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Evoking the classic fantasy adventures of Joan Aiken and Eva Ibbotson, this darkly delightful new novel from New York Times best-selling author Catherine Fisher glimmers with winter magic. Orphan Seren Rhys is on her way to a new life at the remote country mansion of Plas-y Fran when she is given a package by a stranger late at night in an empty train station. The package contains a crotchety, mechanical talking crow, which Seren reluctantly brings to her new home.

At the dawn of modern psychiatry, two doctors encounter an astonishing young woman who will change medical history in this powerful novel of a time when the self was still a mystery, and magic was real.In 1898, Hamlin, Missouri, known as the Lourdes of the Plains, draws in health-seekers from all over America. Some say the state asylum is to blame, as if the mind-cure fever that has the town in its grip were contagious. Private asylums have sprung up all over town, and business at the Higgs and Price Sanatorium is booming. But the tidy lives of the two young doctors are turned upside down ...

Pentru a reuşi să-ţi ordonezi locuinţa, trebuie să-ţi organizezi acţiunile într-o succesiune corectă, să păstrezi numai obiectele care-ţi sunt cu adevărat dragi şi să faci totul dintr-odată şi repede. După aceea, pentru tot restul vieţii, nu va mai fi nevoie decât să alegi ce să păstrezi şi ce să arunci. Metoda KonMari nu îţi va transforma doar spaţiul de locuit. Vei căpăta mai multă încredere în tine, succesul te va însoţi, vei avea mai multă energie şi te vei simţi mai motivat să duci viaţa pe care ţi-o doreşti.

Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young lady in Victorian England. But when her mother suddenly disappears, she's put in the care of two eccentric aunts who thrust her into a decidedly unladylike life, full of potions and flying broomsticks and wizards who eat nothing but crackers. Magic, indeed! Who ever heard of such a thing?

A brilliant puzzle of a book from the author of Chime and The Folk Keeper plunges us into the vulnerable psyche of one of the most memorable unreliable narrators in decades. The Robber Girl has a good dagger. Its voice in her head is as sharp as its two edges that taper down to a point. Today, the Robber Girl and her dagger will ride with Gentleman Jack into the Indigo Heart to claim the gold that’s rightfully his. But instead of gold, the Robber Girl finds a dollhouse cottage with doorknobs the size of apple seeds.

Maggie Trent is dead. At least that’s what she thinks when she falls out of our world and into the Siren’s Realm. When a man who’s survived centuries shows Maggie the true wonders of the Siren’s Realm, miraculous magic she’d never dreamt of seems within reach. But all magic comes with a price, and mysteries lurk beneath the promise of adventure. With secrets hiding behind every beauty, Maggie can’t tell where the lies begin. Can the man who’s shown her wonders be trusted with her life? Will she be brave enough to protect the one who longs to claim her heart? Is there a way to ...

A dangerous secret. A deadly skill. Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker - with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body. But unlike her sister, Tali, and the other Takers who become Healers, Nya's skill is flawed: she can't push that pain into pynvium, the enchanted metal used to store it. All she can do is shift it into another person, a dangerous skill that she must keep hidden. If discovered, she could be used as a human weapon.

When the Stupendous Switcheroo—Switch, for short—set out to rescue his mom from supervillain jail, he never imagined he could be captured instead. Now, Switch is plotting his escape—but a failed attempt quickly proves it’s an impossible mission. But then, mastermind Vin Valor offers Switch a bargain: he can remain a prisoner…or he can join the Valor Innovations Academy instead.

Discover the Secret to Seamless Motherhood Success with Simple Rituals – Even if Life Feels Chaotic Right Now!! Are you feeling overwhelmed by the constant demands of motherhood, juggling multiple roles, and craving deeper connections with your children and partner? Do you struggle to establish consistent routines that enhance your productivity and personal growth? Have you ever wondered how to integrate mindfulness into your busy parenting life without feeling stressed or inadequate? If these questions resonate with you, you are not alone. Many mothers face similar challenges, but there ...

