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A prisoner seeking his freedom. A woman chosen by the gods. To break himself of his centuries-long bondage, he must capture her. Shin gave everything up for love. Uncaring whether he lives or dies, when he catches a spy in his master’s land, he lets her escape. What he hadn’t been counting on was just how cruel his master can be. Now he must catch the spy or be locked away for eternity in darkness. Pretending to be a woman, he infiltrates a woman’s only temple. Akane the spy is headstrong and determined to not trust him.

Joanna Lumley reads "The Snow Queen". One day, a diabolical troll builds a mirror that shows everything that is beautiful as ugly and all that is good as evil. Delighted, the trolls decided to carry this mirror to heaven and mock the angels, but on their way the mirror breaks and shatters into hundreds of pieces that spread across the world. Some bigger pieces are turned into windows and others are made into spectacles, but some of tiniest bits get stuck into people’s eyes or in their heart, changing their life for ever.

W Nieznajomce, niewielkiej wiosce ukrytej w górach, wśród polan, łąk i lasów, nadchodzi jesień. Antoni Szeptyna pracuje nad kolejną niezwykłą i magiczną książką „Misteriami drzew”, Mariusz próbuje na nowo ułożyć sobie życie z Reginą, Zośka podejmuje leczenie swej blizny. Wszystko wydaje się układać dobrze, ale na horyzoncie już widać ciemne chmury. Ktoś upomina się o odziedziczony przez Zośkę domek, schronisko dla zwierząt także przeżywa trudne chwile, a nowy mieszkaniec wioski wprowadza sporo zamieszania w spokojne dotąd życie sąsiadów.

Poor and widowed, Lucy finds a post as chaperon to two young ladies...It sounds like easy work, well suited to her sociable nature, but the sisters squabble over their suitors, and there are tensions below the surface of the seemingly happy family. Then there is the charming Mr Audley, who is more interested in flirting with Lucy than in discovering where his sisters have disappeared to. And as for Lucy’s uncle, she’s quite convinced he is hiding something. Curiosity is Lucy’s abiding sin, and one day it will get her into trouble.

An engaging mix of inspiring advice and real-life stories of self-discovery, O's Little Guide to Finding Your True Purpose will captivate anyone who's ever been beckoned by a dream. Featuring some of the best work to have appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, this rousing collection is all about helping listeners to hear and heed their calling.

War Horse has become a modern classic. This wonderful version is narrated by the author, Michael Morpurgo, and Joanna Lumley. It was recorded with musical accompaniment by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The music is composed by Adrian Sutton, with songs by John Tam. The principal singer is Tim van Eyken, the original Songman from The National Theatre's Warhorse.

Brenda and Effie are living it up on the continent. Holidaying in Paris, they are menaced by a mysterious Peeping Tom with a limp and a hump, who warns them that they must never return home to Whitby again. Untold disaster will take over the world if they go anywhere near the North Yorkshire coast.... But Brenda and Effie know that they simply have to return to Whitby, even if it means the end of everything they hold dear.

The Wicked Witch of Whitby vs. the Bride of Frankenstein. Meet the good, the bad and the bitten... Something is biting people on the streets of Whitby. In an ordinary town, this would be worrying. Here, it's disastrous, and only Brenda has guessed why. She's also trying to prepare for a packed festive break at her B&B, but her best friend Effie is in distracted mood: she hasn't been the same since her suave gentleman friend Alucard reappeared.

Rok 966. W osadzie Polana wciąż żyje się według pradawnych pogańskich zwyczajów. Matka puszcza karmi, odziewa i chroni ludzi. Dni oraz pory roku naznaczają ich dolę odwiecznym rytmem pracy i odpoczynku, a bogowie czuwają. Dwie siostry - Rzepka i Dziewanna - zakochują się w Dobromirze, mężnym woju z książęcej drużyny. Jedna z nich zwraca się po pomoc do szeptuchy, ale czy ziołami i magią można zdobyć miłość? Mieszkańcy pogańskiej kniei wiodą proste życie, lecz okrutny los o nich nie zapomina.

It’s been a while since Miss Molly Gertrude Grey and Dora Brightside had a mystery to solve, and it is beginning to eat at Molly Gertrude. The elderly amateur sleuth is bored and begging for something to get her detective teeth into. The answer to Molly's prayers come sailing in when they are asked to plan the wedding of the son of wealthy scientist Mace Brick on a paradise island in the Indian ocean.

The power of uplift enables any organization to do more with less, beat the competition, and perform better than ever. Leaders who uplift their employees' passions, intellects, and commitments produce remarkable results. Based on original research from a seven-year global study, Uplifting Leadership reveals how leaders from diverse organizations inspired and uplifted their teams' performance.

Artificial intelligence is already embedded in much of our daily lives, and it's increasingly moving into realms that impact authors and the publishing industry. We need to embrace the opportunities and engage in conversations around possible threats in order to reinvent our industry for a very different future. In this book, I discuss current technological and societal trends and consider the opportunities for authors and the publishing industry over the next decade. We can use these technologies to surf the wave of change and invent the decade ahead - together.

Rin is an immortal kitsune, or at least she was until a witch’s curse turned her human. To regain her yokai powers and avoid being turned into a fox, she must make the lord’s son fall in love with her before the next full moon. Her kind has been seducing humans for centuries, and it should be easy, as long as he doesn’t find out she’s a kitsune…except the curse also took her voice.

Are you a teenager looking to boost your self-esteem? Are you struggling to cope with peer pressure? Is life overwhelming you with problem after problem? Are you sick and tired of teenage angst? Trying to deal with everything alone can be a nightmare! Being a teenager has never been more challenging, which is why this book has been written. In it, you will find all the help and advice you need to build up your self-esteem and start liking yourself more. If you feel like you aren’t good enough, smart enough, capable enough, this audiobook will change all of that.

Since giving up the booze—bar a small hiccup here and there—ex-Ministry of Witches Detective Elise Liddell hasn’t had much call to hang out in bars. So, imagine her surprise when the generally antagonistic landlord of the Pig and Pepper calls on her for assistance. It seems Charles Lynch’s regulars are being scared away by mysterious specters. It’s hitting him where it hurts: right in the pocket. Elise agrees to help. After all, the pub is her local, and she isn’t generally spooked by the paranormal. However, the apparitions turn out to be monks. Malevolent monks!

Nothing extraordinary has ever happened to Billy Smith. In fact, every single thing about him is ordinary, including his name. But when a documentary crew turns up at Billy’s school to film the new TV series School Daze, everything changes. Billy shouldn’t stand out: all the other kids are much more interesting than him. But when remixes of his boring class presentation go viral, Billy finds himself accidentally an overnight star.

Belle is the plain one of the six Allamont sisters, happy with her books. When their father dies suddenly, his will leaves large dowries for his six daughters, but only if they marry in the proper order, the eldest first. With Amy betrothed, now Belle must find a husband.

Córka cieni to Juliana i jej niezwykla historia.

Przypadkowo znaleziony pamietnik z czasów wojny odkrywa historie wychowanej w lesie dziewczynki. Dalszy ciag historii Juliany nie daje sluchaczowi odetchnac. Ucieczki, tulaczka, praktyki u szeptuchy, niechciana milosc i milosc niespelniona... niespodziewany wróg, pasja, ciezka praca, a wreszcie wlasny dom. Czy odnajdzie w nim szczescie i spokój?

Mama dwójki dorosłych dzieci wyjeżdża do Ueckermünde, by uporządkować swoje życie. Pomimo wielu obaw podejmuje pracę jako opiekunka starszego małżeństwa. Wkrótce na drodze bohaterki pojawiają się osoby, które zmieniają jej życie. Czy to przeznaczenie? Małe niemieckie miasteczko stopniowo staje się dla Beaty oazą spokoju, jednak ta pozorna równowaga zostaje zakłócona zaskakującymi wiadomościami.

After a three-day romance, Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy to become Lady Randolph Churchill. At a time when women had few freedoms, she was a cornerstone of high society and behind-the-scenes political dynamo. However it was Jennie's love life that marked her out, causing scandal and earning her the epithet 'more panther than woman'.