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Young Wizards Series
by Diane DuaneNita is just looking for an escape from her bullies when she stumbles upon an odd book in the library: So You Want to Be a Wizard. Nita at first thinks it's a joke. But once she reads the mysterious book, an alternate universe of Manhattan reveals itself to Nita and her friend Kit. The pair embark on a terrifying adventure where real life and magic intertwine and they find themselves entrenched in a battle between good and evil. Join Nita and Kit on their magical adventures in the Young Wizards starter pack--dive deep into the ocean of Deep Wizardry where whales are wizards and ancient rituals are performed by sharks and dolphins. From the sea to the sky, join the dynamic duo on their third and most frightening challenge yet: Nita's little sister, Dairine. Not only is she too smart for a ten-year-old, but she just became a wizard with almost limitless power. Kit and Nita end up chasing her across the galaxy before she gets into trouble so deep no one can rescue her. For fans of magic with a thirst for adventure, dive right in with the Young Wizards starter pack, which contains three books: So You Want to Be a Wizard, Deep Wizardry, and High Wizardry.
Z-Lensman
by David A. KyleThe third and final of three companion pieces to E.E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" epic, hightlighting the activities of the most non-human of the second-stage lensmen, Nadreck of Palain VII. As with the other two companion works - "The Dragon Lensman" and "Lensman from, Rigel", Kyle offers deeper characterizations of the characters from the Lensman" books. For this reason, among others (Kyle's writing style, for one) dedicated fans of the Lensman might be disappointed in these books. They are not clones of the original works.
Zoom at Sea
by Tim Wynne-Jones Eric BeddowsZoom the cat loves water--not to drink, but to play with. <P><P>A map in the attic leads him to a beautiful woman who lives in a huge old house. <P><P>When, with the turn of a large wheel, mysterious Maria launches him on a wonderful sea voyage, the first of Zoom's amazing adventures begins. <P><P>Images and image descriptions available.
Zoom at Sea (Zoom Trilogy #1)
by Tim Wynne-Jones Eric BeddowsThis fanciful nautical adventure stars a winsome cat named Zoom who stays indoors paddling in the sink or sailing in the bathtub all night when other self-respecting cats are out mousing and howling at the moon. One day Zoom finds in his Uncle Roy's diary a map of the sea and how to get there, which leads him to the huge house of the beautiful Maria. When, with the turn of a large wheel, mysterious Maria launches him on a wonderful sea voyage, the first of Zoom’s adventures begins.
A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch (Worst Witch #3)
by Jill MurphyMildred gets off to a good start in her second year at Miss Cackle’s Academy, but her sworn enemy, Ethel Hallow, is plotting misfortune, setting Mildred up for a very bad spell, indeed. [From the back cover:] "A new term spells disaster for Mildred! Mildred is determined to lose her embarrassing reputation as the worst witch Miss Cackle's Academy has ever seen, but things rapidly get out of hand!" It isn't easy to stay out of trouble when Mildred's arch enemy Ethel promises to make Mildred pay for scaring her little sister. When a spell turns Mildred into an animal she must run for her life. Then she finds another animal who was once human. It going to be risky for Mildred to save herself and her new friend but Mildred's no quitter! Ages 8-12 Pictures are described. Read all seven magical adventures in this series about a witch school for girls in the Bookshare Library. #1. The Worst Witch, #2. The Worst Witch Strikes Again, #4. The Worst Witch at Sea, #5. The Worst Witch Saves the Day, #6. The Worst Witch to the Rescue and #7 The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star.
A Barnstormer in Oz
by Philip Jose FarmerA biplane flying barnstormer gets sucked into the land of Oz.
A Better Mantrap
by Bob ShawA brilliant collection of original stories.A predatory alien accidentally teleported to Earth.A mad scientist and his imprisoned ghost.A space traveller returns to face an accusation of murder.
A Better Mantrap
by Bob ShawA brilliant collection of original stories. A predatory alien accidentally teleported to Earth A mad scientist and his imprisoned ghost A space traveller returns to face an accusation of murder
A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
by Dorothea Tanning Max ErnstIn the course of browsing an illustrated book of objects—umbrellas, watches, tools, clothes—artist Max Ernst was struck by the items' unusual juxtapositions. By manipulating the Victorian-era engravings into striking tableaux and adding brief captions, Ernst invented the collage novel and transformed banal advertising art into revealing dramas rooted in his dreams and secret desires. A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil was originally published in 1930 as Rêve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel. Its hallucinatory visions center on the nightmares of a girl who loses her virginity on the day of her first communion and resolves to become a nun. Ernst, a pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealistic art, blends humor and irony in his exploration of the nonrational but very real intersection of religious ecstasy and erotic desire. A century after its debut, this profoundly peculiar book retains its shock value as well as its imaginative power.