In a bustling metropolis where magic is outlawed, a six-year-old child is found inside a locked bank vault. A scrap of paper reveals his name: Bran Hambric. The child remembers nothing of his life before the vault. Only magic could have done this. But why would any mage risk breaking the law to place a child in a bank vault?

What if John Henry had a son? Twelve-year-old Ray is haunted by the strangest memories of his father, whom Ray swears could speak to animals. Now an orphan, Ray jumps from a train going through the American South and falls in with a medicine show train and its stable of sideshow performers. The performers turn out to be heroes, defenders of the wild, including the son of John Henry. They are hiding the last of the mythical Swamp Sirens from an ancient evil known as the Gog.

Let’s face it. Traditional gardening methods involve a lot of hard work. After all, you have to pick up that huge garden shovel and put your back into tilling the earth before you can even get started. Just thinking about this manual labor likely makes you feel your dream garden has never been more out of reach, especially if you have trouble with mobility or a bad back. But what if gardening didn’t have to be so strenuous? You’ll be happy to hear that you can forget that garden shovel with no-dig gardening.

Take one part Roald Dahl, a pinch of Mysterious Benedict Society, and a dash of Lemony Snicket, then add a league of adventurous children, a little magic, and a centuries-old feud with witches, and you get this quirky and hilarious middle-grade series! After their narrow escape from a nefarious kidnapping ring, Anastasia, Ollie, and Quentin (a.k.a. the League of Beastly Dreadfuls!) are looking forward to a relaxing vacation from danger! Intrigue! Catastrophe! Sadly, they’re not going to get one.

Dans cette série, les malheurs succèdent aux malheurs, pour le plus grand désespoir des héros, et pour le plus grand plaisir des lecteurs... Le tout mené par la plume ironique et brillante de Lemony Snicket. La suite des savoureux récits tragi-comiques des Orphelins Baudelaire où les trois enfants affrontent une odeur détestable, un terrible accident de voiture, un serpent au venin mortel, un coutelas pointu, un cadenas rétif et le retour d'une personne qu'ils espéraient ne jamais revoir.

A fun and exciting fantasy adventure novel for kids and preteens! Girls really can be heroes, and a little magic helps too.Katie is a normal girl living a normal life, until she falls through a glowing crevice in the sidewalk. She makes a note to herself to avoid glowing crevices in the future.On the other side of the crevice lies Dreamland, a realm of fantasy and magic, a place where she can let her imagination soar and develop new powers. Katie has no idea why she's there or what she's supposed to do, and she meets other kids also stunned to find themselves in the same realm of mystery. ...

Discover how to create delicious tea spells, predict the future, and manifest your dream life! Are you curious about tea magic and want to uncover its secrets? Would you like a simple guide to exploring the life-changing power of herbal infusions? Do you want the skills to create personal Tea Spells and use them to achieve a specific purpose? If so, The Tea Witchcraft Grimoire is the book you're looking for! Imagine every daily cup of tea becoming a powerful catalyst to attract love, health, and prosperity. Imagine the compounding effect you can create if, from now on, every sip of tea not ...

To the untrained and unwilling mind, magic is an elusive concept, something that exists in movies about diabolical days of the past. But those who know understand that magic lives in and around us. It is in that tingling feeling we get when we rub palms together for some seconds and hold them few inches apart. Magical energy is not some myth that needs to be found at the ends of the earth; it is inside us and lives with us every day.

Edward the Elephant feels alone in the jungle until he meets Beatrice, the Bumbly Bee. Together they set off on new adventures, exploring the world. They have a lot of fun together. Too soon they need to return home. They have become and will forever remain best of friends.

When the Widdershins sisters and Granny are called away in deepest winter to look after cousin Clarissa, it doesn’t take long for adventure—or trouble—to find them. The town of Little Nipping has plenty to explore with its frozen lake and winter market, as well as being haunted by a doomed highwayman, searching for lost treasure. But the legends are true, and seeing a ghostly figure one night, the girls realise that Granny is in terrible danger.

H.I.V.E. is a top-secret school of villainy, where children with a precocious talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents and become criminal masterminds. After all, "Villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes."