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In "Best Bedtime Stories," Noura Wagdy takes young readers on captivating journeys filled with valuable lessons. The collection features charming tales that entertain and inspire children before they drift off to sleep."The Conceited Mouse" tells the story of an arrogant mouse who learns the consequences of vanity. As the mouse encounters various suitors, the narrative explores themes of humility and the true nature of beauty."The Lucky Fisherman"...
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Enid Blyton brings the great days of chivalry, nobility and adventure to life again in this splendid gathering of the most famous stories of King Arthur and his court. Includes the discovery of the sword Excalibur, the arrival of the Round Table, the quest for the Holy Grail and the death of King Arthur.
4) Wintergate
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No one has traveled to or from faerieland since the end of the Border Wars, save through the Wintergate, whose power can only be activated on the shortest day of the year. When gatekeeper Emilia loses everything to the Border Kingdom, ice touches her heart and grows within her, until the day comes that she must finally choose between her duty and someone else's loss....
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In the digital pages of "Crying Alleviates the Pain," authors Tarsiana Urnice Hauses and Journi Quest invite readers on a profound exploration of the transformative power of tears. This e-book delves into the multifaceted role of crying as a natural mechanism for emotional release and healing, offering solace and comfort in times of distress and celebration alike.Drawing from a wealth of personal anecdotes, scientific research, and timeless wisdom,...
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"Every child knows how the story ends. The wicked pirate captain is flung overboard, caught in the jaws of the monster crocodile who drags him down to a watery grave. But it was not yet my time to die. It's my fate to be trapped here forever, in a nightmare of childhood fancy, with that infernal, eternal boy."
Meet Captain James Benjamin Hook, a witty, educated Restoration-era privateer cursed to play villain to a pack of malicious little boys in...
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William Jones, a sheep farmer from the Brecon Beacons, had led a happy life, until his wife, Sarah, died young. It left him devastated and seemingly bent on self-destruction. His daughter, Becky tried to help, but even she was losing patience with her father.
One evening, he is certain that he has died and been put out of his misery, but it was not to be. He recovered. However his life was never to be the same again.
He had discovered Annwn where...
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From J. A. Pitts, author of the mesmerizing Black Blade Blues, comes the stunning sequel in the Sarah Jane Beauhall series, Honeyed Words
Sarah is a blacksmith, has a night job as a props manager for a low-budget movie, and spends her free time fighting in a medieval re-enactment group. Her world falls apart when she discovers that dragons are real and live among us as shapeshifters; in fact, it is they who have been the secret masters of our world...
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In our beloved fairy tales of old, Prince Charming always saves the damsel in distress. In our modern world, sometimes it's the damsel herself who has to find a way to save her prince. When Sarah White meets the ruggedly handsome Staff Sergeant Charlie Prince, she discovers a man with a pure heart, but one hidden beneath a warrior's façade. Before Charlie leaves with his unit for Afghanistan, he promises to stay in touch, but after nine months of...
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Sarah Beauhall has more on her plate than most twenty-somethings: day job as a blacksmith, night job as a props manager for low-budget movies, and her free time is spent fighting in a medieval re-enactment group.
The lead actor breaks Sarah's favorite one-of-a-kind sword, and to avoid reshooting scenes, Sarah agrees to repair the blade. One of the extras, who claims to be a dwarf, offers to help. And that's when things start to get weird. Could...
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A phone call from a soon-to-be-deceased ex-boyfriend launches a young woman on a bizarre road trip to a dark supernatural world hidden beneath America's heartland in this remarkably imaginative debut novel from an electrifying new voice in contemporary fantasy. With Hidden Things, author Doyce Testerman immediately takes his place alongside Neil Gaiman, Kim Harrison, and Melissa Marr by viewing modern-day America through a glass darkly and transforming...
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Revenge is a dish best served cold-and to the salivating mouths of a gorgon's snakes. At least, that was the assumption. When the slain gorgon Medusa is restored and brought back to life, all she can think about is how she can destroy the now legendary hero who killed her, Perseus, Prince of Argon. Her plan is simple enough. With an attractive disguise and an emotional backstory, she'll lure the champion to the murky waters of her own backyard, where...
13) King and Emperor
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Driven by prophetic dreams, the Viking warrior Shef as become the One King, the undisputed ruler of the North. Now he must face the reborn power of the Holy Roman Empire.
Rome threatens Shef's fearsome Viking navy with a new invention of unparalleled destruction: Greek fire. Unable to defend his fleet against this awesome weapon, Shef travels East in search of new wisdom. His quest leads him to the lavish court of the Muslim Caliph and, ultimately,...
14) Sacred Serpent
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This book frequently returns to the theme of duality, particularly in relation to the serpent and the sun. In addition to signifying danger, dishonesty, and death, the serpent also symbolizes rebirth, transformation, and healing. In a similar vein, the sun represents both harshness and destruction in addition to life, energy, and growth. The investigation of this duality implies that knowledge of these two facets is necessary to comprehend both the...
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Synopsis: The Harrison family's journey into the heart of Whispering Pines begins innocently enough, but as they delve deeper into the secrets of their new home, they uncover a web of darkness that threatens to consume them. Guided by the forest's whispers, they quest to uncover the truth behind the spectral apparitions that haunt their halls. Along the way, they encounter strange and wondrous creatures, ancient guardians, and cosmic forces beyond...
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He took Katelyn.My best friend is missing, taken from me, her life in the hands of a killer. The Rakshasa are strong. We're confident. We're powerful. But the Champawat Tiger has found a weakness, a crack in the armour of our kind; our attachment to humans, to those we care about.Our friends.The killer casts a wide net and I fear for Katelyn's safety, but there are worse things coming for Ishan and I, things that pain me more than words can say.The...
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My fear, my power, my doubt, my strength, my heart.It's all come down to this.Everything that I am rests in the balance. Ishan is a breath away from oblivion, Katelyn's life slips away from her and the existence of my entire species is in my hands.The eclipse is here and I have but one way to prevent it.I'll die knowing that Ishan will live. I'll give him the greatest gift: a piece of myself, permanently left in his heart.I just hope that it's enough.Part...
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Libby the Loser. That's what everyone used to call me behind my back. I wasn't popular, I wasn't strong, I wasn't brave.All that changed after a chance encounter in a Canberra nightclub. Afterward, I began to dream; dream I was something else. A powerful creature of muscles and claws, something powerful and confident and everything I wasn't.I dreamed I was in love with a man I'd barely met.The dream world is a beautiful, wondrous place, but there's...
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War comes for us. The Altaican Rakshasa face the Rewa, and the seclusion of our underground home in the Brindabella is not enough to keep the darkness at bay. The storm gathers all around us; the shadow of war, its fingers long, reaches into our lives.It is a war we know we cannot win.The conflagration, a raging fire, looms over my world. It is building, coming, and the seeds of this terrible thing are already in motion. The shadowy underworld of...
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He found me.I don't know how he found me but he did. The Champawat Tiger... a hunter, a killer. A Rakshasa like me, but not like me.The story continues and I continue to grow, to discover who I truly am. To learn more about the man I love. I am an Altaican, he a Rewa. This divide conspires to keep us apart. That pain is worse than any wound.The dark shadow spreads over me and spills out, tainting everything I love. And the killer, stalking me always,...
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