A Rose for Armageddon
by Hilbert SchenckAs a new dark age looms, a handful of aging intellectuals race to finish a project in the computer simulation of social relationships in the history of a small island. A mystery emerges whose solution may offer an opportunity for redemption not only to the unhappy characters but also to their unhappy era. Poignant and beautifully written; highly original in its recompilation of the timeslip romance.
A Tapestry of Time
by Richard CowperThe first coming was the Man:The second was Fire to burn Him;The third was water to drown the Fire;The fourth is the Bird of Dawning.Twenty years have passed since the martyrdom of the Boy-piper at York, twenty years in which his legacy, the movement of Kinship, has challenged the tyranny of the Church Militant in Britain's seven island kingdoms.Now his namesake, Tom, bearing the Boy's own pipes and perhaps himself imbued with the spirit of the White Bird, is wandering Europe in company with the girl, Witchet. But disaster overtakes them and Tom, in a furry of vengeance, breaks his vow of Kinship.A terrible path lies before him, one that transcends his own world. As he travels it, Tom must come to understand the true nature of the wild White Bird, of The Bride of Time and her Child, and of the Song the Star Born sang.
A Tapestry of Time (Gateway Essentials #55)
by Richard CowperThe first coming was the Man:The second was Fire to burn Him;The third was water to drown the Fire;The fourth is the Bird of Dawning.Twenty years have passed since the martyrdom of the Boy-piper at York, twenty years in which his legacy, the movement of Kinship, has challenged the tyranny of the Church Militant in Britain's seven island kingdoms.Now his namesake, Tom, bearing the Boy's own pipes and perhaps himself imbued with the spirit of the White Bird, is wandering Europe in company with the girl, Witchet. But disaster overtakes them and Tom, in a fury of vengeance, breaks his vow of Kinship.A terrible path lies before him, one that transcends his own world. As he travels it, Tom must come to understand the true nature of the wild White Bird, of The Bride of Time and her Child, and of the Song the Star Born sang.
Alien Accounts
by John SladekJohn Sladek explains the theme of the darkly comic stories in this wonderful collection:"The aliens here are human. This book contains no giant flyingsnails or telepathic octopods, no Ganymedean cat-womendressed in silver, no aggressive dugong chiefs roaming thegalaxy in their pulsar-powered yo-yo ships. The aliens here arehuman aliens. Most of them work in ordinary offices, and theydo not commute to work from Proximo Centauri, either. Yet thesehere humans are aliens. Office life attracts them ..."
Alien Accounts
by John SladekJohn Sladek explains the theme of the darkly comic stories in this wonderful collection: "The aliens here are human. This book contains no giant flying snails or telepathic octopods, no Ganymedean cat-women dressed in silver, no aggressive dugong chiefs roaming the galaxy in their pulsar-powered yo-yo ships. The aliens here are human aliens. Most of them work in ordinary offices, and they do not commute to work from Proximo Centauri, either. Yet these here humans are aliens. Office life attracts them ..."
All Our Tomorrows
by Ted AllbeuryThe year is 1982. As politicians bicker, a neutral Britain's decline accelerates into anarchy. The Prime Minister accepts the Russian offer to 'help restore law and order'. Faced with a national breakdown he has no choice. Millions collaborate. But as Soviet troops take over Britain's streets, men like Harry Andrews and Jamie Boyle go underground. For them there is only one answer to the life-and-death question: Is freedom worth fighting for?A nation demoralised, a way of life obliterated: they said it could never happen...but there are flashes of resistance from a freedom loving few...
All Our Tomorrows
by Ted AllbeuryThe year is 1982. As politicians bicker, a neutral Britain's decline accelerates into anarchy. The Prime Minister accepts the Russian offer to 'help restore law and order'. Faced with a national breakdown he has no choice. Millions collaborate. But as Soviet troops take over Britain's streets, men like Harry Andrews and Jamie Boyle go underground. For them there is only one answer to the life-and-death question: Is freedom worth fighting for?A nation demoralised, a way of life obliterated: they said it could never happen...but there are flashes of resistance from a freedom loving few...
Alternate Realities (Alliance-union Universe Ser.)
by C. J. CherryhPort EternityTheir names were Lancelot, Elaine, Percivale, Gawain, Mordred, Lynette and Vivien, and they were made people, clone servants who worked aboard The Maid, an anachronistic fantasy of a spaceship. They had no idea of their origins, from those old storytapes of romance, chivalry, heroism and betrayal, until a ripple in the space-time continuum sucked The Maid and her crew into a no-man's land from which there could be no return, and they were left alone to face a crisis which their ancient prototypes were never designed to master... Wave Without a ShoreFreedom was an isolated planet, off the main spaceways and rarely visited by commercial spacers. It wasn't that Freedom was inhospitable, the problem was that outsiders--tourists and traders--claimed that the streets were crowded with mysterious blue-robed aliens. Native-born humans, however, denied that these aliens existed--until a planetary crisis forced a confrontation between the question of reality and the reality of the question... Voyager in the NightRafe Murray, his sister Jillian, and Jillian's husband Paul Gaines, like many other out-of-luck spacers, had come to newly built Endeavor Station to find their future. Their tiny ship, Lindy, had been salvaged from the junk heap, and fitted to mine ore from the mineral-rich rings which circled Endeavor. But their future proved to be far stranger than any of them imagined, when a "collision" with a huge alien vessel provided them with the oddest first contact experience possible!
