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The #1 New York Times bestselling author's short story collection-including an all-new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story-now in paperback.
From a woman who marries into a family of volatile wizards to a couple fleeing a gang of love-hungry cupids, from a girl who seeks sanctuary in the form of a graceful goose to the disgruntled superhero Captain Housework, readers will revel in the many twists and turns of fortune in these fantastical...
From a woman who marries into a family of volatile wizards to a couple fleeing a gang of love-hungry cupids, from a girl who seeks sanctuary in the form of a graceful goose to the disgruntled superhero Captain Housework, readers will revel in the many twists and turns of fortune in these fantastical...
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Hermann Hesse's Journey to the East tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual, in a simple and mesmerizing prose. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members consist of Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate destination is the East, the "Home of the...
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Once a celebrated writer, M had his greatest success with a suspense novel based on a real-life disappearance: a history teacher who went missing one winter after having a brief affair with a beautiful student of his. The teacher was never found. Upon publication, M's novel was a runaway bestseller, an international breakthrough. Now M's career is fading. But why is his bizarre, seemingly timid neighbor keeping a close eye on him and his wife?
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Harper Voyager
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c2011
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English
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An authoritative guide to the popular Hollows novels features in-depth information on the characters and settings, a mini-story, maps and illustrations, and the author's own thoughts on how she creates her magical stories
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Paranormal romances II volume 1
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MIRA Books
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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From a New York Times–bestselling author, a woman goes ghost hunting with a handsome stranger in this "genuinely chilling" romantic suspense (RT Book Review).
Elizabeth doesn't believe in ghosts. But this time she has no choice.
Family counselor Elizabeth Conner isn't sure what to think when Maria Santiago comes to her for help. Pregnant and terrified, Maria claims to be visited each night by the ghost of a little girl, warning her to flee....
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St. Martin's
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c1993
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English
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When a CPA with OCD is found shot dead in his locked apartment with a .38 in his hand, only two people don't believe he killed himself. One is streetwise and world-weary Chicago homicide detective John Thinnes. The other is the victim's therapist, Dr. Jack Caleb, whose sudden appearance at the crime scene immediately arouses the cop's suspicions. The two men couldn't be more different. Caleb is wealthy, well-educated, and gay, witty enough to name...
11) The blue ice
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Harper
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[1948]
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English
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A ruthless fortune hunter sails to Norway to unlock the mystery of the Blue Ice in this sweeping adventure at the edge of the world. Bill Gansert thrived during World War II. An industrial genius, he mobilized millions of men and machines for the fight against fascism, but when the war is through, he's cut adrift. Unmoored in a country that doesn't need him anymore, Gansert takes to the sea, embarking on an adventure that will take him to the ends...
12) The atlas defect
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Nightshade Forensic Files volume 3
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Griffyn Ink Publishing
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[2017]
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English
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Eleri wanted a different kind of case. She should have been careful what she wished for. When an odd human skeleton in Michigan's Manistee-Huron National Forest triggers a NightShade investigation, Eleri and Donovan arrive to find it missing. But two other skeletons are a little too easily uncovered--each displays different anomalies that raise alarming questions. The bones aren't from the area or probably even the continent. A decades-old abandoned...
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HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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2019
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A gripping thriller set in the atmospheric Peak District. DI Meg Dalton isn't prepared for her latest case. A ten year old girl is found running through the woods, barefoot and wearing only a blood-soaked nightdress. She has no memory of what happened to her, but her father is found stabbed to death in their nearby house. At first, Meg blames an intruder - but why had the girl's murdered father been so obsessed with the creepy statues in the woods,...
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