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11141) Leaving the Hollow
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There is magic and fantasy all around us, but have we grown past the point where we can see it? For two sisters, at the edge of adulthood, magic and fantasy are real. However, life causes changes expected and unexpected, and the growth it takes to handle those changes has real consequences. This coming of age story, inspired by a region in Northwest Montana, puts a spin on the age old legend of Sasquatch.
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Before The Road by Cormac McCarthy brought apocalyptic fiction into the mainstream, there was science fiction. No longer relegated to the fringes of literature, this explosive collection of the world's best apocalyptic writers brings the inventors of alien invasions, devastating meteors, doomsday scenarios, and all-out nuclear war back to the bookstores with a bang.
The best writers of the early 1900s were the first to flood New York with tidal waves,...
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Harlequin Presents brings you four full-length stories in one collection! Experience the glamorous lives of royals and billionaires, where passion knows no bounds. Be swept into a world of luxury, wealth and exotic locations.
This box set includes:
A BABY TO TAME THE WOLFE (A Passionately Ever After… novel)
by USA TODAY bestselling author Heidi Rice
Billionaire Jack Wolfe is ruthless, arrogant…yet so infuriatingly attractive that Katherine...
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Step back in time and experience the grandeur and romance of a previous era as Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection!
HIS RUNAWAY MARCHIONESS RETURNS (Victorian)
by Marguerite Kaye
Oliver, Marquess of Rashfield, is society's most eligible bachelor. Except he's already married! Conveniently wed years ago, he and Lily have built separate lives. Only now she's returned…
SECRETS OF THE VISCOUNT'S BRIDE...
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Krampus is the cloven-hoofed, curly-horned, and long-tongued dark companion of St. Nick. Sometimes a hero, sometimes a villain, in this anthology, he's always more than just a sidekick. You'll meet manifestations of Santa's dark servant as he goes toe-to-toe with a bratty Cinderella, a guitar-slinging girl hero, a coffee shop-owning hipster, and sometimes even St. Nick himself. Whether you want a dash of horror or a hint of joy and redemption, these...
11146) Black Thorn, White Rose
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Eighteen masterful fairy tales for adults from a remarkable gathering of contemporary Grimms and Andersens, the new princesses and princes of fantastical fiction World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling return with another superb collection of wonders and terrors. In Black Thorn, White Rose, the magical tales we were told at bedtime have been upended, turned inside out, reshaped, and given a keen, distinctly adult edge...
11147) Compulsive Directive
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Genre: Post Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Short Story.Word Count: 8084Sophie is one of the lucky twenty thousand humans rescued from Earth when the Sargaxen arrive through a rift. She doesn't feel lucky. She wants her family, her friends and her world. The only way she can hope to regain any of these things is to return to Earth with the people determined to fight the Sargaxen, a seemingly unbeatable foe.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian...
11148) Out of My Mind
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For each generation, there is a writer meant to bend the rules of what we know. Hugo Award winner (Best Novel, STAND ON ZANZIBAR) and British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now E-Reads is pleased to re-introduce many of his classic works. For readers familiar with his vision, it's a chance to re-examine his thoughtful worlds and words, while for new readers, Brunner's...
11149) Trip the Math Fantastic
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In Trip the Math Fantastic, you will journey into the hearts of people who yearn to define, predict, and perhaps understand the universe, yet struggle with anxiety, shame, loneliness, and a driving desire to do the right thing.
These are the heroes of Trip the Math Fantastic:
Evelyn-a retired astronaut and mathematician-faces horrific conditions to guide humankind's last attempt at redemption on a journey that will outlast every earthly trace...
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The Reluctant Rector is a boxset of the first three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. Meet Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr, former lovers reunited after twenty years, as they solve crimes old and new--and explore the profound mysteries of the human heart. The Penitent Priest (Book 1)--My wife died in my arms, the victim of a nameless killer's bullet. I should have died with her. But God had other plans for me. Fifteen years later, I'm...
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While living in Russia, Tolstoy operated a tiny school for the peasant children, where they could learn to read, write, and draw. He found that there were a lack of folktales and fables to read to the children so he created his own, which are now brought together in this beautifully illustrated collection. From "The Lion and the Puppy," a story about friendship, to "The King of the Shirt," a parable about obtaining happiness, to "Escape of the Dancing...
11152) Brotherhood of the Sea
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How far is too far when it comes to sacrifice under the sea?Eighteen-year-old Jager and his older brother, Kriegen, are recent graduates from Selith Academy–an elite school for merfolk. The two work to help their community after tragedy befell their father, but when the Uplanders break a promise, the two mermen only have one goal–keep the kingdom safe at any cost. When the brothers are divided in their responses, they quickly learn that every...
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Step back in time and experience the grandeur and romance of a previous era as Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection!
This boxset includes:
TOO SCANDALOUS FOR THE EARL
Cranford Estate Siblings
by Helen Dickson
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With her reputation ruined, Tilly must leave London! Only, her escape to Devon leads to a series of encounters with the insufferable yet dangerously handsome Earl of Clifton.
THE...
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BEAUTY AND HER ONE-NIGHT BABY
By Dani Collins
The first time Scarlett sees Javiero after their impassioned night together, she’s in labour with his baby! She won’t accept empty vows, even if she can’t forget the pleasure they shared… and could share again!
SHY QUEEN IN THE ROYAL SPOTLIGHT
By Natalie Anderson
To retain the throne he’s sacrificed everything for, Alek must choose a bride. Hester’s inner fire catches his attention… Alek...
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Audition monologues for female characters selected from recent works by American playwrights including Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz, Constance Congdon, Paula Vogel, Donald Margulies, Emily Mann, Eric Bogosian, Nicky Silver, and others. Unique to the TCG monologue series is a bibliography of other works by the playwrights included.
11157) A Hard Candy Christmas
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Kathy struggles through a holiday wrought with tragedy and only her old companion, Strudel, to see her through.Intro:Dear DecemberI found you - a thin shawl upon nature's shoulders resting in the final page of my Gregorian calendar.Celebrations in red, Christmas and Kwanza and the tail end of Hanukah. Reminding me in stark black letters of bombings and declarations of war. Hitler and Mussolini and Japan…
11158) The Light in the Darkness
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5 kids, 1 prophecy.
What would you do if you found yourself trapped underneath your school? Scream, run, find a way out, you get the idea. But what would you do if you found out that you were meant to be trapped? That's exactly what happened to Mirabelle Santiago, who fell deep beneath Cobblestone Valley Middle School while walking down the halls. But the odd thing is, Mira isn't the only one trapped, 4 other kids also fell in due to some strange...
11159) The Last Kiss
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First kisses are the ones that everyone celebrates, the ones you remember. The ones you hope to treasure as it happened, storing up your memories to take out and relive. But, what about the last kiss?
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For twenty-three years during the golden age of radio in Canada, stories for children by Mary Grannan, "Just Mary," were broadcast by CBC and beloved across the country. She retired from broadcasting in 1962 and died in 1975,but her sweet-tempered and humorous stories still have the power to entertain, while recapturing the atmosphere of another time. Grannan published stories from Just Mary and Maggie Muggins in over thirty best-selling books, but...