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I am certifiably the best goalie in the league, the Stanley Cup with my name on it proves it. So why am I suddenly completely off my game? And why the hell is a rival goalie the only person who can help? Nikolai Ivanov lost that Cup to me. He has every reason to enjoy my downward spiral, and no...

Kora is thrilled when Grandmother gives her a beautiful little drum. Boom-ba-boom! As Kora plays, Kiki dances, Bird sings, and the village children gather to join the fun. But Kora is not ready to share her special gift. When the music suddenly feels quiet and lonely, Grandmother helps Kora discover that joy becomes greater when it is shared with others.

Kieran has stepped up to take his place as the ruler of magical San Francisco. As his girlfriend I'm in the spotlight, and the Hades Demigods have taken notice. They want me on their team, and they don’t plan on asking nicely. Kieran and I are both under fire. They will kill him to get to me, and they'll take me by force if necessary. It is essential I learn more of my magic. With no other options, I do what scares me the most—I summon the last Spirit Walker to help train me.

Jessie is well on her way to learning her new life and settling in. The tough alpha, Austin, has joined her team, and she has painstakingly learned to fly. At the moment, life couldn’t get any better. But it can get a whole lot…more irritating. Her parents have decided to visit. They don’t know anything about magic, about Jessie’s new digs, or about the crazy crew living in and around Jessie’s house. She must do everything in her power to keep the truth away from them. Which would be much easier without the unfelt presence lurking within Ivy House’s borders.

Even when the sailing is smooth, the stories never stop in Jerome K. Jerome's comic novel. Plaster fishes, dead water rats, near-death escapes, and many, many jocose anecdotes create a colorful narrative of holiday life on the river. For once three hypochondriacs self-diagnose themselves as "clearly overworked", the rest practically writes itself!

When the body of social worker Dermot Carine is discovered in a hotel room, the ripples of suspicion start to spread in many directions. Dermot’s sister has come to town searching for answers. But before the killer is identified, long-held secrets will threaten to break apart families, ruin marriages, and leave more than one person dead.

Jake seems to have grown up overnight–literally. When he went to asleep he was his usual kid-self, and when he woke up, about ten years had flown by! What's worse, the Yeerk invasion of Earth has succeeded. The newly-adult Jake searches for Ax and the other Animorphs to find a way out of the horrific future–but he soon learns they won't be much help. They've all been killed or infested.

Supernatural Bounty Hunter isn’t the sort of thing you see on LinkedIn. But with a rare type of magic like mine, I don’t have many options. So dangerous or not, the job is mine. And it was going fine, until an old as sin vampire stole my mark, and with it, my pay day.

The decision has been made. Jessie has taken the magic, and all the weird that goes with it. Including wings. There's only one problem - she can't figure out how to access them. Through a series of terrible decisions, Jessie realizes she must ask for help. Gargoyle help. But she could've never predicted who answers her call - he's an excellent flier, incredibly patient, and a good trainer. He's also incredibly handsome. And interested. Maybe flying isn't the only thing she needs help with. Maybe she needs help getting back on that saddle, too, emerging into the dating pool.

It is widely accepted that the Sutta Nipata contains the earliest recorded version of the Buddha's teaching. It is an anthology of poetry and prose - 70 titled suttas of varied instruction and temperament arranged in five chapters. At the start are two of its most famous suttas: The Snake, in...

The System promised a fair tutorial, but one glitch just rewrote the rules of survival by becoming the very nightmare the game fears most. Imagine the sheer, suffocating panic of being torn from your home, separated from the only family you have left, and dropped into a world designed to kill you. You will feel the agonizing weight of every choice Serena Vance makes as she is forced to shed her Terran fragility. Her journey is a visceral, heartbreaking descent into the dark, where power isn't granted by a benevolent interface—it is violently carved from the bones of leviathans.

"Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes. Do-over. This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path. Eager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. I'll be taking care of a centuries old house that called to me when I was a kid.

Le mouton n’était pas mal, avec sa laine et ses bêlements plus vrais que nature – les voisins n’y ont vu que du feu. Mais il arrive en fin de carrière : ses circuits fatigués ne maintiendront plus longtemps l’illusion de la vie. Il va falloir le remplacer. Pas par un autre simulacre, non, par un véritable animal. Deckard en rêve, seulement ce n’est pas avec les maigres primes que lui rapporte la chasse aux androïdes qu’il parviendra à mettre assez de côté. Holden, c’est lui qui récupère toujours les boulots les plus lucratifs – normal, c’est le meilleur. Mais ce coup-ci, ça n’a pas suffi.

The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew. And that was going just fine...until she gets a request to host a powerful, neighboring mage. A teacher isn't going to be enough.

First, she took my husband. Then my daughter moved in. And now my little girl is accused of murder…I can’t wait to see my sixteen-year-old daughter Brie, and get back to sharing secrets over cozy dinners together. But when I arrive at her stepmother’s stunning house to collect her, she stares at me coldly, like I’m a stranger. A silver stud gleams in her nose, and she’s dropped out of college. And she doesn’t want to come home…Brie’s eyes slide away from me, as her stepmother Leanne puts an arm around her shoulder. The message is clear.

One summer, a double wedding, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. May Tyler returns to Saffron Bay with her bright future in tatters and a secret she’s desperate to hide. The last thing she needs is to run into the gorgeous stranger from her drunken mistake. But Cillian McDonaugh isn’t just any stranger. He’s a burnt-out pop star, Kitty’s younger brother, and now May’s partner in planning the wedding of the summer.

Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator. 

It's time for a magical battle Jessie isn't sure she's prepared for. Elliot Graves has been a thorn in Jessie's side since before she agreed to take the house magic. He has constantly brought the fight to her doorstep. Not this time. With the help of Austin's shifters, the Ivy house crew will meet Elliot Graves in one of the most dangerous places imaginable—his home turf. But not before another creature joins the circle.

Ursula K. Le Guin was one of the most revered and influential writers of the 20th century. Her Earthsea books have sold millions of copies and been translated into numerous languages, while her trailblazing novel The Left Hand of Darkness was a landmark in feminist science fiction and ranks among the greatest SF novels of all time. This BBC collection brings together the magical radio retellings of both these seminal classics.

Una noche de verano, cuando Dumbledore llega a Privet Drive a recoger a Harry Potter, su mano derecha se torna oscura y marchita, pero no explica la razón. Los rumores y las sospechas se están extendiendo a través del mundo mágico, y ni siquiera Hogwarts es un lugar seguro. Harry está convencido de que Malfoy lleva la marca tenebrosa: hay un mortífago entre ellos. Harry necesitará magia poderosa y verdaderos amigos para explorar los secretos más oscuros de Voldemort, mientras Dumbledore lo prepara para enfrentar su destino...