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For over 60 years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia. This box set includes all seven titles in The Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle.

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight's account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.

When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos. Shai is given an impossible task: to create - to Forge - a new soul for the emperor in less than 100 days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors.

Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location. The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction could ever dominate. So that the balance held. The Hives’ façade of solidity is the only hope they have for maintaining a semblance of order, for preventing the public from succumbing to the savagery and bloodlust of wars past.

Necromancer is such an ugly word, but it's a title Eric Carter is stuck with. He sees ghosts, talks to the dead. He's turned it into a lucrative career, putting troublesome spirits to rest, sometimes taking on even more dangerous things. For a fee, of course. When he left LA 15 years ago, he thought he'd never go back. Too many bad memories. Too many people trying to kill him.

When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Crossing into Ogre country is dangerous when you're a polite, respectful gal. Which means we all know I'm in for a wild ride, despite the new backup I've brought along. Even when things start to go sideways, and enemies close on us from every side, I still believe we have the upper hand. How very blind can one person be when it comes to a salvage for a missing child? I'm about to find out.

Überfall auf einen Diamantenhändler. Der Täter: Father Christmas, der Weihnachtsmann persönlich. Die einzige Spur: ein auffälliger Sportwagen, in dem der Täter mit seiner Beute davonrast. Ein Fall wie geschaffen für den viktorianischen Meisterdetektiv und seinen treuen Begleiter Dr. Watson.

Was geschah mit dem jungen Ellis Morton? Sein Halbbruder, Sir Peter Clapp-Rothe, spricht bei Sherlock Holmes vor und bittet ihn, in dieser Sache tätig zu werden. Angeblich stürzte Ellis vom Dach als er versuchte, einen Tennisball aus der Dachrinne zu fischen. Doch Ellis war komplett unsportlich, sogar aus gesundheitlichen Gründen nicht in der Lage, Sport zu treiben. Und schon gar nicht Tennis.

You can finally achieve your weight loss and metabolic health goals by reconditioning your body to preferentially burn fats instead of carbohydrates. This audiobook is your guided tour of the ketogenic lifestyle, supplemented with optional intermittent fasting (IF) and one-meal-a-day (OMAD) practices. The effects that the standard American diet (SAD), a plant-based diet, and a ketogenic lifestyle have on key metabolic markers are compared as the author shares actual results from his own lipid and metabolic panel blood tests performed over nearly nearly a decade.

For 17 years, Ty Mattson never knew if his father survived the Mexican War. But when he receives news that his father is alive - and he's joined the Confederate forces of General John Morgan - Ty leaves home to enlist with Morgan's Raiders. Owen Mattson turns out to be everything Ty imagined he would be: a good man, a true mentor, a great soldier. But a Confederate assassin's bullets nearly divide father and son yet again.

Deep below a desolate Utah mountain lies the largest platinum deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any company that can drill a world-record three-mile-deep mine shaft. EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources, and the guts to go after the mother lode. Young executive Connell Kirkland is the company’s driving force, pushing himself and those around him to uncover the massive treasure. But far beneath the surface, where the rocks are so hot they burn bare skin, something has been waiting for centuries. Waiting...and guarding.

For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society's clutches.

Nevada, 1872. Out of the merciless 40-Mile Desert, a stranger appears in the town of Golgotha, home to the blessed and the damned. He carries with him an innocent victim of a horrible massacre and a dire warning for Sheriff Jon Highfather. The conflict between the Indian nations and Mormon settlers has been brewing for years, and now the spirits of the fallen Indian dead have begun to rise to join in the fight. Deputy Mutt's old nemesis, Snake-Man, returns to begin a final bloody war against the Whites, purging them from the land forever.

The fifth book of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts. The Los Angeles Firestorm killed over a hundred thousand people, set in revenge against necromancer Eric Carter for defying the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. Carter feels every drop of that blood on his hands. But now there's a new problem. Too many ghosts in one spot and the barrier separating them from the living cracks.

If you have ever been touched with a profound mystical experience, the daily grind of ordinary life can feel soul-crushing at times. How can you thrive in the here and now - managing image, career, and family - while surrendering the ego and embracing a power from beyond? Guided: Journey into the Unknown to Awaken the Soul and Live in Truth reveals an unexpected passage from fragmentation to wholeness, from hiding to being seen, and from fear to love.

Destiny is written on your skin. Der Angriff auf Winter Harbour konnte abgewehrt werden - zu einem hohen Preis: Nathan wurde gefangen genommen. Lediglich bruchstückhafte Visionen lassen Quinn hoffen, dass er noch am Leben ist. Obwohl der Rat der Wandler ihr als eine Verbotene misstraut, bilden sie einen gemeinsamen Suchtrupp. Doch plötzlich gerät Quinn selbst in Gefahr und muss feststellen, dass ihr Schicksal und das ihrer größten Feindin aufs Engste miteinander verknüpft sind.

R. S. Belcher's debut novel, The Six-Gun Tarot, was enthusiastically greeted by critics and listeners, who praised its wildly inventive mixture of dark fantasy, steampunk, and the Wild West. Now Belcher returns to Golgotha, Nevada, a bustling frontier town that hides more than its fair share of unnatural secrets.

Kennst du schon Petronella Apfelmus? Sie ist eine Hexe. Genauer gesagt eine Apfelhexe. Zusammen mit dem Hirschkäfer Lucius und den Apfelmännchen kümmert sie sich um den Garten der Familie Kuchenbrand und erlebt dabei so einige Abenteuer. Aber das ist natürlich ein Geheimnis. Nur die Zwillinge Lea und Luis Kuchenbrand wissen, dass es Petronella gibt. Und nun auch du! Lass dich verzaubern, Rapp Zapp!

Kennst du schon Petronella Apfelmus? Sie ist eine Hexe. Genauer gesagt eine Apfelhexe. Zusammen mit dem Hirschkäfer Lucius und den Apfelmännchen kümmert sie sich um den Garten der Familie Kuchenbrand und erlebt dabei so einige Abenteuer. Aber das ist natürlich ein Geheimnis. Nur die Zwillinge Lea und Luis Kuchenbrand wissen, dass es Petronella gibt. Und nun auch du! Lass dich verzaubern, Rapp Zapp! "Eine abenteuerliche Nacht": Malina hat einen Überlebenskurs absolviert und will ihre neuen Fähigkeiten nun Lea und Luis vorführen - mitten in Petronellas Garten!

Kennst du schon Petronella Apfelmus? Sie ist eine Hexe. Genauer gesagt eine Apfelhexe. Zusammen mit dem Hirschkäfer Lucius und den Apfelmännchen kümmert sie sich um den Garten der Familie Kuchenbrand und erlebt dabei so einige Abenteuer. Aber das ist natürlich ein Geheimnis. Nur die Zwillinge Lea und Luis Kuchenbrand wissen, dass es Petronella gibt. Und nun auch du! Lass dich verzaubern, Rapp Zapp. "Die verflogene Einladung": Ein ganz besonderes Fest steht an: Das Mittsommerfunkeln.