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1) Ironopolis
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Stranded on the outskirts of Ironopolis - nickname to a lost industrial Middlesbrough - the Burn Council Estate is about to be torn down to make way for regeneration. For the future ... But these streets know many stories, some hide secrets ? Jean holds the key to the disappearance of a famous artist ? Jim's youth is shattered during the euphoric raves of ?89 ? A brutal boyhood prank scars three generations of Frank's family ? Corina?s gambling addiction...
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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The mysterious owner, the Collector, has a menagerie of magical animals and chooses Seren to be his new Creature Keeper - it's the most exciting thing that's ever happened to her, the role of her wildest dreams! But the animals - including the elephant-like tusker, Mika, who fast becomes Seren's friend, live in cramped cages and are mistreated, stifled and sad. Can Seren set them free, or will the Collector keep them locked away for ever?.
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Series
Winternight Trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Beware the evil in the woods. . . In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church. But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense...
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Series
Stephen Fry?s Greek Myths volume 2
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before...
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Language
English
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The magical new novel from the bestselling author of The Night Circus. Are you lost or are you exploring? When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain something impossible: a recollection from his own childhood. Determined to solve the puzzle of the...
Author
Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In the darkness of night, magic awaits?Nottingham, 1906Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered - she must marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But, when a mysterious toymaker, Dr Drosselmeier, purchases a neighbouring townhouse, it heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in Marietta?s life. After Drosselmeier constructs an elaborate theatrical set for her final ballet...
Author
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Two young Vietnamese women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge. 1986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father, and is forever changed by the experience. 2011: Twenty-five years later, a young, unhappy Vietnamese-American named Winnie disappears from her new home in Saigon without a trace. The fates of both...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A DARK MAGIC A POWERFUL WARRIOR A LEGENDARY QUEEN Touched by darkness, Nimue is an outcast to her people, forced to repress her magic. But when her village is slaughtered, the darkness begins to resurface. Tasked by her dying mother to reunite the Sword of Power with the sorcerer Merlin, she must save a terrorised Kingdom. Nimue's mission leaves no room for revenge, but the growing power within her can think of little else. Hers was not the only decimated...
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Publisher
Studio Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Following the unexpected death of her parents, Elsa finds herself the sole ruler of Arendelle and mysterious powers begin to reveal themselves. Elsa starts to remember fragments of her childhood that seem to have been erased - pieces that include a familiar-looking girl. Determined to fill the void she has always felt, Elsa must take a harrowing journey across her icy kingdom to undo a terrible curse... and find the missing Princess of Arendelle.
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