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Bramble, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst invites you to her new standalone novel nestled on a far-away island brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes, and honeyed love. The hardcover edition features beautiful sprayed edges. Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and tucked away into an alcove in the North Reading...
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What would you do if you found out magic is actually all around you? These twelve magical short stories are all about magic and how it can be found in unlikely places. The atmosphere of each story is similar to the fantastic universe of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. They all contain important lessons for children as well as adults. In "The Cat-hood of Maurice," the protagonist learns to see life through another perspective and appreciate beings...
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A debut collection exploring the experience of first love and heartbreak through poetry. My Greenhouse is a collection of poems inspired by the author's first romance, beginning with the seeds of infatuation, blooming for a time into real love, and then eventually dying back, making room for new growth. The pieces evoke the feelings of enchantment, uncertainty, pain, and ultimately healing that come with your first love and heartbreak.
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English
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Georgia can almost feel her heart cracking a little more every day. With Daddy sinking deeper into alcoholism and Mama struggling to keep the family afloat, Georgia is sent to stay with her mysterious great aunt in her old country house. Soon, lonely Georgia meets Angela, a girl with secrets of her own, and they discover a magical lake. At first, the lake offers a thrilling escape, but as things grow worse at home, a troubled boy appears at the...
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Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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"A memoir from permafrost scientist Katey Walter Anthony on her pioneering research studying methane emissions in Arctic lakes-which has made significant contributions to the climate change dialogue-as well as her search for family, faith, and belonging,on her journey to becoming a scientist"--
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2019
Lexile measure:
630L
Language:
English
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For fans of the Royal Diaries series and Gail Carson Levine, Newbery Honor-winning author Kathryn Lasky delivers the first enchanting adventure in a compelling new middle grade series about a newly orphaned girl who finds herself time-travelling between the present day and the court of the two most memorable English princesses in history. Life used to be great for Rose: full of friends, a loving mom, and a growing fashion blog. But when her mother...
7. In Darkness
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Publisher:
Atticus James
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Grief isn't a straight line-it's a labyrinth. For Lily Atkinson, the loss of her twin brother and father has shattered the world she knew. The only solace she finds is in the quiet embrace of her family's greenhouse and the presence of her loyal black Labrador, Ophelia. This is a coming-of-age story about the healing journey of a young woman finding her way through grief, loss, and the delicate balance between holding on and letting go. Set in the...
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Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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She must confront the past to protect her future. Georjie's summer is shaping up to be a big disappointment. Trapped in Ireland with her aunt's gorgeous but cold adopted son Jasher, her "vacation" gets worse with each passing day. But when a trip to the greenhouse reveals glowing cocoons she shouldn't be able to see, she embarks on a quest to solve a magical mystery… In the pages of an ancient diary, Georjie learns a dark family history and an incredible...
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Publisher:
HarperAudio
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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An aquatic ecologist and permafrost scientist recalls her captivating adventures across the Arctic studying climate change, her quest to find belonging and family, and her journey of faith in a world of science in this poignant, eye-opening, and hopeful memoir in the spirit of Lab Girl, Educated, and Finding the Mother Tree. Katey Walter Anthony's enchantment with lakes began when she was growing up amid the Sierra Nevada mountains. Today, her love...
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Manuscrips LLC
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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In Love Is the Path: An Immigrant's Journey to Belonging Through the Workplace, Claudia Cardozo shares her journey as an immigrant in the United States, reflecting on how childhood experiences impact adulthood. After a couple of challenging years filled with personal struggles and disengagement at work, she embarked on a journey of deep self-reflection, leading to a transformative period in her life. Through her narrative, Claudia provides profound...
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Aero Maestro
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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What if we could grant the wish of our children to travel among the moon and stars? With "Goodnight Moon Base," this wish becomes a reality every night for bedtime. Inspired by the popular classic bedtime book, two aerospace industry veterans have collaborated to make the vision of a thriving moon settlement so vivid and compelling, you and your little one will be convinced that this future destiny must come true.Your child's bedroom will be transported...
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JDI Publications
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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Get this super value 5 book Falconer Files box set***** 'Andrea Frazer's imagination is her mysteries are populated by great, quirky characters and good humour' Author Review***** 'I loved this series so The characters and settings are so vivid. I would recommend to all mystery lovers' Reader Review***** I have thoroughly enjoyed the whole series and the Belchester books too' Reader ReviewIn this five book boxed setBook 10. Death in High CirclesThere...
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JDI Publications
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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Get this great seven book box set of The Falconer Files.In this seven book boxed setBook 8. Christmas MourningThe UK is experiencing it's worst winter for years.Catastrophic news for DI Harry Falconer, as he has rashly promised to spend Christmas with his sergeant, Carmichael, and Carmichael's rambunctious family, in Castle Farthing - only to find himself snowed in and spending a lot longer at chez Carmichael than is desirable…Without power or telephones,...
14. Fox's garden
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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"One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village. Chased away by the grown ups, Fox takes shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this from his window. Without hesitating, he brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox. His gift is noticed and the night becomes a garden of new life, nourished by compassion and kindness. Princesse Camcam's cut-paper illustrations, along with the beautiful lighting of the sets...
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Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
©2021
Language:
English
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A blend of narrative travelogue, history, and climatology is set against the end of ice, snow, and winter as we know it.
As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled...