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¡Descubre el encanto y la magia de "Las Brujas del Tenayo"! En esta cautivadora leyenda infantil, dos brujas procedentes de tierras lejanas llegan a Tlalnepantla en el momento en que el Ferrocarril México Veracruz es fundado. Acompaña a estas misteriosas y divertidas brujas en su emocionante aventura mientras exploran un nuevo mundo lleno de sorpresas y encuentran amistades inesperadas.
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From the author of the international hit Raise the Red Lantern comes a gorgeous reimagining of the myth of the girl whose tears collapsed the Great Wall the seminal myth in Chinese culture. Su Tong is China's most provocative young writer. In Peach village, crying is forbidden. But as a child, Binu never learned to hide her tears. Shunned by the villagers, she faced a bleak future until she met Qiliang, an orphan who offered her his hand in marriage....
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Little John lives a lifetime of adventure-from humble ferryman to legendary outlaw John Little is strong enough to be a knight, but he knows he is destined to life as a thief. He spends his days on the river, poling nobles back and forth on a wooden ferry, the master of which robs the passengers blind. When an arrogant knight draws his sword to protect his purse, John defends his unscrupulous boss. The struggle leaves the knight dead, and John becomes...
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Nau cannot remember a time when she was not one with the world around her: with the fast breeze, the green grass, the high clouds, and the endless blue sky above the Shingled Spit. But, her greatest joy is to visit the sea, where whales gather every morning to gaily spout rainbows.
Then one day, she finds a man in the mist where a whale should be: Reu, who has taken human form out of his Great Love for her. Together these first humans become parents...
5) Bird suit
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"A tourist town folk tale of stifled ambition, love, loss, and the bird women who live beneath the lake. Every summer the peaches ripen in Port Peter, and the tourists arrive to gorge themselves on fruit and sun. They don't see the bird women, who cavort on the cliffs and live in a meadow beneath the lake. But when summer ends and the visitors go back home, every pregnant Port Peter girl knows what she needs to do: deliver her child to the Birds in...
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A nymph destined to be a queen and the god who'll do anything to be the king she needs.
Amphitrite spends her days caring for creatures of the sea, desiring nothing more than a serene life of peace and harmony under the waves. When her tranquil existence is shattered by the arrival of the tempestuous Poseidon, ruler of the deep, she finds herself questioning those desires.
Captivated by more than her graceful dancing, Poseidon is wholly and utterly...
7) Witch Craft
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The woods around Weaversmoor hide a secret. The very town, sleepy and placid as it seems, hides secrets, only allowing inside it those who know, those whose blood runs with the same magic that ignites the trees around it.Into the town comes Nyx Vaughn, to live with her uncle Spencer in the same house where her mother once grew up, to attend the same school, learn the same craft. And unravel the secrets that lie behind her forced estrangement from...
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She Was Supposed to Be a Fire Witch… Wren, an aspiring witch with a heart full of dreams and an affinity for the supernatural, is determined to unlock her latent magical abilities. Despite her fervent desire to harness her fire magic, she struggles to even light a single candle. Fate takes an enchanting turn when she stumbles upon a wounded reindeer in the snowy woods... He Was A Christmas Knight… Dixon, a Reindeer Shifter and a devoted Christmas...
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"A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas" by Charles Dickens is a timeless novella that encapsulates the holiday spirit through Ebenezer Scrooge's transformative journey. Set on a haunting Christmas Eve, the story follows Scrooge, an old man known for his miserly and cold-hearted ways, as he is visited by spectral apparitions: his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
Encountering...
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Damien was a loyal warrior, killed in battle in 1203. Because of his true heart, he was given the option to pass on to his eternal reward or exist in another state of being as a protector… until the time came when he could resume living the life he'd been cheated of. A soldier by nature, he chose the latter. Then he waited centuries-as a gargoyle-growing increasingly bitter about his choice.Then he sees her.Rina is a hard worker and loyal friend....
11) The Golden Ass
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Translated from the Latin by the poet and author of I, Claudius, this ancient Roman novel follows the many adventures of a man who transforms into an ass.
Driven by his all-consuming curiosity, a young man of good parentage named Lucius Apuleius takes a trip to Thessaly. Along the way, amidst a series of bizarre adventures, he inadvertently offends a priestess of the White Goddess, who promptly turns him into an ass. How Lucius responds to his...
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Unlike a couple of my brothers, I want to find The One. Want to mate. Want to feel as happy and complete as Poseidon is with his female. And yes, I want to ascend.Sucks for me that my soulmate hasn't been located yet. Though maybe that's finally changed, judging from how my all-knowing supernatural grandpa insists I need to take this modelling job.Worst-case scenario, I'll spend a fun week on an island. And meet a gorgeous romance writer who seems...
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A writer finds himself trapped in an isolated village where anything imagined becomes reality in this wildly inventive contemporary fantasy Hoping to write his book in quiet and seclusion, Horton Smith has returned home to Pilot Knob. Here, in the tiny village where he passed so many carefree childhood years, he is untroubled by the pressures of the big city and can freely answer the call of his muse. Of course, back in the city Horton didn't have...
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A goddess bound by duty and the god who'll sacrifice everything to set her free.
Persephone, goddess of spring, is sheltered by her powerful Olympian mother, Demeter. Yet, against her mother's stern decree to shun all men, be they mortal or divine, Persephone finds herself ensnared by the allure of a mysterious stranger wandering through her sanctuary.
In clandestine rendezvous spanning countless moons, Persephone's fascination blooms into an unexpected...
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Liz Larson is fairy touched, a revel Dancer struggling with an addiction to fairy food and the lure of her own memories. When a strange elf turns up with an old photo and a new mission, Liz has only one answer for the uptight agent. No way. Never again.Marcus Bramble is not interested in babysitting a human junkie, but a series of ghastly murders has spread terror across the Fey lands. Only the fairies know what's going on, and only one person can...
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A Kitsune dreaming of a wider world. A prince seeking purpose. A love that defies the odds.Trapped in a dull and unfilling role as palace maid, Rin dreams of rising higher in the immortal court. Determined to change her lot in life, she plans to use her illusion power to spy on her ruler's rival and prove her worth. But when her mission fails, she's turned human as punishment. Now she has until the next full moon to seduce a human prince, break his...
17) The Persian Boy
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The Persian Boy centers on the most tempestuous years of Alexander the Great's life, as seen through the eyes of his lover and most faithful attendant, Bagoas. When Bagoas is very young, his father is murdered and he is sold as a slave to King Darius of Persia. Then, when Alexander conquers the land, he is given Bagoas as a gift, and the boy is besotted. This passion comes at a time when much is at stake-Alexander has two wives, conflicts are ablaze,...
18) Banshee
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The Sidhe claim mortals and warn of coming doom. Only the power of human love can defeat them...Unearthly shriek--the cry of the banshee. Anann hears it before first light. The creature's warning rises out of a raging winter storm that buffets against the walls of the inn where she has sought brief shelter.If she does not leave at once, her long journey will be futile, for the wall of time is closing. She must find the forest of Scáth Coille where...
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American Donal MacCraith is on a road trip along the western coast of Scotland to the Western Isles. His family roots are there, but his main reasons for the extended vacation are the songs and legends. He's a folk-singer, come to collect some new old material. In Stornoway he meets the Shielingers and Niall MacLachlan. When he continues his exploration of Lewis, making for the small crofting community his grandmother left as a young woman, he finds...
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What happened after the happily ever after?You all know the story of Cinderella, but did you ever wonder what happened after the fairytale ending? Well we know. Not all afters end up happily, sometimes the real adventure starts much later... In a harrowing twist of fate, Halia's worst nightmare unfolds as her best friend is cruelly abducted. With the queen still missing and Madam wielding the tools for a deadly move, the odds are overwhelmingly stacked...
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