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Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
How foreign saboteurs imperiled both her work and her well-being; and how her determined pursuit of knowledge took her into the deepest reaches of the Labyrinth of Drakes, where the chance action of a dragon set the stage for her greatest achievement yet.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Perfect for readers of 7-9, Cinders & Sparks is a fresh, funny and fabulous take on Cinderella, for everyone who loved Frozen and Shrek.She will go to the ball. But nothing will go to plan?A magic girl.A talking dog.Let?s get this party started . . .Cinders lives a boring life with her selfish stepsisters and mean stepmother. So when her wishes start magically coming true it?s a surprise to say the least.Then Cinders meets her fairy godmother: she?s...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
This concluding volume will finally reveal the truths behind her most notorious adventure - scaling the tallest peak in the world, behind the territory of Scirland's enemies - and what she discovered there, within the Sanctuary of Wings.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
This enthralling novel, inspired by the 2006 film, illustrates that fantasy is the sharpest tool to explore the terrors and miracles of the human heart You shouldn't come in here. You could get lost. It has happened before. I'll tell you the story one day, if you want to hear it. In fairy tales, there are men and there are wolves, there are beasts and dead parents, there are girls and forests. Ofelia knows all this, like any young woman with a head...
25) Witches abroad
Author
Series
Discworld Novels volume 12
Publisher
Transworld Digital
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
'Things have to come to an end, see. That's how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldn't treat people like they was characters, like they was things. But if you do, then you've got to know where the story ends.' It seemed an easy job... After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince? Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny...
Author
Series
Great Tales of Middle-Earth volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manw,Í¡ chief of the Valar. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth....
28) The truth
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Series
Language
English
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Description
William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now, he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, and more people who want him dead in a different way. William just wants to get at the truth.
29) Spinning Silver
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Will dark magic claim their home? Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father?s too kind-hearted to collect his debts. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village. Her success creates rumours she can turn silver into gold, which attract the fairy king of winter himself. He sets her an impossible challenge - and if she fails, she?ll die. Yet if she triumphs, it may mean a...
30) Norse mythology
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, bestselling fiction. Now he reaches back through time to the original source stories in a thrilling and vivid rendition of the great Norse tales. Gaiman's gods are thoroughly alive on the page - irascible, visceral, playful, passionate...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper. An important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run. He has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya. It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization there's going to be a terrible war. There are...
Author
Language
English
Description
'It' is a Psammead, an ancient ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them a wish a day, but they soon find it hard to think of sensible wishes, and get themselves into all sorts of trouble. Originally published: London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902
33) Assassin's quest
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this final volume of the trilogy, Fitz must cast off the ways of the wolf and enter once more the human world, a world beset by the Red Ship Raiders, the horrifying stealers of souls. Will the Elderlings help repulse the Raiders?
Author
Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Jimmy Spud is Newcastle's only trainee angel, determined to solve cosmic mysteries and save his father from the grip of lung cancer. By the author of Billy Elliott.Written by Lee Hall. Lee Hall has asserted his moral rights (including the right to be identified as the author) in the Work. All rights reserved. Applications for performance or other use should be made to Judy Daish Associates Limited, 2 St Charles Place, London W10 6EG.
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A threat has emerged from the cosmos: Thanos. A ruthless warlord who plans to collect all six Infinity Stones. Joined by his formidable allies, he will be near-unstoppable at achieving his goal. The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man must join forces and fight side by side to stop Thanos, while the fate of the Earth and the universe lays in the balance. This book features the stories of three of the six Stones as...
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A deadly threat emerged from the cosmos-and it was fulfilled. In the wake of Thanos's horrifying success, the people of Earth are left reeling in despair and confusion. Without any logical explanation for the blip-out event, those remaining must pick up the pieces. Doctor Erik Selvig and his associate Darcy Lewis are determined to find and understand the cause of the devastation. With a team of friends both old and new, they embark on a pursuit of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and their friends from Disney's Frozen are helping Little Rock the troll earn his tracking crystal. Join them as they embark on a mountain adventure under the Northern Lights! This special novelization is perfect for children ages 6 to 9!.
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
WHACK! When a mystery man lands smack-dab on the front of their ship while flying through space, the Guardians of the Galaxy bring him aboard to take a closer look. Is he an angel? With that eye patch, could he be ... a pirate? Turns out it's Thor, the God of Thunder, and he's just as confused by the Guardians as they are by him: a rabbit captaining a ship, and a talking tree he can understand? As the most unlikely team this side of the galaxy, the...
40) Royal assassin
Author
Series
The Farseer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the sequel to the highly successful 'Assassin's Apprentice', which sees family betrayal, treachery and assassination in the six Duchies.
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