An End to Ordinary History: Comments on a Philosophical Novel
by Michael MurphyGolf in the Kingdom author Michael Murphy&’s Cold War thriller, based on true events Someone is tracking Darwin Fall, a scholar whose expertise in supernormal powers is second to none. As Darwin begins a search of his own for the legendary Soviet spy Vladimir Kirov, he uncovers a secret network of spies, scientists, and rogue agents working together to harness the occult powers that could put &“an end to ordinary history.&” Michael Murphy, a master of fusing fact and fiction, deftly uses his characters to blur the lines between the ordinary and the mysterious, between what is real and what is possible.
Animalia: Cuentos de Julio Cortázar / Selección de Aurora Bernárdez / Ilustraciones de Isol
by Julio Cortázar Aurora BernárdezAnimalia es una antología seleccionada por Aurora Bernárdez que reúne veintiún relatos de Julio Cortázar. Estas historias conforman una colección única de la fauna que habita en el universo del autor. A más de veinte años desde su primera edición Alfaguara publica esta reedición con ilustraciones de Isol Misenta. Aurora Bernárdez, albacea amorosa de Julio Cortázar, reunió en esta antología veintiún relatos del escritor para conformar una colección única de la fauna que habita el universo cortazariano. Allí, como es sabido, conviven animales que conocemos con otros que solamente existen a través de las hermosas, divertidas y delicadas palabras del gran cronopio. Alfaguara reedita esta antología zoológica con las ilustraciones fabulosas de Isol Misenta, que acompañan a la perfección estos relatos donde lo bestial emerge y lo irracional entra en juego.
Aquarius
by Jan MarkViner lives in a land that constantly floods - his skill as a water diviner has lead to ridicule. But when he is kidnapped all this changes. His murderous captors force him to work for them in their drought-stricken country - and to challenge the Rain-King whose failure to provide the necessary rainfall is sorely trying all those around him. But instead of ridiculing the King, Viner befriends him - perhaps more ... Aquarius is a deeply humane story of power, manipulation, ambition, and burgeoning sexuality. Viner is a complex character - easy to like and despise in equal measure. His story will not easily be forgotten.
Aquarius
by Jan MarkViner lives in a land that constantly floods - his skill as a water diviner has led to ridicule. But when he is kidnapped all this changes. His murderous captors force him to work for them in their drought-stricken country - and to challenge the Rain-King whose failure to provide the necessary rainfall is sorely trying all those around him. But instead of ridiculing the King, Viner befriends him - perhaps more ... Aquarius is a deeply humane story of power, manipulation, ambition, and burgeoning sexuality. Viner is a complex character - easy to like and despise in equal measure. His story will not easily be forgotten.
At Swords' Points (The Swords Series #3)
by Andre NortonQuinn Anders is out to recover invaluable artifacts sought by the Russians in this &“superior cloak and dagger&” novel that &“is suspense all the way&” (Kirkus Reviews). The House of Norreys has moved to America, and although the players have changed, the game is the same: gems, espionage, and adventure. Young Quinn Anders turns to Lorens van Norreys for help in finding out who killed his brother and why. What did the legendary Bishop&’s Menie have to do with his brother&’s death? Who had the remaining twelve statues in the set of thirteen medieval knights and their leader, the Bishop-Prince Odacar? With Norreys aid but not his blessing, Anders sets out for the Netherlands on his quest for justice, and from the moment he lands at the airport, he finds himself At Swords&’ Point.
Aurelia
by R. A. LaffertyAurelia was a fifteen-year-old girl from a very advanced world. She'd passed Starship building easily enough, but she'd slept through most of celestial navigation. That was how she ended up on a little back-water dump like Earth, where her advanced powers seemed like miracles. Some thought she was the Messiah. Some thought she was the Devil. No one was prepared for the truth.
Big Bang (Odd Jobs, Inc. #3)
by Ron GoulartHis brain scrambled, Jake tries to clear himself of a murder chargeJake Pace comes to on the floor of a dungeon, where a robot jailer is killing rats. The last twenty-four hours are a blank; he doesn&’t remember anything since he stepped into his skycar, chasing a tip on the Big Bang murders. For weeks the killings have stumped every officer in the government—costing six of them their lives—but a soprano named Palsy Hatchbacker told Jake she knew something that could break open the case. Before he met Miss Hatchbacker, a carnation-wearing goon spritzed Jake with a memory-wiping spray. When the police found him, he was sleeping peacefully next to Palsy&’s corpse, a laser pistol in his hand. While he rots in jail, the Big Bang killer continues his rampage. Only Jake can bring him to justice, but first he must break out of an inescapable jail.