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With their quest to free the earth fairy barely completed, Zeena and Saarik are approached by another creature in need of their help - this time a gryphon named Aquillo. So the two friends set off on a quest to free the air fairy Ora and save the mountain-dwelling creatures from the goblins.

"The Princess Galva" is a romantic novel by David Whitelaw. Excerpt from the book: "If there's anything I can do for you..." began the junior, brushing his hair in front of a little mirror and settling his purple tie nervously. "No, Joynings; nothing, I thank you. I'm leaving you old Brown's looking-glass and soap-box - they're fixtures, and go with the position." The junior tittered a little at this and pulled down the front of his fancy waistcoat, lit a cigarette, and took a pair of roller-skates from the drawer of his desk.

"Dwellers in the Hills" is a detective novel by Melville Davisson Post.

Excerpt from the book: We were a mile down the long hill, thundering like a drove of mad steers, when I caught through the tree-tops a glimpse of Cynthia's cart, and wrenched the bit out of El Mahdi's teeth. He was not inclined to stop, and plunged, ploughing long furrows in the clay road. But a stiff steel bit is an unpleasant thing with which to take issue, and he finally stopped, sliding on his front feet.

"Kitty Alone" is a romance by Sabine Baring-Gould. Kitty is Kate Quarm, a clever and sensitive girl, who is alone with her relatives, while his father daydreams. A glimmer of hope appears when Kate meets the son of the richest farmer in the neighborhood.

"The Midnight Passenger" is a mystery by Richard Henry Savage. Excerpt: The pulses of the young man were vaguely thrilled with the coming of spring, and so he complacently took in the never-ceasing tide of eager women, on the street's shady side, with one comprehensive and kindly glance. For six long years he had cautiously studied that same sea of always anxious faces!

"Only a Ghost! by Irenæus the Deacon" is a humorous fictional travelogue written by Sabine Baring-Gould. The ghost of Irenæus the Deacon of the church of the 4th century Jerusalem visits London, the "most religious city of the world" in 1870. Baring-Gould described Irenæus’ astonishment on the state of hypocritical, superficial and superstitious "Christianity", and their astonishment in return on the unwarranted thoughts of Irenæus'.

"Physiology of the Opera" by John H. Swaby describes the opera and its actors in great detail - on the stage and behind the curtains. Excerpt: As an introduction to the dissertation upon which we are about to enter, such an antiquarian view of the subject might be taken as would tend to establish a parallel between the ancient Greek tragedy and the modern sanguinary Italian opera, the strong resemblance therein being displayed of Signor Salvi trilling on the stage, to the immortal Thespis jargoning from a dung-cart.

"The Sword of Deborah" contains first hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by F. Tennyson Jesse. Foreword: This little book was written at the request of the Ministry of Information in March of 1918; it was only released for publication - in spite of the need for haste in its compiling which had been impressed on me, and with which I had complied - shortly before Christmas. Hence it may seem somewhat after the fair.

"Eighteen Months in the War Zone" is a memoir by Kate John Finzi about the service women provided during World War I on the Western Front. From the introduction by Major-Gen. Sir Alfred Turner: Miss Kate Finzi gives in a plain, unvarnished style a terrible and graphic picture of the horrors of war, which have been intensified, as never before, owing to the ferocious savagery of the German troops, as systematically ordered by their officers and commanded by the Kaiser himself, the greatest criminal in the world's record; for this war, planned and prepared deliberately by him, is the greatest crime ever committed against civilisation and humanity.

Pumpkin is delicious, and extremely popular in the fall season. It seems like every restaurant and coffee shop has something with pumpkin on the menu. In this book, you will find 26 delicious and quick pumpkin recipes. They are all vegan, healthy, and easy to make. There are snacks, smoothies, breakfast foods, and more.

Ein sinnlicher Hörweg durch die inneren und äußeren Pflanzungen von Goethes frühen Garten in Weimar...

Rory loves to watch the people in the apartment buildings around her. With cameras and binoculars. When they're alone, intimate, exposed. One day, she meets one of her favorites to watch: a very pretty blonde girl just back from college. And that's just Rory's first surprise of the day.

