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It's 1950 and Mickey Tussler - the now-famous pitching prodigy with autism and a golden arm - is back for another baseball season in this third installment of Frank Nappi's critically acclaimed Legend of Mickey Tussler series. Talk of Mickey's legendary exploits on the field has grown since his improbable debut two years prior, as have the fortunes of Murph and the rest of the lovable ragtag Brew Crew. Now Mickey, Murph, and Lester find themselves heading to Bean Town to play for the Boston Braves.

Every day you are faced with choices about friends, school, work, family obligations, and the future. It isn't always easy to know which direction to take, and if you do make a mistake, then what?

Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to Damn souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home. To escape the townspeople’s wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to DeMyse. Though this sparkling desert oasis is full of luxuries and amusements, it feels like a prison to Lex.

Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege - or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade.

Swords of Eveningstar is the first title in an exciting new series by author Ed Greenwood, the creator of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. This series explores the youthful adventures of the much-loved heroes, Florin, Islif, and Jhessail, as they battle to win a name for themselves and then to defend it against the machinations of a more insidious and devious evil than they ever thought to face.

Märchen, die man sich selbst erzählt, sind machtvoll. Im Guten wie im Bösen. Ich dachte, ich könnte das Reich des Kaisers mit Goldlicht fluten – mit einer Kraft, so stark und so bunt wie tausend Märchen. Doch was lebendig in meinen Adern summte, gehorcht mir nicht mehr, und was ich liebe, steht mir nicht zu. Der Kaiser fordert sein Recht ein, er ringt mit seinem Bruder um die Macht, eine ganze Welt steht auf dem Spiel. Und während ich mich noch dagegen sträube, eine Figur auf dem Spielbrett zweier Brüder zu sein, frage ich mich, was schlimmer wäre: dem Sieger zu entkommen oder ihm zu gehören.

Für alle, die ankommen! Über die Macht von Worten und Geschichten und den Zauber der Sprache. Talin Brand hat Edda durch das ganze Inselreich verfolgt. Und er hat sie gefunden. Kurz bevor sie mit ihrem Schwebenden Schiff zu den Letzten Inseln aufbrechen will, versetzt Brand ihr einen tödlichen Messerstich und stößt sie in die grauen Fluten des Teermeers. Aber Edda ist eine Tochter der Silbersee, die Geschöpfe des Meeres lassen nicht zu, dass sie stirbt. Denn noch immer steht ihr eine große Aufgabe bevor. Und auf der Hoch-Insel Astador wartet der Schwanenthron.

Dunkle Feen sind die Laufburschen des Unglücks. Man sollte einen großen Bogen um sie machen und das weiß auch Claerie Farnflee, als sie im Palast des Kaisers auf ein besonders unangenehmes männliches Exemplar dieser Spezies trifft. Ihr Verstand rät ihr zu fliehen, doch ihr Herz braucht Antworten, die sie nur im Dunkeln finden kann.

When Veronica and her friend, Kirk, decide to investigate why, they stumble upon a more sinister plot than they ever could have imagined. One of Veronica’s high school teachers is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter has never returned as a ghost, and he’s haunted by the possibility that she’s waiting to reappear within a fresh body. Veronica seems like the perfect host. And even if he’s wrong, what’s the harm in creating one more ghost?

"Dein Mann hat einen Plan!", sagt meine gute Fee. "Er möchte, dass du hoffähig wirst, damit eure Ehe eine Zukunft hat. Aber nein, du stampfst lieber Sauerkraut, staubst Bücher ab und mistest den Stall aus wie eine Dienstmagd. Wenn du so weitermachst, stürzt du uns noch alle ins Unglück!" Mit dem Unglück mag sie recht behalten, aber das hat nichts mit meinen Manieren zu tun, sondern mit einem düsteren Märchen, das schon vor meiner Geburt begann und das angeblich nur gut ausgehen kann, wenn ich auf der Stelle tot umfalle.

エーレンフェストの下町を美しい街へと生まれ変わらせたローゼマインは、他領への影響力を強めるため、さらなる発展を目指す。そのためには、民の協力が欠かせない。

近付く春。ローゼマインに下町組との別れを悲しんでいる暇はなかった。貴族院の一年生が終わり、やることはてんこ盛り。

ヒナタをはじめとする聖騎士団との和解に成功した魔王なスライム――リムルは次なる仕掛けを画策する。

Ukrah and her friends have learned that the old gods are returning. Thinking they are alone in that knowledge, they seek to learn what it means for the world. They soon learn that they being a vessel of the old gods isn’t a safe thing to be. The Vessel of the Gods Omnibus contains books four, five, and six in the Rise of the Black Dragon series which follows the story of a young girl blessed - and cursed - with a magic she doesn't understand and a dragon who will save - or destroy - the world. Stories included: Reborn, Vessel of the Gods, and Deception.

After leading a sheltered life for 16 years, Nikhil, Bertie, Rand,y and Maachh are thrust into the world of the National Defence Academy. Soon they realize that life here is not just about spit and polish but six terms of adventure and achievement. It is about soaring ambition and tough challenges, a punishing regimen and endless Puttie Parades.

George is fascinated by World War Two. Bombers, Nazis, doodlebugs. But he discovers the reality is very different from how he had imagined it when a school trip to a World War Two museum leads to a timeslip - and George is in London at the time of the Blitz! He joins up with a group of other homeless children, struggling to survive. And then they suspect someone they know of being a German spy....

For any normal teenage boy, having two and a half younger sisters would be enough to deal with. But Simwan Deavy's life isn't normal. His family is non-Ord - short for "non-Ordinary" - which means that at school, he and his sisters learn hexing and enchanting along with history and math. It also means they have a ghost for an uncle and a cat who talks. Still, everything is going well for Simwan - until a bottle of Truth is stolen from the local pharmacy.

I start my story with the day I first saw Jesse Pegler. That was when my whole life first started changing. Sixteen-year-old Opal Ringer is the daughter of Royal Ringer, the Pentecostal leader of a motley flock of down-on-their-luck believers. Jesse Pegler is the son of Brother Pegler. An "evangelist for Jesus", the elder Pegler is a flashy minister who appears regularly on television in his blue robes and gold tassels. Opal and Jesse meet at a faith healing at the Helping Hand Tabernacle church, where Opal's daddy preaches.

It was bad enough that they had to move to Brooklyn. Brooklyn Heights, as Tucker Woolf's dad instructs him to tell everyone after he loses his job. Now his father has suddenly developed an allergy to Tucker's cat, Nader, a nine-month-old calico Tucker found underneath a Chevrolet. Tucker's beloved pet finds a new home with overweight, outrageous Susan "Dinky" Hocker, the only person to answer Tucker's ad. As Tucker starts paying regular visits to Dinky's house to check up on Nader, his life begins to change.

Catherine is dead. At least that's what the FBI claims. They say there's no point investigating the strange disappearance any further. Instead they want Gaia to stay in Quantico to carry on the search for the Lollipop Murderer.