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The Sins of the Mother bill has everyone panicked. Arlanna and her cellmates know that they are running out of time. They need to escape, or they will be forced to have their skin seared with the details of their parents’ crimes, and their magic will be gone forever. Arlanna never understood the reason she’s been kept away from Prince Paxton most of her life, but when they’re assigned to the same cell, she begins to see why.

Arlanna’s life quickly turns upside down when her father, the feared and revered mafia boss, finally gets caught in one of his many schemes and elects to send her to prison in his stead. The broken system was never more than a frustration for her, but now that her freedom has been stolen away, Arlanna makes it her life’s mission to force the parents of the world to see the error of their ways.

Land of the Melting Pot Kids is a story about a diverse group of students who tumble into a magical melting pot and experience amazing true-to-life adventures. With each adventure, the children discover their strengths and talents, and achieve their greatest potential.

The cyborg starwhal whom Clarity and her crew inhabit has become more than a spaceship or home to them. She's their friend. But while Clarity and crew are filling their starwhal's belly with a gengineered garden, the rest of the pod is still held captive by the Aether Gaia scientists who tinker with and experiment upon them like lab animals. The all-powerful AI, Wisper, who stretches across star-systems - inhabiting computers on every space station Clarity has visited - promised to free the other starwhals. But either she's broken her promise, or something worse has gone wrong.

Some seemingly preordained lives end up elsewhere entirely when a person manages to break the mold. Mary's mold was broken from the outside. When the unthinkable happened in her traditional southern family, Mary's quiet childhood was transformed into a journey of discovery amidst the world around her and of all the potential that lay within her.

Against reservations and amid arguments, Clarity rescues a pair of Doraspian diplomats on the run. The two sentient plants and their reptilian advisor are keeping a secret that could make their own government turn on them and turn them into science experiments waiting to be dissected. In need of answers, Clarity and her crew head to Wespirtech, the foremost research institute in their corner of the galaxy, where scientists play with the principles of the universe like kids play with toys.

When money trouble forces Clarity and her traveling companion, Irohann, to take on passengers, Irohann worries his secret identity will be revealed. He's a canine alien on the run from an empire of sentient plants, and their queen has a personal vendetta against him. But Clarity believes his fears are unfounded and the Doraspians gave up on him long ago.

Debbie Spencer is a lot like most 12 year olds. She loves her friends, loves to laugh, and she’s not afraid to pray. Debbie is an average seventh grader...except she lives at an orphanage...even though she’s not an orphan. Convinced her family is damaged beyond repair, Debbie longs for a new one. And she’s going to find one. When a fire breaks out at Our Lady of the Angels parochial school in Chicago on December 1, 1958, almost 100 children die tragically.

Informational comedy. Every week, Mary and Hanna share tidbits of info and stories you never knew you needed or wanted to know. From the unusual to the bizarre, join us for informal chats and lots of laughter.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915), little known now, but a renowned writer in her time, gives us five tales of the "weird" as she might herself have said. Here we have five of her better known stories, peopled with jilted lovers, blood thirsty old ladies, and grand, old houses whose restless ancestors refuse to abandon them! The five tales: "The Cold Embrace", "The Shadow in the Corner", "At Chrighton Abbey", "Good Lady Ducayne", and "Eveline's Visitant".

Die magische Buchwelt, in der Romanfiguren ihr eigenes Leben führen, ist für die Londonerin Hope Turner zur zweiten Heimat geworden. Doch das Geheimnis um die Buchwelt ist bedroht, und Hope hat sich dem Bund aus Menschen und Romanfiguren angeschlossen, um es zu schützen. Nun wurde das BUCH sogar entführt! Dahinter kann nur Quan Surt stecken, eine Figur, deren Roman nie vollendet wurde und die davon träumt, das Gefängnis ihres Romans zu verlassen.

Die Welt der Londonerin Hope Turner steht Kopf, seit sie mit Hilfe des unwirschen Rufus Walker in die Welt ihrer Lieblingsbücher reisen kann! Doch die magische Bücherwelt wird von einem mysteriösen Feind bedroht, der alles daransetzt, sich des BUCHES DER GELÖSCHTEN WÖRTER zu bemächtigen. Ebenjenes Buches, das in sich alle hasserfüllten Wörter sammelt, die im Internet geschrieben und dann wieder gelöscht wurden.

Nichts ist für die Londonerin Hope Turner schöner, als sich in die Bücher ihrer Lieblingsautorin Jane Austen zu träumen. Denn ihr eigenes Leben ist alles andere als spannend und romantisch. Das ändert sich, als sie sich eines Tages in die Buchhandlung "Mrs. Gateway's Fine Books" verirrt und dort einem mysteriösen Gentleman begegnet. Der attraktive Fremde geht ihr nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Doch da ist auch der grimmige und unnahbare Rufus Walker, der sie regelrecht zu verfolgen scheint. Bis er ihr schließlich Unglaubliches offenbart.

In recent years, stories of religious universities and institutions grappling with their slave-owning past have made headlines in the news. People find it shocking that the Church itself could have been involved in such a sordid business. This timely book, the result of many years of research, is a study of the origins of this problem.

This whimsical collection of Christmas stories is sure to delight children of all ages. Includes the holiday favorites "Santa Claus Does Not Forget", "The Doll's Christmas Party", "Little Girl's Christmas", "Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas", "The First Christmas Tree", and "Mama's Happy Christmas".

In a small village, all the children gather to celebrate Christmas with a grand masquerade party. All goes well until after the party, when all of the children begin acting the part of the costumes they wear. The mayor soon discovers that the only cure for this remarkable magic is to open their hearts and accept the charitable spirit of the holidays.

Jimmy Scarecrow, feeling alone and forgotten on Christmas, is cheered up by the great kindness of Little Betsy, who makes sure that even a scarecrow gets a Christmas gift.

Endlich müssen sich Kazi und Jase nicht mehr verstecken. Sie fühlen sich stärker als jemals zuvor, bereit für ein neues Leben. Doch auf dem Weg nach Hause geraten sie in einen Hinterhalt und werden auseinandergerissen. Während sie nicht wissen, ob der andere noch lebt, müssen sie kluge Entscheidungen treffen: Wer ist Feind, wer Verbündeter? Vom Tod bedroht, setzen sie alles daran, ihre Freiheit zurückzuerlangen - um endlich ihre Liebe leben zu können.

In a literary career of almost 50 years, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852 - 1930) wrote 15 collections of short stories, 16 novels, one play, and eight volumes of prose and poetry for children. Her most memorable writing occurs in the genre of short fiction. The short story The Cat is about an old man and a cat who share a dwelling and keep each other company through a long cold winter. The character of the cat is anthropomorphized in an interesting way, and elicits more empathy than the human.

King Solclair requests that his sister mediate peace with a past ally in hopes of regaining their allegiance. However, a simple peace conference quickly turns complicated as hidden agendas bring secret missions that test group trust and strain relationships. Join in the journey through harsh new worlds and political territory that will test the strength, wisdom, and faith of the White Knight and all those around her.