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An INSTANT National Bestseller!
This lavish and decedent sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy will leave fans of Moulin Rouge and Divine Rivals utterly enchanted!
“A romantic and thrilling story of ambition, magic, and peril.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
After running away from home, Sybil Clarion is eager to embrace all the freedom the Belle Époque city of Severon has to offer....
This lavish and decedent sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy will leave fans of Moulin Rouge and Divine Rivals utterly enchanted!
“A romantic and thrilling story of ambition, magic, and peril.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
After running away from home, Sybil Clarion is eager to embrace all the freedom the Belle Époque city of Severon has to offer....
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Sebastian Jones's day starts badly enough. He's beaten up – twice. Then he's nearly killed. He doesn't think life can get much worse. He's wrong. When his delivery for El Duce goes awry, Sebastian takes the money and runs – all the way to the Rigel system. There, he meets Philippe LaGrain, a con-man who double-crosses Sebastian and leaves him to die on an airless asteroid. Sebastian claws his way back to civilization, but Philippe has organized...
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Saving an alien planet is nothing compared to meeting your sales quota.
Untrained tag-along, Marcus Aimond, aboard humanity's first intergalactic exploratory commerce vessel has a singular mission: sell off-brand misprinted merchandise.
When the rookie and his crew encounter the Nerelkor, a frog-like civilization, he is thrust head-first into an alien civil war. The opposing factions, Rejault and Dinasc, are stuck in an ill-fated feud driven by...
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Woestynn Prison is the most desolate prison planet of the Ruben System, a desert wasteland meant for the worst of prisoners.Ford is a new recruit from the Academy, hoping to make a name for himself in this notorious place.When arriving he finds more than he expects, and grows more than he could have imagined.
6) I am AI
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"Moving, brilliant, and certified 100% human."–Samit Basu, author of Turbulence ★ Finalist – Nebula Award for Novelette – Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association★ Shortlisted – Best Shorter Fiction – British Science Fiction Association If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you? Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program,...
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The story begins as an earthquake shakes a mountain, sending tons of rocks and boulders downward into a tranquil forest. From the rubble, a fossilized dinosaur egg appears, sparking interest among seven unalike forest creatures. Lightning strikes the object, and it magically becomes real. Soon a Tyrannosaurus rex hatches, and the lives of those forest inhabitants are forever changed.
It's been documented that wild animals often protect and parent...
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Often it is difficult to broach certain sensitive situations with children. And the People Carried Signs is an introduction to the Black Lives Matter Movement from the eyes of a pre-teen child. This book is designed to raise awareness with youth and help classroom discussions that center around race, equity, justice- and hope.
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This book is a sequel to Callie Finds a Home which told about a rescued Calico kitten abandoned and left to her own instinct to survive. Even though she misses her own family, she feels safe and cared for. The second book introduces a new friend for Callie, Simba, an apricot miniature poodle who becomes Callie's best friend. When Simba is gone due to an accident, Callie grieves for him and teaches the family that pets have feelings, too. A new cat,...
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Billy is a happy little Billy goat Kid, who lives alone with his mother in a field, on a farm, by a hillside, where he can explore the world and enjoy all the world has to offer. He believes he has seen it all. But then, one day he discovers something new; something he has never seen before. Follow Billy on his adventure where he learns more about nature, consequences and respect and friendship along the way. Ranging from Curiosity, to Fascination,...
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Barbara Fasano, who writes under the name Elaine Cornell, was a teacher for almost 35 years. She has taught kindergarten through college as adjunct faculty, a long-term substitute, and a librarian. She has taught throughout Northern California, from the Oregon border to Sacramento.
This book is about children who live in a private school where they are sent to learn the rules for being good students.
13) The Latchkey
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It's 11:00 p.m. Do you know where your children are?
Years ago, that question was asked of every parent as it aired nightly on national television. It was a simple question that prompted a simple answer: "Yes, I do" or "No, I don't." We live in a much different world today, a world in which the answer to that once simple question is not so simple anymore. While we may find relief in knowing that our child is at home in their room, typing away on...
15) Ups and Downs
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"I only have one life to live on this beautiful planet, and I don't want to regret not doing the things I wanted to do at the end of it on my deathbed."
"Our capacity for happiness is inversely proportional to our capacity for sadness. You won't feel happiness without experiencing sadness. The sadder you feel, the greater your capacity for happiness becomes.
"Instead of dying peacefully without an adventurous life, I would love to die while...
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Lewee the Light is a very inquisitive alien who wants to learn all about the Earth. Lewee travels from Lolaperse, a planet in outer space, to a magical place on Earth called Mariala. Lewee has been sent on a quest by the Queen of Lolaperse to find the Dazzling Diamond of Colors to give color to Lolaperse. Lewee's journey has many weird and magical creatures which teach Lewee all about primary and secondary colors, what colors are created when different...
17) Alice
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But, the servants! Anything might happen to them. They might go in a train to Woolwich and meet the love of their lives, or be murdered almost for the asking. Not that one wanted to be murdered exactly, but there was frustration in being denied the possibility.
From an author The Queen called "a humorist of the first order" comes the deliciously dark tale of the strange and woeful young womanhood of Margaret, the narrator of Elizabeth Eliot's debut...
18) Orpheus' Blues
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We first meet Jack Stewart on his way back to his apartment in New York City, where he is pursuing a career as a jazz musician.As the novel unfolds, we learn of the difficulties he encounters, of the friendship he develops with George, his roommate-also a jazz musician-and the women he meets in the city. But more importantly, we learn of the very close relationship he has with his mother, who writes to him regularly from Southern Virginia. Through...
19) Reality Checks
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This book brings you to reality about these characters different situations.
20) Empire Close
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Empire Close unfolds in a quaint cul-de-sac of six 1950s detached houses in a mid-sized English commuter town, where Ted has always felt part of a close-knit community.
As 1997 dawns, Ted, now retired and wheelchair-bound, reflects on the past 45 years in Empire Close. He fondly remembers a time when a strong British identity was the hallmark of the neighbourhood, a trait he held dear. However, he's witnessed a gradual transformation that leaves...