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41) The two towers
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The Lord of the Rings volume 2
Language
English
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Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were...
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Chicken House
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence - and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind...
43) Dangerous women
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Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The collection will also feature a new and unpublished 100pp novella by George R. R. Martin set in the world of ?A Song of Ice and Fire?-now the award-winning HBO show, Game of Thrones. The novella, entitled 'The Princess and the Queen', will reveal the origins of the Targaryen Civil War, otherwise known as 'The Dance of the Dragons', a war that split a then-fledgling Westeros in two, pitting Targaryen against Targaryen and dragon against dragon....
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Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Coop, a master thief sort of gone legit, saved the world from an ancient doomsday device-heroism that earned him a gig working for the Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome top secret government agency that polices the odd and strange. Now Woolrich, Coop?s boss at the DOPS, has Coop breaking into a traveling antiquities show to steal a sarcophagus containing the mummy of a powerful Egyptian wizard named Harkhuf. With the help of his pals Morty,...
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Publisher
Cornerstone Digital
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
'An entertaining and thought provoking fable' SFX 'A mesmerising, stunningly crafted story of loss and the importance of dreams' Waterstones _____________________ Welcome to the Winter Garden. Open only at 13 o'clock. I am looking for the most magical, spectacular, remarkable pleasure garden this world has to offer. On the night her mother dies, 8-year-old Beatrice receives an invitation to the mysterious Winter Garden. A place of wonder and magic,...
46) Watch hollow
Author
Series
Watch Hollow volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Gregory Funaro brings us into a world where magic exists, monsters roam in the shadows, and wooden animals come to life. Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, whose halls hold a magical secret: a giant cuckoo clock that does much more than tell time. But when the clock?s gears cease to turn, an evil presence lurking among the trees begins to come out of...
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Publisher
HarperLegend
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The fates of two wise men from the same village living in different time periods are connected by one mythical creature-and forces they cannot control-in this compelling supernatural tale that imaginatively retells the historical legend of the Wolf of Allendale. In a Druid village in Northumberland, England, Bran, the village leader, must face two dangerous opponents: an otherworldly animal and formidable invaders from the south. Two thousand years...
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Series
The Daevabad Trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In Daevabad, where djinn can summon flames with a snap of their fingers, where rivers run deep with ancient magic, and blood can be as dangerous as any spell, a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom.Nahri?s life changed forever when she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad, she needed all of her grifter instincts to survive. Now,...
50) Men at arms
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English
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The City Watch needs men. Instead, it has Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-corporal Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman), and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race)!
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English
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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic.
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Series
The Lord of the Rings volume 1
Language
English
Description
The 'Fellowship of the Ring' is the first part of Tolkien's epic adventure 'The Lord of the Rings'. Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care.
54) Thief of time
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English
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Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone's problems.
55) Half a king
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Series
Shattered Sea volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
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Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea itself. And he must do it all with only one good hand. The deceived will become the deceiver. Born a weakling in the eyes of his father, Yarvi is alone in a world where a strong arm and a cold heart rule. He cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he must sharpen his mind to a deadly edge. The betrayed will...
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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
This volume brings together the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and recall of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory.
57) The Atlas six
Author
Series
Atlas volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
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Six young magicians are chosen for greatness. But as they study to become the best among rivals, the stakes are higher than they know.
58) Three kings
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Series
Wild Cards volume 28
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire. For decades, George R.R. Martin - bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire - has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe.In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth?s population was devastated by an alien virus. Those who survived were...
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Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Marvel Monsters Unleashed: The Gruesome Gorgilla! The forest is quiet. Strange. Something has scared the animals, something ... unnatural. A ferocious monster is on the loose, and Amrita Lakhani is the only one who can crack the case. With the help of famous monster expert Kid Kaiju and his own monster, Fireclaw, the young reporter is about to break the biggest story of her career when she comes face-to-face with the GRUESOME GORGILLA! Amrita's terrifying...
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