Annie loves horses. She works at a ranch to ride for free, and to pay her way through college. Young, smart, and sexy, Annie thinks she's got life figured out - until Ben, a new stable hand comes to the ranch. All of a sudden, Annie finds herself aching for a new lesson... in the hay.

För att vara en sensommarmorgon i Stockholm var den 20 augusti 2018 extremt varm. På nyheterna kunde man höra att temperaturerna de senaste månaderna varit ovanligt höga och att skogsbränder härjade runt om i Sverige. Den dagen inledde den då femtonåriga Greta Thunberg sin strejk framför riksdagen: Vi kan inte vänta längre, politikerna måste göra något för att rädda miljön. Förbered er på en historia om hopp, mod och övertygelse.

Två indiska flickor tvingas isär av livets omständigheter. Men de vägrar att ge upp hoppet om att finna varandra igen. Savitha och Poornima lever båda i extrem fattigdom. Efter att Poornimas mamma dött saknas kärlek och ljus i hennes liv. Hon tvingas ta hand om hemmet och sina syskon till dess att pappan har hittat henne en lämplig make. När Savitha gör entré i deras hem fängslas Poornima av den självständiga, glada flickan. De blir vänner och plötsligt känns deras lilla by inte längre lika klaustrofobisk. Poornima vågar drömma om ett liv bortom ett arrangerat äktenskap.

Närmare 700 000 följare på Instagram och drygt en miljon YouTube-prenumeranter gör Jonna Lundell till en av Sveriges största kvinnliga influencers. På ett rakt, personligt och ofta humoristiskt sätt väljer nu Jonna att för första gången berätta om sin resa och om sjukdomen som visade sig vara PMS. Vi får följa med under uppväxtåren i Mjölby och Norrköping fram till dagen då Jonna träffar sin nuvarande man Joakim Lundell, och sedan om hur Jonna via parets gemensamma YouTube-kanaler blir som en vän för en hel generation barn och ungdomar.

Heather har alltid haft svårt att få vänner. Men så möter hon Edie, som är precis den sorts vän som hon alltid velat ha. Edie är vacker och spännande - och framförallt: hon bryr sig om Heather på riktigt. Men en kväll går något fruktansvärt fel. Och det som börjat som en oskyldig vänskap slutar med en tragedi som får förödande konsekvenser för dem båda. Sexton år senare kämpar Edie fortfarande med att få rätsida på livet. Men Heather är inte redo att låta henne glömma så lätt, och det är ingen tillfällighet att hon dyker upp som från ingenstans när Edie behöver henne som mest.

Uprooted by her single mum along with her troublesome older brother, 11-year-old Prune Robinson is trying to settle in a new town. She figures she can’t burden her hard-working mother with the fact she’s being bullied. Or the fact that her drawings have started coming to life. But with her brother soon in danger, Prune comes to realise that she can’t hide her power forever; in fact, it might just be the one thing that brings her family back together and saves them all.

Ella was eight months pregnant when she excitedly signed the lease agreement for her new apartment. Little did she know that alongside postpartum depression, she would have to deal with harassment, discrimination, retaliation, violation of her tenant rights, and wrongful eviction at the hands of a malicious landlord. This is Ella’s honest account of her struggles to cope with the stress of fighting to keep a roof over her and her infant daughter’s heads. Single Moms Aren't Stupid details the shocking, inspiring events that propelled her journey to become a tenant advocate.

Nach allem, was Farrah mitgemacht hat, um Mikael seinen größten Wunsch zu erfüllen, benötigt sie dringend eine Pause – doch die Mauern des Palastes halten eine unangenehme Überraschung für sie bereit. Sowohl sie als auch Emma haben mit aufkeimenden Erinnerungen zu kämpfen. Währenddessen reisen Hayet und Mikael in die Traumwelt, in der die Lösung seines Fluches auf ihn warten soll. Dort angekommen machen sie eine unerwartete Entdeckung... Lass dich verzaubern und tauche ein in eine Welt von Gut und Böse!