Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his...
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Auteur: Jones, Diana WynneSommaire:Genre: Juvenile fiction
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Auteur: Cushman, KarenSommaire:
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a...
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Auteur: Maguire, GregorySommaire:
We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Myths and folk tales -
Auteur: King, Laurie R.Sommaire:
For years now, readers of the Russell Memoirs have wondered about the tantalizing mentions of Japan. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes had spent three weeks there, between India (The Game) and San...
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Auteur: Perry, AnneSommaire:
As suspenseful as it is heartwarming, set in Jerusalem, the latest Christmas novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry is the perfect holiday treat. When Victor Narraway, Thomas Pitt...
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Auteur: Le Guin, Ursula K.Sommaire:
The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by the Earthsea novels--yet each stands on its own. It contains the novella "The Finder," and the short stories "The Bones of the...
Genre: Science fiction, Short stories -
Auteur: Le Guin, Ursula KSommaire:
Years before, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of Atuan -- she, an isolated young priestess, he, a powerful wizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Young adult fiction -
Auteur: Perry, AnneSommaire:
Queen Victoria herself presents the head of England's top investigative force, Thomas Pitt, with his most high stakes case yet in the thirty-second installment of the New York Times bestselling...
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Auteur: Cusk, RachelSommaire:
Winner of the British Whitbread First Novel Award, Saving Agnes is a delight to the ear of any listener who enjoys the English language at its best. Rachel Cusk's prose, rich with poetic imagery...
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Auteur: Cusk, RachelSommaire:
When Stella leaves London for a small village in Sussex, she hopes that the country life will be conducive to her journey toward self-discovery. She'll have no more insipid lover, dead end job, or...
Genre: Humorous fiction -
Auteur: Springer, NancySommaire:
Although the legend of King Arthur has been told many times, rarely have the villains of the tale been given voices. Here, the treacherous half-sister of Arthur tells the fantastic story of her...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Young adult fiction -
Auteur: Cho, ZenSommaire:
When sisters Muna and Sakti wake up on the peaceful beach of the island of Janda Baik, they can't remember anything, except that they are bound as only sisters can be. They have been cursed...
Genre: Fantasy fiction -
Auteur: Dunkle, Clare B.Sommaire:
In 19th-century England, Kate and her sister Emily return to the family estate after their father dies. There, under the guardianship of a distant uncle, they live in a small lodge with two great-...
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Auteur: Perry, AnneSommaire:
Thomas and Charlotte Pitt's former maid takes a new job as Christmas approaches-but not everyone in the household may survive the holidays in this tension-filled novel from bestselling author...
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Auteur: Henry, ChristinaSommaire:
In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood. Lovely Creature In the New City lives a girl with a secret:...
Genre: Short stories