreagă prinde a se schimba!Cu ”Fluviul șoaptelor”, Marian Coman îți deschide poarta către un univers straniu, în care unele personaje îți vor aminti, ca prin vis, de poveștile copilăriei, iar altele îți vor... -
![Flower In The Palace by Jordan Silver]()
Flower In The Palace by Jordan Silver
6 ratingsDisclaimer: This book is loosely based on the Korean Drama The Moon The Embraces The Sun. Though the basic storyline is similar, the story, scenes and characters are all mine. Prince Jai of Zihan was soon to be named Crown Prince once his father ascended the throne. At seventeen he was an accomplished young man who had learned at his father and grandfather’s knees the ways of an emperor...Categorized as:
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![The Errant Flock by Jana Petken, Elisa Pardini]()
The Errant Flock by Jana Petken, Elisa Pardini
8 ratingsValencia, Spain, 1491 The ambitions of four men merge and collide in a deadly game of intrigue. David Sanz, a young militiaman, is forced to carry out a heinous crime, and he becomes an unwitting pawn in a tense battle for power. Luis Peráto, the duke of Sagrat, sacrifices his own people to cover up dark secrets that could see him burnt at the stake for treason... -
![Forbidden Land by William Sarabande]()
Forbidden Land by William Sarabande
10 ratingsThe spellbinding epic adventure of a time when mankind took its first steps and the icy wilds claimed the earth. Breathtaking, vivid, unforgettable--here is the third volume of the panoramic new series The First Americans which began with Beyond The Sea Of Ice and continued with Corridor Of Storms...Categorized as:
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![Walkers of the Wind by William Sarabande]()
Walkers of the Wind by William Sarabande
10 ratingsA breathtaking epic of humanity's first courageous struggles . . . for survivalMesmerizing, dramatic, unsurpasses in scope and suthenticity, this is the fourth exciting volume of the magnificent new series THE FIRST AMERICANS, which began with Beyond the Sea of Ice and continued with Corridor of Storms and Forbidden Land...Categorized as:
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![The Puzzle Ring by Kate Forsyth]()
The Puzzle Ring by Kate Forsyth
10 ratingsHannah Rose was not quite 13 years old when she discovered her family was cursed. . . .The arrival of a mysterious letter changes Hannah’s life forever. One day she is an ordinary teenage girl. The next day she discovers she is heir to a castle in the Scottish highlands—a castle that was cursed more than four hundred and forty years ago...Categorized as:
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![The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley]()
The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley
12 ratingsIn this “delightful mash-up of Little House on the Prairie and The Spiderwick Chronicles” (SLJ), experience life on the prairie—with one fantastical twist!Louisa Brody’s life on the Colorado prairie is not at all what she expected. Her dear Pa, accused of thievery, is locked thirty miles away in jail...Categorized as:
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![Heir of Ra by M. Sasinowski]()
Heir of Ra by M. Sasinowski
12 ratingsAlyssa signed up to study history, not to rewrite it. An excavation of the fabled Hall of Records beneath the Sphinx unleashes an ancient disease that leaves her father fighting for his life. As Alyssa races to find a cure, she stumbles onto an impossible artifact that could change history—or destroy our future...Categorized as:
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![The Visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
The Visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
14 ratingsAt the Dawn of the Age of the Katsinas...A woman runs away in search of a Spirit Helper and never returns...An ancient village is swept into a shattering crime beyond reason, beyond belief...An old man must learn to walk the dark labyrinth of a murderer's mind to find him before he can strike again..Categorized as:
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![Quest for a Maid by Frances Mary Hendry]()
Quest for a Maid by Frances Mary Hendry
14 ratingsMeg Wright is nine when she hides under a table and hears her sister Inge kill the King of Scotland by witchcraft, setting in motion a treacherous power struggle...Categorized as:
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![Jilo by J.D. Horn]()
Jilo by J.D. Horn
16 ratingsAged Mother Jilo is wise in the ways of magic…but once upon a time, she was just a girl.1950s Georgia: King Cotton has fallen. Savannah is known as the “beautiful woman with a dirty face,” its stately elegance faded by neglect, its soul withering from racial injustice and political corruption... -
![Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott]()
Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
18 ratingsDreaming the Eagle is the first part of the gloriously imagined epic trilogy of the life of Boudica.Boudica means Bringer of Victory (from the early Celtic word “boudeg”). She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome -- and triumph... -
![Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston]()
Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston
18 ratingsThe second novel in a bewitching series "brimming with charm and charisma" that will make "fans of Outlander rejoice!" (Woman's World Magazine)New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston’s The Little Shop of Found Things was called “a page-turner that will no doubt leave readers eager for future series installments” (Publishers Weekly)...Categorized as:
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![L'eredità delle dee by Kateřina Tučková]()
L'eredità delle dee by Kateřina Tučková
18 ratingsSulle montagne dei Carpazi Bianchi, nella comunità di Žítková, vive da tempo immemorabile una stirpe di donne dotate di poteri eccezionali. Guaritrici, preveggenti, tramandano la loro arte di madre in figlia e vengono chiamate “dee”. Dora Idesová è l’ultima di questa discendenza, ma non ha ereditato nessuna arte...Categorized as:
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![Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda]()
Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda
24 ratingsIn Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time and explores, as he comes to experience it himself, his own final voyage into the teachings of don Juan, sharing with us what it is like to truly “stop the world” and perceive reality on his own terms... -
![Warlock by Wilbur Smith]()
Warlock by Wilbur Smith
24 ratingsOne of the world's most acclaimed adventure writers returns to the world of ancient Egypt with the stunning sequel to the New York Times bestselling River God. In the wake of a sixty-year war over the reign of the kingdoms of Egypt, two young pharaohs have risen to claim power, but only one can succeed, deciding the fate of his empire forever..Categorized as:
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![Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne]()
Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne
25 ratingsJack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Who wants to vacation next to a volcano?Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive in Pompeii and soon discover that it is the very day the city will be destroyed...Categorized as:
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![Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn]()
Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn
26 ratingsPraised for its epic scope and descriptive detail, Across the Nightingale Floor, the first book in the Tales of the Otori series, was an international bestseller and critical success, named by the London Times as "the most compelling novel to have been published this year...Categorized as:
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![She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler]()
She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler
20 ratingsKwani. A beautiful woman born in the American southwest into the long extinct Anasazi tribe, long before Columbus...whose blue eyes marked her as a witch and set her apart from the Indian tribe that raised her...Categorized as:
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![Beyond the Sea of Ice by William Sarabande]()
Beyond the Sea of Ice by William Sarabande
16 ratingsStunningly visual, extraordinarily detailed, powerfully dramatic, here is the first volume of a remarkable new series . . . The First Americans. When humans first walked the world, when nature ruled the earth and sky, a proud tribe is threatened by a series of natural disasters...Categorized as:
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