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Three years ago, Lin Mo was the pride of his clan, a martial arts prodigy. However, overnight, he was framed and stripped of his cultivation, turning into a beggar. Yet, amidst adversity and despair, Lin Mo didn't lose everything. A mysteriously supportive girl and an apparently insane old beggar seemed to have an unusual connection with him.As the three-year penalty period was about to end, Lin Mo accidentally discovered an ancient heritage and a...
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In the depths of the vast mountains of Miaojiang, the Zhuge clan ruled with their unparalleled poisonous skills and martial prowess. After losing their parents, Zhuge and his sister established the Zhuge Gang using divine power and wisdom, becoming the sole ruler of Miaojiang. However, Zhuge Pang was reborn in a magical environment into another world.Upon arriving in this new world, Zhuge Pang immediately faced family turmoil, with his mother being...
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This poignant novel, beautifully translated by Simon Beattie, was, in Lampe's words, "born into a regime where it could not breathe;" he hoped that one day it might rise again. It has no one main character, but evokes the sensations and impressions of a sultry September evening on the waterfront of Bremen, with its charm and tenderness, squalor and lust. It contains a stream of images with many characters: children, old and young people, men and women,...
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En la década de 1950, las tensiones en la ciudad de La Frontera son palpables. Las camisas de boliche y las chaquetas de cuero compiten con las guayaberas y los huaraches. Los convertibles corren al lado de las motocicletas. Sin embargo, en medio de la discordia, el amor joven florece a primera vista entre Fulgencio Ramírez, hijo de inmigrantes empobrecidos, y Carolina Mendelssohn, la hija del farmacéutico local. Pero como pronto descubrirán,...
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The Summer Sisters Witch Cozy Mystery Collection: Books 1-3
Witch Happens
Some people come from a long family line of lawyers, doctors, teachers and even cops. Febe just found out she comes from a long line of…witches!
Febe Summer is not having a good day. Or a good year, for that matter. She lost her fiancé, her job, and her apartment all in one day-on her 25thbirthday! Talk about the worst. Birthday. Ever!
She's jobless, penniless and soon...
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Very few books have resulted in the controversy that "The Diary of a Drug Fiend" has caused since its original publication in 1922. While much of the debate is centered on the novel's author Aleister Crowley, the story itself has both enchanted and enraged audiences for nearly a century. Despite being a fictional work, Crowley drew from his own experiences as a heavy drug user for the context of the plot. Peter Pendragon and Louise Laleham, in a drug-induced...
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In The Island Chronicles Book 1: Conscious, William is drawn by the Music to the mysterious woman, Eleutheria, who lives in the house overlooking Bourani Cove and the ancient lime kiln which still burns hot for those who know how and where to look. There, she tells him about trapping time in the old tower, inadvertently creating the dragon, and how he must contain the monster while she searches the world for a solution.
In Book 2: Chopping Water-part...
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Fleeing war and the death of her family, Eve has carefully constructed a new life for herself in London. Yet she is troubled by vivid, disturbing dreams, symptoms of her traumatic past, which intrude increasingly on her daily life. As she is drawn further into her dream world, she finds herself caught up in a fresh battle for survival. A dark, lyrical fantasy about healing and reconnecting with the full richness of the self.
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Angel bakes cakes for her uncle's cafe in the village park. She is a goth. Then her uncle gives her a family recipe for chocolate cupcakes with a secret ingredient which has magical powers. When Angel bites one of the cupcakes, she goes all flirty and girly with Pet e, the new delivery lad, whom she fancies. He loves the cupcakes. But when other customers eat them, they think it tastes horrible and criticise them. This causes magical storms that terrify...
11) Wilbur
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Wilbur Morgan is a teenage boy who grew up in poverty but has been given the opportunity to go to a well-educated school. Unfortunately, like most schools, Wilbur has to endure both mental and physical bullying from one of his classmates, Sebastian Lucky, the principal's son. Wilbur also has a chance to romance the most popular and wealthiest girl in his class, Trudy Mack. Just as things get harder to deal with, like his nickname, Pig Devil, he tries...
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In the quaint town of Windmore, where history whispers from every corner, Tia Lancaster lived as an outsider, her heart tethered to the mysteries and tales of old. But the arrival of a mysterious new neighbor, Alex, sets her on a path that would unravel her very existence and reveal a destiny far beyond her wildest dreams. "Guardian of Windmore" is not just a story; it's an epic journey through the veiled layers of a town steeped in secrets, a family...
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Lena, a shamanistic cat, and her conjure woman Eulalie live in a small town near the Apalachicola River in Florida's lightly populated Liberty County, where longleaf pines own the world. In Eulalie's time, women of color look after white children in the homes of white families and are respected, even loved, but distrusted and kept separated as a group. A palpable gloss, sweeter than the state's prized tupelo honey, holds their worlds firmly apart....
14) Forsaken Angel
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Tobias had the life he had always been working toward-a family, a job that kept him fulfilled, and cutting edges of scientific achievement. When tragedy struck and he was betrayed by the father figure he held most dear, his world is transformed and expanded upon in the most unexpected turn of events. From earth to purgatory and even to the heights of heaven, the limits of what he held to be true are shattered as he finds himself before the great Creator...
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Explorez l'épopée envoûtante de Louis, un destin révélé au sein d'une tribu oubliée. Entre mystères ancestraux et révélations poignantes, suivez son périple captivant vers la royauté, entrelacé d'amour, de cérémonies mystiques et de découvertes personnelles. Les rivières murmurent des secrets, les cocoteraies abritent des émotions intenses, tandis que l'amour entre Louis et Méréhi transcende les frontières. Dans ce voyage émotionnel,...
17) A New Beginning
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"A New Beginning" is a fiction that describes the daily adventures of a group of reincarnates.
Imagine suddenly somebody living inside your body that was not invited. Somebody who has died and that creates a new person who carries personality traces of both the dead and the living being. Some of the characters have been reincarnated by people who had opposite personalities which could triggers conflict within themselves but also situations that you...
18) White Sucker
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White Sucker explores challenges faced by cultures that have lost interest in children's human rights. Few novels present the issue of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in such a non-explicit manner as White Sucker. It is at once a mystery and adventure story and a tale of spiritual development. Its characters seek light in the darkness of the north Maine woods. Its genre is magical realism.Thomas Halkett is a psychotherapist who works with...
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November 14, 1958: Harold Finn, a Homicide Detective with unconventional views on the nature of justice, has caught the case that could spell curtains for his career. Flawed, compassionate, and sarcastic, Harold butts his way through the case. An unwitting tool of the Baptiste Sect, matriarchal Provda Practitioners whose magic is far more gray than good, the detective is yanked through the story. The past snapping at his heels, a conspiracy of birds...
20) Sparks: Part 2
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While the other travelers at Douaumont declined Judgments' offer, Richard Cronin has already accepted and returns home, learning exactly how his soul and its power works and how to use it more effectively. In less than a week, he will join the other humans who have decided to try to rebuild the Messengers of Hope to make sure it meets his standards for kindness and charitable actions before they retake their place in the world. As he works alongside...
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